Dalena Wright, Senior Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Burton Levin, Visiting Professor, Carleton College; former U.S. Consul General, Hong Kong (1981-1987); former U.S. Ambassador to Burma
Stephen M. Young, former U.S. Consul General, Hong Kong (2010-2013); former Director, American Institute in Taiwan; former Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic

Critical Issues Confronting China Seminar Series; co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School

Ash Center Student Speaker Series

Alvaro Henzler, MC/Mason ‘15 and Rivandra Royono, MPA/ID ‘16

Lunch will be provided.

About the Event
Education reform is a topic of perennial interest. Beyond debating what works or not, there are interesting lessons for understanding broader concepts in governance from system-level change and decentralization to movement building. Two Ash Center student fellows, Alvaro Henzler and Rivandra Royono, will discuss their own experience in educational reform in Peru and Indonesia, respectively. The conversation will explore both the role of international reform models in a local context as well as the resources and strategies required of a successful movement for systemic reform.... Read more about Public Education and System Change

Ash Center Student Speaker Series Presents
Samuel Kim, MPA ’14 and Ignacio Alvaro Benito, MC-MPA ’14

About the Event
When learning about leadership, education, or entrepreneurship in Asia, students often hear abstract ideas and theories. The HKS student- and alumni-run Asia Leadership Trek allows students to visit and experience Asia, exploring political, economic, educational, and societal issues with government and business leaders, educators, entrepreneurs, students, and more.... Read more about Six Countries in Four Weeks

Stephen Goldsmith, Daniel Paul Professor of Government, Susan Crawford, co-director of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and Bill Oates, Chief Information Officer for Commonwealth of Massachusetts

About the Event
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Goldsmith and Harvard Law School Visiting Professor Susan Crawford will discuss their new book The Responsive City. When harnessed by dedicated leaders, they argue, data empowers communities and officials to make local government more transparent, responsive, accountable, and cost-effective, thus thickening the bonds of democracy, increasing trust in government, and improving civic life.... Read more about The Responsive City: Engaging Communities through Data Smart Governance

Ash Center Student Speaker Series

Victoria Kabak, MPP ’15, and Jessica Huey, MPP ’15

Lunch will be provided.

About the Event
Victoria Kabak, MPP '15, and Jessica Huey, MPP'15 were 2014 Ash Center Summer Fellows deployed to NYC’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) and the General Services Administration’s Challenge.gov team, respectively. Though these programs are at different levels of government and their approaches are distinct, both are on the frontier of efforts to promote innovation in government and both have attracted significant national attention.... Read more about Government Innovation Teams in Practice: An Inside Look Into a Growing Trend