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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.
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,...
20 Feb 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Adil Zainulbhai Senior adviser and former India chairman, McKinsey & Company THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Can India Get Its Groove Back? After a decade of heady expansion, India has lost its mojo. A wave of economic reform in the 1990s has...
17 Feb 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David Pilling Asia Editor, The Financial Times MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Abenomics or Abegeddon? Japan has launched one of the boldest monetary policy experiments in modern history, aimed at extracting the country's economy from 15 years ...
12 Feb 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Panelists: Kristie Lu Stout, Anchor, CNN Keith Bradsher, Hong Kong Bureau Chief, The New York Times WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Typhoon Haiyan: Behind the Lens, Beyond the Headlines - Covering the Story The three-month anniversary of one of the w...
11 Feb 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Cohosts: Angie Lau - Bloomberg Anchor Nan-Hie In - Freelance Writer & Editor Tim Huxley - Chef Executive, Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Ltd. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014 7:00PM-8:30PM VERANDAH Fully Booked Waiting List Available Topic: F.C.C. Speed Networking: Expand Your Rolodex! Come join...
23 Jan 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Sam Crane Head, Political Science Department, Williams College THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Dao: Ancient Chinese Thought in Modern American Life How would Confucius react to same sex marriage in ...
22 Jan 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mark Warby, QC WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: Press freedom after Snowden and Leveson Media freedom is fundamental to democracy. But it is a freedom open to abuse, as the UK’s phone hacking scandal and Leveson Report show only too clearly. S...
20 Jan 2014 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers: Sue Brooks, Director of Video Transformation, AP Maria Ronson, Vice President of Sales for Asia, AP MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1st FLOOR Topic: The Future of News: Is Traditional Media Losing Out Online? Is online video about to transform the Asian media...
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