2011 Asian Entrepreneurship Roundtable

03.01.2011

Detail

The 2011 Asian Entrepreneurship Roundtable attracted more than 120 participants from Asia and worldwide. The main discussion covered the following areas: Uniqueness of Asian entrepreneurs; financing growth for Asian enterprises; intrapreneurship in Asia; and challenges of globalizing Asian entrepreneurial businesses. Mr. Jack Ma of Alibaba was one of the keynote speakers.

Date

Monday, 03.01.2011

Venue

HKUST Business School Central

Language

English

8:30 AM	Registration
9:00 AM	Welcoming Speech J.T. Li, Acting Dean and Department Head of Management, School of Business and Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
9:05 AM	Goals and Objectives of the Roundtable Roger King, Director, Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, School of Business and Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
9:10 AM	Keynote Talk #1: "The Importance of Strategic Entrepreneurship for Creating Long-term Value: East Versus West" Michael Hitt, Joe B. Foster Chair Professor of Management, Texas A&M University
9:50 AM	Session 1: "Are Asian Entrepreneurs Really Different?" Moderator: Sanjay Goel, Associate Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Minnesota Academic Panelists: Mathew J. Manimala – Indian Institute of Management Justin Craig – Bond University Practitioner Panelists: Elizabeth Thomson – ICS TRUST Mingpo Cai – Cathay Capital Private Equity
11:00 AM	Coffee Break
11:15 AM	Session 2: "Financing Growth for Asian Entrepreneurs" Moderator: Po Chi Wu, Adjunct Professor of Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Academic Panelists: Kasper Nielson – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Joseph Fan – The Chinese University of Hong Kong Practitioner Panelists: Stefan Rust – Exicon Jack Lau – Perception Digital Ltd.
12:25 PM	Buffet Lunch
1:30 PM	Keynote Talk #2: "The Challenges and Opportunities of Research into Technological Entrepreneurship in Asia" Phillip Phan, Executive Vice-Dean, Johns Hopkins University
2:10 PM	Session 3: "Intrapreneurship/Corporate Entrepreneurship in Asia" Moderator: Ali Beba, Associate Director, Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Academic Panelists: Michael Carney – Concordia University Justin Jansen – Erasmus University Practitioner Panelists: Frank Lai – China Resources Enterprise, Ltd. Gregg Li – Aon Jim Thompson – Crown Worldwide Group
3:20 PM	Coffee Break
3:35 PM	Keynote Talk #3: "Seizing the Service Age by the Horns" Po Chung, Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder of DHL International
4:15 PM	Session 4: "Challenges of Globalizing Asian Entrepreneurial Businesses" Moderator: Roger King, Director, Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Academic Panelists: Mary Han – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Haiyang Li – Rice University Practitioner Panelists: Joe Tsai – Alibaba Group Po Chung – DHL International
5:25 PM	Conclusion Ali Beba, Associate Director, Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, School of Business and Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
5:35 PM	Closing Remarks Roger King, Director, Center for Asian Family Business and Entrepreneurship Studies, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
6:00 PM	Cocktail Reception hosted by C. C. Tung, OOCL Windsor Room, The Hong Kong Club, 1 Jackson Road, Central Special Guest Speaker: Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba Group