Summary: 1:30 p.m. Opening Remarks Lee Edwards, Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, The Heritage Foundation Wei Wang, President, Taiwan Benevolent Association of America Yeni Wong, President, Institute for Taiwan-America Studies Keynote Address Lyu-shun Shen, Former Representative, Taiwan Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Washington, D.C. 2:15 p.m. Session 1: Cross-Strait Relations and the U.S. Chung-Chian Teng, Professor, Department of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Patrick M. Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security Russell Hsiao, Executive Director, Global Taiwan Institute Scott Kastner, Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator 4:00 p.m. Session 2: Future of Economic Relations between the U.S. and Taiwan Riley Walters, Research Associate, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, The Heritage Foundation Scott Kennedy, Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, CSIS Vincent Wang, Dean and Professor of Politics, School of Humanities and Sciences, Ithaca College Yinglee Tseng, Managing Director of TBAA-GDC – Moderator
