AGENDA

 

07:45 – 08:30

Registration

  

08:30 – 08:35

Greetings from the City of New York 

The Honorable Robert C. LIEBER, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development

  Ms Ann LI, Vice President,  New York City Economic Develpment Corporation

 

08:35 – 08:40

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mr XU Bing, Commercial Consul, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in New York  

08:40 – 08:45

Miss Monica CHEN, Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (New York) 

 

Keynote Address

08:45 – 09:00 Mr Simon GALPIN, Director-General, Invest Hong Kong
09:00 – 09:15 Mr GAO Lin, Deputy Director-General of Invest Shenzhen
  Moderator's Introduction: Mr Daniel H. ROSEN, Principal at the Rhodium Group 
 

Panel Discussion: Session 1

09:15 – 10:15

Business Environment in Hong Kong and Shenzhen

  - Mr Kelly JONES, Head of Investment Promotion, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, New York
  - Mr Andrew PAN, Chief Representative, North American Representative Office of Shenzhen
  - Mr Stephen WONG, Regional Director of Americas, Hong Kong Trade  Development Council
  - Mr Brian LEE, Chief Representative, New York Representative Office of Hong Kong Monetary Authority

10:15 – 10:35

Question and Answer Session

10:35 – 10:55

Coffee Break

 

Panel Discussion: Session 2

10:55 – 12:10

Development of the Financial Market in Hong Kong and Shenzhen after the Global Economic Downturn

  - Mr Jeffrey R SHAFER, Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Citigroup
  - Mr FANG Hui, General Manager of New York Branch, China Merchants Bank
  - Ms Manwei HUANG, Vice President, Cross Border Banking, HSBC Bank USA
  - Mr Peter Guang CHEN, Partner, Deloitte Tax LLP
  - Mr Hugh C. KELLY, Principal, Financial Services Regulatory Practice, KPMG

12:10 – 12:30

Question and Answer Session

12:30 – 14:00

Luncheon

14:00 – 16:00

Consultation Session

Representatives from InvestHK and Shenzhen BTI to answer questions from individual seminar participants