23 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker:
Gilbert Ghostine: President, Diageo Asia Pacific
Su-Mei Thompson: CEO, The Women’s Foundation
Denise Tsang: Analysis Editor, Business, South China Morning Post
Tara Joseph: Asia Editor-in-Charge , Reuters TV
Kristie Lu Stout: CNN Correspondent
FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014
12:00NOON - DRINKS
12:3...
19 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Leta Hong Fincher
Author & doctoral candidate in sociology, Tsinghua University
MONDAY, MAY 19, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: 'Leftover' Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China
After the Communist revolution in 1949, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed t...
15 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Takehiko Koyanagi
Publisher, Nikkei Asian Review & Senior Staff Writer, The Nikkei
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Why Asia Needs New International Media
As Western media have cut foreign correspondents and as Asian regional media cease to exist, ...
13 May 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Rachel Cartland
Author & Former Senior Civil Servant
TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Has Hong Kong Become Ungovernable?
This is a question on the lips and minds of many, and there is plenty of disquieting evidence to point to. Our famously "can do"...
23 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike Chinoy
Former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief
Senior Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California
Fully Booked
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014
7:00pm – Dinner
1st FLOOR
Topic: Assignment China: The 1980's
The mid-1980s saw a dramatic relaxation of Communist Party control over ...
10 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panel Participants:
K.C. Chan, Deputy Publisher, President of EJ Digital
Ching Cheong, Commentator
Shirley Yam, Vice Chairman, HK Journalist Association
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Is Press Freedom Under Attack In Hong Kong?
In February, someone orde...
2 Apr 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Inspector Bill Majcher
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and Edward Snowden
Bill Majcher, a former top covert operative, will explain how and why public safety has been compromised by reckless disclosures by digital anar...
31 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Eswar Prasad
Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014
12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Will the Renminbi Rival the Dollar?
The U.S. dollar’s dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008-2...
27 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David E. Kaplan
Executive Director, Global Investigative Journalism Network
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2014
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: We Are Not Alone... Investigative Journalism Goes Global
Journalism is under attack everywhere in Asia -- Kevin Lau is choppe...
17 Mar 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Russell Coleman SC
MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1st FLOOR
Topic: Opening the Doors: Access to Information in Hong Kong
The United Nations states that access to information held by the government is very much part of the freedom of expression. Here in Hong Kong,...
