Seminars 2008 - Spring Term Schedule
All talks are held in Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA, unless otherwise indicated.
Friday, February 8, 2:00 PM
"China Climate Policy and Opportunities for Engagement"
Deborah Seligsohn, Director, China Program, Climate Energy & Pollution Program, World Resources Institute
Thursday, February 14, 4:00 PM
"Understanding Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides from China Using Satellite Observations"
Dr. WANG Yuxuan, Research Associate, Harvard China Project/Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Tuesday, March 18, 1:30 PM
"Smart Growth with Chinese Characteristics: Transportation/Land Use Integration in Urban China"
Prof. Randall Crane, Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, Department of Urban Planning, School of Public Affairs, UCLA
***NOTE: Held in Beijing***
Tuesday, March 25, 2:00 PM (at School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University)
and
Friday, March 28, 10:00 AM (at College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University)
"Reconciling China's Economic Growth with Control of Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions"
Chris Nielsen, Executive Director, China Project; Dr. WANG Yuxuan, Research Associate in
Atmospheric Chemistry, HSEAS; and Dr.
Mun HO, Visiting Fellow in Economics, Harvard Institute for
Quantitative Social Science.
***NOTE: Held in Room N-262, CGIS North (Knafel Building), 1737 Cambridge St.***
Thursday, April 17, 4:00 PM
"Reconciling China's Economic Growth with Control of Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions"
Chris Nielsen, Executive Director, China Project; Dr. WANG Yuxuan, Research Associate in
Atmospheric Chemistry, HSEAS; and Dr.
Mun HO, Visiting Fellow in Economics, Harvard Institute for
Quantitative Social Science.
Co-sponsored by the Harvard China Fund
***NOTE: Held at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 136 Irving St., Cambridge***
Friday, May 2, 2:00 PM
"Understanding China's Air Quality and Carbon Emissions ... or Not"
Chris Nielsen, Executive Director, China Project
Panel on Public Health and the Environment, Harvard University Asia Center 10th Anniversary Symposium
Thursday, May 8, 4:00 PM
"One Country, Two Systems, One Environment: Environmental Cooperation Between
Hong Kong and Guangdong"
Prof.
Yok-Shiu F. LEE, Department of Geography, Hong Kong University, and
Prof. Carlos Wing-Hung LO, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University
This seminar is also co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies Program (Harvard Law School) and Taubman Center for State and Local Government (Harvard Kennedy School)
Thursday, May 15, 4:00 PM
"Environmental Regulatory Enforcement in China: Changes in Regulatory Enforcement Styles Among Enforcement Officials in Guangzhou"
Prof. Carlos Wing-Hung LO, Department of Management and Marketing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
This seminar is also co-sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies Program (Harvard Law School) and Taubman Center for State and Local Government (Harvard Kennedy School)
Seminars 2007 - Fall Term Schedule