10 Nov 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Doug WOODRING
Co-Founder, Project Kaisei
Karin MALMSTROM
Volunteer
Topic: Capturing the Plastic Vortex – Project Kaisei
Project Kaisei Co-Founder Doug WOODRING and FCC member Karin MALMSTROM will speak about their experience of 21 days in the North Pacific Gyre (the “Plastic Vortex”). L...
6 Nov 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr David ANDERSON
Medical Doctor / Former Professor
Topic: How WHO guidlines on Rabies are killing children
Dr. ANDERSON made an educational film in 2004 on dog bites and rabies prevention. He was horrified by the harrowing specter of people, mainly children, dying from rabies, and by wh...
5 Nov 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Karim RASLAN
Columnist
Topic: Malaysia: race and religion in a rapidly-growing Southeast Asia
Malaysia’s potential has long been saddled with obstacles, most notably the racially-tinged New Economic policy. A hub of market activity and mine of natural resources, it now trails neighboring...
4 Nov 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jane PERLEZ
Chief Pakistan Correspondent, The New York Times / International Herald Tribune 2009 Pulitzer Prize Winner
Topic: Can Pakistan be saved?
A nuclear-armed nation of 170 million people, Pakistan is of vital interest to the United States and the West. But it has also been the sit...
3 Nov 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike ROWSE
Former Director – General of Invest Hong Kong / Author
Topic: No Minister & No, Minister: A Civil Servant’s View
The Accountability system, whereby a layer of Ministers and other political appointees has been installed on top of the civil service, is now seven years old. Yet t...
19 Oct 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dominic NAHR
War Photographer
Topic: A Conversation with Dominic Nahr: War Photographer
To coincide with an exhibition of Dominic NAHR’s photographs on the FCC Wall, which opens 19 October, award-wining photographer NAHR will discuss his work and challenges as a photojournalist working i...
15 Oct 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Aki RA
Cambodia Landmine Museum Founder
V. Tony HAUSER
Photographer
Topic: The story of a former Khmer Rouge child soldier
Aki RA will share his life story. Growing up knowing only war, he was co-opted into the Khmer Rouge as an orphaned child. He was praised for carrying a heavy rifle ...
8 Oct 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Terry DUFFY
Executive Chairman, CME Group
(Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and NYMEX)
Topic: Preventing the Next Financial Crisis
As head of the world’s largest derivatives marketplace, Terry DUFFY will discuss how the financial community’s approach to risk management...
7 Oct 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Stanley HARPER
Film director of "Cambodia Dreams"
Topic: Screening of “Cambodia Dreams”
Cambodia was the epicenter of the proxy Cold War. It resulted in civil wars and revolution, tearing apart the nation and creating a diaspora.
“Cambodia Dreams” has a timeless universal theme, the indo...
6 Oct 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Tom CURLEY
Topic: The way forward: new opportunities for global news in the digital age
Tom CURLEY will discuss the crisis facing the global news industry and show how the changing media environment provides opportunities to allow companies to continue supporting authoritative, original ...
