A Decade of Events (2011-2021)
~120 events have been hosted and co-hosted by the Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong from 2011-2021. Scroll down to see the diversity of speakers and industries. Use our search box to navigate to a particular year, speaker, or company.
2021
Afternoon, Thurs 09 December 2021
Top Speaker Series: Mr. Ming Wai LAU, Chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited & Chairman of Ocean Park Corporation
Topic: Leadership in Extraordinary Times
Evening Reception: Thursday 26 August 2021
ANNUAL COCKTAIL EVENT
Morning, Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Event Name: STANFORD GSB CHAPTER of HK: VIRTUAL GLOBAL FORUM
Topic: “THE CONTINUED ECONOMIC CASE for HONG KONG”
Afternoon, Thursday, 21 January 2021 (virtual due to covid restrictions)
Event Name: 4th Annual S&P Global/Stanford GSB Chapter of HK Financial Forum 2021
Topic: “Accelerated Decoupling: Risks, Returns, Opportunities for Hong Kong & the Greater Bay Area”
2020
Lunch, Wednesday, 5 August 2020
New GSB Admits Welcome Lunch
Lunch, Wednesday, 27 May 2020
Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong
Lunch, Monday, 20 January 2020
Speaker Series: DR. ALLAN ZEMAN, GBM, GBS, JP, Founder & Chairman, Lan Kwai Fong Group
Topic: OFF THE RECORD TALK WITH DR. ALLAN ZEMAN
NB: Chatham House rules. All matters discussed to be kept off-the-record and confidential among the participants.
Afternoon, Thursday, 16 January 2020
Event Name: 3rd Annual S&P Global & Stanford GSB Chapter of HK Financial Forum 2020
Topic: “Opportunities & Risks in Today’s Global Digital Environment”
2019
Lunch, Thursday, 28 November 2019
Speaker Series: DAVID YEUNG, Founder & CEO, Green Monday Ventures (Omnipork, Beyond Meat)
Topic: NEW GREEN, NEW FOOD: GREEN FOR THE MANY or GREEN FOR THE FEW?
How Green Monday is driving meat-substitute foods out from the boutique grocery shelf to affordable eating options and scalable business models, and making green investment yield attractive returns.
Evening, Thursday 5 September 2019
ANNUAL COCKTAIL EVENT
Morning, Saturday, 29 June 2019
STANFORD BUSINESS BEHIND THE SCENES: ROYOLE Corporation (Shenzhen)
Breakfast, Monday, 17 June 2019
Speaker Series: MIKE CAGNEY, Co-Founder & CEO, Figure; Co-Founder & Former CEO, SoFi (Social Finance, Inc)
Topic: Fintech Revolutionary
From Creating the Student Loan Refinancing Market & Empowering Overlooked Millennial Customers to Changing How Securitized Assets are Sourced, Funded and Acquired …GSBer Mike Cagney Just Can’t Stop Reinventing the Financial Wheel
Lunch, Wednesday, 29 May 2019
AGM & New GSB Admits Welcome Lunch
Breakfast, Saturday, 11 May 2019
Speaker Series: JOHN PENOTTI, CEO, SK Global Entertainment (Producer, Crazy Rich Asians)
Topic: CRAZY RICH ASIANS, CRAZY RICH OPPORTUNITIES
How Turning Down Netflix Was the Best Decision John Penotti Took for his Studio and His Plan to Conquer Global Film
Breakfast, Friday, 8 March 2019
Speaker Series: SERGE PUN, Founder, Serge Pun & Associates; Founder, Yoma Strategic Holdings (SGX-listed); Founder, First Myanmar Investments Public Co (Yangon SE-listed)
Topic: Myanmar’s Mr Clean: “I Felt I Had Done a Good Job Selling the Ideology”
From a Chinese Re-Education Camp at Age 12 to Penniless in Hong Kong to Founding Myanmar’s Leading Conglomerate at the Peak of Sanctions, Serge Pun Has Spent a Lifetime Going Where Others Fear to Tread….
Afternoon, Tuesday, 15 January 2019
Event Name: 2nd Annual S&P Global & Stanford GSB Chapter of HK Financial Forum 2019
Topic: AI, Big Data and Disruptions in the Deal-Making Environment
2018
Saturday, 8 December 2018
Event: STANFORD BUSINESS BEHIND THE SCENES
Topic: West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD): Private Site Visit & CEO Discussion
Hong Kong’s Surprise: How WKCD Could End up Being the Most Successful Art District in the World
Cocktails & Lecture, Thursday, 6 December 2018
Speaker Series: PROFESSOR MATT ABRAHAMS, Lecturer, Organization Behavior & Strategic Communication; Stanford Graduate School of Business
Topic: THINK FAST, TALK SMART – How to communicate confidently when under pressure: A special mini-GSB course on effective speaking in stressful and spontaneous situations from one of the world’s leading business school experts
Lunch, Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Speaker Series: CHRISTOPHER MARK & SYED ASIM HUSSAIN, Co-Founders of Black Sheep Restaurants, Hong Kong
Topic: From Black Sheep to Leader of the Herd: Zigging Where Others Zag – How Innovation, Community and a Commitment to Accessible Cuisine Have Created the Most-Talked About Restaurant Group in Hong Kong
Evening, Thursday 13 September 2018
ANNUAL COCKTAIL EVENT
Saturday, 1 September 2018
Event: Private Lunch with Prime Minister of Austria
Breakfast, Thursday, 2 August 2018
Speaker Series: NICK HALLA, 1st Employee and Head of International, Impossible Foods
Topic: Impossible Foods & the Hungry Carnivore: It’s Not Kumar’s White Castle Anymore: How a GSBer and a Stanford Biochemist’s Meatless Proteins (Meat, Fish, Cheese) are Outcompeting Animals, Disrupting the Food Industry, Upending Concepts About Taste, and Could Perhaps Save the Planet Along the Way…
Friday, 8th June 2018
Event: Night at the Philharmonic
Breakfast, Thursday, 31 May 2018
Speaker Series: SONG HOI-SEE, Founder & CEO, Plaza Premium Group
Topic: First Class for the Rest of Us: How Downgrade to Economy Led to Creation of the World’s Largest Independent Airport Lounge Operator, Seeing Profit Where Airlines Saw Headaches, and Revolutionized the in-Airport Travel Experience
Lunch, Monday, 28 May 2018
AGM & New GSB Admits Welcome Lunch
REMINDER
18:30-20:00, Tuesday 27 March 2018:
Visiting GSB Global Study Students Cocktail w/GSB Profs David Broockman (Political Economy) & Dan Iancu (Operations, Info & Tech)
Breakfast, Friday, 16 March 2018
Speaker Series: KATHARINA ZELLWEGER, Fellow, Center for Int’l Security & Cooperation, Stanford University
Director, KorAid Limited
Topic: North Korea: Myths & Difficult Truths of Asia’s Least Visited Nation
Insights Behind the Headlines From 20 Years of Pioneering Aid Programs to the Hermit Kingdom
Afternoon, Thursday, 18 January 2018
Event Name: 1st Annual S&P Global & Stanford GSB Chapter of HK Financial Forum 2018
Topic: Deal-Making, Regulations, Disruptions, Valuations What is the impact on investment decisions at home and abroad?
2017
Lunch, Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Speaker Series: The Honourable Mr. Tung Chee-hwa, GBM
Topic: Off the Record Talk with CH Tung
Lunch, Monday, 6 November 2017
Speaker Series: ANDREA BUCCELLATI, Honorary Chairman & Creative Director, Buccellati
Topic: Retracing Marco Polo: From Texture-Like Jewelry to the Tissue of a Multi-Generational Family Business How Italy’s Buccellati Shifted From Family Control to PE and then Chinese Group Partnership to Conquer the World’s Most Important Retail Markets
Evening, Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Topic: Cocktail Event (GSB Dean Levin)
Morning, Saturday, 16 September 2017
Stanford Business Behind the Scenes: Hong Kong International Airport, The Race Between the Global Hubs: Challenges & Opportunities Facing the HKIA
Evening Reception: Tuesday 5 September 2017
ANNUAL COCKTAIL EVENT
Saturday afternoon, 22 July 2017
Social & Community Committee of the Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong EventBreakfast, Saturday, 22 July 2017
Hosted by HK Club Member, Mr. Nick Sallnow-Smith
Speaker Series: RICHARD SCUDAMORE, Chief Executive, The Football Association Premier League Limited
Topic: England’s Premier League: Can the Unscripted Drama Continue to Excite the World? How Richard Scudamore Took England’s Premier League into the Top Tier of Global Sports…And What Still Keeps Him Up at Night
Breakfast, Friday, 17 March 2017
Speaker Series: ALLAN WONG, Chairman, Group CEO & Co-Founder, VTech Holdings Limited
Topic: Hacking, iPads & Beating Barbie at Her Own Game in Toyland: How Hong Kong’s VTech Grew to be the World’s Largest Children’s Educational Learning Product Company, Survived a Nightmare Data Breach and Defied the Toy & Tech Industry Giants
Breakfast, Thursday, 26 January 2017
Speaker Series: RAMESH TAINWALA, CEO and Executive Director, Samsonite International S.A., CEO & President, Tumi Holdings, Inc,
Topic: From Bankruptcy to TV’s Mad Men & Global Dominance: How an Iconic Brand Almost Died and Then Revived
2016
Dinner, Friday, 09 December 2016
Young Alumni Year-End Dinner
Lunch, Monday, 5 December 2016
Speaker Series: GEORGE YEO
Current: Chairman, Kerry Logistics Network; Director, Kerry Holdings; Past: Singapore Government Minister for Foreign Affairs; Minister for Trade & Industry; Minister for Health; Minister for Information & the Arts
Topic: “Responses of HK & Singapore to Changing US-China Relations”
Friday Evening, 4 November 2016
Young Alumni Event: A night at the HKPhil
Cocktails, Thursday 6 October 2016
Speaker Series: CHIP CONLEY, Head of Global Hospitality & Strategy, Airbnb; Founder & Former CEO, Joie de Vivre Hotels
Topic: Airbnb: “This Business is Going to Be Massively Successful As Long As You Don’t Screw it Up…”
Chip Conley’s Extraordinary Impact on Airbnb – “A Boutique Hotel on Steroids” – as Mentor, Innovator, and the Voice of the Airbnb Host, and How the Black Sheep of the Hotel Industry Became… Even Blacker
Lunch, Monday 12 September 2016
Speaker Series: LORD MANDELSON (PETER MANDELSON), Chairman Global Counsel LLP & Lazard Int’l; Member, House of Lords; Former Senior Minister Under PMs Gordon Brown & Tony Blair; Former EU Trade Commissioner
Topic: Brexit: “We Brought a Spoon to a Knife Fight”
How the Remain Campaign Lost, the Upcoming Labour Leadership Fight and the Costs & Consequences of Brexit for the UK, for Europe and for Asia.
Evening, Thursday 8 September 2016
Topic: ANNUAL SUMMER COCKTAIL EVENT
Breakfast, Thursday 16 June 2016
Stanford Speaks: DR. LI SONG, Founder & Chairman, Zhenai.com
Discussion Topic: I’D RATHER CRY IN A BMW THAN SMILE ON THE BACK OF A BICYCLE WITH YOU…
How Zhenai Injected Traditional Chinese Marriage Culture into e-Dating: And Became China’s Largest Dating Service Despite Industry Struggles with Fraud, “Hormone-Filled Apps” and Achieving Long-Term Monetization When Your Happiest Customers Always Leave You (When They Marry!)
Breakfast, Friday 15 April 2016
Stanford Speaks: PROF PAUL OYER, The Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics; Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Discussion Topic: MOTORCYCLES, DATING & PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS
Unusual Insights from an Unusual Mind
Breakfast, Wednesday 23 March 2016
Stanford Speaks: PROF STEPHEN J. CIESINSKI, Lecturer, Stanford GSB; President, SRI International (originally founded as the Stanford Research Institute)
Discussion Topic: SEARCHING FOR INT’L UNICORNS
Local Menu Challenges for “Silicon Valley Hot Sauce”: and the difference between disruptive innovation and simple fads
Cocktail, Monday Evening, 07 March 2016
Speaker Series: FRANCOIS CURIEL, Chairman, Asia Pacific, Christie’s
Topic: “CHRISTIE’S vs. SOTHEBY’S: IT’S NOT COKE vs. PEPSI ANYMORE”
The Impact of the Rise of China, Technology and Financial Innovation on the Art Auction Industry: And How Christie’s & François Curiel Are Meeting the Challenges
Evening Reception, Thursday, 7 January 2016
Speakers: DR. DOUGLAS OWENS, DR. JEREMY GOLDHABER-FIEBERT, DR. AHMED BAYOUMI
Topic: Global Health Policy and Challenges Facing China
2015
Year-End Dinner, Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Topic: Recent Alumni, Stanford GSB Chapter of HK Social Event
Breakfast, Friday, 4 December 2015
Speaker Series: REGINA IP
Member, the Executive Council of the HKSAR; Legislative Councilor, Hong Kong Island; Chairperson, New People’s Party; Chairperson, Savantas Policy Institute; Co-Chair, Maritime Silk Road Society
Topic: A PRIVATE OFF-THE-RECORD CONVERSATION WITH REGINA IP
Hong Kong Core Values and the City’s Challenges, Opportunities, & Future Role
Lunch, Friday, 20 November 2015
Speaker Series: TOM KALINSKE, Former CEO, Mattel, Sega America & Leapfrog
Topic: “WHY THE EXPERTS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS WRONG”
Breakfast, Friday, 13 November 2015
Speaker Series: FRANCOIS-HENRY BENNAHMIAS, CEO, Audemars Piguet (“AP”)
Topic: “SAILING AGAINT THE TREND OF LUXURY BRAND CONSOLIDATION” And the Reason Why the Smart Watch Will Not Destroy Luxury Watches Nor Become Another Quartz Watch Crises How the CEO of one of the World’s Most-Sought-After Luxury Watch Manufacturer Upended Conventional Wisdom, Shrunk Product Lines, and Re-captured its Retail Channel… And the Story Behind LeBron & Those Size 56 Basketball Shoes in the Office
Breakfast, Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Speaker Series: SCOTT McNEALY
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Wayin
Co-Founder, Former Chairman/CEO, Sun Microsystems
Topic: Lessons of Technology Disruption: How to Avoid Getting “Ubered”
After-Work Drinks, Thursday, 15 October 2015
Topic: Recent Alumni, Stanford GSB Chapter of HK Social Event
Drinks at Lupa
Dinner, Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Speaker Series: DR. STEVE PALUMBI, Stanford Marine Biologist
Topic: THE EXTREME LIFE OF THE SEA
Tales of the Most Amazing Life Forms Hidden Under the Sea
Breakfast, Friday 18 September 2015
Speaker Series: DOMENICO DE SOLE, Chairman, Sotheby’s and Chairman, Tom Ford International. Former Chairman, President & CEO, Gucci Group
Topic: “I Never Go Out to Lunch” The Story of How “Doing a Gucci” Became a Fashion Industry Byword and That Famous “Shaved Gucci G”
Evening Reception, Tuesday, 1 September 2015
Annual Summer Cocktail Event
Evening Reception, Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Stanford Speaks: BRUCE McKERN, Visiting Fellow, Stanford Hoover Institution, Former Stanford GSB Professor
Topic: CHINA’S NEXT ADVANTAGE: INNOVATION
The Third Phase: Innovation as a Tool for Global Demand
After-Work Drinks, Thursday, 30 July 2015
Topic: Recent Alumni, Stanford GSB Chapter of HK
Drinks at Sevva
Evening Reception, Thursday, 16 July 2015
Stanford GSB MBA Program Admissions Information Session in Hong Kong
Evening Reception, Friday 10 July 2015
Speaker Series: CLAUDIO FERNANDEZ-ARAOZ, Senior Advisor, Egon Zehnder
Topic: IT’S NOT THE HOW OR THE WHAT BUT THE WHO: Succeed by Surrounding Yourself with the Best
Cocktail, Friday Evening, 26 June 2015
Speaker Series: NICK ROSA, Head, Continental Grain Asia
Topic: FOOD SAFETY & BUSINESS IN CHINA: THE BIG RISK, THE BIG UNKNOWN: How a Global Agribusiness in China since the Deng Reforms Views the Current Risks & Opportunities
Evening Reception, Thursday, 24 June 2015
Speaker Series: MICHAEL McFAUL, Former Ambassador to Russia, Director, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
KARL EIKENBERRY, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, William J. Perry Fellow in International Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Topic: OUTLOOK & IMPLICATIONS FOR US FOREIGN POLICY, POST-2016 A Dialogue with Stanford Profs/Recent ex-Ambassadors to Russia & Afghanistan
Lunch, Friday, 19 June 2015
AGM & New GSB Admits Welcome Lunch
Cocktail, Monday Evening, 15 June 2015
Speaker Series: DAWOON KANG, co-Founder & COO, Coffee Meets Bagel
Topic: Finding Your True Business Love While Turning Down Mark Cuban on Nat’l TV: How 3 Sisters with 2 MBAs and 1 Dream Created a Revolutionary Dating App, Flipping Conventional Wisdom on its Ear
Late Afternoon Event, Saturday,16 May 2015
Young Alumni Event: Hike & BBQ
Evening, Thursday, 16 April 2015
Stanford Speaks: STEPHANIE B. FROST, Associate Dean & Director of External Relations, Stanford GSB
Sustaining Alumni Engagement Internationally
Thursday, 19 March through Sunday 22 March 2015
Stanford GSB Event in Beijing: Introduction to Interpersonal Dynamics (“Touchy-Feely”)
Morning, Saturday, 7 March 2015
Stanford Business Behind the Scenes: GIORDANO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Site Visit and Senior Management Q&A
2014
Evening, Friday, 12th December 2014
Event: Stanford GSB Recent Alumni (10 yrs or less) Year End Dinner
Evening, Wednesday, 19th November 2014
Speaker Series: DOUGLAS YOUNG, Co-Founder & CEO, Goods of Desire (G.O.D.) 住好啲
Topic: Hong Kong’s King of Puns: From Old Mailboxes to Sexy Bum-Shaped Mooncakes: How a Hong Kong entrepreneur is building a global brand through tongue-in-cheek interpretations of local design and culture
Breakfast, Tuesday, 11th November 2014
Speaker Series: JEAN-CHARLES DECAUX, Chairman & CEO, JCDecaux SA
Topic: From a Humble Shoe Store to Digital Billboards: Planes Trains & Automatic Toilets: How a Family Company Invented the Street Furniture Advertising Model, Beat the Oligopolies and Created a Global Outdoor Media Giant (and Won China)
Morning, Thursday, 30th October 2014
Speaker Series: PETER PANG, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
Topic: A Private Conversation With Peter Pang: An Off the Record Talk on the Key Challenges Facing the HKMA & Hong Kong’s Role as a Financial Center
Evening Reception, Tuesday, 14th October 2014
Speaker Series: PINKY LAI, Chief Designer, Style Porsche, Porsche AG, Founder & Design Director, Brainchild Design Group
Topic: Drama Design Values: Autos, Emotion & Saving Porsche: How a Local Hong Kong Kid Helped Turn Around Germany’s Leading Car Company and its Most Iconic Product Line
Morning, Saturday, 20 September 2014
Stanford Business Behind the Scenes: GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, Site Visit and Management Q&A
Saturday, 13 September 2014
Stanford Speaks: GORDON H. CHANG, Professor, Stanford Department of History, Center for East Asian Studies
Topic: The Impact of the Rise of China on Trans-Pacific Relations and Asian Americans
Lunch, Thursday, 4 September 2014
Co-Sponsored External Event Invite: PROF JOHN B. TAYLOR, Mary & Robert Raymond Professor of Economics, Stanford University (and former United States Under-Secretary of Treasury for Int’l Affairs)
Topic: The American Economy: “Turtle or Caged Eagle & the Global Implications”
Evening Reception, Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Annual Summer Cocktail Event
Evening Reception, Thursday 14 August 2014
Stanford GSB MBA Program Admissions Information Session
Breakfast, Monday 20 June 2014
AGM & Leadership Breakfast
Lunch, Thursday 19 June 2014
Welcome to New Stanford GSB Admits from Hong Kong
Lunch, Tuesday 17 June 2014
Stanford Speaks: MEI GECHLIK, Professor, Stanford Law School; Founder & Director, Stanford Law School Guiding Cases Project; Founder & President, Good Governance International
Topic: Promoting Good Governance and the Rule of Law in China: How does a Chinese scholar build global teams to make a difference
Dinner, Wednesday 28 May 2014
Young Alumni Event: Wine Dinner With Paul Goldschmidt (MBA’77)
Breakfast, Wednesday 21 May 2014
Speaker Series: MARTIN S. BURGER, CEO, Silverstein Properties, Inc.
Topic: From the Ashes – Ground Zero Resurrection, Asia Inspiration: How Family-Led Silverstein Properties Rebuilt New York City’s Ground Zero and the Lessons it is Applying to China and the World
Afternoon & Evening Event, Friday, 11 April 2014
Regional Event: China 2.0 Forum
Topic: China as a Digital Power
Evening Reception, Thursday, 27 March 2014
Speaker Series: AZRAN OSMAN-RANI, CEO AirAsia X Berhad
Topic: Think Different: How AirAsia X is Breaking the Aviation Status Quo and Creating New Markets in Long-Haul Budget Travel
Morning, Saturday, 22 March 2014
Stanford Speaks:
GARTH SALONER, Dean, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
HAU LEE, Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Director of the Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains Executive Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Topic:
The Business of Change: A Conversation with Dean Garth Saloner
Value Chain Innovations for Developing Economies: Professor Lee
2013
Evening Reception, Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Stanford Speaks: DR. MARTHA RUSSELL, Executive Director, mediaX at Stanford University, Senior Research Scholar, Human Sciences and Technology Advanced Research (H*STAR) Institute at Stanford University
Topic: Current Disruptions in Media: Earthquakes or New Openings? Stanford as Catalyst. Additional Topic: Hear Me, See Me, Read Me. Content Curation in the New Era of Participation.
Evening Reception, Thursday, 14 November 2013
Stanford Speaks: SHELLEY FISHKIN, co-Director of the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project & Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities and Director of American Studies at Stanford University
Topic: The History of Chinese Railroad Workers in North America
Evening Reception, Friday, 25 October 2013
Stanford GSB/HBS Young Alumni Mixer (10 Years & Under)
Morning, Saturday, 19 October 2013
Stanford: Business Behind the Scenes: OOCL Shipping
Evening Reception, Monday, 2 September 2013
Annual Summer Cocktail Event: Meet the Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong
Evening Reception, Monday, 29 July 2013
Stanford GSB Admissions Office: SABAH KHAN, Assistant Director of Admissions
Topic: Stanford GSB MBA Program Admissions Information Session
Lunch, Thursday, 27 June 2013
New Admit Welcome Event
Evening Reception, Thursday, 30 May 2013
Stanford Speaks: MARY ELIZABETH MAGILL, Dean, Stanford Law School & Richard E. Lang Professor of Law
Lunch, Saturday, 20 April 2013
Stanford Speaks: ROBERT BURGELMAN, Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Topic: Culture or Strategy: What Matters Most for Corporate Longevity? Lessons from Hewlett Packards Rise, Fall & Possible Future
Lunch, Saturday, 13 April 2013
Young Alumni Event: Family Picnic (classes 2008 to 2012)
Lunch, Monday, 8 April 2013
Stanford Speaks: ANAT ADMATI, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance & Economics, Stanford GSB
Topic: The Bankers New Clothes: How Nothing Has Changed Since 2008 & The Continued Danger of the Unbalanced Financial System
Breakfast, Monday, 8 April 2013
Chapter AGM & Leadership Breakfast with Guest Speaker: ANAT ADMATI, George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance & Economics, Stanford GSB
Topic: The Bankers New Clothes: How Nothing Has Changed Since 2008 & The Continued Danger of the Unbalanced Financial System
Evening Reception, Monday, 11 March 2013
Speaker Series: ANDRÉ J. HOFFMANN, Executive Director of L’Occitane & Head of Asia-Pacific
Topic: From an Abandoned Soap Factory in Provence to the HKSE. The Unknown Story of Asias Favorite “Affordable Luxury with the Unpronounceable Name & How Outside Investors Almost Destroyed and then Rescued L’Occitane from Ruin
Lunch, Monday, 28 January 2013
Stanford Speaks: PHILIP G. ZIMBARDO, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University
Topic: My Journey from Evil to Heroism
Hike & Dinner, Saturday, 19 January 2013
Young Alumni Event: Hike & Dinner (classes 2012, 2011, 2010)
2012
Breakfast, Friday, 14 December 2012
Speaker Series: KLAUS HEYMANN, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Naxos
Topic: Whats the Fuss?: >How Naxos Has Thrived in the Face of the Music Industrys Decline
Reinventing the Rules of Brand Equity and the Internet, Turning Conventional Wisdom on its Head
..And Changing the Digital/New Media and Classic Old Media Music Industries Forever
Breakfast, Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Speaker Series: NICOLAS PICTET, Managing Partner, Pictet & Cie.
Topic: Wake Up & Take Action!
Evening Reception, Friday, 23 November 2012
Stanford GSB / HBS Mixer
Evening Reception, Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Stanford Club of Hong Kong Event
Cocktail Reception: DR. LLOYD MINOR, Dean-Designate, Stanford School of Medicine
Evening Reception, Thursday, 25 October 2012
Stanford Speaks: GARTH SALONER, Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Topic: State of the School: The Dean’s Views
Evening Reception, Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Annual Cocktail Event: Meet the Stanford GSB Chapter of HK
Breakfast, Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Speaker Series: HO, KWON PING, Founder & Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd.
Topic: How Getting Kicked Out of Stanford Was the Best Thing That Happened to Me
Evening Reception & Dinner, Saturday, 25 August 2012
Young Alumni Event: Social Gathering (classes 2012, 2011, 2010)
Evening Reception, Monday, 20 August 2012
Stanford GSB Admissions Office: LUKE PEÑA, Associate Director of MBA Admissions at Stanford GSB
Topic: Stanford GSB MBA Program Admissions Information Session
Breakfast, Thursday, 12 July 2012
Speaker Series: TERDEMA USSERY, President & CEO, Dallas Mavericks
Topic: Changing the Score & Unexpected Paths: How Terdema Ussery is Redefining (again) the Business of Sports Management
Lunch, Monday, 16 April 2012
New Admit Welcome Event
2011
Evening Reception, Wednesday 16 November 2011
Speaker Series: GARY WANG, Founder & CEO, Tudou
Topic: Couch Potatoes No More
Dinner, Sunday, 13 November 2011
Dinner with the Dean: LARRY KRAMER, Dean, Stanford Law School
Lunch, Saturday, 12 November 2011
Stanford Speaks: LARRY KRAMER, Dean, Stanford Law School
Topic: The Rule of Law and The Future of China
Evening Reception, Thursday, 10 November 2011
Stanford GSB Sloan Program: MARIE MOOKINI, PhD, Director
Topic: Stanford Sloan Master’s Program Information Session
Breakfast, Friday, 21 October 2011
Speaker Series: SIR C.K. CHOW, MTR Corporation
Topic: Not Your Fathers Commute
Breakfast, Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Speaker Series: MICHELLE GUTHRIE, Google Asia
Topic: Asia New Media/Asia Old Media: Opportunities & Challenges
Evening Reception, Monday, 22 August 2011
Annual Summer Cocktail Event: Meet the Stanford GSB Chapter of HK