
Pacific Asian Lecture Series (PALS)
All PALS lectures are FREE and open to the public. Lectures will be held at the Shidler College of Business (BusAd G-102) from 4:15–5:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served in the Shidler Faculty Lounge (BusAd D-207) from 5:30–6:15 p.m. Download this schedule [PDF - 145KB].
| June 2 |
Malcolm Dowling
Formerly with the Asian Development Bank and currently with the UH Department of Economics
Asia and the Global Economic Downturn
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| June 9 |
Thomas Schroeder
Associate Professor and Department Chair, UH Meteorology Department
Insurance Is a Global Business: From the U.S. to the Caymans to the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and beyond (The Evolution of Natural Hazard Risk Modeling)
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| June 16 |
Robert C. Howe
CFA, Akamai Pan-Asia Fund & Geomatrix “HK” Ltd., Hong Kong
Learning from the Japanese: What Works, What Doesn’t in a Financial Crisis
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| June 23 |
Lee Endress
Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu
Economics and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| July 14 |
Philip Sugai
Dean and Professor of Marketing, International University of Japan
The Six Immutable Laws of a Mobile Business
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| July 21 |
Rene Haak
Ministry of Education and Research, Germany
China, Japan and Germany: Innovation and Cluster Management Against the Global Crisis (Who is learning management from whom?)
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| July 28 |
John Holman
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Honolulu
From the Big Island to South Africa, Molokai to France, and the North Shore to Russia: Connecting Hawaii with the World
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