8:30 -9:20GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: MEET THE FUTURE: CHINA'S ENTREPRENEURS
Five of China's most innovative emerging companies give their elevator pitches to a panel of notable venture capitalists, who evaluate each contestant. The winner will be the company that gets the most audience votes for best idea and most attractive investment.
Location: Mian Yang, Shangri-La Hotel
Confirmed contestants:
Gong Haiyan, Founder and co-Chair, Jiayuan; Founder, 91waijiao.com
Hao Xu, CEO & Co-Founder, Camera360
Renqian "Jecky" Ye, Co-founder and CEO, Hawk Eye
Zhan Hai, Co-Founder & CEO, Eayun
Yusheng Zhang, Founder and CEO, Apricot Forest
Confirmed judges:
Andy Mok, Founder and CEO, Red Pagoda Resources
Neil Shen, Founding Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital China
Wang Chaoyong, President and CEO, China Equity Group
Xu Xiaoping, Founder and Managing Partner, Zhenfund
Moderator: Adam Lashinsky, Senior Editor-at-Large, Fortune
VIEWPOINT: WHAT'S NEXT FOR RURAL CHINA?
Two hundred million Chinese are constantly on the move seeking work and new lives in China's urban centers. This massive migration has created opportunities for migrants but it is also causing enormous strain on urban centers, infrastructure and social fabric. How will China's urbanization impact this country's vast rural population? How will China's demographic shifts shape China's future and what are the best strategies for meeting the needs of rural China? What are the opportunities for Chinese and multi-national companies in this shift from rural to urban China?
Confirmed discussion leaders:
Liu Hanyuan, Board Chairman, Tongwei Group
Peter Luo, Founder and CEO, Peter's Tex-Mex
Ning Tang, Founder and CEO, CreditEase
Moderator: Yukon Huang, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment's Asia Program
VIEWPOINT: CORPORATE RISK AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Presented by Zurich Insurance Group
Globally, governments have failed to reach an agreement on climate change. Traditional activist groups are putting pressure as never before on corporations to change their business practices. Public awareness of environmental harm is increasing, and consumers are using their buying power to boycott unsustainable goods and services. What are the implications as corporations look to more sustainable ways of operating? How can companies manage their risk and minimize their cost of adapting to climate change?
Confirmed discussion leaders:
Douglas Baker, Chairman and CEO, Ecolab
Samir Brikho, Executive Director and Chief Executive, AMEC
Xie Zhenhua, Vice Minister, National Development and Reform Commission
Zhang Yue, Chairman and CEO, Broad Group
Moderator: Brian Dumaine, Senior Editor-at-Large and Co-chair, 2013 Global Forum, Fortune
VIEWPOINT: THE FOOD DILEMMA
Presented by DuPont
As China's people become more affluent, demands for agriculturally intensive foods like meat and poultry have surged in recent decades. With only 7% of China's land arable, this demand puts an enormous strain on a food system that needs to feed 1.3 billion people daily. Meanwhile, increasing urbanization is resulting in dietary changes that rely on convenience foods, raising nutrition and health concerns. Concurrently, frequent episodes of contamination have made food safety a leading concern in the country. How are these developments affecting the industry? Can new technologies help China and the world feed itself sustainably, affordably, and nutritiously? What will it take to overcome food safety issues?
Confirmed discussion leaders:
Dhanin Chearavanont, Chairman and CEO, Charoen Pokphand Group
Gordon Orr, Director and Chairman of McKinsey Asia, McKinsey & Company Georges Plassat, Chairman and CEO, Carrefour
Peter Seligmann, Chief Executive Officer, Conservation International
Moderator: Tian Wei, Host and moderator, CCTV
VIEWPOINT: OPENING HEARTS AND WALLETS
In the past 30 years, we've seen the remarkable rise of China's wealthy class and a massive accumulation of personal fortunes. The widening wealth gaps, enormous social needs, and recent natural disasters seemed to rekindle an interest in charity nationwide. However, charities and the philanthropic sector in China are still in the nascent stage. What are the catalysts to giving in China? What are the social, cultural, and institutional barriers for wider adoption? What lessons can Chinese business and philanthropic leaders learn from their Western counterparts, and vice versa?
Confirmed discussion leader:
Rupert Hoogewerf, Publisher, The Hurun Report and Hurun Philanthropy List
Yao Ming, Athlete, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Wang Zhenyao, Dean, China Philanthropy Research Institute, Beijing Normal University
Moderator: Doug Guthrie, Dean, George Washington University School of Business; Vice President for University China Operations
9:20 -9:35SWITCH BREAK
9:35 -10:20GROWTH AND CONFLICT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
Location: Main Ballroom, Shangri-La Hotel
Greater economic interdependence has produced unprecedented dynamism that has created common interests and made Asia a central driver of global growth. But security issues, including territorial disputes and a changing balance of power, are raising tensions and jeopardizing the positive economic story. How will these forces play out? What policies will produce strategic stability that fosters economic growth? What are the prospects for integration and division in this vital region?
Confirmed panelists:
Jon Huntsman, Former U.S. Ambassador to China
Yang Jiemian, President, Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Moderator: Kenneth Lieberthal, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program, Global Economy and Development Program, John L. Thornton China Center Director, The Brookings Institution
10:20 -10:35SPOTLIGHT: UNDERSTANDING CHINA'S GENERATION WHY
Today's Chinese youth have very different attitudes than their parents. They have grown up with social media, and expect a more open society and a freer flow of information. They also desire many of the products and services common in the rich nations. How can business best reach these new consumers? What are their dreams and frustrations?
Speakers:
Qin Yuefei, Village Chief, Hejiashan Village, Hunan Province
Yu Wenxia, Miss World 2012
Moderator: Li Yifei, China Country Chair, Man Group
10:35 -11:30THE RISE OF THE WEST
The western provinces are now the fastest-growing region in China. Cities such as Chengdu, with a population of 14 million, have become centers for high-tech, automotive, finance, and other industries. More than 200 FortuneGlobal 500 companies now operate in Chengdu, which has built a world-class infrastructure for trade. What are the opportunities and special challenges for operating in China's dynamic new frontier? What can we learn from regions in other countries that have done this kind of expansion well?
Introduction:
Wei Hong, Governor, Sichuan Province
Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman, National Development and Reform Commission
Panelists:
Ge Honglin, Mayor, Chengdu
Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute
Liew Mun Leong, Founding President, Capitaland Group, and Chairman, Changi Airport Group
Liu Yonghao, Chairman, New Hope Group
Moderator: Jaime FlorCruz, China Chairman, 2013 Fortune Global Forum, and CNN Beijing Bureau Chief
11:30 -11:45ONE ON ONE WITH ROBIN LI
Speaker:
Robin Li, Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO, Baidu
Moderator:
Stephanie Mehta, Deputy Managing Editor, Fortune
11:45 -12:30REWRITING THE GLOBAL RULE BOOK
Today's CEOs are finding the world of international commerce increasingly difficult to navigate. What new rules are needed to simplify the demands of cross-border business? This panel will discuss the macroeconomic policies—both fiscal and monetary—, trade regulations, and intellectual property rights that would best promote world trade and a more stable global financial system. What will be the roles of the U.S., China and other emerging markets in shaping this brave-new regulatory world?
Confirmed discussion leaders:
David Daokui Li, Mansfield Freeman Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
Robert Mundell, Nobel Laureate in Economics and University Professor, Columbia University
Yan Qingmin, Vice Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission
Moderator: Bill Powell, China Editor, Reuters
12:30 -12:45CLOSING SESSION: DEFINING GLOBAL EXCELLENCE
Speaker: Yao Ming, Athlete, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
Moderator: Andy Serwer, Managing Editor, Fortune
12:45 -14:00INFORMAL LUNCHEON
Location: Tent outside Mooney's Bar, Level 1, Shangri-La Hotel
13:15 -14:30POST- FORUM ROUNDTABLE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN CHINA: THE LOCAL VIEW
Fortune will gather China-based regional presidents of multinational companies to share views and exchange ideas on the current realities, opportunities, and challenges of doing business in China today. This on-the-record session will inform Fortune's editorial coverage of China.
Participants:
Regional Presidents from multinational companies operating in China
Moderator: David Whitford, Editor-at-Large, Fortune
Introduction: Tom Gorman, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Fortune China
This roundtable will take place in a private room without an audience
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