21st May 2015 Rundown

Asia in Restructuring: Vision and Action of Youth
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre


21 May 2015 (Thursday)
 

09:00
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09:30

Registration
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre)

09:30
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10:30

Opening & General Assembly
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre HALL 5G)

Moderator:Angela CHOW, TV Host, Phoenix Satellite Television

Welcome Speech: ZHOU Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia

Opening Speech: 

  • Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Acting Chief Executive of HKSAR
  • ZHANG Xiaoming, Director of Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government of China in the HKSAR

Remarks: Clarence LEUNG, Advisor, 2015 Boao Youth Forum for Asia (Hong Kong) & Chairman, The Y.Elites Association

Official Guests:

  • Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Acting Chief Executive of HKSAR
  • ZHANG Xiaoming, Director of Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government of China in the HKSAR
  • SURAKIART Sathirathai, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Board Memberof Boao Forum For Asia
  • ZHOU Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia
  • ZHOU Bo, Deputy Director of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council of China
  • TONG Xiaoling, The Deputy Commissionerof the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in the HKSAR
  • QIU Hong, Deputy Director ofthe Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR
  • Chen Lin, Director General of Youth Department, Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the HKSAR
  • DENG Zhonghan, Vice Chairman of All-China Youth Federation,  Vice-Chairman of China Association for Science and Technology
  • Clarence LEUNG, Advisor, 2015 Boao Youth Forum for Asia (Hong Kong) & Chairman, The Y.Elites Association

10:30
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12:00

Keynote Speech
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre HALL 5G)

Keynote Speakers:

  • SURAKIART Sathirathai, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, Board Member of Boao Forum For Asia
  • K C CHAN, GBS, JP, Secretary for Financial Services and theTreasury, the Government of the HKSAR
  • Charles E. MORRISON, The President of the East-West Center

12:00
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12:05

Votes of Thanks
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre HALL 5G)

Carol CHEUNG, Co-Chairman of OrganizingCommittee, 2015 Boao Youth Forum for Asia (Hong Kong)

14:00
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15:45

Session 1

The age of Asian innovation - creative talents and innovative culture
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre HALL 5G) 

  • Steve Jobs’ iPhone development team and artists
  • How we can cultivate innovative talents in school
  • Upcoming trend of open-minded thinking and interdisciplinary research and development
  • Can artistic creativity and technological innovation collaborate, interoperate and complement with each other?

Moderator: Deborah KAN, Executive Producer, Wall Street Journal

Panelists:

  • Tony F CHAN, President of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Richard KELLY, Chief Catalyst, Fung (1937) Management
  • Ming-wai LAU, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of CHINESE ESTATES HOLDINGS LIMITED; Chairman, Commission on Youth, the Government of the HKSAR
  • Charles E. MORRISON, The President of the East-West Center
  • Bob XU, Founding & Managing Partner of ZhenFund

15:45
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17:30

Session 2

Outlook of the Global Economy in 2015: New Market Environment faced by Asian Enterprises
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre HALL 5G)

  • Certainties and uncertainties of global economic development
  • Trends of industrial restructuring and structural problems in Asia
  • What are the market implications of the Era of Low-cost Oil and Globalized quantitative easing?
  • Export-oriented enterprises in Asia: where are the opportunities in foreign markets?
  • The Economies of Hong Kong and the Mainland China: Interdependency for steady development
  • Opportunities and challenges for Hong Kong’s participation in the Mainland and global economic restructuring process

Moderator: Stephen ENGEL, Bloomberg TV Reporter

Panelists:

  • K C CHAN, GBS, JP, Secretary for Financial Services and theTreasury, the Government of the HKSAR
  • Florence EID-Oakden, CEO and Chief Economist of ArabiaMonitor
  • Joe NGAI, Director and Managing Partner of McKinsey’s HongKong Practice
  • NeilSHEN, Global Steward of Sequoia Capital

17:30
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17:35

Votes of Thanks

Sabrina HO, Co-Chairmanof Organizing Committee, 2015 Boao Youth Forum for Asia (Hong Kong)

17:35
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17:40

Closing Ceremony
(Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre HALL 5G)

Closing Remarks: ZHOU Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia