The 2026 Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations
January 29 at 5:00 pm – January 30 at 4:30 pm
The 2026 Jimmy Carter Forum on U.S.-China Relations will be convened at The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia on January 29-30, 2026.
The Forum brings together former diplomats, academics, and other experts to share ideas on how the U.S.-China relationship can remain intact under current geopolitical and trade tensions. Hosted alternatively between China and the United States, this platform has fostered open communication since 2012.
For the 2026 event, the forum will focus on women in U.S.-China relations. Sarah Beran, a former senior U.S. diplomat in China, will open this year’s proceedings on January 29 with reflections on her time in China, the impact gender has had on her own career, and broader observations about women in diplomacy in both Washington, D.C., and Beijing.
The program will continue on January 30 with a morning roundtable discussion about the role of women in U.S.-China relations from the 1970s to the present. Guests will include experts from the first generation to officially travel to China at the start of normalization to those who have only established their careers in the last decade.
