Email from Sri Ram Krishnan: “Wishing you a happy CNY. Hope all is well during this period. I need a small favour, again. HPAIR 07 (the conference which you helped me publicize last year) has just been finalised and I have forwarded the publicity flyer with this email. I would appreciate if you could put it up on your blog so that Malaysian students can be part of the two conferences again.
“Btw, last year we had quite a number of Msian students! Much better than 05..thanks partly to you and other bloggers out there!
“p.s : I am not the chairperson anymore but helping the organising committee at harvard and in china as much as I can. as usual, any questions out there regarding hpair can be forwarded to me. – Sriram Krishnan
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HPAIR CONFERENCES 2007
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
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DATES: August 17-20, 2007
LOCATION: Beijing
WEBSITE: http://www.hpair2007.org/aconf/
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15th, 2007
The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) invites you to participate in our annual summer student conference in Asia.
HPAIR is a partnership between the students and faculty of Harvard University, offering a sustained academic program and a forum of exchange to facilitate discussion of the most important economic, political, and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
HPAIR’s international conference has emerged as the largest annual Harvard event in Asia and the largest annual student conference in the Asia-Pacific region, attracting a wide variety of distinguished speakers and future leaders as Harvard’s student outpost in Asia. Past speakers at our conferences include former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, Singapore President S.R. Nathan, Secretary-General of ASEAN Ong Keng Yong, and former Japanese Finance Minister Heizo Takanaka.
Both delegates and papers are welcome! Applications for both are online and located at www.hpair2007.org/apply/
The theme will be Engaging Asia: Discourse and Dialogue
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WORKSHOP TOPICS
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Our HPAIR 2007 workshops will focus on the following six topics:
-Economic Growth in Asia and its Effects on Society -Comparative Notions of Leadership -Understanding Security Issues in East Asia -Inequality and Social Policy in Asia -Asia’s Information Society -Popular Culture in Asia
In addition, HPAIR Academic Conference will offer delegates opportunities to participate in field trips, visits to our host schools, and gala dinner.
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BUSINESS CONFERENCE
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Engaging Asia: Collaboration and Competition August 24th — 26th, 2007 Hong Kong, Grand Hyatt and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
(HKCEC)
Co-hosted by the University of Hong Kong.
WEBSITE: http://www.hpair2007.org/bconf/ FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 15th, 2007
The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) is a collaboration between the students and faculty of Harvard University, offering a sustained academic program and a forum of exchange to facilitate discussion of the most important economic, political, and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
The HPAIR Business Conference annually brings together hundreds of international students and young professionals to interact and learn from the most prominent leaders from the world of business, government and law. Featuring over 30 speakers from local and overseas, 300 international delegates and a roster of world class sponsors, the HPAIR Business Conference promotes discourse on the critical issues influencing Asia’s dynamic business landscape.
Past speakers have included the following prominent leaders in business and finance:
Victor Fung, Group Chairman Li & Fung Group Liu Mingkang, Chairman of the People’s Bank of China Frank-J?rgen Richter, Director of the World Economic Forum Philip Murphy, former President of Goldman Sachs Asia
Plenaries:
– Made in China: The Competitive Advantage
– Pan Asian Integration: Economic Growth and Foreign Investment
Panels:
– Acres of Diamonds: Asia’s Outstanding Entrepreneurs and How to Find Them
– Capital Rules: Risk, Reward and Innovation in Asia’s
Financial Institutions
– Selling News, Selling Fun: Media and Entertainment in Asia
– Home-grown Dragons: How Asia’s Family Firms became World Leaders
– Asia (TM): Building a Brand in Asia
– Global Investors: Asia’s Capital Working at Home and Abroad
– Law in the Boardroom, Law on the Streets: Corporate
Governance and Regulation
– Bright and Green: The Future of Energy, Infrastructure, and the Environment
Workshops:
– Mergers and Acquisitions
– Consumer Branding
– Law and Regulation
– Managing and Recruiting Talent
The HPAIR Business Conference now invites all university students to apply to participate as conference delegates. Graduate students, post-graduate students and professionals are also welcome to apply as a regular delegate.
If you would like to know more about HPAIR 2007 Business Conference, please go to http://www.hpair2007.org/bconf/ for more information.
Online applications are now available.
For any inquiries about HPAIR, please feel free to email help@hpair.org