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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.
9 Feb 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Dr. Barry Kerzin Buddhist Monk / Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong Practicing meditation and compassion help relieve stress. So what is meditation? It is a mental activity that focuses our mind and brings clar...
29 Jan 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Lawrence Brahm Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, PRC Author, Chief Economist of the New Earth Institute Mr. Brahm will outline the severity of China's climate change crisis and the pathways t...
16 Jan 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Friday, January 16, 2015 3:30pm – 5:30pm 1ST FLOOR Writers from the PEN American Center in conversation on the ethics of literary expression and freedom in writing across the globe. PEN will also release a report on the situation of freedom of expression in Hong Kong over the past year. Peter God...
13 Jan 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Aymo Brunetti Department of Economics, the University of Bern Former Chief Economic Advisor, Switzerland Tuesday, January 13, 2015 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Mario Draghis, President of the European Central Bank, had a famous “whatever it takes“ quote more than ...
12 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker Speaker: Sebastião Salgado Photographer FriDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2014 12:30PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR (NOTE: Lunch has been moved up to allow for a 22 minute slide show of Mr. Salgado’s work before his talk.) Sebastião Salgado, one of the world’s most respected photographers, will ...
5 Dec 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Rex Tso Super Flyweight Boxing Champion FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Meet super-flyweight boxing champ Rex Tso, fresh from his recent victory in Macau this month after defeating top Indonesian boxer Espinos Sabu in an eight-round unanimous decision ...
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 ...
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