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Our FCC Speakers Series is a unique opportunity for our members and their guests to listen, engage and discuss the latest local and international events and trends at the Club. The talks, organized by the Club’s Professional Committee, are hosted in the FCC’s main dining room, usually over lunch and occasionally over breakfast or dinner. The speaker typically gives initial remarks for 30-40 minutes and then takes questions for 10-15 minutes. The events are on the record, and videos of them go up on the Club’s website.

Aside from organizing guest speakers, the Professional Committee plans and produces evening documentary screenings, educational workshops, debates, speed-networking opportunities and events that benefit FCC members and provide opportunities for correspondents and journalists to grow professionally. See below for a full list of all club activities.
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...
22 Mar 2016 08:30 AM — 11:15 AM
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 8:15am for 8:30am - continental breakfast 9:00am - address 1st Floor Speaker: U.S. Ambassador John D. Negroponte, Former Director of National Intelligence, Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy Secretary of State Will the 21st century be known to future historians as ...
14 Mar 2016 12:30 PM — 01:00 PM
Monday, March 14, 2016 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:10pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Mark O’Neill, Author  The speaker presented rare historical images to describe the extraordinary story of the two Palace Museums, in Beijing and Taipei, since their foundation in 1925, especially the 16-year ...
8 Mar 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:10pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Professor Baron Peter Piot Director, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine A clinician and microbiologist by training, Professor Piot co-discovered the Ebola virus in Zaire in 1976, and led research on...
7 Mar 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, March 7, 2015 7:00pm – Dinner 1st Floor Speaker: Mike Chinoy, Senior Fellow, U.S. - China Institute University of Southern California/Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief In 2008, to mark the hosting of the summer Olympic Games, Beijing pledged to allow a freer atmosphere for the internation...
3 Mar 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, March 3, 2016 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:10pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Ajahn Brahm, Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery The speaker claims that for 2,500 years, Buddhism has kept its cool even among difficult people in dangerous times. He shared strategies based on Buddhist principle...
27 Jan 2016 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:10pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Mr. Lincoln Leong, Chief Executive Officer, MTR Corporation Mr Leung shared MTR’s vision for a new generation of enhanced connectivity and customer service that will transform Hong Kong’s railway network...
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