International and Regional Organization

	Mr Michael TYRALA, Research Degree student, co-authored a paper for the "Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD" titled "The G20/OECD Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Package - Assessment by the TUAC Secretariat". The paper provides a detailed assessment and critique of the OECD's BEPS project, which represents the most far reaching attempt to reform the international corporate tax system to date, but is fraught with a number of serious shortcomings. (27 Jun 2016, Monday, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD)
	Mr Michael TYRALA, Research Degree student, co-authored a paper for the "Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD" titled "The Case for Making Country-by-Country Reporting Public". The paper provides an analysis of the OECD's BEPS Action 13, the most revolutionary of a new batch of transparency provisions aimed at multinational enterprises, and argues that the benefits of making such reports public far surpass any potential risks. (26 Jun 2016, Sunday, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD)
	Dr CHAN Yuk Wah and Ms Gloria KO, Former Head of the HK Office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), edited a Post-Symposium Report, an outcome of the 2014 'Symposim on Labour Migration and Migratory Experiences in Asia'. (10 Mar 2016, Thursday, International Organization for Migration)
	Prof Mark R THOMPSON, acting head of AIS, gave the keynote speech "Learning Authoritarian Modernity" at the Asian Political and International Studies (APISA) Conference, New Authoritarianism in Asia, co-hosted by the Fredrich Ebert Stiftung at the Ewha Womans University on 4 March 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. (4 Mar 2016, Friday, Ewha Womans University)
	Prof Mark R THOMPSON, acting head of AIS, gave an invited seminar at the East Asia Foundation "Switching Sides: China, the US, and Political Change in Southeast Asia" on 3 March 2016. (3 Mar 2016, Thursday, East Asia Foundation)
	Dr CHOI Nankyung delivered an invited talk at the Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians workshop on "Youth and Politics in Asia," which looks at the opportunities and challenges that today's Asian youth and young political leaders face when it comes to politics and recommends specific areas and approaches to counter these challenges from 22 - 26 February 2016. (22 Feb 2016, Monday, Konrad Adenauer School for Young Politicians)
	Dr Jonathan LONDON, Dr Nicholas THOMAS and Dr Bradley WILLIAMS participated as guest speakers in a simulation event on the South China Sea maritime dispute organised by the Hong Kong-America Center on 24 January 2015. (24 Jan 2015, Saturday, Hong Kong-America Center )
	Dr Jonathan LONDON Consultancies with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Current Work: Education, Health, and Challenges to Inclusive Growth in Vietnam (28 Nov 2014, Friday, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)) On the top of this high-level UN consulting, Dr Jonathan London runs tow two blogs addressing politics and society in Vietnam. These include an eponymous English language blog and Xin lỗi Ông (‘Excuse me Sir’) the first and only political blog written by a foreign in Vietnamese. The blog have powerfully demonstrated the influence of new media. Since establishing the blogs in 2013, Dr London’s blogging has registered millions of page views, both through the main sites (60,000 views and 300,000 since 2014) and numerous aggregating sites in Vietnam and overseas that feature his writing. The blogs have been directly quoted by leading newspapers, such as The Wall Street Journal.
	Dr CHAN Yuk Wah conducted a Symposium entitled “Labour Migration and Migratory Experiences in Asia” from 6 – 7 October 2014 in City University of Hong Kong. The event was co-organized with International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Network for Asian Migration Research (NAMS). (6 Oct 2014, Monday, International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Network for Asian Migration Research (NAMS))