EFMD CEIBS China Conference 2011 - presentations

Presentations

THURSDAY 24 November, 2011
13:00 - 14:00 Registration
14:00 - 14:20 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Brigitte Chanoine, Rector, ICHEC, Brussels Management School, BE
Eric Cornuel, Director General & CEO, EFMD
Hellmut Schutte, Professor of Management, European Chair for Global Governance and Sino-European Business Relations, CEIBS, CN
Conference Part 1 - The Political Framework
14:30 - 16:00 Session 1: Panel – China’s Role in the World
  • A European Perpective: Serge Abou, Former EU Ambassador to China
  • A Chinese Perspective: David Gosset, Director for Cultural Affairs, CEIBS, CN
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 17:15 Session 2: Panel - Trade Agreements and Trade Disputes between Europe and China
  • A European Perpective: Shada Islam, Head of Asia Programme, Friends of EUROPE
  • A Chinese Perspective: Jianhong Zhang, Associate professor, Europe China Institute, Nyenrode Business Universiteit, NL
Moderated by: Bernard DEWIT, Chairman, Belgian-Chinese Economic and Commercial Council, BE
17:15 - 18:00 Session 3: Panel - Foreign Investment Policies and Realities
  • Daniel Van Den Bulcke, Academic Director, Antwerp Management School, BE
  • Haiyan Zhang, Director of the Euro-China Center, Antwerp Management School, BE
  • Annette Nijs, Executive Director, Global Initiative, CEIBS
  • Horst Loechel, Professor of Economics at Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, GE

Moderated by: George YIP, Professor CEIBS, CN

 

FRIDAY 25 November, 2011
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
Conference Part 2 – Specific Issues
9:00 - 10:30 Session 4: Panel - Mergers and Acquisitions  
Jan Borgonjon, President InterChina Consulting

Commentators:
  • Peter Batey, chairman of Vermilion Partners
  • Sabine Stricker-Kellerer, Senior China Counsel, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • Weijiong Zhang, Professor of Strategy, Vice President and Co-Dean, CEIBS, CN
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Session 5: Panel - Business Schools in the China-Europe Context
  • Kristen Neymarc, Associate Director, Global Initiatives, HEC Paris Executive Education, FR
  • Bruce Stening, International Dean, BIMBA of Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, CN
  • Henri-Claude de BETTIGNIES, Emeritus Professor of Asian Business,
    The Aviva Chair in Leadership and Responsibility, INSEAD, FR
Moderated by: John Quelch, Vice President and Dean, CEIBS, CN                               
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
Conference Part 3 - Investing and Competing Abroad
14:00 - 15:00 Session 6: Corporate Governance in China – an International Perspective
Mike Thompson, Professor and Director of the Centre for Leadership and Responsibility, CEIBS, CN                    
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 16:45 Session 7: Panel - Competition in China and Beyond                                                                 

Hellmut Schutte, Professor of Management, European Chair for Global Governance and Sino-European Business Relations, CEIBS, CN

Commentators:
  • George Yip, Professor CEIBS, CN
  • Li Wan, Senior Consultant and founder at “China-Link”
  • Nandani Lynton, Professor CEIBS, CN
  • Haiyan Zhang, Director of the Euro-China Center, Antwerp Management School, BE
  • Oliver Picard, Chief Strategic Adviser Huawei Europe
17:15 - 17:30 Closing Remarks
John Quelch, Dean and Professor, CEIBS, CN