By the funding of Li Ka Shing Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence, Professor HUANG Yan, from BusinessSchool, attended the International Conference on Public Management 2008, convened by the University of Minnesota in the United States in September 24th to 27th, 2008. This meeting is jointly organized by the administration of Chinese Society, the American administration of the Institute, MoscowUniversity, the University of Minnesota, University of Electronic Science and Technology. More than a total of 90 scholars, from the United States, Britain, Canada, Russia, Thailand, Romania, Italy, Malaysia, Kenya, United Arab Emirates, Finland, Norway, Greece, India, Iran, Sri Lanka, Japan, Korea and other countries, had attended the meeting. The scholars explored and communicated the theme of public ethics, organizational behavior, public-private partnerships, leadership and other study subjects in the conference. Professor HUANG Yan was invited to speak at the meeting about the academic paper, "Experimental Study of the Individual Cooperation", co-authored with CHEN Huanyong (a post-graduate of our School).
From September 28th to 29th, Professor HUANG Yan went to Washington to visit the federal government agencies. From September 30th to October 6th, she visited Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, San Francisco and attended some of the courses. And she had communicated with some related professors about the academic research. The visiting to the United States was very successful.
