26 Apr 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Dr. Mehdi Fakheri
Consul General in Hong Kong and Macao, Islamic Republic of Iran
The signing of the nuclear deal between Iran and Security Council members has created a new environment inside and around Ira...
25 Apr 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Monday, April 25, 2016
7:00pm - Dinner
1st Floor
This controversial independent film was released in December 2015. It consists of five thought-provoking shorts imagining what Hong Kong would be like ten years in the future, with human rights and freedoms gradually diminishing. The film seeks to...
25 Apr 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Monday, April 25, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Regina Ip
Legco Member / Chairperson, New Peoples’ Party
In recent years, public confidence in Hong Kong has taken a beating from gridlock in the legislature and violence on the streets. Regina Ip argued that...
19 Apr 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Formula One motor racing is a multi-billion dollar global sport, but now faces unprecedented challenges. The sport is ruled by an octogenarian with no clear line of succession. Its major shareholder wants the sport to...
18 Apr 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Monday, April 18, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Justice Kemal Bokhary
Non-Permanent Judge, The Court of Final Appeal
The speaker feels that one of the two fundamental challenges facing the Hong Kong courts now and in the future is to deliver - and demonstr...
12 Apr 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Wang Zhenmin
Head of the Law Department, Hong Kong Liaison Office of the Central People's Government
Professor of the Law Faculty, Tsinghua University
Since 2012, the new Chinese administration headed by Mr...
31 Mar 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Thursday, March 31, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Francesco Sisci
Senior Research Associate, China Renmin University
Is the Vatican’s ‘foreign policy' changing and is it adopting a more forward-looking stance? Will the pope visit China? Rome is certainly n...
29 Mar 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Diana Cesar
Chief Executive, Hong Kong , HSBC
Women in Hong Kong have come a long way when it comes to participation in the labor force. However, there is still a significant gender gap when it comes to fema...
23 Mar 2016 12:30 PM — 02:30 PM
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:10pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Sir Max Hastings, Author/Journalist
The speaker is author of The Secret War, a number one best-seller in the UK following its publication last September. The book tells the story of spies, code-breakers ...
23 Mar 2016 07:00 PM — 08:30 PM
The speaker will give a short talk on the growing influence of Asian American voters in the U.S. presidential election process.
Christine Chen is the founder and executive director of APIAVote, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan organization that conducts research and polling of Asian American...
