BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:“City Development and Emergency Management: Practices from Chen gdu” with Humphrey Fellow Dr. Gang Sheng An ancient Chinese proverb says t hat “Peacefulness and Harmony are most precious\, and people and their nee ds are most prioritized.” According to our Peer to Peer speaker\, it repre sents the heart of China’s philosophy about who they are and what they do. In response to a massive earthquake in 2008\, Chengdu\, a city of 16 mill ion western China\, fulfilled this ancient yet modern philosophy in its pu blic service as well as emergency management. Within hours of the devastat ing earthquake\, Sheng\, as Executive Officer for the Vice Mayor in Chengd u Municipal Government\, accompanied the Vice Mayor to the crisis area to assist in the rescue efforts. They remained there for three weeks\, workin g in difficult conditions. Sheng will discuss the emergency management in Chengdu\, addressing the following questions: • How did Chengdu face the m ost severe emergency situation ever? • How did Chengdu emergency managemen t respond when the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck? • How was the people-o riented philosophy put into practice in the process of post-quake reconstr uction? • Why have Chengdu residents still maintained the highest happines s index? Dr. Gang Sheng is a current Humphrey Fellow\, emphasizing studies in policy analysis and public administration. His participation in Chengd u’s reconstruction after the earthquake of 2008 stems from his interest in sustainable development and city planning\, as it relates to China’s emer ging markets and limited resources per capita. Sheng is the Executive Offi cer for the Vice Mayor in Chengdu Municipal Government where he assists in the oversight of the city’s Science and Technology Bureau\, Economic Comm ission and Bureau of Safety Inspection and Production. When: Wednesday\, F ebruary 22\, 2012 Where: 204 Maxwell Hall Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Peer t o peer is a series for Executive Masters in Public Administration students to share issues\, problems or successes with their fellow students. Each student guest speaker will speak for about 20-30 minutes and then we will have a 20-30 minute discussion time. This event is open to all students. L unch will be provided at the start of the event. Please RSVP to Kristina D onzella\, kedonzel@maxwell.syr.edu by Monday\, February 20th. DTEND:20120222T173000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T001344Z DTSTART:20120222T163000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Peer to Peer UID:RFCALITEM639140408243690856 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:“City Development and Emergency Management: Pr actices from Chengdu” with Humphrey Fellow Dr. Gang Sheng An ancient Chine se proverb says that “Peacefulness and Harmony are most precious\, and peo ple and their needs are most prioritized.” According to our Peer to Peer s peaker\, it represents the heart of China’s philosophy about who they are and what they do. In response to a massive earthquake in 2008\, Chengdu\, a city of 16 million western China\, fulfilled this ancient yet modern phi losophy in its public service as well as emergency management. Within hour s of the devastating earthquake\, Sheng\, as Executive Officer for the Vic e Mayor in Chengdu Municipal Government\, accompanied the Vice Mayor to th e crisis area to assist in the rescue efforts. They remained there for thr ee weeks\, working in difficult conditions. Sheng will discuss the emergen cy management in Chengdu\, addressing the following questions: • How did C hengdu face the most severe emergency situation ever? • How did Chengdu em ergency management respond when the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck? • How was the people-oriented philosophy put into practice in the process of po st-quake reconstruction? • Why have Chengdu residents still maintained the highest happiness index? Dr. Gang Sheng is a current Humphrey Fellow\, em phasizing studies in policy analysis and public administration. His partic ipation in Chengdu’s reconstruction after the earthquake of 2008 stems fro m his interest in sustainable development and city planning\, as it relate s to China’s emerging markets and limited resources per capita. Sheng is t he Executive Officer for the Vice Mayor in Chengdu Municipal Government wh ere he assists in the oversight of the city’s Science and Technology Burea u\, Economic Commission and Bureau of Safety Inspection and Production. Wh en: Wednesday\, February 22\, 2012 Where: 204 Maxwell Hall Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Peer to peer is a series for Executive Masters in Public Admini stration students to share issues\, problems or successes with their fello w students. Each student guest speaker will speak for about 20-30 minutes and then we will have a 20-30 minute discussion time. This event is open t o all students. Lunch will be provided at the start of the event. Please R SVP to Kristina Donzella\, kedonzel@maxwell.syr.edu by Monday\, February 2 0th.
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