The Asia Health Policy Program (AHPP) at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center held a Net Value in Diabetes Management Workshop in March at SCPKU to discuss progress on an international research collaboration focused on diabetes net value measurement methods. Research teams from Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Taiwan, South Korea and the United States participated in the workshop.  Read more. 

As part of AHPP's 10th anniversary, the program will host two public events at SCPKU this month: Workshop of Young Leaders in Asia Health Policy June 21 and the Third Annual Forum on China's Primary Healthcare Reform and Community Medical Services on June 22.

The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) held its 6th annual conference at SCPKU on March 21 and 22. Bringing together scholars and social sector practitioners from Asia, Europe and the United States, the event resulted in an immersive learning environment focused on emerging and proven trends and practices in philanthropy and social innovation.  Read more. 

Stanford's Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, a joint initiative of Stanford's law and business schools, held a workshop at SCPKU on May 8 in which it gathered approximately 20 China-based experts to scope out a new research initiative on a topic crucial to achieving meaningful global carbon reductions: more-efficient structures of clean-energy financing in China.  

The workshop followed the center's release in March of The New Solar System, a major report about how a more-nuanced relationship between the United States and China could help make solar energy big enough to make a global environmental difference.  The study was the subject of a New York Times op-ed (published in English and in Chinese) by Jeffrey Ball, the study's lead author and the Stanford center's scholar-in-residence, and Dan Reicher, a co-author and the center's executive director.  Ball and Reicher led the May workshop, whose participants - all of them based in China - included executives of major banks, major electricity generators, and solar manufacturers; government officials; foundation officials; and academics.  

Stanford's Graduate School of Business (GSB) convened its fourth "No Pain, No Gain" event on May 10 at SCPKU which featured GSB Professor Haim Mendelson and Dan Hu, GSB alumni and founder of Paymax. The meeting focused on China's emerging financial tech industry including trends and business models.  The "No Pain, No Gain" series highlights China-based entrepreneurs with Stanford roots, the challenges they face, and best practices.