Friday 27 January | Inaugural address by Peter Ho & Ambassadors Conference
The Modern East Asia Research Centre (MEARC) cordially invites you to the inaugural address by its new Director and Chair of Chinese Economy and Development Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter Ho.
The inaugural ceremony will be held on 27 January 2012 in the Great Auditorium of the Academy Building of Leiden University. The ceremony starts at 12.00, with a welcome speech. Subsequently, Prof. Ho will deliver his inaugural address entitled:
Will China save Europe or collapse? Misconceptions and Economic Stability
Ambassadors’ conference and speakers
In connection with this festive occasion, MEARC together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Academic China Meeting (ACO; see www.aco-nl.org) will host the conference Asia’s Century: Prejudices, Perceptions and Perspectives. As the conference is hosted as the ministry’s Ambassadors’ Conference, we can - without exception - welcome the attendance of all ambassadors of The Netherlands.
At the conference, we will have a keynote lecture by Rem Koolhaas (architect and founder of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture). Furthermore, various other distinguished guests will participate and present, including Laurens-Jan Brinkhorst (MEARC Patron and former Minister of Economic Affairs), Pieter Elbers (Chief Operating Officer of KLM), Prof. Peter van Lieshout (Councilor of Scientific Council for Government Policy WRR), and Dorine Burmanje (Chair Governing Board of National Cadastre).
Registration
It is expected that a great number of people will attend. However, due to restricted space, we can unfortunately only allow a limited number of participants. For this reason, it is necessary to register by filling out this form at before Tuesday 20 December 2011.
Contact and program
A detailed program will be sent to you by the beginning of January 2012, and will also be available at www.mearc.eu. All correspondence about the conference can be directed to: conference@mearc.eu
We hope to welcome you all on the 27th of January!