Panelists And Their Affiliations

Steven C. Clemons Executive vice president of the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. Cofounded the Japan Policy Research Institute, Cardiff, Calif.

Linda Geppert (M) Senior technical editor, IEEE Spectrum. Worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., as a research scientist for 17 years.

Danielle Kriz Senior international trade specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce, in Washington, D.C. Comanages the U.S. and Japan Information Technology Working Group.

Robert Y. Lai A national security consultant and a director of Taiwan's National Applied Research Laboratories. Worked previously as a senior project engineer at TRW Inc.

Paul F. Liao (F) Chief technology officer, U.S. Division, Panasonic/Matsushita Electric Corp., in Secaucus, N.J. Named IEEE fellow for his contributions to nonlinear optics and laser spectroscopy.

Willie W. Lu (SM) Consulting professor at Stanford University in California. Is a specialist in software-defined radio, open wireless architecture, and fourth-generation mobile communications.

Michael G. Pecht (F) Engineering professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the author of 18 books on electronic products development, including a series on the Asian electronics industry.

John Rutledge Chairman of Rutledge Institute for Capital and Growth; of Rutledge Capital, a private equity investment firm; and of Rutledge Research. Was a principal architect of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's economic program in 1980 and 1981.

Tim Shorrock Independent journalist specializing in Korea and East Asia. Covered U.S. and Asia trade for Journal of Commerce and Business Korea. Is well known for his reporting on South Korea's May 1980 military coup.

Alan Tonelson Research fellow, U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation, in Washington, D.C. Held a visiting fellowship at the Henry L. Stimson Center to study security and economics issues in China in 2002–2003.

Fei-Yue Wang (F) Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Arizona in Tucson and director of its advanced research program in complex systems. Served as an advisor on long-term technology development to the Chinese Academy of Sciences.