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Program Overview
   
 
Day One (Nov. 2nd)

  8:00   Registration & Morning Coffee
  8:40   Opening Remarks by the Organizing Committee
  8:55   Morning Refreshment and Networking
  9:10   Opening Remarks by Chairperson (Loke-Khoon Tan, Partner for Hong Kong/ China, Baker & McKenzie)
       
  9:20   Opening Address: Strategic long-term planning for the China luxury market to welcome the bourgeoning success
  ·   Emerging and growing China market wins the most focus of international luxury brands for development
  ·   Long-term plan to welcome the medium-term opportunity in China
      Emmanuel Prat, Senior Executive Vice President
LVMH
       
  9:50   International Keynote Speech: Chinese luxury market – seen from an international perspective
  ·   Chinese luxury market in the eyes of the international luxury brands – opportunities & challenges
  ·   Adopting international experiences while taking China's complexity into consideration to operate a successful luxury brand in China
  ·   The future vision and perspective for the Chinese luxury market
      Tom Murry, President / COO
Calvin Klein
       
  10:20   Morning Refreshment and Networking
       
  10:40   Panel Discussion: Strengthening brand awareness with optimized marketing promotion and innovative advertising
  ·   Diversified marketing and advertising options for optimized combination
  ·   Engaging the growing market with the brand spirit rooted in consumers' mind
      Moderator: Jean-Marc Bellaiche, Vice President and Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Joseph Wang, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Greater China
Steven Chang, CEO, Optimedia China
Jancu M Koenig, Business Director, JWT
Grégoire Grandchamp, China Manager, Prestigium
Kamel Ouadi, E-business & CRM Director, L'Oreal
       
  11:30   Asia-Pacific Retail Trends – Implications for Luxury Brands in China
  ·   Asia-Pacific Retail Trends
  ·   Luxury Brands in China – KPMG's View
  ·   Attitudes of the Chinese Consumer
  ·   Strategies for Luxury Brands
  ·   The Challenges Ahead
      Mark Larson, Partner, Global Retail Sector Chair
KPMG
       
  12:00   Networking Luncheon & Exhibitor Viewing
       
  14:00   Panel Discussion: Building a healthy retailing environment for the growing luxury industry to prosper in China
  ·   Immature retailing environment prompts an urgent call for improvement in retail management
  ·   Ambitious expansion requires more high-end retailing capacities – where to accommodate the burgeoning statement stores
  ·   Retail excellence in China achieved with the multi-support and cooperation among golden partners
      Moderator: Jesse T H Chang, Managing Partner, TransAsia
Zhang Renliang, Head of District, Jing'an District
Sharon Hung, Principal Lecturer for BA Fashion Merchandising, Shih Chien University
Joseph Wan, Vice President and Director, The Boston Consulting Group
       
  14:50   Panel Discussion: Critical insights into the consumer behaviors of the super rich in China
  ·   Pulsing the uncharted consumer behaviors of the super rich in China
  ·   Any clues to track?
     

Moderator: Radha Chadha, Managing Director, Chadha Strategy Consulting
Jiang Nanchun, CEO, Focus Media
Sun Ge, Chief Editor, Golf Wednesday
Jeff Dunn, Sales Director, Boeing Business Jets
Abel Hwong, Publisher, Apex Manual

       
  15:40   Afternoon Refreshment & Networking
       
  16:00   Panel discussion: Fashion designers and luxury hotels, resorts and prestigious complex: new trends in the luxury hospitality industry
  ·   Business and leisure travelers expect more on the international standard and innovation in hospitality in China while the needs of the affluent and sophisticated Chinese are more and more demanding to cater for
  ·   Designer hotel phenomenon – designers bring the fashion house's philosophy of design and style to hotels while partners with lodging expertise run the hotel – a win-win cooperation
  ·   Harmonious mix of designer fashion in luxury hospitality to inspire luxury and stylish living
      Moderator: Denis Morisset, Executive Director, ESSEC MBA in International Luxury Brand Management
Alfred Chan, CEO & Managing Director, Ports Design Limited
Victoria Lu, Creative Director, Moca Shanghai
Alan Hepburn, Managing Director, Three on the Bund
Peter Alatsas, General Manager, The Westin Bund Center Shanghai
       
  16:50   Set to take off in a big way for the private aviation in China
  ·   China's growing billionaires' club reaches for the sky with the ultimate status symbol
  ·   The burgeoning private jet market boosted by the nation's policy of easing control of airspace as well as relaxing restrictions on private pilot licenses
      Jeff Dunn, Sales Director
Boeing Business Jets
       
  17:20   Award Presenting to Chinese Quintessence Art
  17:40   Chairperson's Summary
  18:30 - 20:30 Welcome Reception & Cocktail Party
   
Day Two (Nov. 3rd) 
       
  8:00   Registration & Morning Coffee
  8:50   Opening Remarks by Chairperson (Cyril Chong, Practice Leader, Specialty Retail and Branded Apparel, Russell Reynolds Associates)
       
  9:00   Strengthening the administrative management and protection of trademark and brands
  ·   · Government put more efforts in the intellectual property protection with the access to WTO
  ·   · A joint network built by brands, legal institutes and governmental bodies to best protect the common benefits
      Chen Xuejun, Vice director, Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce
Chairman, The Trademark Association of Shanghai
       
  9:20   Pirates in the Middle Kingdom: the art of trademark war
  ·   A practical look at how luxury brand owners have fought against piracy in the retail markets in China
  ·   Examples of other piracy success stories and tips on how to avoid the pitfalls of falling prey to counterfeiters in China
      Loke-Khoon Tan, Partner for Hong Kong/ China
Baker & McKenzie
       
  10:00   Morning Refreshment and Networking
       
  10:20   Panel Discussion: Weighing the balance between volume and exclusivity harmonizing profit and premium image persistence
  ·   Exclusivity equals to less volume and less profit?
  ·   Mass production ruins the prestigious brand image – how to find the balance
      Moderator: Melvyn Goh, CEO, M Media Group
Sebastian Suhl, CEO, Prada Asia Pacific
Paola De Luca, Creative Director and Co-Founder, TJF Group
Jean-Marc Bellaiche, Vice President and Director, The Boston Consulting Group
       
  11:00   Assessing the growing opportunities in the new luxury market
  ·   Socioeconomic and demographic forces drive the New Luxury phenomenon
  ·   "Trade up" for new luxury products
      Jean-Marc Bellaiche, Vice President and Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Joseph Wan, Vice President and Director, The Boston Consulting Group
       
  11:40   The Cult of the Luxury Brand: Inside Asia's Love Affair with Luxury
  ·   Analysis on the “luxeplosion” in Asia
  ·   Spread of Luxury model
      Radha Chadha, Managing Director, Chadha Strategy Consulting
Paul Husband, Managing Director, Husband Retail Consulting
       
  12:20   Chairperson's Summary
  12:30   Networking Luncheon & Exhibitor Viewing
       
     
       
  13:30   Workshop A
Overview on PRC Labor Law with Practical Illustrations
  ·   Labor law trends, including an introduction to the draft Employment Contract Law
  ·   Drafting essential management –related employment documents
  ·   Common Mistakes in Employment Contracts
  ·   Wages and Overtime Pay
  ·   Expatriates working in China
  ·   Hiring of Employees by Foreign-invested Enterprises and Rep Offices
  ·   Employers' liabilities when terminating employment contracts
  ·   Proper handling of labor disputes
  ·   Strengthening of the power of trade unions by law
  ·   Case studies
       
      Workshop Leader: Isabelle I H Wan, Leader
TransAsia Employment Law Group
      Isabelle is the first non-PRC national to serve as a Director of the China Labor Law Studies Association, following her nomination by the PRC Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) in 1997. She was also voted by Asia Law & Practice as one of “Asia's Leading Lawyers” for 2002, 2004 and 2005 in the area of PRC employment law.
       
  15:30   Afternoon Refreshment and Networking
       
  15:50   Workshop B
Luxury Brand Management – International experiences combined with Chinese characteristics
      Branding is always the big concern of the luxury brands. Given the special market in China, the branding atmosphere is even more elusive to the western brand operators. International experience is a good reference while the local expertise and Chinese characteristics shall be well considered as well.
       
      Workshop Leader: Denis Morisset, Executive Director
ESSEC MBA in International Luxury Brand Management
      Having worked for more than 20 years in the Fashion and Luxury Industry with COO and CEO positions for Polo Ralph Lauren, Pierre Balmain, Giorgio Armani, now Denis is the Professional Faculty and Executive Director of ESSEC MBA in “International Luxury Brand Management” since September 2004.
       
  17:50   Close of the Event



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