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The
Asia Leadership Forum is BusinessWeek’s
flagship event in Asia. It attracts an elite
gathering of business leaders and policy makers
from around the world and across the region
bringing them together in a unique interactive
environment that fosters discussion and debate
on the economic, political and social issues
impacting economic growth in Asia. With more
than 400 business leaders attending annually
since 1990, the Asia Leadership Forum has
become a must-attend event among executives
seeking fresh insights into the broader forces
defining corporate strategy in turbulent times
Past
Topics
Topics
discussed at past forums have
included; Corporate Governance,
Corporate Social Responsibility,
Impact of Future Technologies
on Business, M&A, Leadership
Strategies, Talent, Globalization,
Trade & Regional Economic
Integration, Asia`s Place in
the New Century, e-Commerce
and Branding.
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| 2004 |
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Event Date
April 26-27;
Hong Kong
Event Theme
Beyond the Hype: Sustaining Growth and Creating Corporate Competitiveness
Co-presented with:
Invest HK
In association with :
The Standard
In strategic partnership with:
Fidelity Investments, Global China Group, Sybase
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Featured Speakers
The Right Honorable John Major, C.H.
Former Prime Minister of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
The Honorable Bob Hawke
Former Prime Minister of Australia and Forum co-Chair
The Honorable Fidel Ramos
Former President of the Republic of the Philippines and Forum co-Chair
His Excellency Xu Zongheng
Executive Vice-Mayor of Shenzhen Municipal People's Government,
People's Republic of China
William Amelio
senior vice-president and president, Asia Pacific and Japan Operations,
Dell, Singapore
William Belchere
regional head, Economic Research & Market Strategy, Asia, JPMorgan Hong Kong
Ronnie Chan
chairman, Hang Lung Properties, Hong Kong
Graeme Deans
author of Stretch! How Great Companies Grow in Good Times and Bad, and head, Global Strategy Practice and chairman, A.T. Kearney, Canada
Tony Fernandes
chief executive officer, AirAsia, Malaysia
Mary Xue-Zheng Ma
executive director, senior vice-president and CFO, Lenovo Group, Hong Kong
Dr. Amit Mitra
secretary general, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), and member, Board of Directors, Steel Authority of India, India
David Tang
founder, Shanghai Tang, and founder, China Clubs, Hong Kong
Sir Gordon Ying-Sheung Wu
chairman, Hopewell Holdings, Hong Kong
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| 2003 |
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Event
Date
December 4-5;
Shanghai
Event Theme
Masters of Our Own Destiny: Leadership in an Interdependent World
Co-presented
with:
Global China Group
In
strategic partnership
with:
Atos Origin, Fidelity Investments, Landor, Ogilvy Public Relations
and Sybase
With Support From:
Universitas 21 Global and Invest Hong Kong |
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Featured
Speakers
His Excellency Han Zheng
Mayor of Shanghai, People's Republic of China
The Honorable Bob Hawke
Former Prime Minister of Australia
and Forum co-Chair
The
Honorable Fidel Ramos
Former
President of the Republic
of the Philippines and Forum co-Chair
The Right Honorable Mike Moore
Former Director-General, World Trade Organization and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Forum co-Chair
His Excellency Huang Qifan
Executive Vice-Mayor of Chongqing
People's Republic of China
Long Yongtu
Secretary-General, Boao Forum for Asia and
Former Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC), People's Republic of China
Clay Timon
chairman, Landor, United States
Vincent Lo
chairman and chief executive officer
Shui On Holdings, Hong Kong
Dr. Hong Chen
chief executive officer, GRIC Communications, United States
Fu Jian-Hua
president, Bank of Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Dr. Victor Fung
group chairman, Li & Fung, Hong Kong
Jean-Christophe Iseux
visiting professor, People's University of China and director of China Studies, RPRC, Oxford University
People's Republic of China
Joseph Massey
professor of International Business,
director, Center for International Business, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Former Assistant U. S. Trade Representative for Japan and China, United States
Pan Shi-Yi
chairman and co-chief executive officer
SOHO China, People's Republic of China
Robert Xu
chairman and chief executive officer
Kingdee International Software Group
People's Republic of China
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| 2002 |
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Event Date
June 25-26;
Hong Kong
Event Theme
Transcending Hierarchy: Leadership in an Empowered World
Co-presented with:
Invest Hong Kong
In strategic partnership with:
Alcatel and Sybase
In association with:
The Better Hong Kong Foundation |
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Featured Speakers
The Honorable Donald Tsang
Chief Secretary for Administration, Government of the, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
His Excellency Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Director General-Designate, World Trade Organization and, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
The Honorable Fidel Ramos
Former President of the Republic of the Philippines
John Chen
chairman, CEO and president, Sybase, United States
Dr. Hong Chen
chief executive officer, GRIC Communications, United States
Dr. David Li
chairman and chief executive, Bank of East Asia, Hong Kong
S. Srinivasan
president, Thai Carbon Black Public, Thailand
Kumi Sato
president, Cosmo Public Relations Corporation, Japan
Omar Khan
senior partner, Sensei International, United Kingdom
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| 2001 |
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Event
Date
June
27-28;
Kuala Lumpur
Event Theme
Meeting
the Global
Leadership
Challenges:
Developing
and Sustaining
Growth Strategies
In
strategic
partnership
with:
A.T.
Kearney,
BMC Software
and Polycom
In
association
with:
World
Economic
Development
Congress
and the Asian
Strategy & Leadership
Institute
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Featured
Speakers
His
Excellency Dato’ Seri
Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Prime
Minister
of
Malaysia
Her
Excellency
Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo
President
of
the
Philippines.
His
Excellency
Dr.
Supachai
Panitchpakdi
Director-General
Designate,
World
Trade
Organization
and
Former
Deputy
Prime
Minister
of
Thailand
and
Honorary
Chairman
The
Honorable
Fidel
Ramos
Former
President
of
the
Republic
of
the
Philippines
His
Excellency
Dr.
Rizal
Ramli
Senior
Minister
for
Economy,
Finance,
and
Industry,
Republic
of
Indonesia
His
Excellency
Haruhiko
Kuroda
Vice
Minister
For
International
Affairs,
Ministry
of
Finance,
Government
of
Japan
Tan
Sri
Dato’ Francis
Yeo
chief
executive
officer,
YTL
Corporation,
Malaysia
Sunil
Bharti
Mittal
founder,
chairman
and
group
managing
director,
Bharti,
India
Nicholas
P.
Davies
president,
Gas & Power,
BP,
Asia
Pacific,
Singapore
Wang
Guo
Liang
chief
financial
officer,
PetroChina,
Peoples
Republic
of
China
Dato’ Tan
Teong
Hean
chief
executive
officer,
Southern
Bank,
Malaysia
S.M.H.I.
Latifee
managing
director,
Grameen
Trust,
Grameen
Bank
Bhaban,
Bangladesh
William
E.
Heinecke
chief
executive
officer,
The
Minor
Group,
Thailand
Lee
G.
Lam
chief
executive
officer
and
president,
I-STT,
and
executive
director,
Singapore
Technologies
Telemedia,
Singapore
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| 2000 |
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Event
Date
June 27-29;
Hong Kong
Event
Theme
Instituting
Change: A Mandate for Prosperity
In strategic partnership
with:
Compaq
Computer Corporation, Computer Science Corporation,
Korn/Ferry and United Parcel Service
In
association
with:
The
Better
Hong Kong
Foundation |
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Featured
Speakers
The
Right Honorable John
Major, C.H, M.P
former Prime Minister of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
Charles
Childers
chief marketing officer, Nortel Networks,
Canada
Mike
Davidson
author of The Grand Strategist and The
Transformation of Management, and founding
partner and Board member, The Learning
Partnership, United States
Dr.
Edwin
Feulner
president, The Heritage Foundation, United
States
Professor
Vijay
Govindarajan
Professor of International Business Amos
Tuck School of Business Administration,
Dartmouth College, United States
Robert
Hagerty
chief executive officer, Polycom, United
States
Shelly
Lazarus
chairman and CEO, Ogilvy & Mather,
United States
Kevin
O’Connor
co-founder and CEO, DoubleClick, United
States
Windle
Priem
president and chief executive officer,
Korn / Ferry, United States
Stephen
Romaine
president, Asia / Pacific, Korn / Ferry
International, Japan
Eisuke
Sakakibara
director, Global Security Research Center,
Keio University and former vice minister
for International Affairs, Ministry of
Finance, Japan
The
Honorable
Stephen
Solarz
vice chair, International Crisis Group
and Former Congressman and chairman, United
States House of Representatives Subcommittee
on Asian and Pacific Affairs, United States
Charles
B. Wang
chairman and CEO, Computer Associates International,
Incorporated, United States
Dr.
Philip
Yu
president, Compaq Greater China Division,
Hong Kong
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| 1998 |
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Event
Date
Singapore
Event
Theme
Crisis
and Confidence: Building the New Asia
In
strategic partnership
with:
Singapore
Economic Development
Board, Singapore
National Employers
Federation
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Featured
Speakers
The
Right Honorable John
Major, MP
former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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George
Yeo
Minister
for Information and the
Arts and Second Minister
for Trade and Industry,
Republic of Singapore
His
Excellency
Tanri
Abeng
Minister of State for State Owned Enterprises,
Indonesia
The
Honorable
P.
Chidambaram
MP, former Minister of Finance, India
Edgardo
Espiritu
Secretary of Finance Designate, Philippines
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| 1997 |
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Event
Date
Hong Kong
Event
Theme
Leading
Change
In
strategic partnership
with:
Deutsche
Telekom AG, and
its subsidiary
T-Mobil; Global
Delivery Services
from the United
States Postal
Service; J.D.
Edwards World
Solutions Company;
Space Imaging
EOSAT |
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Featured
Speakers
Nellie
Fong
Member, Executive Council, Hong Kong SAR
Government; Deputy Country Manager-China,
Arthur Andersen
Martin
C.M. Lee
Q.C., Chairman, Democratic Party, Hong Kong
Lee
Iacocca
former chairman, Chrysler Corporation, United
States
Ronnie
Chan
chairman, Hang Lung Development, Hong Kong
Vinay
Rai
chairman and managing director, Usha, India
Allan
Wong
chairman, Vtech Holdings, Hong Kong
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| 1996 |
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Event
Date
Beijing
Event
Theme
The
China Congress: Addressing the
Challenges to Realize the Promise
Co-presented
with:
The
Development Research Center of
the State Council of the People’s
Republic of China
In strategic partnership with:
The
McGraw-Hill
Companies,
American
International
Group,
Bank
of
America,
The
Boeing
Company,
Hewlett-Packard
Company,
J.D.
Edwards
and
Company |
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Featured
Speakers
The
Honorable Li
Lanqing
Vice Premier, State Council, The People's
Republic of China
Dr.
Henry
Kissinger
U.S. Secretary of State, 1973-1977; U.S.
National Security Advisor, 1969-1975
The
Hon.
James
R.
Sasser
U.S. Ambassador to The People’s Republic
of China
Ge
Hongsheng
Minister, State Council Office for Special
Economic Zones, The People’s Republic
of China
Ronald
B.
Woodard
president, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group,
United States
Vincent
H.C.
Cheng
OBE, JP, executive director, The Hong Kong
and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong
Eliana
Cardoso
Secretary for International Affairs, Ministry
of Finance, Brazil; former economist for
China and Mongolia, The World Bank
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| 1995 |
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to 1996 at request
of PRC) |
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| 1994 |
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Event
Date
Taipei, Taiwan
Event
Theme
Asia
Now: How Asian Enterprise is Transforming
the Global Economy
Co-presented
with:
The
Ministry
of
Economic
Affairs,
Taiwan,
R.O.C.
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