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2020-07-17

GSS Announces its Public Lectures

During this extraordinary year, from July 20th to 28th, Tsinghua University will host a special online Global Summer School (GSS) 2020, entitled Toward a Post-Pandemic World. Bringing together Tsinghua’s top-quality educational resources and well-known Chinese and overseas professors through lectures, webinars, and interactive tours and performances, GSS will delve into our post-pandemic world from a variety of topics, including economics, politics, society, education, climate change and leadership. GSS welcomes students from all backgrounds to come together to understand the opportunities and challenges for our world post-pandemic and to explore solutions for a sustainable future.

But it’s not only participating summer school students who can take part and expand their knowledge.Today, GSS announced that more than 14 sessions are open to the public!

Check out the GSS Open Public Lectures Schedule below and how to listen in!

Day 1 -July 20 (Monday)

OpeningCeremony

Format

09:00-09:15

Welcome address

Professor QIU Yong, President

Recorded

09:15-09:35

Performances

Recorded

09:40-10:40

Opening Lecture:China’sInnovation System - Myth and Reality

Speaker:Professor XUE Lan, Faculty Chair of GSS 2020, Dean of Schwarzman College

Live

21:00-21:45

Keynote Speech 1:From Deep Learning to Deep Understanding

Speaker: Professor Harry Shum (SHEN Xiangyang), Adjunct Professor of Tsinghua University,Former Executive Vice President of Microsoft Corporation, Artificial Intelligence and Research Group

Live

Day 2 - July 21 (Tuesday)

21:00-21:45

Keynote Speech 2:Effective Learners:Insights on College Student Engagement Research

Speaker: Professor SHI Jinghuan, Director, Academic Committee, Institute of Education

Live

Day 3 - July 22 (Wednesday)

19:00-20:00

Keynote Speech 3:The Chinese Economy: Prosperity and Prospects

Speaker: Professor LI Jinliang, Dean of International Affairs, Tsinghua University

Live

21:00-21:45

Keynote Speech 4:Opportunities and Challenges of the Industrial Chain

Speaker: Professor BAI Chong-En, Dean of School of Economics and Management

Recorded

Day 4 - July 23 (Thursday)

20:30-21:45

Keynote Speech 5:Climate Governance in the Post-Pandemic World

Speaker of Honor:

Antonio Guterres,Secretary-General of the United Nations

Speakers:

Minister XIE Zhenhua, China’s Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs, President of Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development (ICCSD)

Professor Laurenc Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation (ECF), Former France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, Founder, former Director (2001-2014), Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)

Moderator: Professor LI Zheng, Executive Dean of Global Alliance of Universities on Climate

Live+Recorded

Day 5 - July 24 (Friday)

21:00-21:45

Keynote Speech 6:New Wave of Digital Transformation

Speaker:Dr.ZHANG Yaqin, Dean of Institute for AI Industry Research, former Vice President of BAIDU

Live

Day 6 - July 25 (Saturday)

20:00-21:00

Keynote Speech 7:China’s World View

Speaker:Professor LI Daokui, Institute of Economics

Live

21:00-21:45

Keynote Speech 8:Positive Psychology for Optimizing Pandemic Responses

Speaker:Professor PENG Kaiping, Dean of School of Social Sciences

Live

Day 7 - July 26 (Sunday)

21:00-21:45

Keynote Speech 9:Engineering Education and Lifelong Learning as Engines of Economic Development

Speaker: Professor Edward Crawley, Honorary Professor of Tsinghua University, Interim Provost of the Tsinghua Southeast Asia Center (Tsinghua SEA)

Recorded

Day 8 - July 27 (Monday)

09:00-10:00

Keynote Speech 10:Education Leadership in Post-Pandemic Era

Speaker: H.E. Aicha Bah Diallo,Former Minister of education in Guinea and former Assistant Director General for Education in UNESCO

Recorded

21:45-22:30

Keynote Speech 11:Leadership in Post Covid-19 Environment

Speaker:H.E. Getachew Engida,Co-Presidentof China-Africa Leadership Development Institute, Former Deputy Assistant Director-General for Administration and Comptroller in UNESCO

Recorded

Day 9 - July 28 (Tuesday)

Closing Ceremony

20:00-21:00

Keynote Speech 12:New Trend of Globalization and Global Governance Cooperation

Speaker:Professor JIANG Xiaojuan, Dean of School of Public Policy and Management

Live

ClosingCeremony

21:00-21:15

Address by Professor YANG Bin, Tsinghua University Vice President and Provost

Live

21:15-21:30

Address by Student Representatives

21:30

End of Summer School




Listen to GSS open lectures online at:

https://next.xuetangx.com/live/live20200715m001/live20200715m001/4217124/6108061

or scan the following QR code to enter thelive broadcast room:

For more information about GSS2020, please logon to our new website

http://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/gss