Shanghai, China 22-24 May 2017
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SHANGHAI, CHINA 22-24 MAY 2017 MONDAY 22ND MAY PRECONFERENCE DAY 11:00AM Panel II - Navigating Global Disruption: Cybersecurity & Supply Chain 6:30PM – 9:30 PM Welcome Reception & Dinner - Slovenian Wine Night Securing data and protecting intellectual property has never been more important or more challenging, and protecting global supply chains and investing in industries like agriculture and biotech are vital to our futures. How will companies TUESDAY 23RD MAY CONFERENCE DAY ONE and governments address these issues so critical to economies across the world? 8:00AM Registration & Breakfast MODERATOR Mike Chinoy Senior Fellow at the US-China Institute, University of Southern California CONFIRMED PANEL Mercy Kuo President, Washington State China Relations Council CONFIRMED 8:45AM Welcome & Opening Remarks Gustavo Lopez Ghory 9:00AM Panel I - The Next 25 Years Vice President Product Supply & Global Manufacturing, Procter & Gamble INVITED The last quarter century has seen Jim Serstad breathtaking change in the global Principal/Managing Director Asia, economy, backed by unprecedented Tompkins International CONFIRMED technological advancements and Justin Smith international cooperation. What will Chief Security Officer, Pivotal Software CONFIRMED the next 25 years bring, and how will we balance industrial growth 12:00PM Panel III - One Belt, One Road with sustainable development? KEYNOTE Fred Pearce Speaker/Writer/Award Winning Journalist on Popular Science CONFIRMED MODERATOR Scott Pollack The new Silk Road Economic Belt Executive Vice President, and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Thoughtful Media Group, Inc. CONFIRMED Road could have a massive impact on PANEL Fred Pearce CONFIRMED global trade and investment. A panel Alysia Silberg of experts will give their predictions Co-Founder/COO/Director of Innovation, Acceleforce CONFIRMED on how this might change the world. Robert Whyte MODERATOR Mike Chinoy CONFIRMED Global Specialist of Investment Promotion, PANEL Mary Boyd World Bank Group CONFIRMED Director, Economist Corporate Network, Louis Lu Shanghai, EIU CONFIRMED Senior GM of Industrial Development, Michael Ng China Fortune Land Development CONFIRMED Cofounder & CEO, DataGrid International CONFIRMED 10:30AM Networking Break www.worldforumforfdi.com | www.conway.com | @conwayglobal | #WorldForum17 SHANGHAI, CHINA 22-24 MAY 2017 Tariq Ahmed Nizami MODERATOR Richard Quest CONFIRMED Founder & CEO, CEO Clubs Network CONFIRMED PANEL Peter Fuhrman Zheng Shengfa Chairman & CEO, China First Capital CONFIRMED Vice General Manager, Jane Li CONFIRMED Zhejiang Plante Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd Strategic Advisor & Operating Partner, Diversis Capital LLC CONFIRMED 1:00PM Lunch Boštjan Skalar Executive Director & CEO, WAIPA CONFIRMED 5:00PM – 8:00PM Alberta Night - Networking Reception 2:30PM Panel IV - Rise of the Robots The House of Roosevelt Robots and artificial intelligence are replacing traditional workers across myriad industries around the world. What will this mean to future generations, and how can we best prepare for these inevitable changes? WEDNESDAY 24TH MAY CONFERENCE DAY TWO ʸغMODERATOR Richard Quest ԶՠК Anchor & Correspondent, CNN CONFIRMED 8:30AM Registration & Breakfast PANEL Tom Manning Chairman, China Advisory Board CONFIRMED Amirsan Roberto CEO & Founder, WiredIn CONFIRMED & ʸ Panel VI - Water Warsغ9:00AMԶՠસК Hubert Wo Climate Change Vice President & GM, ARRIS CONFIRMED 3:30PM Networking Break 4:00PM Panel V - The Future of FDI ʸغȅν̙߰ With emerging economies slowing, Demand and competition for water is China transitioning from low-end growing, with many experts predicting manufacturing to knowledge-based humanity will exhaust the world’s clean industries and a Donald Trump water supply before there is a shortage presidency threatening global of fossil fuels. Water-intensive industries trade, what will the near and long- will address responsible consumption term FDI landscape look like? of this precious resource, and discuss We’ll explore how disruptive new environmental issues and sustainable technologies and the growth in development as demand for agricultural protectionism, will revolutionize advancement, clean water, and energy employment, investment attraction production grow across the globe. and economies around the globe. www.worldforumforfdi.com | www.conway.com | @conwayglobal | #WorldForum17 SHANGHAI, CHINA 22-24 MAY 2017 KEYNOTE Dr. Laurence C. Smith MODERATOR John Evans Professor & Chair of the Geography Department, UCLA CONFIRMED Managing Director, Tractus Asia Ltd. CONFIRMED MODERATOR Denis Merkwirth PANEL Patrick Becker Vice President, Conway Advisory CONFIRMED CEO & Founder, Bexuco Ltd. CONFIRMED PANEL Wei Ding Yongtai Hou President, A.O. Smith, China CONFIRMED Chairman & Executive Director, Shanhai Haochai Biological Technology Co. CONFIRMED Dr. Laurence C. Smith CONFIRMED Dr. James Shen Zheng Zhong CONFIRMED CEO, Vice Head, Pengxin International Mining Co ZhengZhong Water Town Agriculture Development CONFIRMED Mandi Sun Founder & President, CloudCC.com Co., Ltd CONFIRMED 10:30AM Networking Break 1:00PM Lunch 11:00AM Panel VII - Workforce Development & Talent Acquisition 2:30PM Governance Lecture Tom Manning This panel explores the role of Chairman, China Advisory Board CONFIRMED partnerships between industry and education in preparing students and 3:00PM Panel IX - Economists & employees for the modern workforce, Executives Roundtable and how companies and governments sponsored by Invest in Bavaria attract and retain top talent. MODERATOR Denis Merkwirth CONFIRMED PANEL Vik Bangia CEO, Verum Consulting, LLC CONFIRMED A group of leading economists, futurists Andrea Myles and site selection experts convene CEO, China Australia Millennial Project CONFIRMED for a frank and open discussion on Erika Nielsen global issues impacting FDI. Corporate Director of Global Government Affairs, MODERATOR Simon Baptist BorgWarner CONFIRMED Global Chief Economist and Managing Director, EIU Asia CONFIRMED 12:00PM Panel VIII - China Outbound FDI PANEL Kent Kedl The growth of Chinese outbound FDI Senior Partner, Control Risks CONFIRMED has been staggering, with 2015 outflows more than 10 times their 2005 level, making China the third-largest supplier of foreign direct investment in the world. Which countries and sectors are these investments targeting, and will new foreign currency control policies abate this trend? 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