14 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Douglas Clark
Barrister/Author
The 19th century unequal treaties that opened China, Japan and Korea to the West exempted foreigners from local laws - leaving them to be tried by their own consuls and their...
13 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Duncan Innes-Ker
Regional Director for Asia, Economist Intelligence Unit
The peg between the Hong Kong dollar and its US counterpart had served the territory well since its introduction in October 1983. Howe...
30 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Kerry Brown
Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney
Former Diplomat, British Foreign Service
Politics had always been a game of high stakes in the People's Republic, ever since the era of Mao...
17 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, September 17, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Eric Fish
Journalist and Content Producer, Asia Society
In the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, China’s Communist Party had to reestablish legitimacy among the youth demographic that had s...
15 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
5pm - 6:30pm
Verandah
Author: Paul Schulte
Chairman, Schulte Research
Former Head of Global Strategy for CCB Intl. Securities
This book explored the ways in which credit was being choked off by the excessive credit creation of the 2000s, and shows how these crises were...
9 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Andy Rothman
Investment Strategist, Matthews Asia
The A-share market was correcting and the Chinese economy was cooling. Mr. Rothman talked about the impact of these trends on equity investors and the ri...
8 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Alastair Campbell, Author
Former Chief Spokesman and Strategist for Tony Blair
How do sportsmen excel, entrepreneurs thrive, or individuals achieve their ambition? Drawing on the wisdom of an astonishing ar...
31 Aug 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, August 31, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Mr. Tom Grundy
Editor-In-Chief/Co-Founder, Hong Kong Free Press
After a round of crowdfunding and much publicity, Hong Kong Free Press finally 'went live' at the end of June 2015. Its team of young reporters ...
24 Aug 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, August 24, 2015
12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch
1:15pm – address
1st Floor
Speaker: Xu Sitao
Chief Economist, China
Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Mr. Xu presented what was likely to unfold, in terms of financial liberalization, against the backdrop of slowing economic growth and stock mar...
31 Jul 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Friday, July 31, 2015
8:15AM for 8:30AM - Continental Breakfast
9:00AM - Address
Speaker: Nicola Sturgeon,
First Minister of Scotland
In 2007, the Scottish National Party began a series of political firsts. They became the first party to form a sustainable minority government in the Scottish Par...
