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Keynote Remarks (9:30 a.m.)

Chen Ming-tong, Mainland Affairs Council Minister, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Introduced by Dr. Kim Holmes, Executive Vice President, The Heritage Foundation

Panel 1: China under Xi Jinping (10:30-11:45 a.m.)

Arthur S. Ding, Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

Chin-Fu Hung, Professor, Political Science Department, National Cheng Kung University

Phillip Saunders, Director, Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs

Dean Cheng, Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator

Luncheon (11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Remarks by The Honorable Ted Yoho (R-FL)

Chairman, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Panel 2: U.S.-China Relations: Implications for Taiwan’s Security and Democracy (12:45-2:00 p.m.)

I-chung Lai, President, Prospect Foundation

Yeh-chung Lu, Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Dan Twining, President, International Republican Institute

Prashanth Parameswaran, Senior Editor, The Diplomat

Jeff Smith, Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator

Keynote Remarks (2:00-3:00 p.m.)

Randy Schriver, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

Panel 3: Cross-Strait Relations and Strategic Impact (3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m.)

Cheng-yi Lin, President, Institute for National Defense and Security Research

David W.F. Huang, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica

Shelley Rigger, Professor, Davidson College

Riley Walters, Policy Analyst, The Heritage Foundation

Ketty Chen, Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy – Moderator

Panel 4: Roundtable (4:45-5:30 p.m.)

Scott Kastner, Professor, University of Maryland

Abe Denmark, Director Asia Program, Wilson Center

Ketty Chen, Vice President, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy

Walter Lohman, Director, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation – Moderator

Reception (5:30-7:00 p. m.)