CHINA RISING

Cutting Edge Speakers

on the World's Hottest Topic

China's Megatrends

JOHN NAISBITT

John Naisbitt is the author the international best-seller Megatrends, and widely acknowledged as the one of the world's leading futurist. A former visiting fellow at Harvard University and former visiting professor at Moscow State University, John is currently a faculty member at the Nanjing University in China and serves as a Distinguished International Fellow, Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) in Malaysia. John's latest, China's Megatrends, explores the entirely new social and economic model for a 21st-century emerging in China that's reshaping the dynamics of globalization itself.

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CHINDIA Rising: How China and India
Will Benefit Your Business

JAGDISH SHETH

Jagdish Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing in the Goizueta Businessed for his scholarly contributions in consumer behavior, relationship marketing, competitive strategy and geopolitical analysis. A prolific author, Dr. Sheth has authored or coauthored hundreds of articles and books. His latest, CHINDIA Rising: How China and India Will Benefit Your Business, offers a wide-ranging and thoughtful interpretation of the global implications of the growth of China and India.

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Chaotics: The Business of Managing
and Marketing in the Age of Turbulence

JOHN CASLIONE

John Caslione is the founder and President & CEO of GCS Business Capital LLC, with offices in Chicago, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Milan. Mr. Caslione has frequently appeared as a guest expert for CNBC Europe on its "Squawk Box" and "Morning Exchange" programs where he speaks on critical issues in developing global business, including in key emerging markets such in China. John's latest book (coauthored with Philip Kotler) Chaotics: The Business of Managing and Marketing in The Age of Turbulence, advises leaders of a new strategic management platform to deal with the current turbulence in the new global economy.

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The Evolution of the International Monetary
System and Its Relationship with China

ROBERT MUNDELL

Robert Mundell received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1999 and is best known for his work on economic theory of international economies and his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy. Robert Mundell has been Professor of Economics at Columbia University, New York since 1974. He prepared the first plans for a common currency in Europe (the euro), and is a world renowned authority on the evolution of the International Monetary System and its relationship with China. Robert Mundell is highly in demand as a speaker at prestigious economic and financial summits around the world. His latest book, Keynes's General Theory After Seventy Years, is an in-depth analysis of the contested legacy of Keynes' contributions to modern macroeconomics.

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Asian Advantage: Key Strategies for Winning
in the Asian-Pacific Region

GEORGE YIP

George Yip is one of the world's leading authorities on global strategy and marketing, managing global customers, internationalization, and multinational strategies for the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently Dean of the Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University, and has held faculty positions at London Business School, Cambridge University, Harvard Business School and UCLA. His latest book, Managing Global Customers, provides a systematic framework for developing and implementing global customer management programs.

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The Urgency of China: How China's
Next Act Changes Our World

TED FISHMAN

Ted Fishman is the author of the international bestseller, China, Inc., How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World. His essays and reports have appeared in many of the world's most prominent journals, including The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Esquire, USA Today, and GQ. He has been featured on ABC's "World News Tonight," NBC's "Today Show," CNN, Fox, CNBC, NPR, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC and Sky News (UK). Known for making complex topics understandable and meaningful for a general audience, Ted Fishman is particularly interested in how big global economic trends bare on people's everyday experience.

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United States and China Relations

JAMES SASSER

James Sasser is a former Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1995-1999), a gifted orator and an 18-year veteran of the U.S. Senate. After leaving the Senate, he was named a Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. Jim Sasser brings a very unique perspective to the speaking platform because of the enormous respect Chinese leaders have for him and the friendships he was able to forge during the almost four years he was Ambassador. These relationships enable him to have direct access to the current leadership and from that, a unique insight into U.S./China relations.

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China's Game Plan and Your Bottom Line

TOM FARANDA

Tom Faranda is a global entrepreneur and speaker focusing on China, India, and global business. Tom has been a candidate for the United States Senate, President of The Hospital Corporation of Chicago and the National Accounts Sales Manager for Masonite Corporation. He is a recognized global expert on gaining competitive advantage and a corporate CEO who was named one of the top speakers in America by Meetings & Conventions Magazine due to his high-content, innovative programs with global examples, stories and practical ideas.

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China Lessons From a Road Warrior

JOHN RUTLEDGE

John Rutledge was one of the principal architects of the Reagan economic plan in 1980-81 and was an adviser to the Bush White House on tax policy. Dr. Rutledge is currently the Chairman of Rutledge Capital, a visiting professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chief Advisor for Finance and Investment to the Governor of the Haidian District in Beijing. Dr. Rutledge has appeared on Fox News, CNBC, PBS and CNN. He has written articles for the Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, China Weekly, Barron's, Forbes, Fortune, The National Review, The Financial Times, U.S. News and World Report, and Business Week.

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How to Measure, Control and Profit
From Your China Exposure

PETER NAVARRO

Peter Navarro is a business professor at the University of California-Irvine, and the author of The Coming China Wars. Peter is known for his highly sophisticated but easily accessible macroeconomic analysis of the international business environment and financial markets. Navarro's articles have appeared in a wide range of publications, from Business Week, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal to Harvard Business Review, the Sloan Management Review, and the Journal of Business. He has appeared frequently on Bloomberg TV and radio, CNN, CNBC, and NPR.