Pacific Asian Lecture Series (PALS)

Summer 2012 | Open to the public

All PALS lectures are FREE and open to the public. Lectures will be held at the Shidler Faculty Lounge (BusAd D-207), 4:15–5:30 PM except where noted otherwise. Refreshments will be served in the same room 5:30–6:15 PM. Tentatively scheduled are:

May 22 Bruce Greiner
Vice President, Enterprise Services, IBM
IBM's Transformation – Succeeding in a Globally Connected World
* The Plaza Club, 7:30-9:30 AM
May 29 Dr. Christopher A. McNally
Associate Professor of Political Economy, Chaminade University
Non-resident Fellow, East-West Center

Sino-Capitalism - China's Reemergence, the Internationalization of the Yuan and the Future of the Global Order
June 5 Amin Leiman
President, Hawaii Indonesia Chamber of Commerce
Strengthening Collaboration between the U.S. and Indonesia through Hawaii
June 12 Carole Petersen
Professor, Richardson School of Law
Director, Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution

The Role of the Business Community in Preventing Trafficking of Persons in the Asia-Pacific Region
June 19 Dr. Thomas F. Cargill
Professor of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno
Central Banking and Financial Policy in Vietnam: Lessons from Korea, Japan and the U.S.
July 17 Dr. Dawn Morais Webster
Senior Advisor, Olomana Loomis ISC
Topic TBA
July 24 Tom Masterson
Transformation Agent, Bios Life Slim
Topic TBA
July 31 Dr. Scott MacLeod
Senior Education Specialist, East-West Center, Asia Pacific Leadership Program
Go With the Flows: Network Analytics and Strategic Understanding