Today, we live in an era of tectonic transformations, in which we are witnessing digital revolutions, the reshaping of social structures, reconstruction of global trade, shifting geopolitics, and grave climate issues. Amidst these changes and the uncertainty they bring, what will our world look like in 2030 and beyond? Most importantly, how can we prepare for it?
We have invited Dr. Mauro F. Guillén, Dean of Judge Business School, Cambridge University and previously a tenured professor of Wharton, and Dr. Xiang Bing, Founding Dean and Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, for a dialogue on the trends we should watch for now and in the future, particularly after the grave impact the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. They will provide insight into how the aging population, uneven distributions of wealth, technological innovations, and shake up of the global supply chain will affect market opportunities. This dialogue will help business leaders to better understand the impact of the pandemic and how to identify business opportunities, so as to attain certainty among the uncertainty.
Date: October 11th, 20:00-21:45 China Time
Location: CKGSB English Website
Language: English
Dr. Xiang Bing is the Founding Dean and Dean’s Distinguished Chair Professor of China Business and Globalization at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB). Under his leadership, CKGSB has evolved from a fledgling school to one of the most influential business schools in China with a global reputation since its establishment in November 2002.
Renowned as a foremost authority on China’s business and economy, Dr. Xiang has delivered keynote speeches at prestigious forums/ conferences including: Harvard College China Forum as closing keynote (2017), the first opening keynote (2018, 2023), opening keynote (2019), and the first closing keynote (2024); Penn Wharton China Summit as the first opening keynote (2023), the first closing keynote (2024), and the only closing keynote (2025); Columbia China Forum as the only closing keynote (2024); Indonesia Economic Summit as one of the four keynotes in the opening ceremony (2025); SCMP China Conference on US-China Relations in New York City as the only closing keynote (2019). In 2018, he was a lunch keynote speaker for the Foreign Policy Association’s Board of Trustees (FPA) in New York City and presented a lunch keynote at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Xiang was invited to attend the Ditchley Foundation Annual Forum in 2010, 2012, 2018 and 2021 and served as the First Co-Chairman in 2018. Dr. Xiang was also invited to participate in the Rome Roundtable during 2017 – 2020, in 2022 and in 2024.
Dr. Xiang has served as an independent board member to several listed companies, including four Fortune Global 500 companies. He was a member of the Global Board of Trustees for United Way Worldwide (US) during 2011-2017. He is now a member of the Advisory Board for Asia House in London and a Counselor for One Young World Summit in Dublin. He is also serving as a member of the Advisory Board for multiple scholarly societies, including Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) in Brazil, Yonsei School of Business in Korea, the Royal Academy of Management (RAM) in Oman, the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Macau, the Business School of SciTech of University of Science and Technology of China, and the Business School of Southern University of Science and Technology in China, etc.
Dr. Xiang’s research interests include economic disruption, business in China, global implications of China’s economic transformation, China’s development models, innovation and globalization by Chinese companies, reform of SOEs, Chin-U.S. Relations, and global trade and investment systems and global governance, etc.
