Overview Schedule Downloads Harvard Graduate School of Design (Gund Hall) 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Saturday, 15 March 2008 ::: 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Free Admission ::: Open to all ChinaGSD, the Harvard Design School's official organization on architectural and urban developments in China, is organizing its largest event of the year - the symposium on the Beijing Olympics. The event will address the unprecedented architectural and urban transformation of Beijing - perhaps the largest such undertaking in the world - as motivated by the 2008 Olympic Games. The symposium will focus on a critique of the main architectural works and urban transformation in Beijing, followed by a discussion on how changes from the Olympics will affect social, economic, architectural and urban development in the capital city. ·   Come join these esteemed speakers in an insightful discussion about the total transformation of a city. ·   Learn about the story behind the designs of the Olympic Buildings, as well as the rest of Beijing. ·   Engage in a discussion about the role buildings and urbanism affect the social and economic dynamics of a major city. ·   Get to know the new Beijing! Featured Speakers and Panelists: Zhang Bing, Director, Institute of Historic City Conservation, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD) Clifford Pearson, Deputy Editor, Asia Region, Architectural Record, New York Peng Peikeng, Professor of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing Jeffrey Soule, China Policy Director, American Planning Association, Washington DC Stephen Greyser, Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, Harvard Business School Yung Ho Chang, Chair, MIT Department of Architecture; Founding Principal of Atelier FCJZ, Beijing Dennis Pieprz, Principal, Sasaki Associates; Chief Urban Designer of Beijing Olympic Green, Boston Paul Katz, Partner, Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects, New York Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Harvard University Michael Liao, Structural Engineer Partner, Geiger Gossen Hamilton Liao, P.C. Neville Mars, Founder and Chairman, Dynamic City Foundation, Beijing Tom Pen, Founding Principal, TPA Architecture, Shanghai Forth Bagley, Associate Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, New York Mark Favermann, Principal, Favermann Design This symposium is made possible by sponsorships from: Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects -- Sasaki Associates -- Harvard Asia Center -- Fairbanks Center for East Asian Research For more information and details, please contact Douglas Wu - dwu1@gsd.harvard.edu [site updated 03.14.08]