4 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker
Speaker: Kevin J. Delaney
Editor in Chief and Co-Founder, Quartz
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Kevin Delaney will discuss how high-quality content can thrive in the social and mobile media landscapes. He joined a team of journalists from the Wall St...
2 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker:
Matthew Torne
Director (via Skype)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2014
7:00PM – DINNER
1ST FLOOR
This 97-minute documentary follows two secondary school classmates over 18 months. One is Joshua Wong, a student activist who founded the group Scholarism that spearheaded the fight against National Ed...
26 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Michael Buckley
Author & Filmmaker
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Michael Buckley will explain how he shifted from writing guidebooks about Tibet to becoming an environmentalist, uncovering eco-disasters that loom in Tibet and beyond. His new boo...
17 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker (by Skype):
Mark Samels
Executive Producer
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014
7:00PM – DINNER
1ST FLOOR
During the chaotic final days of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbles. With the specter of a Communist victory looming and only ...
13 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Professor Charlie Jeffery
Senior Vice Principal, University of Edinburgh
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Professor Charlie Jeffery - one of Scotland's foremost experts on constitutional change - will talk about the outcome of the 18 September Scott...
12 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Patrick Low, Senior Fellow, Fung Global Institute
Former Chief Economist, World Trade Organization
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMEBR 12, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Cutting trade deals has been an uphill struggle in the twenty-first century, bearing little fruit. This is the case...
10 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Lou Ferrara ,Vice President and
Managing Editor, Associated Press
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Change in media is relentless. How can a global news agency evolve to stay relevant in the new media landscape? More video? Automating the writing of c...
3 Nov 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ryan Pyle
Photographer, Filmmaker, Author
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Sparsely populated and spanning more than 1.6 million square kilometers of desert, river basins, mountains, and grasslands, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has had a turbul...
29 Oct 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Bill Hayton, Author/Reporter, BBC
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
How long can the United States remain a ‘resident power in Asia' in the face of China’s rise? Are Southeast Asian countries destined to become satellite states of Beijing? It’s incre...
28 Oct 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Maria Vassilakou, Deputy Mayor and Vice Governor of Vienna
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
Deputy Mayor Vassilakou will talk about the recently adopted framework strategy on Vienna’s Smart City visions and goals until 2050 and expand on Vienna’s appr...
