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2014 Schedule

1st Day -Feb 28th, Friday

9pm

Meeting at Lovett Hall

By Shuttle

12:05 am

Departure from Houston to Shanghai

2nd Day-March 1st, Saturday

10:15 am

Arrival to Shanghai Airport

By Maglev and Taxi

12:30 pm

Check in and Lunch

Faculty Club

@ SJTU: 1954 Huashan Rd, Xuhui

3-5pm

Lecture: Education

Guest speakers from Shanghai Municipal Education Commission and Shanghai Middle School (Chinese)

@ SJTU

6 pm

Dinner

@Xujiahui

7pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

8pm

Cultural Tour

Bund

By subway (Line 10, Nanjing Dong, 7)

3rd Day-March 2nd, Sunday

9-11am

Cultural Tour

Yu Garden and City Temple

@218 Anren St, Huangpu, Shanghai, China; by subway (Line 10, Yuyuan, 3)

12-1pm

Lunch

2:30-4pm

Lecture: Shanghai History and Culture

Guest speaker from Librarian at Shanghai Library (English)

@Shanghai Library; by subway (Line 10;Shanghai Library, 3)

4-5:30pm

Lecture: Pubic Media

Guest speaker from Shanghai Documentary Channel (Chinese)

5:30-7:30 pm

Cultural Tour and Dinner

Tianzifang

@246 Taikang Rd Lu Wan Qu, Shanghai; by subway (Line 10, Xintiandi, 6 to Danshui-jianguodong)

8-9pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

4th Day-March 3rd, Monday

8-11am

Urbanization Tour

Shanghai World Financial Center

http://www.swfc-observatory.com/index.php

@ No.100, Century Avenue, Pudong New Area; by subway (Line 10, Nanjing Dong-Line 2, Lujiazui, 1)

11:30-1:30pm

Lunch

2:30-5:30 pm

Lecture: Urban Planning

Prof. Su yunsheng, Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute; Co-founder of “Urban China” Magazine; ETOPIA Building Development Co.,Ltd Brand Director;  http://sinofinnishcentre.org/beta/?lang=en (English)

@同济大学中芬中心:杨浦区彰武路100号同济大学实训楼4楼; By Subway (Line 10, Tongji University)

5:30-6:30pm

Dinner

6:30-9pm

Lecture and Subway Tour: Public Transportation

Guest speaker from Shanghai Subway Company; (Chinese)

http://www.shmetro.com/EnglishPage

9-9:30pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

5th Day-March 4th, Tuesday

10-11:30

Lecture: Public Media

Guest speaker from Global Times (English)

@静安区威海路233号恒利国际大厦裙楼七层; by subway (Line 1, Huangpi Nan, 3)

12-1pm

Lunch

2-3pm

Lecture: Public Media

Guest speaker from International Channel of Shanghai, (English)

@威海路298号(靠近成都路高架)

3-5pm

Cultural Tour

Xintiandi

Walking

5-6pm

Dinner

6:30-7:30pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

6th Day-March 5th, Wednesday

9-11am

Urbanization Tour

Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (English)

by subway (Line 1, Renmin Square, 2)

11:30-1pm

Lunch

2:30-4pm

Lecture: Environment

Guest speaker from School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (English)

@SJTU (Minhang Campus); by subway (Line 1, Renmin Square, Line 5, Jianchuan)

4-5pm

Lecture: Education

Guest speaker from School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Chinese)

@SJTU (Minhang Campus)

6:30-7:30pm

Dinner

7:30-8:30pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

7th Day-March 6th, Thursday

9:30-11:30

Break

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch

2:30-5:30pm

Lecture: Company

Guest speakers from Shanghai Jaros New Material Co., Ltd

6:30-7:30pm

Dinner

7:30-8:30pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

8th Day-March 7th, Friday

10-12am

Lecture: E-Commerce

Guest speaker from E-commercial Department of Eastday and CEO of Cultural Industry of Eastday Ltd. Co.  www.eastday.com (Chinese)

 by Taxi

12:30-1:30pm

Lunch

2-3:30pm

Lecture: Muslim Culture

Guest speaker from Fudan University (English)

4-5pm

Cultural Tour

Songjiang Mosque

@缸甏巷75号, By Car

5:30-8pm

Cultural Tour

Watertown: Zhujiajiao

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhujiajiao

8-9pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

9th Day-March 8th, Saturday

 Free Day

99:30pm

Summary Meeting

Discussion and Preparation

10th Day-March 9th, Sunday

4:30am

Check out

By Car

7:30am

Departure from Shanghai to Beijing