Tentative Agenda

Welcome Remarks

• U.S. Congressman Andy Ogles, Chairman, Subcommittee of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure
• Xiaoxu Sean Lin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Consilium Institute

Enhancing Collaboration: U.S.–Taiwan Cybersecurity, Information Freedom and Countering Digital Authoritarianism

• Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience
• Building a Whole-of-Society Cyber Defense Model
• AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies
• Enterprise Cybersecurity and Supply Chain Security
• Advancing U.S.–Taiwan Cybersecurity Partnership

• Congressman Andy Ogles, Chairman, House Subcommittee of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
• Professor Yu-Chieh Lee, Executive Director of the Cyber Security Research Center at Academia Sinica and Chairman of the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC)
• Hao-Wei Chen, Chief Information Security Officer for the Taiwan and Japan regions at Coupang, a Fortune 150 company; Board Member of the Association of Hackers in Taiwan
• Xiaoxu Sean Lin, Executive Director, Consilium Institute (Moderator)

Followed by media interview time at CVC Room 217.

Countering CCP Influence Operations, United Front Activities and Strategic Infiltration

• Understanding the CCP’s Political Warfare Strategy
• Defending Democratic Institutions Against Influence Operations
• Building Democratic Resilience Against Cognitive Warfare
• Policy Responses: Strengthening U.S.–Taiwan Cooperation Against Authoritarian Influence

• Nicholas Eftimiades, former U.S. intelligence officer at CIA, DOS and DIA; Professor in Penn State’s Homeland Security Programs
• Dr. Bradley A. Thayer, founding member, Committee on the Present Danger: China
• Dr. Yu-Hsi Liu (Lucy), Associate Professor, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan
• Cheryl Yu, Fellow, Jamestown Foundation
• David Zhang (Moderator)

Lunch & Screening of Documentary Excerpts

Sandwich box lunch & screening of documentary film excerpts at two CVC meeting rooms simultaneously (North CVC 268 & South CVC 217).

China’s Stealth Invasion is a 2026 investigative documentary produced by Luminous Films that explores how the Chinese Communist Party allegedly exploits American institutions, infrastructure, media, and technology to weaken the United States from within. Hosted by David Zhang, the film features former intelligence officials and national security experts who trace a systematic pattern of influence.

• Tobias Elvhage, Producer (Host)
• Prof. Tianliang Zhang, Executive Producer (Host)

Award Ceremony for Quitting CCP Movement and Testimony from Victims

• Over a dozen courageous Chinese immigrants publicly announce their quitting of the CCP and receive Certificates of Quitting CCP
• Congressional proclamation for the Quitting CCP movement, received by Dr. Zhiyuan Wang, President, Global Service Center for Quitting CCP
• Testimonies of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted by the CCP and rescue campaign — Wanxia Zhang (New York) and Alicia Zhou (Maryland)
• Video: campaign to rescue Falun Gong practitioners recently kidnapped and incarcerated in Wuhan, China

Hosted by Marion Chen, Consilium Institute

Enhancing Global Collaboration on Countering Forced Organ Harvesting and Transnational Repression

• Systematic integration of the CCP’s machinery of repression and the forced organ harvesting (FOH) industry, and the export of the FOH mechanism
• Global legislation efforts to counter FOH and the challenge to the medical community in responding to FOH
• Enhancing global collaboration mechanisms to counter FOH and establishing international accountability on FOH
• Escalation of transnational repression and the export of CCP control overseas

• David Matas, distinguished human rights lawyer (remote)
• Piero A. Tozzi, Senior Director for China Policy, America First Policy Institute
• Alejandro Centurion, MD, Associate Director of Medical Affairs, Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH)
• Erping Zhang, Spokesperson, Falun Dafa Information Center
• Jan Jekielek, Senior Editor, The Epoch Times; Host, American Thought Leaders (Moderator)

Prospects on U.S.–Taiwan–China Relations, CCP Internal Fragility and Indo-Pacific Strategic Outlook

• The near-future prospects of cross-Strait security and deterrence
• CCP internal challenges and strategic decision-making
• U.S.–Taiwan–China relations in a rapidly changing global environment in 2026
• Building a free, secure, and resilient Indo-Pacific via strengthening U.S.–Taiwan collaboration

• Chu-Cheng Ming, Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University
• Tsung-Chi Yu, Retired Major General, Republic of China Army; former Deputy Commandant, Republic of China Military Academy
• Gordon Chang, Author, Geopolitical Analyst, and China Expert; Senior Fellow, Gatestone Institute
• David Stilwell, former Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (remote participation)
• Ming Chiang, President, Hello Taiwan (Moderator)

Taiwan–U.S. Alliance on Economic, Technology & Energy Resilience

• Winning the Strategic Competition in Critical Technologies and Energy
• Countering Economic Coercion and Strengthening Supply Chain Security
• Building a Resilient U.S.–Taiwan Economic Partnership
• A Strategic Roadmap for the Next Decade of U.S.–Taiwan Partnership

• Adam Savit, Director of China Policy Initiative, America First Policy Institute
• Wu Chia-Lung, Economist and Geopolitical Analyst
• Chin-Mo Cheng, Associate Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan
• Chu-Cheng Ming, Professor Emeritus, National Taiwan University
• Prof. Frank Xie, Vice President of Research, Consilium Institute (Moderator)

Closing Remarks

• Xiaoxu Sean Lin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Consilium Institute