The Asia Business Conference aims to foster meaningful discussion on policies and trends that dominate the business and legal institutions of modern Asia. To this end, the conference organizes a series of keynote speeches, plenary sessions, topical panels, and social events featuring distinguished leaders from industry, government, and academia who have intimate experience with Asia. It is jointly organized by the Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and Kennedy School of Government.

This year's theme is "Transformation and Sustainability." The conference will focus on the rapid transformation Asia is undergoing as a result of internal and external pressures. Faced with such transformation, Asian political and business leaders are trying to create a model of growth and development that is not only fast but sustainable. The conference examines whether transformation and sustainability can be reconciled into a dynamic yet stable Asia.

The conference will take place on February 10-11, 2007, at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts. Confirmed speakers include:

• Hideki Komiyama, Executive Vice President, Corporate Executive of the Sony Corporation, Chairman of Sony Electronics (SEL), USA
• Charles Ormiston, Partner, Bain & Company
• Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Vice Chairman of the Board & Managing Director, Toyota Motor Corporation
• Matthew Ginsburg, Head of Asia-Pacific Investment Banking Department, Morgan Stanley
• David Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
• Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador to the United States, Singapore Embassy in Washington, D.C.
• Chan Yeng Kit, CEO, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
• Teresa Curran, Group Vice President & Deputy Director, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Virginia Foote, Executive Vice President, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council
• Jeffrey Li, Country President, Novartis China
• Jong Nam Oh, Former Executive Director, International Monetary Fund
• Donald Tang, Vice Chairman, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
• H. Roger Wang, Chairman & CEO, Golden Eagle International Group

Please read the Speakers page for biographical details.

Information about previous years' conferences is available through the following links:

• (2006) Asia, Inc.: Integration and Differentiation
• (2005) Adding Value in Asia: From Outsourcing to Innovation
• (2004) Globalization: The Modern Silk Road?
• (2003) Reinventing Asia
• (2002) Phoenix Rising