26th Asia Business Conference
Location: University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor MI
Date: January 20th - 21st, 2017
For more detailed information such as conference schedule, faculty moderators and speakers' profile:
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Speakers
Keynote Speaker:
Clement Leung
Commissioner, Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, US
India Panel:
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Faculty Moderator:
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Prof. Jordan Siegel - Ross Strategy​
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Speakers:​
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Kanishk Agarwal - Founder/Managing Director, AGacquisitions
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Tel Ganesan - Chairman, Kybba
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Arvind Gupta - Chirman, BJP Digital India Foundation
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Nagendra Palle - Managing Director, Mahindra First Choice
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China Panel:
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Faculty Moderator:
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Prof. Maggie Zhou - Ross Strategy​
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Speakers:
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Sophie Hu - CEO, CCW Investments Ltd
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John Cheng - Director of Asia Pacific Integration, Ford Motor
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Patrick Guo - Executive Vice President and Asia Pacific General Manager, Tenneco
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Phil Wyckstandt, Executive Director, Global Program Management – PG Metals & Mechanisms, Adient LLC
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ASEAN Panel:
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Faculty Moderator:
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Prof. John Ciorciari - Ford SPP​
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Speakers:
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Salem Ghandour - Vice President, Maybank (Malaysia)
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Thomas Treutler - Partner/Managing Director, Tilleke & Gibbins
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Wachirachai Koonamwattana - Head, Strategy, SCG (Thailand)
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Finance Panel:​
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Faculty Moderator:
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Prof. Linda Lim - Ross Strategy​
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Speakers:
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Yoshiyasu Harada - Executive Director, Nomura Securities
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Patty C. Yang - Former Citi Investment Banker, Asia (2005 - 2016)
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Stephen Ng, CEO, CICC, Singapore
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Consulting Panel:
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Faculty Moderator:
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Prof. Amy Nguyen-Chyung, Ross Strategy​
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Speakers:
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Deepak Mavatoor - Partner, Tata Consultancy Services
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David Lee - Partner/Managing Director, BCG Hong Kong
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Sumana Rajarethnam - Senior Consultant, Economist Intelligence Unit
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Japan Panel:
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Faculty Moderator:
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Prof. Jordan Siegel - Ross Strategy​
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Speakers:
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Arif Iqball, formerly Benesse Holdings, McCann Holdings, Becton Dickinson, Delphi and Ford (all Japan)
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Michinari Nishimura, Founder/CEO, Greenfield Consulting, Japan
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Akira Tezuka, Chairman of Mizuho Corporate Advisory Co., Mizuho Bank
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Erb Institute Sustainability Panel:
(Sponsored by Erb Institute)
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Faculty Moderator:
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Nate Springer
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Speakers:
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Linda Greer- NRDC
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Pete Hardigan- Ford
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Thomas F. Catania, Jr.- Former Vice President of Government Relations at Whirlpool Corporations
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Conference Highlights
Sponsors











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-Ross Global Initiatives & China Initiatives
-Prof. Gunter Dufey
-Center for Japanese Studies
-Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
-Center for South Asian Studies
-Ross Executive Education




-U-M Office of the President
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-Mitsui Life Institute
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-East Asian Management Development Center
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-Nam Center for Korean Studies
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-Center for Southeast Asian Studies
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-Frederick A. & Barbara M. Erb Institute
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-Robert "Bob" Wilson