Harvard Business School: 2014 Asia Business Conference

Considering launching the next step of your career in Asia? Want to do business in Asia? Interested in how the dynamic region will impact the world over the next decade? Then join us for the 2014 Asia Business Conference: Moving Up the Value Chain – Sunday, March 9th, at Harvard Business School. Inter-school conference co-hosted by teams from Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, and the Graduate School of Design Buy Your Ticket NOW! Bundle Discount Available Via Following Link ($30 each for 2 or more tickets) http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2014-asia-business-conference-tickets-10474612849?aff=GSD About the Asia Business Conference Now in its 23rd year, the Asia Business Conference is the largest Asia-focused business conference in North America. The conference aims to foster meaningful discussion on policies and trends that dominate the business and legal institutions of modern Asia. To this end, the conference organizes a series of keynote speeches, plenary sessions, topical panels, and social events featuring distinguished leaders from industry, government, and academia who have intimate experience with Asia. For more information, visit http://www.asiabusinessconference.org/2014/ Need a reason to attend? 1.       Excellent keynote speakers from Asia’s leading business, law and government institutions ·         Jin-Goon Kim – Jin-Goon Kim – Partner at TPG, Executive Vice President and CEO of Li-Ning (a leading Chinese sporting apparel company) ·         Yukon Huang – Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former World Bank country director for China 2.       Awesome panels covering the most pressing topics facing Asia today, including global trade, design, cross-border M&A, healthcare, energy, VC, the environment and social enterprises, and technology and innovation. Panelists include: ·         Yaz Iida - Global CEO of Rakuten Marketing, the largest e-commerce company in Japan ·         Gabe Rijpma - Microsoft Asia Director of Health and Social Services ·         Shohei Shigematsu - Partner, OMA , a leading international architectural design firm. OMA-designed buildings include the Taipei Performing Arts Centre, the Television Cultural Centre in Beijing, and De Rotterdam, the largest building in the Netherlands ·         Steve Boswell - General Manager of Frog Design Asia, a leading product design firm with a portfolio including the Wall Street Journal’s iPad streaming video app and Sephora’s Collection 2.0 store design concept 3.   Breakfast/ Lunch/ Snacks/ Wine&Network Reception Included A chance to speak with our panelists and keynotes.

About This Year’s Theme – Moving Up the Value Chain As Asian companies' comparative advantage a decade ago was having a low-cost business model, how are they highlighting leading technology and the quality of their products, services and workforce as their new advantages? Moving up the value chain implies a continuous process of change, innovation and productivity growth. What are the policy implications, new economic focus, and key drivers of growth?