Time: start from 18:30, July 3, 2009.

Venue: Yuan Tianfan Hall, Guanghua Building,Fudan University,Shanghai

Organizers: School of Management at Fudan University, Harvard Shanghai Office.

MC:　　 Prof. Yin Zhiwen

Time　　　　　　　　Agenda

18:00-18:30　　　　　Registration

18:30-18:35　　　　　Introduction

18:35-18:45　　　　　Speech by Prof. Lu Xiongwen, Dean,School of Management,Fudan University

18:45-19:05　　　　　Speech by Prof. William C. Kirby, Harvard University

19:05-20:15　　　　　Panel Discussion

1. How did the Middle /high School Prepare me for college?

2.How did I get into the college?

3.What's the impact of college on me? What surprised and impressed me the most?

20:15-20:30　　　　 Q&A

20:30-21:00　　　　 Performance

Introduction of speaker：

Professor William C. Kirby’s Biography:

William C. Kirby is the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University.　 He is a Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor.　 He serves as Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Chairman of the Harvard China Fund. A historian of modern China, Professor Kirby’s work examines China's business, economic, and political development in an international context. He has written on the evolution of modern Chinese business (state-owned and private); Chinese corporate law and company structure; the history of freedom in China; China’s environmental challenges; relations across the Taiwan Strait; and China’s relations with Europe and America. 　His current projects include case studies of contemporary Chinese businesses and a comparative study of higher education in China and the United States.　　 He is Honorary Visiting Professor at Peking University, Nanjing University, Chongqing University, and Fudan University.

Professor Kirby has also held appointments as Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg and the Free University of Berlin. Before joining Harvard in 1992, he was Professor of History, Director of Asian Studies, and Dean of University College at Washington University in St. Louis. At Harvard, he has served as Chair of the History Department, Director of the Asia Center, and most recently, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Professor Kirby holds degrees from Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and (Dr. Phil. Honoris Causa) the Free University of Berlin. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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