China’s Rise and the Global Order

josette_sheeran_smallAsia Society at the National Library of Australia

Josette Sheeran, President and CEO, Asia Society

4pm-5pm, Thursday 25 February 2016
Theatre, Lower Ground 1, National Library of Australia, Canberra

Asia Society Australia and the National Library of Australia have partnered to present a program of events on China during the exhibition Celestial Empire: Life in China 1644-1911.

In the first event, Josette Sheeran, the seventh president and CEO of Asia Society will discuss how China’s ascendency is transforming the global order.

Josette Sheeran is responsible for leading and advancing Asia Society’s work throughout the U.S., Australia, Asia and Europe, and across the disciplines of arts and culture, policy and business, and education. She is an outstanding global leader who previously served as the Vice-Chair of the World Economic Forum, head of the UN World Food Programme, and the Deputy US Trade Representative.

More information and registration: http://www.nla.gov.au/node/8884