28 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jenny Bowen
Founder & CEO, Half the Sky Foundation
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: What China’s Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains
In early 1996, Human Rights Watch / Asia published a deeply critical report documenting neglect and devastati...
23 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker:
Gilbert Ghostine: President, Diageo Asia Pacific
Su-Mei Thompson: CEO, The Women’s Foundation
Denise Tsang: Analysis Editor, Business, South China Morning Post
Tara Joseph: Asia Editor-in-Charge , Reuters TV
Kristie Lu Stout: CNN Correspondent
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014
12:00NOON - DRINKS
12:3...
19 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Leta Hong Fincher
Author & doctoral candidate in sociology, Tsinghua University
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: 'Leftover' Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
After the Communist revolution in 1949, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed t...
15 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Takehiko Koyanagi
Publisher, Nikkei Asian Review & Senior Staff Writer, The Nikkei
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Why Asia Needs New International Media
As Western media have cut foreign correspondents and as Asian regional media cease to exist, ...
13 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Rachel Cartland
Author & Former Senior Civil Servant
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Has Hong Kong Become Ungovernable?
This is a question on the lips and minds of many, and there is plenty of disquieting evidence to point to. Our famously "can do"...
23 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Chinoy
Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief
Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California
Fully Booked
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014
7:00pm – Dinner
1st FLOOR
Topic: Assignment China: The 1980's
The mid-1980s saw a dramatic relaxation of Communist Party control over ...
10 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panel Participants:
K.C. Chan, Deputy Publisher, President of EJ Digital
Ching Cheong, Commentator
Shirley Yam, Vice Chairman, HK Journalist Association
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Is Press Freedom Under Attack In Hong Kong?
In February, someone orde...
2 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Inspector Bill Majcher
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden
Bill Majcher, a former top covert operative, will explain how and why public safety has been compromised by reckless disclosures by digital anar...
31 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Eswar Prasad
Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Will the Renminbi Rival the Dollar?
The U.S. dollar’s dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008-2...
27 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David E. Kaplan
Executive Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: We Are Not Alone... Investigative Journalism Goes Global
Journalism is under attack everywhere in Asia -- Kevin Lau is choppe...