23 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Dan Washburn
Journalist and Chief Content Officer, the Asia Society
In China golf was not just a barometer for the country’s rapid economic rise, the sport also allowed Washburn to examine many major issues in ...
10 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015
12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Catherine Karnow,
Photographer, National Geographic
Ms. Karnow showed photographs taken during the years of the most dramatic change seen in modern-day Vietnam, 1990 - 2014, on her assignment for National Geog...
9 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Tony Tyler
Head of International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Former CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways
The air transport industry was at the start of its second century. Aviation was a critical component of the global econo...
5 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Professor Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Head, Department of Government and International Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
Since the outbreak of the Sunflower Movement a year ago, Taiwan politics had witnessed important change...
4 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015
6:00PM – 7:30PM
1ST FLOOR
(CANCELLED)
Panelists:
Hervé Deguine, Amirali B. Nasir J.P. FHKIoD, Eric Wishart
The killings in January of 11 people including celebrated cartoonists at the offices of Charlie Hebdo shocked many around the world, and led to an outpouring of supp...
2 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Jeannie Cho Lee
Asian Master of Wine, Professor of Wine, HK Polytechnic
How had China’s entry into the wine industry, both as a major consumer and producer, encouraged the black market for fake wines? How prevalent was cou...
26 Feb 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015
6:30pm – 7:30pm
1st Floor
We've received positive feedback about this well-attended event that covered everything from easy-to-employ strategies to safeguard your data and devices, to tools for encrypted instant messaging and phone calls on smartphones. Afterwards, sev...
9 Feb 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Dr. Barry Kerzin
Buddhist Monk / Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong
Practicing meditation and compassion help relieve stress. So what is meditation? It is a mental activity that focuses our mind and brings clar...
29 Jan 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, January 29, 2015
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Speaker: Lawrence Brahm
Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, PRC
Author, Chief Economist of the New Earth Institute
Mr. Brahm will outline the severity of China's climate change crisis and the pathways t...
16 Jan 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Friday, January 16, 2015
3:30pm – 5:30pm
1ST FLOOR
Writers from the PEN American Center in conversation on the ethics of literary expression and freedom in writing across the globe. PEN will also release a report on the situation of freedom of expression in Hong Kong over the past year.
Peter God...