Connecting The Leaders of Today and Tomorrow
For almost 30 years, HPAIR has been creating a forum of exchange for students and young professionals to discuss and learn about the most important economic, political, and social issues facing the Asia-Pacific region.
Since 1991, HPAIR has organized 43 conferences in 12 different host countries, touching the lives of more than 10,000 students and young professionals. Our conferences feature world-class speakers and guests to foster mentorship, networking, and guidance opportunities for delegates.
Applications for the HPAIR Harvard Conference 2021: Embracing Change are open!
Gain an Intimate Connection with World Renowned Leaders
With our virtual conference, you can now reach leaders from all fields of expertise, from across the world, all from the comfort of your home or office! Now networking comes to you: With our small breakout rooms, you will have greater access to the leaders of today and tomorrow!
until the application deadline!
Opening Remarks
Dr. Tedros Adhanom
Director-General, world health organization
Closing Remarks
Right Honourable Abhisit Vejjajiva
FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF THAILAND
Keynote Speakers
Kevin Sneader
Chief executive officer & Global Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company
Yang Lan
FORBES 100 most powerful women
Chairperson & Co-Founder, Sun Media Group
talk show host,The “oprah of china”
Tim Draper
renowned venture capitalist
billionaire investor in tesla, spacex, twitter, robinhood, baidu, skype, etc.
Anla Cheng
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & FOUNDER, SUPCHINA
VIce chair, the nature conservancy
Brian Wong
Former Vice president, Alibaba
Founder, RADII
Lesly Goh
former chief technology officer, the World Bank
Professor, Cambridge University and NUS Singapore
André Hoffmann
vice-chairman of rochE PHARMACEUTICAL
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Laura Deming
FOUNDER & PARTNER, THE LONGEVITY FUND VENTURE CAPITAL
FORBES 30 UNDER 30
Adam Cheyer
INVenTOR & Co-Founder, SiRI
director of engineering, apple
partner speaker
Xiaoyin Qu
chief executive officer & co-founder, run the world
Forbes 30 under 30
Joseph Lubin
founder, consensys
co-founder, ethereum
Hari Nair
Vice president, procter & gamble
Fireside Conversations
Lord Nat Wei
youngest member of the House of lords of the united kingdom
co-founder, Shaftesbury Partnership
Ganhuyag Hutagt
former minister of finance of mongolia
CEO, ard financial group
Raekwon Chung
2017 Nobel PEACE PRIZE Laureate as a member of the IPCC
Tammy Tam
editor-in-chief, south china morning post
Steven Haft
american filmmaker, producer
former svp cio, time inc.
Reza Baqir
governor, state bank of pakistan
former head, international monetary fund egypt
Bandana Tewari
former editor at large, vogue india
sustainable fashion warrior
Debbie Stothard
former secretary general, international federation for human rights
Todd Golub
CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER & DIRECTOR OF THE CANCER PROGRAM, HARVARD-MIT BROAD INSTITUTE
Eric Goosby
member, us covid-19 federal advisory board
professor, university of california, san francisco
Alicia Garcia- Herrero
chief economist of THE asia-pacific REGION, natixis bank
Chris Smith
professor emeritus & former director of energy research, oxford university
fellow at the royal society of science
Plenary Speakers
Milind Tambe
Director “ai for social good”, google research india
gordon mckay professor of computer science, harvard university
Cara James
president & CEO, Grantmakers in health
director of the office of minority health, centers for medicare & medicaid services
José Romero
chairman, cdc immunization advisory committee
arkansas GOVERNMENT secretary of health
Rebecca Baker
director, nih helping to end addiction long-term initiative (nih heal initiative)
Janice Lao
director of corporate responsibility & sustainability, hsh group, women economic forum
Chizuko Ueno
Professor emeritus, University of tokyo
Japan’s “best known feminist”
Daniel Bodansky
former climate change coordinator, us department of state
Roger Aines
energy program chief scientist, lawrence livermore national laboratory
Michael Gerrard
founder & faculty director, sabin center for climate change law
professor, columbia law school
Amit Pradhan
co-founder &president, silicon valley blockchain society
Osamu Nureki
professor, university of tokyo
board member, modalis therapeutics corp.
Yanli Wang
Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
HHMI-Wellcome International Research Scholar
Matthew Porteus
professor of pediatrics, stanford school of medicine
Randy Oostra
modern healthcare’s 100 most influential people in healthcare
president & ceo, promedica
Cuicui Chen
assistant professor, state university of new york at albany
Raba Khan
youtube Entertainer, Forbes 30 under 30, UNICEF Youth Advocate
In line with our conference theme “Embracing Change,” we are pleased to offer two registration tiers for HCONF 2021 to increase accessibility and provide discounts off traditional pricing to our tickets.
Join us for the HPAIR Harvard College 2021 Conference
APPLY BY JANUARY 10, 2021 AT 11:59 ET
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Notable Past Speakers
Muhammad Yunus
FOUNDER OF GRAMEEN BANK
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, 2006
Frank Friedman
CFO & COO, Deloitte
Kim Dae-Jung
FORMER PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, 2000
Robin Chase
Co-Founder and Former CEO, Zipcar
Tawakkol Karman
Journalist & Human Rights Activist
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2011
