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Dr. My Chau, DBA - (Jenny Dang) is a distinguished leader in AI education and digital transformation, currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at AISMARTUP Accelerator. Sponsor The Jason Cavness Experience is sponsored by CavnessHR. CavnessHR provides HR to companies with 49 or fewer people. CavnessHR provides a tech platform that automates HR while providing access to a dedicated HR Business Partner.  www.CavnessHR.com   Go to www.thejasoncavnessexperience.com for the podcast on your favorite platforms  Powered By Earth VC is on a mission to unf@#k the earth. They are doing this by supporting breakthrough scientific research, empowering outlier founders to build enduring climate businesses and investing in high-growth startups that decarbonize the world. Earth VC empowers founders who are Ambitious, Breakthrough and are Committed Earth VC invests in the pre seed to Series A round. If you think you might be a match reach out to them at rebuild@earth.vc  My Chau's Bio With over 27 years of experience in education technology and business development, she has established herself as a prominent figure in the intersection of AI, education, and entrepreneurship across the Asia Pacific region. As a seasoned educator and AI advocate, Dr. Dang has been instrumental in developing and delivering comprehensive AI training programs since March 2023, focusing on practical applications in education and business sectors. Her expertise spans multiple countries including Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, and Malaysia, where she has conducted specialized courses for universities, educational organizations, and corporate entities.  Dr. Dang holds a Doctorate in Business Administration with a focus on International Business, complemented by dual MBA degrees from the Asian Institute of Technology try and the French Vietnamese School of Management (CFVG). Her academic credentials are enhanced by her hands-on experience as a Program Director at Tra Vinh University and her role an Assistant Professor at Palawan State University, where she specialized in Risk Management, Leadership Dynamics, and AI applications in education. In addition to her academic contributions, Dr. Dang serves as a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council and maintains an active presence as a keynote speaker and panel moderator at various AI in Education and EdTech events. Her previous leadership roles include Regional CEO at Topica Edtech Group and Strategic Advisor at NATEC, where she has consistently demonstrated her ability to bridge the gap between technological innovation and educational excellence. Dr. Dang's expertise in AI education is further strengthened by her extensive work in startup ecosystems, where she has been an annual judge for the Asia Pacific Incubator Network for over 13 years. Her commitment to fostering innovation in education and technology has made her a sought-after consultant and mentor in digital transformation and AI implementation strategies. Areas of Expertise: • AI Applications in Education and Research • Digital Transformation in Higher Education • EdTech Innovation and Implementation • International Educational Partnerships • Startup Mentorship and Development • Business Strategy and Leadership  We talked about the following and other items AI Smart Up Accelerator Success Metrics Application Process Entrepreneurship Program Challenges Personal Life Balance AI and Education Mentoring Startups Go-to-Market Strategies A to Z Franchise and Franchise Opportunities Future of Vietnam AI Smart Up  My Chau/s Social Media  My Chau's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/my-chau-dba-6424b035/ AI SMARTUP: https://aismartup.co/ A2Z Franchise: https://a2zfranchise.com/ My Chau's Advice Doing Business is a long term, not a short term. So you should be take care of yourself first.

Inspiring Stories: A Conversation with Luke Orbos, Executive Director of Bayan Academy" Join me in this special episode as I sit down with Luke Orbos, the dynamic Executive Director of Bayan Academy, an institution dedicated to empowering communities through education and enterprise development. Hailing from a family deeply rooted in public service, Luke carries forward a proud legacy. His uncle, Father Jerry Orbos, SVD, is a beloved and charismatic priest; his father, Oscar Orbos, served as a distinguished public official and now leads as Chairman of People's Television. Luke's journey into Bayan Academy perfectly aligns with his advocacy for meaningful societal impact. Founded by the late Professor Ed Morato, a celebrated professor of the Asian Institute of Management, Bayan Academy is now under the leadership of Professor Jay Bernardo, continuing its mission of transformative education. Let's hear how Luke champions this vision and the exciting ways Bayan Academy is shaping communities for the better.

In this episode of Pekingology from March 2023, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Dr. Lynette H. Ong, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, jointly appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute and also a Faculty Fellow at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. They discuss her recent book Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China.  

“In Indonesia, choral singing has just been really popular recently, maybe around ten years. It has become a lifestyle. Everyone wants to be part of a choir because choir is very interesting - you can go on tour, you can do concerts... What drives the choir most is joining a competition: they will have a goal they want to achieve, an opportunity to go abroad, building connection and building the ecosystem better to support each other.”Hailing from Medan, composer Ken Steven (b. 1993) is known for his fusion of Indonesian colours and elements with modern techniques and harmonies. He received his undergraduate degree in church music from The Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music, Philippines, and completed his Master of Music degree from California Baptist University, USA.Since returning to Indonesia, his creative activity and work have made important contributions to the development of choral music in Indonesia. His music is picking up and starting to make an impact on the international choral music scene. His music is available through several publishers including Pavane, Hal Leonard, Earthsongs, and Walton.  Currently, he serves as the Director of Studies at SMK Methodist Charles Wesley Music Vocational School in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. He is also the conductor of Medan Community Male Choir, founded in 2015, and has led the choir to achieve many international awards in choral festivals and competitions. To get in touch with Ken, you can email him at st.25_ken@hotmail.com or find him on Facebook (@ken.steven) or Instagram (@st.25ken).Choir Fam wants to hear from you! Check out the Minisode Intro Part 3 episode from February 16, 2024, to hear how to share your story with us.Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to contact our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson

Top Global Retail Technology Expert & friend of the #pod Carl Boutet discusses his role as the in-house retail technology expert at the Montreal SAIL show, highlighting his involvement in marshalling the experts in the food and innovation industry together to share wisdom and insights across the sector here in Canada and around the world.Carl emphasized the importance of food in retail, noting that successful retailers like Walmart and Costco have integrated food offerings as part of their successful business growth model.Carl also mentioned the challenges of innovation and details McGill's innovation lab, which focuses on frictionless commerce and healthy consumption, as well as its interdisciplinary research. Boutet also touched on the overhyped and underhyped aspects of smart carts and AI in retail and the need for more iterations in format innovation.About CarlBusiness strategist and executive advisor, McGillCarl is a Montreal-based business strategist, digital marketer and executive advisor with over 25 years of hands-on operational, marketing and retail executive experience. He has worked across a full array of business environments from the very large, such as 10 years with Costco Wholesale to working as commercial applications lead for a global B2B security technology company. In both, managing product portfolios and emerging go-to-market strategies.As the founder of StudioRx, he advises executives, B2C/B2B solution providers and all types of ecosystem partners on how to tailor their solutions according to customers' evolving needs and build effective commercial strategies to meet them.He holds an MBA from Queen's University as well as professional certificates from Stanford, Harvard and MIT.He advises several technology startups, industry associations and innovation labs.He is the principal advisor for the McGill University Retail Innovation Lab in Montreal, Canada. He is also, course instructor at McGill Masters in Retail Innovation (emerging technologies and new business models) and adjunct digital marketing faculty at Asian Institute of Technology MBA School of Management.Carl is recognized by Rethink Retail among the world's most influential thought leaders and has keynoted, chaired and/or moderated the largest retail conferences around the world. He remains a regular media contributor with global news networks.In 2021 he published his first book; The Great Acceleration – on how the Covid-19 pandemic rapidly propelled digital transformations and the business strategies to address the challenges that followed. The Food Professor #podcast is presented by Caddle. About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. About MichaelMichael is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada's Retail Secure conference with leaders from The Gap and Kroger talking about violence in retail stores, keynotes on the state & future of retail in Orlando and Halifax, and at the 2023 Canadian GroceryConnex conference, hosting the CEOs of Walmart Canada, Longo's and Save-On-Foods Canada. Michael brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.Michael also produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in North America, Remarkable Retail, Canada's top retail industry podcast; the Voice of Retail; Canada's top food industry and the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor, with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois. Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail influencers for the fourth year in a row, Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer, and you can tune into Michael's cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.Available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state of the retail industry in Canada and the U.S., and the future of retail.

An influx of Chinese travelers in the past few months has enabled Southeast Asia's tourism industry to recover from the pandemic-induced slump, analysts say.分析人士表示，过去几个月中国游客的涌入使东南亚旅游业从大流行引发的低迷中复苏。While China has long been one of the key travel markets for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, decisions made by Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand last year to waive entry requirements for Chinese tourists bolstered tourism receipts in the first two months of this year.中国长期以来一直是东南亚国家联盟成员国的主要旅游市场之一。新加坡、马来西亚和泰国去年做出的免除中国游客入境要求的规定进一步提振了今年前两个月的旅游收入。Visa-free access for Chinese tourists is a "facilitating factor" in boosting ASEAN tourism industry receipts, said John Paolo Rivera, associate director of the Dr Andrew L. Tan Center for Tourism at the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines. Chinese tourists are the biggest spenders among travelers in Southeast Asia, Rivera said.菲律宾亚洲管理学院安德鲁·L·谭博士旅游中心副主任约翰·保罗·里维拉表示，对中国游客免签是提高东盟旅游业收入的“促进因素”。中国游客是东南亚游客中最大的消费群体。"Alongside the volume of Chinese tourists, the Chinese spending habit has driven consumption spending and the tourism contribution to GDP" in Southeast Asia, he said, noting tourist spending has helped the ASEAN travel industry to recover from losses posted during the pandemic.他还表示，中国游客除了数量多之外，中国人的消费习惯也拉动了东南亚的消费和增加了旅游业对GDP的贡献。这极大帮助了东盟旅游业从疫情期间的损失中恢复过来。Chinese tourists' spending has perhaps created the biggest influence on Singapore.中国游客的消费或许对新加坡造成了最大的影响。Official figures showed international visitor arrivals in the city-state reached 13.6 million last year, with China among the top three source markets. Tourism receipts reached $15 billion in the first nine months last year, and Chinese tourists were the biggest spenders with their total receipts hitting more than $1.7 billion, the Singapore Tourism Board said.官方数据显示，去年来到这个城市国家的国际游客人数达到1360万人次，其中中国跻身三大客源市场之列。新加坡旅游局表示，去年前九个月的旅游收入达到150亿美元，其中中国游客是最大的消费群体，总收入超过17亿美元。Flight connectivity航班通达The board expects the tourism sector's recovery to continue this year through improved global flight connectivity and the implementation of the mutual 30-day visa-free travel between China and Singapore that started on Feb 9.新加坡旅游局预计，通过改善全球航班连接以及自2月9日开始实施中国和新加坡之间30天互免签证旅行，今年旅游业将继续复苏。Yu Hong, a senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore, said the mutual visa-free agreement has boosted the number of Chinese visitors to Singapore, especially during Spring Festival. Singapore has always been a popular destination among Chinese tourists because of its geographical proximity, cultural similarities and the presence of many direct flights to and from Chinese cities, Yu said.新加坡国立大学东亚研究所高级研究员于红表示，互免签证协议增加了前往新加坡的中国游客数量，特别是在春节期间。由于地理位置接近、文化相似以及有许多往返中国城市的直航航班，新加坡一直是中国游客的热门目的地。In Malaysia, officials welcomed passengers aboard China Eastern Airlines' inaugural flight on March 16 from Kunming in Yunnan province to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.在马来西亚，官员们欢迎乘客搭乘中国东方航空于3月16日从云南省昆明飞往马来西亚首都吉隆坡的首航航班。Manoharan Periasamy, director-general of the Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board, said in a statement that this new route provides a "great opportunity" to bring in more Chinese tourists, especially after the visa-free policy took effect on Dec 1.马来西亚旅游推广局局长马诺哈兰·佩里亚萨米(Manoharan Periasamy)在一份声明中表示，这条新航线为吸引更多中国游客提供了“绝佳机会”，特别是在免签政策于12月1日生效之后。This year, Malaysia is eyeing 27.3 million international tourist arrivals, with 5 million expected to come from China.今年，马来西亚预计接待2730万名国际游客，其中500万人次来自中国。Meanwhile, 3.96 million foreign tourists arrived in Thailand from Jan 1 to Feb 8, with those from China topping the list with 730,747 visitors, Thai government spokesman Chai Wacharonke was quoted in media reports as saying.与此同时，媒体报道援引泰国政府发言人柴·瓦查隆克(Chai Wacharonke)的话说，1月1日至2月8日，有396万名外国游客抵达泰国，其中中国游客以730,747名游客位居榜首。On March 1, the number of Chinese tourists to Thailand was up more than 30 percent compared with the corresponding period a year earlier, according to the online travel agency Trip.com, Xinhua News Agency reported.据新华社报道，在线旅行社携程网的数据显示，3月1日，前往泰国的中国游客人数同比增长超过30%。Qin Jing, vice-president of Trip.com Group, said the implementation of mutual visa exemption in March holds significantly positive implications for the growth of tourism in both countries.携程集团副总裁秦静表示，3月份互免签证的实施对两国旅游业的增长具有显着的积极影响。visa-free travel免签旅游take effect生效

In this episode, Sarah and Jon host their friend and colleague at Living Connection 1st, Nate Summers. Jon begins by sharing stories of when Nate and Jon first met in Washington State in 1996 right when the Designing with Natural Cycles model shift from 6 Shields to 8 Shields.The conversation explores the Profile Journey and Natural Learning Cycle through a variety of examples including an individual's journey from inspiration to embodiment of a complex skill, in this case that of a practitioner of deep nature connection, tracking and awareness and how these skills eventually lead to a form of invisibility and sense of awe and wonder. Other ways Nate discusses Designing with Nature Cycles include writing books, designing classes and even an impromptu scout mission at Sarah's request. ...Designing with Natural Cycles and the 8 Shields model can be applied in a wide variety of ways with powerful and predictable outcomes.About Nate SummersNate Summers, author of Shadow Survival: A Guide to Tactical Awareness, Evasion, Advanced Survival and More has been a survival skills instructor for over 20 years with a background in anthropology, Asian studies, and natural medicine. He taught and directed at the Wilderness Awareness School for over 15 years, and has served as faculty for the Desert Institute of Healing Arts, the Asian Institute of Medical Studies, and as adjunct faculty for Prescott College. He has taught Scout Skills, Natural Movement, and Survival Skills to people of all ages all over the world. Nate's passions include martial arts, natural movement, foraging, survival, ethnobotany, and going on adventures with his family.You can find Nate at his website primalnate.com and at Living Connection 1st.Visit https://www.livingconnection1st.net/ for more information about our work in nature connection and people connection.

When we get a seat at the table or gain any kind of influence, it is our responsibility, even in our own little way, to ensure that other women also get their seats, get their voices heard, and get their paths illuminated. In the way that a rising tide lifts all boats, when women champion women, lifting each other ensures empowerment and success for all. Rissa Mananquil Trillo is a UN Women Champion and a vocal advocate for women empowerment and gender equality since 2020. This award-winning entrepreneur is regarded as a pioneering force in homegrown beauty businesses as the co-founder of Happy Skin. Awarded Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 by EOY Philippines under Ernst & Young, she is also the author of the best-selling book Read My Lips: What It Takes to Build a World-Class Homegrown Brand. She has an Executive MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and is a Business Sustainability Management alumni of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

When we get a seat at the table or gain any kind of influence, it is our responsibility, even in our own little way, to ensure that other women also get their seats, get their voices heard, and get their paths illuminated. In the way that a rising tide lifts all boats, when women champion women, lifting each other ensures empowerment and success for all. Rissa Mananquil Trillo is a UN Women Champion and a vocal advocate for women empowerment and gender equality since 2020. This award-winning entrepreneur is regarded as a pioneering force in homegrown beauty businesses as the co-founder of Happy Skin. Awarded Woman Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 by EOY Philippines under Ernst & Young, she is also the author of the best-selling book Read My Lips: What It Takes to Build a World-Class Homegrown Brand. She has an Executive MBA from the Asian Institute of Management and is a Business Sustainability Management alumni of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

In this podcast we cover - 1. The increasing importance of liberal arts in a world with rising automation 2. The role of mentors and building an ‘entrepreneurial mindset' 3. The ‘Personal Journey Map' and the importance of the ‘startup of you' Priyank Narayan Founding Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Ashoka University, a leading liberal arts university. He started his career with IBM. He has been an entrepreneur for many years before joining Ashoka University. Priyank teaches courses on Design Thinking, Innovation Management, and Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset. He is a guest faculty member at IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, HEC Paris, and Naropa Fellowship, Leh. An MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Priyank has also studied at IIM Ahmedabad. He has completed executive education programmes at Harvard Business School and Singularity University, California. He holds a PhD from the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. Mukesh Sud An engineer from IIT Delhi, he founded several small-scale industries involved in abrasive blasting and thermal sprayed coatings. Mukesh began his academic career in the US at Augustana College (2006-09), after which he was a tenured faculty member at the Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University (2009-15). Mukesh is a visiting faculty at Ashoka University, Delhi NCR, and the Naropa Fellowship at Leh. At IIM Ahmedabad he conducts executive education programmes on 'Design Thinking' and 'Creating Entrepreneurial Organizations'. He is on FICCI's Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Committee.

Welcome to a special summer bonus episode of The Food Professor podcast recorded live in our on-site podcasting studio at the SIAL Food Innovation show in Toronto.  Over three great days in May, Sylvain and I met dozens of food innovators and thought leaders; these are their stories.  We're sure you will enjoy hearing these incredible interviews as much as we enjoy hosting the conversations. Stay tuned for season four of The Food Professor podcast, Canada's top food industry and Canadian-produced independent management podcasts, when we return live on the mic Thursday, September 21stOn this episode meet Santiago Espinosa, CEO Todos Comemos & Retail Guru Carl BoutetIf you like what you heard, please follow us on Apple, Spotify, or your favourite podcast platform so that you can catch up with all our great interviews, including celebrity chef, restauranteur and entrepreneur Chuck Hughes from Montreal.Have a safe summer, everyone.About SantiagoJesus follower, happily married, Dad and entrepreneur. Building TodosComemos to transform the food industry in LATAM taking it from 1 to 1000 in the premade food spectrum.Formerly Co-founder & CEO of enlau.co now Ubanku, Delirato, El Cotero. M.A, B.A. Economist.Check out the amazing chocolate covered raspberry: https://www.franui.store/en/ About CarlAs the founder and chief strategist of Studio Rx, I deliver prescriptive retail experience strategies that combine art and science, design, data, and technology with purpose. I have over 25 years of experience in advising senior retail leaders and brands on how to build better business strategies that leverage their combined choices of technology, analytics, and design. I also work with companies that wish to best tailor their solutions to address the needs that matter most to retailers.I am passionate about sharing my knowledge and insights on retail innovation, marketing, and global trends as an educator, speaker, and author. I teach master's level courses on innovative retail technologies and business models at McGill University and the Asian Institute of Technology. I am also a frequent contributor to media outlets, and the author of The Great Acceleration: The Race to Retail Resilience. My work has been recognized by Rethink Retail and numerous global events as one of the most influential and impactful retail thinkers in the world.About UsDr. Sylvain Charlebois is a Professor in food distribution and policy in the Faculties of Management and Agriculture at Dalhousie University in Halifax. He is also the Senior Director of the Agri-food Analytics Lab, also located at Dalhousie University. Before joining Dalhousie, he was affiliated with the University of Guelph's Arrell Food Institute, which he co-founded. Known as “The Food Professor”, his current research interest lies in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. Google Scholar ranks him as one of the world's most cited scholars in food supply chain management, food value chains and traceability.He has authored five books on global food systems, his most recent one published in 2017 by Wiley-Blackwell entitled “Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking”. He has also published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles in several academic publications. Furthermore, his research has been featured in several newspapers and media groups, including The Lancet, The Economist, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, BBC, NBC, ABC, Fox News, Foreign Affairs, the Globe & Mail, the National Post and the Toronto Star.Dr. Charlebois sits on a few company boards, and supports many organizations as a special advisor, including some publicly traded companies. Charlebois is also a member of the Scientific Council of the Business Scientific Institute, based in Luxemburg. Dr. Charlebois is a member of the Global Food Traceability Centre's Advisory Board based in Washington DC, and a member of the National Scientific Committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in Ottawa. About MichaelMichael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada and the Bank of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Today's Shopping Choice and Pandora Jewellery.   Michael has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels. ReThink Retail has added Michael to their prestigious Top Global Retail Influencers list for 2023 for the third year in a row. Michael is also the president of Maven Media, producing a network of leading trade podcasts, including Remarkable Retail , with best-selling author Steve Dennis, now ranked one of the top retail podcasts in the world. Based in San Francisco, Global eCommerce Leaders podcast explores global cross-border issues and opportunities for eCommerce brands and retailers. Last but not least, Michael is the producer and host of the "Last Request Barbeque" channel on YouTube, where he cooks meals to die for - and collaborates with top brands as a food and product influencer across North America

An Asian Perspective on CBDCs & Cross-border Payments In this episode Dr. Efi Pylarinou talks to Dr Oriol Caudevilla, an honorary fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong and a board director at the Global Impact FinTech Forum, about his research on the Digital Yuan and Cross-border payments, and CBDCs in the East.Description: A conversation with Dr Oriol Caudevilla, an important Fintech voice and a CBDC researcher.  Dr Oriol Caudevilla is an influential voice in the fintech area. He is an honorary fellow at the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong and a board director at the Global Impact FinTech Forum. He is also a well-known international speaker on central bank digital currencies and blockchain.More information about Oriol and his works are available at his website: www.oriolcaudevilla.com and LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oriolcaudevilla/  Dr. Efi Pylarinou is the No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv, a Top Thought Leader by Onalytica, and a Top Digital Futurist, Linkedin and Twitter Voice, by Engatica. A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics. Founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory servicing Big Tech, Financial Services and Fintech clients. She strongly believes in building bridges between the old and the new economy. She shares her passion of content creation with her 190,000+ followers on Linkedin and 18,000+ on Twitter.  Join her on the social platforms https://linktr.ee/Efiglobal

#Ep.054 Energy, climate change, and regional integration are interconnected and interdependent in many ways. The production and consumption of energy significantly contribute to climate change, with fossil fuels being major culprits. Transitioning to cleaner and renewable energy sources is crucial for mitigating climate change. In this regard, regional integration is vital in addressing energy and climate change challenges. It enables countries to collaborate on renewable energy development, share resources, establish interconnections, and create integrated energy markets. Regional cooperation is essential for adapting to and mitigating shared climate change impacts. It also enhances energy security by diversifying energy sources and reducing dependence on a single supplier. Additionally, regional integration promotes policy harmonization, collaboration, and clean energy trade. By working together, countries can maximize their efforts toward achieving a sustainable, low-carbon future. In this episode, PEI colleague Shreeya Rana sits with Dr. Shubhakar Dhakal to discuss South Asia's Energy Scenario. The two discuss the current status of regional integration efforts to tackle climate change and the role of China and India in the Region.   Shobhakar Dhakal currently serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. His expertise lies in energy policy, climate change mitigation, policy modeling, and analysis. Dhakal has actively contributed to the international scientific community as the Coordinating Lead Author for the Nobel Prize-winning IPCC's 5th Assessment Report on Human Settlements, Infrastructure, and Spatial Planning. He was also a member of the author group involved in developing the recent UNEP-led global scientific assessment titled "Making Peace with Nature,"  If you liked the episode, hear more from us through our free newsletter services, PEI Substack: Of Policies and Politics, and click here to support us on Patreon!!

In this episode, Aparna shares her family's immigrant story. Her family opened the first Indian restaurant in Atlanta back in the 70s, which became a hub for South Asian communities in the South. Aparna takes us with her on the journey of what it meant to grow up being South Asian in the 70s (going to school as a young girl in the South and understanding her identity while at UGA.) Through her memories about her father's community organizing and her work today, Aparna highlights the importance of uplifting different forms of community advocacy like creating gathering spaces, preparing food, and organizing celebrations. Finally she talks about intergenerational healing in her family through the advocacy work she does today. Aparna has served as Executive Director of Raksha since 1998. She started her career as a victim advocate in the City of Atlanta and helped train and coordinate the 1996 Olympic Crisis Response team. Much of Aparna's work is focused on crime victimization and gender-based violence in immigrant communities and providing training on the needs of underserved communities. She has been faculty for Georgia's statewide Victim Assistance Academy since its inception in 2005. Over the years, she has been a part of creating organizations like Tapestri, Inc and International Women's House to meet the needs of immigrant and refugee survivors in Georgia. In 2023, She was listed in the 500 Most Influential Leaders in the 2023 Atlanta 500 list by Atlanta Magazine and serves on the board for two national organizations- The Asian Institute on Gender-Based Violence and South Asian Survivors, Allies, and Organizations Rising.

Welcome to The Voice of Retail podcast. My name is Michael LeBlanc, and I am your host, I believe in the power of storytelling to bring the retail industry to life. I'll bring insights, perspectives and experiences from some of the retail industry's most innovative and influential voices each week. This podcast is produced in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.Montreal-based business strategist, executive advisor and retail guru Carl Boutet is back on the podcast with a wide-ranging 1:1 conversation live in the Wiseline podcasting studio during the Shoptalk 2023 conference in Las Vegas.   We catch up on the latest retail technology trends, innovations, hits and misses and Carls's experiences teaching the next generation of retail leaders worldwide.    About Carl25 years of hands-on operational, marketing, merchandising and retail executive experience. He has worked across a full array of retailer environments from the very large, such as 10 years with Costco Wholesale, to working as a strategy consultant for a group of 800 independent retailers across Canada.As the founder of StudioRx, he advises retailers, business leaders, b2c solution providers, companies and researchers on how to tailor their solutions according to consumers' evolving needs and how to build effective commercial strategies.Recently named by RETHINK Retail among the world's most influential retail thinkers, he's keynoted on major stages & screens around the world including NRF Big Show, ShopTalk, RCC STORE, Store of the Future (UK), ASEAN Retail Summit, Egyptian Retail Summit and Economic Forum of the Americas. He is a regular contributor to CBC/Radio-Canada, BNN Bloomberg TV, CBC News, Radio Canada Premiere and CTV News. This past May, he published his first book: The Great Acceleration: The Race to Retail Resilience.He holds an MBA from Queen's University and advises several startups, retail associations and innovation labs, including the Retail Council of Canada, and is the principal advisor for the Retail Innovation Lab at McGill University. He is also lead marketing instructor at the McGill University Executive Institute, course instructor at McGill Masters in Retail Innovation (emerging technologies and business models) and adjunct marketing faculty at Asian Institute of Technology MBA School of Management.About Michael Michael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc. and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada and the Bank of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, Today's Shopping Choice and Pandora Jewellery.   Michael has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels. ReThink Retail has added Michael to their prestigious Top Global Retail Influencers list for 2023 for the third year in a row. Michael is also the president of Maven Media, producing a network of leading trade podcasts, including Canada's top retail industry podcast, The Voice of Retail. He produces and co-hosts Remarkable Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis, now ranked one of the top retail podcasts in the world. Based in San Francisco, Global eCommerce Leaders podcast explores global cross-border issues and opportunities for eCommerce brands and retailers. Last but not least, Michael is the producer and host of the "Last Request Barbeque" channel on YouTube, where he cooks meals to die for - and collaborates with top brands as a food and product influencer across North America.

In this episode of Pekingology, Freeman Chair Jude Blanchette is joined by Dr. Lynette H. Ong, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, jointly appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute and also a Faculty Fellow at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. They discuss her recent book Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China.  

On this episode of the Shape of Work podcast, our guest talks about micromanaging and the importance of building connections in the workplace.We welcome Anjani B Kuumar, Global Human Resource Leader at MX Player."Unfortunately, the way to grow is to not manage down, but manage up because your route to success is not downwards, it's upwards."Anjani has an overall work experience of over two and a half decades. He did a program on Transformations in Organisations from IIM Ahmedabad, Finance for Senior Executives from the Asian Institute of Management, and his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur. He has worked in numerous organisations including Sony Pictures Network India, SUCCESSWRKS HR solutions, Prime Focus Technologies, etc.Episode HighlightsThe continuous process of learningDeveloping One-on-one connectionsWhy do people Micromanage?Advice to listeners and about self-motivationFollow Anjani on LinkedinProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast Host: Archit Sethi About Springworks:Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:SpringVerify— B2B verification platformEngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company cultureTrivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-buildingSpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, andSpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

Nate Summers has been a survival skills instructor for over 20 years with a background in anthropology, Asian studies, and natural medicine. He has taught at the Wilderness Awareness School, Desert Institute of Healing Arts, the Asian Institute of Medical Studies, served as adjunct faculty for Prescott College and been a naturalist guide for Evergreen Escapes.. Nate's passions include ethnobotany, hunter-gatherer childhoods, rewilding, natural movement, eco-spirituality, herbal medicine, and internal martial arts. He has been involved with Druidry for over 15 years.  You can find out more about his work and teaching at Survival | Primal Nature (primalnate.com)Amazon.com: Wyld Druid: An Urban Fantasy Action Book (Wyld Druid Series 1) eBook : Ryan, Rich: Kindle StoreAODA Website:https://aoda.org/AODA Curriculum Overview:http://aoda.org/aoda-membership/curriculum-requirements/Gnostic Celtic Church: https://aoda.org/aoda-structure/gnostic-celtic-church-gcc/A Vision for AODA Druidry: Seven Core Principles of AODA:https://aoda.org/vision/AODA Discord Server:https://discord.gg/xJqEKVYyvfAODA Forums:https://forum.aoda.org/AODA Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/AODADruidryGrand Arch Druid Dana O'Driscoll Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/druidsgardenart/?hl=enPodcast Contact Email:druidwisdompodcast@gmail.comPodcast Instagram:https://instagram.com/druidwisdompodcast?utm_medium=copy_linkEarth Rituals:http://aoda.org/earthrituals/Claire's blog living Low in the Lou:http://livinglowinthelou.blogspot.com/Rule of Awen & Hermitage of the Hearthttp://aoda.org/aoda-structure/gnostic-celtic-church-gcc/rule-of-awen/Requirements for Ordination in GCC:http://aoda.org/aoda-structure/gnostic-celtic-church-gcc/requirements-for-ordination/Purchase Trilithon copies here:https://aoda.org/publications/trilithon-the-journal-of-the-aoda/trilithon-ordering-information/Ceallaigh S. Mac Cath-Moran:www.csmaccath.com/folkloreandfictionwww.csmaccath.com/musicwww.csmaccath.com/writinghttps://csmaccath.bandcamp.com/releases

Southeast Asia expert, Jacques Bertrand, takes us to wander across nations and observe the true cause and consequences of the current democratic recession in some parts of the region. Jacques Bertrand has written 6 books on Southeast Asia, the topics ranging from political change, ethnic conflict, to democratization. He is currently a visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University; Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Contemporary Southeast Asia, Stanford University; and professor of political science and director of the M.A. program in Asia-Pacific studies at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. Hosted by Gita Wirjawan: entrepreneur, educator, and 2022-23 visiting scholar at Stanford University at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC). #Endgame #GitaWirjawan #JacquesBertrand Recorded at Stanford University, 27 October 2022. ---------------- SGPP Indonesia Master of Public Policy March 2023 Intake: admissions.sgpp.ac.id admissions@sgpp.ac.id https://wa.me/628111522504 Other "Endgame" episode on ASEAN: https://endgame.id/scotmarciel https://endgame.id/martynatalegawa https://endgame.id/kishoremahbubani Visit and subscribe: @sgppindonesia @visinemapictures

Join us for a discussion on the prospects for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and decentralised finance (DeFi) on the latest episode of Regulatory Ramblings with Dr. Oriol Caudevilla.A highly regarded voice on all things crypto and fintech, Oriol is a Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), as well as an  Honorary Fellow at the University of Hong Kong's Asian Institute of International Financial Law (AIIFL). He also works as a board director, Secretary General and co-leader of the Financial Inclusion and CBDCs Working Groups at the Global Impact FinTech (GIFT) Forum, and as chairman of the Private Digital Euro Working Group at the Digital Euro Association (D€A).Furthermore, he has published articles and been cited by international media outlets such as Reuters, Forbes Middle East, the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Outlook India, China Daily, Asian Investor, Forkast News, and Cointelegraph. In addition, for the past year, he has hosted “The Digital Tomorrow” podcast.Oriol is also a well-known international speaker: he was named Asian FinTech Speaker of the Year (2021) by FASTER Community and has participated in over 150 international conferences since 2020, talking about CBDCs, DeFi, the Metaverse, AI and the use of Blockchain in several industries, such as banking in general and also Islamic banking and finance.More information about Oriol and his works are available at his website: www.oriolcaudevilla.com.HKU FinTech is the leading fintech research and education in Asia. Learn more at www.hkufintech.com.

Covid emerged in China three years ago. And ever since, that country has had probably the tightest restrictions anywhere. After extraordinary protests, this week the government announced an easing of restrictions. For insight, we welcome: Lynette Ong, professor at the University of Toronto's Asian Institute, Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and author of "Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China." And Jan Wong, who was the Beijing correspondent for the Globe and Mail from 1988-1994, and has written four books on China.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 11 of Season 9,  Key insights for aspiring impact professionals based in the Global South, learn from innovator and career expert Lucille Jade Galvan. Jade has been working in career advising, recruitment and talent management for over 15 years in a wide-variety of roles in leading institutions in Singapore, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. Her current role is Career Services Director at the Asian Institute of Management, a leading graduate institution that upskills professionals in development, management and sustainability across the region and beyond. Jade shares rich insights from her cross-sectoral career in talent and advising thousands of students and alumni across Southeast Asia in advancing career of impact with a particular focus on the sustainability sector.   She will highlight areas of growth connected to purpose and impact career, suggestions for building more competitive applications and networking and also why pursuing a career in recruitment and talent management can be a wonderful path in the impact sector. She will also discuss her experiences at working across countries and in leading private sector and educational institutions.  Lucille Jade Galvan is Career Services Director at the Asian Institute of Management in The Philippines. Prior to rejoining AIM in 2020 where she also worked from 2011 to 2016, she was Assistant Director at the Nanyang Business School of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a former Head of Career Development and International Programs at the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh. Her career foundation has been in corporate human resources for a multinational conglomerate. Jade holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from De La Salle University. She also completed a diploma program in Industrial Relations from the University of the Philippines including certification programs in management from Asian Institute of Management and in women in education leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is currently undertaking masteral research within the framework of Just Transition fundamental for achieving climate goals and decent work for all at the University of the Philippines School of Labor and Industrial Relations. For those who want much greater support, access to the world's best experts, more interactive sessions, networking events & workshops over 350 opportunities per month (fellowships, jobs, funding, socent +startup, training and more) + tons of members only benefits please visit the PCDN Career Campus. This session is supported by the Rotary Peace Fellowship Every year, 130 individuals are selected to receive a generous award from The Rotary Foundation that funds tuition, living expenses, international field experience, and research/conference opportunities at one of the Rotary Peace Centers, located within eight leading universities around the world.    

Dr. Joseph Wong is the University of Toronto's Vice-President, International. He is also the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and a Professor of Political Science. He also was the Director of the Asian Institute at the Munk School from 2005 to 2014 and held the Canada Research Chair in health, democracy, and development from 2006 to 2016. Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, his latest book is titled From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia.

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2022), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/economics

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do states coerce citizens into compliance while simultaneously minimizing backlash? In Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford UP, 2020), Lynette H. Ong examines how the Chinese state engages nonstate actors, from violent street gangsters to nonviolent grassroots brokers, to coerce and mobilize the masses for state pursuits, while reducing costs and minimizing resistance. She draws on ethnographic research conducted annually from 2011 to 2019--the years from Hu Jintao to Xi Jinping, a unique and original event dataset, and a collection of government regulations in a study of everyday land grabs and housing demolition in China. Her research highlights one of the ways in which modern authoritarians conceal their actions in order to maintain their popularity among ordinary citizens, a theme also explored in my earlier interview with Daniel Treisman about his book Spin Dictators. Author Lynette Ong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with a joint appointment at the Department of Political Science and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy's Asian Institute. Her other books are The Street and the Ballot Box: Interactions Between Social Movements and Electoral Politics in Authoritarian Contexts (Cambridge University Press, Elements Series in Contentious Politics, 2022), and Prosper or Perish: Credit and Fiscal Systems in Rural China (Cornell University Press, 2012), She has published research articles in Perspectives on Politics, Journal of Comparative Politics, China Quarterly, China Journal, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and other prominent journals. Here research has also been covered in the Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and the South China Morning Post. Host Peter Lorentzen is the Chair of the Economics Department at the University of San Francisco. His research focus is the political economy of governance in China and he is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) and USF's new Center on Business Studies and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific.

In a recent Q&A session, super investor Mohnish Pabrai shared the story of the investing career of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, one of India's best investors of all time, who recently died. In this episode, I share what Mohnish said, and distill it down to 4 important points about how Rakesh invested to great success. Timestamps: 00:10 Who is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala? 02:27 First important point 03:02 Second important point 03:35 Rakesh's biggest compounder 04:40 Third important point 05:16 Fourth important point 05:55 Rakesh's other compounders 06:30 The holy grail of investing Related video: Mohnish Pabrai: “The best way to invest is…” https://youtu.be/lxl2bIS1o6c Finding future multibagger stocks like Starbucks (SBUX), with Mohnish Pabrai https://youtu.be/3bAEnKtDI60 Mohnish Pabrai interview referenced in the episode: Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok on August 30, 2022 https://youtu.be/wz8N5CkTA2w Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofvalue/message

In a recent Q&A session, super investor Mohnish Pabrai shared the story of the investing career of Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, one of India's best investors of all time, who recently died. In this episode, I share what Mohnish said, and distill it down to 4 important points about how Rakesh invested to great success. Timestamps: 00:10 Who is Rakesh Jhunjhunwala? 02:27 First important point 03:02 Second important point 03:35 Rakesh's biggest compounder 04:40 Third important point 05:16 Fourth important point 05:55 Rakesh's other compounders 06:30 The holy grail of investing Related video: Mohnish Pabrai: “The best way to invest is…” https://youtu.be/lxl2bIS1o6c Finding future multibagger stocks like Starbucks (SBUX), with Mohnish Pabrai https://youtu.be/3bAEnKtDI60 Mohnish Pabrai interview referenced in the episode: Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok on August 30, 2022 https://youtu.be/wz8N5CkTA2w Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofvalue/message

In three recent interviews, investor Mohnish Pabrai revealed why he sold Alibaba (BABA) stock, and swapped the investment for Tencent instead. He also revealed what he now thinks of both companies as investments. Related video: Mohnish Pabrai: “The best way to invest is…” https://youtu.be/lxl2bIS1o6c Timestamps: 00:38 Super-investors who own BABA 02:02 Value investing in China - the risks 03:03 Why sell BABA, and why at that time? 04:12 Tax loss harvesting 05:14 The superior business 06:07 BABA bull and bear points 07:54 Did Pabrai make the right long-term decision? 09:00 Acceptable error rates - John Templeton Mohnish Pabrai interviews referenced in the episode: Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok on August 30, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8N5CkTA2w Mohnish Pabrai's Talk with CFA Society of Mexico on August 17, 2022 https://youtu.be/MYR0tWgstMI Mohnish Pabrai Interview (1/4) - Everything money - 20 Dec 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRBmkAv01I Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofvalue/message

In three recent interviews, investor Mohnish Pabrai revealed why he sold Alibaba (BABA) stock, and swapped the investment for Tencent instead. He also revealed what he now thinks of both companies as investments. Related video: Mohnish Pabrai: “The best way to invest is…” https://youtu.be/lxl2bIS1o6c Timestamps: 00:38 Super-investors who own BABA 02:02 Value investing in China - the risks 03:03 Why sell BABA, and why at that time? 04:12 Tax loss harvesting 05:14 The superior business 06:07 BABA bull and bear points 07:54 Did Pabrai make the right long-term decision? 09:00 Acceptable error rates - John Templeton Mohnish Pabrai interviews referenced in the episode: Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok on August 30, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz8N5CkTA2w Mohnish Pabrai's Talk with CFA Society of Mexico on August 17, 2022 https://youtu.be/MYR0tWgstMI Mohnish Pabrai Interview (1/4) - Everything money - 20 Dec 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELRBmkAv01I Disclaimer: I am not a financial adviser. This content is for education and entertainment purposes only. Do your own analysis and/or seek professional financial advice before making any investment decision. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theartofvalue/message

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok on August 30, 2022 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:58) - Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (00:06:33) - Uber Cannibals (00:17:33) - Multibaggers (00:23:54) - Key Traits of Value Investors (00:29:27) - Great Businesses vs. Great Investments (00:36:05) - Valuing a business (00:47:52) - Handling Losses (00:53:42) - When to Sell a Stock? (01:00:23) - Investing in China  

Elise del Rosario is currently Chief Finance Officer of her family's One Small Step Forward Foundation which aims to equip elementary public-school children with after school training in mathematics. The first Asian and first woman IFORS Fellow, she served from 2007 to 2009 as the first woman and second Asian President of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Prior to this, she was IFORS Vice President-at-large (2001-2003) and Association of Asia Pacific OR Societies President (2005-2007). She started getting involved with IFORS as head of its Developing Countries Committee and has organized conferences on this area in Manila, Tunisia, Catalonia Spain, Rome, India, Brazil, Scotland, UK, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Poland, Canada, Madrid Spain, and online! As IFORS President, she was passionate about communication with and among members and thus saw to the development of the IFORS website and newsletter. She served as editor of the IFORS News from 2010 until 2017. Elise was an OR analyst at the San Miguel Corporation (SMC). Later, with her as its Manager, the OR Department of SMC garnered the 1992 Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) Prize for outstanding and ongoing use of Operations Research in organizational decision-making. It was during her SMC years in 1987 that she spearheaded the formation of the Operations Research Society of the Philippines (ORSP) which was later accepted into IFORS. Upon retirement from the San Miguel Corporation as Vice President, Elise went into consulting, a major part of which was spent on pro-bono work with the Philippine government, in her capacity as Chairperson of the Operations Research Society of the Philippines Committee on OR for Public Service (ORSP Corps). An active OR practitioner, she maintains links with the academe - keynoting national conferences, as well as publishing papers, acting as referee, and serving in the editorial boards of several international OR journals. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of the Philippines, graduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok and was an International Research Fellow at the Stanford Research Institute in California. She taught at the Graduate School of Engineering at the University of the Philippines and did financial analysis work.

Mr Vishal Aggarwal is a Dual Qualified Lawyer, qualified in England and India, who primarily focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration and arbitration-related litigation. He has completed LLM from the London School of Economics. He is the Senior Editor of one of the most celebrated arbitration book "Law, Practice and Procedure of Arbitration in India" published by Lexis Nexis. He is an Associate of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb) and Associate of Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AAIADR). He is the founding chair of India Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (India VYAP) and Young ICCA Mentee.

Dr Philip Smith, Digital and Education Editor of Gut and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, UK interviews Dr Rakesh Kalapala, Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist & Therapeutic Endoscopist, Head of GI Motility Lab, Director of Endoscopy at the Center for Obesity & Metabolic Therapy, Member of the International Bariatric and Metabolic Endoscopy Committee, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology Hospitals, Hyderabad, India on the paper 'Endoscopic full-thickness plication for the treatment of PPI-dependent GERD: results from a randomised, sham controlled trial' which is published in paper copy in Gut in April 2022, and is available here: https://gut.bmj.com/content/71/4/686 Please subscribe to the Gut Podcast via all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify, to get the latest podcast every month. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the Gut Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gut-podcast/id330976727).

Tanya LatEmail: atty.tanyalat@gmail.comGraduate Program Coordinator at University of the Philippines College of LawBrief Bio:  Tanya left big firm practice looking for a meaningful way to practice law that was aligned with her values.  She is a professor of law teaching ethics such courses as :Legal and Judicial Ethics, Legal Profession, Legal Technique and Logic, The Lawyer as Leader and Policymaker, Legal Education, and International Trade Law. She is working with the Legal Education Advancement Program in the Philippines to reshape legal education for more impactful and meaningful experience for students.  For her own lectures and classes, she starts each class with a meditation.  This is one example of how she integrates her values into her work.Previously, she was Legal Adviser of the International Trade Unit of the Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Project Manager of the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center, Consultant of the Perterson Institute for International Economics, and Legal Consultant of the Akbayan Citizens Action Party.  In her role as legal advisor, she worked to give ordinary people a voice in the international negotiations between the Philippines and Japan.  She has earned many awards and is engaged in political discussions. Show Notes:Some major themes in our discussion: human rights and people having a say in things that will affect their lives, their health, and their environment; finding common ground even with those who disagree with usGreat Awakening to a new consciousness of see our interconnectednessIn our conversation, we discussed:Why she left big firm law practice and how she knew when it was time to leave Asking God to give her a sign when it was time to leave and how that sign showed upTransitioning from large firm and the doors that opened for her when she was authentic with herself and stayed true to her authenticityHer role as consultant in the trade negotiations between the Philippines and Japan.  She explains that she worked with a young group of lawyers who wanted to help Filipino  people – advising them on the effects of trade and investment negotiations between the Philippines and Japan and how this trade deal would affect them.  Whether and how people can have a say in international treaties between their governments.    Having people be a part of the process and the decisions that will affect their lives – and addressing how to deal with misinformation and propaganda that may influence or manipulate one's involvement in the processTeaching meditation to law students; starting every class with a meditationWhat if international negotiations, summits, negotiations etc. started with group meditation and moments of stillness?How to engage with others who think differently from us without name-calling and without aligning into divisive teams but by finding our common groundWhat it means to be an integrative lawyer or what integrative law means to herChanging the consciousness of law and how this is important to change systems and structuresThe “Great Awakening” to an understanding that we live on one planet and that we are one human family and this awakening is necessary for us to solve the problems facing us such as climate change and the pandemic.The Legal Education Advancement Program and how it is changing the legal education in the Philippines

Thursday, 3 February 2022, 7 – 8pm In recent years, there has been a disturbing trend toward authoritarianism in the Global South. For this event, three panellists will describe the factors that led to its rise in Brazil, India, and the Philippines and assess the forces of resistance in each country. They will argue that far from being a coincidence, authoritarianism's rise in different locales has emerged out of a global crisis of neoliberalism. A panel discussion organised by Trinity's Centre for Resistance Studies and supported by the Trinity Long Room Hub. Speakers: Cecilia Pe Lero, University of São Paulo Cecilia Pe Lero was a post-doctoral fellow at the Centro de Estudos da Metrópole at the University of São Paulo and received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Notre Dame. Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos, Federal University of São Paulo Fabio Luis Barbosa dos Santos is Professor of Latin American Studies at Unifesp (Brazil) and author of "Power and impotence. A history of South America under Progressivism” (Haymarket: 2020) Aparna Sundar, University of Toronto Aparna Sundar is an Instructor at the Asian Institute, University of Toronto

Vanessa is the founder of VerraCoffee, a social enterprise that God led her to establish during the pandemic in 2020. And since it was God who is the real "founder" of the enterprise, it was also Him who brought the right people to come alongside her in this work. She is joined by an international team that distributes Filipino farmers' coffee products to a global market. A tenth of the profits go to the education of tribal children in the Philippines, as well as calamity-stricken areas. Con-current with her work as social entrepreneur, she also manages the family business, and holds the position of managing director of Creative Point, a company founded by her father. Here, she spent 18 years working as a communications consultant to crisis-prone companies. During those 18 years, she also served in non-profit organizations that led her to have a heart for the poor and marginalized, and eventually, the founding of a social enterprise. Vanessa earned her master's degree in entrepreneurship at the Asian Institute of Management, on top of a bachelor's degree at the University of the Philippines. Before going into business, she worked with international non-profit organizations such as the Far East Broadcasting Company and the United Nations Children's Fund. Follow Vanessa's work: Order now - https://verracoffee.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/VerraCoffee ABOUT DREAM BIGGER VENTURES Dream Bigger Ventures is on a mission to empower and invest in Filipino Founders solving major problems in the Philippines in and through their ventures. Our core beliefs are two-fold: (1) Founders who pursue growth in the likeness of Jesus Christ in Biblical character, community and competency will be the most transformational business leaders; (2) Businesses that put people at the center of everything they do — that is, make God's love visual — will outperform in the long term. To learn more, visit: www.dreambiggerph.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dreambiggerphilippines Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dreambiggerventures/

The oceans and climate change are inextricably connected. On the one hand, the oceans are faced with significant threats posed by climate change through acidification, loss of oxygen, and warming; on the other hand, the oceans play a critical role in regulating the climate system, acting as a major heat and carbon sink, and have been increasingly regarded as a source of solutions to climate change. A range of additional ocean-based climate-altering approaches are being explored to limit climate impacts. For example, introducing additional nutrients to enhance photosynthesis of plankton to remove CO2 from the ocean surface and transport it to the deep ocean; cultivating large-scale seaweed to capture carbon through photosynthesis for sequestration; and brightening marine clouds through spraying sea water to deliver cooling locally. However, all these approaches may present potential benefits and risks. What do the ocean protection community and the climate protection community say about these approaches? Is there a panacea for addressing the major environmental and socio-political challenges that these approaches pose? How can their risks and benefits be weighed up against the expected impacts of climate change? In this C2GDiscuss, three experts share their views on these approaches.  Stefanos Fotiou is director in the Office of Sustainable Development Goals in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. At the time of this recording, he was the director of the Environment and Development Division in the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP). Kristina M. Gjerde is is senior high seas advisor to IUCN's Global Marine and Polar Programme (GMPP) and adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, California, where she teaches international marine law. Joyashree Roy is the inaugural Bangabandhu Chair Professor at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Janos Pasztor (moderator) is executive director of the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G). This interview was recorded on June 1, 2021, and is also available with interpretation into 中文, Español, and Français. For more, please go to C2G's website. 

Welcome to a new episode of our podcastDuring the roundtable discussion on exploring animal health solutions for farmers, Dr Miftahul Barbaruah introduced different models for provisions of animal health services to farmers. Before describing various models and key studies, he highlights factors affecting animal health services delivery, few guiding principles, and global policy options. What are the vital elements for the innovative design of the service delivery-related interventions?As a regional expert, Miftahul Barbaruah reviews South Asia's enabling environment for the EuFMD project Sustainable Business through Training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals. Following his graduation in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry from Assam Agricultural University (India), he has attended postgraduate and executive programs at prestigious schools like Tezpur University (Master in Business Administration), Asian Institute of Management, Manila (Master in Development Management); Indian Institute of Management –Calcutta (EDP on Managerial Excellence), etc. He also attended expert training related to the OIE Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Pathway and Capacity building of Veterinary Paraprofessionals (VPPs). He is an entrepreneur and currently serving as a director of a development consulting company: Vet Helpline India Pvt Ltd. The company helps organizations conduct studies and implement development projects in animal health care, animal welfare, livestock development, food safety, and public health. He had the opportunity to work for VPP related advocacy programs of GALVmed and The Brooke Hospital for Animals. As a consultant of the Agriculture Skill Council of India, Barbaruah helped develop the National Occupational Standards for various categories of VPPs in India. He also contributed as a member of the OIE Adhoc expert group related to veterinary paraprofessionals to prepare VPP competency and curriculum guidelines. His core areas of expertise include policy advocacy, development planning, project management, capacity building, animal disease risk management, and Agri-livestock value chain development. His research activities acknowledge transdisciplinarity as an approach and aptly integrate veterinary science, animal husbandry with social science for sustainable development.The project Sustainable Business through Training for Veterinary Paraprofessionals to explore our approach to reinforce veterinary service provision systems: www.fao.org/eufmd/training/veterinary-paraprofessionals/en/

Host - Sveta and Ben Banerjee Topic: Why & How should you finance Climate action? Special Guests: Laurence Li, Chairman of Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) The weekly show on how Impactful investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG's worldwide to preserve the world for future generation. Banerjis have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them to act now. Mr Laurence Li, SC is the Chairman of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC). The FSDC is an advisory body to the HKSAR Government on all matters relating to the development of Hong Kong as an international financial centre. It engages the industry in formulating proposals to promote the further development of the financial services industry of Hong Kong and to map out the strategic direction for the development. Mr Li's profession is a practicing barrister. He focuses on banking, commercial, company, and securities law. Prior to being called to the Hong Kong Bar, he served in several positions within the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong and, before that, worked in a law firm in New York. Mr Li is a Judge of the International Court and Regulatory Tribunal in Doha, Qatar. He is also a Fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, an Honorary Fellow of the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at The University of Hong Kong, and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Sandeep is the co-founder and CEO of Hipla Technologies, a cloud-native property technology company offering solutions for hybrid offices, intelligent facilities, and EHS management. He is a software engineer and an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management. He currently lives in Singapore. Feel free to connect with him on LinkedIn here: ◘ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaulsandeep Learn more about his business here: ◘ https://hipla.io/ A link that the guest wants to share: ◘ https://www.linkedin.com/company/hiplatechnologies/

This special episode features the stories of LifeCrafters Pilar Baltazar, Flora Belinario, Divine Gil Reyes, and Van Robles. They share about their LifeCraft experience and where they are now. This was recorded during the LifeCraft Homecoming event held in July 2021 which celebrated the first year anniversary of LifeCraft. Pilar Maria Baltazar, or Pilar is the Service Delivery Head for Finance Shared Services, Investment Operations, and Data Analytics Reporting CoE of MBPS. She took LifeCraft when she was sent by her organization to the LifeCraft course offered under the Advanced Learning Academy of the Australian New Zealand Chamber of Commerce. Flora Belinario, is a Fisheries Technologist by profession and currently working as Senior Manager of an international non-profit organization dedicated to conserving coastal ecosystems and initiating innovations to support marine biodiversity conservation. Flora took the LifeCraft course as part of her master's program at the Asian Institute of Management. Divine Gil Reyes or Divine is an advertising and digital marketing professional who is the Chief Creative Officer and owner of Perkcomm, Inc. She is also an award-winning book author. Divine took the first-ever public run of the LifeCraft course. Van McLean Robles or Van is an International Protect and Prepare Programme Officer at the British Embassy to the Philippines. Van took the LifeCraft course, which he helped to organize also under the Advanced Learning Academy of the Australian New Zealand Chamber of Commerce. This episode was hosted by fellow LifeCrafter alumni Jannille Obnial. Jannille is an experienced Human Resources Facilitator and a strong community and social services professional with a degree in nursing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mylifecraft/message

Today I talked to Joseph McQuade about his book A Genealogy of Terrorism: Colonial Law and the Origins of an Idea (Cambridge University Press, 2020).  Using India as a case study, Joseph McQuade demonstrates how the modern concept of terrorism was shaped by colonial emergency laws dating back into the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beginning with the 'thugs', 'pirates', and 'fanatics' of the nineteenth century, McQuade traces the emerging and novel legal category of 'the terrorist' in early twentieth-century colonial law, ending with an examination of the first international law to target global terrorism in the 1930s. Drawing on a wide range of archival research and a detailed empirical study of evolving emergency laws in British India, he argues that the idea of terrorism emerged as a deliberate strategy by officials seeking to depoliticize the actions of anti-colonial revolutionaries, and that many of the ideas embedded in this colonial legislation continue to shape contemporary understandings of terrorism today. Dr. Joseph McQuade is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Samee Siddiqui is a former journalist who is currently a PhD Candidate at the Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His dissertation explores discussions relating to religion, race, and empire between South Asian and Japanese figures in Tokyo from 1905 until 1945. You can find him on twitter @ssiddiqui83

Today on the podcast, we are joined by Nate Summers for a conversation spanning topics including sharpening your senses to nature's bio-rhythms, developing appreciation for the cycles of life, and how connecting with a part of our primal spirit can help heal our planet and ourselves. Nate Summers, author of "Primal: Why We Long to be Wild and Free" and soon to be released, "Awakening Fire: The Essential Guide to an Ancient Art", has been a survival skills instructor for over 20 years with a background in anthropology, Asian studies, and natural medicine. He taught and directed at the Wilderness Awareness School for over 15 years, and has served as faculty for the Desert Institute of Healing Arts, the Asian Institute of Medical Studies, and as adjunct faculty for Prescott College. Nate's passions include ethnobotany, natural mentoring, hunter-gatherer childhoods, natural movement, herbal medicine, internal martial arts, mentoring, and leadership. You can connect with him online on his website primalnate.com and on instagram @primalnate. Show notes can be found at woodallwellness.com/show-notes/primalnate

Learn about what makes the Asian Institute of Management's (AIM) MBA unique and get the insider word on admissions, financing and career placements at one of the top MBA programs in Philippines / Asia.