Asia: Managing Beyond Crisis



Boao Forum for Asia

Energy, Resources & Sustainable Development Conference

September 4-6, 2014

Seattle, Washington State, USA

|Thursday |September 4 |

|07:30 - 16:00 |Registration |

| |(Fairmont Olympic Hotel) |

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|09:00 - 12:00 |Investment Symposium |

| |(Microsoft Headquarters) |

| |A high-level workshop for investors on effective strategies for the North American market |

| |Welcome |

| |Brad SMITH, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Microsoft Corporation |

| |Discussion Leaders |

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|12:00 - 13:30 |Luncheon |

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|13:30 - 14:30 |Tour of Microsoft Headquarters Campus |

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|14:30 |Return to Fairmont Olympic Hotel |

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|17:30 |Bus departs Fairmont Hotel for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

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|18:00 - 21:00 |Opening Reception at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Headquarters |

| |Welcome Remarks |

| |ZHOU Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia (Confirmed) |

| |Bill GATES, Co-Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Confirmed) |

| |Melinda GATES, Co-Founder, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

| |Boao Forum Seattle Chair (Confirmed) |

|20:00 - 21:00 |Dinner |

| |(Invitation Only) |

| |Speaker |

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|Friday |September 5 |

|09:00 - 09:30 |Opening |

| |Moderator |

| |ZHOU Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia (Confirmed) |

| |Speakers |

| |Yasuo FUKUDA, Former Prime Minister, Japan; Chairman, Boao Forum for Asia (Confirmed) |

| |Jay INSLEE, Governor, Washington State (Confirmed) |

| |Henry PAULSON, Former Secretary of Treasury, USA (Confirmed) |

| |Patty MURRAY, US Senator |

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|09:30 - 10:15 |Session 1 |

| |New Findings on Climate Change: What Does This Mean for the Sustainability of Planet Earth? |

| |To what extent has climate change impacted the Mankind? Are such adversities blamed on human |

| |activities or else? |

| |Given what we have done so far to reduce emissions, will the situation get worse in the foreseeable |

| |future? |

| |Why all the controversy over climate change? |

| |Latest findings of the IPCC Fifth Assessment |

| |Moderator |

| |Jonathan WOETZEL, Head of Energy and Urbanization for McKinsey & Company (Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |CHEN Feng, Chairman, HNA Group (Confirmed) |

| |Henry PAULSON, Former Secretary of Treasury, USA |

| |Thomas LOVEJOY, Biodiversity Chair, the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the |

| |Environment (Confirmed) |

| |Rajendra PACHAURI, Chairman, IPCC (Confirmed) |

| |John PODESTA, Special Counselor to President Obama and Former Chief of Staff to President Clinton |

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|10:15 - 11:00 |Session 2 |

| |Sustainability of Conventional Energy and the Shale Gas Revolution |

| |Supple-demand: The gravity of production is shifting from the Middle East towards the US, Brazil, |

| |Canada and Venezuela, while that of consumption is drifting towards emerging markets such as China and|

| |India |

| |Rise of non-OPEC producers and the fall of OPEC |

| |The shale gas revolution |

| |Constants and variables on the global energy landscape: short-term & long-term |

| |The controversy over nuclear energy |

| |Moderator |

| |Jim SCIUTTO, Chief National Security Correspondent, CNN (Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |Julio FRIEDMANN, Deputy Asst Secretary of Energy |

| |Jennifer HOLMGREN, CEO,Lanzatech |

| |Kazumasa KUSAKA , Chairman and CEO, the Japan Economic Foundation; Former Vice Minister for |

| |International Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan (Confirmed) |

| |Ernie THRASHER, CEO, Xcoal Energy & Resources (Confirmed) |

| |Gary Yang, President & CEO, UniEnergy Technologies |

| |WANG Yilin, Chairman, CNOOC |

| |ZHANG Guobao, Chairman, the Advisory Board, National Energy Commission, China (Confirmed) |

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|11:00 - 11:15 |Coffee Break |

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|11:15 - 12:00 |Session 3 |

| |Renewable/Clean Energies: The Way Forward |

| |Clean energy and energy-saving: best practices |

| |Wind, solar and other renewable energies: potential, constraints and solutions |

| |Bio-fuel and food security |

| |Moderator |

| |Steve HOWARD, Secretary General, the Global Foundation (Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |GAO Jifan, Chairman, TrinaSolar (Confirmed) |

| |Shinichi KOIZUMI, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, Toray Industries (Confirmed) |

| |David SANDALOW, Former Under Secretary of US Energy Department (Confirmed) |

| |Sumant SINHA, Co-Chairman of National Committee on Renewable Energy, Confederation of Indian Industry;|

| |Founder Chairman & CEO, ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd (Confirmed) |

| |Cynthia WARNER, Chairman, Sapphire Energy (Confirmed) |

| |Jon WELLINGHOFF, Partner, Stoel Rives; Former Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |

| |(Confirmed) |

| |ZHONG Jun, General Manager, China Southern Power Grid (Confirmed) |

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|12:30 - 14:00 |Luncheon 1 |

| |Innovation in Managing Carbon |

| |(Georgian Room) |

| |Speakers |

| |John GILLILAND, CEO,Terrapower |

| |Eric REDMAN, CEO, Summit Power (Confirmed) |

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|12:30 - 14:00 |Luncheon 2 |

| |Zero-Carbon Buildings |

| |(Palm Court) |

| |Speakers |

| |Denis HAYES, President and CEO, Bullitt Foundation (Confirmed) |

| |Zhen YU, Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Building Research (Confirmed) |

| |ZHOU Nan, Director, US-China Clean Energy Research Center – Building Energy Efficiency Consortium |

| |(Confirmed) |

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|12:30 - 14:00 |Luncheon 3 |

| |Networking Lunch |

| |(Spanish Ballroom Foyer) |

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|14:00 - 14:30 |Dialogue1 |

| |Strengthening Global Partnerships |

| |From a long-term and strategic point of view, what can major countries do to forge global partnerships|

| |for peace and sustainable development of the world? |

| |Speakers |

| |Henry PAULSON, Former Secretary of Treasury, USA (Confirmed) |

| |ZHOU Wenzhong, Secretary General, Boao Forum for Asia (Confirmed) |

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|14:30 - 14:40 |Future Flash 1 |

| |The Question of Water |

| |Speaker |

| |MA Jun, Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (Confirmed) |

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|14:40 - 15:25 |Session 4 |

| |Intelligent Cities & Sustainable Urban Living |

| |Worldwide migration trends are hastening the need for more sustainable urban cities. China alone will |

| |add more than 350 million people to its urban population by 2025. What are the implications for |

| |environment, health and urban/rural development? |

| |Definition and DNA of an intelligent city |

| |Intelligent cities vs. digital cities |

| |Case study: successes and failures |

| |Moderator |

| |RUI Chenggang, Anchor, CCTV(Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |LAURA IPSEN, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft(Confirmed) |

| |Jiang LIN, Senior Vice President, Energy Foundation |

| |David NIEH, CEO, Lend-Lease China |

| |QIU Baoxing, Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban/Rural Development(Confirmed) |

| |WANG Lu, Vice Governor, Hainan Province(Confirmed) |

| |FENG Lun, Chairman, Vantone |

| |ZHANG Xin, CEO, SOHO |

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|15:25 - 15:45 |Coffee Break |

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|15:45 - 16:30 |Session 5 |

| |Health, Inclusive Growth and Human Development |

| |Economic prosperity and sustainability require a healthy population, healthy workforce and control of |

| |public health threats. How can scientific breakthroughs and new forms of global collaboration deliver |

| |better health outcomes and ensure sustainable development around the world? |

| |Moderator |

| |Chris MURRAY, Director, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) |

| |Panelists |

| |YAN Xijun, President, TASLY Group(Confirmed) |

| |Susan Desmond-Hellman, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |

| |Steve DAVIS, CEO, PATH |

| |Alex GORSKY, CEO, Johnson & Johnson |

| |BGI |

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|18:30 - 20:00 |Reception & Dinner |

| |(Chihuly Glasshouse, Seattle Centre) |

| |Speakers |

| |Maria CANTWELL, US Senator (Confirmed) |

|Saturday |September 6 |

|09:00 - 09:15 |Future Flash 2 |

| |The Future of Technology, Innovation and Sustainability |

| |Speaker |

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|09:15 - 10:00 |Session 7 |

| |The Mobile Solution for a Sustainable Future |

| |What’s next in mobile: smart phones, tablets, wearables or more? |

| |Killer applications |

| |Mobile solutions to health, education, commerce, etc.? |

| |Moderator |

| |James FALLOWS, Author and National Correspondent, Atlantic Monthly(Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |Kris GOPALAKRISHNAN, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies |

| |LI Yanhong, Chairman and CEO, Baidu |

| |LEE Jay-yong, Vice Chairman of the Board, Samsung |

| |Pony MA, Chairman, Tencent Technologies |

| |Marrisa MAYER, CEO, Yahoo! |

| |Vanghn SMITH, Senior Vice President, Facebook(Confirmed) |

| |Wang Jian, CTO, Alibaba(Confirmed) |

| |US CEO of ZTE |

|10:00 - 10:45 |Session 8 |

| |Re-imagine Relations across the Pacific |

| |American and Asian markets |

| |TPP: Setting the New Trade Agenda across the Pacific |

| |Two-way investment: Potential, obstacles & innovative solutions |

| |Case study: successes and failures |

| |Moderator |

| |John HOLDEN, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace(Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |CUI Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the US |

| |HAN Duck-soo, President, KITA(Confirmed) |

| |Gary LOCKE, Former US Ambassador to China(Confirmed) |

| |Kevin RUDD, Former Prime Minister, Australia(Confirmed) |

| |Josette Sheeran, President, Asian Society(Confirmed) |

| |YANG Xiyu, Executive Vice President, Boao Forum for Asia Research Institute(Confirmed) |

|10:45 - 11:00 |Coffee Break |

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|11:00 - 11:45 |Session 9 |

| |New Alliances: West Coast States and Chinese Provinces |

| |Moderator |

| |TIAN Wei, Anchor, CCTV(Confirmed) |

| |Panelists |

| |Jerry BROWN, Governor, State of California |

| |CHEN Wenhua, Vice Governor, Sichuan Province (Confirmed) |

| |Christy CLARK, Premier, British Columbia |

| |Jay INSLEE, Governor, State of Washington(Confirmed) |

| |Ed MURRAY, Mayor, Seattle |

| |WANG Lu, Vice Governor, Hainan Province(Confirmed) |

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