S. RAMADORAI, CEO, Tata Consultancy Services
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00 - 12:30 Financial Reform and Innovation: Risks and Opportunities
(Dong Yu Grand Ballroom A, Level 1, ICC)
To what extent will their financial markets structure and the larger foreign reserves now amassed by many Asian countries, shield them from the current US sub-prime mortgage crisis and an Asian contagion such as that of 1997 and 1998? As Asia's domestic financial institutions seek to diversify their revenue streams beyond traditional consumer deposit-taking and corporate lending, what lessons in reform and innovation should Asian financial markets learn from the US sub prime mortgage crisis?
Moderator: Thomas EASTON, Asia Business Editor, The Economist Asia/Pacific Ltd
Panelists: LIU Mingkang, Chairman, China Banking Regulatory Commission
Lord Leon BRITTAN, Vice Chairman, UBS Investment Bank
JIANG Jianqing, Chairman, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
Damian CHUNILAL, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch
Peter FORSTMOSER, Chairman, Swiss Re-insurance Company
CHANG Zhenming, Vice Chairman and President, CITICGROUP
HU Shuli, Editor, CAIJING Magazine
11:00 - 12:30 Green Asia: A shift in Responsibility from CSR to SRI?
(Dong Yu Grand Ballroom B, Level 1, ICC)
Alongside increasing legislation and pressure from society, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) is now challenging companies to rethink the way they manage, measure and demonstrate their social, environmental and ethical performance. In the US investment marketplace, SRI now accounts for an estimated 10% of total investments in funds, stocks and bonds. It might be argued that one company's CSR performance is another company's SRI investment. How must Asian companies change to raise their profile with SRI investors and are now the right time for them to take on this challenge? What is the potential for Asian companies to adopt a SRI approach to investing for the mutual benefit of their own bottom line and a Green Asia?
Moderator: Nik GOWING, Main Presenter, BBCWorld TV
Panelists: LIU Yonghao, Chairman, New Hope Group
Andrew FORREST, CEO, Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.
Alan ROSLING, Executive Director, Tata Sons Ltd.
YANG Wenjun, President, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group)
Gary K. BERTSCH, Professor, Center for International Trade and
Security, University of Georgia
Aron CRAMER, President and Chief Executive Officer, Business for
Social Responsibility (BSR)
WANG Jinlong, Senior Vice President, Starbucks Coffee Company
12:40 - 14:00 Luncheon Session：Sustainable Development from the Hong Kong
Perspective
(Dong Yu Grand Ballroom C & D, Level 1, ICC)
Moderator: Chun Wan Ian FOK, Chairman, the Chinese General Chamber of
Commerce, Hong Kong
Speaker: Donald TSANG, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, People’s Republic of China
14:30 – 16:30 Opening Plenary
(BFA Main Hall, Level 2, ICC)
Chairman: LONG Yongtu, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia
Welcome Remarks: Fidel V. RAMOS, Chairman, Board of Directors, Boao Forum for Asia, Former President of the Philippines
Corporate Representatives
18:00 - 19:30 Reception Dinner by the People’s Government of Hainan Province
(Buffet)
20:00 - 21:00 (Asiana Restaurant, Le Mistral, Symposium Restaurant, Sofitel Boao)
BFA AC2008 Cultural Performance & Fireworks
(Swimming Pool Area,Golden Coast Hot Spring Hotel)
Editor:Xiong Qu
