[MIT CSSA Outreach] Fwd: Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus events

[xjia]

FYI.

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    Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:14:04 -0400
    From: Carol Yu <carol.y.yu at gmail.com>
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 Subject: Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus events
      To: lugao at MIT.EDU, xjia at MIT.EDU



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*       CHINA SALON *

*Speaker Series Organized by Harvard Kennedy School China Caucus *

Every Wednesday for the first 4 events to kick-start the series, then every
other Wednesday unless specified otherwise.

*Event #1*

Time: 6:00-7:30pm, *Monday, September 29 *

Location: Harvard Kennedy School Littaure 150

Topic: Innovative Approaches in China's May 12 Mega Earthquake Policy
Process: Two Cases

Speakers:

   - Xiulan Zhang, Dean of School of Social Development and Public Policy at
   Beijing Normal University. Recently, she started a major program related to
   the Sichuan earthquake, and her school had one of the first teams on the
   ground after the earthquake. Her task force was charged with providing
   immediate assistance, and more broadly with making critical policy
   recommendations to the government on humanitarian aid, short and long term
   relocation, community and economic redevelopment. She is the Chair of the
   Joint Earthquake Policy Expert Committee of the National Disaster Reduction
   Commission and the Ministry of Sciences and Technology.
   - Qiang Zhang, Research Professor of School of Social Development and
   Public Policy at Beijing Normal University. Director of Center of Emergency
   Management and Social Innovations and Director of the Policy Research Center
   for Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management Policy in Ministries of
   Civil Affairs and Education.
   - Huan Zhang, Associate Professor of School of Social Development and
   Public Policy at Beijing Normal University, Editor of the China Emergency
   Management.

 *Event #2*

Time: 4:30-6:00pm, Wednesday, October 1 (China's National Day)

Location: Wiener Auditorium, 1st Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy
School

Topic: Celebrating China's National Day?30 Years of Reform

Speakers:

   - Anthony Saich, Director of Ash Institute of Harvard Kennedy School
   - Yasheng Huang, Professor of MIT Sloan School of Management
   - William Overholt, Senior Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School,
   Former Director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy

*Event #3*

Time: 6:00-7:30pm, Wednesday, October 8

Location: Littaure 324, Harvard Kennedy School

Topic: The Problem of Land Reform in China's Modernization

Speaker: Gan Zangchun, Deputy Chief Supervisor/Minister of State Land
Department

Working Language: Chinese

*Event #4*

Time: 6:00-7:30pm, Wednesday, October 15

Location: Littaure 382, Harvard Kennedy School

Topic:* *From Subprime to Prime Time?Implications of the US Credit Crisis
for Asia and China

Speaker: Thomas Deng, Chief China Strategist, Goldman Sachs Asia


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