Program

Monday 7 July 2008

TimeSession
8.00-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.15 Welcome speech

Hiroshi Yoshida
Mayor of Fukuoka, Japan

Overviews of the AII 2008 by organizers

Nobuyuki Idei,
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan

Claude Smadja,
President, Smadja & Associates Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
9.15-10.45 Opening brainstorming session

The new trends in the global economy: implications for businesses

Chairs:
Nobuyuki Idei

Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan
Claude Smadja
President, Smadja & Associates Strategic Advisory, Switzerland

Discussion leaders:
Sameer Al Ansari,
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive, Dubai International Capital LLC, UAE
Wataru Aso
Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Dong-sung Cho
Professor of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Daisuke Kotegawa
Executive Director, IMF, Japan
Douglas L. Peterson
Chairman, Representative Director, President and CEO, Nikko Citi Holdings Inc, Japan
Bill Powell
Senior writer, Time & Fortune Magazine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Stan Shih
Foundser, Acer Group
Chairman, iD SoftCapital Group, Taiwan
Kazuhiko Toyama
Representative Director and CEO, Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (IGPI), Japan
Wu Jianmin
Executive Vice President of China National Association for International Studies (CNAIS)
Former President, China Foreign Affairs University , People’s Republic of China
10.45-11.15 Contact break
11.15-12.45 Plenary Session
Pillar 1:
“Leveraging the rising prospects of Asian capital markets: What challenges, What opportunities?“


Discussion leaders:
Haruhiko Kuroda
President, Asia Development Bank
Oki Matsumoto
CEO, Monex Group Holdings, Inc, Japan
Wu Rong-I
Chairman, Taiwan Stock Exchange, Taiwan
Atsushi Saito
President & CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc,, Japan

Moderator:
Nobuyuki Idei
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan
13.00-14.30 Luncheon

Welcome speech:
Wataru Aso

Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Keynote address:
“Asia’s risks and challenges”

Masajuro Shiokawa
Former Minister of Finance, Japan

Moderator:
Nobuyuki Idei
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan
14.45-16.15 Plenary session

Pillar 2:
“Asia’s green growth challenge“


Discussion leaders:
Osamu Masuko
President & CEO, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Japan
Eliot Cutler
Chief Representative & Managing Partner of Beijing Office, Akin Grump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, United States
Jim Mahoney
Country Director, Cleantech Group China
Shi Zhengrong
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Suntech Power,
People’s Republic of China

Moderator:
Masazumi Ishii
Founder and Managing Director, AZCA, Inc.,
Managing Director, Noventi,
United States
16.15-16.45 Contact break
16.45-18.15 Plenary Session

Pillar 3:
“The Keys to developing Asia’s brainpower capabilities: Resources, policies & structures”


Keynote:
Stan Shih

Founder, Acer Group
Chairman of iD SoftCapital Group, Taiwan

Discussion leaders:
Wataru Aso
Governor, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Science advisor to the Japanese Cabinet, Japan
Xiang Bing
Founding Dean, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business , People’s Republic of China

Moderator:
Bill Powell
Senior writer, Time & Fortune Magazine Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
18:15-19:15 Cocktail
19:15-21:30 Gala dinner

Welcome speech:
Yutaka Aso

Chairman, Aso Group, Japan

Keynote address:
“China’s role in sustaining prosperity and stability in Asia”


Wu Jianmin
Executive Vice President,
China National Association for International Studies (CNAIS);
Former President, China Foreign Affairs University, People’s Republic of China

Moderator:
Nobuyuki Idei
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan

Tuesday 8 July 2008

TimeSession
08.30-09.30 Plenary brainstorming

Keynote address:
“The New Silk Road: the route of trade and investment between the Middle East and Asia”


Sameer Al Ansari
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive, Dubai International Capital LLC, UAE

Moderator:
Nobuyuki Idei
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan
09.30-10.00 Contact break
10.00-11.15 Panel discussion in Parallel

From venture capital to public-private partnership: ways of supporting the emergence of technology-oriented companies in Asia

Discussion leaders:
Scott Foster
Senior Technology Analyst, HSBC Securities (Japan) Limited, Japan
William H. Saito
Partner / Technology Fund-CEO, Innovation Platform Corporation, Japan
Takashi Tsutsui
President & Chief Executive Officer, JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Inc., Japan

Moderator:
Bill Powell
Senior writer, Time & Fortune Magazine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
10.00-11.15 Panel discussion in Parallel

The outlook for new energy businesses

Discussion leaders:
Toru Hashimoto
Managing Director, NPC Incorporated, Japan
Shigeya Kato
Vice Chairman/ Representative Director, SHOWA SHELL SEKIYU K. K., Japan
Tetsuro Nagata
President, Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation, Japan
Kimio Yamaka
Chief Researcher, Director General, Economic & Industrial Research Department, Development Bank of Japan, Japan

Moderator:
Tatsuya Tsunoda
CMA General Manager
Senior Analyst Equity Research Dept., Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. , Japan
10.00-11.15 Panel discussion in Parallel

R&D centers in Asia: Creating the clusters of innovation

Discussion leaders:
Glenn Hoetker
Associate professor of strategy and international business, Director, Initiative on Science & Technology in the Pacific Century, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Robin Li
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Baidu.com, China
Wiwut Tanthapanichakoon
Director, National Nanotechnology Center, Thailand

Moderator:
Claude Smadja
President, Smadja & Associates Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
11.30-12.45 Panel discussion in Parallel

The contribution of diversified capital to sustainable growth in Asia

Discussion leaders:
Sameer Al Ansari
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive, Dubai International Capital LLC, UAE
Takeo Sumino
Managing Director, Nomura Securities, Co., Ltd., Japan

Moderator:
William Pesek Jr.
Columnist, Bloomberg News, Japan
11.30-12.45 Panel discussion in Parallel

The business opportunities of environment sustainability

Discussion leaders:
Yasuyuki Ikegami
Associate Professor, Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Japan
Kazuyuki Adachi
Group Manager, Lithium Battery and Electric Vehicle Technology Group, Research Laboratory, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan
Kazunari Sasaki
Director, Professor, Hydrogen Technology Research Center, Kyushu University, Japan
Hiroichi Yoshida
President and CEO, ELIIY Power Co., Ltd.;
Professor, Keio University Graduate School (~Mar/2008), Japan

Moderator:
Isao Mochida
Professor, Art, Science and Technology Center for Cooperative Research, Kyushu University;
Director, JST Innovation Plaza Fukuoka, Japan
11.30-12.45 Panel discussion in Parallel

CEOs meet Asian entrepreneurs

Discussion leaders:
Nobuyuki Idei
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan
Kevin Koh
CEO/President, Bonacare Corporation, Republic of Korea
Stan Shih
Founder, Acer Inc.
Chairman, iD SoftCapital Group, Taiwan
Junzo Shimizu
President and CEO, Silicon Library Inc., Japan
Nin Shinkawa
CEO, Shintec Company Limited, Japan

Moderator:
Toru Tanigawa
Professor, Kyushu University, Japan
13.00-14.45 Plenary luncheon

Keynote address:

“A business leader perspective on Asia’s growth prospects: a condition for sustainability”


Ronnie C. Chan
Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited, Hong Kong
15.00-16.15 Panel discussion in Parallel

Green city management: addressing urbanization challenges in Asia

Discussion leaders:
Yoram Cohen
Director, Water Technology Research Center, UCLA, United States
Amit Kumar
Director, Energy Environment Technology Division, Tata Energy Research Institute, India
Norio Matsumoto
Chief Executive, Housing & Urban Planning Bureau, Fukuoka City, Japan
Yuzo Tada
Senior Advisor, Mori Building Co., Ltd; President & CEO, Roppongi Energy Service

Moderator:
Hitoshi Ikuma
Director, JRI (Japanese Research Institute), Executive Producer, CSE Director, Japan
15.00-16.15 Panel discussion in ParallelM

Building a culture of innovation & Entrepreneurship: Learning from case studies

Discussion leaders:
Huang Yasheng
Associate Professor of International Management, MIT, United States
Jay Mitra
Founding Professor of Business Enterprise & Innovation, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Head of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Essex & Director of the Scientific Committee on Entrepreneurship, OECD, United Kingdom
Kirpal Singh
Associate Professor, Director, Wee Kim Wee Centre, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Moderator:
Claude Smadja,
President, Smadja & Associates Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
15:00-16:15 Panel discussion in Parallel

The Semiconductor industry: challenges and prospects

Discussion leaders:
Ludo Deferm
Executive Vice President, IMEC, Belgium
Gary Patton
Vice President, IBM System and Technology Group, United States
Fumiaki Sato
Managing Director,
Vice Chairman, Investment Banking Division, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd, Japan

Moderator:
Yoshihisa Toyosaki
President & CEO, J-Star, Japan
16.15-16.45 Contact break
16.45-17.45 Closing keynote speech

Regional Cooperation in Asia and Human Security

Sadako Ogata
President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan
17.45-18.00 Key outcomes

Nobuyuki Idei
Founder & CEO, Quantum Leaps Corporation, Japan
Claude Smadja
President, Smadja & Associates Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
18:00-19:30 Farewell cocktail
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