Video and Photos from Innovation in India and China
From left to right: Melissa La Bouff, Mark Cohen, Dr. Kenneth Fong, Consul General Sanjay Panda, Kirti Gupta, Ken Wilcox, Hemal Shah, Bakul Joshi, Amit Kapoor, Buck Gee, and Margaret Conley. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Guests at the VIP reception prior to the public program. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Chris Hirano of Asia Society Northern California, Bakul Joshi of the Advisory Board, and Zain Jeewanjee posed during the VIP reception. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Ken Wilcox, Chair of Asia Society Northern California Advisory Board, mingles during the VIP reception. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
From left to right: Margaret Conely, Hemal Shah, Kirti Gupta, Mark Cohen, Amit Kapoor, and Melissa La Bouff. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Dr. Kenneth Fong, founder and chairman of Kenson Ventures LLC, has a lighthearted moment during the private reception. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
James Gale from Asia Society Northern California pauses for a photo with speaker Hemal Shah and guests. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
The Lubmans chat with a guest during the private reception. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Margaret Conely, Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California, delivers welcoming remarks. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Dr. Kirti Gupta, Vice President, Technology & Economic Strategy at Qualcomm Inc., delivers the introductory remarks and introduces Dr. Kapoor. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Dr. Amit Kapoor, President of India Council on Competitiveness and Editor-in-Chief of Thinkers, gives his Keynote Address. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Discussion among the panelists from left to right: Hemal Shah, Kenneth Fong, Kirti Gupta, Amit Kapoor, and Mark Cohen. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Hemal Shah, one of the panelists, serves as director of India and emerging markets at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC). (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Dr. Kenneth Fong answers a question posed by moderator Dr. Kirti Gupta. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Amit Kapoor addresses a question posed by moderator Kirti Gupta. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Mark Cohen, director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Asian IP Project, listens to a question posed by an audience member. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Hemal Shah responds to a question from the audience. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Consul General Sanjay Panda of the Consulate General of India in San Francisco asked a question from the audience. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
Dr. Kapoor chuckles during the audience Q&A (Frank Jang/Asia Society).
Audience members during the discussion. (Frank Jang/Asia Society)
On Wednesday, March 20, 2019, Asia Society Northern California and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology hosted "Two Innovation Dragons: China and India." Executive Director Margaret Conley of Asia Society Northern California welcomed everyone to the program. Moderator Dr. Kirti Gupta, Vice President of Technology & Economic Strategy at Qualcomm, Inc., briefly introduced the topic of discussion and then Dr. Amit Kapoor. Prior to the discussion, Kapoor, who traveled from India, gave a Keynote Address. Kapoor recently authored The Age of Awakening: The Story of the Indian Economy Since Independence (2019).
Following the Keynote Address, panelists discussed the challenges and what the two countries can learn from each other in sectors including biotech and high tech as related to intellectual property. In addition to Kapoor and Gupta, panelists included Mark Cohen, director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Asian IP Project; Hemal Shah, director of India and emerging markets for the Global Innovation Policy Center at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Dr. Kenneth Fong, Founder and Chairman of Kenson Ventures, LLC. Following the Q&A from the audience, Cohen closed out the program.
Asia Society Northern California would like to thank Berkeley Center for Law and Technology for partnering with us on this program; and to the Institute for South Asian Studies at UC Berkeley and GIPC at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for promoting the program.
Watch complete footage below of the panel discussion (1 hr., 35 mins)