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Programme - 9 April 2010
Morning
9:00 - 9:30 Registration & Breakfast
9:30 - 9:35 Welcome speech
Dr. Chan-Cheong Siew, Co-President, Asia Club, London Business School
9:35 - 9:50 Opening address
Prof. Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean, London Business School
PANEL I - Asia Economic Outlook
9:50 - 11:20 Panel Discussion: "Asia Economic Outlook - Opportunities and Challenges"

Keynote Speech:Dr. Ashvin Ahuja, Economist, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
Moderator:Prof. Richard Portes, Professor of Economics, London Business School
Panel speakers:George Magnus, Senior Economic Advisor, UBS Investment Bank
Guy de Jonquières, Senior Fellow, European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE)
Heang Chhor, Head of McKinsey & Company, Japan
11:20 - 11:40 Coffee Break
Refreshments and Networking at RCOG
PANEL II - Luxury Goods in Asia
11:40 - 13:10 Panel Discussion: "Luxury goods in Asia - The Asian Consumer"

Moderator:Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing, London Business School
Panel speakers:Radha Chadha, Managing Director, Chadha Strategy Consulting, HK
Ruchita Sharma, Global Head of Strategic Planning, Global Luxuria, India
13:10 - 14:40 Lunch
Buffet Lunch at Dining Hall, London Business School
Afternoon
PANEL III - Private Equity in Asia
14:40 - 16:10 Panel Discussion: "Opportunities, Evolution and Exits for Private Equity in Asia"

Panel speakers:Mounir Guen, Founder and CEO, Mvision, UK
Koji Fusa, Founder and CEO of Sandringham Capital Partners, London
Kathleen Ng, Managing Director, Centre for Asia Private Equity Research, Hong Kong
16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break
Refreshments and Networking at RCOG
PANEL IV - Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Asia
16:30 - 18:00 Panel Discussion: "What does it take to succeed in Asia?"

Panel speakers:Sudhir Chaturvedi, VP and Head - Manufacturing, Infosys Technologies, Europe
Simon Galpin, Director General, InvestHK, Hong Kong
Joel Duerr, Syngenta International AG, former CFO of eBay Europe
Cheu Leong CHAN, CEO and MD, Wah Seong Corporation, Malaysia
18:00 - 18:05 Closing Address
Alison Chen, Co-President, Asia Club, London Business School
18:05 - 19:30 Drinks Reception
Dining Hall, London Business School

(*) Programme is tentative