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Professor, Division of Integrative Systems and Design Naubahar Sharif (Ph.D., Cornell University, 2005) is Professor of Public Policy at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research interests include science, technology and innovation (STI) policy in Hong Kong and within the ‘Greater Bay Area’ of Southern China; automation in China; and the ‘Belt and Road’ initiative. In 2011 he completed the Executive Education program in Innovation for Economic Development at Harvard University. A dedicated teacher, at HKUST he has been nominated for the Michael G.
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- Prof. Barry EICHENGREEN, Dr. Yong XIA
- 2022-05-18
- 9:30am - 11:00am
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- Prof. Anthony Lee Zhang , Ben El-Baz , Prof. Christine Parlour , Prof. Yanzhen Chen
- 2022-05-12
- 9:30am - 11:00am
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- Prof. Edwin L.-C. Lai, Prof. Leonard K Cheng, BBS, JP
- 2021-11-23
- 4:30pm - 6:00pm
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Visiting Professor, Department of Economics Edwin Lai is currently Associate Director of the Center for Economic Policy (since 2021). He was Professor of Economics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2009 - 2023), and later jointly appointed as the Director of the Center for Economic Development (2017-2021) and jointly-appointed as Professor in the Division of Public Policy (2018 - 2023). He was Senior Research Economist and Adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas of the Federal Reserve System of the USA, from August 2007 to June 2009.
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