7 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, May 7, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Chandran Nair
Founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow
The Other Hundred Entrepreneurs, a not-for-profit book by the Global Institute for Tomorrow, was about the people who have never written a forma...
6 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Matt Friedman
CEO, The Mekong Club
Every five seconds, a person enters slavery somewhere in the world. It was estimated that there are over 35 million people trapped in slavery. Roughly two-thirds, or 23.5 mill...
5 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Larry Lipsher
California and Hong Kong CPA
Mr. Lipsher provided an update on the latest changes to tax laws including:
* New enforcement procedures in China for all expatriate tax filings – not just those for Ame...
28 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Mark Clifford
Executive Director of the Asia Business Council
Asia was enduring an environmental nightmare. In China alone, air pollution kills 1.2 million people a year. But change was on the way as a wealthi...
27 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, April 27, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Tenzin Lekphell
CEO of the Institute for Management Studies, Bhutan
We all seeked happiness. Few ideals were as difficult to grasp than happiness itself. Everyone had experienced it and yet many were still quit...
13 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Dr. Martin Brudermüller
Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE
In 1885, when BASF sent a director to China for the first time, it was considered a distant and exotic country. Yet how differe...
9 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015
7:00pm – DINNER
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Nick Danziger
Award Winning Photographer
From world leaders to citizens of the DPRK (North Korea), Mr. Danziger had made a life of travelling to corners of the world where we rarely got more than a glimpse of everyday life. The speaker to...
2 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Charles M. Sennott Co-Founder,GlobalPost
Founder, The GroundTruth Project
At a time of rising peril and struggling financial models for in-depth journalism, how will the next generation tell the stories that m...
1 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Dr. David Gething
Veterinary Surgeon & Winner, World Marathon Challenge
Dr. Gething shared how he transformed from an out-of shape soon-to-be father to a competitive runner, his inspiration for getting into s...
30 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Gary Pruitt
President and CEO, Associated Press
Mr. Pruitt discussed the growing threat to journalists worldwide and the challenges it imposed on news organizations whose mission is to inform the public. He tal...