Please join the Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) at our 2024 annual symposium, featuring leading policy experts and prominent keynote speakers on US-Taiwan relations. The event, taking place over the course of a full day, in-person session, will be organized around three engaging panel discussions on a range of challenges and opportunities facing the United States and Taiwan as they enhance a global partnership for peace and security.
As GTI's flagship event, the symposium is an annual forum that convenes leading experts on US-Taiwan policy to discuss current challenges and propose potential future solutions. At this year's event, our panels will examine the state of geopolitical and economic shifts, trends in cross-Strait relations in the lead-up to the presidential elections in 2024, and prospects for strengthened cooperation on defense and security assistance.
Please refer to the agenda below for the list of confirmed speakers. We invite you to continue to check our website and social media as we confirm and update speakers and guests. Questions for the panels may either be sent by e-mail to contact@globaltaiwan.org or through the chat function on the YouTube page.
**Media: Please contact Adrienne Wu at awu@globaltaiwan.org if you would like to bring additional crew members or equipment so that we can be sure to accommodate you.
AGENDA:
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Introductory and Welcome Remarks
8:45 AM – 9:15 AM Opening Keynotes
9:15 AM – 10:45 AM Panel One: Global Disruption and Simultaneous Conflicts: Middle East, Ukraine, and Taiwan Strait
Panelists:
Rush Doshi (Council on Foreign Relations)
Lai I-Chung (Prospect Foundation)
RADM (ret.) Phil Yu (Atlantic Council)
Moderator:
Russell Hsiao (Global Taiwan Institute)
10:45 AM – 10:55 AM Coffee Break
10:55 AM – 12:15 PM Panel Two: Cross-Strait Relations, 2024 Elections, and US Policy
Panelists:
Brent Christensen (Brigham Young University)
Willy Lam (The Jamestown Foundation)
Vincent Chao (Taipei City Council)
Matt Salmon (Arizona State University)
Moderator:
Shirley Kan (Global Taiwan Institute)
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM Luncheon Keynote
1:00 PM – 2:45 PM Panel Three: Defense and Security Assistance
Panelists:
RADM (ret.) Mike Studeman, USN (MITRE)
BRIG GEN (ret.) Dave Stilwell (Air Force Academy’s Institute for Future Warfare)
Bonny Lin (Center for Strategic & International Studies)
Moderator:
John Dotson (Global Taiwan Institute)
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM A Conversation with Mr. Robert Tsao
Mr. Robert Tsao
Founder, United Microelectronics Corporation
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Closing Keynote
