This year, I want to speak to people involved in
- understanding AI governance
- AI in China
- AI Governance in China
- US-China AI governance
I live on the West Coast, cannot take additional time off, and so if the two felt equal in quality I'd go to the one that takes less time to get to. But if what I can learn is much greater at NYC it's probably worth ~6 hours extra flight time on the return journey.
The NYC one will have more people, so I think you'd find more people to 1-1 on US-China AI governance. But it depends on how many 1-1s you want to have. If it's just a few, then both are equal; if you are willing to have 10+ 1-1s on US-China AI governance, I imagine it'd be slightly harder to get that at Berkeley.