From: Lusina Ho
<lusinaho@hku.hk>
Sent: Thursday
15 August 2024 07:38
To: obligations
Subject: Trusts,
Wealth Management, and Philanthropy Conference - July 2025
Dear All,
We
are pleased to announce that the Trusts, Wealth Management and Philanthropy Conference
2025 will be held at
The University of Hong Kong on 3-4 July 2025. The event is co-organised by the
Yong Pung How Law School of Singapore Management University, York Law School,
and HKU Faculty of Law. The Conference marks the 10th anniversary of the
conference series by the same name.
The
2025 Conference will focus on Trust and Innovative Philanthropy, exploring key
themes such as:
1.
Innovations and Developments in Chinese Charity Law;
2.
New Perspectives in Philanthropy - e.g., novel research and practices in the
philanthropic sector which provide impactful perspectives on philanthropic
models, strategies and policies; and
3.
Responsible investing - e.g., the development, trends and challenges of
responsible investment practices including ethical investing and impact
investing.
There
will be keynote addresses by:
Dr
Ruth Shapiro, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of the Centre for Asian
Philanthropy and Society,
Prof
Dana Brakman Reiser, Brooklyn Law School,
Prof
Matthew Harding, Melbourne Law School, and
Prof
Jin Jinping, Peking University Faculty of Law.
To
present at the Conference, please submit a working title and an abstract (of no
more than 150 words) by 15
October 2024to Trust2025@hku.hk. A selection of the papers
will be published as a symposium in the Hong Kong Law Journal. There are no
speaker registration fees for those whose papers are accepted by this
conference. Speakers and attendees are expected to meet their own travel costs
and accommodation.
For
enquiries about the conference, please write to Trust2025@hku.hk.
Yours,
Conference
Convenors