Resource People of The International Forum

Resource People of the International forum are invited as guests to join the experience for a day or more and contribute their knowledge and perspectives to the experience. A selection of Resource People is listed below by region of the world.

 

In India

Dr. Mithu Alur, Founder and Chairperson, Spastics Society, Principal Coordinator, National Resource Centre for Inclusion, Mumbai

Mr. Anil Baijal, Former Secretary of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi

Mr. Rajat Banerji, Director, Deloitte, Touche Tohmatsu India Private Limited, New Delhi

Ms. Sumeeta Banerji, Social Development Professional, United Nations Development Program, New Delhi

Mr. Scott Bayman
, President and CEO, GE India, New Delhi

Mr. Guarav Bhatia, Program Director, Operations, Mphasis, Bangalore

Mr. Puneet Bhatia, Managing Director, Newbridge Capital, Mumbai

Mr. Nikhil Chib,
Owner, Busaba Restaurant, Mumbai

Ms. Celine D’Cruz, Associate Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centers, Mumbai

Mr. Atul Dhawan, Partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, New Delhi

Mr. Bharat Doshi, Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Affairs, Mahindra & Mahindra, Mumbai

Dr. Emmanuel D’Silva, Honorary Director, Southern Online Bio Technologies Ltd, Mumbai

Mr. Marc Faber,
Managing Director, Marc Faber Limited, Hong Kong

Mr. Rajeev Gowda, Associate Professor, Economics and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Bangalore

Mr. Suresh Hosakoppal, General Manager, Texas Instruments, Bangalore

Mr. Ishaat Hussain
, Finance Director, Tata Sons, Mumbai

Mr. K. Jairaj, Commissioner, Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, Bangalore

Mr. Rajesh Jejurikar
, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Automotive, Mahindra & Mahindra and Managing Director, Mahindra Renault, Mumbai

Mr. Sriram Khattar, Business Head, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi

Mr. Juzar Khorakiwala, Chairman and Managing Director, Biostadt India Limited, Mumbai

Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Deputy Managing Director, ICICI Bank, Mumbai

Mr. Vikram Lal, Chairman, Goodearth Education Foundation & Former Chairman, Eicher Group, New Delhi

Ms. Smita Datta Makhija, Architect and Conservationist, Delhi

Ms. Bhavna Mehra, Executive- Academic Branding, Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore

Ms. Niyati Mehta, Architect and Historian, Mumbai

Mr. Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Teletech Ltd, New Delhi

Mr. Vijay Narsapur, Vice President of Operations, Transworks, Bangalore

Mr. Nandan M. Nilekani, CEO, Infosys, Bangalore

Mr. T.V. Mohandas Pai, Director of Human Resources and Education & Resources, Infosys, Bangalore

Ms. Sheela Patel
, Founder and Director, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Centers, Mumbai

Mr. Shailesh Pathak, Head, Public Private Partnership Initiative Think Infrastructure, Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd, New Delhi

Mr. T.S. Prasad
, Yoga Instructor, Bangalore

Mr. Ramesh Ramanathan, Founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Founder, Jana Lakshmi (Microfinancing), Bangalore

Ms. Swati Ramanathan
, Founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Bangalore

Mr. P.R. Ramesh, Country Leader, Clients and Markets, Deloitte Haskins and Sells, Mumbai

Mr. M.N. Reddi
, Commissioner of Police and Traffic, Bangalore City, Bangalore

Mr. Raman Roy, Chairman and Managing Director, Quatrro BPO Solutions Pvt Ltd, Delhi

Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman and Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Cardiac Services, Bangalore

Dr. Tulasi Srinivas, Visiting Assistant Professor, Wheaton College, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Mr. Cherian Thomas, Senior Director, Advisory, Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd, New Delhi

 

In China

Mr. Satoshi Asahi, Senior Manager Intellectual Property Division, Toshiba (China) Co., Ltd., Beijing

Mr. Dominique de Boisseson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel China Limited, Shanghai

Mr. Joseph Caron, Ambassador, Canadian Embassy, Beijing

Dr. Benno Frieherr von Canstein, Executive General Manager, Allianz Dazhong Life Insurance Company, Ltd, Shanghai

Mr. Anping Chen , General Manager, Sheng Tai Plastic Mould Company Ltd., Wuhan

Mr. Charles Chen, Director, Join Computer & Control, Hangzhou

Dr. Derong Chen, Chief Representative, Norsk Hydro, Beijing

Dr. Kenneth J. DeWoskin, Professor of International Business, Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Michigan, USA

Ms. Chiara Qiyun Dai, Manager, Lexmark International, Shanghai

Mr. Clinton Dines, President, BHP Billiton China, Shanghai

Mr. Heinz Dollberg, Executive Vice President, Deputy CEO, Asia Pacific, Allianz AG, Germany

Dr. Jing (Jane) Dong, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation Management, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics (SUFE), Shanghai

Ms. Nancy A. Doyal, President, The International Forum, USA

Dr. Marc Faber, Managing Director, Marc Faber Limited, Hong Kong

Dr. Jianqiao Fan, Professor, Zhejiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou

Mr. Robert Glover, Founder and Executive Director, Care for Children, Beijing

Mr. Yannan Gou, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Public Finance, China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong

Mr. Peter C. Harris, Managing Director, Javelin Investments, Shanghai

Mr. Ming Yan Lim, President, China Residential, CapitaLand China, Shanghai

Ms. Ling Li, General Manager, Intime Department Co., Ltd., Hangzhou

Ms. Carol Liu, Sales Administration Supervisor, Johnson & Johnson (China) Ltd., Wuhan

Mr. Biao Lu, Principal, Eastern School, Shanghai

Mr. Jan Malm, President, Ericsson (China) Ltd., Beijing

Mr. James McGregor, Former Chief Representative, Dow Jones, China and author, Beijing

Mr. Christian Murck, Managing Director, Apco China, Beijing

Mr. John Pomfret, Former Bureau Chief, Washington Post, Beijing

Dr. Gordon Redding, Affiliate Professor of Asian Business, Euro-Asia Centre, INSEAD, France

Mr. Manabu Saito, President, Toshiba Information Equipment (Hangzhou) Co., Hangzhou

Dr. Yuan Dong Shen, President, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai

Dr. Weijian Shan, Managing Director, Newbridge Capital Limited, Hong Kong

Mr. Carl E. Walter, Managing Director China, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Beijing

Dr. Zhong-Ming Wang , Professor of HRM and Executive Dean, School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Mr. Rongjin (Robert) Wong, CEO, Langsha Holding Group, Yiwu

Mr. Jesse Wu, President, Johnson&Johnson Greater China, Shanghai

Professor Xinbo Wu, Professor of China-US Relations & Associate Dean, School of International Relations and Public Affairs; Fudan University, Shanghai

Dr. Zhixing Xiao, Deputy Director, Spanish Government Entrepreneur Center, CEIBS, Shanghai

Mr. Jesse Wu, Managing Director, Johnson & Johnson (China) Ltd., Shanghai

Mr. Takanori Zako, General Manager, Human Relations and Administration, Toshiba Information Equipment (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou

Professor Tianxiang Zhan, Professor of History, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

Mr. Michael O. Alexander, Chairman, The International Forum, USA

 

In North America

Mr. Alfred J. Amoroso, President and CEO, CrossWorlds Software, Inc, Burlingame, CA

Mr. Richard Barton, Chairman, CEO, & President, Adatom Corporation, Milpitas, CA

Mr. Donald E. Bielinski, Group President, W. W. Grainger Inc., Lake Forest, IL

Mr. Gary Bird, Vice President, e-Hub Business, Honeywell, Scottsdale, AZ

Ms. Sue Bostrom, Vice President, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA

Mr. David H. Brandin, Senior Vice President, International, women.com networks, San Mateo, CA

Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, III, Managing Director, Marsh, MMC Enterprise Ris, Washington, DC

Ms. Danielle Brian, Executive Director, Project on Government Oversight (POGO), Washington, DC

Mr. William Brooks, Senior Partner/Worldwide Client Service Director, Ogilvy, New York, NY

Mr. Shahid Javed Burki, Chief Executive Officer, EMP Financial Advisors, LLC, Washington, DC

Dr. Peter Cappelli, George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Fernando Chang-Muy, Immigration and Refugee Law, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Peter C. Clapman, Senior VP and Chief Counsel - Investments, TIAA-CREF Investment Law Division, New York, NY

Mr. William S. Clapper, General Manager, GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH

Ms. Della L. Clark, President, The Enterprise Center, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Phillip Coburn, Global Technology Strategist, Warburg Dillon Read, New York, NY

Dr. Carole L. Cramer, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, CropTech Corp, Blacksburg, VA

Mr. J. Scott Dinsdale, Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy, Motion Picture Association, Encino, CA

Mr. Robert F. DiRomualdo, Chairman, Borders Group Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Mr. Fran Dunphy, Head Coach - Men's Basketball, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. James Emshoff, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, IndeCap Enterprises Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

Mr. Charles Ferguson, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Berkeley, CA

Mr. Roger Fisher, Senior Director of Marketing, TSMC, San Jose, CA

Dr. Kenneth M. Ford, Director, The Institute for Human and Machine Cognition IHMC, The University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL

Dr. Gerrit Gong, Assistant to the President for Planning and Assess, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

General (ret.) Alfred Gray, United States Marine Corps, Alexandria, VA

Mr. James N. Green, Associate Librarian, Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Ms. Barbara Hack, Managing Director, JP Morgan & Co., New York, NY

Mr. H. Edward Hanway, Chairman, CIGNA, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Michael Harnetty, Division Vice President, 3M Protective Materials, St. Paul, Minnesota

Mr. David K. Haygood, Vice President Business Development, IDEO, Palo Alto, CA

Mr. Steven Honeyman, Executive Director, Eastern Philadelphia Organizing Project, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Nooruddin Karsan, CEO, Talentpoint, Wayne, PA

Ms. Ellen M. Knapp, Chief Information Officer, PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, NY

Mr. Scott Laidig, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, eHistory.com, Golf Breeze, FL

Mr. Michael Levy, Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management, New York, NY

Dr. Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Bank of America Securities, New York, NY

Ms. Sophie L’Helias, European Corporate Governance Advisor, Washington D.C.

Mr. Leonard Linsker, President, Pointstaff, Inc., New York, NY

Mr. Dan Lynch, Founder, Lynch Enterprises, Los Altos Hills, CA

Mr. Daniel Lyons, Founder and President, Team Concepts, Inc., Colingswood, NJ

Mr. John MacDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer, Impact Services, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. David W. Maher, Esq., Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosen, Chicago, IL

Ms. Jo Maitland Weiss, VP of Institutional Relations and Advisory Service, Catalyst Women, NY, NY

Mr. William Marrazzo, President and Chief Executive Officer, WHYY Incorporated, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Henry McDonald, Director, ARC, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA

Mr. David T. McLaughlin, Chairman of the Board, PartnerRe Ltd., New London, NH

Dr. William Mularie, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, VA

Mr. Zygmunt Nagorski, Founder and President, Center for International Leadership, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Zach Nelson, President & Chief Executive Officer, My CIO.com, Santa Clara, CA

Mr. Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute, New York, NY

Dr. Brandon J. Price, President and Chief Executive Officer, CropTech Corporation, Blacksburg, VA

Dr. Rosalind Remer, Associate Professor of History, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA

Professor Thomas Rohlen, Director, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Mr. Richard H. Sabot, Founder, Tripod, Inc, cofounder and chairman of the board of eZiba.com

Willaimstown, MA,

Dr. Nicholas Sargen, Senior Vice President, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., New York, NY

Sr. Mary Scullion, President & Co-Founder, Project H.O.M.E., Philadelphia, PA

Ms. Wendy R. Sherman, Principal, The Albright Group, LLC, Washington, DC

Dr. Mimi Silbert, President, Delancey Street Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Ms. Linda Stegeman, Commerce One, San Francisco

Mr. Paul Su, Director, Asia Business Development, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA

Mr. Webb Thomas, Multi Percussion Instrumentalist, Zanzibar Blue, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. George Thomas, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania, Historic Preservation and Urban Studies, Philadelphia, PA

Commissioner John F. Timoney, Police Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Office, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. Richard Wade, Head of School, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Yip Yan Wong, Group Chairman, The Wywy Group, Singapore

Ms. Lilly Yeh, Executive Director, The Village of Arts and Humanities, Philadelphia, PA

Mr. David Yen, Vice President and General Manager, Sun Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA

 

 

In Europe

Mr. John Abrahamson, CEO, Enskilda Securities, Sweden

Mr. Paul Arlman, Secretary General, Federation of European Stock Exchanges, Belgium

Dr. Peter Ashall, Chief Executive Officer, Vertu Ltd., United Kingdom

Mr. Lode G. Beckers, Chairman and Managing Director, LOBO NV, Belgium

Dr. Matthias Bellmann, Group Vice President, Siemens AG, Germany

Mr. Toni Belloni, Chief Operating Officer, LVMH Holding, France

Mr. Jan Krzystzof Bielecki, Executive Director, Poland/Bulgaria/Albania, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, United Kingdom

Mr. Carl Bildt , Chairman, Nordic Venture Network, Former UN Secretary’s General Special Envoy for the Balkans, United Nations; Former Prime Minister of Sweden, Stockholm

Lord Leon Brittan, Vice Chairman, UBS Warburg, United Kingdom

Mr. Jan R. Carendi, Member of the Board of Management, Munich, responsible for the Americas, Allianz, Sweden

Mr. Göran M. Carstedt, Managing Director, Society for Organisational Learning (SoL), Sweden

Mr. Carl Cederschiöld, Mayor, Chairman, Stockholm City Hall, Sweden

Mr. Gérard Choisnel, President, Ingersoll-Rand Europe Inc., France

Mr. Erik Dejonghe, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Barco N.V., Belgium

Mr. Robrecht Dewitte, Director, Festival Van Vlaanderen - Brugge, Belgium

Ms. Lorraine DiSimone, Mezzo Soprano, Germany

Ms. Mia Doornaert, Diplomatic Editor, De Standaard, Belgium

Mr. Börje Ehrstrand, Principal/Rektor, Rinkeby Skolan, Sweden

Mr. Klas Eklund, Chief Economist, SEB, Sweden

Mr. Bernt Ericson, Vice President, Ericsson Foresight - Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Sweden

Dr. Robert Fisher, Chief Executive Officer, Fast Search & Transfer Limited, United Kingdom

Mr. Andrew Freeman, European Business Correspondent, The Economist, France

Mr. Richard Greenhalgh, Chairman, Unilever UK Ltd., United Kingdom

Dr. Bülent Gültekin, Associate Professor of Finance, The Wharton School, USA

Dr. Carl H. Hahn, Former Chairman of the Board of Management, Volkswagen AG, Germany

Mr. Josef Havelka, Chairman Director CE/EE, Leo Burnett, Czech Republic

Mr. Robert Hawliczek, Senior VP, Accounting & Financial Reporting, Infineon Technologies, Germany

Mr. Anders Hedenström, Member of the Board, Senior Advisor, Rederi AB Soya, Sweden

Mr. Anthony van der Heijden, President & CEO, Ion Tiriac Bank, Romania

Mr. Mark Heraghty, CEO, Cable & Wireless Europe, United Kingdom

Mr. Tim Hyland, Director, Travel Express Sp. z.o.o., Poland

Ms. Milena Ivanova, Regional Manager, eResourcing, TMP Worldwide, Poland

Mr. François Jaclot, CFO, Interbrew, Belgium

Mr. Allan Johnston, Executive Director, Corus, United Kingdom

Mr. Gareth Lloyd Jones,  Director of HR & Internal Communications, BBC, United Kingdom

Mr. Henry Karamanoukian, Director, Customer Business Development, Procter & Gamble, Russia

Mr. Bruce Kogut, Professor of International Management, The Wharton School, France

Dr. Ali Nail Kubali, Chairman of the Board, NCM Associates Ltd., Turkey

 

Mr. Peter Leonard, Conductor and General Music Director, North German Philharmonic and Volkstheater Rostock, Germany

Mr. Oliver Letwin, Member of Parliament, House of Commons, United Kingdom

Ms. Hilde Lobelle-Caluwé, Curator, Municipal Museums of Bruges, Belgium

Mr. Aimé Lombaert, City Carilloneur, Belfort, Belgium

Mr. Christian Majgaard, President M.Sc., Branding A.S., Denmark

Dr. Dominique Moïsi, Deputy Director, Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), France

Mr. John Noulton, Director of Public Affairs, Eurotunnel, United Kingdom

Mr. Zbigniew Wojciech Okonski, Vice-President of the Management Board, Prokom Investments S.A., United Kingdom

Mr. Kenneth Olausson, Managing Director, Interactive Institute, Sweden

Mr. Benoît Potier, Chairman & Chief Executive, Air Liquide S.A., France

Dr. Mohammed Rasekh, The Faculty of Law, Shahid-Beheshti University, Iran

Dr. A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan, Deputy Manager, Personnel Group Human Resources, ING Group, Netherlands

Mr. Guillaume Roux, Regional President, South East Asia, Lafarge, Malaysia

Mr. Jan Roxendal, Executive Vice President, ABB Ltd., Switzerland

Mr. Ian L. Rushby, Vice President and General Auditor, BP p.l.c., United Kingdom

Mr. John Sewell, Senior Vice President, Planning and Logistics, Reckitt Benckiser Plc, United Kingdom

Ambassador Vladimir G. Shemiatenkov, Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Europe; Former Ambassador of the Soviet Union to the European Communities, Russia

Mr. Lars Sjöberg, Curator, Royal Castles Collection, National Museum, Sweden

Mr. Rolf Skoglund, Founder and Chairman, Startupfactory AB, Sweden

Mr. Hans Smits, Chief Executive Officer, Port of Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mr. Derek Stevens, Former Chief Financial Officer, British Airways Plc, United Kingdom

Ms. Pernilla Ström , Consultant and Analyst, Ity AB, Sweden

Mr. Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO, Ericsson, Sweden

Mr. Ulrich Wachter, Vice President Sales & Services, Europe North/East, Lufthansa German Airlines, United Kingdom

Mr. Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB, Sweden

Mr. F. W. Warmelink, Director, Aon Netherlands, Netherlands

Mr. Bob Warnier, Former Chief of Protocol, Bruges Tourist Office, Belgium

Professor Dr. Burkhard Welkener, Managing Director, Volkswagen Motor Polska, Poland

Major Viking Ingemar Wemmenhög, Swedish Military, Sweden

 

In Japan and South East Asia

Dr. James C. Abegglen, Chairman, Asia Advisory Service K.K, Japan

Dr. Sunthorn Arunanondchai, Chief Executive Officer, C.P. Plaza Co., Ltd., Thailand

Mr. Anant Asavabhokhin, Managing Director, President and CEO, Land & House Public Company Limited, Thailand

Mr. David Atkinson, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (Japan) Ltd, Japan

Dr. Kent Calder, Executive Advisor, Hess Energy Trading Co., CSIS, USA

 

Mr. Philip S. Carmichael, President, Asia Pacific; V.P. Lexmark Int'l, Lexmark International, Japan

Dr. Olarn Chaipravat, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited, Thailand

Mr. Philip Chen, Director & Chief Operating Officer, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Hong Kong

Mr. Ji-Suk Choo, Vice Chairman, Hyosung Corporation, Korea

Mr. Bill D. Cook, Managing Director of Administration, Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi, Japan

Dr. Kenneth Courtis, Vice Chairman – Asia, Goldman Sachs, Japan

Mr. Peter Cundill, President, The Cundill Group, Canada

Ms. Sanitsuda Ekachai, Columnist, Bangkok Post, Thailand

Dr. Marc Faber, Managing Director, Marc Faber Limited, Hong Kong

Dr. Tubagus Feridhanusetyawan, Senior Economist, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia

Mr. George Fields, President, Fields Associates K. K., Japan

Mr. Yohsaku Fuji, Director, The Kansai Electric Power, Japan

Ms. Sakie Fukushima, Managing Director & Country Manager, Japan, Korn/Ferry International, Japan

Mr. Norio Gomi, Associate Director, General Manager, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Japan

Mr. Masataka Hata, President, Shoyeido Incense Co., Japan

Mr. Ernest M. Higa, President & Chief Executive Officer, Higa Industries, Japan

Mr. Koji Hirao, President, Inst. for Socioeconomic Infrastructure & Svcs. Inc, Japan

Mr. Nobumasa Hirata, President, Toshiba (China) Co., Ltd., China

Mr. Atsushi Horiba, President and CEO, Horiba Ltd, Japan

Mr. Benny T. Hu, President, China Development Corporation, Taiwan

Mr. Yoichi Iino, Vice Chairman, Uyeno Holdings Ltd., Japan

Mr. Yoshitaka Ikeda, Manager, Office of the President, Murata Machinery, Ltd., Japan

Ms. Hiromi Ito, Coordinator of Int'l Human Resources Development, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan

Mr. Donald P. Kanak, President and Chief Operating Officer, American International Group Companies, AIG, Japan

Mr. Tokio Kanoh, Member, House of Councilors, Japan

Professor Hotaka Katahira, Professor of Marketing Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Mr. Marc Peter Keane, Landscape Architect, 26 Inuzakan-cho Shuzakuin, Japan

Mr. Miguel Ko, President -- Asia Pacific Business Unit, Pepsi-Cola International, Hong Kong

Mr. Yotaro Kobayashi, Chairman and CEO, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Japan

Mr. Shigeru Komori, Professor, Graduate School of Management Information Studies, Jobu University, Japan

Mr. Samuel Koo, Director, Unicef Japan, UNICEF, Japan

Mr. Toru Kubota, Watson Wyatt, Japan

Mr. Ralph Kugler, Executive VP Latin America Business Group, Unilever UK, United Kingdom

Mr. A.G. Lafley, Chairman and Chief Executive, Procter & Gamble Company, USA

Dr. Dong-Bok Lee, Visiting Professor at the College of Law and Political Science, Myongi University, Korea

Dr. Chong-Suk Lee, Senior Exec Vice President, LG Group, Korea

Mr. Urban Lehner, Executive Editor, Dow Jones Asia, Hong Kong

Mr. Rick Lei, V.P. & General Manager, Consumer Products B.U., Acer Incorporated, Taiwan

Mr. Stu Levenick, Chairman and Corporate Vice President, Caterpillar, Japan

Mr. Lawrence S. Liu, Attorney-at-Law, Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law, Taiwan ROC

Dr. Emiko Magoshi, Professor, Tokyo Junshin Women's College, Japan

Mr. Teruo Masaki, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation, Japan

Mr. Toyohiro Matsuda, Manager, International Human Resources Office, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan

Mr. Haruo Murase, President & CEO, Canon Sales Co., Inc. Japan

Mr. Yasutaka Murata, President, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Japan

Dr. Miron Mushkat, Dir. of Economic Research & Investment Strategy &, INDOCAM Asia Asset Management, Hong Kong

Ms. Yumiko Nagai, Secretary General, Shimamoto Cultural Exchange Association, Japan

Reverend Junna Nakada, Director General and Abbott, Daigoji (Temple), Japan

Mr. Kosuke Nakahira, Vice Chairman, Institute for International Economic Studies, Japan

Mr. Katsumi Nakamura, Manager, Corporate Communications Office, Horiba Ltd., Japan

Mr. Takeshi Natsuno, Media Director, NTT DoCoMo, Japan

Mr. Kenji Nohara, Executive Director, Kobokan Community Center, Japan

Ms. Kikue Oda, Instructor in T'ai Chi, Kyochu Trading Company, Japan

Dr. Alexander Paufler, Director, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Japan

Dr. Chumpol Phornprapha, Chairman of S.P. International Co., Ltd., S.P. International Co., Ltd., Thailand

Mr. Thierry Porté, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd., Japan

Mr. Clark T. Randt, Jr., Partner, Shearman & Sterling, Hong Kong

Mr. Matthew Richards, Coordinator of International Relations, Yasu Municipal Office, Japan

Mr. Frank Sanda, Chairman, President & CEO, Nihon Tsushin, Japan

Mr. Takashi Sawada, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Fast Retailing, Japan

Dr. Jung-Uck Seo, Chairman, IT INVEST Inc., Korea South

Dr. Haruo Shimada, Professor of Economics, Keio University, Japan

Ms. Minako Shimanuki, Office Manager Regional Representation - E. Asia, Wharton Tokyo Office, Japan

Mr. Sampan Silapanad, Vice President Korat Operations, Seagate Technology (Thailand) Ltd., Thailand

Mr. Robert Singer, Curator and Head, Japanese Art Department, Los Angeles County Museum, USA

Mr. John Steward, Country Manager of Hong Kong, American Express - Travel Related Services, Hong Kong

Mr. Takashi Sugimoto, Ph.D Candidate, University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, Japan

Mr. Tadao Suzuki, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mercian Corporation, Japan

Mr. Hiro Suzuki, Executive Vice President, Techno Venture Ltd., Japan

Mr. Washington SyCip, Chairman, The SGV Group, Philippines

Mr. George Tahija, President Director, PT. Austindo Nusantara Jaya, Indonesia

Mr. Matsuo Taiki, Director, NEC Systems Laboratory, USA

Ms. Tomoko Takahashi, Marketing Student, University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Sawako Takeuchi, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

Mr. Hiroshi Tanaka, Deputy General Manager; Creative Director, Shiseido Company, Ltd., Japan

Mr. Nate Thayer, Correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review, Thailand

Mr. Osamu Tsuji, President and CEO, Samco International Inc., Japan

Mr. Haruji Ukai, Proprietor, Kinmata Ryokan, Japan

Mr. Michael R.J. Vatikiotis, Managing Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review, Thailand

Mr. Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman, Population and Community Development Association, Thailand

Mr. Takatoshi Wako, Manager, Human Resources Development Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan

Mr. William Warren, Author and Advisor, The Prem Center for International Education, Thailand

Mr. Takao Watanabe, Executive Vice President, Shinkansen Operations Division, Central Japan Railway Company, Japan

Dr. Yip Yan Wong, Chairman, The Wywy Group, Singapore

Ms. Hikaru Yamamoto, M.A. Student, Business and Market Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan

Mr. Nobuyoshi Yamanaka, President & Representative Director, Emerson Japan Ltd., Japan

Ms. Kazuko Yamasaki, Coordinator, Biwako Women's Voice, Japan

Professor Norio Yanagihara, Vice-President Japan Management Society, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

Mr. Masaki Yano, Analyst, Morgan Stanley, Japan