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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.
2 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2015 12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Charles M. Sennott Co-Founder,GlobalPost Founder, The GroundTruth Project At a time of rising peril and struggling financial models for in-depth journalism, how will the next generation tell the stories that m...
1 Apr 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015 12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Dr. David Gething Veterinary Surgeon & Winner, World Marathon Challenge Dr. Gething shared how he transformed from an out-of shape soon-to-be father to a competitive runner, his inspiration for getting into s...
30 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015 12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Gary Pruitt President and CEO, Associated Press Mr. Pruitt discussed the growing threat to journalists worldwide and the challenges it imposed on news organizations whose mission is to inform the public. He tal...
23 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015 12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Dan Washburn Journalist and Chief Content Officer, the Asia Society In China golf was not just a barometer for the country’s rapid economic rise, the sport also allowed Washburn to examine many major issues in ...
10 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015 12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Catherine Karnow, Photographer, National Geographic Ms. Karnow showed photographs taken during the years of the most dramatic change seen in modern-day Vietnam, 1990 - 2014, on her assignment for National Geog...
9 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Tony Tyler Head of International Air Transport Association (IATA) Former CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways The air transport industry was at the start of its second century. Aviation was a critical component of the global econo...
5 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Professor Jean-Pierre Cabestan Head, Department of Government and International Studies Hong Kong Baptist University Since the outbreak of the Sunflower Movement a year ago, Taiwan politics had witnessed important change...
4 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 6:00PM – 7:30PM 1ST FLOOR (CANCELLED) Panelists: Hervé Deguine, Amirali B. Nasir J.P. FHKIoD, Eric Wishart The killings in January of 11 people including celebrated cartoonists at the offices of Charlie Hebdo shocked many around the world, and led to an outpouring of supp...
2 Mar 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Jeannie Cho Lee Asian Master of Wine, Professor of Wine, HK Polytechnic How had China’s entry into the wine industry, both as a major consumer and producer, encouraged the black market for fake wines? How prevalent was cou...
26 Feb 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 6:30pm – 7:30pm 1st Floor We've received positive feedback about this well-attended event that covered everything from easy-to-employ strategies to safeguard your data and devices, to tools for encrypted instant messaging and phone calls on smartphones. Afterwards, sev...
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