Event Registration: From Funding to Foundries: How China Builds AI Power

Event Registration: From Funding to Foundries: How China Builds AI Power

This session unpacks how capital, industrial policy, and semiconductors interact inside China’s technology ecosystem to build and diffuse AI power—and what it means for U.S. and global competition.
The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is excited to partner with the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) to host a side event at the AI+ Expo this May.

Firestarter Briefing:

Join IST's Jennifer Tang and Fatima Faisal Khan for a firestarter briefing on IST’s past, current, and future work on U.S.-China technological and geopolitical competition.

Panel Discussion:

IST’s Chief Trust Officer, Steven M. Kelly, hosts a discussion with expert China watchers on the state of China’s AI ecosystem. He will be joined by panelists:
- Ryan Fedasiuk, Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Samm Sacks, Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale University
- Sunny Cheung, Research Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation
- Jost Wübbeke, Managing Partner, Sinolytics
When: Thursday, May 7, 2026 from 2:30 - 3:45 ET

Where: Room 150B at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center

IMPORTANT: Please note that you must be registered for the SCSP AI+ Expo in order to attend this panel. Registration is free. Please register here.
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Event Registration: From Funding to Foundries: How China Builds AI Power

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