26 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Frank LAVIN
Chairman, Public Affairs, Edelman Asia Pacific
Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade
Topic: U.S. - China Relations in an era of Chinese ascendance
There has been a high degree of stability in Sino-American relations since they were reconstituted some ...
22 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Roy PROSTERMAN
Founder and Chair Emeritus of Landesa, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Washington
Topic: The transformation of rural China
Roy PROSTERMAN will discuss how China has benefited from expansive rural land reform, and how 30 year secure ...
19 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panelists:
Thomas CRAMPTON
Head of social media, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific
Phil CHETWYND
Asia-Pacific Editor, AFP
Andrew LA VALLEE
Editor, Wall Street Journal Online
Topic: How social networks are changing the news business
The Arab Spring, China rail disaster and London riots are just three e...
8 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen EASTAUGH
Artist
Topic: An artist in Antarctica
As an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow in 2009, artist Stephen EASTAUGH spent a full winter of ten months in Antarctica. He will talk about and show Winterover, his own 30-minute documentary of his time at an Antarctic scientific bas...
29 Aug 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Mark MOBIUS
Executive Chairman of the Templeton Emerging Markets Group
Topic: Outlook for emerging markets
Dr. Mark MOBIUS will share his outlook for emerging markets going forward. He will discuss the skepticism of investors towards Chinese stocks and also share his views on frontie...
24 Aug 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Chandran NAIR
Founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow
Topic: Consumption, Capitalism and the Future of Asia
Mr. Chandran NAIR will argue that the Western model of consumption-led economic growth cannot be replicated in Asia . This statement in itself is not a new one. If the...
25 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Mike McCONVILLE
Dean, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Topic: Inside the Chinese Judiciary – how it really works
Professor Mike McCONVILLE examined the role of judges in Mainland China in everyday criminal cases from initial prosecution to verdict and sentenc...
21 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Karl Taro GREENFELD
Novelist / Journalist
Topic: Can journalists make good novelists in the Internet Era?
Literature has been filled with great writers who made the transition from journalism to fiction. Yet today there seems to be growing division between journalist and the novelist, as...
11 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: HU Shuli
Editor-in-Chief, Caixin Media
Founder & Former Editor-in-Chief, Caijing Magazine
Topic: Operating an independent media company in China - How we do it
Ms. HU Shuli shared her many challenges in setting up and running a leading media company in China, at an FCC club lunch session...
5 Jul 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dean KARLAN
Professor of Economics, Yale University
Topic: Are anti-poverty programmes inevitably toxic?
Dean KARLAN examined what works and what fails in the fight against poverty around the world, at an FCC club lunch session on 05 July 2011.
Mr. KARLAN is the co-author of a new book, ...