Co-hosted by Yale School of Management and Yale Center Beijing

Event Time

Monday, June 9, 2025 
7:30 pm - 8:50 pm | China Standard Time (CST)

Monday, June 9, 2025
7:30 am - 8:50 am | Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Registration
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Ticket: Free for Yale alumni; RMB 30 for regular admission.

*The registration fee for the event is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The language of the event will be English.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

In the second installment of the “Ted and Logan's Briefings on High-Tech Industries” series, Edward A. Snyder (Ted), former Dean of Yale School of Management and Professor of Economics and Management, teams up with Logan Bender ’19, technology investor, to decode the EV industry's competition through an economic lens. They will be joined live by Dr. Brian Gu ’99, XPENG’s Vice Chairman and Co-President, who will offer an insider’s perspective in a dynamic trans-Pacific dialogue on June 9, 2025.

Speakers

Edward A. Snyder (Ted) (Online)
Former Dean & William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management, Yale School of Management

Edward A. Snyder (Ted) is the William S. Beinecke Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management. He has applied IO frameworks to over thirty industries and product markets in the course of his academic and professional career. This set includes liquid crystal displays, video streaming, payment systems, pharmaceuticals, optical disk drives, and modem chips used in smartphones. He studied economics at the University of Chicago. He served as Dean of three business schools and founded the Global Network for Advanced Management.

Logan Bender '19 (Online)
Technology Investor

Logan Bender is a CFA charter holder and Yale MBA (specialization in asset management). During his career as a global technology investor and research analyst at Putnam and First Analysis, Logan has specialized in high-tech industries including software, internet platforms, and semiconductors, with particular emphasis on the U.S. and China. Logan also has experience with venture investment focusing on series A and B stage investments in vertical SaaS, human capital technology, and other high growth differentiated software businesses.

The Discussant

Brian Gu MBA ’99 (Onsite)
Vice Chairman and President, XPENG

Dr.  Brian Gu is the Vice Chairman and President of XPENG. His  responsibilities encompass corporate strategy, finance, legal affairs,  and investments. He also leads XPENG's international market development. Dr. Gu holds an MBA from Yale University, a PhD in  Biochemistry from the University of Washington School of Medicine, and a  Bachelor’s in Chemistry from the University of Oregon.