Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara, executive director and chief executive officer of Temasek Holdings and member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua SEM, joined Professor He Ping, associate dean of Tsinghua SEM, for a Board Members in Dialogue with Tsinghua Students session.

Erika H. James, Dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Advisory Board of Tsinghua SEM, engaged in a wide-ranging dialogue with Tsinghua faculty and doctoral students.

John L. Thornton delivered a speech and took part in a dialogue with students at Tsinghua SEM on "Talent, Education, and the Next Generation of Global Leaders," attracting nearly 100 participants.