BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Singapore BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20000101T000000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=1 TZNAME:+08 TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20261012T084027Z - 12603@fwa DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20161205T120000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Singapore:20161205T133000 CREATED:20261012T084027Z DESCRIPTION:FWA WINTECH Series - Why Connectivity is Dest iny\nFWA 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: Introdu ctory speeches 12.40-1.15 pm: Dr Parag Khanna on “Connectivity is Destin y” 1.15-1.30 pm: Fireside Chat with Dr Parag Khanna 1.30pm: Close of eve nt FWA thanks Aberdeen for sponsoring the venue and lunch. With technologi cal 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 reframin g such a world? Why Connectivity is Destiny One of the most often quoted a dages in the social sciences is the notion that “geography is destiny. ” Now it is all but obsolete. Due to an unprecedented infrastructural ex pansion that began in the 20th century and is surging into the 21st centur y\, connectivity has become our destiny. Transportation\, energy and commu nications networks are the new foundation of global order in a world that will increasingly be shaped by urban nodes than nations. Given the emergen ce of fintech and the disruption that it has caused in the financial servi ces\, 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 Ab erdeen Asset Management are delighted to host Dr. Parag Khanna\, Senior Re search Fellow\, Centre on Asia and Globalization\, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy\, NUS to a “TED-talk" style sharing\, followed by a questi on & answer. Speaker’s Bio: Parag Khanna holds a PhD from the London Sch ool of Economics and Bachelors and Masters degrees from the School of Fore ign [...] DTSTAMP:20261012T084027Z LOCATION:Financial Women's Association (Singapore)\, 111 North Bridge Road\ ,\, #21-01 Peninsula Plaza\,\, Singapore 179098\, Singapore SUMMARY:FWA WINTECH Series - Why Connectivity is Destiny END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR