FWA WINTECH Series - Why Connectivity is Destiny
Date: 5 December 2016
Time: 12.00-1.30pm
Venue:
Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited
23 Church Street, #06-01
Capital Square One
Singapore, 049481
Itinerary:
12.00-12.30 pm: Registrations, lunch and networking
12.30-12.40 pm: Introductory speeches
12.40-1.15 pm: Dr Parag Khanna on “Connectivity is Destiny”
1.15-1.30 pm: Fireside Chat with Dr Parag Khanna
1.30pm: Close of event
FWA thanks Aberdeen for sponsoring the venue and lunch.
With technological progress and globalization sweeping across the globe, we have to look at the world in new lenses. Through old frames, we cannot fully envision new realities. As the world keeps changing, what is involved in reframing such a world?
Why Connectivity is Destiny
One of the most often quoted adages in the social sciences is the notion that “geography is destiny.” Now it is all but obsolete. Due to an unprecedented infrastructural expansion that began in the 20th century and is surging into the 21st century, connectivity has become our destiny. Transportation, energy and communications networks are the new foundation of global order in a world that will increasingly be shaped by urban nodes than nations.
Given the emergence of fintech and the disruption that it has caused in the financial services, FWA has started a series of talks on Fintech. Our latest on this was in September with the topic on Women in Fintech: Opportunities, Threats and The Way Forward which had overwhelming responses.
FWA Singapore and Aberdeen Asset Management are delighted to host Dr. Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow, Centre on Asia and Globalization, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS to a “TED-talk" style sharing, followed by a question & answer.
Speaker’s Bio:
Parag Khanna holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He is the author of Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016), Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012), How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008).
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. In 2008, Parag was named one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,” and featured in WIRED magazine’s “Smart List”. He has traveled to more than 100 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum."
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