ORGANISERS

BusinessWeek is a global source of essential business insight that inspires leaders to turn ideas into action. Through content, context, and collaboration, BusinessWeek moderates global conversations and moves business professionals forward. Founded in 1929 and published by the McGraw-Hill Companies, BusinessWeek magazine is the market leader, with more than 4.6 million readers each week in 140 countries. Local language editions include Chinese, Thai, and Bahasa Indonesian. Launched in 1994, BusinessWeek.com is the preeminent provider of daily, essential business news, information, and services to business decision-makers.

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Iskandar Malaysia is an emerging powerhouse at the southernmost tip of the Asian continent, just across the bridge from Singapore.

Located at the heart of ASEAN between the rapidly growing economies of India and China, Iskandar offers attractive fiscal incentives and an educated, multi-lingual workforce. Surpassing all investment targets, Iskandar has attracted over US$13.42 billion of investment in just three years.

The region is building on well-established strengths in logistics, manufacturing, petro & oleo chemical and food & agro processing, home to brands including Maersk, Evergreen, Acerinox, BMW and Halliburton. Service sectors such as health, financial services, creative industries, tourism and education are growing too; the UK’s Marlborough College and Newcastle University are opening campuses in Iskandar and other British education institutions are set to follow. Legoland is building their first theme park in Asia, a fun family destination for visitors to Iskandar from across the region.

At 2,217 sq km, Iskandar is three times the size of neighboring Singapore, with significant space and cost advantages that have attracted over 250 SMEs from Singapore to shift their operations across the border.

Iskandar offers excellent regional and international transport links via road, rail, air and sea: the world-class port, PTP, is the fastest growing in the world, already one of the busiest in the region after only 10 years in operation. 

Iskandar Malaysia is an attractive long term investment destination for the discerning investor. This is Asia’s new hub, where lifestyle, leisure and business will seamlessly converge within a bustling and vibrant metropolis.

Genpact is a leader in the globalization of services and technology and a pioneer in managing business processes for companies around the world. The Company combines process expertise, information technology and analytical capabilities with operational insight and experience in diverse industries to provide a wide range of services using its global delivery platform.

Genpact provides a wide range of services, including Finance & Accounting, Collections and Customer Service, Insurance, Supply Chain & Procurement, Analytics, Enterprise Application, IT Infrastructure and Management.

Our goal is to help our clients improve the ways in which they do business by continuously improving their business processes through Six Sigma and Lean principles and by the innovative use of technology. As a service provider, we strive to be a seamless extension of our clients’ operations.

Genpact manages over 3000 processes for 175+ clients across a breadth of industries. The Company’s client base is diverse in terms of industry, business size and process need. This diversity serves both the Company and client base in bringing broad, practical process expertise. Genpact’s proven strategy has been to grow with its clients with revenues coming from both new and existing clients. Clients include: BUPA, Ceridian, Diebold, eBay, GE, Halifax Bank of Scotland, Hertz, Hyatt, Hercules, Kimberly Clark, Miami Children’s Hospital, National Australia Bank, Nissan, Serco, Wachovia, Wellpoint/Wellchoice among others.

Genpact delivers its services from a global network of centres, spanning 13 countries: China, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Spain, South Africa and the United States.

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

The government of Japan continually encourages Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Japan and expects from FDI as the driver of ‘the activation of regional economy’, ‘the increase of productivity’ and ‘the enrichment of quality of life’.

In June 2006, the Japanese government announced to accelerate efforts to achieve its goal of doubling Japan's total FDI stock to the level of 5% of GDP by 2010. Foreign Direct Investment in Japan has been steadily increasing and reached about \18.5 trillion (US$ 179.6 billion) as of the end of 2008.

To achieve this goal, Japanese government keeps moving on improving investment environment and furthermore the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been supporting foreign firms by encouraging business matching with Japanese companies in cooperation with Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO).

JETRO is a government related organization to promote mutual trade and investment between Japan and the rest of the world. JETRO established Invest Japan Business Support Center (IBSC), which is one stop center for a foreign investor, and IBSC provides hands-on support for individual companies who would like to set up a presence in Japan including free office space and the consultation by professional advisors such as visa and taxation. For further information, please visit www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest

If you are thinking of Japan as the invest destination, the government of Japan would like to extend the maximum support we can in tandem with local governments and JETRO.

OFFICIAL PR PARTNER

Burson-Marsteller is a leading global public relations and communications firm whose knowledge, strategic insights and innovative programs help drive strong corporate and brand reputations for its clients. We provide our clients with strategic thinking and program execution across a complete range of public relations, public affairs, advertising and other communications services.

MEDIA PARTNERS

Forum for the Future - the sustainable development charity - works in partnership with leading public and private sector organisations to achieve a sustainable future. We inspire and challenge organisations with positive visions of a future that; find innovative, practical ways to realise those visions; enable leaders to create change; and share success through our communications. www.forumforthefuture.org

silicon.com (www.silicon.com) is the leading UK online publication for senior IT and business decision-makers seeking to assess and understand how technology can drive their business forward. Delivering top stories, breaking news, and leading commentary and analysis, silicon.com provides context and strategic insight into the key issues influencing how businesses use technology today.

BNET UK (www.bnet.co.uk) is committed to helping business people in the UK realise their full potential. By delivering the most comprehensive, relevant and accessible business resource, BNET UK demystifies management issues and empowers people to develop the new skills and expertise they need to succeed at work.

MeettheBoss is the online business management and training resource.
 
MeettheBoss is an online business TV and media channel hosting exclusive video, audio and written interviews with the senior executives leading the world’s most innovative and important companies.
 
From visionary entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 CEOs, MeettheBoss interviews focus on the business challenges that matter today, clearly explaining the solutions, competitive strategies, people and thinking around them.
 
Thought provoking and often career changing advice from proven world business leaders has never been this accessible, this immediate, or this free.
 
For those who want more interactivity with their learning, cutting-edge technologies also allow registered users to connect and share through community tools like video conferencing, discussion groups, and industry-specific newsfeeds.
 
www.MeettheBoss.com. The executive choice.

SUPPORTERS

CXO Europe's headquarter is based in London, United Kingdom.

This private organisation provides a chance to network, share ideas, discuss issues of importance to members, and develop long term relationships.

You will never see a published advertisement for these events - only qualified executives and business leaders are notified of dates and locations. 

We have over 600 members in US, over 200 members in UK, and our sister CXO Asia (close to 100members), and are planning to launch in different cities in Europe and Asia next year.

It is important to bear in mind that all official CXO events are unique (unlike most conferences or networking events), where we have simplified the process. There are only 4 rules: 

1. Only qualified CXO members attend (joining requirements) 
2. No seminars or speakers 
3. No vendors or vendor sponsors 
4. Attendees are only responsible to cover their own cost.

We look forward to welcoming CXO members from Media, Entertainment, Telecom/Technology, VC/PE/Finance, Governments and other industry sectors at the coming CXO Lunches and CXO VIP events. 

more details on www.CXOEurope.org or www.CXOAsia.org 

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its foundation this year, INSEAD is recognised as one of the world’s leading business schools. The INSEAD alumni community totals more than 36,000 members, of whom 17,000 are graduates from the MBA programme and 19,000 from executive education programmes. The INSEAD Alumni Association UK is one of the largest and most active networks, with one of its core activities being the organisation of events which contribute to ongoing professional development, facilitate alumni keeping in contact with each other and enable the creation of new relationships.

IESE, the business school of the University of Navarra, is one of the world’s top ten business schools and has pioneered business education in Europe since it’s founding in 1958 in Barcelona. In 1964 IESE introduced Europe’s first two-year MBA program and, subsequently, the world’s first bilingual program in English and Spanish. IESE distinguishes itself in its general-management approach, extensive use of the case method, international outreach, and emphasis on placing people at the heart of managerial decision making. With a truly global outlook IESE, with two campuses in Madrid and Barcelona, a center in New York and offices in Munich and Sao Paolo, currently runs executive-education programs on four continents. www.iese.edu

WEBCAST PARTNER

Founded in 2001, TelecomTV transformed business-to-business communications by launching the first-ever online TV channel dedicated to the global ICT sector. It combines text-based news with streaming video interviews, panel discussions, documentary-style features and live webcasting, and has evolved into the only online, interactive TV network for the global ICT sector. With offices and staff in London, Singapore and Boston, our commitment to the industry is second to none. TelecomTV delivers daily insight on the converging world of telecoms, media and entertainment to over 60,000 industry professionals in more than 200 countries worldwide via a platform that enables commentary, communication and collaboration.