London Asia Business Forum 2010

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, Author of "The Cult of the Luxury Brand: Inside Asia's Love Affair with Luxury" Ruchita Sharma, Global Head of Strategic Planning, Global Luxuria & Head Luxury, Bird Retail, India Imran Amed, Founder and Editor, The Business of Fashion, London Carmine Rotondaro, Worldwide Real Estate Director, Gucci Group

13:10 - 14:40

Lunch
Buffet Lunch at Dining Hall, London Business School

Afternoon

PANEL III - Private Equity in Asia

14:40 - 15:55

Panel Discussion: "Opportunities, Evolution and Exits for Private Equity in Asia"

Moderator:	Anubha Shrivastava, Managing Director, CDC Group, 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

15:55 - 16:30

Coffee Break
Refreshments and Networking at RCOG

PANEL IV - Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Asia

16:30 - 17:45

Panel Discussion: "Entrepreneurial Spirit and Business Development in Asia"

Moderator:	Michael G Jacobides, Associate Professor of Strategic and International Management, LBS
Panel speakers:	Mohit Joshi, Global Head of Sales - Banking and Capital Markets Practice, Infosys Simon Galpin, Director General, InvestHK, Hong Kong Cheu Leong CHAN, CEO and MD, Wah Seong Corporation, Malaysia Vince Cunningham, China Business Adviser, China-Britain Business Council (CBBC)

17:45 - 17:50

Closing Address
Alison Chen, Co-President, Asia Club, London Business School

17:50 - 19:30

Drinks Reception
Dining Hall, London Business School

(*) Programme is tentative