10 Nov 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Doug WOODRING
Co-Founder, Project Kaisei
Karin MALMSTROM
Volunteer
Topic: Capturing the Plastic Vortex – Project Kaisei
Project Kaisei Co-Founder Doug WOODRING and FCC member Karin MALMSTROM will speak about their experience of 21 days in the North Pacific Gyre (the “Plastic Vortex”). L...
19 Oct 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dominic NAHR
War Photographer
Topic: A Conversation with Dominic Nahr: War Photographer
To coincide with an exhibition of Dominic NAHR’s photographs on the FCC Wall, which opens 19 October, award-wining photographer NAHR will discuss his work and challenges as a photojournalist working i...
24 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Martin JACQUES
Senior Fellow – IDEAS institute, London School of Economics
Columnist – the Guardian
Topic: When China rules the World
Until recently the idea of modernity was synonymous with being western.
There was a widespread belief that there was only one version of modernity, namely...
23 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nicole KEMPTON
Author / Washington Director of the Laogai Research Foundation
Topic: Laogai: The Machinery of Repression in China
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and a new book under the same title as this lunch, Ms. KEMPTON will take an in-depth l...
22 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jake VAN DER KAMP
Columnist / Author
Topic: The Twelfth Fairy
FCC treasurer Jake VAN DER KAMP, having walked away last year from his daily financial column in the South China Morning Post, is still regularly perched behind his laptop in the northeast corner of the main bar and still writ...
16 Sep 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Benedict ROGERS
Author and Human Rights Campaigner
East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Topic: Burma’s crimes against humanity: a test-case for the responsibility to protect
Benedict ROGERS has travelled almost thirty times to Burma and its borderlands. He will give an...
18 Aug 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr Philip NITSCHKE (PhD MD)
Director, Exit International
Topic: Euthanasia in Asia: the need for an exit plan
Can the elderly – as well as the seriously ill – be lawfully entitled to a peaceful death at a time of their choosing? Dr. NITSCHKE will share his views on the controversial issu...
20 Jul 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jonathan LASH
President, World Resources Institute
Topic: Climate Change – U.S. Policy and China
On June 26, 2009 the U.S. House passed a climate bill that would literally change the face of America - its factories, power sources and buildings, landscapes and employment patterns. The bil...
14 Jul 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Roy JACOBOWITZ
Managing Director, External Affairs
ACCION International
Topic: International microfinance networks in China: can they get it right?
Roy JACOBOWITZ will speak about the current efforts and challenges involved in bringing financial services to China’s poor. Despite a strong...
15 Jun 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sir Donald TSANG
Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Topic: A Dialogue with Donald: The Future of the Past
The Chief Executive is going to talk about heritage preservation in Hong Kong.
Sir Donald TSANG has been the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's ...
