演讲主题：A University for China

活动时间：2015年11月26日（星期四） 10:30-11:30

活动地点：北京大学英杰交流中心阳光大厅

主　　办：北京大学国际合作部

学校简介：

悉尼大学（The University of Sydney）始建于1850年，是坐落于澳洲金融之都悉尼市中心的一所世界顶尖高等学府。作为整个澳洲及大洋洲的第一所大学，悉尼大学同时也是澳大利亚八大名校联盟G8的核心成员，国际著名研究型大学联盟组织环太平洋大学联盟、亚太国际贸易教育暨研究联盟的成员之一。根据澳洲政府官方整理的资料，1/3的澳洲诺贝尔奖得主为悉尼大学校友，这一数字遥遥领先于澳洲其他大学，领跑着整个澳大利亚的科学与技术的发展。

不仅如此，一个半世纪以来，悉尼大学毕业生还一直牢牢掌控着澳洲的政治与经济命脉。校友包括的八位澳大利亚总理，联合国大会主席，世界银行总裁，六位联邦大法官中的三位，二十三位最高法院法官；同时，现任澳洲央行RBA行长，麦格理投资银行集团总裁等知名政商界人士均毕业于悉尼大学。

主讲人简介：

Dr Michael Spence, Vice-Chancellor and Principal 

As Vice-Chancellor, Dr Michael Spence is the University of Sydney's principal executive officer. He leads the University and determines its overall direction in consultation with the Senate, the Senior Executive Group (SEG) and Academic Board.  He also plays a major role in nurturing and sustaining the University’s relationships with its many key external stakeholder groups, including alumni, donors, local, state and federal governments, and leaders in business, industry and the professions.

Dr Spence enrolled as an undergraduate student at the University of Sydney in 1982. After graduating with first-class honours in English and Italian in 1985, and a Bachelor of Law with honours in 1987, he lectured in law at the University and worked for the Australian Copyright Council.

He moved to the University of Oxford in 1988 where he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Theology. He then went on to become a Fellow of St Catherine’s College at the University of Oxford.

During his 20 years at St Catherine’s Dr Spence also headed the law faculty and the Social Sciences division, one of the four that make up the University of Oxford.

In July 2008, he returned to take up the role of Vice Chancellor at the University of Sydney.

Dr Spence is internationally recognised as a leader in the field of intellectual property theory and has also published works on the law of obligations, with a critical focus on suggested ethical and economic justifications of existing regimes.