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HKU weekly notice (from March 15 to March 23, 2012)

15 Mar 2012

 

"21st Century Statecraft: U.S. Diplomacy in a Networked Era"
Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation, Office of the Secretary of State, U.S.A.
Digital technologies, including the internet, social media and smartphones, are putting new tools and power into the hands of citizens. The world is changing fast with increasingly interconnected citizens and communities. In response, the United States government has deployed "21st Century Statecraft", a strategy that uses innovative tools to complement traditional foreign policy approaches, leveraging the networks, technologies, and demographics of our interconnected world.  Alec Ross will discuss 21st Century Statecraft and the impact of the internet on the conduct of foreign policy.

About the speaker:
As the Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Ross is tasked with maximizing the potential of technology in the service of the diplomatic and development goals of the United States. 

Prior to joining the U.S. State Department in 2009, Ross worked on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team and served as Convener for the Obama for America Technology, Media & Telecommunications Policy Committee.

Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the event, the details are:
Date: 19 March 2012, Monday
Time: 4-5:30pm (Lecture with Q & A)
Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong

For enquiries, please contact Miss Carol Wong, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU  Tel: 2219-4416 email: wongcarol@hku.hk

Launching of the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
Experiential learning is a fundamental and distinctive feature in HKU's new undergraduate curriculum.  It takes students into workplaces and other settings where they have direct encounter with the phenomena being studied.  It is a powerful form of learning in which students develop an integrated and holistic understanding of the issues and skills required to deal with them.   Students learn how to engage in critical intellectual enquiry by putting textbook knowledge to test, tackle novel situations and ill-defined problems, and develop global citizenship.

HKU Faculties have been incorporating some form of experiential learning into their curricula, and some have made it a graduation requirement. The Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre, funded by a recent donation from Dr. Gallant Ho, will be set up to facilitate and promote experiential learning at HKU.   The Centre will work with community partners both in and outside Hong Kong to identify projects for HKU students of different disciplines.  The projects will help meeting the needs of the community partners as well as the learning of HKU students.   On average, the Centre will provide financial means and other forms of support to 1000 students to complete their experiential learning projects per year.

Dr. Gallant Ho, donor of the Centre and an HKU alumnus, and Professor Tsui Lap-chee, Vice-Chancellor and President, will officiate the launching ceremony.     Professor Amy Tsui, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) will also highlight a few exemplary experiential learning projects at HKU.   They will be joined by Dr. Richard Armour, Secretary General of the University Grants Committee.

You are cordially invited to cover the launch ceremony of the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre (GHELC).  The details are as follows:

Date: March 19, 2012 (Monday)
Time: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Language: English

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

Professor Wu Jinglian speaks on "Comprehensive Plan and Top-Level Design for China's Reforms"
China renowned economist Professor Wu Jinglian will visit the University of Hong Kong (HKU) as its first Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. On March 23 (Friday), he will speak at a public forum with a theme of Comprehensive Plan and Top-Level Design for China's Reforms. Other speakers include Professors Richard Wong, Lawrence Lau and He Weifang.

The forum is jointly organized by the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences and the Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy of HKU.

A press conference will be held before the public forum where Professor Wu will answer questions concerning contemporary China economic development. 

Media are invited to attend and cover both sessions, with details as follows:

Press conference
Date        : March 23, 2012
Time       : 2:30-3:30p.m.
Venue     : Classroom P503, Graduate House, HKU
Speaker  : Prof. Wu Jinglian

Public Forum (registration for public full)
Date        : March 23, 2012
Time       : 4:00p.m. (admission 3:45 p.m.)
Venue     : Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU

Speaker:
Prof. Wu Jinglian, Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, The University of Hong Kong; Senior Research Fellow, Developmental Research Centre, State Council of the PRC; Baosteel Chair Professor of Economics, China Europe International Business School
Moderator:
Prof. Richard Wong, Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professor in Political Economy, University of Hong Kong
Panelists:
- Prof. Lawrence Lau, Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Prof. He Weifang, Professor, Peking University Law School
(The discussion will be conducted in Mandarin, with simultaneous interpretation in English)

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms. Emily Ip, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, tel: 2241-5008, emilyip@hku.hk; or Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

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