2004 /Programme

Europe Asia Young Leaders Forum 2004

"The Boundaries of Trust in a Borderless Economy"


Thursday, September 9, 2004

19.00

Cocktail Reception
Hotel Garden

 

Words of Welcome
Dr. Kai M. Schellhorn
Board of Directors, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt, Munich

 

Professor Wong Poh Kam
Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore

 

Dr. Albert Bennett
President, China Europe International Business School,

Shanghai

19.30

Welcome Dinner
Hotel Garden


Friday, September 10, 2004

8.00

Breakfast
Danieli’s Restaurant

9.00

Opening of the Conference

Great Hall Ballroom

 

Moderator:

 

Professor Kaiping Peng, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Head, the Social/Personality Psychology Area
Director, the Culture and Cognition Lab, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA

 

Welcome Address

 

Friedrich Löhr
Chargé d’ Affaires, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to the People’s Republic of China

9.20

SESSION 1, Part 1
Interactive Session led by Kaiping Peng

 

TRUST AND FRIENDSHIP:

What are the preconditions for creating trust between individuals? What kind of behaviour does destroy trust? How has our understanding of friendship changed over time and what role does it play in our lives today?

10.30

End of Session 1, Part 1

11.00

Departure for the “Networking in Nature” Programme at the Great Wall

12.30

Luncheon
Clubhouse, Commune by the Great Wall

14.00

"Networking in Nature" Programme
Outdoor

18.30

Barbeque Dinner, Great Wall
Cantilever House, Commune by the Great Wall


Saturday, September 11, 2004

8.00

Breakfast
Danieli’s Restaurant

9.00 - 13.00

SESSION 1, Part 2

The theoretical background
Great Hall Ballroom

 

TRUST AND FRIENDSHIP:
What are the preconditions for creating trust between individuals? What kind of behaviour does destroy trust? How has our understanding of friendship changed over time and what role does it play in our lives today?

 

Speaker:

 

Professor Bart Nooteboom

Professor of Innovation Policy, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University, Tilburg

9.30

Discussion

10.15

SESSION 2

 

THE CONCEPT OF ORGANISATIONAL INTEGRITY:
How to create a culture of trust and integrity in a company?
What personal role do we have to play in promoting and maintaining values and accountability within our organisations? What is the value of organisational integrity? Is it a universal or a culture-specific concept?

 

Speakers:

 

Liu Chuanzhi
Chairman, Lenovo Group Ltd., Beijing

 

Dr. Jörg W. Wolle

President and Chief Executive Officer, DKSH Group, Zurich

 

Professor Jang Hasung
Professor of Finance
Director, Asian Institute of Corporate Governance, Korea University Business School, Seoul

11.15

Discussion

12.15

Lunch
Hotel Garden

14.00

SESSION 3

 

BUILDING TRUST IN GLOBAL MARKETS:
How can companies foster cross-cultural understanding and form successful international partnerships? How to develop and maintain trustful relationships with customers? What role do the legal, political and social environments play? What kind of responsibility do companies have when they engage in foreign countries?

 

Speakers:

 

Stefan Krause
Member of the Board of Management, Finance, BMW AG,

Munich

 

Hiroshi Shoda
Advisor, Sony Corporation, Tokyo

 

Jiang Jun
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Outlook Weekly, Beijing
Executive Managing Editor, Orient Outlook Weekly, Shanghai

15.00

Discussion

15.45

Working Group Discussions

16.45

Presentation of Working Group Findings

17.30

End of Conference Day 2

18.30

Departure of Participants for the Festive Dinner

19.00

Reception

19.30

Festive Dinner
Sit Restaurant, Dashanzi Art District


Sunday, September 12, 2004

 

Individual Departure of Participants

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