Wednesday 3 December 2008 - Beijing, China |
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| 17.00- 19.00 |
Forum Pre-Registration | ||
| 19.00- 20.30 |
Welcome Speakers Dinner (Invitation-only) | ||
Thursday 4 December 2008 - Beijing, China |
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| 07.45 | Forum Registration | ||
| 08.45 | Welcome Remarks Michael Toedman, Vice-President, International Managing Director, BusinessWeek, United Kingdom Forum Moderator Lorraine Hahn, International Broadcast Presenter, Hong Kong |
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| 09.00 | Plenary 1 Finding New Sources for Global Growth: Managing Economic Slowdown and Geopolitical Transformation Dialogue Moderator: Bruce Einhorn, Asia Regional Editor, BusinessWeek, Hong Kong Dialogue Panel: Wim Elfrink, Executive Vice-President, Cisco Services and Chief Globalization Officer, Cisco, United States Joseph Fuller, Chief Executive Officer, The Monitor Group, United States Lin Zuoming, President, China Aviation Industry Corporation, People’s Republic of China |
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| 10.15 | Conversation Break | ||
| 10.45 | Plenary 2 The CEO Leadership Challenge: Providing Clarity and Confidence Dialogue Panel: Gregory Balestrero, President and CEO, Project Management Institute, United States Strive Masiyiwa, Executive Chairman, Econet Wireless International, South Africa Shivinder Mohan Singh, CEO & Managing Director, Fortis Healthcare, India |
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| 12.00 | Plenary 3 Competition or Cooperation? Delivering Results in China and India Dialogue Moderator: Dexter (Tiff) Roberts, Asia News Editor/China Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek, People’s Republic of China Dialogue Panel: Michael Barbalas, President, American Chamber of Commerce, People’s Republic of China Chiang Hsien, Head, Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) Business, Allianz Global Investors Asia Pacific, People’s Republic of China Dr. Liu Jiren, Chairman & CEO, Neusoft Corporation, People’s Republic of China Alan Rosling, Executive Director, Tata Sons Limited, India Wong Wai Ming, Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Lenovo Group, Hong Kong Dr. Zhu Min, Group Executive Vice-President, Bank of China, People’s Republic of China |
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| 13.15 | Networking Lunch Hosted by: China Aviation Industry Corporation |
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| 14.15 | Plenary 4 Making Talent a Passion: Retaining People, Thriving on Diversity Dialogue Moderator: Bruce Einhorn, Asia Regional Editor, BusinessWeek, Hong Kong Dialogue Panel: Tony Tan Caktiong, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Jollibee Foods Corporation, Philippines Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid, Chairman, Malaysia Airlines System, Malaysia Dee Poon, Founder, dysemevas, Hong Kong |
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| 15.15 | Conversation Break | ||
| 15.45 | Plenary 5 Putting Innovation to Work: Fueling Your Idea Factory Dialogue Moderator: David Rocks, Senior Editor, Global News, BusinessWeek, United States Dialogue Panel: Dave Allan, Co-Founder, ?What If!, United Kingdom Lyndon Neri, Founding Partner, Neri & Hu Design and Research Office (NHDRO), People’s Republic of China Yong Tao, Founder and Chairman, Strategic Decision Resources Group, People’s Republic of China Dr. Zhang Ya-Qin, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation, Chairman, Microsoft China R&D Group (CRD), People’s Republic of China |
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| 17.00 | Plenary 6 The Sustainable Enterprise: Fuel, Food and the Green Imperative Dialogue Moderator: Bruce Einhorn, Asia Regional Editor, BusinessWeek, Hong Kong Dialogue Panel: Mark Daniell, Chairman, The Cuscaden Group, Singapore Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director, General Motors China Group, People’s Republic of China Marjorie Yang, Chairman, Esquel Group, Hong Kong |
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| 18.00 | Closing Address China’s Economic Reform & Open Door Policy: 30 Years On and Looking Ahead Sun Xiaohua, Vice-President, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce China, People’s Republic of China |
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| 18.15 | Close of Forum | ||
| Note: Agenda is subject to constant development to ensure issues covered are timely and relevant. This is an initial outline of topics to be covered at the event. As we receive additional inputs from partners, speakers become available and new business challenges emerge, we will be updating the sessions. We are also in the process of seeking inputs from business leaders and editorial resources to help refine the topics you see listed here. The eventual intellectual capital will highlight critical trends from across Asia, Middle-East and the Western markets. | |||
