HPAIR is a partnership between the students and faculty of Harvard University, offering a sustained academic program and a forum of exchange to facilitate discussion of the most important economic, political, and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region.
HPAIR's international conference has emerged as the largest annual Harvard event in Asia and the largest annual student conference in the Asia-Pacific region, attracting a wide variety of distinguished speakers and future leaders as Harvard's student outpost in Asia. This year it will be held in Singapore. This conference usually attracts around 600-700 student delegates (who are screened from around 1200 applicants) from all around the world.
Past speakers at our conferences include South Korean President Kim Young Sam, Governor General of Australia Peter Hollingworth, Singapore President S.R. Nathan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Both delegates and papers are welcome! Applications for both are online and located here.
The theme will be:
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Redefining Asia: Visions and Realities
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Our HPAIR 2006 workshops will focus on the following six topics:
- The Political Economies of China and India: Trends, Trade and Tomorrow's Asia
- Environmental Management in Asia: Writing Tomorrow's Textbooks Now
- Diseases and Disparities: Improving Health Outcomes for All
- Impersonating Asia: Performing Arts and Film in Contemporary Perspectives
- Boundaries in Flux: Religion, Nation, and Identity in Asia
- War, Domestic Conflict, and Interdependence: Peace and Security in East Asia
Thanks to the chairperson of the Host Country Organising Committee for the Project, Sriram Krishnan for the update. Interestingly, he's currently an undergraduate studying in the National University of Singapore who hails from Petaling Jaya.
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