STATE OF ASIA – A Conference on the World's Most Dynamic Region At the third edition of STATE OF ASIA, taking place in a year of pivotal elections, and just days after the U.S. presidential elections, we gather some of our most trusted experts to zoom out and assess the geopolitical shifts, economic landscape, and cultural currents in Asia. Join us on November 7 at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue with: ▶ Adam Tooze – Author, Economist, and Global Thinker ▶ Kyung-wha Kang – President of Asia Society and former South Korea Minister of Foreign Affairs ▶ James Crabtree – Analyst, Author, and TOY Senior Fellow at Asia Society Switzerland ▶ Bruno Maçães – Author and former Minister of European Affairs of Portugal ▶ Yumiko Murakami – General Partner at MPower Partners Fund L.P. and former head of the OECD Tokyo Centre ▶ Qing Wang – Journalist and Podcaster ▶ Zichen Wang 王子辰 – Research Fellow and Director for International Communications at the Center for China and Globalization More speakers to be announced soon. STATE OF ASIA is the only gathering in Europe to offer a 360-degree assessment of the region. It's a learning journey that will shape your view of Asia for the year to come and help you make sense of the news coming out of Asia, and how they relate to your work. Take advantage of the 15% EARLY BIRD Discount until Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Learn more on our website: https://lnkd.in/ettUpQGa
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Asia Society Switzerland is an independent Swiss non-profit organization dedicated to Asia. Our mission is to foster Asia Competence and prepare Switzerland for a deeper and more sustainable engagement with Asia. We are part of the global Asia Society network with 16 offices around the world, including 7 in Asia. Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller III. Our global network gives us unparalleled access to international speakers and experts on a broad range of Asia issues. Asia Society Switzerland was founded in 2016 and is financed entirely out of Switzerland. We have a dedicated team of 7 people in Zurich, ensuring that our programs are relevant and tailored to a Swiss audience.
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Thanks to those of you who joined us last Tuesday for A Closer Look at Batteries! 🔋 Batteries are considered the fastest-evolving energy source the world has ever seen. As costs sink and technology advances, nations increasingly view batteries as vital for national security and economic competitiveness. If you couldn't be with us live, catch up on what’s happening, and what we can expect from China, Europe, the U.S., South Korea, and Japan. It’s sure to impact what will power your car, gadget, and home in the very near future. 📺 Watch our webcast with experts Duo Fu of Rystad Energy and Marina Zhang of Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney here: https://lnkd.in/dBP2WWEJ 🎧 Or listen to the conversation as an episode of our STATE OF ASIA podcast, available everywhere, and here: https://lnkd.in/dw9jJ4zK This event was organized together with DKSH.
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What can be expected at China’s Third Plenum on July 15–18? Center for China Analysis experts Neil Thomas and Jing Qian analyze the historical context, policy signals, personnel movements, and key documents and conclude that expectations should be modest, but some positive steps are possible. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eBNixyQM Check out some of their key takeaways ⬇ #AsiaSocietyPolicyInstitute #CenterforChinaAnalysis #China #Policy #Economy #Geoeconomics #Geopolitics
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Wie China über Trump denkt, Indiens Aufstieg und Beziehungen zu Russland, die Gefahrenlage in Taiwan, und mehr: Ausführliches Interview mit unserem Asia Society Switzerland TOY Senior Fellow James Crabtree von Philipp Löpfe bei Watson: https://lnkd.in/ejtSJ5SW
«Indien als zweites China zu betrachten, ist weit übertrieben»
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💹 Global investments in batteries have surged eightfold in just five years. ⚡ Demand for battery power is skyrocketing. 🔬 Innovation is on the cusp of a next breakthrough, promising even lower battery prices and higher capacities. 📺 Join us online in a couple of hours, at 12 noon CEST, for A Closer Look at Batteries to hear about all these transformative developments, and how they impact us. Register here: https://lnkd.in/d3VQjFuV With Duo Fu of Rystad Energy and Marina Zhang of the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney.
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The cost of battery power has dropped by 90% since 2010. It explains why batteries increasingly power everything around us. Now, Chinese scientists say they have developed the next generation battery that’s ready to drive your EV and electrify your home at only 10% of current prices. https://lnkd.in/ddm7mvDi Nations increasingly view battery technology as vital for national security and economic competitiveness. Innovations like this will shape new geopolitical relationships and, with that, create opportunity for new dependencies and conflicts. Join us online tomorrow at noon CEST for A Closer Look at Batteries to get the latest on everything around this fast-evolving energy source, with Marina Zhang of the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney and Duo Fu of Rystad Energy. Register: https://lnkd.in/d3VQjFuV This event is organized in partnership with DKSH.
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Announcing the Asia Sustainability Dialogue 2024: Eat the Future. Join us on Thu, Aug 29, in Zurich or online for a morning of insights into how we can shape a sustainable food system. By 2050, there will be almost 2 billion more mouths to feed than today. Our existing food systems just aren't up to the task of adequately feeding billions. But work is being done to come up with solutions at scale. Hear from people at the forefront of food. Find out how we can make sure there's enough food of the right quality for everyone in the long term, without exhausting the planet. Featuring XiuLing 秀玲 GUO 郭 of Nurasa, Marcel Andriesse of Swiss Re, Md Saidul Islam of Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Samuel Goh of The Good Food Institute APAC. More speakers to be announced soon. More info: https://lnkd.in/dZnVZ4h3 Register here: https://lnkd.in/dErmPyJQ This event is organized together with the Swiss Re Institute.
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What an incredible first week of James Crabtree's fellowship! And this is just the beginning. James will be back in Zurich in early October for a Big Picture event with "Age of Vice" author Deepti Kapoor. Tickets are now on sale! ➡ https://lnkd.in/e7DjA8ec In November, he will join us at our flagship conference STATE OF ASIA, where he will speak alongside other experts such as: Adam Tooze, Asia Society President Kyung-wha Kang, Bruno Maçães, Yumiko Murakami, Qing Wang and Zichen Wang 王子辰. More information: https://lnkd.in/ettUpQGa In between, we'll see James online for various meetings and events with Asia Society Switzerland and the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York. Stay tuned. Thank you, James, for kicking off this fellowship with such energy and insight. And a special thank you to Max Burger, Monique Burger and the "Thinking of Yves" Family, Hong Kong, for the generous support!
3 days. 4 roundtables. 2 media interviews. 3 dinners. 8 meetings. And countless cups of Earl Grey tea. It was a delight and a joy to accompany our TOY Senior Fellow James Crabtree his July trip to Zurich. Thanks to James for his insights on everything from the US-China relationship to the Indian economy and beyond. Thanks to UBS Yves-Alain Sommerhalder Julius Baer Christian Cappelli Zurich Insurance Marc Philippe Radice, FRM Matt Holmes Swiss Banking - Schweizerische Bankiervereinigung Roman Studer Vanessa Dubra and SHL Medical Ulrich F. Carl Gillblad for inviting us to exchange thoughts on geopolitics in Asia, and how it affects Europe and Switzerland. Thanks to Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich Daniel Möckli Quentin Merle for a great discussion on security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific. Thanks to Ron Abegglen Prashant Ajitsaria Bruno Basler Anna Bretschneider Daniel Cavegn Daniel Daeniker Hermance de la Bastide Nicola Forster Simona A. Grano Julia Lechbinska Chantal Marquart Randall McGuire Estelle Oltramare 艾黛 Dr. Manuel Rybach Beatriz Sanchez Simon Stocker Rolf Tanner Tobias Tarlosy Eunice Zehnder-Lai and others for joining us for an information-packed lunch roundtable. And many many thanks to Max Burger Monique Burger and the "Thinking of Yves" family for supporting the Fellowship! More about the program here: https://lnkd.in/eXUdHq_n James will continue his whirlwind tour of Europe and Asia, and return in early October with fresh insights!
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Time flew by so fast for our Asia NEXT participants this year. To think that only three weeks ago, we were on a company visit at Julius Baer and listened to a fantastic presentation by Christian Cappelli, Managing Director and Head Asia Switzerland, Serena Wong, Managing Director Senior Advisor for Asia Switzerland, and Eunice Zehnder-Lai, Board Member of Julius Baer and Asia Society Switzerland, about Julius Baer's fascinating history and its current activities in Asia, while last week we already celebrated this year's participants' graduation from the program! What a great journey this has been 🚅 At the graduation, our Asia NEXT participants – now alumni – presented their group work and the results of their reflections over the four months of the program. A warm congratulations to all of our Asia NEXT 2024 graduates! 🎉🎓👏 Simon Binder Maren Bodenschatz Stephan Burger Roger Eichenberger Ivo Fölmli Viviane Gao Daniela Jenni Vijay Jonnalagadda Jasmin Künzle Wen L. Gabriele Mauri Nicoletta Polano Anne-Claire Ramser Roggo Julian Röger Fabienne Rohner Mark Rueegg Jasmin Tobler Christoph Weckerle Frank Wulms We look forward to your continued participation in Asia Society Switzerland events and the Asia NEXT Alumni community. Many exciting opportunities for connection and expansion of your Asia Competence await you in the months and years to come! A big thank you also to our brilliant experts who facilitated the four Asia NEXT sessions, from strategic empathy and macroeconomics to geopolitics and innovation: Bernardino Regazzoni Martin Dusinberre Michael Settelen (孙明夏)Simona A. Grano Patrick Reinmoeller And last but not least: thank you to IMD for the wonderful collaboration on Asia NEXT! 🤝 Asia NEXT will return in 2025 for the employees of Corporate Members and Partners of Asia Society Switzerland. The call for applications will be shared in late 2024. Start preparing for your Asia NEXT journey by learning more about the program on our website today: https://lnkd.in/ea5wcZ9M #AsiaCompetence #AsiaNEXT #Graduation #ExecutiveEducation Nico Luchsinger Madelaine Wiebalck 吳美月 Remko Tanis Émilie Luthringer
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Around the Indo-Pacific in 60 minutes 🌏 Sounds impossible? Not when your speaker is James Crabtree! In just one hour, our new TOY Senior Fellow took us from China and India to Indonesia and the Koreas, showcasing what developments in the region mean for local actors – as well as for all of us here in Europe. During yesterday's closed-door Executive Roundtable we touched on several pressing issues: - What's the future of U.S.-China relations? - What are India's foreign policy goals? - What are Europe's blind spots regarding Asia? - Where does Switzerland fit into the bigger picture? James's insights left us with much food for thought. A big thank you to James for this fantastic discussion – and to all our participants: thank you for your great questions and active participation! Learn more about the TOY Senior Fellowship here: https://lnkd.in/ejfGTMrZ 💡 Want to hear from James directly? Don't miss the STATE OF ASIA Conference on November 7, where James will be speaking alongside further distinguished experts from across the globe. More information here: https://lnkd.in/ettUpQGa
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