Opening Session
The Global Credit Crisis: Prospects and implications for Asia
Chair Stuart Fraser         Chairman of the Policy & Resources Committee
City of London Corporation

0930  Welcome remarks from the host
ZHANG Weijiong          Vice President and Co-Dean, CEIBS
                                      Vice Chairman of CEIBS Lujiazui International Finance Research Center
0935  Opening remarks from the chair
0945  Keynote address 1
TU Guangshao
Vice Mayor                    Shanghai Municipal Government
 
1000  Keynote address 2
David McCormick          Under Secretary for International Affairs
US Department of the Treasury
1030  Refreshment Break
1100  Moderated Panel Discussion
Chair Professor Eric J Pan
Director, The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center on Corporate Governance; Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law and Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Panellists
Paul Hsu                         Founder and President, Epoch Foundation
Louis Kuijs                      Senior Economist, The World Bank, Beijing
XIAO Geng                     Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
FANG Xinghai                 Director General of Financial Services Office, Shanghai Municipal Government
1230  Lunch

Session Two
New Asian Financial Wealth: Opportunities and risks of outward investment
Government-owned investment institutions are becoming increasingly prevalent, with countries such as China estimated to have accumulated reserves approaching USD 2 trillion.  What is the effect on the markets of their investment strategies?

Chair  Andrew Cainey       Head of Financial Services, Greater China, Booz & Co.
 
1330  Moderated panel discussion
Panellists
Stephen Harder              Managing Partner, Shanghai and Beijing, Clifford Chance
CHEN Xingdong               Managing Director & Chief Economist, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Ltd.
Vanessa Rossi                 Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House
WEI Benhua                    Advisor to the Governor, People’s Bank of China
Willian Han                      Head of Research, China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd.
1500  Refreshment Break

Session Three
Roundtable on Current Macro and Capital Market Challenges to Asia

1515  Moderated panel discussion
Chair Guy de Jonquières   Senior Research Fellow, Chatham House
Speakers
XIAO Geng                     Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy;
Michael Pettis                 Professor of Finance, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Frank Song                     Director, Centre for China Financial Research, The University of Hong Kong
Andrew Cainey              Head of Financial Services, Greater China, Booz & Co.
CHEN Xingdong              Chief Economist, BNP Paribas Asia

1645  Closing remarks from Chatham House
Paola Subacchi               Research Director, International Economics, Chatham House
1700  Reception Dinner (hosted by City of London)