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"Connecting Asia"
The 2001 Harvard Asia Business Conference
February 2-3, 2001
Globalization has presented Asia with unprecedented opportunities and challenges. Asian countries are increasingly connected with the rest of the world via capital flows, information, technology,
trade and governance. Connecting Asia seeks to provide its participants with a deeper understanding of Asia's place in our increasingly global world and a clearer framework for understanding what it will take
to thrive in a truly connected Asia.
Connecting Asia is the 8th annual conference of the Harvard Business School's Asia Business Club and will be held at the school. Last year it attracted over 1,200 panelists and participants. Its format centers around a number of distinguished keynote speakers and a set of panels that will analyze salient aspects of Asian globalization.
This year's keynote speakers are:
- H.E. Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, next Director General of the WTO
- Keiichi Enoki
Managing Director, NTT (the creator of i-Mode)
- Hogen Oh
Former Chairman of Daewoo Corporation; Chairman of Restructuring Committee of Korea
- Wu Fu Chen
Founder of Cascade Communications; CEO of Santera Systems
In addition, the conference will feature 6 panels (each covering 3 topics) and 3 plenary sessions on topics ranging from macroeconomic trends, the wireless opportunity in Japan, and commercial piracy
in China. Each session will feature expert panelists and moderators drawn from industry, government and academia. The conference will draw on a over 70 experts including Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard
Business School. A selection of the sessions and panelists include:
- The role of international organizations in prescribing Asian economic growth (panelists include Michael Furst, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce
in Beijing; Masahiro Kawai, Chief Economist on East Asia at the World Bank)
- Capital flows in Asia: venture capital, private equity and portfolio investment (panelists include John Paul Ho, Chairman of Crimson Ventures; Carmel Peters,
Portfolio Manager for Emerging Markets Asia at Putnam Investments)
- Opportunities and challenges for the next generation of Asian companies (panelists include Phillip Yu, Compaq China; Daniel Mao, COO of sina.com; Mark Daniell, MD at Bain & Co)
Large Indian companies in the new economy (panelists include K.V. Kamath, CEO, ICICI; S. Ramadorai: CEO, Tata Consulting Services)
Url: www.asiabusinessconference.org.
Contact Victor Ho (vho@mba2002.hbs.edu) for further media details and queries.
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