The List

Schools & Families Le Beaumont Language Centre Open Day: enhanced IQ through early language programmes to stimulate brain development, from six weeks to three years. Choice of six languages. Suite 502, Tower One, Admiralty Centre and centres in Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui and Tseung Kwan O. Today, midday-3pm. Tel 2866 2028. Higher & Continuing UK schools information day: Harbour View Room, 3/F, Excelsior Hotel, 281 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay. Tomorrow, 1pm-6pm. Tel 2913 5100; e-mail enquiries@britishcouncil.org.hk Determining operation strategies for service businesses: insights from two simple models. Speaker: Dr Leung Ying-tat, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Centre, San Jose, Califorina. HKUST Dept of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management. O.T. Cheung LT/E, HKUST. Monday, 11am-12.30pm. E-mail imrtam@ust.hk From Hong Kong to Canada: millionaire migrants, transnational circulation and urban transformation. HKUST Division of Social Science seminar. Speaker: Dr David Ley, British ColumbiaU. HSS Conference Room 3362 (lifts 13-15), Academic Building, HKUST. Monday, noon-1.30pm. Tel Peggy, 2358 7822. Embracing the Desired Future: HKIEd Faculty of Professional and Early Childhood Education seminar and open forum. Speakers include Profs Peter Blatchford, LondonU and Lam Chi-chung, HKIEd. Lady Ivy Wu L/T, Room D1-LP-04, HKIEd. Tuesday, 3pm-4.30pm and 5pm-6.30pm respectively. Tel 2948 8862. Studying in Germany: the position of Germany in Europe. CUHK Dept of Linguistics and Modern Languages information briefing. Drs Sylvia Brandt, DAAD/HK and Roland Vogt, HKU. LPN L/T, Y.C. Liang Hall, CUHK. Tuesday, 6.30pm-8pm. Tel 2609 7699. How to apply for entry to selective US colleges and universities: EducationUSA/Institute of International Education seminar. Speakers: admission deans from Amherst and Middlebury colleges and the University of Virginia. Room 202, General Commercial Building, 156-164 Des Voeux Road, Central. Thursday, 5pm-6.30pm. Tel 2603 5771. Managing world cities: a global research initiative 2008-2012. HKU Faculty of Social Sciences. Inaugural ceremony and dinner, Thursday, 7pm-10pm. Conference: Council Chamber, 7/F, Ming Wah Complex, HKU. Friday-Sunday, 9am-6pm. Tel 2859 2985. The global credit crisis: causes and consequences. HKU Faculty of Law seminar. Speaker: Dr Douglas Arner, HKU. Room TS403, 4/F T.T. Tsui Building, HKU. Friday, 12.30pm-1.30pm. Tel 2859 2941. Free culture and free society: can the West love both? HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre inaugural S.P. Lee and W.H. Leung lecture. Speaker Prof Lawrence Lessig, StanfordU. Wang Gungwu Theatre, HKU. Friday, 5pm-6.30pm. E-mail kyliec@hku.hk Inaugural symposium for Family: a Jockey Club initiative for a harmonious society. HKU Dept of Community Medicine. Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, HKU. Next Saturday, 9am-5.30pm. Tel 2819 2841/2824. LingnanU information day: on campus. Next Saturday, 10am-6pm. Tel 2616 8989; www.ln.edu.hk/lingnan_event/lingnan_events.htm/ HKIEd education information day/open house: Tai Po Campus, Next Saturday, 10am-5pm. Tel 2948 6886. Sharing Hong Kong's creativity: launch of Creative Commons Hong Kong: HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre. HKICC/S.K. Lee School of Creativity, 135 Junction Road, Kowloon. Next Saturday, noon-2pm and 3.30-6pm. In Cantonese. E-mail kyliec@hku.hk The economics of climate change: key elements of a global deal. HKU Centre of Development and Resources for Students/HSBC seminar. Speaker: Prof Lord Nicholas Stern. Wang Gungwu Theatre, HKU. Monday, October 27, 2.30pm-3.30pm. Tel 2857 8387. The dilemmas and challenges of producing quality academic writing and publishing: HKBU Faculty of Education seminar. Speaker Prof Barbara Kamler. LG/01, Hui Oi Chow Building, HKU. Monday, October 27, 4pm-5pm. Exhibitions & Events From 30,000ft above: CUHK photographic exhibition. New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library, CUHK. Monday, October 20-November 7. Weekdays 8.20am-10pm, Saturdays until 7pm, Sundays 1pm-7pm. Tel 2609 7655. Transit 2008 exhibition: HKBU Academy of Visual Arts, Kai Tak Campus gallery. Until Friday, 9am-6pm, Mondays to Sundays. Tel 2353 5627. UK education expo: Academic Asia. Hong Kong Conference & Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai. Next Saturday and Sunday, Tel 2833 0919. Transitions: PolyU design month exhibition: School of Design, PolyU Campus and at City Plaza. Until October 31, 9am-10.30pm. Tel 2766 4925. Timeless legacy - the Mok family collections: CUHK Art Museum exhibitions. Art Museum Gallery I. Until November 1. [2] Heavenly Splendour - the Edrina collection of Ming and Qing imperial costumes: AM Gallery III. Until November 1. [3] Heavenly steeds - horses in Chinese art: AM Gallery II. Until January 31. [4] Excitement of digging in Hong Kong: CUHK Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Arts. AM Gallery IV. Until July 31. All 10am-5pm. Tel 2609 7416.