Conference Schedule for October 27th

Color Key for Themes:

Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Interactive Digital Entertainment
Challenges Across the Pacific Rim
Adapting to an Aging Society

Time Saturday, October 27, 2007
8:30am - 9:15am
Kiku Ballroom, 4th Floor

The Future of Entertainment
William J. Ireton
President and Representative Director
Warner Entertainment Japan Inc.

9:25am - 10:10am
Yamato Room, 3rd Floor

The Challenges of Globalization

Glen S. Fukushima
President and CEO, Airbus Japan K.K.
Senior Vice President, Airbus S.A.S.

Leslie Lord
Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Nifco Inc.

Thierry Portè
President and CEO, Shinsei Bank, Limited

Katsura Room, 3rd Floor

Architecture As a Social Construct

Qingyun Ma
Dean, USC School of Architecture

10:10am - 10:40am
3rd Floor

Refreshment Break

10:40am - 11:25am
Katsura Room

Interacting With Mobile and Ubiquitous Media

David Collier
President, Pikkle K.K.

Yamato Room

Japan's Political Policies

Kin-Ichi Yoshihara
Senior Vice President, Asia Forum Japan

11:35am - 12:20pm
Katsura Room

Innovation of Firms Across Nations

Gerard J. Tellis
Director, Center for Global Innovation, Neely Chair of American Enterprise,
Professor of Marketing, USC Marshall School of Business

Yamato Room

Issues for Aging in The 21st Century

Eileen Crimmins
Associate Dean, USC Davis School of Gerontology

Gerald Davison
Dean, USC Davis School of Gerontology (moderator)

Jon Pynoos
Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology

Merril Silverstein
Professor, USC Davis School of Gerontology

12:20pm - 1:30pm
Kiku Ballroom
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Kiku Ballroom

Asia's Changing Demographics:
Challenges and Opportunities within an Aging Asian Society

Timothy Feige
Co-President, Prudential International Insurance

2:25pm - 3:10pm
Katsura Room

User Generated Content from a Business and Legal Perspective

Gen Kanai
Director of Asia Business Development, Mozilla

W. David Marx
Chief Editor, mekas.jp

Jennifer Urban
Associate Professor and Director, USC Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, USC Gould School of Law (moderator)

Jiro Kokuryo
Professor, Keio University

Yamato Room

Economic Challenges In The Pacific Rim

Ronnie C. Chan
Chairman, Hang Lung Properties Limited

Clayton Dube
Associate Director, USC US-China Institute (moderator)

Robert Feldman
Head of Japan Economic Research, Morgan Stanley Japan Securities Co. Ltd.

Seung-Yu Kim
Chairman and CEO, Hana Financial Group

Chen-En Ko
Professor, National Taiwan University
Chairman, Chung Hua Institute for Economic Research

3:10pm - 3:30pm
3rd Floor

Refreshment Break

3:30pm - 4:15pm
Yamato Room

Investments and Real Estate

Leonard Meyer zu Brickwedde
President and CEO,
Hypo Real Estate
Capital Japan Corporation

Shuji Tomikawa
General Manager
Solutions Services Dept.,
Real Estate Solutions Services Dept.;
Mitsui Fudosan Investment Advisors

Katsura Room

Asia's Untapped Resource: the Female Workforce

Sakie Fukushima
Managing Director, Japan, Korn/Ferry International

Kathy Lindsay
Internal Communications Manager, Asia, Lehman Brothers

4:25pm - 5:10pm
Yamato Room

Digital Entertainment: Paving the Future of Cinematic Arts

Elizabeth M. Daley
Dean, USC School of Cinematic Arts (moderator)

Satoru Iseki
Producer, Tokyo

Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Artist, Creative Director, Producer, Tokyo

Toshi Shioya
Film director, Producer, Actor, Acting Trainer, Will Do Co., Ltd.

Katsura Room

Marketing to the Baby Boomer Generation

James Ellis
Dean, USC Marshall School of Business

Shinji Yamasaki
President and CEO, Senior Communication Co., Ltd.

6:30pm - 9:00pm

Sayonara Reception And Dinner
Special Invited Speaker
The Honorable Shinzo Abe
Former Prime Minister of Japan

Speakers and Topics Subject to Change

Schedule for October 25th
Schedule for October 26th
Schedule for October 27th (PDF)