Rising Asia, Anxious Europe

Confirmed keynote speakers on the opening day, 2 May 2012:

• Prof. Dr. Peter van der Veer, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
  "Coping with Diversity in Europe, India and China"

• Isabel Hilton, London-based international journalist and broadcaster, Editor of chinadialogue.net
  "Future green superpowers: Chinese competition or cooperation?"

• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Beck, Department of Sociology
  Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich and London School of Economics
  "World at Risk: are Asia and Europe chasing the same dream or nightmare?"

• Prof. Wang Gungwu, Chairman of the East Asian Institute and University Professor, National University of Singapore
  "The China Effect in Asia and Europe"

 Confirmed keynote speaker on 3 May 2012:

• Prof. Aihwa Ong, Socio-Cultural Anthropology and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
  "Science as the Heart of “World-Class” Cities in Asia"