29 Jul 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michele Midori Fillion
Director
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2014
7:00pm – Dinner
1st FLOOR
Topic: ‘‘No job for a woman’’: The Women Who Fought to Report WWII
Before World War II, war reporting was considered No Job For a Woman. But when the United States entered the war, American women reporters d...
14 Jul 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Madhav Nalapat
UNESCO Peace Chair at Manipal University
MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: The Modi Model: A Break from India's Past?
Narendra Modi comes from Gujarat, a relatively prosperous province in the west of India. Its people have se...
10 Jul 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Cohosts:
Angie Lau - Bloomberg Anchor
Nan-Hie In - Freelance Writer & Editor
Tim Huxley - Chief Executive, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd.
THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Verandah
Limited Seat Available
Topic: Back by popular demand, Grow your FCC Network!
Each F.C.C. Speed Net...
7 Jul 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jeffrey Yim
Founder, KF Innovatus
MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Live Drone Demonstration: Journalism's Eye in the Sky
Drones, or unmanned aircrafts, are a technology which has gained much attention from being used to deliver books, pizza, beer, to...
2 Jul 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Anson Chan
Former Chief Secretary
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Fully Booked
Topic: The Winding Road to Universal Suffrage
The speaker will reflect on why she feels it is taking so long to achieve the full universal suffrage promised to the Hong Kong ...
26 Jun 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Jakrapob Penkair - Founder, Organisation of Free Thai Network, former Thai Government Minister, Government Spokesman and journalist
Robert Amsterdam - Senior Partner, Amsterdam & Partners, Adviser and counsel to the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship and Thailand's 'Red Sh...
24 Jun 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Doreen Weisenhaus
Associate Professor/Director of the Media Law Project,
University of Hong Kong, Journalism and Media Studies Centre
TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Do Hong Kong Laws Protect Journalists?
Hong Kong media are under increasing polit...
16 Jun 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nicole Constable
Director of the Asian Studies Center and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Hong Kong's Domestic Helpers and the Politics of International Labor
Babies born of foreign domestic...
6 Jun 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Deepa Sapatnekar
Head of Communications at LinkedIn for India & Hong Kong
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014
10:30am – 11:30pm
Verandah
Topic: LinkedIn Workshop for Journalists
Topics to be covered (Approx. 1 hour):
1. Overview of LinkedIn
2. Tips for journalists to best leverage LinkedIn inclu...
3 Jun 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Tyler Brûlé
Editor in chief, Monocle
TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Fully Booked
Topic: Money Is Made Of Paper
Tyler Brûlé will provide an overview of the Monocle media model – which emphasizes good quality print, high cover price, high ad rates, and a s...