17 Sep 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Philip Bowring
Author/Columnist
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Mr. Bowring will launch his new book, “Free Trade’s First Missionary”, a biography of Sir John Bowring (1792-1872), a liberal, Unitarian, linguist, poet, economist, politician, ir...
28 Aug 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker:
Wang Zhenmin
Professor of Law and Dean, School of Law, Tsinghua University
Mo Jihong
Deputy Director and Constitutional Professor, the Institute of Law, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Amidst a heated political 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...
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...
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...
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
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Topic: We Are Not Alone... Investigative Journalism Goes Global
Journalism is under attack everywhere in Asia -- Kevin Lau is choppe...
17 Feb 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David Pilling
Asia Editor, The Financial Times
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
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Topic: Abenomics or Abegeddon?
Japan has launched one of the boldest monetary policy experiments in modern history, aimed at extracting the country's economy from 15 years ...
20 Jan 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers: Sue Brooks, Director of Video Transformation, AP
Maria Ronson, Vice President of Sales for Asia, AP
MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: The Future of News: Is Traditional Media Losing Out Online?
Is online video about to transform the Asian media...