10 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Johan BJORKSTEN
Author / Chairman of Eastwei Relations
Topic: Promoting foreign brands in nationalistic China
There are a lot of books about doing business in China – but Johan BJORKSTEN’s experience is unusual: armed only with a degree in Chinese and some contacts in the local media, he...
3 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Graham EARNSHAW
Author / Businessman
Topic: The Great Walk of China - Travels on foot from Shanghai to Tibet
How long would it take to walk across the world’s most populous country? Graham EARNSHAW is finding out. The long-time China journalist is making a journey into China’s heartland,...
20 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: May LEE
Former Anchor, CNBC Asia, CNN International
Author, Founder and CEO of Lotus Media House Pte. Limited
Topic: Passion made me do it!
Ms. LEE will tell her personal story - once a shy, insecure youngster of Korean descent who later became an intrepid, high-profile international jou...
19 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Brian BROWN
Author / Founder, The Shogi Group
Topic: The new economy of equity trading
Everyone is affected by the financial markets, whether they are investors or not. Today’s marketplace is more volatile than during the Asian Crisis, in part due to the economic uncertainty but also due...
14 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
David FRUM
Author / Columnist
Ruy TEIXEIRA
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Topic: Demographic change and the future of American politics
David FRUM and Ruy TEIXEIRA, leading American political analysts, will discuss how demographic trends are transforming American politics, ...
9 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
peaker: Laurence E. LIPSHER
American CPA
Topic: The brand new, far more invasive, U.S. tax laws: what do they mean for you?
On Friday, 20 March, Congress passed and President OBAMA signed HIRE-FATCA. Among other things, both offshore banks and brokerage houses as well as U.S. tax return filers ar...
8 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Marc BRODY
Founder & President, Panda Mountain
Topic: Resettlement of indigenous villagers: challenges for panda conservation
A UNESCO World Heritage report confirms that the Wolong Nature Reserve and the surrounding protected areas comprise “the largest and most significant remaining co...
7 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John BOLTON
Former US Ambassador to the UN
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Topic: U.S. foreign policy in the OBAMA administration
Ambassador BOLTON, a prominent American neoconservative, contends that President OBAMA does not give international affairs the same priority as p...
30 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Hon. Tim GROSER
New Zealand’s Minister of Trade
Topic: Trade without borders: how nimble New Zealand beats protectionism
The threat of a rising tide of protectionism in response to the 2008-9 financial crisis worries trading economies like Hong Kong and New Zealand. New Zealand’s answer ...
29 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Bill FISHER
CEO, EF Education First in China
Topic: China’s obsessive love affair with english
As English becomes the de facto language of success throughout the world, the desire to learn it has grown contagious. Nowhere is this as evident as in China. Mr. FISHER has witnessed firsthand...
