This conference convened Nobel Laureates, key policy makers, and business leaders from Asia and around the globe, with the aim to foster transcontinental dialogue on a range of topics. Session I: Economics and Politics of Technological Advancement and Global Economic Integration Participants: * Jan Svejnar [Chair], Director, Center on Global Economic Governance and James T. Shotwell Professor of Global Political Economy, Columbia SIPA * Peter Jungen, Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH * Edmund Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Director, Center on Capitalism and Society, Columbia University * Kathy Xu, CEO, Capital Today China Growth Limited * Zhang Tao, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Read more at: cgeg.sipa.columbia.edu/events-calendar/world-economy-and-role-state-economic-growth Event date: March 17, 2017