March 5-7, 2003  |   The Melia Hanoi Hotel  |  Hanoi, Vietnam

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CO-ORGANIZERS: Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam
Asia Society
Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

in association with
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam
Hanoi People’s Committee
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam
OPENING ADDRESS: Phan Van Khai, Prime Minister, Vietnam
OPENING ADDRESS WELCOMING REMARKS:

Richard C. Holbrooke, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Asia Society

Ronald Anderson, Chairman, American International Group Companies, Japan and Korea

Peter Kann, Publisher, Chairman and CEO, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Nicholas Platt, President, Asia Society (Presider)

NUMBER OF SPEAKERS: 60
NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 800
COUNTRIES AND REGIONS REPRESENTED: Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong S.A.R., India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States,Vietnam
LEAD CORPORATE BENEFACTOR: American International Group, Inc.
CORPORATE BENEFACTOR: Poongsan Corporation
CORPORATE SPONSORS: The Boeing CompanyCredit Suisse First BostonSamsung Corporation
OPENING DINNER HOST: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam
SECOND NIGHT DINNER HOST: Hanoi People’s Committee
CORPORATE SUPPORTERS: CT&D Group
GM Daewoo
Keppel Corporation
LG Electronics Inc.
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Philip Morris
POSCO
SPECIAL SUPPORTERS: John and Polly Guth
LOCAL SUPPORTERS: Mekong Green Corporation
Vietnam Datacommunication Company

 

PAST INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE CONFERENCES PRESENTED BY THE ASIA SOCIETY:

March 2001 (Bangalore)
“Asia’s Technology Future: Transforming Business”

May 2000 (Shanghai)
“China and Asia at the Turn of the Century: Opportunities for World Business”

February 1999 (Manila)
“Asia’s Choice: Open Markets or Government Control?”

May 1998 (Hong Kong)
“Engines of Growth? Asia and the Future of World Business”

March 1997 (New Delhi)
“Moving to the Market: Sustaining Reforms in India and Asia”

May 1996 (Seoul)
“Asia Goes Global: Korea and the Region”

May 1995 (Beijing)
“China and its Neighbors: Economic Relations in a Region of Rapid Growth”

May 1994 (Singapore)
“Waves of the Future -- ASEAN, Vietnam and China: Opportunities for World Business”

May 1993 (Tokyo)
“Asia’s Role in the Changing World Order”

May 1992 (Taipei)
“The Asian Regional Economy”

March 1991 (Bali)
“The ASEAN Countries and the World Economy: Challenge of Change”

November 1989 (Hong Kong)
“The Future of Asia/Pacific Economic Relations”