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The University of Michigan's Asia Business Conference at the Ross School of Business is the longest-running student-organized business conference about Asia in the US. The 21st Asia Business Conference will take place on January 28-29, 2011. Through our panel presentations and interactive Q&A sessions with leaders with extensive Asia experiences, you can learn more about opportunities and challenges of doing business in Asia.

Online registration for the conference is closed. Please register on the day of the conference itself if you are still interested.

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    2011 Conference Highlights:

    Networking Een

    Networking Reception

    Thanks to the overwhelmingly popular response for the informal networking event held at the previous conference, this year we are holding it at the Colloquium once again! Join us at the end of the conference for an opportunity to interact closely with the speakers from the conference, as well as moderators, the Asia Business Conference executive board and other participants.

    Take advantage of this opportunity to have one-on-one time with executives with Asian business experience and learn more about what you can do in the future.

    Ong Siew Gay

    Ong Siew Gay

    -Singapore's Deputy Chief of Mission, Washington Embassy

    This year, Singapore's Deputy Chief of Mission at the Washington Embassy, Ong Siew Gay, will address the audience for our Keynote Speech.

    Mr Ong served as First Secretary in the Embassy in Beijing (1999 to 2002). Upon his return to the Ministry headquarters, Mr Ong was Assistant Director/People's Republic of China (2002) in the Policy Planning & Analysis Directorate III. He was Senior Assistant Director/International Organisations (2003 to 2005) and subsequently Deputy Director/International Organisations (2005) in the International Organisations Directorate. He was Deputy Director/Protocol (2005 to 2007) in the Protocol Directorate. He was Deputy Director/China (2007 to 2008) in the Northeast Asia Directorate before assuming post in the Embassy in Washington DC as Counsellor (Political) in June 2008. Since March 2009, he has been Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy..

    Hekinus Manao

    Hekinus Manao, Asean Panel

    - World Bank Executive Director

    World Bank Executive Director from Indonesia representing also Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga and Vietnam since November 2010. Prior to that Mr. Manao served as Inspector General of Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance and in other senior posts in the Ministry of Finance: Director of Financial Accounting and Reporting; Director, Accounting and Information Service; Head of the Center for Financial Accounting and Reporting. Earlier, Mr. Manao served as Senior Researcher and Head of Government Auditing Research Center at Government Internal Auditing Agency and as Head of Section of Curricula and Teaching Methodology at Government Internal Auditing Education Center. Currently, Mr. Manao serves on the Audit Committee (AC) and on Committee on Governance and Executive Directors’ Administrative Matters (COGAM).