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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008

12:00 pm
Delegate Registration

5:00 pm
Venue: Foyers of the Grand Ballroom and the TEDA Ballroom

Opening Reception

6:15 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Level I, and TEDA Ballroom, Level III

Opening Night Dinner

Remarks:
Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society
Huang Xingguo, Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People’s Government, P.R. China

Opening Keynote Address:
XI JINPING, Vice-President, People's Republic of China

7:00 pm
Cultural Performance

7:30 pm
Dinner

8:30 pm
Dinner concludes

THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2008

9:00 am
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

Welcoming Remarks:
Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

Session I
Building Sustainable First-Class World Cities

Panel Keynote:
Huang Xingguo, Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, P. R. China

With introductory remarks by:
Ronnie C. Chan, Vice Chairman, Asia Society; Chairman, Hang Lung Group Limited

Participants:
Sheila Dixit, Chief Minister, Delhi, India
Grace Fu, Senior Minister of State for National Development and Education, Republic of Singapore
Huang Xingguo, Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, People's Republic of China
John So, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne, Australia
Moderator: Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University

10:50 am
Coffee/Networking Break

11:15 am
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION II
Harnessing Innovation and Entrepreneurship as Drivers of Sustainability

Participants:
Ruey-bin Kao, President, Motorola China
Raymond Leung, Chairman and CEO, TDK China
Tim Minges, President, PepsiCo International - Asia Pacific Region
Ganesh Natarajan, Deputy Chairman & CEO, Zensar Technologies Limited
Shi Zhengrong, CEO, Suntech
Moderator: James L. McGregor, Chairman and CEO, JL McGregor & Company

12:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Level I

All-Delegate Luncheon

Special Luncheon Address:
Jet Li, Founder, Red Cross Society of China Jet Li One Foundation

With introductory remarks by:
Kai Nargolwala, Regional CEO, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse

1:45 pm
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION III
China and World Capital Markets: Investing for Growth

Participants:
Howard Chao, Asia Practice Chair, O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Cui Jindu, Vice Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, P.R. China
Lawrence Fok, Executive Vice President, Head of Issuer Marketing Division, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
David Shuler, Senior Vice President, Business Development (Asia), NYSE Euronext, Inc.
Kai Nargolwala, Regional CEO, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse
Zhang Xiaoming, Managing Director, Investment Banking Division, China International Capital Corporation Limited
Moderator: Peter Stein, Hong Kong Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal and Associate Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia

2:45 pm
Coffee/Networking Break

3:15 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Level I

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

• Private Equity
  Room I
  Janine Feng, Managing Director (Hong Kong), The Carlyle Group
  Victor Gao, Senior Officer, Zhongxin Hi-Tech Investment Fund Management Company (preparatory)
  James L. McGregor, Chairman and CEO, JL McGregor & Company
  Moderator: Rick Carew, M&A - Asia Reporter, The Wall Street Journal



• 21st Century Banking Outlook: Building Economic Structures for Sustainable Growth
  Room III
  Frank Newman, Chairman and CEO, Shenzhen Development Bank Co., Ltd.
  Jing Ulrich, Managing Director and Chairman, China Equities, JPMorgan
  Zhu Min, Group Executive Vice President, Bank of China
  Moderator: Howard Chao, Asia Practice Chair, O’Melveny & Myers LLP



• Real Estate in China: Investing for Profitability and Sustainability
  Room V
  Charles D. Dalluge, Executive Vice President, LEO A DALY
  Feng Lun, Chairman of Board of Directors, Beijing Vantone Real Estate Co., Ltd.
  Alan Hepburn, Managing Director, Three on the Bund
  Michael Klibaner, Practice Leader for Asia Pacific, Global Location Solutions - Strategic Consulting, Jones Lang LaSalle
  Moderator: Robert Poole, Vice President, China Operations, The US-China Business Council

4:30 pm
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION IV
How is Global Competition Driving the Internationalization of Corporations & Investment?

Participants:
Laurence Barron, President, Airbus China
Ni Xiangyu, Vice Chairman, Administrative Commission of Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area
Shaun Rein, Managing Director, China Market Research Group
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
Yu Ping, Vice Chairman, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade
Moderator: Dan Hertzberg, Deputy Managing Editor and Editor, International, The Wall Street Journal

5:45 pm
Sessions conclude

6:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Level I

Dinner and Cultural Performance
Hosted by the Tianjin Municipal People's Government

Remarks:
Ren Xuefeng, Vice Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, P.R. China
Huang Xingguo, Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, P.R. China
Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2008

9:00 am
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

Keynote Address:
Nguyen Duc Hoa, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Vietnam

With introductory remarks by:
Edward Cooper, President, AIG Consumer Finance

9:30 am
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION V
Competing Models of Regional Economic Cooperation and the Sustainability of the World Trading System

Participants:
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, Senior Editor, Hindustan Times
Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr., President, Economic Strategy Institute
Geoff Raby, Australian Ambassador to P.R. China
Moderator: Mary Kissel, Editorial Page Editor, The Wall Street Journal Asia

10:45 am
Coffee/Networking Break

11:15 am
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION VI
The Future of Culture in the Age of Commerce

Participants:
Duncan Clarke, Chairman, BDA China Limited
Frederick C. Dubee, Senior Advisor, United Nations Global Compact
James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly
Kwok Kian Woon, Associate Chair (Academic) & Head, Division of Sociology; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
Tu Weiming, Professor, Harvard University
Moderator: Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

12:30 pm
Venue: Grand Ballroom, Level I

All-Delegate Luncheon

1:45 pm
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION VII
Sustainable Growth and the Environment

Participants:
Steve Chapman, Group Vice President, Emerging Markets and Businesses, Cummins Inc.
Thomas Farrell, Senior Managing Director, Design and Construction, Tishman Speyer
Tadakatsu Sano, Partner, Jones Day; Former Vice Minister of International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, TVS Motor Company Ltd.
Moderator: Rebecca Blumenstein, China Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

3:15 pm
Coffee/Networking Break

3:45 pm
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION VIII
Sustainable Growth and Energy

Keynote Address:
Zhao Xiaoping, Vice Minister, National Energy Bureau, P.R. China

With introductory remarks by:
Nicholas Platt, President Emeritus, Asia Society

Participants:
He Shushan, Chairman, Administrative Commission of Tianjin Economic Technological Development Area
Bruce Quinn, Vice President, Strategic Development, Rockwell Automation Asia Pacific Limited
Dan Rosen, Principal, China Strategic Advisory, LLC
Woochong Um, Director, Energy, Transport, and Water Division, Asian Development Bank
Moderator: Shai Oster, Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal

5:00 pm
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

SESSION IX
What Does a Sustainable Future Look Like for the Asia Pacific Region?

Participants:
Ronnie Chan, Vice Chairman, Asia Society; Chairman, Hang Lung Group Limited
Nicholas Platt, President Emeritus, Asia Society
John Thornton, Trustee, Asia Society; Chair of the Board, The Brookings Institution
Wu Jianmin, President, China Foreign Affairs University
Michael Yeoh, CEO, Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute
Moderator: John Bussey, Washington Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal

6:15 pm
Venue: TEDA Ballroom, Level III

Closing Remarks
Ren Xuefeng, Vice Mayor, Tianjin Municipal People's Government, P.R. China
Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

6:30 pm
Conference adjourns