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Event Agenda

DAY 1: Main Sessions
DAY 2: Main Sessions

Day One: 12th October 2010
08:00 - 08:30

Registration and coffee

08:30 - 08:50

Welcoming Ceremony
Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment,France
Zhou Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia
Long Yongtu, Chief Negotiator for China's WTO Accession; Director of the Centre for the Study of G20
Matthew Astill, Chief Executive Officer, Cavendish Group

DEVELOPING GLOBAL ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR FRANCE AND CHINA

08:50 - 09:05

Chairman’s opening remarks
HE Gérard Errera, Secretary General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

09:05 - 09:50 China & France at the heart of Europe
  • Do recent RMB currency swaps bring about a potentially internationally convertible RMB
  • Has light touch regulation had its day?
  • Creating new opportunities for France and China to cooperate and exchange ideas
  • Policies to prevent economic overheating in China
09:50 – 10:45 G20 and its role in rebuilding the global economy
  • Have the stimulus packages succeeded?
  • Building and stimulating domestic demand in China
  • Role of regulation in the global economy
  • Is China the new home of free market economics?
  • Has the WTO lost its relevance in a post credit-crunch world?
  • The effect of increased regulation in the international banking markets
10:45 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:20 Building tomorrow’s industrial leaders
  • How globalization is changing the face of leadership and management
  • Educating tomorrows leaders in the importance of effective corporate communication
  • How are emerging markets reshaping leadership education
  • What can future leaders learn from the economic crisis
  • Innovations and Best Practices in Talent Attraction, Retention and Leadership Development
12:20 – 12:40 Summit Press Conference
12:20 – 13:45 Lunch

INDUSTRY STREAMS

13:45 – 17:00  

ENERGY STREAM

 
13:45 – 15:15

Nuclear Energy

  • Developing the next generation of nuclear reactors
  • Safety issues around Nuclear Power
  • Nuclear waste-a 21st century solution for a 20th century problem
  • Satisfying global demand for nuclear raw materials-cement
15:30 – 17:00

Renewable Energy

  • Overview of the current renewable energy sector in France and China
  • Developing a new cleantech industrial revolution
  • Smart Grid Technology-connecting China’s emerging cities
  • Financing the expansion of clean energy

INDUSTRY STREAM

 
13:45 – 15:15

Aerospace

  • Global trends and developments in aerospace
  • Developing the next generation of aerospace engine
  • Establishing an international aerospace manufacturing facility in China (case study)
  • Addressing changing consumer habits in the aerospace industry
15:30 – 17:00

Automotive and Transportation

  • Developing the next generation of clean vehicles for China
  • Improving the global demand for Chinese made vehicles
  • International acquisition opportunities for Chinese automotive manufacturers
  • BYD-Case study
  • Update on planned and existing mass transit systems in China
  • Maglev-The future of high speed transport or the Concorde of the rails

FINANCE STREAM

 

15:30 – 17:00

Finance Round Table

  • Capital Markets
  • Derivatives
  • Futures Markets
  • Euro Bonds
  • Tianjin as a international financial hub
17:00 – 18:15

Innovation Exchange & Drinks Reception

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Acknowledgements

Cavendish Group BOAO Forum for Asia