April 10 - Keynote speech: Dr. Sudha Shetty, GSPP Berkeley
Ms. Shetty is the Assistant Dean for International Partnerships and Alliances at the Goldman School of Public Policy at U C Berkeley. Her policy area is Violence Against Women and is the PI on a Department of Justice grant that focus on International Child Abduction and the Hague Convention. She speaks and writes extensively on domestic violence issues facing immigrant women and women of color. She is also responsible for developing and implementing Global Leadership Programs in partnership with foreign Governments. She has also served as the Director of the International Fellowship Program and a graduate faculty at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs where she managed Fulbright’s, Muskie, Bolashak and Govt. of India Fellowships; developed and implemented trainings for these emerging international leaders in the areas of strategic planning, policy development and leadership development. In her former role as Director of the Seattle University Law School’s Access to Justice Institute she developed a variety of legal access projects focused on battered women. She was honored by the Washington Women Lawyers Foundation for her work with underserved communities. She has been the recipient of several awards –King County Washington Women Lawyers – Special Contributions to the Judiciary Award; NALP (National Association of Law School Placements – Award of Distinction in Pro Bono and Public Service; Asian Bar Association of Washington - Community Service Award; PSLawNet - the Pro Bono Publico Award; AALS (American Association of Law Schools) - Father Drinan Award for forwarding the ethic of pro bono and public service in law schools through personal service, program design and management. She was a founding member and chair of Chaya, a grass-roots South Asian domestic violence prevention program in Seattle. She is an alumni of the Asian Pacific Women’s Leadership Institute. e
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
16:30 - 17:15 Registration for speakers
17:15 - 17:30 Welcome
17:30 - 18:15 Keynote Speech - Dr. Sudha Shetty, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
DINNER
20:00 UBC Chan Shun Concert Hall: University Singers, UBC Choral Union and UBC Symphony Orchestra (Optional)
SATURDAY
09:10 - 10:40 China in the World (Past and Present)
11:00 - 12:30 Social Activism with Chinese Characteristics
LUNCH
13:30 – 15:00 Japan: Nuclear and Beyond (Rm 129)
13:30-15:00 Climate Change in the Philippines (Rm. 120)
15:20 - 16:50 Law and Justice in Southeast Asia
SUNDAY
09:00 – 10:00 Economic Development in East Asia
10:20 – 12:20 Considering Identity in Social Change
12:30 – 13:30 Faculty Roundtable and Lunch
End of Conference
16:30 - 17:15 Registration for speakers
17:15 - 17:30 Welcome
17:30 - 18:15 Keynote Speech - Dr. Sudha Shetty, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley
DINNER
20:00 UBC Chan Shun Concert Hall: University Singers, UBC Choral Union and UBC Symphony Orchestra (Optional)
SATURDAY
09:10 - 10:40 China in the World (Past and Present)
11:00 - 12:30 Social Activism with Chinese Characteristics
LUNCH
13:30 – 15:00 Japan: Nuclear and Beyond (Rm 129)
13:30-15:00 Climate Change in the Philippines (Rm. 120)
15:20 - 16:50 Law and Justice in Southeast Asia
SUNDAY
09:00 – 10:00 Economic Development in East Asia
10:20 – 12:20 Considering Identity in Social Change
12:30 – 13:30 Faculty Roundtable and Lunch
End of Conference