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CREATED:20210416T085754
SUMMARY:China & the Arctic: A View to 2050
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: justify;">The University of Hong Kong's Department of
  Geography is pleased to invite you to attend a <strong>Symposium on 22 &am
 p; 23 April</strong> (Thursday &amp; Friday) as follows:</p><p style="text-
 align: justify;"><strong>22 April 2021 (Thursday) 16:30-17:45 HKT</strong><
 /p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Panel Discussion: </strong></p><
 p style="text-align: justify;">Hong Kong’s Arctic Connections</p><p style="
 text-align: justify;">Mixed mode (Face-to-face in Map Library + via Zoom)</
 p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Speakers</strong></p><p style="te
 xt-align: justify;">Mr. Mark AGNEW</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Outdo
 or and extreme sports editor, SCMP</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Plann
 ing to row the Northwest Passage in 2022<br /><br /></p><p style="text-alig
 n: justify;">Mr. CHU Kee-duen</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sailed fro
 m Hong Kong to the Northwest Passage in 2016</p><p style="text-align: justi
 fy;"><br />Dr. Pavel TOROPOV</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Guided two 
 Chinese tourist expeditions to the South Pole and one to the North Pole</p>
 <p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Dr. Rebecca WONG</p><p style="text-al
 ign: justify;">Department of Social &amp; Behavioural Sciences, City Univer
 sity of Hong Kong</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Expert in mammoth and 
 elephant ivory trade<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong
 >Moderator</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Mia BENNETT</p><
 p style="text-align: justify;">Department of Geography, The University of H
 ong Kong<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Abstract</s
 trong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Join us for a discussion panel fe
 aturing scholars and practitioners in Hong Kong with a wide range of polar 
 experiences and plans, from sailing and rowing the Northwest Passage to gui
 ding Chinese tourists in Antarctica. Mr CHU Kee Duen, an experienced sailor
 , will share experiences and photographs from his voyage from Hong Kong to 
 the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic in 2016, which made him the fi
 rst Hong Kong Chinese to ever sail through its treacherous waters. Mr Mark 
 AGNEW, Outdoor and Extreme Sports Editor at the South China Morning Post, w
 ill reveal his plans to row the same passage in 2022, while also delving in
 to the climate change that will make his journey more feasible than ever be
 fore. Dr Pavel TOROPOV, a freelance writer based in the HKU Research Divisi
 on of Ecology and Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, will refl
 ect on his time guiding Chinese tourists to the North and South Poles. Dr W
 ONG Rebecca Wing-Yee will offer her insights into the mammoth ivory trade a
 nd how this little-studied industry connects Hong Kong to Siberia and beyon
 d.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The panel is a featured event within 
 the <strong>China and the Arctic: A View to 2050 </strong>symposium jointly
  organized by the University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University. Funding f
 or the symposium has been generously provided by the University Grants Comm
 ittee’s Research Grants Council. The symposium is also a part of the <a hre
 f="https://www.uarctic.org/organization/thematic-networks/the-arctic-in-asi
 a-and-asia-in-the-arctic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UArctic Thematic 
 Network on the Arctic in Asia, Asia in the Arctic</a>. Please find more inf
 ormation about the symposium here: <a href="https://www.china-arctic.net" t
 arget="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.china-arctic.net</a>.</p><p style
 ="text-align: justify;">Panel Registration: <a href="https://hkuems1.hku.hk
 /hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&amp;ueid=74573" target="_blank" rel="noopen
 er">https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&amp;ueid=74573</a
 >. Registration (in person) is first-come-first served and the quota is onl
 y available for 15 persons. When the quota is full, participants will be in
 vited to attend via Zoom.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><
 strong>23 April 2021 (Friday) 09:30-17:30 HKT</strong></p><p style="text-al
 ign: justify;"><strong>Science&nbsp;Sessions</strong></p><p style="text-ali
 gn: justify;">Mixed mode (Face-to-face in HKU Meng Wah 103&nbsp;+ via Zoom)
 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">09:30-09:45&nbsp; Opening remarks: Chin
 a looks to the Arctic</p><p style="text-align: justify;">09:45-11:05&nbsp; 
 The Arctic Ocean: Past, present &amp; future</p><p style="text-align: justi
 fy;">11:30-12:50&nbsp; Chinese science &amp; forecasting in Greenland and t
 he Arctic</p><p style="text-align: justify;">14:00-15:00&nbsp; Climate chan
 ge and governance in the Third Pole</p><p style="text-align: justify;">15:1
 5-16:35&nbsp; China's northern gaze: Geopolitics, economics, &amp; imaginar
 ies</p><p style="text-align: justify;">16:45-17:30&nbsp; Extending the Pola
 r Silk Road: Future directions for collaboration &amp; publication</p><p st
 yle="text-align: justify;">For registration and more information, please vi
 sit <a href="https://www.china-arctic.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener">h
 ttps://www.china-arctic.net</a></p>
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