Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 8:30 AM-4:40 PM (ET)
1777 F Street NW, Rockefeller-Peterson Room
Event Description:
Please join the Global Taiwan Institute (GTI) at our 2025 annual symposium, which will feature leading policy experts offering their insights on a broad range of policy issues impacting US-Taiwan relations. The event, taking place over the course of a full day, in-person session in Washington DC, will be organized around four engaging panel discussions on a range of challenges and opportunities facing the United States and Taiwan as they enhance a global partnership for peace and security.
As GTI’s flagship event, the symposium is an annual forum that convenes leading experts on US-Taiwan policy to discuss current challenges and propose potential future solutions. At this year’s event, our panels will cover four broad themes: policy trends in Washington, Taipei, and Beijing; Taiwan’s international partnerships; trade and technology policies; and defense and security challenges in the Indo-Pacific. We will also feature distinguished keynote speakers from the governments of both the United States and Taiwan.
The detailed agenda follows below. Public participation will be welcome, and questions for the panels may either be sent by e-mail to contact@globaltaiwan.org or through the chat function on the YouTube page.
Doors will open at 8:00 AM on the day of the event, and the event will begin at 8:30 AM. If you plan on attending in-person, please RSVP here by September 30, as seating is limited. Please only register if you would like to attend in-person. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please direct any questions to Senior Programs Manager Adrienne Wu at awu@globaltaiwan.org.
The event will also be broadcast live on our website and on YouTube beginning at 8:30 AM.
**Media: Please contact Yuchen Lee at ylee@globaltaiwan.org if you would like to bring additional crew members or equipment so that we can be sure to accommodate you.
AGENDA
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM – 8:40 AM Introductory and Welcome Remarks
- Jennifer Hu (President, Global Taiwan Institute)
8:40 AM – 9:00 AM Opening Keynotes
- Ambassador Alexander Yui Tah-ray (Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office)
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM Panel One: Policy Trends in Washington, Taipei, and Beijing
- Panelists:
- Ann E. Kowalewski (Global Taiwan Institute)
- Chin-fu Hung (Bernard Hung) (National Cheng-Kung University)
- Willy Wo-Lap Lam (The Jamestown Foundation)
- Moderator:
- John Dotson (Global Taiwan Institute)
10:15 AM – 10:25 AM Coffee Break
10:25 AM – 11:45 PM Panel Two: Taiwan’s International Partnerships
- Panelists:
- Thomas Shattuck (Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania)
- Yuki Tatsumi (Institute of Indo-Pacific Security)
- Leland Lazarus (Lazarus Consulting)
- Adrienne Wu (Global Taiwan Institute)
- Moderator:
- Alexander Gray (American Global Strategies)
11:45 PM – 12:00 PM Break
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM Luncheon Keynotes
- H.E. Dr. Chia-Lung Lin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan (ROC) (recorded)
- Ingrid Larson (AIT/Washington)
12:45 PM – 1:00 PM Break
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM Panel Three: Trade and Technology Policies
- Panelists:
- C.C. Chen (former ROC Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs)
- Riley Walters (Hudson Institute)
- Libby Lange (Special Competitive Studies Project)
- Moderator:
- Lotta Danielsson (US-Taiwan Business Council)
2:15 PM – 2:25 PM Break
2:25 PM – 3:45 PM Panel Four: Defense and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific
- Panelists:
- Michael Studeman (RADM USN, ret.)
- Alison O’Neil (Institute for the Study of War)
- Jamie Ocon (Taiwan Security Monitor)
- K.J. Hsu (Taipei District Court)
- Moderator:
- Michael Hunzeker (George Mason University)
3:50 PM – 4:40 PM Perspectives from Senior Policymakers
- Speakers:
- Wallace Gregson (Lt.Gen., USMC; Asst. SECDEF for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, 2009-2011)
- Ely Ratner (Asst. SECDEF for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, 2021-2025; Principal, Marathon Initiative)
- Moderator:
- John Dotson (Global Taiwan Institute)