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World Business Forum - Jack Ma & China & the Internet

INNOVATION PLUS SCALE: HOW TO PAVE THE WAY TO LEADERSHIP

* Getting ready for the next wave: The growth of e-commerce in China
* The incumbent perspective: Key success factors for western companies entering the Chinese market
* China as a source of web-based innovation
* From entrepreneur to challenger: The next steps in Alibaba.com’s strategy
* Growing both ways: Organic growth and acquisitions
* The quest for positioning in China: Designing products and services truly geared for the market

BIO
Jack Ma is the CEO, Chairman, and founder of Alibaba.com, China’s largest e-commerce company. With a team of 18 employees, he created the company in an apartment in Hangzhou, China, in 1999. Since then, Alibaba has grown to host more than 50 million registered members from more than 200 countries. Alibaba.com is ranked as the #1 “Most Popular [web site] in International Business and Trade” on Alexa.com, a subsidiary of Amazon.com that provides independent website tracking data.

In 1995, Ma founded China Pages, widely regarded to be China’s first Internet-based company. He then accepted an invitation from China’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation to head the information department of the China International Electronic Commerce Center, a position he left to create Alibaba.

Ma has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a “Young Global Leader.” In 2004, he was selected by China Central Television (CCTV) and its viewers as one of the “Top 10 Business Leaders of the Year.” And in 2005, FORTUNE ranked him as one of the “25 Most Powerful Businesspeople in Asia.”

World Business Forum - Jack Welch & Management & Strategy

A DIALOGUE WITH JACK WELCH ON STRATEGY AND SUCCESS

* The everlasting rules for winning: Exploring the building blocks of a strong business foundation
* Managing today’s new business and career challenges
* Strategies to successfully navigate transformation and change
* Delivering sustainable results: What should leaders do to make strategy happen
* How to keep the innovative spirit alive—and the bottom line going up
* Building a powerful team: The importance of putting the best players on the field

BIO
Jack Welch is the most admired CEO in the world. During his 20 years as Chairman and CEO of General Electric, he transformed the company from a bureaucratic behemoth to a dynamic and revered powerhouse. During his tenure, GE market value grew from $13 billion to $400 billion. In the process, Welch’s management innovations made him the most influential CEO of his era.

Welch is the author (with John A. Byrne) of the international bestseller JACK: Straight from the Gut, which provides an intimate glimpse into his life and management concepts. With his trademark candor, he discusses his management style and theories in presentations all over the world, speaking to people at every level of an organization, answering their questions on dozens of wide-ranging topics. These sessions were the inspiration for his new book, Winning, written with his wife, Suzy Welch.

In 2000 he was named Manager of the Century by Fortune. In 2005, he was voted Most Admired CEO of the past 20 years by Chief Executive magazine readers and the World’s Greatest Leader Today in a Fast Company magazine survey. Welch is currently the head of Jack Welch, LLC, where he serves as an advisor to a small group of Fortune 500 business CEOs.

World Business Forum - Alan Greenspan & The Global Economy

A CONVERSATION WITH THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE US FEDERAL RESERVE

* Europe, the United States, the World: The future of the global economy
* Facing great global economic challenges: Of balances and imbalances
* Oil price and its impact on microeconomy: Energy, growth, and economic policy
* The sustainability of global consumption
* Inflation, debt, savings, deficit: United States and investment trends
* The moderating effects of productivity growth
* China’s role in global and regional economies

BIO
For five terms encompassing 18 years, Alan Greenspan served as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve. A post held continuously since appointed by President Reagan, Greenspan’s footprint is still clearly felt on American domestic and monetary policy.

He was appointed a member of President Reagan’s Economic Policy Advisory Board, the Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation, and the Task Force on Economic Growth. From 1974 to 1977, he served as Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers under President Ford.

Dr. Greenspan graduated summa cum laude from New York University and continued his studies at Columbia University. He has received numerous honorary degrees and distinctions, among them the Legion of Honor from France and the United States’ Medal of Freedom. He also is an Honorary Knight of the British Empire.

Now head of Greenspan Associates, Dr. Greenspan’s memoirs will be published during the second half of 2007.

Steve Irwin, crocodile hunter, died on September 4th, aged 44

He was filming when a stingray got him. Its tail pierced his chest and stopped his heart.