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HPAIR On-Campus Conference at Harvard

Important Dates

Dec 15, 2008 - Early-Round Application, Registration, and Group Discount Due for the Harvard Conference

Jan 15, 2009 - Regular-Round Application and Registration Due for the Harvard Conference

Feb 15, 2009 - Late-Round Application and Registration Due for the Harvard Conference

Feb 19-22, 2009 - Harvard Conference

Dates are subject to change. Please check back frequently as deadlines approach.

Introduction

Dates: February 19-22, 2009
Location: Harvard Campus

Description

For almost 20 years, Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) has been the premier gathering place for students from around the globe as the largest student conference in Asia. For the second time, HPAIR will host an academic conference held on the Harvard University campus. The second annual HPAIR Harvard Conference will be the first forum of 2009 as part of HPAIR's showcase of conferences for its 18th year in running.

Continuing its tradition of academic excellence, the HPAIR Harvard Conference seeks to create a rigorous forum for dialogue and exchange. Covering topics spanning development, globalization, public health, international relations, and cultural transformations, the Harvard Conference will invite both foreign delegates and Harvard students to engage in thoughtful conversations regarding critical issues affecting Asia and the world today. HPAIR, continually striving to provide diverse experiences in every conference, is introducing a new interactive format for the 2009 Harvard Conference. In an effort to create more interaction and direct cooperation among delegates, the 2009 Harvard On-Campus Conference will feature twice as many workshops. In each workshop, a smaller group of delegates will work together to tackle a problem or issue specific to their workshop theme. Preeminent speakers from Harvard and beyond will supplement these discussions with their critical perspectives. Finally, at the end of the conference the delegates will come together to demonstrate their conclusions to the rest of the conference attendees.

The delegates at the 2009 Harvard On-Campus Conference will not only be able to tour this four-hundred-year-old campus, but also interact with Harvard students and professors in both academic and informal settings. In addition, early applicants have the opportunity to live in a Harvard dorm for the duration of the conference with a student host.

Conference Program

Plenary Sessions

Workshops

Allow groups of delegates to engage in and tackle 1 of 6 challenging questions assigned prior to the conference, and collaborate with each other under the guidance of speaker to formulate a proposed solution by the conclusion of the conference.

Fact Sheet

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