Driving Global Business:India's New Priorities, Asia's New Realities

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Saturday, March 18

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

Sunday, March 19

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

Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Keynote Address:
China-India Bilateral Economic Cooperation

Bo Xilai

Roundtable Discussion:
Going Global: Indian Businesses Competing Worldwide

Keynote Address:
The ‘Arch of Prosperity’: A model for the emergent knowledge economy

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Public/Private Sector Discussion:
Regional Economic Cooperation: Asia’s Renewed Focus on Intra-Regional Business and Trade

Public/Private Sector Discussion:
Economic Perspective: India ’s Economic Policy: Strengths, Weaknesses and Prospects for the Future

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

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

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

Monday, March 20

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

Ashwani Kumar

Sector Discussions:
Opportunities and Challenges in India’s Booming Sectors - India's Finanical Markets

Sector Discussions:
Opportunities and Challenges in India’s Booming Sectors - Energy and Transportation Infrastructure

Roundtable Discussion:
Unleashing India’s Potential: Next Steps for an Enhanced Investment Climate

CEO Discussion:
Building a China and India Strategy

Concluding Discussion:
Asia 20/20

Asia Society
The Wall Street Journal
Confederation of Indian Industry

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
(List in formation)

CO-ORGANIZERS:
Asia Society
The Wall Street
  Journal

Confederation of
  Indian Industry

LEAD CORPORATE BENEFACTOR:
American International Group, Inc.

CORPORATE BENEFACTORS:
Philip Morris
  International

Warburg Pincus

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS:
The Boeing Company
The Chatterjee Group
Citigroup, Inc.
The Coca Cola-Company
Grand Hyatt Mumbai
State Bank of India

CORPORATE SUPPORTERS:
CLSA
Genpact
Goldman Sachs
Jet Airways
Kotak Mahindra
Perseus LLC
Sify

COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS:
(List in Formation)
American Chamber of Commerce in India
Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Indo-American Society
The Indus Entrepreneurs
US-India Business Council

WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM
Business India
CNBC TV 18
Rediff.com
Moody’s Investors Service
YesBank