29 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nayan CHANDA
Director of Publications, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization
Former Editor, the Far Eastern Economic Review
Topic: Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization
Nayan CHANDA follows the exploits of traders, preachers, adventur...
27 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ben SIMPFENDORFER
Chief China Economist
Royal Bank of Scotland
Topic: The New Silk Road: how a rising Arab World is turning away from the West and rediscovering China
Ben SIMPFENDORFER will discuss the rise of the Arab world and its strengthening relations with China. He has spent the pa...
20 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike ROWSE
Former Director-General of Invest HK
Topic: Confessions of Hong Kong’s most uncivil civil servant
Mr. ROWSE will speak about life inside the civil service, the story of Hong Kong Disneyland, and the true story of Harbour Fest.
He was the first Director-General of Invest HK, th...
14 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nick DAVIES
Author / Freelance Journalist
Topic: Flat Earth News: The controversial expose of the truth about our news media
Mr. Nick DAVIES, an award - winning journalist, is in Hong Kong as one of the guest speakers of Hong Kong Baptist University’s conference on international news and...
9 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers:
Jake VAN DER KAMP
Journalist
David WEBB
Editor of Webb-site.com
Topic: WEBB v Jake: An FCC debate on Hong Kong's controversial extension of the blackout period on share trading by company directors
Two of Hong Kong's leading market commentators, David Webb and Jake VAN DER KAMP, will de...
6 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Kate SAUNDERS
International Campaign for Tibet (ICT)
Topic: A Great Mountain Burned by Fire: Reflections on new expressions of dissent and the crisis in Tibet
March 17, 2009, marks the anniversary of the day of the Dalai Lama’s escape from Tibet 50 years ago. This month is also the first...
6 Apr 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sundaram TAGORE
President & Curator, Sundaram TAGORE Galleries
Topic: The Promise of Modernism: Indian art from 1900 to 2000
At a time when Indian artists are creating a sensation in the art world, Mr. TAGORE will look back into the country’s past. He will share the story of rebel artist...
30 Mar 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Yasheng HUANG
Professor, Political Economy and International Management
Sloan School of Management, MIT
Topic: Rethinking reforms: Chinese economy facing global challenge
Professor HUANG will explain the roots of China’s economic success and the reasons why it is facing substantial chall...
24 Mar 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Cameron DUECK
Yachtsman / Assistant Editor, The Financial Times
Topic: Open Passage Expedition: Sailing the Northwest Passage – Summer 2009
Climate change has brought the Arctic back into the public consciousness as warmer temperatures reveal new shipping channels and open the door to na...
23 Mar 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Albert HO
Chairman of China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group
Elected Member of Legislative Council
Chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong
Topic: Charter 08: The Dawn for a Civil Rights Movement in China?
In early December 2008, 303 mainland public intellectuals signed on the Cha...