The University of Maryland Hosts Its 5th International Conference On Economics, Politics, And Security Of China And The USA: "Partnering For The 21st Century" On October 24-25, 2017 In College Park, Maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On October 24-25, 2017, the UMD School of Public Policy's Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise will host the "5th International Conference on Economics, Politics, and Security of China and the USA: Partnering for the 21^st Century."  The conference is scheduled to take place at the University of Maryland's Samuel L. Riggs Alumni Center, College Park, MD.  Each day registration will begin at 7:45A and the program will start at 8:30A and scheduled to conclude each day at 5:00P.  Please RSVP no later than Friday, October 20^th, via email at [email protected].

The conference is a joint collaboration between the University of Maryland, College Park and the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Changsha, China.  The goal of the collaboration and the conference is to conduct and present research on the US-Sino relationship with the goal of improving the overall bilateral relationship.  The conference participants consist of experts from think tanks, non-profits, private industry, and academia to address essential issues for US/China, to include: Defense Science and Innovation; US-China Bilateral Security Relations, Nuclear Energy Proliferation, US-China Nuclear Weapons and Security Issues; Global Cyber Security in the 21^st Century; Global Sustainability, Security in the Pacific, Geo-Strategic Competition, Civil-Military Integration, and more.

We're also delighted to have Melissa Hathaway, President of Hathaway Global, LLC, and Sr. Advisor at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, give the luncheon keynote on "Responsible Disclosure – Government and Corporate Roles." Hathaway, is the former Sr. Cyber Security Advisor to US Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and former Acting Sr. Director for Cyberspace at the National Security Council.

For more information on the event, please contact Dawn Pulliam, Director of Outreach, Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise, at 301.405.8258 or by email at [email protected].  The conference website can be found at http://www.cpppe.umd.edu/events/5th-international-conference-economics-politics-and-security-china-and-usa.

The Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise provides the strategic linkage between the public and private sector to develop and improve solutions to increasingly complex problems associated with the delivery of public services — a responsibility increasingly shared by both sectors. Operating at the nexus of public and private interests, the Center researches, develops, and promotes best practices; develops policy recommendations; and strives to influence senior decision-makers toward improved government and industry results. The Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise is a research Center within the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.

SOURCE University of Maryland Center for Public Policy and Private Enterprise