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September 29, 2021
World Leaders, CEOs, & Global Celebrities Gather at Harvard University for the HPAIR Summit
Government ministers from Asia, Europe, and the U.S., Fortune 500 business CEOs, philanthropic leaders, and decorated celebrities delivered remarks at the annual HPAIR conference.
The meeting was held virtually. It discussed progress across technological frontiers, addressing social issues, improving global governance, and fostering philanthropy.
Dubbed “The Davos of Harvard” by Business Insider, 75 Harvard students organized the HPAIR conference to democratize information by connecting today’s leaders with the future leaders of tomorrow. The event welcomed over 9,000 delegates worldwide. Co-Presidents Zeel Patel and Eric Lin led the meeting.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 28, 2021 — The Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) that operates the largest student-run conference in the USA and Asia has concluded its flagship HPAIR 2021 Conference. It was the most extensive gathering in its 30-year history. The summit’s theme was Reinventing with Resilience, where attendees shared visions on improving the state of the world following COVID-19 by engaging in disruptive innovation across social, political, academic, and business dimensions.
Government ministers, Fortune 500 business CEOs, and decorated celebrities listed below gathered at Harvard University.
• Notable keynote speakers for the event included:
- Bob Sternfels, CEO of McKinsey & Company
- Manny Maceda, CEO of Bain & Company
- Rich Lesser, CEO of Boston Consulting Group
- Mark Suzman, CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia
- Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, Cabinet Member of the United States under President Biden’s Administration
- Adam D’Angelo, CEO & Co-Founder of Quora, Former CTO of Facebook
- HE Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance for Indonesia, Former Managing Director & CFO of the World Bank
- HE Minister Nadiem Makarim, Minister of Education & Culture for Indonesia, former Co-Founder of GoJek
- N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder and former CEO of Infosys, Board Member of the U.N. Foundation, Ford Foundation, and former Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum
- Andreas Weigend, former Chief Scientist of Amazon.com, Advisor to Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel
- Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group
- Muhammad Yunus, winner of Nobel Peace Prize 2006 & the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Aparna Bawa, COO of Zoom
- Justin Kan, Co-Founder of Twitch, Partner at Y Combinator
- Anne Chow, CEO of AT&T (Business)
- Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo, Former Minister of Defence for Japan
- Lord Ed Vaizey, Member of the House of Lords for the UK.
- Professor Peter Singer, Renowned Ethical Philosopher at Princeton University, Founder of The Life You Can Save
- Jessica Meir, NASA Astronaut
- Steve Aoki, Celebrity American D.J. & Record Producer
- Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman, and Founder of Banyan Tree Hotels
- Sheila Patel, CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Veronica Chou, Founder and CEO of Everybody & Everyone
- Idris Jala, former CEO of Malaysia Airlines
“Our core focus has always been to gather people who are pioneers in their respective fields and engage them in Socratic dialogue with one another on issues of global importance. And then to capture those ideas generated and share them worldwide,” remarked Zeel Patel, Co-President of HPAIR. “It creates a mesocosm of information transfer that only happens when two leaders interact, such as the CEO of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Co-Founder of Wikipedia.”
Lesly Goh, former CTO of The World Bank Group and member of HPAIR’s Board of Advisors, applauded the global team on their achievements: “it was quite a pleasure to support Zeel, Eric, and their team of 75 Harvard students as they orchestrated the conference from their Dubai, Boston, and Taipei offices. While the virtual format brought on tremendous challenges, it also provided incredible opportunities to maximize HPAIR’s impact and accelerate our mission of democratizing insights to our delegates, connecting young future leaders with leaders globally.”
The Harvard College Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) is a 30-year-old non-profit organization founded to create a forum of exchange for young professionals and current world leaders to discuss and learn about the most important technological, political, and economic issues facing the globe. The mission is to connect today’s top leaders with the future leaders of tomorrow in a dynamic forum of engagement.
Since 1991, HPAIR has organized 50 conferences in 19 different host countries, touching the lives of more than 40,000 students and young professionals. In addition, HPAIR hosts two student-led conferences a year, one on Harvard’s campus and one in Asia-Pacific.
Source: Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)
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