We are pleased to announce that Aung San Suu Kyi will be joining the Rotary Global Peace Forum as the keynote speaker on Saturday, January 26. The keynote session will begin at 6:00 p.m. If you are not registered to attend, you may purchase a stand-alone ticket for this session.
Biography
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is a Member of Parliament of the Union of Burma. As a founding member of the National League for Democracy in 1988, she served as General Secretary of the party through 2011. The following year, she was elected Chairperson as the party re-registered.
Daw Suu holds a Master’s degree from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi, India, and pursued graduate studies at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford University and the London School of Oriental and African Studies in the United Kingdom.
Early in her career, Daw Suu worked in the office of the United Nations Secretariat in New York and was a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for South East Asian Studies at Kyoto University and the Indian Institute for Advanced Studies in Simla.
Following her return to Burma in 1988 and winning the election by popular vote, she was placed under house arrest until 1995, and again during 2000 to 2002 and 2003 to 2010.
Daw Suu has received more than 120 awards and honors internationally, including:
Watch the 2012 BBC Documentary, “Aung San Suu Kyi: The Choice”
Click here to read a full description of the documentary.
Susan Pirsch
November 19, 2012 at 1:21 pmAloha,
Am interested in finding out how much a stand alone ticket for the Keynote speaker is.
Cannot find the information here on the website
Liz
November 21, 2012 at 2:33 pmDear Susan,
Look under the Meals tab. The standalone ticket price for the keynote speaker dinner is $200.
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Jane Yamashiro
November 28, 2012 at 6:19 amI tried to sign up for the event under the meals tab, and it stated that I was not able to purchase an add on meal without purchasing the registration package. There are a number of us who want to attend the dinner only. Is this possible?
Liz
November 30, 2012 at 6:13 pmDear Jane,
It looks as though you have successfully purchased a ticket for the dinner. Please let us know if you have any other questions.
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Leon Watson
December 21, 2012 at 12:03 pmI am interested in contacting and meeting with other Rotary Fellowship Alumni while you are here in Hawaii. The forum looks too expensive for me, but I would like to participate formally in any alumni activities, or plan something informally. We can organize a meeting of Rotary graduate fellows alumni ho are here in hawaii would be glad to organize it. Please contact me at intleon@hotmail.com Let me know how we can do this…
C. Nakasato
December 22, 2012 at 11:42 am1. how much are the stand alone tickets for saturday’s celebration dinner to hear aung san suu kyi?
2. do we need to pay the $300 registration fee if we just want to attend the $200 celebration dinner and hear aung san suu kyi?
thank you.
ini essien
December 25, 2012 at 2:39 ami have registered for the forum, pls can you confirm whether my registration covers the keynote session, if not pls how much more do i need to pay to cover the session. i really want to attend the keynote session.
Jorge Vega
January 4, 2013 at 5:02 pmI liked participated in this Forum with my wife Sonia Cancino