¨Words of Hope in Troubled Times¨
Bright Hong Kong hosted José Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize 1996
Special Guests: Dieter Lamlé, Damián Martínez, Christopher Tremewan & Gary Stokes
6th of September, 2018
Words of Hope by José Ramos-Horta
José Ramos-Horta
José Ramos-Horta & Germán Muñoz
Peace Nobel Prize 1996
Dieter Lamlé & Christopher Tremewan
José Ramos-Horta & Germán Muñoz
José Ramos-Horta
Giselle Dussaut, José Ramos-Horta & Germ
Dieter Lamlé, CG of Germany
¨Rethinking Hong Kong´s relations with Mainland China¨
Special Guests: Christine Loh, Amb.Carmen Cano & CG Damián Martínez Tagüeña
31st of May, 2018
Bright HK
Christine Loh & Germán Muñoz
Christine Loh
Damián Martínez and Carmen Cano
Christine Loh
Christine Loh
Sari Arho Havren
Tjeerd de Boer
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¨Reinventing the European Democracy and Leadership¨
Special Guests: Alexander Krijger, Dr. Peter Hefele, Mr. Rogier Heddkin,
Dr. Werner Hess and Dr. Jean-Pierre Cabestan
2nd of May, 2018
The Group
Animated dialogue
Alexander Krigjer
Alexander Krigjer
. Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Ms. Krigjer
Dr. Werner Hess
Dr. Hess is Deputy Director of the European Union Academic Programme.
Mauricio Lozano
Rogier Hekking
Consul Deputy Consul-General of Netherlands.
¨The U.S. and China: The End of the Affair
With due respect to Graham Greene…..¨¨
Special Guests: Andrew Browne, Brigadier Christopher Hammerbeck & Dr. Christopher Tremewan
16th of April, 2018
Andrew Browne
Amb. Dieter Lamlé
Consul General of Germany at Hong Kong and Macau
Brigadier Christopher Hammerbeck
Andy Browne & Germán Muñoz
Andrew Browne
Andrew Browne
Amb. Dieter Lamlé & Dr
Dr Christopher Tremewan
Secretary General at Association of Pacific Rim Universities APRU
Christopher Hammerbeck
Launching of the book ¨Song of Praise for a Flower:
One Woman's Journey through China's Tumultuous 20th Century¨
Special Guests: Charlene Chu & Hon. Anson Chan
29th of March, 2018
Charlene Chu & Mrs
The photo group
Song of Praise for a Flower
Charlene Chu
Sanjukta Mukherjee, Anson Chan & Germán Muñoz
Charlene Chu
Charlene Chu & Germán Muñoz
Charlene Chu
Charlene Chu
Plastic: The Material that Binds the Planet
A Dialogue with Doug Woodring, HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco Award
for Innovative Philantrophy 2018
Special Guests: Mr. Eric Berti, CG of France; Ms. Jacinta Reddan, Mr. Ivan Tse
27th of February, 2018
The Assembly
Founder Ocean Recovery Alliance
HSH Albert II of Monaco & Doug Woodring
Doug Woodring
Douglas Woodring
Eric Berti, CG of France
Jacinta Reddan
Doug Woodring
Dr
China´s emergence as a World power.
How history is shaping China's future
A Dialogue with Prof. Rana Mitter
Special Guests: Mr. Paul Kwok TANG, JP Andrew So & Ms. Pola Antebi
7th of December, 2017
Bright Hong Kong & University of Oxford China Centre
Bright Hong Kong in collaboration with University of Oxford hosted Prof. Rana Mitter the 7th of December, 2017. Prof. Mitter gave a lecture on "China's emergence as a world power. How history is shaping China's future".
Prof. Rana Mitter
University of Oxford China centre
BrightHK hosting Prof. Rana Mitter
Paul Kwok Wai Tang, former Secretary
Andrew So Kwok-wing
Paul Kwok Wai Tang, former Secretary for the Civil Service
Prof
A modest gift to thank Prof
Human Rights Watch on LGBT Rights in China
A Dialogue with Boris Dittrich
Special Guests: Boris Dittrich, CG Annemieke Rugrok & Dennis Phillipse
13th of November, 2017
The attendants
Kathleen Ferrier & Boris Dittrich
LGBT Human Rights Watch
An interesting report on _Conversion Therapy Against LGBT People in China_
Annemieke Rugrok
Boris Dittrich
Gay Games 2022 HK
Germán Muñoz & Dennis Phillipse
Gulnar Vaswani
Analysis and reflections
19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China
Special Guests: Hon. Anson Chan, Amb. Dieter Lamlé, Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona
& Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan
27th of October, 2017
Group attending the session
Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan leaded the discussion. Other participants: Hon. Anson Chan and Amb. Dieter Lamlé, CG of Germany.
Hon. Anson Chan
Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan
Kathleen Ferrier & Mrs. Anson Chan
CG of Germany, Dieter Lamlé
A nice atmosphere at the end of the dialogue
Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona
Mrs. Anson Chan & Germán Muñoz
Christopher Drake
How Capitalism Can Cope With Its Crisis?
How our values & behavior shapes the economy
Special Guests: Prof. Alicia García-Herrero & Amb. Carmen Cano, Head of the EU in HK
28th of September, 2017
The session on values & behavior
At the end of the session
Prof. Alicia García-Herrero
Amb. Carmen Cano, Head of the EU
Kathleen Ferrier
Dr. H. Werner Hess
Maria Tsolaki
Prof. JP Lehmann & G. Muñoz
Human Dignity:
A Concept of Enlightment & Inalienable Rights
Special Guest: Amb. Nikolaus Graff Lambsdorff
28th of June, 2017
Good bye to Hong Kong
The session on Human Dignity
Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorf
Next destination: Malaysia
Dr. Jolita Pons
Sanjukta Mukherjee
Andrew Work
Paul Zimmerman
Rev.Kim-Kwong Chan
Populism & Nationalism:
Democracy on the Brink
Special Guest: Amb. Claudia Reinprecht , Permanent Representative of Austria to UNESCO
31st of May, 2017
Partial view of the meeting
Claudia Reinprecht
The menu
Claudia Reinprecht
The setting
Prof. Werner Hess
Claudia Reinprecht & Germán Muñoz
Amb. Claudia Reinprecht
Germán Muñoz and Daniel de Blocq
Asia and The New Global Disorder
Special Guest: Jean-Pierre Lehmann, Professor Emeritus of International Political Economy at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
27th of April, 2017
Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Part of the group
The assembly
Making a point
Simon Haines
Jane Drake Brockman
Mohammed Al-Sudairi
At the end of the dialogue
Víctor Arredondo and Kathleen Ferrier
Inequelity, Globalization & World Politics:
The Great Metamorphosis of the 21st Century
Special Guest: Prof. Ngaire Woods, Founder & Dean, Blavatnik Institute at Oxford University
22nd of March, 2017
Chris Drake & Ngaire Woods
Prof. Ngaire Woods
Dean at Blavatnik Institute, Oxford University
Carmen Cano, Head of the EU
Jasper Tsang & Katherine Ferrier
Ngaire Woods, Germán Muñoz & Jasper Tsang
Philip Herbert & Daniel de Blocq
Ngaire Woods with BrightHK
Bright Hong Kong & Oxford University in collaboration
Prof. Ngaire Woods
Hope as a By-product of Innovation
Special Guests: Prof. Po Chi Wu & Dr. Sari Arho
13th of January, 2017
The venue
Po Chi Wu, charismatic speaker
Animated assembly
Germán Muñoz, Founder & Director Bright Hong Kong
Annemieke Ruigrok, Consul General of the Netherlands
Kathleen Ferrier, BHK Co-Founder
Maria Tsolaki
Prof. John P. Burns
Po Chi Wu meeting Vivian Taam
Outlook on The US Elections: The Paradox of Democracy
Special Guest: Prof. Jack Goldstone, CG Germany, Nikolaus Graf-Lambsdorf &
Consul General of Mexico, Damián Martínez Tagüeña
8 of December, 2016.
A bright morning
Jack A. Goldstone
Nikolaus Graf-Lambsdoorf, Consul General of Germany
Laurel West, ¨The Economist
Damián Martínez Tagüeña, Consul General of Mexico
Paul-François Polidori
Deborah Biber, CEO at Pacific Basin Economic Council
Paul Zimmerman & Luis Chapa
A. Work, N. Graf-Lambdoorf & A
Hong Kong-Vienna Dialogue
City Smart Development in Europe
Supporting the European Union Academic Programme in Hong Kong.
HK-Vienna Dialogue 2016-2017
Ms. Carrie Lam, Chief Secretary HK
Ms. Claudia Reinprecht, CG Austria
Germán Muñoz and Maria Vassilakou
Maria Vassilakou is Deputy Mayor of the City of Vienna and an enthusiastic support to make of the city an example.
The opening ceremony
Ms. Carrie Lam at the exhibition
The selfie
Dr. Werner Hess, Ms. Claudia Reinprecht, Ms. Julia Girardi, Germán Muñoz, Mr. Ken Lai Sze and Paul Zimmerman.
The exhibition
One panel
The Asian Century: Managing Within Constraints
Special Guest: Chandran Nair & Carmen Cano, Head of the European Union in HK
4 of November, 2016.
Carmen Cano & Chandran Nair
At the end of the event
Bright Hong Kong arena of discussion
Paul Zimmerman, member of the Southern District Council
Andrew Work
Doug Woodring, Ocean Recovery
A very intense dialogue
R. Walzer, G Muñoz & J
Paul Zimmerman, Chandran Nair & Germán Muñoz
Ethics, Business & Spirituality
Special Guests: John Van Praag, Pat Fok & Carlo Imó
26 of September, 2016.
Dr
John Van Praag & Pat Fok
Carlo Imò, Head Kering Asia-Pacific
John Van Praag, Pat Fok & Germán Muñoz
The ¨Dutch Power¨
Kathleen Ferrier & Tjeerd de Boer
Fern Ngai, CEO at _Community Business_
Welcome to Fern Ngai
Rev
The Future of Free Trade...
and the time to stand for humanity…
Special Guests: Prof. Jack Goldstone, Damián Martínez & Alessandro Paolicchi
26 of August, 2016.
Alessandro Paolicchi
John W
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The group of attendes
Alicia García-Herrero
Ayo Yi-ngok Chan
Nick Sallnow-Smith
Jack Goldstone
Paul-François Polidori
Hong Kong-Macau:
Asia´s Hub for Arts, Business & Entertainment
Special Guests: Dr. Wilfred Wong, Anthony Lau, Charles Ng & Eden Woon
23 of May, 2016.
HK-Macau: Asia's Hub
Dr. Wilfred Wong & Germán Muñoz
Charles Ng, Associate Director InvestHK
Eden Woon, Vice-President Institutional Development HKUST
Prof
Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Andrew Work
Julien Loic-Garin, CEO Le French May festival
Maria Chen, Actress
Hate Speech:
Citizenship,Governance & Human Rights Challenge
Special Guests: Prof. Jack Goldstone, Amb. Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorf, Vincent Picket & Prof. John Burns
29 of April, 2016
Nikolaus Count Lambsdorff, CG of Germany
Germán Muñoz
Jack A. Goldstone, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington D
John P. Burns
Alicia García-Herrero
Victoria Wisniewski, Justice Center
Hualing Fu, The University of HK
Christopher Drake, Chairman, The Association for Living Values
David O´Rear, Economic and political consultant on China and East Asia
A Women´s World: The Reacheable Utopia
on ocassion of the International Women's Day
Special Guests: Kathleen Ferrier, Rachel Cartland & Alice Mong
8 of March, 2016
Peter Hefele
Rachel Cartland
Alice Mong
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Celebrating the 18th of March
Angelina Yee & Alisha Ma
Peter Hefele
Alicia Buenrostro, Mexican Amassado
Alice Mong,Edith Terry & Esther van Steekelenburg
50 Years of Mexico in Hong Kong
Keynote Speaker: Amb. Julián Ventura
Mexican Ambassador to the People´s Republic of China
27 of January, 2016
Bright Hong Kong venue
Simon Large, Fred Wang & Po Chi Wu
Germán Muñoz, Alicia Buenrostro & Juli'an Ventura
Simon Large & Julián Ventura
Group Photo
Germán Muñoz & Jens-Erik Olsen
Amb
Amb
Robert Walzer
The Greening of Asia: The Business Case for Solving Asia’s Environmental Emergency
Special Guests: Christine Loh & Mark Clifford
15 of January, 2016
Christine Loh
Mark Clifford
Jeanne Ng
Dr
Mark Clifford & Andrew Work
Kathleen Ferrier & Mauricio Lozano
The Greening of Asia
Alicia Buenrostro
John Hoffman
Religion, Tolerance & Reconciliation
On the ocassion of the International Human's Rights Day
Special Guest: Rev. Tjeerd de Boer
10 of December, 2016
Above 400 mts.
Settings
Religion, Tolerance & Reconciliation
Rev. Tjeerd de Boer
Rev. Kim Kwong Chan
Martin Cheung
Amb
Sylvia Yu
Daniel de Blocq
Innovation & Society
Special Guests: Simon Galpin, Sandro Desideri & Mike Mastroyiannis
25 of November, 2016
Innovation & Society
Simon Galpin
Sandro Desideri
Mike Mastroyiannis
Simon Galpin & Mauricio Lozano
Andrew Work
Peter Tin
Víctor Ruíz
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Modern Slavery.
The New Abolitionist Movement & The Tragedy of Comfort Women
Special Guest: Matthew Freedman and Sylvia Yu
30 of October, 2016
Angelina Yee, PHD Harvard
An extraordinary venue at almost 500 m
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Modern Slavery session
Mike Mastroyiannis & Matt Freedman
Sylvia Yu
Deborah Biber
Naomi Sadney
Alicia García-Herrero