Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008

Roadmap, Community Activities and Preliminary Programme

Tianjin, People’s Republic of 27-28 September

Community Activities start on 26 September The Next Wave of Growth

The International Monetary Fund’s most recent World Economic Outlook forecasts that global growth will slow to 3.7% in 2008 versus 4.9% in 2007. Record-setting energy and commodity prices, coupled with a looming recession in the United States, have created a headwind for the global economy. Yet, the highest rates of growth are now found in developing countries and emerging markets despite the fact that over 50% of global GDP is generated by the G7 industrialized economies. Growth is also shifting across industries as technology driven and energy related sectors expand in contrast to the current malaise in financial services.

Faced with regional and industry cross-currents, companies looking to grow internationally remain focused on their navigation through a volatile global economy. Risk management is clearly one major focus of their attention. However, the mindset of a new champion is to see the opportunities beyond the turbulence. For this reason, the will focus on “The Next Wave of Growth” as the principal theme of the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008. The Meeting will provide a unique platform for those seeking new opportunities to come together to shape and define an agenda of growth with fresh ideas, innovative business models and new technologies so that a shifting power equation does not result in a zero-sum, but rather a win-win approach towards future global growth.

The programme will be based on the following main pillars: Going Global ; Managing Risks ; Drivers of Future Growth ; Technology and Innovation : The Next Wave ; and China as a Global Player .

2 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Going Global

Examine how “going global” may differ from regional and industry perspectives in exchanges with seasoned business leaders and policy-makers. • Alliance or Merger? • How Will Climate Change Affect Your Value Chain? • Business Models for Global Success – By Design • Navigating through the Global Skills Crisis • Design: The Competitive Edge for Global Growth • Negotiating across Cultures Companies • Sustainable Development and the Evolving Role for • Financial Stability in an Unstable Global Economy Business • From Global Growth Company to Corporate Global • Turning Strategy into Reality Citizen

Managing Risks

Examine how to create a framework and the capacity to assess, prioritize and mitigate risks associated with global growth at the company level, and capitalize and transform them into business opportunities. • Climate Change and Your Business • Global Growth at Risk • Commodities: Will the Price Be Right for Global Growth? • Looking beyond the Almighty Dollar • Cyber Security: Why Should I Care? • Picking the Perfect Board: Mission Impossible? • Ensuring Growth by Enabling Trade • Unsustainable Trends • Fears about Food Security: A New Backlash to • World Economic Brainstorming: Next Steps for Globalization? Sustaining Growth

Drivers of Future Growth

How cities and regions are taking advantage of new technologies, deregulation and global networks to expand their influence on a national and global level.

• Financing the Next Wave of Growth • Market Insight: Russia • From Millions to Billions: The Climb to Global Growth • Market Insight: South-East Asia • Globalization in the Urban Century • Market Insight: The Gulf Region • Investing in Infrastructure • Mega-Regions: Driving Growth and Innovation Globally • Market Insight: Africa • Navigating through the Global Skills Crisis • Market Insight: Europe • New Financial Architecture • Market Insight: Frontier Markets • Rethinking the Base of the Pyramid • Market Insight: India • SlimCity: The Future of Urban Mobility • Market Insight: Japan • The Global Economic Outlook • Market Insight: Latin America • Turning Silver to Gold: Business Opportunities in an • Market Insight: North America Ageing World

Technology and Innovation: The Next Wave

Explore discoveries and innovations in environmental, health, information, mobile technology and biotechnology, and their future impact on reshaping industries and companies. • Science Capsule: How Modern Physics and • The Next Wave in Energy Elementary Particles Affect Your Life • The Next Wave in Life Sciences • Science Capsule: Space Exploration • The Next Wave in Nanotechnology • Managing Science for a Better World • The Origins of the Universe: Why It Matters • The Globalization of Science and Technology • The Role of Frontier Science in Shaping Society • The Next Wave for the Web • Visualizing Globalization

China as a Global Player

Examine how China’s integration into the world economy enters a new phase and how will China emerge as a global player. • China: A Green Champion in the Making? • The Future of the Global Economy: The View from • Great Companies, Great Leaders: The View of China Chinese CEOs (Mandarin) • The Next 30 Years of Reform • Investing in Innovation: The View from China • The Outlook for China's Capital Markets • Managing Global Risks: The View from China • The World's Leading Economic Power? • New Entrepreneurship, Chinese-Style Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Session Formats

The programme features a variety of session types designed to enhance the sharing of insights, mapping of issues and identification of solutions among peers and important stakeholders.

Plenary sessions are designed to provide strategic insights and to raise global awareness on important trends and themes. The aim is to expand the dialogue on the panel to engage all participants. Therefore, there are no prepared remarks with most of the session conducted in a Q&A format. The sessions are open to the reporting press and are broadcast on the Internet.

Boardroom sessions are designed to create an intimate and informal environment whereby critical emerging and strategic issues can be explored by leaders from various Forum communities. It is a moderated conversation focusing on a well defined agenda. These sessions are not open to reporting press.

Briefing sessions are designed to provide in-depth understanding about new, emerging or complex issues in various domains. Discussion leaders are not only considered experts on the topic, but are also able to explain key concepts to a lay audience.

Workshop sessions are designed to promote greater interaction between discussion leaders and participants on a compelling challenge or complex issue. They are facilitated group discussions that focus on providing structured interventions from discussion leaders, capturing direct feedback from participants and building consensus on priorities and solutions.

WorkSpace sessions are designed to provide the highest level of interaction and exchange for all participants. A special environment has been created to encourage collaborative and creative solutions to compelling, and often complex, issues. A facilitator, together with a team of knowledge workers, will guide participants through a variety of design-oriented tasks. The knowledge shared and solutions created in this session are then summarized in a brief report. This report and related creative output are posted on a special website for future use.

Networking sessions provide a moment in the day for all the communities of the World Economic Forum to meet one another in an informal setting. We encourage participants to reach out early on to one another and as such provide contact details for this purpose. This information is available on the private area of our website for registered participants at http://www.weforum.org/newchampionsprivate.

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18.00 - 19.00 Reception Welcome Reception

You are cordially invited to a cocktail reception.

Community Activities

Various communities and groups of the World Economic Forum will participate in activities on 26 September in preparation for the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 on 27-28 September. In addition to the sessions listed below, the following will organize other sessions throughout the day: Annual Meeting of the New Champions Mentors Group; Asia Gender Parity Group; Global Agenda Councils; Global Growth Companies and Advisory Board; Global Risks Programme; Industry Partners; International Media Council; Mayoral Delegations; Media Leaders; SlimCity Initiative; Social Entrepreneurs; Technology Pioneers; Young Global Leaders and Young Scientists.

* invited for the session

Friday 26 September

08.00 - 09.00 Networking Breakfast Industry Visit: Tianjin Port This excursion includes a visit to the Tianjin Port, Donjian Free Trade Zone and the Port’s Shipping 08.30 - 12.00 Industry Visits Center providing insights on the opportunities Tianjin Industry Visit: Environmental presented by one of the world’s largest port Protection facilities. Please refer to the private website area for This excursion includes a visit to the site of the the detailed excursion programme. Seats are Sino-Singapore Eco-city, the TEDA Desalination available on a first-come, first-served basis. Buses and Waste Water Treatment Plant, and the Tianjin leave from the Binhai International Convention and Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company. Please refer to Exhibition Center. the private website area for the detailed excursion programme. Seats are available on a first-come, Please RSVP to Patrick Chen at first-served basis. Buses leave from the Binhai [email protected], International Convention and Exhibition Center. Telephone:+86 22 2520 2073

Please RSVP to Patrick Chen at [email protected], 09.00 - 11.30 Workshop Telephone:+86 22 2520 2073 Managing Science for a Better World It takes world-class management to create world- Tianjin Industry Visit: Manufacturing class science. But the elements of good This excursion includes a visit to the Tiangang site, management in science may be different than the the Airbus A320 assembly line and other elements of good management in business. manufacturing facilities. Please refer to the private website area for the detailed excursion Join some of the world’s most eminent scientists programme. Seats are available on a first-come, and science administrators to explore the first-served basis. Buses leave from the Binhai fundamental elements of success in national International Convention and Exhibition Center. science policies.

Please RSVP to Patrick Chen at Discussion Leaders [email protected], Howard Alper , Chair and President, Science, Telephone:+86 22 2520 2073 Technology and Innovation Council, Canada

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Michael Clegg , Donald Bren Professor of 14.00 - 15.00 Boardroom Discussion Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Turning Strategy into Reality USA On average, strategic plans achieve only 60% Facilitated by success, largely due to poor implementation. Chen Zhu , Minister of Health of the People’s Republic of China What are the design, management and leadership steps needed to execute a successful strategic Designed for Technology Pioneers and Young plan? Scientists, but open to all participants Discussion Leaders Shumeet Banerji , Chief Executive Officer, Booz & 09.00 - 11.30 WorkSpace Company, USA Helen Owers , President and Chief Operating Managing Global Risks: The View from China Officer, International Legal & Regulatory, Thomson (in Mandarin Chinese) Reuters, United Kingdom The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2008 Yang Yuanqing* , Chairman of the Board, , highlighted four major areas of concern: food People’s Republic of China security, systematic financial risk, supply chain vulnerability and energy risk. Facilitated by Richard T. Pascale* , Associate Fellow, Saïd How exposed is China to these risks, and what Business School, University of Oxford, United can be done to mitigate them? Kingdom

With Designed for Global Growth Companies, but open Bi Yujuan , President, Tianjin Cotton Exchange to all participants Market (TCEM), People’s Republic of China James Z. Li , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, E.J. McKay & Co., People’s Republic of 14.00 - 15.00 Briefing Session China Design: The Competitive Edge for Global Wang Lifen , Executive Producer and Host, CCTV, Growth Companies People’s Republic of China; Young Global Leader Yang Wenjun , President, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Engage with leading experts in design and Dairy Industry (Group) Co., People's Republic of innovation to understand how valuable design China could be to global growth companies and to Zhang Xin , Chief Executive Officer, SOHO China, determine whether design should be made a People’s Republic of China; Young Global Leader strategic priority.

Facilitated by Discussion Leaders Wu Ying , General Partner, CTC Capital, People’s Tim Brown , President, Chief Executive Officer and Republic of China Partner, IDEO, USA Brian Collins , Chairman and Chief Creative Designed for Global Growth Companies and Officer, Collins, USA Foundation Members, but open to all participants

Facilitated by 12.00 - 14.00 Networking Lunch Alice Rawsthorn , Design Critic, International Herald Tribune, United Kingdom

12.00 - 13.30 Debate 14.00 - 16.30 Workshop CNBC Debate The Role of Frontier Science in Shaping In partnership with the World Economic Forum, the Society CNBC Debate will focus on leadership and collaboration in the context of growing economic Advancing the frontiers of science and technology insecurity. opens new opportunities to address some of the most critical issues of our times. Moderator Geoff Cutmore , Anchor, CNBC Europe, United Learn how frontier research is becoming an integral Kingdom part of national strategies for sustainable development in all countries.

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Discussion Leaders With Howard Alper , Chair and President, Science, Peter Bakker , Chief Executive Officer, TNT, Technology and Innovation Council, Canada Netherlands Jüri Engelbrecht , President, ALLEA (All European Mark Foster , Group Chief Executive, Academies), Estonia Management Consulting and Integrated Markets, Accenture, United Kingdom Facilitated by Gan Kim-Yong , Acting Minister of Manpower of Bruce Alberts , Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine, Singapore USA Jean-Daniel Gerber , Secretary of State for Economic Affairs of Switzerland Designed for Global Growth Companies, Technology Pioneers and Young Scientists, but Facilitated by open to all participants David Arkless , Executive Board Member, Manpower, United Kingdom Yoko Ishikura , Professor, Graduate School of 14.00 - 16.30 WorkSpaces International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi SlimCity: The Future of Urban Mobility University, Japan

Enabling people and goods to move about in cities Designed for Global Growth Companies, but open has become a complex challenge, which requires to all participants the combined resources and innovative thinking of multiple industries working in close partnership with forward-thinking city leaders. 14.00 - 17.30 Industry Visit Tianjin Industry Visit: Biotech and Health What infrastructure and investment is required to deliver working, sustainable systems, and what This excursion includes a visit to the Teda policies are required to support them? Cardiovascular Hospital, National Stem Cell Genetic Engineering Center and local health With companies. Please refer to the private website area Shai Agassi , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, for the detailed excursion programme. Seats are Better, USA; Young Global Leader available on a first-come, first-served basis. Buses Edoardo Croci , Commissioner for Environment leave from the Binhai International Convention and and Urban Mobility, City of Milan, Italy Exhibition Center. Jerzy Kropiwnicki , Mayor of Lodz, Poland Carlo Ratti , Director, MIT SENSEable City Please RSVP to Patrick Chen at Laboratory, MIT - Departments of Urban Studies [email protected], and Planning, USA Telephone:+86 22 2520 2073 Jacques Wallage , Mayor of Groningen, Netherlands Reinhard Wieczorek , Deputy Mayor, City Hall of 15.30 - 16.30 Mentor Session Munich, Germany Financial Stability in an Unstable Global Economy Facilitated by Chris Luebkeman , Director, Global Foresight and A discussion with Annual Meeting of the New Innovation, Arup Group, United Kingdom Champions Mentor William R. Rhodes on how leaders of Global Growth Companies can navigate Designed for Mayoral Delegations, Global Growth through financial dislocation and economic crisis to Companies and Foundation Members, but open to maintain financial stability. all participants With William R. Rhodes , Senior Vice-Chairman, Navigating through the Global Skills Crisis Citigroup; Chairman, President and Chief Executive In a world of many cultures, languages and values, Officer, Citibank NA, Citi, USA growing a business requires more diverse human capital then ever before. Designed for Global Growth Companies

What are the successful strategies for building and sustaining an inclusive workforce?

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19.30 - 21.30 Dinners in Parallel Dalian Dinner Join a welcome dinner hosted by Dalian to meet the city’s New Champions.

Greater Paris Dinner Join a welcome dinner hosted by Greater Paris to meet the region’s New Champions.

India Dinner Join a welcome dinner hosted by India to meet the country’s New Champions.

Japan Dinner Join a welcome dinner hosted by Japan to meet the country’s New Champions.

Mexico Dinner Join a welcome dinner hosted by Mexico to meet the country's New Champions.

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07.45 - 08.45 Working Breakfasts in Parallel Market Insight: North America Opportunity Tianjin: Eco-City Regardless of who wins the US presidential Join municipal officials to discover how your elections in November, America’s real economy will organization can take advantage of the eco-city continue to struggle with the effects of its opportunities in Tianjin. prolonged financial crisis.

What will be the signals of a US economic Opportunity Tianjin: Financial Services recovery, and which industries will drive it? Join municipal officials to discover how your organization can take advantage of opportunities in Discussion Leaders financial services in Tianjin. Michael D. Antonovich , Los Angeles County Supervisor, USA Opportunity Tianjin: Manufacturing Industry William A. Halter , Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, USA Join municipal officials to discover how your Irvin E. Richter , Chairman and Chief Executive organization can take advantage of the Officer, Hill International, USA opportunities in the manufacturing industry in Tianjin. Facilitated by Frederick Kempe , President and Chief Executive Opportunity Tianjin: Petrochemical Industry Officer, The Atlantic Council of the United States, USA Join municipal officials to discover how your organization can take advantage of the opportunities in the petrochemical industry in Globalization in the Urban Century Tianjin. With half of the world’s population living in urban areas, cities are on the front line of many global challenges such as climate change, food security, 08.00 - 09.00 Networking Breakfast energy efficiency and migration.

What are the most pressing global challenges in 09.00 - 10.00 Boardroom Discussions the 21st century that will require even greater The World’s Leading Economic Power? leadership from cities?

A recent survey showed that more Americans Discussion Leaders perceive China as the world’s leading economic Steve Dobbs , Senior Group President, Fluor power than those who believe it is the United Corporation, USA States. Babatunde Raji Fashola , Governor of Lagos, Nigeria How do the Chinese regard being considered as Richard Hausmann , President and Chief the world’s leading economic power, and what are Executive Officer, Siemens China, People’s the expectations that come with such a role? Republic of China Syed Mustafa Kamal , Mayor of Karachi, Pakistan This session is conducted in conjunction with Time magazine. Facilitated by David Schlesinger , Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Discussion Leaders Reuters, United Kingdom Ronnie C. Chan , Chairman, Hang Lung Group Limited, Hong Kong SAR Li Ruogu , President, Export-Import Bank of China, People’s Republic of China Kenneth G. Lieberthal , Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan, USA Kishore Mahbubani , Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

Facilitated by Michael J. Elliott , Editor, Time International, Time, Hong Kong SAR

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09.00 - 10.00 Mentor Session Fu Chengyu , Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Sustainable Development and the Evolving and Executive Director, China National Offshore Oil Role for Business Corporation (CNOOC), People’s Republic of China James Hogan , Chief Executive Officer, Etihad A discussion with Annual Meeting of the New Airways, United Arab Emirates Champions Mentor Samuel DiPiazza, Global Chief Liu Mingkang , Chairman, China Banking Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, on Regulatory Commission, People’s Republic of how leaders of global growth companies can make China sustainable development an integral part of their William R. Rhodes , Senior Vice-Chairman, business strategy. Citigroup; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Citibank NA, Citi, USA Designed for Global Growth Companies. Geoff Riddell , Member, Group Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Global With Corporate Business, Zurich Financial Services, Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr , Chief Executive Officer, Switzerland PricewaterhouseCoopers International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA Moderator Prannoy Roy , Chairman, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India 09.00 - 10.00 Briefing Sessions The Next Wave in Nanotechnology 09.00 - 11.30 Workshop Recent estimates predict that in less than a decade more than 15% of goods worldwide will feature Alliance or Merger? some form of nanotechnology. Whether to enter into a strategic alliance or a merger is a key decision that growth companies Explore the latest developments in molecular often face in the course of their global engineering with the new champions of this development. exciting field. Which growth objectives are better suited for a Discussion Leaders particular approach, and what are the common Jon Brodd , Chief Executive Officer, Cima pitfalls to avoid with either option? Nanotech, USA; Technology Pioneer Ron Kok , Founder, OTB Group, Netherlands; Discussion Leaders Technology Pioneer Amir Gal-Or , Managing Partner, Infinity Equity, Nguyen Thanh Thi Kim , Royal Society University Hong Kong SAR Research Fellow and Lecturer, University of Stephen Harder , Chief Executive Officer and Liverpool, United Kingdom Managing Partner, Clifford Chance, People’s Scott Rickert , President and Co-Founder, Republic of China Nanofilm, USA; Technology Pioneer Yoshitaka Kitao , Representative Director and Federico Williams , Head of Department, Tenaris, Chief Executive Officer, SBI Holdings, Japan Argentina James H. Quigley , Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA Facilitated by John Sequeira , Partner and Head, Asia Pacific Neil Gershenfeld , Director, The Center for Bits M&A Practice, Bain & Company Japan, Japan and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Facilitated by Hellmut Schutte , Senior Affiliate Professor of International Management, INSEAD, Singapore 09.00 - 10.00 Plenary Session in Parallel Global Growth at Risk 09.00 - 10.00 WorkSpaces The power shift to fast-growing economies requires understanding of how global risks affect New Financial Architecture businesses. The future evolution of the global financial architecture will profoundly impact the source and What risks are most likely to influence the path of direction of capital flows, industry dynamics, global growth companies? investor behaviour and aggregate demand.

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How might national and international regulations, 10.30 - 11.30 Boardroom Discussions new sources of funding and financial innovation New Entrepreneurship, Chinese-style change where, how and why capital flows around the world? Chinese state-owned enterprises capture headlines internationally; yet, it is China’s private With entrepreneurs that stand out for their innovative Sameer Al Ansari , Executive Chairman and Chief R&D, creative business models and corporate Executive Officer, Dubai International Capital, responsibility locally. United Arab Emirates Victor L. L. Chu , Chairman and Chief Executive Who are these entrepreneurs, and what is their Officer, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong vision for the future business landscape of China? Kong SAR; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum Discussion Leaders Donald A. Stewart , Chief Executive Officer, Sun Pan Shiyi , Chairman, SOHO, People’s Republic of Life Financial, Canada China Ruben K. Vardanian , Chairman of the Board and Qi Yumin , Chairman of the Board and President, Chief Executive Officer, Troika Dialog Group, Huachen Automotive Group Holding Company, Russian Federation; Young Global Leader People’s Republic of China Edward S. Tian , Chairman, China Broadband Facilitated by Capital Partners (CBC Capital), People’s Republic Richard T. Pascale *, Associate Fellow, Saïd of China Business School, University of Oxford, United Wang Jianlin , President, Dalian Wanda Group, Kingdom People’s Republic of China Yu Minhong , Chief Executive Officer, New Oriental Education & Technology Group, People’s Republic The Next Wave for the Web of China Web 2.0 was defined by the empowerment of individuals, social networking and the surging use Facilitated by of mobile devices to access the Internet; there is Sir David Wright , Vice-Chairman, Barclays an ongoing debate about what Web 3.0 will Capital, United Kingdom feature . Commodities: Will the Price Be Right for Explore the latest developments on the Web and Global Growth? project the future beyond Web 3.0 in this highly interactive session with the new champions of the Despite slower growth rates in key commodity- Internet and mobile technologies. consuming economies, the IMF’s commodity price index has risen by a cumulative 10% so far in With 2008. Mitchell Baker , Chairman of the Board, Mozilla, USA; Technology Pioneer Which markets are the most volatile, and how R. Marcelo Claure , Chairman of the Board, Chief should businesses manage this volatility? Executive Officer and President, Brightstar, USA; Young Global Leader Discussion Leaders Esther Dyson , Chairman, EDventure Holdings, Joseph Massey , Managing Director and Chief USA Executive Officer, Multi Commodity Exchange, Tom Ilube , Chief Executive Officer, Garlik, United India Kingdom; Technology Pioneer Ivan Ramalho , Vice-Minister of Development of Tero Ojanpera , Executive Vice-President, Brazil Entertainment and Communities, and Member of Ronald W. Thiessen , President and Chief the Executive Board, Nokia Corporation, Finland; Executive Officer, Hunter Dickinson, Canada Young Global Leader Helmut Wieser , Executive Vice-President and William Swope , Corporate Vice-President and Group President, Global Rolled Products, Hard General Manager, Corporate Affairs Group, Intel Alloy Extrusion and Asia, Alcoa, USA Corporation, USA Jimmy Wales , President, Wikia, USA; Young Facilitated by Global Leader Gideon Rachman , Associate Editor, Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times, United Kingdom Facilitated by Soumitra Dutta , Dean, External Relations, and Roland Berger Chaired Professor in Business and Technology, INSEAD, France 11 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

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Market Insight: Europe Jonathan M. Rothberg , Co-Founder and Chairman, RainDance Technologies, USA; Europe has yet to slow down, but executive and Technology Pioneer consumer confidence on the continent have declined to their lowest levels in more than two Peer M. Schatz , Chief Executive Officer, Qiagen, years. Germany Which countries and industries are most immune Facilitated by to a slowdown, and which are most vulnerable? Bruce Alberts , Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine, USA Discussion Leaders Christos Folias , Minister of Development of Greece 10.30 - 11.30 Plenary Session in Parallel Maurice Lévy , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Group, France; Member of the Mega-Regions: Driving Growth and Innovation Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum Globally Peter Mandelson , Commissioner, Trade, Recent research shows that 40 mega-regions, European Commission, Brussels each including several cities, create “two-thirds of Johan Staël von Holstein , Founder and Chief global economic output and more than 85% of all Executive Officer, IQube, Sweden global innovation”.

Facilitated by How does this notion of mega-regions change Alessandra Galloni , Bureau Chief, Southern business and policy decisions with respect to Europe, Wall Street Journal, France; Young Global global competitiveness? Leader Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón* , Mayor of Mexico City, Mexico 10.30 - 11.30 Mentor Session Toru Hashimoto* , Governor of Osaka, Japan How Will Climate Change Affect Your Value Christian Sautter , Deputy Mayor of Paris, Chain? Economic Development and International Attractiveness, France A discussion with Annual Meeting of the New Bhupinder Singh Hooda* , Chief Minister of Champions Mentor Peter Bakker, Chief Executive Haryana, India Officer, TNT NV, on how regulatory and consumer Xu Zongheng , Mayor of Shenzhen, People’s reaction to climate change will affect the value Republic of China chain of Global Growth Companies. Moderator Designed for Global Growth Companies. James S. Turley , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young, USA With Peter Bakker , Chief Executive Officer, TNT, Netherlands 11.45 - 12.45 Plenary Session The Global Economic Outlook 10.30 - 11.30 Briefing Session Looking towards the second half of 2008, many G7 The Next Wave in Life Sciences economies will still be grappling with the impact of a US slowdown and rising inflation, but the expectation Genetics and regenerative medicine are set to is that emerging and developing economies will dramatically change approaches and attitudes continue to drive growth as they have done over the towards disease and ageing. last five years. Explore the latest developments in life sciences What economic shifts are taking place in the global with those at the forefront of research innovation economy, and where do the best opportunities lie in and real world applications in this field. the months ahead? Discussion Leaders Thomas Enders , Chief Executive Officer, Airbus, Fabio Cavalli , Chief Executive Officer and Chief France Business Architect, mondoBIOTECH, Switzerland; Jiang Jianqing , Chairman of the Board, Industrial and Technology Pioneer Commercial Bank of China, People’s Republic of China Josef Priller , Professor, Charité Universitätmedizin Peter Mandelson* , Commissioner, Trade, European Berlin, Germany Commission, Brussels

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Yoshihiko Miyauchi , Chairman and Chief Executive Discussion Leaders Officer, Orix Corporation, Japan Kirill Androsov , Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Stephen S. Roach , Chairman, Asia, Morgan Stanley, the Prime Minister, Russian Federation Hong Kong SAR Konstantin Panin , Vice-Chief Executive Officer, Basic Element, Russian Federation Chaired by Ruben K. Vardanian* , Chairman of the Board and Geoff Cutmore , Anchor, CNBC Europe, United Chief Executive Officer, Troika Dialog Group, Kingdom Russian Federation; Young Global Leader

Facilitated by 12.45 - 14.00 Networking Lunch Dezsö J. Horváth , Dean and Professor of Strategic Management and International Business, The Schulich School of Business, York University, 12.45 - 14.00 Debate Canada Phoenix TV Debate (in Mandarin Chinese) Cyber Security: Why Should I Care? In partnership with the World Economic Forum, Phoenix Satellite Television Debate explores a major Botnets, phishing, pharming, viruses, worms and topic of interest impacting China and the rest of the even spam present serious threats to cyber world. infrastructure in terms of business continuity.

Moderator What are the major cyber security issues with Sally Wu , Presenter, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Hong which businesses should be prepared to deal? Are Kong SAR there best practices that can be shared across industries and governments to reduce such threats? 14.00 - 15.00 Boardroom Discussions Financing the Next Wave of Growth Discussion Leaders Christophe Nicolas , Senior Vice-President and Dynamic companies can choose a number of Chief Technology Officer, Kudelski Group, options to finance the next rounds of growth; much Switzerland depends on their short- and long-term interests as Bruce Schneier , Chief Security Technology well as the prevailing economic climate. Officer, BT, USA Dave De Walt , President and Chief Executive What are the best options to consider when Officer, McAfee, USA financing a company’s growth in the current financial environment? Facilitated by Tom Ilube , Chief Executive Officer, Garlik, United Discussion Leaders Kingdom; Technology Pioneer Adena Friedman , Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and Data Products, The Fears about Food Security: A New Backlash NASDAQ Stock Market, USA; Young Global to Globalization? Leader Yuko Kawamoto , Professor, Waseda University, Confronted by growing backlash to rising global Japan food prices, countries such as Russia, China and Nasser Al Shaali , Chief Executive Officer, Dubai India are exploring new policies to control the International Financial Centre (DIFC), United Arab domestic price of basic staples. Emirates Which countries are the most vulnerable to rising Facilitated by food prices, and what will be the wider impact on John K. Defterios , Anchor, CNN Marketplace trade, investment and infrastructure policies as Middle East, CNN International, United Kingdom policy-makers take action?

Market Insight: Russia Discussion Leaders Henrietta H. Fore* , Administrator, US Agency for With average annual GDP growth of over 7% since International Development (USAID), and Director, 2000, Russia has established itself as one of the US Foreign Assistance, Washington DC global economic and business powerhouses. Bharrat Jagdeo* , President of Guyana Frank Ning Gaoning , Chairman, COFCO, What are businesses and investors contributing to People’s Republic of China the growth and diversification of the Russian economy? 13 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

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Jaques Wagner* , Governor of Bahia, Brazil Discussion Leaders Aron Cramer , President and Chief Executive Facilitated by Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), Raju Narisetti , Editor,HT Media, India; Young USA Global Leader Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr , Chief Executive Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA 14.00 - 15.00 Briefing Session Ethan B. Kapstein , Paul Dubrule Professor of Science Capsule: How Modern Physics and Sustainable Development, INSEAD, France Elementary Particles Affect Your Life Joe Madiath , Executive Director, Gram Vikas, India; Social Entrepreneur Meet one of the leading minds in particle physics James S. Turley , Chairman and Chief Executive and learn all about time, space, matter and parallel Officer, Ernst & Young, USA universes. Facilitated by Introduced by Harish Hande , Managing Director, SELCO Solar André Schneider , Managing Director and Chief Light, India; Social Entrepreneur Operating Officer, World Economic Forum

Discussion Leader 14.00 - 16.30 WorkSpaces Brian Cox , Royal Society University Research Turning Silver to Gold: Business Opportunities Fellow, University of Manchester, United Kingdom in an Ageing World While ageing populations put strains on retirement 14.00 - 15.00 Plenary Session in Parallel and healthcare systems, they also represent an The Next 30 Years of Reform untapped market.

The real GDP of China is now roughly 12 times How can the needs and interests of an ageing more than when Deng Xiaoping led the country’s population drive emerging business opportunities? economic reform in 1978. With Entrepreneurs, economists and policy-makers will Alice Au , Managing Partner, Chief Executive explore the key success factors of the last 30 years Officer and Board Practice, Heidrick & Struggles, as well as steps that need to be taken to ensure Hong Kong SAR China’s success well into the future. Alice Jacobs , Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Intelligent Medical Devices, USA; Guo Shuqing , Chairman, China Construction Young Global Leader Bank, People’s Republic of China Donald A. Stewart , Chief Executive Officer, Sun Caio Koch-Weser , Vice-Chairman, Deutsche Life Financial, Canada Bank, United Kingdom Ramesh Subrahmanian , President, Asia Pacific Liu Jiren , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Human Health, MSD Technology Singapore, Neusoft Corporation, People’s Republic of China Singapore James H. Quigley , Global Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte, USA Facilitated by Tim Brown , President, Chief Executive Officer and Moderator Partner, IDEO, USA Frederick Kempe , President and Chief Executive Officer, The Atlantic Council of the United States, Rethinking the Base of the Pyramid USA Widespread inflation, with rising food and fuel prices, has hit the world’s poorest consumers the 14.00 - 16.30 Workshop hardest. Unsustainable Trends How can base of the pyramid models ensure that Ageing populations, water scarcity levels and entrepreneurial opportunities and consumer energy consumption patterns all point to choices are not diminished in this new inflationary unsustainable future trends. environment?

How will these trends evolve, and what will be their With positive or negative impact on global growth Babatunde Raji Fashola , Governor of Lagos, companies? Nigeria

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Saturday 27 September

David Green , Executive Director, Project Impact, Discussion Leaders USA; Social Entrepreneur Manuel J. Balbontin , Founder and President, Kigge Mai Hvid , Chief Executive Officer, Index: Compass Group, USA Design to Improve Life, Denmark William R. Rhodes , Senior Vice-Chairman, David C. Michael , Senior Partner, Managing Citigroup; Chairman, President and Chief Executive Director and Head, Greater China, The Boston Officer, Citibank NA, Citi, USA Consulting Group, People’s Republic of China Bruno Stagno Ugarte , Minister of Foreign Christopher Rodrigues , Executive Chairman, Relations and Religion of Costa Rica International Personal Finance, United Kingdom Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui , Chair, Board of Facilitated by Directors, ACCION International, USA; Young Andrea Sanke , Senior Presenter, Journalist, Global Leader France 24, France; Young Global Leader Michael Tarazi , Policy Adviser, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), World Bank, Climate Change and Your Business Washington DC; Young Global Leader Carbon footprint, clean technology and zero Facilitated by emissions are now familiar terms, but their future Vikram K. Akula , Chief Executive Officer and impact on business strategy and regulatory Founder, SKS Microfinance, India; Young Global frameworks is less understood. Leader What are the key changes taking place in various industries and regulatory regimes around the 15.30 - 16.30 Boardroom Discussions world? Market Insight: India Discussion Leaders Despite high inflation and rumours of impending Jean-Paul Bouttes , Executive Vice-President, national elections, India’s economy remains on Corporate Strategy, Prospective and International track for another year with 8% plus growth. Affairs, Electricité de France (EDF), France Deepak Puri , Chairman and Managing Director, Which sectors and states remain immune to a Moser Baer, India global economic slowdown, and why? Mitsuhiko Yamashita , Executive Vice-President, Research and Development, Nissan Motor Co., Discussion Leaders Japan Pramod Bhasin , President and Chief Executive Officer, Genpact, India Challenger Vivek C. Burman* , Chairman, Dabur India, India C. S. Kiang , Chairman, Environment Fund, Peking Preetha Reddy , Managing Director, Apollo University, People’s Republic of China Hospitals Enterprise, India Bhupinder Singh Hooda* , Chief Minister of Facilitated by Haryana, India Nick J. Butler , Chairman, Cambridge Centre for Raghupati Singhania* , Vice-Chairman and Energy Studies, Cambridge Judge Business Managing Director, JK Tyre & Industries Limited, School, United Kingdom India

Facilitated by 15.30 - 16.30 Briefing Sessions Shekhar Gupta , Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Science Capsule: Space Exploration Express, India Today a space trip for one person costs up to US$ 20 million; the launch of one space shuttle costs Market Insight: Latin America US$ 450 million per mission. However, space Driven by rising domestic demand and commodity tourism and exploration is about to turn a page as prices, Latin America’s growth is gradually space travel becomes more affordable and new decoupling from North America, with the region countries enter the space race. now enjoying a proportion of its trade with the rest of the world. What will the future of space travel and exploration look like? What are the new economic opportunities in Latin America and the challenges to the region’s new Discussion Leaders path to growth? Eric Anderson , President and Chief Executive Officer, Space Adventures, USA; Young Global Leader

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Saturday 27 September

Anousheh Ansari , Co-Founder, Chief Executive Moderator Officer, Prodea Systems, USA; Young Global David Schlesinger , Editor-in-Chief, Thomson Leader Reuters, United Kingdom Esther Dyson , Chairman, EDventure Holdings, USA 17.00 - 17.20 Plenary Session Facilitated by Welcome Remarks James Bradfield Moody , General Manager, International Development, Commonwealth Remarks by Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Huang Xingguo , Mayor of Tianjin, People’s Republic (CSIRO), Australia; Young Global Leader of China Klaus Schwab , Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum Visualizing Globalization Data from telephone and Internet use can be transformed into digital maps of knowledge and 17.20 - 18.00 Plenary Session communication flows around the world. Opening Plenary with Premier Wen Jiabao

What does the visual rendition of these data Keynote Address by patterns tell us about the future of globalization? Wen Jiabao , Premier of the People’s Republic of China Facilitated by Carlo Ratti , Director, MIT SENSEable City Chaired by Laboratory, MIT - Departments of Urban Studies Klaus Schwab , Founder and Executive Chairman, and Planning, USA World Economic Forum

15.30 - 16.30 Plenary Session in Parallel 18.00 - 18.30 Reception Participants are cordially invited to a get-together in The Globalization of Science and Technology “The Village” within the Binhai International Convention With the IT and telecommunication revolutions, and Exhibition Center. advanced development in science and technology can take place around the globe. 18.30 - 20.30 Dinner What are the implications for foreign assistance, Gala Soirée FDI and education as barriers to invention and production are reduced? Join an evening of entertainment hosted by the Municipal Government of Tianjin . Neil Gershenfeld , Director, The Center for Bits and Atoms, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Kiyoshi Kurokawa , Science Adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Padmasree Warrior , Chief Technology Officer, Cisco, USA

16 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

Sunday 28 September

07.45 - 08.45 Working Breakfasts in Parallel John M. Beck , Chairman and Chief Executive Opportunity Tianjin: Hi-Tech Officer, Aecon Group, Canada Ian Bremmer , President, Eurasia Group, USA; Join municipal officials to discover how your Young Global Leader organization can take advantage of the hi-tech Jahangir Hajiyev , Chairman of the Board, opportunities in Tianjin. International Bank of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Bilegt Tudev* , Governor and Mayor of Ulan Bator, Opportunity Tianjin: Logistics Mongolia

Join municipal officials to discover how your Facilitated by organization can take advantage of the David Skilling , Chief Executive Officer, New opportunities in logistics in Tianjin. Zealand Institute, New Zealand

Opportunity Tianjin: Telecommunication Market Insight: Japan Industry Japan’s growth in the first quarter of 2008 was at Join municipal officials to discover how your an annualized rate of 4%, which was the third organization can take advantage of opportunities in straight positive quarter for the world’s number two the telecommunication industry in Tianjin. economy.

Which industries and markets are driving its current 08.00 - 09.00 Networking Breakfast growth and, going forward, what will be the impact of a US slowdown and higher energy costs?

09.00 - 10.00 Boardroom Discussions Discussion Leaders The Outlook for China’s Capital Markets Atsushi Horiba , Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Horiba, Japan China’s market capitalization is now well over US$ Yuko Kawamoto , Professor, Waseda University, 4 trillion, which puts it behind only the US, Japan Japan and the United Kingdom. Liu Jiren , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Neusoft Corporation, People’s Republic of China How will China’s capital markets evolve in response Takashi Tsutsui , President and Chief Executive to the country’s goal of quadrupling GDP by 2020? Officer, Jasdaq Securities Exchange, Japan

Discussion Leaders Facilitated by Cui Jindu , Vice-Mayor of Tianjin Municipal Hellmut Schutte , Senior Affiliate Professor of People’s Government, People’s Republic of China International Management, INSEAD, Singapore Li Jiange , Chairman, China International Capital Corporation, People’s Republic of China John Zhao , Chief Executive Officer, Hony Capital, 09.00 - 10.00 Briefing Session People’s Republic of China The Origins of the Universe: Why It Matters Facilitated by The universe has a 15 billion year history; however, Russell Flannery , Shanghai Bureau Chief, Forbes new missions and projects are shedding more light Magazine, People’s Republic of China on, and raising new questions about, its origins.

Investing in Infrastructure How will the latest findings on the origins of the universe impact scientific, social and religious As of June 2008, infrastructure projects attracted views? nearly US$ 90 billion from private equity institutions alone. Discussion Leaders Anousheh Ansari* , Co-Founder, Chief Executive With the financial sector increasingly focusing on Officer, Prodea Systems, USA; Young Global infrastructure, what will be the long-term impact of Leader this investment flow into public services? Merieme Chadid , Explorer and Astronomer, Concordia Research Station, Antarctica, France; Discussion Leaders Young Global Leader Mohamed A. Alabbar* , Chairman, Emaar Brian Cox , Royal Society University Research Properties, United Arab Emirates Fellow, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

17 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

Sunday 28 September

Liang Mao-Chang , Associate Research Fellow, 09.00 - 11.30 WorkSpaces Research Center for Environmental Changes, Great Companies, Great Leaders: The Academia Sinica, Taiwan, China Chinese Perspective (in Mandarin Chinese)

Facilitated by MNCs in China often pursue a leadership model André Schneider , Managing Director and Chief that blends their corporate culture with Chinese Operating Officer, World Economic Forum values.

What is the optimal leadership model for Chinese 09.00 - 10.00 Plenary Session in Parallel companies aiming for success abroad? Market Insight: Frontier Markets With Frontier markets in the developing world continue Feng Dongming , Chairman and Chief Executive to outperform the BRIC economies, but their Officer, Markor Investment Group, People’s shares remain thinly traded. Republic of China Liu Changle , Chairman and Chief Executive Are frontier markets simply taking the place of the Officer, Phoenix Satellite Television, Hong Kong emerging markets of two decades ago, or do their SAR investment and risk profiles significantly differ Liu Xiaoguang , President and Chief Executive today? Officer, Beijing Capital Group, People’s Republic of China Harish Manwani , President, Asia, Africa, Central Wang Jianlin , President, Dalian Wanda Group, and Eastern Europe, Unilever, United Kingdom People’s Republic of China Essa Al Saleh , President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Integrated Logistics, Agility, Kuwait Facilitated by Wang Jianzhou , Chairman and Chief Executive, Yu Minhong , Chief Executive Officer, New Oriental China Mobile Communications Corporation, Education & Technology Group, People’s Republic People’s Republic of China of China

Moderator Business Models for Global Success – By Andrew Stevens , Anchor and Correspondent, Design CNN, Hong Kong SAR In today’s fast-changing business environment, companies are forced to adapt operational 09.00 - 11.30 Workshop strategies accordingly, particularly when going global. What can be learned from the design Negotiating across Cultures principles behind successful products, processes Executives in global growth companies face the and services, and how can design be applied to critical challenge of negotiating with people from adapt and strengthen the operations of a globally unfamiliar lands, cultures and historical expanding organization to turn challenges into backgrounds; failure to deal well with these cultural opportunities? differences can come at substantial cost. With Join this highly interactive workshop to learn about Tim Brown , President, Chief Executive Officer and key strategic negotiation techniques, while Partner, IDEO, USA sharpening your skills as a cross-cultural Brian Collins , Chairman and Chief Creative negotiator. Officer, Collins, USA David Green , Executive Director, Project Impact, Facilitated by USA; Social Entrepreneur Daniel Shapiro , Director, Harvard International Kigge Mai Hvid , Chief Executive Officer, Index: Negotiation Initiative, Harvard Law School, USA; Design to Improve Life, Denmark Young Global Leader Chris Luebkeman , Director, Global Foresight and Innovation, Arup Group, United Kingdom Alice Rawsthorn , Design Critic, International Herald Tribune, United Kingdom

18 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

Sunday 28 September

Mark Turrell , Co-Founder and Chief Executive Facilitated by Officer, Imaginatik, United Kingdom; Technology Aron Cramer , President and Chief Executive Pioneer Officer, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), USA Facilitated by Richard T. Pascale , Associate Fellow, Saïd Market Insight: The Gulf Region Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom With energy prices at historic highs, infrastructure spending in the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council is likely to top US$ 1.5 trillion over the next 10.30 - 11.30 Boardroom Discussions decade. China: A Green Champion in the Making? Which economies and industries are riding the Although China’s rapid industrialization and investment wave, and how long will it last? urbanization have strained the environment, its leaders recognize that energy efficiency, Discussion Leaders environmental technology and renewable energy Madhu Koneru , Executive Director, TRIMEX are critical for sustainable growth. Group, United Arab Emirates Ziad Makkawi , Founder, Chairman and Chief What are the key industry trends to watch for, and Executive Officer, Algebra Capital, United Arab which growth companies stand to benefit from Emirates China’s environmental strategy? Maqbool Ali Sultan , Minister of Commerce and Industry of Oman Discussion Leaders Ko Kheng-Hwa , Chief Executive Officer, Facilitated by Sustainable Development & Living Business John K. Defterios , Anchor, CNN Marketplace Division, Keppel Corporation, Singapore Middle East, CNN International, United Kingdom Li Yizhong* , Minister of Industry and Information of the People’s Republic of China The Next Wave in Energy Troels Lund Poulsen , Minister of the Environment of Denmark Estimates show that US$ 10 trillion will be invested Xu Ming , Chairman, Dalian Shide Group, People's in the coming two decades to develop and secure Republic of China; Young Global Leader a future based on clean energy. Zhu Jimin , Chairman of the Board, Shougang Group, People’s Republic of China Explore the latest developments in renewable energies with the new champions of this exciting Facilitated by field. Orville H. Schell , Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society, USA Discussion Leaders Shai Agassi , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Better, USA; Young Global Leader Picking the Perfect Board: Mission Douglas Albrecht , Chairman, Grupo Tapebicua, Impossible? Argentina From executive compensation to financial risk Cheng Siwei* , President, China Association for management, board members are being Soft Science Studies, People’s Republic of China scrutinized for their judgement and decision- Vineet Nayar* , Chief Executive Officer, HCL making. Technologies, India Robert Walsh , President, LS9, USA; Technology What are the key elements in designing and Pioneer building a board of directors for a global growth company? Facilitated by Michael Liebreich , Chairman and Chief Executive Discussion Leaders Officer, New Energy Finance, United Kingdom John Harrison , Chairman, China and Hong Kong SAR, KPMG, Hong Kong SAR Jacob Hsu , Chief Executive Officer, The Symbio Group, People’s Republic of China Justin Mallen , Chief Executive Officer, Silk Road Telecommunication, People’s Republic of China

19 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

Sunday 28 September

10.30 - 11.30 Plenary Session in Parallel 12.45 - 14.00 Debate Looking beyond the Almighty Dollar BBC World Debate The sustained depreciation of the dollar against In partnership with the World Economic Forum, the major currencies is triggering a massive re- BBC World Debate explores a major topic of interest weighting of international assets and readjustment from the perspective of both developed and of trade flows. developing nations.

On which currencies are businesses increasingly Moderator banking their future? Nik Gowing , Main Presenter, BBC World News, United Kingdom Hu Xiaolian* , Administrator, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, People’s Republic of China Oki Matsumoto , President and Chief Executive 14.00 - 15.00 Boardroom Discussions Officer, Monex, Japan Investing in Innovation: The View from China Zhu Min , Group Executive Vice-President, Bank of China, People’s Republic of China China now spends more than Japan on research and development and is second only to the US, as Moderator R&D spending is expected to surpass 1.5% of its Michael J. Elliott , Editor, Time International, Time, GDP. Hong Kong SAR How will China’s massive R&D investments impact its major industries and improve its national 11.45 - 12.45 Plenary Session competitiveness? From Global Growth Company to Corporate Discussion Leaders Global Citizen Feng Jun , Chief Executive Officer, Beijing Huaqi As the global agenda is increasingly shaped outside (Aigo) Information Digital Technology, People’s the traditional framework of nation states, corporations Republic of China; Young Global Leader have licence not only to operate in the global system, Leonard Liu , Chairman and Chief Executive but also a civic duty to contribute to its sustainable Officer, Augmentum, USA health; this duty is corporate global citizenship. William Swope , Corporate Vice-President and General Manager, Corporate Affairs Group, Intel What are the most relevant examples of corporate Corporation, USA global citizenship for companies expanding globally, and how do they differ by geography and industry? Facilitated by Andrew Stevens , Anchor and Correspondent, Khalid Abdulla-Janahi , Chairman, Ithmaar Bank, CNN, Hong Kong SAR Bahrain Samuel A. DiPiazza Jr , Chief Executive Officer, Market Insight: Africa PricewaterhouseCoopers International, PricewaterhouseCoopers, USA The IMF expects sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP growth Nobuyoshi John Ehara , Partner and Representative rate to be 6.5% for 2008, which is higher than the Director, Unison Capital, Japan predicted 3.7% growth rate globally. Huang Tianwen , President, Sinosteel Corporation, People’s Republic of China Which countries and industries are driving Africa’s new growth? Chaired by Klaus Schwab , Founder and Executive Chairman, Discussion Leaders World Economic Forum Henrietta H. Fore* , Administrator, US Agency for International Development (USAID), and Director, US Foreign Assistance, Washington DC 12.45 - 14.00 Networking Lunch Kola Karim , Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Shoreline Energy International, Nigeria; Young Global Leader Li Ruogu , President, Export-Import Bank of China, People’s Republic of China Patrice T. Motsepe* , Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals, South Africa

20 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

Sunday 28 September

David Munro , Chief Executive, Corporate and 14.00 - 15.00 Plenary Session in Parallel Investment Banking, Standard Bank of South The Future of the Global Economy: The View Africa, South Africa; Young Global Leader from China

Facilitated by China has accumulated foreign currency reserves Leslie W. Maasdorp , Vice-Chairman, Absa in excess of US$ 1.5 trillion as it continues to Capital, South Africa; Young Global Leader export much more than its households consume domestically. Market Insight: South-East Asia How does the country see its role in the global Record-setting energy and food prices are putting economy as the US economy slows and inflation enormous economic and political pressure on pressures increase internationally? Asia’s emerging markets, particularly within ASEAN. Victor L. L. Chu , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong What will be the response to rising consumer and Kong SAR; Member of the Foundation Board of producer prices, and how will it impact the region’s the World Economic Forum trade flows and major currencies? Maurice Lévy , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Group, France; Member of the Discussion Leaders Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum Yoshitaka Kitao , Representative Director and Jack Ma Yun , Chairman and Chief Executive Chief Executive Officer, SBI Holdings, Japan Officer, Alibaba Group, People’s Republic of China; Lam Di Don , Chief Executive Officer and Co- Young Global Leader Founder, VinaCapital Group, Vietnam Heizo Takenaka , Director, Global Security Wolfgang Lehmacher , Chief Executive Officer, Research Institute, Keio University, Japan GeoPost Intercontinental, France Yang Yuanqing , Chairman of the Board, Lenovo, Jeremy Pink , President and Managing Director, People’s Republic of China CNBC Asia Pacific, Singapore Moderator Facilitated by Stephen Engle , Correspondent, Asia, Bloomberg Simon Elegant , Beijing Bureau Chief, Time, Television, Hong Kong SAR People’s Republic of China

Ensuring Growth by Enabling Trade 14.00 - 15.30 WorkSpace From Millions to Billions: The Climb to Global Market access, border administration, Growth transportation and communications infrastructure, along with the business environment, determine if a The step needed to increase a company’s annual country will be a successful trading economy over turnover or its market capitalization from multiple the long run. millions to multiple billions is often an enormous stride. Join the investors and executives that have Which trade enabling factors are most critical to made this step and discover what is required to the success of a country and to a global growth become a mega market player of the future. company? With Discussion Leaders Hobart Lee Epstein , Managing Partner, KTB Daniel Bryant , Vice-President, Global Public Ventures, Republic of Korea Policy and Government Affairs, PepsiCo, USA Melissa Guzy , Head, Emerging Markets Group Jeffrey H. Schwartz , Chairman and Chief and lnvestment, China, VantagePoint Venture Executive Officer, ProLogis, USA Partners, Hong Kong SAR Gregory So , Undersecretary for Commerce and Dezsö J. Horváth , Dean and Professor of Economic Development of Hong Kong SAR Strategic Management and International Business, The Schulich School of Business, York University, Facilitated by Canada Jean-Pierre Lehmann , Professor of International Tina Ju , Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Political Economy, Institute for Management Caufield & Byers, People’s Republic of China Development International (IMD), Switzerland Peter Liu , Co-Founder and Chairman, WI Harper Group, USA

21 | Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2008 Preliminary Programme

Sunday 28 September

Stephen G. Pagliuca , Managing Director, Bain Capital, USA Bruno Raschle , Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Adveq Management, Switzerland Anthony Scaramucci , Managing Partner, Skybridge Capital, USA Ruben K. Vardanian , Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Troika Dialog Group, Russian Federation; Young Global Leader Joseph Wan , Operating Partner, Cinven, United Kingdom

Facilitated by George Foster , Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Professor in Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business, USA

15.30 - 17.00 Brainstorming World Economic Brainstorming: Next Steps for Sustaining Growth The World Economic Brainstorming (WEB) brings together industry leaders, policy-makers and experts to focus their collective knowledge on the future state of the global economy through a series of boardroom- style roundtable discussions and the use of an electronic voting system to identify future economic challenges and growth opportunities.

The objective is to leverage the insights generated over two days of discussions to identify priorities for sustaining growth despite an uncertain future outlook.

17.00 - 17.15 Plenary Session Closing Remarks

17.15 - 18.30 Farewell Reception

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