13 Jan 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Aymo Brunetti
Department of Economics, the University of Bern
Former Chief Economic Advisor, Switzerland
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Mario Draghis, President of the European Central Bank, had a famous “whatever it takes“ quote more than ...
12 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker
Speaker: Sebastião Salgado
Photographer
FriDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2014
12:30PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
(NOTE: Lunch has been moved up to allow for a 22 minute slide show of Mr. Salgado’s work before his talk.)
Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s most respected photographers, will ...
5 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Rex Tso
Super Flyweight Boxing Champion
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Meet super-flyweight boxing champ Rex Tso, fresh from his recent victory in Macau this month after defeating top Indonesian boxer Espinos Sabu in an eight-round unanimous decision ...
4 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker
Speaker: Kevin J. Delaney
Editor in Chief and Co-Founder, Quartz
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Kevin Delaney will discuss how high-quality content can thrive in the social and mobile media landscapes. He joined a team of journalists from the Wall St...
2 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker:
Matthew Torne
Director (via Skype)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014
7:00PM – DINNER
1ST FLOOR
This 97-minute documentary follows two secondary school classmates over 18 months. One is Joshua Wong, a student activist who founded the group Scholarism that spearheaded the fight against National Ed...
26 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Michael Buckley
Author & Filmmaker
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Michael Buckley will explain how he shifted from writing guidebooks about Tibet to becoming an environmentalist, uncovering eco-disasters that loom in Tibet and beyond. His new boo...
17 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker (by Skype):
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014
7:00PM – DINNER
1ST FLOOR
During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbles. With the specter of a Communist victory looming and only ...
13 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Professor Charlie Jeffery
Senior Vice Principal, University of Edinburgh
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Professor Charlie Jeffery - one of Scotland's foremost experts on constitutional change - will talk about the outcome of the 18 September Scott...
12 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Patrick Low, Senior Fellow, Fung Global Institute
Former Chief Economist, World Trade Organization
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMEBR 12, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Cutting trade deals has been an uphill struggle in the twenty-first century, bearing little fruit. This is the case...
10 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Lou Ferrara ,Vice President and
Managing Editor, Associated Press
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Change in media is relentless. How can a global news agency evolve to stay relevant in the new media landscape? More video? Automating the writing of c...