Venue: Room 228, Tin Ka Ping Building, Xixi Campus Speaker: Arne Carlsen, former director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong LearningMr Arne Carlsen was Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) from June 2011 to June 2017, where he led UIL’s work in fostering lifelong learning in UNESCO’s 195 Member States. His career demonstrates a long-standing commitment to adult and continuing education.

Run, lift or both?Concurrent Aerobic-muscle-strengthening Exercise and Public Health:prevalance, correlates and health outcomesVenue: Room 222, No. 2 West Teaching Building, Xixi CampusSpeaker:Jason Andrew Bennie, senior research fellow, Physical Activity & Health, Institute for Resilient Regions, University of Southern Queensland

Venue: Room 254, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zijingang Campus

Venue: Room 254, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zijingang Campus

Venue: Room 302, School of Management, Zijingang CampusSpeaker:Roy Chua is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at the Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business. Prior to joining SMU, Roy was on the faculty of Harvard Business School for six years. Roy's research areas and areas of expertise:  organizational behavior & human resources , leadership , trust, cultural values, cross-cultural management and Asian business , organizational creativity and innovation.Abstract:Economic inequality is on the rise worldwide and dominant explanations for this trend highlight that the rich tend to become richer because of enhanced access to valued resources. This research proposes and tests a behavioral cum cognitive pathway causing those growing up in poorer environment to underperform in creativity. Drawing on prior research that investigates the effects of parental socio-economic status on behavior and cognition, we argue that despite exposure to equal educational opportunities, differences in parental income when growing up has important implications for individuals’ creativity. Results from two field surveys found that those with lower parental income when growing up interact less frequently with dissimilar others, which in turn undermines their creativity. 

Keeping the planet livable: next steps in nature conservationTowards a circular economy—benefits for China and EuropeVenue: Room 205, Mong Man Wai Building, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Geert de Snoo & Arnold Tukker

Venue: Room 245, College of Life Sciences, Zijingang CampusSpeaker: Prof. Chung-Mo Park, Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University

After Newman – The law of insider trading in the United States and what it means for China's developing securities lawVenue: Room 208, the Main Building, Zhijiang Campus Speaker:Nicholas Calcina Howson is a Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. A former partner of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, he worked out of that firm's New York, Paris, London and Beijing Offices, finally as a managing partner of the firm's Asia Practice based in the Chinese capital.During this time, he acted for clients in precedent-setting transactions, including the first SEC-registered IPO and NYSE-listing by a PRC-domiciled issuer and the first private placement of shares to foreign interests in a newly privatized PRC company limited by shares and subsequent IPOs on the domestic Chinese capital markets. Howson has also taught at the Berkeley (Boalt), Columbia, Cornell, and Harvard Law Schools, and served as a consultant on Chinese law matters to the Ford Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme, the Asian Development Bank, and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and has advised the National People’s Congress of the PRC on the amendment of the PRC Company Law and the PRC Securities Law. Professor Howson is a designated foreign arbitrator for the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in Beijing and the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHAIC).

About the role of lifelong learning in education policyVenue: Room 228, Tin Ka Ping Building, Xixi Campus Speaker: Arne Carlsen, former director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong LearningMr Arne Carlsen was Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) from June 2011 to June 2017, where he led UIL’s work in fostering lifelong learning in UNESCO’s 195 Member States. His career demonstrates a long-standing commitment to adult and continuing education.