Speakers

Please click the headings for biographical information about the speakers, where available.

Keynote speakers

  • 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

Plenary #1: The State of Transformation

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 10:30 am – 11:45 am

  • Anthony Saich; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Kennedy School of Government (Moderator)
  • Ann Chen; Partner; Bain & Company
  • Jong Nam Oh; Former Executive Director; International Monetary Fund
  • Donald Tang; Vice Chairman; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Plenary #2: Sustaining a Competitive Edge

Sunday, February 11, 2007, 10:00 am – 11:15 am

  • William Kirby; Geisinger Professor of History; Harvard University (Moderator)
  • Chan Heng Chee; Singapore's Ambassador to the United States;
  • Chan Yeng Kit; CEO; Infocomm Development Authority (Singapore)
  • Roger Wang; Chairman & CEO; Golden Eagle International Group

Panel Stream #1

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm

International Trade Relations & Regulations

  • Joel P. Trachtman; Professor of International Law; The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Moderator)
  • Hamilton Loeb; Partner; Paul, Hastings
  • Greg Mastel; Chief International Trade Adviser; Miller & Chevalier
  • Robert Parker; Partner; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • Margaret Pfeiffer; Partner; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Technology & Innovation

  • Anthony Saich; Daewoo Professor of International Affairs; Kennedy School of Government (Moderator)
  • Chan Yeng Kit; CEO; Infocomm Development Authority (Singapore)
  • Tony Chen; Chairman & CEO; United Information Technology
  • Richard Lim; Managing Director; GSR Ventures
  • Naimish Patel; Chief Technology Officer; Sycamore Networks Inc.

Private Equity & Hedge Funds

  • Michael Thorneman; Partner; Bain & Company (Moderator)
  • Chester Dawson; Vice President; SPARX Investment & Research, USA, Inc.
  • James Hahn; Founding Partner; Asia Alpha Private Equity
  • Raymond Hood; Managing Director; Asian Direct Capital Management
  • Michael Kandarakis; Founder & Senior Partner; Grove International Partners

Aftermath of Asian Financial Crisis

  • Joseph Stern; Lecturer in Public Policy; Kennedy School of Government (Moderator)
  • Teresa Curran; Group Vice President & Deputy Director; Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
  • Jin Zhongxia; Chief Representative, Representative Office for America; People's Bank of China
  • Tadashi Nunami; General Manager for the Americas; Bank of Japan
  • Jong Nam Oh; Former Executive Director; International Monetary Fund

Panel Stream #2

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

Foreign Capital Impact on the Financial Sector

  • Thomas Liaw; Professor of Finance & Chairman of the Economics and Finance Department; St. John's University (Moderator)
  • Aditya Dutt; Executive Director, Financial Institutions Group; Morgan Stanley
  • Raymond Hood; Managing Director; Asian Direct Capital Management
  • Donald Tang; Vice Chairman; Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.

Macroeconomic Sustainability

  • Dick Vietor; Professor; BGIE (Moderator)
  • Jonathan Anderson; Chief Economist; UBS Asia
  • Jahangir Aziz; Division Chief (China); International Monetary Fund
  • Kyung Tae Lee; President; Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)

Public & Private Partnerships

  • Alan Trager; Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy; Kennedy School of Government (Moderator)
  • Junglim Hahm; Infrastructure and PPP Specialist; World Bank Institute
  • Anne Nobles; Vice President, Corporate Affairs; Eli Lilly and Company

Keeping Asia Healthy

  • Jim Mullinax; Economic Officer, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; U.S. Department of State (Moderator)
  • Robert Brown; Executive Director for International Marketing; Eli Lilly and Company
  • Hocking Cheng; Strategy & Business Development Director; Aetna Global Benefits, Aetna Inc.
  • William Hsiao; K.T. Li Professor of Economics; Harvard School of Public Health
  • Jeffrey Li; President; Novartis China
  • Yehong Zhang; Vice President, China; IMS Health

Panel Stream #3

Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:30 am – 12:45 pm

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Matthew Ginsburg; Head of Asia-Pacific Investment Banking Department; Morgan Stanley (Moderator)
  • John Amorosi; Partner; Davis Polk & Wardwell
  • Robert DeLaMater; Partner; Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
  • Scott Jones; Partner; Jones Day
  • Tarun Stewart; Partner; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Peace & Security in Asia

  • Robert Ross; Professor, Department of Political Science; Boston College (Moderator)
  • Chan Heng Chee; Singapore's Ambassador to the United States;
  • Scot Marciel; Director, Office of Maritime Southeast Asia; U.S. Department of State

Building a Career in Asia

  • Douglas Guthrie; Professor of Sociology and Management; New York University (Moderator)
  • Angie Li; Manager; Accenture
  • Cunhui Nan; Founder, Chairman & CEO; China CHINT Group Corporation
  • Wang Rui; Partner; King & Wood (Beijing)

Corporate Social Responsibility: Business and Society

  • Do Young Kim; Senior Manager, Corporate Community Relations Team, Public Relations Office; SK Telecom
  • Philip Mirvis; Senior Research Fellow; Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
  • Sonal Shah; Vice President; Goldman Sachs

Panel Stream #4

Sunday, February 11, 2007, 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Wireless Telecommunications

  • Andrei Hagiu; Assistant Professor of Business Administration; Harvard Business School (Moderator)
  • Carl Hirano; Senior Managing Executive Officer; CA MOBILE, LTD
  • Bumshik Hong; VP of Innovation & New Business Development; SK Telecom
  • Masaaki Maeda; Senior Vice President, Service and Technology Division; NTT DoCoMo USA
  • Ravi Vijayaraghavan; Partner; Bain & Company

Asia Trade

  • Franck Wiebe; Managing Director, Economic Analysis; Millennium Challenge Corporation (Moderator)
  • David Dapice; Chief Economist, Vietnam Program; KSG Center for Business and Government
  • Virginia Foote; Executive Vice President; US-ASEAN Business Council
  • Rachel McCulloch; Professor; Brandeis University

Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship

  • Daniel Isenberg; Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; Harvard Business School (Moderator)
  • Bobby Chao; Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board; DragonVenture
  • Huy Do; Founder, Chairman & President; Vietnam Silicon Valley Network
  • Lyric Hughes; CEO; China Online
  • Satoru Iino; Board Member, Bio Incubation Investment; CSK Venture Capital
  • John Park; Founder & CEO; Asia Evolution

Internet, Media & Entertainment

  • John Deighton; Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration; Harvard Business School (Moderator)
  • Harry (Hwa Sun) Kim; Corporate Vice President & Chief Strategic Officer; NCsoft
  • Dongmyun Lee; Vice President, BcN; Korea Telecommunications
  • Marine Ma; Co-Founder & CEO; eFriendsNet Entertainment Corp.
  • Joachim Ng; US Country Director; Infocomm Development Authority (Singapore)

Special Lunch Sessions

Saturday, February 10, 2007, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Winnie Chen; Director of Conference Programming; FACES (Forum for American Chinese Exchange at Stanford)
  • Prof. John Kindt; Business & Legal Policy; University of Illinois
  • Thomas J. Ngo; Director & Equity Portfolio Manager; Indochina Capital