3 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Edward STOKES
Founder Director, The Photographic Heritage Foundation
Topic: Hong Kong nature landscapes: of what value?
Is Hong Kong merely an urban and economic phenomenon? This illustrated talk will offer one photographer’s answer.
The Photographic Heritage Foundation was launched at t...
2 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mark O’NEILL
Veteran China Correspondent and Journalist
Topic: The Biggest NGO in the Chinese World: the Tzu Chi Foundation
Mr. O'NEILL will share the story behind the Tzu Chi Foundation, the largest NGO in the Chinese world, with 10 million members, branches in nearly 50 countries and w...
1 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jerome COHEN
NYU Law Professor; Senior Fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations
Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Topic: How to improve China's soft power - and America's?
"Soft Power" depends on more than Confucius Institutes. A nation's reputation for justi...
28 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michael PALIN
Actor / Author
Topic: Travelling on television
Since embarking on Around The World In Eighty Days in September 1988 Michael has made seven series for the BBC in different parts of the world. He will be talking particularly about the birth of the series, the way that the sty...
25 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Kumi NAIDOO
International Executive Director, Greenpeace
Topic: Can China and the BASIC countries save the climate?
The United Nations Copenhagen climate summit was an historical failure. People were all expecting so much but in the end it disappointed everyone. The Copenhagen Accord mer...
13 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Thitinan PONGSUDHIRAK
Political scientist at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University
Visiting fellow at Stanford University’s CDDRL-Humanities Center
Topic: Thailand’s withdrawal symptoms: democracy and monarchy in transition
Thailand’s political brinkmanship has reached a crescendo. Violence...
10 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Johan BJORKSTEN
Author / Chairman of Eastwei Relations
Topic: Promoting foreign brands in nationalistic China
There are a lot of books about doing business in China – but Johan BJORKSTEN’s experience is unusual: armed only with a degree in Chinese and some contacts in the local media, he...
3 May 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Graham EARNSHAW
Author / Businessman
Topic: The Great Walk of China - Travels on foot from Shanghai to Tibet
How long would it take to walk across the world’s most populous country? Graham EARNSHAW is finding out. The long-time China journalist is making a journey into China’s heartland,...
20 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: May LEE
Former Anchor, CNBC Asia, CNN International
Author, Founder and CEO of Lotus Media House Pte. Limited
Topic: Passion made me do it!
Ms. LEE will tell her personal story - once a shy, insecure youngster of Korean descent who later became an intrepid, high-profile international jou...
19 Apr 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Brian BROWN
Author / Founder, The Shogi Group
Topic: The new economy of equity trading
Everyone is affected by the financial markets, whether they are investors or not. Today’s marketplace is more volatile than during the Asian Crisis, in part due to the economic uncertainty but also due...
