UPDATE: Change of speaker.
I have organized a luncheon gathering on the future of media in Asia timed to coincide with The Society of Publishers in Asia 2008 Awards for Editorial Excellence dinner in Hong Kong. Reserve soon if you want to attend this luncheon, as space is extremely limited.
In addition to those in town from across Asia, the distinguished panelists include:
Anna Chan - Head of Search, Asia Pacific, Universal McCann who oversees the development and effectiveness of Universal McCann search activities for clients such as Microsoft, Xbox, Nortel, MasterCard, UPS, and Tiffany.
Torie Henderson – Hong Kong-based Managing Director of OMD International, who will speak about Asia’s latest advertising trends, developments and innovations.
Angela Mackay – Hong Kong-based Executive Director of FT who leads the Asia commercial operations and sits on the FT management board, will share her insights on the future trends in traditional print and online business in the face of new media era.
Felix Soh – Singapore-based Director of the Straits Times’ RazorTV will give the first public demonstration of paper’s soon-to-be-launched live interactive Internet TV.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
12:30pm for 12:45 pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Talk
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong
1st Floor, North Block, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong
$400 per person
Co-sponsored by The Society of Publishers in Asia, the Asia Digital Marketing Association and the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong, the luncheon will take place at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club.
Sincerely,
Thomas Crampton
Event organizer and convenor
David Ketchum
Chair, ADMA
Alan Lammin
Chair, SOPA
Ø SOPA and ADMA members should reserve via their organizations.
Ø FCC members contact (852) 2521 1511 or email concierge @ fcchk. org.
Ø Confirmation will be sent once booking is accepted. If you do not receive a confirmation within two working days, please contact FCC Reception at: (852) 2521-1511 or email to: concierge @ fcchk. org.
Ø Please advise if any vegetarian meal is required.
Ø No cancellations accepted after noon on Friday May 30.
http://www.thomascrampton.com/media/sopa-adma-foma-fcc-lunch-awards-internet-trends-asia/trackback/
Looks good Thomas. How do we reserve a ticket?
Tom, sorry not to get back to you about this. Good luck, and hope it goes well. Felix spoke to my online course and has some interesting stuff to show.
Looks interesting Tom. I’m curious though why you chose only people from MSM and Corporate Land to lead this conversation about the future. Is it because you see the future of media in Asia to be largely in the hands of existing media brands and corporate entities rather than by grassroots bloggers or startups?

Rebecca,
Yes, the idea was specifically to look at some of the established players to see their perspective.
As incumbents, they will play an important role in the future of media, even if that role is diminished from the past.
In future gatherings, I hope to take a bottom-up approach.
Tom
On the topic of Lunches… we just started up Lunch 2.0 Hong Kong
Lunch 2.0 Hong Kong - is a monthly meeting of Hong Kong based Web 2.0 entrepreneurs to network, get to know each other and discuss the issues facing the local & global Internet, Technology & Mobile marketplace
Lunch 2.0 Hong Kong - 是提供给在香港从事web2.0研究的企业家们一个相互交流、共同探讨香港本土互联网发展和移动市场发展前景的盛会。
Read about us in the WSJ:
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and the SF Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/25/MNG6EQ1ID81.DTL
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how do we reserve a seat for lunch?
@Jessica: Contact information for the FCC is at the bottom of the posting.
Lonnie and I volunteer to be someone from the bottom-up. We’ll call to register from our pre-paid SIM cards and 1995 phones. Please don’t send us any important info via traditional media as the delivery fan loses his way out here in the sticks of South China. Are there “special blogger” seats at the back for us if we come?
Really though, it was a great idea to put this on, and we look forward to this event.