Conference Schedule

The 2008 HAA Global Series conference in Shanghai will bring alumni together to participate in academic symposia and learn about important initiatives shaping Harvard's future.

The cost is USD $300 / 2,220 RMB for the full conference or any combination of conference activities. Please note, the price is the same for alumni and guests. We will be able to accommodate walk-in registration only if space is available.

ASIA, HARVARD, AND THE WORLD

The Pudong Shangri-La
Shanghai, China

 

Friday, March 28, 2008

The Pudong Shangri-La Hotel

6:30 PMWelcoming Reception 

Kate A. McFarlin AB ’03, President of the Harvard Club of Shanghai                   

John P. Reardon, Jr. AB ’60, Executive Director of the Harvard Alumni Association and Associate Vice President for University Relations

Jorge I. Domínguez, Vice Provost for International Affairs at Harvard University and Antonio Madero Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Saturday, March 29, 2008

The Pudong Shangri-La Hotel

8:00 AMRegistration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 AMOpening Plenary Session I

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Steven E. Hyman, Provost of Harvard University and Professor of Neurobiology in the Faculty of Medicine

INTRODUCTION

Drew Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

SHANGHAI: 2010 AND BEYOND

Han Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai

THE ROLE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION IN CHINA'S ECONOMY AT CHINA'S CURRENT AND FUTURE STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

Wan Gang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Minister of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China


9:45 AMOpening Plenary Session II

HAA GREETING

Jonathan L. S. Byrnes DBA '80, President of the Harvard Alumni Association

Asia, harvard and the world:
Our Common Problems in the 21st Century


William C. Kirby, Geisinger Professor of History, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, and Chairman of the Harvard China Fund

Can stem cells renew and repair our bodies? Challenges in biomedicine and public policy

Douglas A. Melton, Scientific Co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Co-Chair of the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

12:00 NOONLunch and University Address by Drew Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Introduction
Victor Kwok-King Fung PhD ’71, Chairman, Li & Fung Group
                                            
University Address
Drew Faust, President of Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

1:45 PMFirst Concurrent Discussions (please choose one)

A. CHALLENGES IN BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE IN CHINA

Moderator:  F. Warren McFarlan, T.J. Dermot Dunphy Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration and Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School

Panelists: 
Victor Kwok-King Fung PhD ’71
, Chairman, Li & Fung Group
Kenneth K. Pao MBA ’06, Co-Founder and President, Dorm99.com
Marjorie M.T. Yang MBA ’76, Chair, Esquel Group

B. Health and Demographic Changes in Asia

Moderator: Barry R. Bloom, Dean of the Faculty and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health in the Harvard School of Public Health

Panelists: 
David Canning, Professor of Economics and International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health
William Hsiao, K. T. Li Professor of Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health
Daniel P. Schrag, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, and Director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment

C. The Challenge of Energy and Environment in China and the World

Moderator: David T. Ellwood, Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Scott M. Black Professor of Political Economy

Panelists: 
John P. Holdren ,
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and President and Director of the Woods Hole Research Center
Kelly S. Gallagher, Director of Energy Technology Innovation Policy at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Adjunct Lecturer in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Wang Yuan, President, China Academy of Science and Technology for Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China
Zou Ji, Vice Dean, School of Environment and Natural Resources; Head, Department of Environmental Economics and Management, Renmin University of China

3:30 PMSecond Concurrent Discussions (please choose one)

D. Constitutions - Visible and Invisible

Moderator: Laurence H. Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School.

Panelists: 
Young-Joon Mok LLM ’89,
Justice, the Constitutional Court of Korea  
Raul C. Pangalangan LLM ’86, SJD ’90, Professor of Law, University of the Philippines
Xin Chunying, Member of the Standing Committee and Deputy Minister of the Legislative Affairs Commission, the National People’s Congress

E. What Works, What Doesn’t: Lessons from East and Southeast Asia

Moderator: Anthony J. Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and Faculty Chair of Asia Programs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government; and Fung Director of the Harvard University Asia Center

Panelists: 
David R. McCann, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature at Harvard University and Director of the Korea Institute
Dwight Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University
Thomas Vallely, Director of the Vietnam Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

F. Does Chinese Culture Have a Future?

Moderator: Peter K. Bol, Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Panelists:
Xiaofei Tian,
Professor of Chinese Literature at Harvard University
Xu Youyu, Professor, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Zhu Xueqin, Professor at the Department of History, Academy of Letters, Shanghai University

7:00 PMGala Buffet Reception Including Cocktails and Conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean of the Faculty of Design

Reflections on Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in China

Sunday, March 30, 2008

The Pudong Shangri-La Hotel

9:00 AMInformal Breakfast and Open Forum

HARVARD TODAY

Jorge I. Domínguez, Vice Provost for International Affairs at Harvard University and Antonio Madero Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

10:30 AM Closing Remarks

Tamara Elliott Rogers, AB ’74, Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development at Harvard University