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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Waldorf=Astoria
301 Park Avenue, New York City
Reception 6:30 pm | Dinner 7:30 pm | Asian National Dress or Black Tie
This November, Asia Society honors successful leaders and companies who have had a substantial, positive impact on the peoples of both Asia and the United States through "green" innovation and responsibility. We invite you to join us as we celebrate their foresight, which is affecting lives on both sides of the world.
Honorees
Alain J.P. Belda
Chairman, Alcoa, Inc.
Alcoa, Founding Member, United States Climate Action Partnership
Alcoa, Founding Member, Global Roundtable on Climate Change
 Read more about Alain Belda
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute
Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Read more about Dr. Pachauri
Dr. Shi Zhengrong
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
Read more about Dr. Shi
Cultural Achievement Honoree
Shirin Neshat
Visual Artist and Filmmaker
Read more about Shirin Neshat
Performance
Shen Wei Dance Arts
Excerpt from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Watch Shen Wei Dance Arts in performance
Gala Chairman
Vikram Pandit
Chief Executive Officer, Citigroup, Inc.
Chairmen
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Schwarzman
Vice Chairmen
Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa, Inc.
Gina Lin Chu and David Chu
Betsy and Edward Cohen
Miranda Wong Tang
The Coca Cola Company
The Dow Chemical Company
Lulu and Anthony Wang
Warburg Pincus LLC
Benefactors
American Express Company
Bloomberg
John H. Foster
General Atlantic LLC
Tara and Victor Menezes
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
PepsiCo
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Patrons
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Susan E. Lynch
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Clare Tweedy McMorris and Howard McMorris II
Morgan Stanley
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Supporters
Bal G. Das
Dinyar S. Devitre
William A. Haseltine
Lisina M. Hoch
Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon B. Polsky
Ralph E. Ogden Foundation
Mrs. Arthur Ross
Henry B. Schacht
Enzo Viscusi, Eni S.p.A.
Marilyn Wilhelm
A Retrospective of Past Events
 2007 Annual Dinner
2006 Annual Dinner
50th Anniversary Dinner
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