Emory China Business Summit 

Emory GCC and Emory Ascend, a Pan-Asian business professional society, will be holding a China Business Summit titled "China on the Crossroads of Change” on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in the Math and Science Center Auditorium E208 at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM and conclude by 3:00 PM. The Summit will address an array of professional views on China’s business environment and facilitate in-depth conversations between university students and professionals. The conference will consist of a keynote speech followed by two panel discussions focusing on China's rising industries and public policies in relation to its economic environment, will include a networking session. Breakfast and lunch will be catered.
The keynote speech will be delivered by Yawei Liu, director of the China Program at the Carter Center and founder and editor of China Elections and Governance. Other confirmed panelist speakers include:

• Susan Walcott, Professor in the Department of Geography at University of North Carolina;
• Chien Pin Li, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Affairs at Kennesaw State University ;
• Eugene J. Hanratty, III, Senior Consultant for the Hong Kong Information Center of Atlanta;
• Grace Pownall, Associate Dean and Director of Doctoral Studies at Emory Goizueta Business School, former Vice President of the American Accounting Association, and Director of the AAA 1999 Doctoral Consortium.