# Stern in Shanghai on Geopolitics, Finance, and AI with Professors Menachem Brenner and Han-Shen Lin (MS ’10)

0 March 20, 2026 ![Professors Menachem Brenner and Han-Shen Lin](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/2026-03/1_3.png?itok=fAv_zR8b)Alumni, students, and faculty across NYU, NYU Stern, and the NYU Stern-NYU Shanghai MS Programs gathered in Shanghai for a conversation on geopolitics, finance, and artificial intelligence with Professor Emeritus Menachem Brenner and Professor Han-Shen Lin (MS ’10). Welcome remarks were given by Professor Adam Brandenburger, Faculty Director of the NYU Shanghai Program on Creativity + Innovation and Director of the NYU Stern-Shanghai MS Programs.

![Professor Menachem Brenner giving a talk](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2026-03/2_2.png.webp?itok=tpH-Qzlb)

*Professors Menachem Brenner (left) and Han-Shen Lin (MS ’10, right) held a conversation on geopolitics, finance, and artificial intelligence.*

![An audience member participating in the Q&A](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2026-03/3_0.png.webp?itok=4u_bS9NG)

*The conversation featured a Q&A with the audience.*

The discussion examined geopolitical risk and “radical” uncertainty, the role of AI in finance, and offered an outlook of global market dynamics for 2026. The conversation was followed by a networking reception.

![Alumni networking after the chat](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2026-03/4.png.webp?itok=V1SntPm_)

*Alumni mingled after the conversation during a networking reception.*

![Both professors mingled with alumni during the reception](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2026-03/5_0.png.webp?itok=9Z0Tw-6p)

![Professors mingled during the reception](/sites/default/files/styles/large_825px_wide/public/2026-03/6.png.webp?itok=6UkUYU08)

*Alumni had the opportunity to network with Professors Menachem Brenner and Han-Shen Lin (MS ’10).*

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