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

Event Time

October 31, 2025丨Friday
7:30 am-8:50 am
Eastern Standard Time (EST)

October 31, 2025丨Friday
7:30 pm-8:50 pm
China Standard Time (CST)

Participation Format 

Registration is required to receive the ZOOM access link, which will be sent to your registered email address or phone number shortly. Please enter the Zoom room 15 minutes before the starting time. Once the Zoom room reaches full capacity, latecomers may be unable to join the event. 

Registration and Fees

Registration
Please click “HERE” further below to register. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. 

Ticket: Free.

The language of the event will be English. 

The Event

On October 31, join us for the fourth installment of Ted and Logan’s Briefings on High-Tech Industries. This session features Edward (Ted) Snyder, former Dean and Professor of Economics and Management at the Yale School of Management, in conversation with Logan Bender ’19, technology investor. Together, they will examine the objectives, tools, and outcomes of industrial policy in the high-tech sectors of China and the United States (U.S.).

What are China’s policies toward semiconductors, electric vehicles, robotics, software, human capital and AI? How does the U.S. approach these same challenges? What similarities and differences exist between the two countries’ strategies? How should development efforts be organized, and where can markets or governments contribute more effectively? These are among the questions Ted and Logan will explore during the event. As always, participants are encouraged to share questions and comments via the Zoom chat, and we will address as many as possible during the Q&A session following the talk.

Speakers

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

Edward (Ted) Snyder 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 MBA '19
Technology Investor

Logan 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.