leading author and journalist

Jasper Becker is one of the leading voices on China's development, setting his reputation as an author with a monumental work "Hungry Ghosts" on China's secret famines that changed the world's perception on China. He worked over twenty years as a foreign correspondent in China.

Founder Tudou
CEO Spil Group Asia

One of the most successful foreign business people in China, founder of the country's largest video hosting firm and now heading a leading gaming company. By moving both fast and careful, he is a telling example of successful dealing with China's murky realities.

CEO, Greater China, J. Walter Thompson

Tom Doctoroff is the leading authority on branding and advertising in China. A provocative speaker, much wanted for his engaging style of debate.

Professor at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD)

Bill Fischer combines an appealing enthusiasm with a thorough knowledge of basis business processes in China. As the former dean of China's leading business school CEIBS he submerged in the often murky dealing and shares as a professional storyteller his experiences in a professional way.

Associate professor Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism;
Former New York Times correspondent in Africa, Japan, China

Howard French has called Africa, the Americas, Japan and China as his home, and got the best out of it. As a professional photographer he had a very keen eye for those details that matter. As correspondent for the New York Times, he was not only an alert observer of the society he was in, but was able to compare and connect between those worlds, much to the benefit of his audience.

Professor at IMD and Lausanne University.
Director of IMD World Competitiveness Center

Professor Garelli brings in twenty years of experience in competitiveness, making him into one of the leading speakers on the global economy. His annual ranking of countries in the IMD World Competitiveness is watched by countries both with high expectations and fear.

Global business strategist and bestselling author

Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author, and an expert on radical innovation. His last book Rethinking the Future is an international best-seller, published in over 20 languages, and it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide. His latest books 'Innovation to the Core' and 'Rethinking the Future', will be available in simplified Chinese in 2009.

Publisher and editor of Danwei.org

South African long-time Beijing resident Jeremy Goldkorn is a much asked speaker on Chinese media and advertising, Internet business and culture and Sino-African relations. In a witty, sometimes provocative style, Goldkorn engages his audiences. With more than a decade of experience in China's print media, Internet and advertising industries. He has also worked as a media consultant to the South African embassy and writes for publications suchs as the the Far Eastern Economic Review about Sino-African relations and trade.

Founder and compiler of the Hurun China Rich List

Now in its tenth straight year, the Rich List has been a benchmark for China's change and the position of its rich. By combining a thorough knowledge of China's society and British flair, Rupert Hoogewerf is a much wanted speaker. He is spearheading a wide number of related initiative and list, making him one of the few foreigners in China who has become a real celebrity.

Technology observer, cultural commentator, and rock musician

Kaiser Kuo is an American-born writer, rock musician, technology watcher and cultural commentator. He currently divides his time between consulting for China's leading Internet video site, Youku.com, where his brief includes international trade marketing, media relations, and multinational advertiser/agency relations.

Chairman of Andrew Leung International Consultants

Mr. Leung's impressive resume reflects a forty-year long engagement with business and China. A much asked professor and China expert with a solid international reputation.

Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Canadian Ambassador to the WTO (1999-2004)

An extensive career in government and business places Ambassador Sergio Marchi in an excellent position to explain China to the outside world. He served as a Canadian Ambassador to the World Trade Organization and UN, in Geneva; as a Canadian Cabinet Minister of International Trade, the Environment and Immigration; and in a range of private sector advisory positions.From 2004 to 2008 he was the President of the Canada-China Business Council.

Executive Director Global Initiative at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament in the Netherlands and ex‐ Shell

Her well-founded sparkling opinions, clear facts and compelling stories make her an exciting and inspiring speaker and author. She loves to tap into the imagination of the audience. She is a master in showing managers how to apply the new insights to their own challenging business dilemmas. Many business leaders have enjoyed Annette's guest lectures for example at London Business School, the Oxford Saïd Business School, Nyenrode Business University, The European Space Agency, Rabobank, Shell, ABN AMRO, Robeco, DeLoitte , Ernst&Young.

Senior research fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

A highly respected expert and speaker on China and Asia, Dr. Overholt, joined in 2008 as a senior research fellow the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. In 2007 he published Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopolitics

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Founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group (CMR)

Shaun Rein is the Managing Director of the China Market Research Group (CMR), the world's leading strategic market intelligence firm focused on China. He is one of the world's recognized thought leaders on strategy consulting in China.

Associate dean of CEIBS
professor in Economics

As a sharp observer of China's political and economic developments, professor Wang Jianmao, has outspoken viewpoints on what direction China should be taking in the future. Veiled with a touch of humor he analyses the political choices the government is making, and sometimes its inability to execute them. Professor Wang gives us a peek behind the doors that mostly remain closed for the outside world

The explorer who understands business

Teamwork, leadership and motivation are the key elements Rex Warner, the explorer who understands business, bring to business. Undertook one of the longest raft voyages in history - a 6000 mile, 6 month, voyage across the Pacific aboard a bamboo sailing raft. This expedition, The China Voyage, aimed to investigate how the Chinese sailed to America Z000 years ago, and re-live the experience of sailing such an ancient type of vessel. Rex is also another kind of explorer, investing in Chinese software companies.

Writer, journalist, social commentator

Zhang Lijia became the Chinese equivalent of a self-made woman, escaped from the state-owned enterprise where she worked, to a UK-educated commentator on contemporary issues in China.