2007 Conference on Public Affairs in China

 

Organizer

China Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA)

 

Co-organizers

Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Columbia University (CUCSSA)

Greater China Society, Columbia University (GCS)

Conference Program

November 10, 2007 (Saturday)

Columbia Business School Uris 142

Columbia University

 

10:15am - 10:30am     Opening Remarks

                                     Remarks by Shuping Wang, President of CIPA

                                     Remarks by Jian Zhang, President of CUCSSA

10:30am - 12:30pm     PANEL I: Environmental Challenges  

                    

 Moderator:   Xin ZHANG, Yale University

               Speakers:         

l         Roger RAUFER, Director of Engineering Services at the International Environmental Trading Group, Washington, DC

l         Ellen BRENNAN-GALVIN, Senior Research Scholar, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT

l         Max ZHANG, Assistant Professor, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

l         Victor Yue YUAN, Chairman of Horizon Research Group in Beijing, and World Fellow at Yale University 2007

12:30pm - 1:30pm       Onsite Lunch

 

1:30pm   -  3:30pm       PANEL II: Finance and Foreign Investment

 

  Moderator:   Rui GUO, Columbia University  

               Speakers:

·         Bernard Y. YEUNG, Abraham Krasnoff Professor in Global Business, Stern, and Director of China House, New York University, New York, NY

·         Yixin LIAO, Professor and Law School Dean of Xiamen University, and Senior Global  Research Fellow at New York University Law School 2007-2008

·         Winston Ma, CFA, Esq., Author: Investing in China (London 2006); Associate Director, Barclays Capital, New York, NY

·         Keyong DONG,  Professor and Dean of School of Public Administration, Renmin University of China, and visiting Professor at University of Michigan 2007

3:30pm - 3:50pm      Reports of the CIPA Council of Fellows and Board of Directors

3:50pm - 4:30pm      Adjourn and Networking

5:00pm                      Dinner with Speakers

 

 

 

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2007 CIPA Conference

Organization Committee

 

Bin Chen (New York, NY)

Jinhua Cheng (New Haven, CT) (Co-chair)

Hao Jiang (Nanjing, China)

Yijia Jing (Shanghai, China)

Charles Li (New York, NY)

Hongyu Liu (Hong Kong, HK)

Haibing Ma (Washington, DC)

Dan Sheng (New York, NY)

Jing Su (New Haven, CT)

Feng Wang (Los Angeles, CA)

Huan Wang (Beijing, China)

Shuping Wang (New Haven, CT)

Yanbo Wang (Boston, MA)

Yu Wang (New York, NY)

Lan Xu (Philadelphia, PA)

Haitao Yin (Ann Arbor, MI)

Boliang Zhu (New York, NY) (Co-chair)