China, Reaching Out to the World: Global Investments and Partnerships
EVENT DETAILS:
DATE: October 14, 2014
TIME: 8:30am – 5:30pm. Reception: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Cornell Club of New York -6 E. 44th Street, New York, NY
REGISTRATION: Cornell Club
The Emerging Markets Institute at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University presents the 4th Annual Emerging Market Conference
The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management is launching a new MBA with the Public School of Finance at Tsinghua University in 2015. That is why this year we turn our attention to China, the second biggest economy in the world. As China is starting to sell its ‘China Dream’ what can we learn from its rapid economic development? The country (including Hong Kong) has equaled the US as the world’s largest recipient of Foreign Direct Investment, both at about US$ 2.81 trillion. At the same time, Chinese Outward foreign direct investment accelerated in 2013 and reached US$ 85billion and is likely to reach US$ 100 billion in 2015. As a result, Chinese companies have become among the biggest competitors in key industries around the world.
Featuring panel discussions on:
Chinese Investment in the United States
In 2013, China invested more than US$ 14 billion in the US, boosted by the acquisition of Smithfield by the meat- processing company Shuan-ghui. The United States has become on of the top destinations for Chinese investments. What are the opportunities and challenges presented by these investment flows? Is the source of investment relevant?
Ensuring sources of natural resources
Energy, metals, and real estate have been the prime targets of Chinese investments. Chinese firms in Africa and Latin America have secured long range supplies of natural resources. What are the implications for the local countries and the global economy?
Technological and Innovation hubs
China is rapidly becoming a technology hub. Smartphone penetration in China reached 71%, which represents 300 million subscribers in 2013. On November 11 ‘day’ (the Chinese equivalent of Black Friday), Alibaba recorded US$ 5.75 billion, nearly half of Walmart’s annual sales in China in 2012. What can the world learn from these latest technology trends and innovations in China?
Competition and cooperation: the new emerging MNCs
Chinese multi-national corporations which may have once been competitors for American firms are now evolving into cooperative partners as US and Chinese economic interests become co-mingled. How are these firms finding common ground to work together to succeed in global markets?
Speakers:
Opening Keynote: Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the United States (invited)
Panel I: Chinese Investment in the United States
Alan Chu, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
X. Rick Niu, President, Starr Strategic Partners
Thilo Hanemann, Research Director, Rhodium Group
Moderator: Erin Ennis, Vice President, US/China Business Council
Panel II: Ensuring sources of natural resources
Ralph Winnie, Director of Global Business Development, The Eurasia Center
Simon Ngongi, President, American African Trading International, LLC
Humberto Luiz Ribeiro, Visiting Scholar, Emerging Markets Institute, Johnson @ Cornell and formerly Secretary of Commerce and Services, Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade
Fei Yin, Managing Director and Head of New York Office, Guotai Junan Securities
Moderator: Andrew Karolyi, Alumni Professor of Management, Professor Finance, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Lunchtime Keynote: Qingtong Zhou, VP Chief Strategy Officer, Lenovo
Panel III: Technological and Innovation hubs
Carl Dahlman, OECD Development Centre Head of Research
Wilfred Kwan, COO of Global Cloud Xchange
Mark Hutchinson, Integration Leader, Alstom and former CEO, GE China
Moderator: Nagesh Gavirneni, Emerson Professor of Manufacturing Management, Johnson @ Cornell
Panel IV: Competition and cooperation: the new emerging MNCs
David Fergusson, President, M&A Advisor
Barry Friedman, SVP, Albright Stonebridge Group
Rob Leggat, SVP, Goddard Gunster
Moderator: Lourdes Casanova, Academic Director of Emerging Markets Institute, Johnson @ Cornell