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...
