FAQs
1. When is the Asia Leadership Roundtable 2019?2. When is the Opening Dinner of Asia Leadership Roundtable 2019?
3. Where is it being held and where will participants stay?
4. Do I need a visa to visit China?
5. How will we get from the airport to the conference hotel/venue?
6. How do I book a hotel room?
7. Who is sponsoring the Asia Leadership Roundtable 2019?
8. Who is attending?
9. What are the goals of the Roundtable?
10. Do I need to write a paper for the Roundtable?
11. Will I make a presentation of my paper?
12. When is my paper due?
13. Will there be visual audio aids for presentation?
14. What will be the weather in Guilin?
15. What is the contact number and e-mail for the Roundtable?
16. How should we dress for the Roundtable?
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| Meetings: Sunday -Tuesday, March 10-12,2019 Sunday : 6:15 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (optional self-financed dinner) Monday: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tuesday: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
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| 2. | When is the Opening Dinner of Asia Leadership Roundtable 2019? | ||||
| Sunday, March 10, 2019, 6:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Optional) | |||||
| 3. | Where is it being held and where will participants stay? | ||||
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| 4. | Do I need a visa to visit China? | ||||
| A citizen of Singapore, Brunei or Japan with an ordinary passport is exempted from a visa if he or she visits China's mainland for tourism, business, or meeting with friends or relatives, and if he or she enters China through ports open to foreigners, and stays for no more than 15 days. However, most foreign nationals are required to obtain a visa when entering China. There are a very few situations where no visa is required. For participants who are passport holders of the following countries / societies, please visit respective websites below: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Nigeria, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Algeria, South Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom http://www.visaforchina.org/ Switzerland http://ch.china-embassy.org/fra/lsfw/visa/ Norway http://www.chinese-embassy.no/eng/lsfw_9/qz/t1572950.htm Chile http://cl.chineseembassy.org/esp/lsfw/qzfw/ Israel http://il.chineseembassy.org/eng/lsfw/visa/ Vietnam http://vn.chineseembassy.org/eng//lsyw/t1287210.htm USA http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/visas/hrsq/ Taiwan http://www.gwytb.gov.cn/wl/zcfg_43785/l_43904/201312/t20131230_5451178.htm The APEC Business Travel Card is a substitute of a multiple-entry visa valid for 3 years or 5 years. A card holder who presents a valid passport whose image and biographic data exactly matches that on the APEC Business Travel Card can enter China multiple times during the validity of the card for a stay of 2 to 3 months for each entry. For Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents (港澳居民來往內地通行證) holders, please make sure your permit is valid during the whole visit period. |
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| 5. | How will we get from the airport to the conference hotel/venue? | ||||
| Please visit the Venue, Accommodation & Transportation section of this site. |
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| 6. | How do I book a hotel room? | ||||
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Unless otherwise advised in advance, your room bill for March 10th and March 11th will be covered by the Roundtable. You will be responsible for all other expenses incurred. You will be able to settle the payment with your credit card. Extension of stay at the conference hotel, please contact the APCLC at (852) 2948 6257 or Email: apclc@eduhk.hk. |
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| 7. | Who is sponsoring the Asia Leadership Roundtable 2019? | ||||
| The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC) The Education University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education Guangxi Normal University |
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| 8. | Who is attending? | ||||
| Participation is by-invitation only, and limited to 60+ scholars, scholar-practitioners, training managers, policymakers, and principals from 17 countries / societies in the region and beyond. Thus far we have received 60+ confirmations from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Israel, Turkey, Chile, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. | |||||
| 9. | What are the goals of the Roundtable? | ||||
Our goals for the Roundtable 2019 are:
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| 10. | Do I need to write a paper for the Roundtable? | ||||
| We do not require participants to submit formal papers for the Asia Leadership Roundtable 2019, but we highly encourage you to submit formal papers for the conference. Upon your permission, the APCLC and the Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University might publish them in e-conference proceeding and / or APCLC Monograph series. We request that participants submit papers from 1,500 to 5,000 words in length. Topic should revolve around "The First Decade of Asian Research on School Leadership in a Global Context". Please visit the Call for Papers of this site. |
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| 11. | Will I make a presentation of my paper? | ||||
| Participants will not present their papers. The format of the meeting emphasizes interaction, not academic paper presentation. | |||||
| 12. | When is my paper due? | ||||
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If you choose to submit a paper, the schedule is as follows. -The abstract is due on January 30, 2019. -Draft paper is due on March 11, 2019, if possible. -The full paper is due on June 30, 2019. |
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| 13. | Will there be visual audio aids for presentation? | ||||
| For the Keynote Speeches, computer generated projectors will be provided. During the working session(s) of Roundtable (March 11, 2019), poster papers and markers will be provided. If you want us to print any handouts or poster for you, please send to us (apclc@eduhk.hk) no later than February 21, 2019. |
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| 14. | What will be the weather in Guilin? | ||||
| The weather is still cool and damp in the first month of spring. With significant temperature difference between day and night in Guilin in March, the average highest and lowest temperature are 17°C & 12°C respectively. Expect 137 mm of rainfall across the whole of March with 19 days with occasional rain falling. Remember to bring warm clothes such as a coat, thick trousers, a hat, gloves, and also an umbrella or rain gear since it rains often. You'll need waterproof shoes for walking in wet weather. |
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| 15. | What is the contact number and e-mail for the Roundtable? | ||||
| General Enquiry | |||||
| Telephone: +852 2948 6257 or 9759 1649 (Hong Kong) +86 185 14691470 (Guilin during March 10-12, 2019) |
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| Facsimile: +852 2948 8634 |
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| Email: apclc@eduhk.hk |
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