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"The wide-ranging panel topics and accomplished speakers scheduled for this year's Chicago Asia Pacific Conference promise deep insights and incisive discussions. I encourage you to attend this terrific Conference for a true Chicago-style experience."
Edward A. Snyder, Dean, George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
The Chicago Asia Pacific Business Group ("CAP") of the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business is proud to present the 8th annual Chicago Asia Business Conference "Changing Landscape: Asia at the Backdrop of Credit Crunch and Global Inflation." The CAP business conference is the most important annual event featuring in-depth discussions, debates, and of the latest trends and policies that characterize modern businesses in Asia today. Leaders from government, international institutions and different industry sectors come together to share insights, exchange dialogues, and discuss today's most pressing issues. This day-long conference features the most prominent Asian business leaders and world renowned professors from the University. Students, academia, and practitioners interested in Asia should not miss the great opportunity to participate in the greatest discussion about Asia Business at the University of Chicago.
Now is clearly one of the toughest moments over decades, a sub-prime mortgage crisis almost triggers the meltdown of the entire US financial markets; where the US economy heads still remains to be seen. Once long-praised globalization further spreads the tremor to every corner of the world. The global economic outlook hinges to some extent on a fairly familiar dynamic: how conditions in the US affect the rest of the world. This time, however, the answer may not be the familiar one. A cooler US economy isn't likely to freeze other countries in the way it often has in the past. Asia is one of the bright spots many expect to help the world weather the slowdown of the West. The contemporary Asia is closer, more sophisticated and consequential to businesses all over the world. Each of Asia's growing countries is increasingly taking a unique role to compete in the world. Evidence suggests that its long-awaited expansion is underway: China alone in the first quarter of 2008 announced foreign direct investment of almost US$26bn-nearly twice as much period last year. This year's conference seeks to discuss and capture the Asia?f economic development amid this unprecedented market turmoil and its long-term implication towards the region, hoping to identify fundamental patterns of opportunities and risks
Business communities, students, and academics need to comprehend the meaning and consequences of these developments as they affect the future, be it in the form of new competitions, opportunities for partnerships, or the resulting shifts in global business and management dynamics. The keynotes and panel discussions will focus on critical issues such as:
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