THIRD ANNUAL BERKELEY ASIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE
TO ADDRESS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN ASIA
Vivek Paul, Vice Chairman of Wipro, Selected
As Keynote Speaker
February 18, 2003 - BERKELEY, Calif. - The University of
California at Berkeley's Haas School of Business today announced
that its Third Annual Berkeley Asia Business Conference (ABC)
will take place on Saturday, March 1, 2003. This premier West
Coast Asian business conference will feature a keynote presentation
on the globalization of services by Vivek Paul, vice chairman
of global technology solution provider Wipro Ltd, and president
of Wipro Technologies.
"The Berkeley Asia Business Conference has established
itself as the pre-eminent event for dialog between business
leaders in the US and Asia and with academia," said Paul.
"This year's theme of globalization of services is indeed
timely, and Wipro's experience in this arena can provide for
some great discussion, debate and action."
The conference will include panel sessions on a wide range
of topics, such as wireless in Asia, entrepreneurship in China,
intellectual property in Asia, the semiconductor industry
in China, product development in India, Asian venture capitalists
in Silicon Valley, venture capitalists in China, biotechnology
in Asia and market entry services. In addition, the conference
will include a product fair with exhibitors such as Sega.com,
Hitachi, Takara, and SK Telecom.
"The continuing need for greater confidence in financial
markets, Taiwan and China's entry into the WTO, and the change
in structure and power of large conglomerates and corporations
are critical business issues in Asia today," said Tom
Campbell, dean of UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. "By
bringing together world-renowned business leaders with top-tier
educators and an international student body, Berkeley's Asia
Business Conference provides a forum for today's and tomorrow's
business leaders to evaluate the impact of these important
topics."
"Based on my participation in last year's Asia Business
Conference, it is clearly a premier event, and I'm pleased
to be speaking again this year," said Jason Ma, ABC panelist
and executive vice president and chief strategy officer of
MobileBest Inc. "Business opportunities undoubtedly abound
in Asia, and this conference will be a great forum to discuss
prospects as well as challenges with other business leaders."
"Visiting China this past fall on behalf of the Bay
Area international business community confirmed that this
emerging marketplace is open for Bay Area businesses,"
stated Michael Chapnick, vice president for communications
and government affairs at the Bay Area World Trade Center.
"The Berkeley ABC will prepare Haas students, and the
Bay Area business community alike, to be competitive in this
crucial market on the Pacific Rim."
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