AGENDA
Hearing on "Taking a Bigger Byte: China’s Expanding Strategy for Data Dominance"
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430, and Webex
Livestream will appear here
Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Leland Miller and Commissioner Chris Slevin
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:05 AM: Panel I: Drivers and Objectives of China’s Data Acquisition Strategy
- Nigel Cory, Director, Crowell Global Advisors
- Joseph Lin, Co-Founder and CEO, Twenty
- Andrew Lohn, Senior Fellow, Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
11:05 AM – 11:15 AM: Break
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM: Panel II: China’s Data Acquisition in Practice — Vectors, Targets, and Implications for the United States
- Gregory Falco, Assistant Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University
- Chris Miller, Professor, The Fletcher School at Tufts University
- Diane Staheli, Senior Staff Member, Cyber Security and Information Services Division, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- Edward You, Founder, EHY Consulting LLC and Former FBI Supervisory Special Agent
12:45 PM – 12:50 PM: Closing Remarks
12:50 PM: Adjourn