| The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) and the AIM Alumni Association are organizing the 2nd Asian Business Conference, which explores the readiness of businesses to the 2015 ASEAN integration. This will be on June 26 and 27, 2014 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel and the AIM campus, both in Makati City.
With the theme "2015 Approaching: Priming for ASEAN Integration," the conference also examines the key drivers and challenges in the lead-up to the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015, which envisions members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) forming a single market and production base.
The two-day conference will also explore various facets and implications of AEC through several track sessions: Harnessing Banking and Financial Markets; Realizing ASEAN's Full Human Capital Potential; Strengthening Connectivity; Strengthening Leadership and Governance; and Building a Resilient ASEAN Economic Community.
"The discussions in the conference will examine the assumptions of benefits brought about by economic integration, and how these will actually give rise to a cohesive and vibrant ASEAN that is capable of competing with the larger economies on the global stage," explains AIM President Dr. Steven J. DeKrey. "On the conceptual level, AEC means a free flow of goods, services, investments, and capital, as well as equitable economic development and reduced poverty and inequality--but what would all these mean if majority of ASEAN's 600 million people are unaware of or unprepared for an ASEAN AEC?"
Among the featured guest speakers are: Dr. Laurent Jacque, Academic Director of the Masters of International Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Minister Ir. Heru Prasetyo, Head, REDD+ Agency, Indonesia; Dato Timothy Ong, Chairman and Founder of Asia Inc. Forum; Serge Pun, Executive Chairman of Yoma Strategic Holdings; Dr. Suthad Setboonsarng, Senior Adviser of BowerGroupAsia; Sir David K. Newbigging, OBE, Chairman of Kennedy Financial Services Limited; Diosdado Banatao, Founder and Managing Partner of Tallwood Venture Capital; Paulinus Kuncinas, Regional Editor, Asia, Oxford Business Group; Rodolfo Severino, Head of ASEAN Studies Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies; Iwan Azis, Head of the Office Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank; N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor Officer of Infosys Technologies Limited; and Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman an! d CEO of Ayala Corporation.
Business leaders, entrepreneurs, public servants, the academe, and members of civil society are encouraged to register and contribute to the discussions in the conference. Registration is Php10,000 or US$250. Discounts apply to AIM alumni and group registrations (four or more representatives from the same organization).
The event is sponsored by Smart, PLDT, Oxford Business Group, Channel News Asia, BusinessWorld and Entrepreneur Magazine.
For more information, visit http://asean.aim.edu or contact the Conference Secretariat at (632) 465-1847.
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