HCAP | Harvard College in Asia Program

HARVARD COLLEGE

IN ASIA PROGRAM

WHO WE ARE

The Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP) is Harvard's premier organization for US-Asia academic, cultural, and social exchange.

Learn, engage, and be inspired by hundreds of leaders from around the world, in a conference like no other.

In the winter, we host the Harvard Conference and invite our partner schools to Harvard to engage in meaningful dialogue, network, and build community. In the spring, our partner schools each host conferences in their country and invite us to learn more about their culture and their interpretation of the HCAP theme.

COUNTRIES

CONFERENCES

FAMILY

THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS

JAMES ROBSON

Professor of East Asian Lang and Civilization, Director of the Harvard Asia Center

He teaches East Asian religions, in particular Daoism, Chinese Buddhism, and Zen.

DANIEL KOSS

Research Scholar and Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University

He studies political parties in East Asian politics.

AMY SMEED

Head of Animation, Disney

She worked as co-head of animation for "Raya and the Last Dragon" and "Moana".

YOUNG JOO LEE

Lecturer in Animation and Immersive Media, Harvard University

Her work deals with personal narratives about her experiences of being an immigrant in Europe and the US, a woman, and a cultural nomad.

JEFFREY SCHNAPP

Director of metaLAB (at) Harvard

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University

He is the founder and faculty director of metaLAB and faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

KATTESH KATTI

Research Director at the Institute of Green Nanotechnology

Globally recognized as the ‘Father of Green Nanotechnology’, he is internationally renowned as a leader in the interconnecting fields of chemistry, radiopharmaceutical sciences, nanotechnology/green nanotechnology and nanomedicine for biomedical applications. Full biography here,

GLENN LAU-KEE

Former President, New York Bar Association

He was the first Asian-American President of the New York Bar Association, an observer for the American Bar Association at the United Nations Economic and Social Council in Geneva, and serves as the Chair of the US-Asia Institute.

SAM RANSBOTHAM

Boston College Professor of Business and AI

He is a Professor of Information Systems at the Boston College, Carroll School of Management.

BENNY LUO

Founder and CEO of NextShark

He is the founder of NextShark.com, a leading media destination for Asian Americans covering news, business, politics, entertainment, and culture that reaches up to 15 million people per week on social media.

HIDETOSHI NISHIMURA

President of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

He joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1976.

JUN ARIMA

Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Environment at ERIA

He has many publications, some of his most recent being “Eco-fundamentalism as a Grist to China’s Mill” (2021) and “Eco-fundamentalism will ruin our country” (2021).