Mr. Tom Fletcher Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs & Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Tsinghua Global Vision Lecture – The Future of The International Humanitarian System Prof. Germa Bel Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Universitat de Barcelona, and Director of the Institute of Research on Applied Economics (IREA-UB). Five Decades of Reforms for Local Public Services Delivery in the West In this seminar, Prof. Germa Bel examined shifts in local public service delivery. He argues that while late 20th-century reforms focused on privatization, modest results led to new strategies in the 21st century, including intermunicipal cooperation, corporatization, and remunicipalization. After decades of reform, a hybrid model—combining governmental and market elements—has become the dominant approach to managing local public services. Prof. Andres de Castro Garcia Associate Professor in International Relations and Security Studies at Spain´s largest public university, UNED. Multipolarism and its effect on global relationships In this talk, Prof. Andres de Castro Garcia analyzed the current multipolar world order, focusing on the rising competition among the U.S., China, and Russia. He argues that Trump’s second term accelerates global shifts, weakening the transatlantic alliance amid conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine. The discussion explores Trump’s expansionist aims toward Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal, and the EU’s struggle for unity, constrained by Franco-German rivalry—examined through the lens of International Relations theory. Prof Alicia García Herrero Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at French investment bank Natixis Independent Board Member of AGEAS insurance group Senior Fellow at the European think-tank BRUEGEL Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute (EAI) of the National University Singapore (NUS) Adjunct Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Advisor to the Spanish government on economic affairs. Where does China stand in key emerging technologies compared to the US and the EU: An analysis of patents in AI, quantum and Semiconductors In this talk, Prof Alicia García Herrero presented an analysis of global technological competition using large language models. She argues that by assessing patent data—adjusted for relevance—we can rank the US, China, and the EU in key critical technologies. The study also examines spillover speeds and firm-level dominance within each region, concluding with policy implications for all three major economic blocs. 40 Conferences and Events
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