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Conference Programme
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| Thursday,
9 October 2008 |
| 7:30pm |
Pre-Conference 'Welcome
Reception cum Networking'
Hosted By:
- Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian
Affairs, India
- Mr S Iswaran, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
Speakers:
- Mr K V Kamath, President of CII
- Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian
Affairs, India
- Mr S Iswaran, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
- Dr S Jaishankar, High Commissioner of
India
- Professor S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime
Minister See Text of Speech
- Mr Vijay Iyengar, Chairman of
SICCI
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Pan
Pacific Hotel Ballroom |
| Day
1 |
Friday,
10 October 2008 |
| 8:00am |
Arrival
of Delegates & Guests
Security Screening &
Registration
(All Delegates to be seated by 8.40am) |
Suntec
Singapore International Convention & Exhibition
Centre
Hall 601
Level 6 |
| 9:00am |
PBD Singapore Inaugural Session View Photos
Guest of Honour
Mr Lee Hsien
Loong See Text of Speech
Prime Minister, Republic of Singapore
Special Guests:
- Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius
- Professor S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister,
Singapore
- Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas
Indian Affairs, India
- Mr S Iswaran, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore
- Mr K Mohandas, Secretary, Ministry for
Overseas Indian Affairs, India
Speakers:
- Mr Vijay Iyengar, Chairman of SICCI
- Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas
Indian Affairs, India
- Mr K Mohandas, Secretary, Ministry for Overseas Indian Affairs, India
- Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister,
Singapore
- Mr K V Kamath, President of
CII
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Hall 601
Level 6 |
| 10:00am |
Tea
Break 1
Sponsored by: Gateway Distriparks Ltd |
Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Hall 601
Level 6 |
| 10:30am |
Plenary Session 1 View Photos
India:
Scenarios for the Next
Generation
Moderator:
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Singapore
Speakers:
- Mr
Rajat M Nag, Managing Director General, Asian
Development Bank, Philippines
- Professor Sanjaya Baru, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
- Professor Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic
History and Affairs, Harvard University, USA
- Mr
Toshiaki Kitamura, Special Adviser, Ministry
of Economy, Trade & Industry, Japan and Visiting
Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
- Professor Jitendra Singh, Dean of the Nanyang Business School
- Professor Huang Jing, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Hall 601
Level
6
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12:15pm-1:45pm
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Luncheon Address: View Photos
"Personal Reflections on India"
Dialogue with Mr Goh
Chok Tong See Text of Speech
Senior Minister, Republic of
Singapore
Moderator:
Mr Gopinath Pillai, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Singapore |
Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Hall 601
Level
6 |
| 2:00pm |
Concurrent
Sessions
Session 1:
Science & Technology - 'From Lab to
Market'
View Photos
Dr Beh Swan Gin,
Managing Director, Singapore Economic Development Board,
Singapore
Speakers:
- Mr
Hari S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Managing Director,
Jubilant Organosys Ltd, India
- Mr
Charles Zukoski, Chairman, Science and Engineering
Research Council (SERC), USA
- Mr
Neville Joseph Roach, Chairman, Financial Network
Services Ltd, Australia
- Dr
Suthad Setboonsarng, Senior Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
Thailand
Session
2: Tourism & Hospitality View Photos
Chief Guest: Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister, Republic of Mauritius
Moderator:
Ms Jennie Chua, President & CEO, The
Ascott Group,
Singapore
Speakers:
- Mr
Miguel Ko, President, Asia-Pacific, Starwood Hotels
& Resorts, Hong Kong
- Dr
Victor Wee, former Secretary General, Ministry of Tourism,
Malaysia
- Mr Richard Gordon, Senator and former Tourism
Secretary, Philippines
- Ambassador (Rtd) T P Sreenivasan, India
- Mr Quek Swee Kuan, Deputy Chief Executive (International Operations), Singapore Tourism Board
Session 3: Finance &
Banking View Photos
Special Guest:Mr J Y
Pillay, Chairman, Singapore Exchange Ltd, Singapore
Moderator: Mr Deepak Sharma, Chief Executive
Officer, Citi Global Wealth Management
International
Speakers:
- Mr
Jignesh Shah, Chairman & CEO of Financial
Technologies, India
- Mr S Surinder
Kohli, Chairman & MD, India Infrastructure
Finance Co Ltd (IIFCL), India
- Mr
Richard Stanley, CEO, DBS
Bank Ltd, Singapore
- Mr
Hsieh Fu Hua, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange Ltd, Singapore
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Meeting Rooms,
Level
3
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| 3:15pm |
Tea
Break 2
Sponsored by: MF Global Singapore Pte Ltd
| Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Foyer
Level 3 |
| 4:00pm
- 5:30pm |
Interactive Dialogue Session
with View Photos
Mr Lee Kuan Yew,
Minister Mentor, Republic
of Singapore
Moderator: Professor Kishore Mahbubani,
Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
Singapore
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Lecture
Theatre
Level 3 |
| 7:30pm
- 10:30pm |
Gala Dinner & Cultural
Programme View Photos
Guest of Honour
H E Mr S
R Nathan, See Text of Speech
President, Republic of Singapore
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Ritz-Carlton
Millennia, Ballroom |
| Day 2 |
Saturday,
11 October 2008 |
| 8:30am |
Networking Tea
Sponsored by: RBS Coutts Bank |
Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Foyer
Level 3 |
| 9:30am |
Plenary Session 2 View Photos
Sustainable
Development
Chairman & Keynote Speaker: Mr
Kapil Sibal, Minister of Earth Sciences and Science & Technology
, India
Speakers:
- Ms
Olivia Lum,
Group CEO, Hyflux Group, Singapore
- Ambassador Yu Qingtai, Special Representative
for Climate Change, China
- Dr
Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD), Canada
- Mr
Tsutomu Toichi, Senior Managing Director and
Chief Knowledge Officer, Institute of Energy Economics
Japan (IEEJ), Japan
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Lecture
Theatre
Level 3 |
| 10:45am-12:15pm |
Concurrent
Sessions
Session 4:
Youth & Education View Photos
Chief Guest:
Datuk Dr S Subramaniam Sathasivam, Minister of Human
Resources, Malaysia
Moderator:
Mr Jayadev Galla, Managing Director, Amara Raja
Batteries Ltd,
India
Speakers:
- Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, Senior Deputy President,
National University of Singapore,
Singapore
- Mr Francis Estrada, President, Asian Institute
of Management (AIM),
Philippines
- Prof
M S Ananth, Director, Indian Institute of Technology
Madras, India
- Ms
Anupama Rao Singh, UNICEF, Regional Director,
Bangkok, Thailand
- Mr Rajan Navani, Managing Director, Jetline Group of Companies, India
Session 5: Arbitration &
Business Dispute Resolution - 'The Way
Forward' View Photos
Chief Guest: Professor
S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister,
Singapore
Moderator: Mr Chelva
R Rajah, Senior Counsel, Tan Rajah & Cheah,
Singapore
Speakers:
- Mr
Fali Nariman, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of
India, India
- Mr
Sundaresh Menon, Senior Counsel, Rajah &
Tann, Singapore
- Professor Michael Pryles, Chartered Arbitrator,
Australia
Session 6:
Infrastructure – 'Access, Connectivity &
Growth'
View Photos
Moderator: Ms
Chong Siak Ching, President & CEO, Ascendas
Singapore
Speakers:
- Mr
Fock
Siew Wah, Chairman, PSA International Pte Ltd, Singapore
- Dato' Tan Boon Seng@ Krishnan, CEO & MD, IJM
Corporation Bhd, Malaysia
- Dr
Roberto F De Ocampo, Chairman, Board of
Advisers, Ocampo Centre, AIM and former Finance
Secretary, Philippines
- Mr Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback
Ventures, India
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Meeting Rooms,Level
3
& Lecture Theatre |
| 12:30pm-2:00pm |
Luncheon
Session View Photos
Distinguished Guest Speaker: Dr Venugopal Reddy, Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Moderator: Mr Heng Swee Keat, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Lecture Theatre
Level 3 |
| 2:15pm |
Launch of Tabla! Paper by Singapore Press Holdings
Closing Plenary
Session View Photos
Asia Pacific: Towards a
Dynamic Diaspora
Moderator: Mr Patrick Daniel, Editor-in-Chief,
Singapore Press Holdings,
Singapore
Closing Remarks
By:
- Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian
Affairs, India
- Mr S Iswaran, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore See Text of Speech
- Dato
Seri S Samy Vellu, President, Malaysian
Indian Congress, Malaysia
- Mr
Sathish Sehgal, Director of the Board of
Trade of Thailand, Thailand
- Dr Hari N Harilela, Chairman, Harilela Group
- Mr
Ryuoko Hira, Executive Chairman, Ora Group of Companies, Japan
- Mr Yusuf Ali, Managing Director, EMKE Group, Dubai
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Suntec
Convention & Exhibition Centre
Lecture
Theatre
Level 3 |
| 3:30pm-4:15pm |
Close
of PBD Singapore Conference & Networking Over Tea
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