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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.
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...
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