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Asia Global Institute to host Asia-Global Dialogue 2016 at HKU

26 Jan 2016

 

As the global economy rebalances from West to East, what form and direction might a new order take? “Asia-Global Dialogue 2016: Towards a New Economic Order” looks at pressing concerns that are likely to shape our future. Leaders in different fields could gain insight on foremost issues and challenges facing the world, and exposure to pan-Asian perspectives on key global concerns, identify opportunities so businesses can contribute to, and benefit from, changes underway, and participate in discussions that shape an evolving regional and global agenda

Members of the press are cordially invited to this event as observers. This event will take place in English.

Date: January 28 (Thursday)
Time: 8:30am (registration) to 5:45pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU

The one-day conference features topics including:
·         New International Monetary Order
·         Transformation Through Technology and Innovation
·         Central Banking – Unconventional Solutions to Unconventional Policies
·         Growth Beyond Numbers
·         The Economy, Sustainability and Human Development
·         Advancing the Cause of Global Trade
·         China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Speakers:
- AGI Advisory Board Chairman Victor K Fung;
- AGI Academic Council Chairman Michael Spence;
- AGI Distinguished Fellows Noeleen Heyzer and Andrew Sheng;
- United Nations Under-Secretary- General for Asia and the Pacific and Executive Secretary of ESCAP Shamshad Akhtar;
- Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Group of Thirty Jacob Frenkel;
- Li & Fung Limited Group Chairman William K Fung;
- Suntory Holdings Chairman and CEO Takeshi Niinami;
- GE Vice Chairman John G Rice; HSBC Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive, Asia Pacific Peter Wong; and
- Ayala Corporation Chairman and CEO Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Ms Hope Ngo, Assistant Director, Communications and Media Relations, Asia Global Institute, +852 3917 1273; Email: hopengo@hku.hk