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Mr. Oplas with officers and members of Rotary Club of Rizal South West, RI D3830 after he gave a talk on "Global cooling vs Global money and power" last May 28, 2009, Heritage Hotel, Manila. To Mr. Oplas' right is club President Lynette Velasco and Past President Maritoni Gonzales.
Mr. Oplas attended the Atlas Liberty Forum in Los Angeles, April 24-25, 2009. In the picture, left to right, were Mr. Oplas; Peter Holle of FCCP, Canada; Jo Kwong, VP of Atlas, USA; Margaret Tse of IL, Brazil; and Xingyuan Feng of CIPA, China. Nearly 300 participants from more than 30 countries came.
Mr. Oplas giving a talk on "Global cooling reality vs Global warming politics" at the joint meeting of the Rotary Club of Makati McKinley (RCMM) and Rotary Club of Taguig-Fort Bonifacio, April 22, 2009. Looking on were RCMM President Bing Icamina, Manila Observatory Executive Director Toni Loyzaga (black suit facing the projector), and D3830 Asst. Governor Jay Tambunting.
Mr. Oplas in his talk last March 27 on "The Sun vs CO2". The event was sponsored by the Economics Department, DLSU, Manila.
Mr. Oplas with President Vaclav Klaus of Czech Republic. during the 2nd International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) sponsored by Heartland Institute, March 8-10, 2009, New York City. President Klaus was signing his book, “Blue Planet in Green Shackles (What is Endangered: Climate or Freedom?)” after delivering his Keynote Speech, March 8.
MG Thinkers President, Nonoy Oplas, delivering a talk on "Crippled capitalism or bail-out statism" before cooperative leaders, December 2008, Antipolo City, south of Manila. The event was sponsored by the Tagalog Cooperative Development Center (TAGCODEC).
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) held its "Congress Briefing on the Global IT Industry" last December 3, 2008 at Edsa Shangrila Hotel. MG Thinkers President, Nonoy Oplas, was one of five speakers. He presented a paper, "ICT in the Philippines: Growth Amidst Mixed Government Intervention" (http://www.minimalgovernment.net
/media/mg_20081203.pdf). Looking on was Mr. Michael Mudd, CompTIA's Director of Public Policy, Asia-Pacific.
MG Thinkers President, Nonoy Oplas, attended the international seminar on "Local Government and Civil Society" last October 26 to November 2, 2008, at the International Academy for Leadership (IAF) by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF), Gummersbach, Germany. He was the only Filipino among 23 foreign participants from four continents -- Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America.
Dr. Emmanuel Lopez, Chairman, Department of Social Sciences, University of Santo Tomas (UST), ManilaMr. Alec van Gelder, Network Director, International Policy Network (IPN), London, UK; and Mr. Barun Mitra, Director, Liberty Institute, New Delhi, India. They were the speakers in the symposium, "Rule of law and Entrepreneurship: Where is the limit to State Intervention?" held last September 17, 2008 morning, at the UST. The event was jointly sponsored by the Social Research Center (SRC), Social Science Department, UST, and MG Thinkers.
"PDE-MG Thinkers symposium on 'Improving access to health'. From left to right: Nonoy Oplas, President of MG Thinkers, Alec van Gelder of IPN, Barun Mitra of Liberty Institute, Dr. Aleli Kraft of UPSE, and Dr. Rene Azurin of UP CBA, program MC and forum moderator."
IPN-MG Symposium on "Intellectual property, innovation and health", Sept. 2007, Manila Hotel. From left to right are Dr. Epictetus Patalinghug, forum moderator; Prof. Bibek Debroy of IMD, Delhi, India, Dir. Philip Stevens of IPN, London, and Mr. Oplas, MG President.
Mr. Oplas with Mr. Masaru Uchiyama, President of the Japanese for Tax Reforms (JTR), and Mr. Alejandro Chafuen, President and CEO of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, during the Atlas Liberty Forum in Atlanta, April 2008.
