24 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Martin BRUDERMUELLER
Topic: Can Asia improve energy efficiency?
Asia’s rampant growth in energy demand has the potential to derail economic and development opportunities. At the same time, climate targets can only be met with a major contribution from energy efficiency. China, as the...
16 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Robert BICKERS
Author
Topic: The Scramble for China - Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914, 1832-1914
From 1832, when British ships sailed into forbidden Chinese waters, China suffered a century of national humiliation. It is a grand narrative of infamy, in which China's developm...
12 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Børge OUSLAND
Felix TSCHUDI
Topic: "The new Northern Sea Route: the answer to piracy?"
A journey from Europe to China via the new Northeast Passage is about 40% shorter than the route via the Suez Canal. This provides a huge potential for minimizing the risk of piracy and for cost reduc...
5 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Leo GOODSTADT
Topic: How safe are the world’s banks?
After the worst losses in history, the world’s leading banks have bounced back with generous help from the taxpayer. Despite widespread public anger at the mismanagement and misconduct that led to the global financial crisis, none of t...
3 May 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: James GUEST
Vice-president of Comsumers International
President and CEO of US Consumers Union
Topic: The fight for fair financial services: a battle the consumers movement must win
In 2010 Consumers International (CI) launched a major international campaign for fairer financial services....
28 Apr 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Richard H. JONES
Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
Topic: Clean energy: an update on global progress
Impressive progress has been made in developing clean energy technologies in recent years, and yet the success stories are being overshadowed by surging demand ...
20 Apr 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Paul SCHULTE
Global head of Financial Strategy and Asia Banks, CCBIS, China Construction Bank Corporation Group
Topic: The economic cycle is the credit cycle: let's not kid ourselves
Everything depends on the banks whether we like it or not.
Euro banks are broken. US banks are recovering...
18 Apr 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Allan CHIANG
Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data
Topic: Expanding sharing Consumer Credit Data: Where do you draw the line?
To evaluate the credit standing of borrowers, credit providers in Hong Kong rely on a system of consumer credit data sharing through the use of a central credit ...
13 Apr 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Larry LIPSHER
An American C.P.A
Topic: The IRS – more invasive than ever for U.S. Expats?
The Offshore voluntary disclosure initiative, introduced on February 8 and running through August 31, is taxation's version of a venus fly trap, if ever there was one! People are obviously very upse...
7 Apr 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Vincent CHAN
Head of China Research, Credit Suisse
Topic: China in 2015: From the “Gilded Age” to the“Progressive Era”?
Vincent CHAN will present his analysis of how China's changing policy priorities will lead to structural shifts in the economy, society, consumption and different indus...
