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University of Oxford China Alumni Event
Vice-Chancellor's Alumni Reception in Singapore Date: 15 November 2024 (Fri) Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: Canopy Esplanade, 8 Raffles Ave., #01-10 Esplanade Mall, Singapore 039802 Dress code: Smart casual Event contact: [email protected] |
University of Oxford China Alumni Event
Vice-Chancellor's Alumni Reception in Shenzhen Date: 13 November 2024 (Wed) Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: The Langham, Shenzhen, 7888 Shennan Boulevard, Futian District, Shenzhen 518040, China Dress code: Smart casual Event contact: [email protected] |
University of Oxford China Alumni Event
Vice-Chancellor's Alumni Reception in Hong Kong Date: 11 November 2024 (Mon) Time: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Location: HKGTA Town Club 24/F, New World Tower, 16-18 Queen’s Road Central Central, Hong Kong Dress code: Smart casual Event contact: [email protected] |
Alumni Group Event
St. Antony's Alumni Dinner in Hong Kong Date: 22 August 2024 (Thu) Time: 7:00 – 10:00 PM Location: HKU Alumni Association in Central, Hong Kong https://www.hkuaadining.hk/ Dress code: Smart casual Event contact: [email protected] Let’s get together again, after our well-attended and successful Antonian Reunion on 17 April 2024, with our Warden Professor Roger Goodman and Development Director Wouter te Kloeze. In addition, an alumna Kathy ZHANG Yang will soon leave Hong Kong for Singapore. Let’s help bid farewell to her on this occasion. Please RSVP for this Antonian Dinner WELL BEFORE 14 Aug 2024 (Wed), 2:00 PM. For any enquiries, please contact Steven S K Kwok, your Liaison Officer for China (Hong Kong) at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. Let's always keep in touch and Stay On Top! |
Alumni Group Event
Queen's Alumni Reunion in Hong Kong Date: Monday 27 May 2024 Time: 6:00pm Location: The Hong Kong Club, 1 Jackson Road, Central, Hong Kong Event contact: [email protected] Professor Jon Keating FRS, Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy, will be representing the College at the Queen's College alumni dinner in Hong Kong. This event is kindly hosted by Old Member Terence Keyes (Mathematics, 1977). |
University of Oxford China Alumni Event
Oxford Alumni talk with Professor Grimley in Hong Kong How important is music to your health and wellbeing? Does music education benefit children? Do you really know ‘how to listen?’ Drawing on recent research, Professor Grimley will share insights about the importance of music in children’s intellectual and emotional development and the mental health benefits music confers in adulthood. You will learn how truly listening can make a difference in your life and hear practical interventions for how music can support your daily wellbeing. Event contact: [email protected] Date: Friday, 10 May 2024 Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm Location: Canopy HortPark, #01-01, 33 Hyderabad Road, HortPark, Singapore 119578 Please RSVP for the Oxford Alumni talk here. Date: Tuesday 7 May 2024 Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Location: HKGTA Town Club, 24/F, New World Tower, 16-18 Queen's Road Central, Central |
Alumni Group Event
St. Antony's Alumni Reunion in Hong Kong Date: Wednesday 17 April 2024 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Hong Kong University Alumni Association Event contact: [email protected] The Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, Professor Roger Goodman, will visit Seoul, Hong Kong, and Singapore and meet with alumni in mid-April 2024. https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/alumni-events/ Please RSVP for the Antonian Alumni Reunion in Hong Kong before 1 March 2024 For enquiries, please contact Steven S K Kwok, your Liaison Officer for China (Hong Kong) at St Antony’s College, Oxford. |
Alumni Group Event
Green Templeton's Alumni Reunion in Hong Kong and Singapore Green Templeton College Principal Sir Michael Dixon and Director of Development and Alumni Relations Ceri Butcher would be delighted if you would join them for a drinks reception in Hong Kong or Singapore, when they will be taking the opportunity of marking the 40th anniversary of Templeton College. As well as meeting with your fellow alumni, you will hear from Sir Michael on the plans for the college and his vision for the future in what is an exciting time for Green Templeton. Hong Kong Alumni Reception | Green Templeton College (ox.ac.uk) Date: Thursday 9 May 2024 Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30pm Location: Ladies Recreation Club, 10 Old Peak Rd, Mid-Levels Singapore Alumni Reception | Green Templeton College (ox.ac.uk) Date: Friday 10 May 2024 Time: 6:30 pm – 9:30pm Location: The Tanglin Club, 5 Stevens Road, Singapore |
Alumni Group Event
St. Antony's Alumni Dinner in Hong Kong Date: Friday, 25 August 2023 Time: 7:00-9:30 p.m. Venue: Pizza Express at Shop 182, Level 1, MOKO, 193 Prince Edward Road West, Mongkok (next to Mong Kok East MTR station) (Tel: +852 31641334) Dress code: Smart casual Organised by Steven S.K. Kwok, the College’s Liaison Officer for China (Hong Kong), the second Antonian dinner was successfully held on 25 August 2023. |
Alumni Group Event
Linacre College Hong Kong Alumni Dinner Date: Tuesday, 2 May 2023 Time: 7:00 p.m. Venue: Hong Kong Country Club - 188 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Deep Water Bay Principal Nick Leimu-Brown cordially invites Linacre alumni to dinner at the Hong Kong Country Club on the 2nd May at 7:00 p.m. This is a lovely opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new members of the College community. For more information and registration, please visit here. |
University Event
Technology Dialogue - Generative Artificial Intelligence: promise and peril Date: Tuesday, 28 March 2023 Time: 5:00-7:30 p.m. Venue: Miller Theatre, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive Admiralty, Hong Kong Rundown Registration 5:00 p.m. Networking drinks 5:30 p.m. Discussion 6:15 p.m. Close 7:30 p.m. In only a few short months, generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Dall-e, and Midjourney have become household names around the world, prompting a competitive race to build new and better programs, as well as questions about how such programs can and should be used. What can these new tools help human intelligence achieve, and what are the pitfalls and limits of such technologies? What lessons can we learn from the history of AI? Please join us for an in-depth discussion between Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Principal of Jesus college oxford, one of the world’s foremost computer scientists, and Jen Zhu Scott, a founding partner at in. Capital and a leading expert and investor in artificial intelligence (ai). |
Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt: Principal of Jesus College and Professorial Research Fellow in Computer Science at the University of Oxford
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University Event
The Future of Globalization and the 'Rules-Based' International Order Date: Monday, 20 March 2023 Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m. Venue: Miller Theatre, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 9 Justice Drive Admiralty Hong Kong RUNDOWN Registration 4:30 p.m. Opening Remarks 5:00 p.m. Dialogue 5:05 p.m. Q&A 5:40 p.m. Closing Remarks 5:55 p.m. Networking Drinks 6:00 p.m. Much public discourse in recent years has focused on the concepts of de-globalization, economic nationalism, the return of geopolitics, great power competition between China and the United States, and the possibility of a new Cold War. Is the world truly witnessing the end of globalization as we know it? What do these geopolitical shifts mean for the ‘rules-based international order’ built in the aftermath of World War II? Can multilateral institutions remain relevant in an era of increasing divisions and shifting alignments? In dialogue with Mr. Ronnie Chan, Chairman of Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Professor NgaireWoods, founding Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance at Oxford University, will explore these questions and what these developments mean for the future of globalization and the ‘rules-based international order’. |
Professor Ngaire Woods: Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance at Oxford University
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Alumni Group Event
St. Antony’s Alumni Dinner in Hong Kong Antonians in Hong Kong are cordially invited by Steven S.K. Kwok, the College’s Liaison Officer for China (Hong Kong), to attend an Antonian dinner that he is organizing. Date: Friday, 17 March 2023 Time: 7:00-9:30 p.m. Venue: GREEN on G/F, Hotel ICON, 17 Science Museum Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong Dress code: Smart casual To RSVP: please fill out an RSVP form at https://forms.gle/PBvhR7aYQ1o3zH1C7 by Sunday, 12 February 2023 (Hong Kong time). Alternatively, Steven can be reached at [email protected] |
Alumni Group Event
Hello Tech · Hello Future - Oxbridge Shanghai Christmas Gala 2021 Date: Saturday 4 December 2021 Time: 17:00 - 22:00 (China Standard Time) Venue: 5F, Garden Ballroom, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai Prior registration is required Please contact (WeChat): Oxbridge2018 to register and for more details. |
Alumni Group Event
Red Christmas - OUS Shenzhen 2021 Christmas Dinner
Date: Saturday 18 December 2021
Time: 17:30 - 21:40 (China Standard Time)
Venue: ONES, Qiye Gongguan, Qianhai, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Prior registration is required
Please contact [email protected] to register and for more details.
Red Christmas - OUS Shenzhen 2021 Christmas Dinner
Date: Saturday 18 December 2021
Time: 17:30 - 21:40 (China Standard Time)
Venue: ONES, Qiye Gongguan, Qianhai, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Prior registration is required
Please contact [email protected] to register and for more details.
Alumni Group Event
Back to the future - Oxbridge Suzhe 2021 Christmas Dinner Date: Saturday 18 December 2021 Time: 17:00 - 21:00 (China Standard Time) Venue: Hangzhou Marriott Hotel Qianjiang, 399 Juyuan Road, Hangzhou Prior registration is required Please contact [email protected] to register and for more details. |
Alumni Group Event
Live & Study at Oxbridge - Oxford & Cambridge Freshers' Event Date: Sunday 12 September 2021 Time: 14:00 - 20:00 (China Standard Time) Venue: No 178-1, Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Free entrance | Prior registration is required Please visit https://jinshuju.net/f/HxQs9L to register. |
Alumni Group Event
Meeting Minds Global: The Creativity Code' with Marcus du Sautoy Date: Saturday 17 April 2021 Time: 15:00 - 19:30 (China Standard Time) Venue: No 233, YonghuiRoad, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Organised by the Oxbridge Jiangsu-Zhejiang Alumni Association, this was the first in-person event in 2021. This event brought Oxbridge alumni together to watch along the fascinating talk by Professor Marcus du Sautoy and to hear his insights on the world’s cutting-edge AI technologies and innovations. |
University Event
Meeting Minds Global: 12 - 17 April 2021 Catch up with some of the sessions you missed via the ‘On-Demand’ tab found under ‘All Sessions’! Recordings are available until 23 May 2021. For more information, please visit https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/meeting-minds |
Alumni Event
Oxbridge Shanghai Christmas Event Date: Saturday 5 December 2020 Time: 18:30 - 22:00 (China Standard Time) Dress Code: Black Tie Venue: 3rd floor, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 8th Century Avenue Shanghai 2020 Shanghai Oxbridge & Harvard Themed Christmas Formal Dinner, "Pride and Prejudice" on the evening of December 5, 2020, at the Ritz-Calton Hotel on the 8th Century Avenue Shanghai Please email [email protected] for enquires. |
Alumni Event
Oxford and Cambridge Freshers Event Date: Saturday 15 August 2020 Time: 14:00 - 20:00 (China Standard Time) Dress Code: Smart Casual Venue: No 178-1, Nanshan Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Free entrance on a first-in, first-served basis | Prior registration is required Please visit https://jinshuju.net/f/BKqt4b to register. |
University Event
Meeting Minds in Europe: 19 - 20 March 2020 Our very popular European Meeting Minds 2020 is taking place in three major cities across Europe in Barcelona, Stockholm and Berlin from 19-21 March. Please come and join us to meet and mingle with fellow alumni. For more information, please visit https://www.alumni.ox.ac.uk/meeting-minds |
University Event
Private viewing of 'Martin Parr: Oxford' exhibit
Date: Thursday 5 December 2019
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Venue: f22 foto space, 5th Floor, Amber Commercial Building, 70-74 Morrison Hill Road, Wanchai (a six-minute walk from Causeway Bay MTR Exit A and Times Square)
Cost: Free admission, pre-registration required (limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis).
Registration: By email at [email protected] before 22 November
Martin Parr, one of the world’s leading photographers, spent two years to document a ‘hidden Oxford’ with his characteristically witty and unflinching eye. Commissioned by The Bodleian Libraries and Oxford University Press, Parr’s photographs capture the quirks of university life as he finds them, albeit with certain degrees of control and construction.
Parr’s photographs reveal aspects of university life and academic communities that are rarely accessible to the outsider. Parr looks behind-the-scenes at Oxford rituals, ceremonies, and traditions that still hold significance today. He shows students’ antics at sporting events, clubs, and societies, as well as the core university activities of research and teaching.
A selection of Parr’s Oxford photographs is being exhibited in Hong Kong for the first time at f22 foto space from 5 December 2019 to 15 February 2020. For more information, please visit https://www.f22.com/en/.
This event is generously supported by Mr. Douglas So, the founder and director of f22 foto space. The University thanks Mr. So for making the private viewing possible.
Private viewing of 'Martin Parr: Oxford' exhibit
Date: Thursday 5 December 2019
Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm
Venue: f22 foto space, 5th Floor, Amber Commercial Building, 70-74 Morrison Hill Road, Wanchai (a six-minute walk from Causeway Bay MTR Exit A and Times Square)
Cost: Free admission, pre-registration required (limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis).
Registration: By email at [email protected] before 22 November
Martin Parr, one of the world’s leading photographers, spent two years to document a ‘hidden Oxford’ with his characteristically witty and unflinching eye. Commissioned by The Bodleian Libraries and Oxford University Press, Parr’s photographs capture the quirks of university life as he finds them, albeit with certain degrees of control and construction.
Parr’s photographs reveal aspects of university life and academic communities that are rarely accessible to the outsider. Parr looks behind-the-scenes at Oxford rituals, ceremonies, and traditions that still hold significance today. He shows students’ antics at sporting events, clubs, and societies, as well as the core university activities of research and teaching.
A selection of Parr’s Oxford photographs is being exhibited in Hong Kong for the first time at f22 foto space from 5 December 2019 to 15 February 2020. For more information, please visit https://www.f22.com/en/.
This event is generously supported by Mr. Douglas So, the founder and director of f22 foto space. The University thanks Mr. So for making the private viewing possible.
Alumni Event
The Third Oxbridge China Forum
Date: Saturday 21 September 2019
Time: 9:30 - 15:50 (China Standard Time)
Dress Code: Business Attire
Venue: Building A, 388 Ruo Shui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China
This year, the third Oxbridge China Forum is themed with "New Technology and New Economy", and is aimed to bring together celebrated scholars, entrepreneurs, and expert practitioners to discuss the developing trends and arising issues of new technology and new economy in China.
Free entrance on a first-in, first-served basis | Prior registration is required
Please email [email protected] to register.
The Third Oxbridge China Forum
Date: Saturday 21 September 2019
Time: 9:30 - 15:50 (China Standard Time)
Dress Code: Business Attire
Venue: Building A, 388 Ruo Shui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China
This year, the third Oxbridge China Forum is themed with "New Technology and New Economy", and is aimed to bring together celebrated scholars, entrepreneurs, and expert practitioners to discuss the developing trends and arising issues of new technology and new economy in China.
Free entrance on a first-in, first-served basis | Prior registration is required
Please email [email protected] to register.
Alumni Event
Oxford 'Dim Sum Forum' in Hong Kong with the Vice-Chancellor
Date: Saturday 7 September 2019
Time: 12:00 – 2:30pm
Venue: The Hong Kong Bankers Club, 43rd-44th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, Central
Cost: 280 HKD
Registration: By email at [email protected] before 21 August 2019
Delight your mind and your palate at a special gathering for Oxford alumni and friends in Hong Kong this September. Hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, the forum will feature talks on two exciting new areas of research at Oxford: the Economics of Wellbeing by Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and AI and Healthcare by Professor David Clifton. The talks will be accompanied by a lively and informal dim sum lunch.
Oxford 'Dim Sum Forum' in Hong Kong with the Vice-Chancellor
Date: Saturday 7 September 2019
Time: 12:00 – 2:30pm
Venue: The Hong Kong Bankers Club, 43rd-44th Floor, Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, Central
Cost: 280 HKD
Registration: By email at [email protected] before 21 August 2019
Delight your mind and your palate at a special gathering for Oxford alumni and friends in Hong Kong this September. Hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, the forum will feature talks on two exciting new areas of research at Oxford: the Economics of Wellbeing by Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, and AI and Healthcare by Professor David Clifton. The talks will be accompanied by a lively and informal dim sum lunch.
Alumni Event
Sharon Cheung's exhibition
Date: 24 - 29 June 2019
Venue: Wheelock Lounge, 19F Building B, The gateway, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Cost: Free admission
This summer, Oxford graduate and the founder of “The Lion Rock Spirit Fund” Sharon Cheung (Green Templeton, 2005) is having her second exhibition at the Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui from 24 to 29 June. Oxford alumni are welcome to visit Sharon’s exhibition to see her beautiful artworks during the exhibition period. Sharon is donating the proceeds of her art sales to the University.
Sharon Cheung's exhibition
Date: 24 - 29 June 2019
Venue: Wheelock Lounge, 19F Building B, The gateway, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Cost: Free admission
This summer, Oxford graduate and the founder of “The Lion Rock Spirit Fund” Sharon Cheung (Green Templeton, 2005) is having her second exhibition at the Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui from 24 to 29 June. Oxford alumni are welcome to visit Sharon’s exhibition to see her beautiful artworks during the exhibition period. Sharon is donating the proceeds of her art sales to the University.
University Event
Viewing Black Holes
Date: Thursday 16 May 2019
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8 (Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferry Pier No. 8 Hong Kong)
Cost: Free admission (very limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis). Food and drinks at cost.
RSVP: Registration is required. Please email: [email protected] to register.
On 10 April of this year, humankind viewed for the first time an image of a black hole. The popular press described the event as “revolutionary.” But the thrill felt by many astronomers lay in just how well our guesswork and expectations were in fact confirmed. It looked just like a black hole ought to look.
If not a true revolution, the image was certainly a culmination, led by great scientists from Einstein to Schwarzschild to Penrose & Hawking. Their beautiful mathematical work laid the foundations for our understanding of black holes, first engendering, then ultimately overcoming, decades of controversy.
In this presentation, Professor Steven Balbus, a Shaw Prize winner, will talk about black holes: what they are, why they were for so long controversial, how the evidence for their existence steadily grew, what the latest spectacular result from the Event Horizon Telescope actually reveals, and what mysteries remain.
Source: Digital image. BBC news 10 April 2019
Viewing Black Holes
Date: Thursday 16 May 2019
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8 (Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferry Pier No. 8 Hong Kong)
Cost: Free admission (very limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis). Food and drinks at cost.
RSVP: Registration is required. Please email: [email protected] to register.
On 10 April of this year, humankind viewed for the first time an image of a black hole. The popular press described the event as “revolutionary.” But the thrill felt by many astronomers lay in just how well our guesswork and expectations were in fact confirmed. It looked just like a black hole ought to look.
If not a true revolution, the image was certainly a culmination, led by great scientists from Einstein to Schwarzschild to Penrose & Hawking. Their beautiful mathematical work laid the foundations for our understanding of black holes, first engendering, then ultimately overcoming, decades of controversy.
In this presentation, Professor Steven Balbus, a Shaw Prize winner, will talk about black holes: what they are, why they were for so long controversial, how the evidence for their existence steadily grew, what the latest spectacular result from the Event Horizon Telescope actually reveals, and what mysteries remain.
Source: Digital image. BBC news 10 April 2019
Alumni Event
Lui Shou-kwan: Pioneer of New Ink
Date: Wednesday 24 April 2019
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Venue: Alisan Fine Arts (21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong)
Cost: Free admission (limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis)
RSVP: Registration is required. Please email [email protected] to register.
Lui Lui Shou-kwan, celebrated as one of Hong Kong’s most important artists, had a deep connection to Oxford where he held his first exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in 1962. The Ashmolean now has over 30 of his art works in its permanent collection, more than any other single artist in the Museum.
Alisan Fine Arts has now compiled a new collection of largely unpublished art works in a new exhibit at its gallery in Central. Shelagh Vainker, Associate Professor of Chinese Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the Ashmolean Museum, contributed to the catalogue. Alisan Fine Arts has made the exhibit available to Oxonian art lovers at a special evening viewing.
Olivia Wang (Wadham College, 2010, MPhil Modern Chinese Art), a former student of Professor Vainker’s, will share her perspectives on Lui’s works before Daphne King-Yao, Director of Alisan Fine Arts, talks us through a few works in this fascinating exhibition.
This event is kindly sponsored by Alisan Fine Arts.
Lui Shou-kwan: Pioneer of New Ink
Date: Wednesday 24 April 2019
Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
Venue: Alisan Fine Arts (21/F Lyndhurst Tower, 1 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong)
Cost: Free admission (limited capacity on a first-come, first-served basis)
RSVP: Registration is required. Please email [email protected] to register.
Lui Lui Shou-kwan, celebrated as one of Hong Kong’s most important artists, had a deep connection to Oxford where he held his first exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in 1962. The Ashmolean now has over 30 of his art works in its permanent collection, more than any other single artist in the Museum.
Alisan Fine Arts has now compiled a new collection of largely unpublished art works in a new exhibit at its gallery in Central. Shelagh Vainker, Associate Professor of Chinese Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the Ashmolean Museum, contributed to the catalogue. Alisan Fine Arts has made the exhibit available to Oxonian art lovers at a special evening viewing.
Olivia Wang (Wadham College, 2010, MPhil Modern Chinese Art), a former student of Professor Vainker’s, will share her perspectives on Lui’s works before Daphne King-Yao, Director of Alisan Fine Arts, talks us through a few works in this fascinating exhibition.
This event is kindly sponsored by Alisan Fine Arts.
University Event
Meeting Minds in Asia: Alumni Weekends 2019
Meeting Minds in Asia: Alumni Weekends 2019
Join us in Tokyo in March 2019 for our Alumni Weekend. Experience springtime in Japan, take part in stimulating academic sessions, catch up with old friends and make new connections.
Alumni Event
Vice-Chancellor’s Reception in Suzhou and Opening of the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR)
Date: Friday 23 November 2018
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm (China Standard Time)
Dress Code: Business Attire
Venue: Building A, 388 Ruo Shui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China
The evening will include:
Limited spaces | Prior registration is required
Please contact the University of Oxford China Office in Hong Kong at [email protected] if you have enquiries or would like to obtain transportation and accommodation information.
Vice-Chancellor’s Reception in Suzhou and Opening of the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR)
Date: Friday 23 November 2018
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm (China Standard Time)
Dress Code: Business Attire
Venue: Building A, 388 Ruo Shui Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Jiangsu, 215123, China
The evening will include:
- Remarks by the Vice-Chancellor
- Introduction to Oxford’s research at OSCAR
- Guided tour of OSCAR
- Canapés and drinks
Limited spaces | Prior registration is required
Please contact the University of Oxford China Office in Hong Kong at [email protected] if you have enquiries or would like to obtain transportation and accommodation information.
Introduction to OSCAR
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) is the University of Oxford's first overseas centre for physical science and engineering research, primarily expanding on activities from across the University's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division.
OSCAR was established initially with a grant from Suzhou Industrial Park, where many strategic benefits are offered to Oxford's research mission through access to state-of-the-art facilities, a research environment enriched by numerous universities and Chinese Academy Institutes, and a substantial company base.
OSCAR offers an exciting new frontier for the University of Oxford to develop and showcase its research excellence in physical and engineering sciences, with a dedicated Centre in a unique, globally-focused environment.
Situating laboratories in the impressive Suzhou Industrial Park will enable Oxford academics to strengthen existing partnerships and form new links, benefitting their research programmes and advancing technologies closer to market. Through these partnerships, OSCAR can develop solutions that will help to address important challenges faced not only by the UK and China, but across the globe.
Initial research programmes will be led by groups from the University departments of Engineering Science, Physics, Chemistry and Materials. Initial research activities are clustered across the following themes:
Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare
Environment and Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and Functional Materials
For more information, visit https://oscar.web.ox.ac.uk.
The Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) is the University of Oxford's first overseas centre for physical science and engineering research, primarily expanding on activities from across the University's Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division.
OSCAR was established initially with a grant from Suzhou Industrial Park, where many strategic benefits are offered to Oxford's research mission through access to state-of-the-art facilities, a research environment enriched by numerous universities and Chinese Academy Institutes, and a substantial company base.
OSCAR offers an exciting new frontier for the University of Oxford to develop and showcase its research excellence in physical and engineering sciences, with a dedicated Centre in a unique, globally-focused environment.
Situating laboratories in the impressive Suzhou Industrial Park will enable Oxford academics to strengthen existing partnerships and form new links, benefitting their research programmes and advancing technologies closer to market. Through these partnerships, OSCAR can develop solutions that will help to address important challenges faced not only by the UK and China, but across the globe.
Initial research programmes will be led by groups from the University departments of Engineering Science, Physics, Chemistry and Materials. Initial research activities are clustered across the following themes:
Biomedical Engineering and Healthcare
- Prof Zhanfeng Cui & Prof Hua Ye (IBME, Engineering Science) - Regenerative medical technologies
- Prof Ronald Roy (Engineering Science) - Application of physical acoustics principles to biomedical imaging
- Prof David Clifton (IBME, Engineering Science) - Smart healthcare technologies exploiting electronic health records
Environment and Biotechnology
- Prof Luet Wong & Prof Jeremy Robertson (Chemistry) - Reprogramming synthesis and drug discovery
- Prof Ian Thompson & Prof Wei Huang (Engineering Science) - Application of environmental biotechnology and synthetic biology to remediate environmental contamination
Nanotechnology and Functional Materials
- Prof Paul Stavrinou (Engineering Science) & Prof Donal Bradley (Physics and Engineering Science) - Plastic electronics (including flexible and printable electronics)
- Prof Jamie Warner (Materials) - Large scale fabrication of 2D materials
- Prof Mark Moloney (Chemistry) - Chemical methods for the functionalisation of materials
For more information, visit https://oscar.web.ox.ac.uk.
Alumni Group Event
Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium
Jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association
Date: Saturday 8 September 2018
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu LT, HKU Graduate House, 3 University Drive
RSVP: Please click here for registration
You are cordially invited to join us at the symposium titled “Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium”, jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association. This event is especially relevant to those who are considering further studies after their current degrees, or those who are interested in what PhD studies is like in general.
Led by student researchers and representatives from both the academia and the industry, this half-day symposium offers an opportunity to understand the journey of Hong Kong postgraduate scholars across different generations. Speakers will share their experiences as research students, and how the studies have shaped their career paths. The talks will be followed by two panel discussions on the “Ups & Downs” through our research journeys, and on Funding and Application Processes.
Registration is essential. There will also be opportunities to sign up for dinner with the speakers, where you can all chat in a casual setting. Details will follow after registration.
Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium
Jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association
Date: Saturday 8 September 2018
Time: 1:00 - 7:00 pm
Venue: Wang Gungwu LT, HKU Graduate House, 3 University Drive
RSVP: Please click here for registration
You are cordially invited to join us at the symposium titled “Before & After: My PhD Journey – The Inaugural Oxbridge Scholars Symposium”, jointly organised by Oxford University Hong Kong Scholars Association and Cambridge University Hong Kong Postgraduate Scholars Association. This event is especially relevant to those who are considering further studies after their current degrees, or those who are interested in what PhD studies is like in general.
Led by student researchers and representatives from both the academia and the industry, this half-day symposium offers an opportunity to understand the journey of Hong Kong postgraduate scholars across different generations. Speakers will share their experiences as research students, and how the studies have shaped their career paths. The talks will be followed by two panel discussions on the “Ups & Downs” through our research journeys, and on Funding and Application Processes.
Registration is essential. There will also be opportunities to sign up for dinner with the speakers, where you can all chat in a casual setting. Details will follow after registration.
Alumni Group Event
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 China
Hosted by the Oxbridge Jiangsu-Zhejiang Alumni Association
Date :Tuesday 21 August 2018
Time: 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Venue: Li Jing Mei Lu Hotel, No. 8 Zhibei Road, Xihu, Hangzhou , 310024, Zhejiang, China
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For details, please download here or contact Shawn by email:[email protected] or wechat: shenjunxiao.
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 China
Hosted by the Oxbridge Jiangsu-Zhejiang Alumni Association
Date :Tuesday 21 August 2018
Time: 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Venue: Li Jing Mei Lu Hotel, No. 8 Zhibei Road, Xihu, Hangzhou , 310024, Zhejiang, China
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For details, please download here or contact Shawn by email:[email protected] or wechat: shenjunxiao.
University event
Introducing the Q20:20, the World’s First Working Quantum Processor
Date: 2 August 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8, Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferrt Pier No. 8, Central, Hong Kong Societe
RSVP: Please click here for online registration.
Cost: This event is free.
You are warmly invited for a special look at quantum computing research at Oxford. Drawing on the material that he first shared at the 2017 Oxford China Lecture in Beijing, Prof. Walmsley will introduce the counter-intuitive features of the quantum world that are being harnessed to create quantum computers, the challenges scientists and engineers have yet to overcome in order to build such a machine, and the breakthroughs at the University of Oxford that are paving the way for the Q20:20, the world’s first working quantum processor.
Introducing the Q20:20, the World’s First Working Quantum Processor
Date: 2 August 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Cafe 8, Roof Level, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Central Ferrt Pier No. 8, Central, Hong Kong Societe
RSVP: Please click here for online registration.
Cost: This event is free.
You are warmly invited for a special look at quantum computing research at Oxford. Drawing on the material that he first shared at the 2017 Oxford China Lecture in Beijing, Prof. Walmsley will introduce the counter-intuitive features of the quantum world that are being harnessed to create quantum computers, the challenges scientists and engineers have yet to overcome in order to build such a machine, and the breakthroughs at the University of Oxford that are paving the way for the Q20:20, the world’s first working quantum processor.
University event
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 Hong Kong
Date :Thursday 26 July
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm (Registration at 6pm)
Venue:Suite 4018, Cosco Tower, 183 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For enquiries, please contact [email protected].
University of Oxford Freshers' Orientation 2018 Hong Kong
Date :Thursday 26 July
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm (Registration at 6pm)
Venue:Suite 4018, Cosco Tower, 183 Queen's Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Do you have a conditional or unconditional offer to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the University of Oxford this autumn? Come to this orientation event and find out all you need to know to prepare for life at the city of dreaming spires, from student visas to preparing for your first tutorial. There will also be an opportunity to mingle with Oxford alumni for an insider guide to life as an Oxonian. For enquiries, please contact [email protected].
College Event
Alumni Talk: How Private and Public International Law Shape Our Lives
Date: 19 July 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Societe Generale (Level 34, Three Pacific Place,1 Queen’s Road East HK)
Cost: £10 (approximately HK$105)
You are warmly invited to a unique ‘In Conversation’ event, featuring a discussion between a St. Anne’s Fellow, Dr. Antonios Tzanakopoulos, and an alumnus of the College, Mr. Bernard Man, on the fascinating intersection between life and law. This talk is being held during the visit the Principal of St. Anne’s, Helen King, and academic colleagues for the St Anne’s College Hong Kong Summer School.
About the Speakers
Antonios Tzanakopoulos is Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Anne's College. He has taught as a visiting professor around the world, including in France, Israel, China, and Greece; he has also delivered a special course in international law at the Xiamen Academy of International Law in 2017 and has been invited by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law to serve as Director of Studies in 2021. Antonios's books include Disobeying the Security Council (OUP 2011, re-issued in paperback with a new introduction 2013); The Settlement of International Disputes (Hart 2012, co-edited with CJ Tams); The UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property (OUP 2013, edited by R O'Keefe and CJ Tams, ass't ed) and the Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties (Elgar 2014, co-edited with CJ Tams and A Zimmermann, and re-issued in paperback 2016). He has also published in the fields of the law of the sea, international investment law, and others.
Antonios has acted as counsel, advisor, or assistant to counsel, and has provided expert opinions in a number of cases before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, EU courts, the European Court of Human Rights, ad hoc and ICSID arbitral tribunals. Antonios is the Secretary-General of the International Law Association and the Joint Secretary of its British Branch; and member of the editorial board of Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.
Alumni Talk: How Private and Public International Law Shape Our Lives
Date: 19 July 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Societe Generale (Level 34, Three Pacific Place,1 Queen’s Road East HK)
Cost: £10 (approximately HK$105)
You are warmly invited to a unique ‘In Conversation’ event, featuring a discussion between a St. Anne’s Fellow, Dr. Antonios Tzanakopoulos, and an alumnus of the College, Mr. Bernard Man, on the fascinating intersection between life and law. This talk is being held during the visit the Principal of St. Anne’s, Helen King, and academic colleagues for the St Anne’s College Hong Kong Summer School.
About the Speakers
Antonios Tzanakopoulos is Associate Professor of Public International Law at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Anne's College. He has taught as a visiting professor around the world, including in France, Israel, China, and Greece; he has also delivered a special course in international law at the Xiamen Academy of International Law in 2017 and has been invited by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law to serve as Director of Studies in 2021. Antonios's books include Disobeying the Security Council (OUP 2011, re-issued in paperback with a new introduction 2013); The Settlement of International Disputes (Hart 2012, co-edited with CJ Tams); The UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property (OUP 2013, edited by R O'Keefe and CJ Tams, ass't ed) and the Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties (Elgar 2014, co-edited with CJ Tams and A Zimmermann, and re-issued in paperback 2016). He has also published in the fields of the law of the sea, international investment law, and others.
Antonios has acted as counsel, advisor, or assistant to counsel, and has provided expert opinions in a number of cases before international and domestic courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, EU courts, the European Court of Human Rights, ad hoc and ICSID arbitral tribunals. Antonios is the Secretary-General of the International Law Association and the Joint Secretary of its British Branch; and member of the editorial board of Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts.
Bernard Man is a grateful alumnus of St. Anne’s. He matriculated in 1995 and obtained a BA (Jurisprudence) and a BCL in 1998 and 1999 respectively. In 2000, he was called to the Bar in England and Wales and in Hong Kong. Since then he has practised as a barrister in Hong Kong from Temple Chambers, with an emphasis on civil and commercial matters. He became Senior Counsel in Hong Kong in 2015.
College Event
Making Peace in Northern Ireland: is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?
Date: 31 January
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Venue: LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Speaker: Sir Jonathan Phillips
You are invited to attend a lecture given by Sir Jonathan Phillips, The Warden of Keble College, entitled ‘Making Peace in Northern Ireland; is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?’ It takes place on Wednesday 31 January in Lecture Hall 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK.
This public lecture, generously sponsored by the Mok family, will start at 5pm and finish at 6.30pm.
For further details, click here: http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/events_detail.php?id=15339.
Making Peace in Northern Ireland: is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?
Date: 31 January
Time: 5pm-6:30pm
Venue: LT2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK
Speaker: Sir Jonathan Phillips
You are invited to attend a lecture given by Sir Jonathan Phillips, The Warden of Keble College, entitled ‘Making Peace in Northern Ireland; is the 1998 Good Friday Agreement Secure?’ It takes place on Wednesday 31 January in Lecture Hall 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK.
This public lecture, generously sponsored by the Mok family, will start at 5pm and finish at 6.30pm.
For further details, click here: http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/events_detail.php?id=15339.
University Event
Is Reputation More Valuable than Money?
Organised by University of Oxford and Finsbury
Date: 30 January
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: Eaton House, 5/F, Champion Tower, 3 Garden Rd, Central, Hong Kong
Speaker: Rupert Younger
You are warmly invited to an evening event in Hong Kong, featuring a short talk followed by conversation over drinks and canapes with Rupert Younger on why people and companies need to build their reputation capital. Rupert is the Global Managing Partner of Finsbury and the Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. To register, please click here by 29 January.
About the Speaker
Rupert Younger is Co-Founder and Global Managing Partner of Finsbury, and Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. He is a global expert on how reputations are created, sustained, destroyed and rebuilt and has led successful reputation and communications engagement campaigns for global organisations over the past 25 years. His work and views are regularly featured in major news outlets including the BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London. Rupert is also co-author of The Reputation Game, a bestselling book drawing on his research at Oxford with case study examples from business, politics and the entertainment industry. Rupert chairs the University of Oxford’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee of Council and is a member of the Senior Common Rooms at Worcester College and St Antony’s College.
Is Reputation More Valuable than Money?
Organised by University of Oxford and Finsbury
Date: 30 January
Time: 6:30pm-9pm
Venue: Eaton House, 5/F, Champion Tower, 3 Garden Rd, Central, Hong Kong
Speaker: Rupert Younger
You are warmly invited to an evening event in Hong Kong, featuring a short talk followed by conversation over drinks and canapes with Rupert Younger on why people and companies need to build their reputation capital. Rupert is the Global Managing Partner of Finsbury and the Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. To register, please click here by 29 January.
About the Speaker
Rupert Younger is Co-Founder and Global Managing Partner of Finsbury, and Founder of Oxford University’s Centre for Corporate Reputation. He is a global expert on how reputations are created, sustained, destroyed and rebuilt and has led successful reputation and communications engagement campaigns for global organisations over the past 25 years. His work and views are regularly featured in major news outlets including the BBC, CNN, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Times of London. Rupert is also co-author of The Reputation Game, a bestselling book drawing on his research at Oxford with case study examples from business, politics and the entertainment industry. Rupert chairs the University of Oxford’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee of Council and is a member of the Senior Common Rooms at Worcester College and St Antony’s College.