Conference Agenda and Confirmed Speakers

Saturday, March 18

6:00pm
Opening Night Reception

7:00pm
Opening Night Dinner

Opening Keynote Address by H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India

Sunday, March 19

8:30am
Welcome Remarks:

Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society
N. Srinivasan, Director General, Confederation of Indian Industry

8:45am
Keynote Address: India’s New Priorities: Extending the Reach of Economic Reform & Prosperity

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India
With introductory remarks by Frank Wisner, Vice Chairman, External Affairs, American International Group, Inc.

9:30am
Keynote Address: China-India Bilateral Economic Cooperation

Bo Xilai, Minister of Commerce, China
With introductory remarks by Christine Brendle, Managing Director, The Wall Street Journal Asia and Far Eastern Economic Review

10:00am-11:15am
Roundtable Discussion: Going Global: Indian Businesses Competing Worldwide

Tarun Das, Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited
Sanjay Nayar, CEO- India, Citigroup
Pulak Prasad, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus India
Moderator: John Bussey, Deputy Managing Editor, U.S. Wall Street Journal ; Editor, Wall Street Journal Asia

11:15am – 11:45am

Coffee/Networking Break

11:45am

Keynote Address: Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Education, Singapore; Deputy Chairman, Monetary Authority of Singapore

12:15pm-1:15pm

All-Delegate Luncheon

1:30pm-2:45pm

Public/Private Sector Discussion:

Regional Economic Cooperation: Asia’s Renewed Focus on Intra-Regional Business and Trade

Ishrat Husain, Former Governor, State Bank of Pakistan
Yatsutoshi Nishimura, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Michael Yeoh, CEO, Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI), Malaysia
Moderator: C. Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor, The Indian Express

2:45pm-3:30pm

Clyde Prestowitz, President, Economic Strategy Institute
Surjit S. Bhalla, Principal and CEO, Oxus Investments
Moderator: Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice-Chairman, Perseus LLC; Chairman, Asia Society

3:30pm-4:30pm

BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

Emerging Mega-cities: Case Studies on Urban Renewal and Development

• Mukesh Mehta, CEO, MM Consultants
• Milind Deora, Member of Parliament, India
• Narinder Nayar, Chairman, Bombay First
• Moderator: Menaka Dohsi, Mumbai Bureau Chief, CNBC TV18

Rural Development in India: A New Consumer Market Opens to the World

• Rana Kapoor, Managing Director and CEO, YesBank
• Sachin Pilot, Member of Parliament, India
• Arumugham Mahendran, Managing Director, Godrej Sara Lee Ltd.
• Moderator: Ashok Advani, Publisher, Business India

Safeguarding India's Prosperity: HIV/AIDS and Global Health

• Manisha Girotra, Managing Director and Chairperson, India, UBS
• Sujatha Rao, Director General, NACO
• Malini Thadani, Chairperson, CSR Committee, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Moderator: Richard C. Holbrooke, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC; Chairman, Asia Society

Education Reform in India: Why India Needs a Clear Plan to Reach World Class Status

• Kanti Bajpai, Headmaster, The Dune School
• Ashok Misra, Director, IIT, Bombay
• Shaheen Mistri, Founder, Akanksha
• Asha Singh, Director, Education and Research, Galli Galli Sim Sim (Sesame India)
• Moderator: Gopal Rajagopalan, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Manipal Universal Learning Private Limited

4:30pm -5:30pm

Special Session: Bollywood’s Boom, a Globalization of Culture

A look at India’s media and entertainment sector and its growing influence worldwide.

Kristin Dornig, Co-Creative Director and CEO, Prana Studios Pvt. Ltd.
Michelle Guthrie, CEO, STAR Group
Smriti Mundhra, Producer, Drops Entertainment; Producer, “Waterborne”
Ronnie Screwvala, CEO, UTV
Moderator: Mira Kamdar, Senior Fellow, The New School World Policy Institute

9:30am

Keynote Address: A Look at India’s New Trade Partnerships

Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry, India
With introductory remarks by Dinyar Devitre, Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer, Altria Group Incorporated

9:30am

Keynote Address : CEO Interview

Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Group (TBC)
Interviewer: Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society

Sector Discussions: Opportunities and Challenges in India’s Booming Sectors

10:00am-11:15am

L. Brooks Entwistle, Managing Director and CEO, Goldman Sachs ( India) LLC
Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
A.K. Purwar, Chairman, State Bank of India
Moderator: Jack Wadsworth, Advisory Director, Morgan Stanley

11:15am-11:45am

Coffee/Networking Break

11:45am-12:45pm

Part 2: Energy & Transportation Infrastructure

Rajiv Lall, Managing Director and CEO, IDFC
Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President, Sales, The Boeing Company
Moderator: Marcus Wright, Senior Editor, Dow Jones Newswires-Asia Pacific

12:45pm-1:45pm

All-Delegate Luncheon

1:45pm-3:00pm

Dinyar Devitre, Senior VP and Chief Financial Officer, Altria Group Incorporated
Rajesh Khanna, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus India
Sunil Mehta, Country Head & CEO, American International Group - India
Atul Singh, President, Coca-Cola India
Moderator: Henny Sender, Senior Special Writer, The Wall Street Journal

3:00pm-3:15pm

Coffee/Networking Break

3:15pm-4:30pm

Pramod Bhasin, President and CEO, Genpact
Bill Overholt, Director, Center for Asia Pacific Policy, RAND Corporation
Anand Mahindra, Chairman, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
James L. McGregor , Founding Partner, BlackInc China L.L.C.
Hou Weigui, Chairman, ZTE Corporation, China
James L. McGregor, Author, One Billion Customers

4:30pm-5:30pm

Concluding Discussion: Asia 20/20

A wrap-up of topics discussed throughout the course of the conference and their impact on Asia more broadly.

Samuel Berger, Chairman, Stonebridge International
Ronnie Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Group Limited
Pernendu Chatterjee, Chairman, The Chatterjee Group
Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
Moderator: Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society

5:30pm  Closing Reception