Brussels Forum Session: Grading Made in China 2025: Did Beijing’s Industrial Tech Strategy Deliver? 

Agatha Kratz is a partner at Rhodium Group. She leads the firm's corporate advisory work and its research on EU-China relations and supply chain diversification in an era of intensifying geopolitics. She also contributes to Rhodium’s work on China’s global trade and investment, and on industrial and technology policy.

Kratz’s previous positions include associate policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and editor-in-chief of its quarterly journal, China Analysis; assistant editor for Gavekal-Dragonomics’ China Economic Quarterly; and junior fellow at Asia Centre in Paris. She holds a PhD from King’s College London on China’s railway diplomacy. 

Brussels Forum Session: What Does the Future Hold for American Democracy? 

Adrian Fontes was elected Arizona's 21st secretary of state in 2022. He served on active duty in the US Marine Corps from 1992 to 1996, and was nominated for a meritorious commission.

After graduating from law school, Fontes was a prosecutor with the Denver district attorney before moving to the Maricopa County (Arizona) attorney’s office. He later led the International Prosecution Unit in that office. He practiced law for 15 years before running for office in 2016 when he was elected Maricopa County recorder. In that position, he enhanced ballot tracking technology and increased process transparency, winning awards from election organizations across the United States.

Fontes has testified before the US Congress about threats facing American election officials.