Hong Kong 2009 Annual Dinner

Over 600 guests attended the Hong Kong Center's 2009 Annual Dinner, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on September 28, 2009. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
Featured speaker Nassim Nicholas Taleb gave a talk entitled "The Elephant in the Room Is Still There." (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
L to R: John Leigh, Robert Miller, and Michael Palin of EFG Hong Kong. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
In keeping with Hong Kong Annual Dinner tradition, local students, seated onstage with Nassim Nicholas Taleb, attended as guests. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
L to R: Shigekazu Sato, Consul-General of Japan in Hong Kong, Mrs. and Mr. Ronnie Chan, and guest. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
L to R: Asia Society Hong Kong Center Chairman Ronnie Chan, Susan Wong, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, and Brandon Yarckin. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
L to R: Christopher Marut and Mrs. and Mr. Richard Mueller. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
Max Burger of Apax Hong Kong was among those who listened to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's talk. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
Michael Palin (L) and Sanford Yung (R). (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
L to R: Victoria Alora, Hans Kothuis, and James Convery. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
A local student (R) poses a question for Nassim Nicholas Taleb. (Asia Society Hong Kong Center)
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HONG KONG, September 28, 2009 - More than 600 guests arrived at the Grand Hyatt Hotel for the Asia Society Hong Kong Center's 2009 Annual Dinner. The gala event attracted local luminaries from the worlds of politics and finance, and the featured speaker was Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the contrarian intellectual whose book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable has been a worldwide bestseller translated into several languages. Nassim's talk, "The Elephant in the Room is Still There," delivered a stinging critique of both the global banking industry and the US government's response to the worldwide financial meltdown.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Elephant in the Room (event summary)
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