Discount tickets for Berkeley-Asia conference

Vator readers get a 20% discount off the event on March 22 in Shanghai

The Asia Business Center and the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley invite you to join us for a
day of networking and learning at the Berkeley Asia Business Center Conference. The conference,
"Leading Through Innovation," is for government officials and private business leaders alike, and
will be in both English and Chinese. The event is on March 22, 2011 at the Peninsula Hotel Shanghai.  Simultaneous translation in Chinese will be available.

Keynotes speakers include:

• Dr. Oliver E. Williamson, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences and Berkeley-Haas Professor Emeritus, on Innovation in Organizations
• Joe Jimenez (MBA 84), Novartis CEO, will discuss innovation and perspectives from leading the pharmaceutical giant
• Dean Rich Lyons, of the UC Berkeley-Haas School and former Chief Learning Officer at Goldman Sachs, will talk passionately about his ideas on innovation in business school leadership, and
• Professor Michael Katz, Director of the Institute for Business Innovation at Berkeley-Haas and former Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission, will also give a riveting talk about how companies can innovate within their organizations.

The conference also features a finance panel of experts, including:

• Joseph Chee, Managing Director, Joint Head of Global Capital Markets, UBS 
• Xiaoguang Huang, China Country Head, Bank of America
• Eric Landheer,  Head of Issurer Marketing, Senior Vice President, Hong Kong Exchange
• Terence Ho, Strategic Growth Markets Leader, Greater China, Ernst & Young

Why should you attend?  

• Learn about the intricacies of innovation
• Meet our 2009 Nobel Prize Winner, the CEO of Novartis, industry leaders, the Dean and top professors from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business!
• Make connections with top business leaders throughout Asia! 
• Enjoy the beautiful location at the Peninsula Hotel Shanghai.

All Vator Network members are eligible for a 20% discount to attend the event.  For more information, please refer to https://abcshanghai.eventbrite.com/. (use discount code “ABCPART”) or contact abc@haas.berkeley.edu.