THE AGENDA
ASrIA
Inaugural Conference Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
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Thurs 1st November
6pm Opening
Reception, sponsored by FTSE
held jointly with ACGA
Asian Corporate Governance
Association
Jade
Ballroom, 3rd Floor, Furama Hotel, Central
Friday 2nd November
8.30am Registration
9.00am Opening
& Welcome
Tessa Tennant, Chair of ASrIA
9.30am Asian
Practitioners Panel
SRI
Market Opportunities in Asia
Skeptics
doubted whether SRI would work in N. America and Europe. History
proved them wrong. This panel will examine the market opportunities
for SRI in Asia. It will examine the potential demand for SRI
products.
Chair:
Christine Loh CEO, Civic Exchange
Panel:
Stuart Leckie Pension & Investment Advisor, HK & China
Richard Yin Chairman, Kingsway Fund
Management
Takejiro Sueyoshi Executive
Vice President, Nikko Asset Management
Yulanda Chung, Research
Associate, ASrIA
10.40am Coffee break
11.00am ASrIA
Sponsors Panel:
Global best practice and Asia
ASrIA's
sponsors bring global best practice to life in Asia. They will
examine how global trends and techniques can be used to develop
the SRI market in Asia. Engagement, screening, marketing and portfolio
management will be addressed.
Chair:
Robert Rosen ethicalinvestor.com.au
Speakers:
Barbara Krumsiek CEO, Calvert
Paul Moody Head of Business Development, Morley Fund Management
Emma Hunt Senior Analyst, Friends,
Ivory & Sime
Mark
Campanale Investment Marketing Manager - SRI, AMP Henderson
Global Investors Limited
12.30 - 2pm Lunch
2.00pm Parallel Sessions
1. SRI
: Civilising The Marketplace
What hope for developing economies in the
face of the mounting power of bottom line driven global corporations?
Does globalisation
mean a world where we reach for the lowest or the highest standards
in the workplace and environmental protection?
Chair:
Peter Wong Partner Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Panel:
Dominique Be EU advisor on SRI
Sirkka Korpela Director, Business
Partnerships UNDP
Margaret Chin-Wolf, Principal, Nexus Asia Investment
Management Pte Ltd
2. Venture Capital, MicroFinance
and FDI for Sustainable Futures
SRI is not just about equity investment.
This session will look at other financial institutions that are
following SRI metrics in Asia.
Chair:
Cinnamon Dornsife, US Ambassador to the ADB
Panel:
Madeleine Lee Founder,
UNIFEM Fund
Philippe Bergeron
Director RIET Singapore
Sari Laaksonen UNEP-ROAP
3.
SRI Research
What does SRI research consist of? Can global
benchmarks be used in an Asian context? If not, what metrics should
be used to perform SRI analysis in Asia.
Chair:
Jacob Park Senior Research Consultant
Speakers:
Mizue
Tsukushi
CEO, Good Bankers, Japan
Robert Rubenstein
Executive Director, Brooklyn Bridge
MarkBytheway,
CEO, SIRIS
4.
Benchmarks for SRI performance : help
or hindrance
How to measure SRI performance is subject
to debate. The management of an SRI index is one of the biggest
challenges facing the development of an SRI for Asia.
Chair:
David Andrews,
Chairman, Glebe Asset Management
Speakers:
Paul
Grimes Finance
Director, FTSE International
James Muir, ERM
Ivo Knoepfel Head of Rating &
Index Research, SAM research
3.30pm Tea Break
4.00pm Report
back to Plenary
4.30pm Keynote
Address,
Anthony Neoh
Chief Advisor,
China
Securities Regulatory Commission
The role SRI can play to drive Sustainable development
in Asia
5.30pm CONFERENCE ENDS
6.00pm ASrIA
AGM
ASrIA will hold its inaugural AGM. This is open to all members
and will elect the first board and set the direction for ASrIA
for the coming year.
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