Singapore|5 August 2009                                         Download Conference Programme

Tuesday, 4 August
3:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Conference Registration and Information
 
Wednesday, 5 August
7:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Conference Registration and Information
7:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Networking Opportunities
  • Breakfast in Networking Hall
  • Talking Points (private meetings)
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. General Session: Economic Panel Discussion
Transformation of the Global Economy
Suman K. Bery, Director-General of the National Council of Applied Economic Research, India
Dr. Fan Gang, Director of the National Economic Research Institute, China
Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist of the Australian Trade Commission
Mikael Hagström, Executive Vice President, SAS Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific (panel host)
10:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. General Session: Keynote Presentation
The Proactive Enterprise: Thriving in Today’s Economy
Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of SAS
10:35 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. Tea and Coffee Break in Networking Hall
11:05 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. General Session: Executive Panel Discussion
Sustained Competitive Advantage Through Enduring Leadership
Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS
Christoph Vilanek, CEO of freenet AG
Ho Kwon Ping, Chairman of SMU and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings
Pravir Vohra, Group CTO of ICICI Bank
Thomas H. Davenport, author and Presidents’s Distinguished Professor at Babson College (panel host)
11:50 a.m. – 12:35 p.m. General Session: Keynote Presentation
Grown Up Digital
Don Tapscott, Chairman of nGenera Insight, author of Grown Up Digital and co-author of Wikinomics
12:35 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. Networking Lunch
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. General Session: Keynote Presentation
Judgment in an Age of Uncertainty
Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author of Outliers, Blink and The Tipping Point
3:05 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Sessions and Talking Points Meetings
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Networking Opportunities and Closing Cocktail Reception

 



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