Asia: The Epicentre of Global Business
The Global Asia Matters Business Summit 19 November 2018 Dublin
in partnership with the Department of Business, Enterprise & Innovation
Gold Sponsors: IDA Ireland,Enterprise Ireland, PwC,Hainan Airlines andIbecMedia Partners: Nikkei, The Sunday Timesand The Ireland ChineseJournal.
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel Dublin
Book your tickets now at https://www.asiamatters.eu
08.00 Registration and networking light breakfast
09.00 The Strategic Implications of Trade Tensions &Protectionism on Global Business with Asia
Setting the scene: Martin Murray, Executive Director Asia Matters
Chair Alan Dukes,Chairman Asia Matters, former Irish Minister for Finance
A Global Perspective Conversation with:
Tim Yeend, Chef de Cabinet and Principal Advisor to the Director-General, WTO
Andrew Kenningham, Chief Global Economist, Capital Economics UK
09.50 Engaging Effectively with Asian Policies , Investment and Business Opportunities
Chair Mark Fitzgerald, Asia Matters Advisory Board
A Conversation with:
Colm Kelly, Global Tax and Legal Services Leader, PwC
Miguel Chanco, Senior Asia Economist, Pantheon Macroeconomics Eileen Sharpe, Head of Emerging Markets, IDA Ireland
Donal Boylan, Partner, BCAP, Hong Kong
10.50 Coffee Break
11.15 Key Address by Heather Humphreys TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation
11.35 Eastern and Western Technology Models of Global Business DeliveryChairMartin Murray, Executive Director Asia Matters
A Conversation with:
Mark Kellet, Group CEO Magnet Networks, Ireland
Reza Valdo Maspaitella, Managing Shareholder, PT Valdo Solusi Integra, Indonesia
Mike Gleaves, Co-Founder & CTO, Arralis
Maurice O’Connell, Global Business Strategy Director at HP
12.25 The Future of Food and Agriculture: Innovation Trends in Asian Markets
Chair Alan Dukes, Chairman Asia Matters, former Irish Minister for Agriculture
A Conversation with:
Tara McCarthy, Chief Executive, Irish Food Board
Mary Ledman, Global Strategist Dairy, Rabobank, Amsterdam
Owen Brennan, Chairman Devenish Nutrition Robert Walker CEO Keenan -an Alltech Company
13.15 Networking Lunch with Speakers and Participants
14.00 Can China Grow Rich?The New Global Middle Class in Asia
Key address followed by Q & A with Dr. Linda Yueh, Fellow in Economics, Oxford University where she directs the China Growth Centre and formerly Chief Business Correspondent for BBC News. Linda will outline the key Asia insights from her new book The Great Economists: How Their Ideas Can Help Us Today which outlines the new ways for economies and companies to grow in a globalised world
14.30 Overcoming Challenges to Maximise Business Partnership Opportunities in Asian Markets
Chair Martin Murray, Executive Director Asia Matters
A Conversation with:
Julie Sinnamon, Chief Executive, Enterprise Ireland
David Daly, EEAS Head of Division for SE Asia,former EU Ambassador to Australia
Robert Schoellhammer, Chief Europe Representative, Asian Development Bank
15.15 The Importance of Asia in a Post Brexit World Key Closing Address by Helen McEntee TD, Minister of State for European Affairs
15.30 Concluding remarks from Alan Dukes,Chairman Asia Matters
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Registration online at https://www.asiamatters.eu
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