WORLD WITHOUT BORDERS

2009 IWF World Cornerstone Conference

Hong Kong SAR China - May 20-22, 2009

To create a just, sustainable world, nothing is more important than being able to think and act across borders. 

2009 IWF World Cornerstone Conference Press

Video Highlights

PLENARY I Business Without Borders

PLENARY II Finance Without Borders

Luncheon Program From Village to City in a Changing China: Development in a New Era

PLENARY III Healthcare Without Borders

PLENARY IV Technology Without Borders

CLOSING LUNCHEON Social Entrepreneurship In A World Without Borders

 

Esther Silver-Parker, IWF President

 

 

 

Opening Reception Lion Dance

 

Dr. Fanny Cheung and Christine Mar, Conference Co-Chairs

 

 

 

 

Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR China,Madam Gu Xiulian, former President, All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) and Esther Silver-Parker, IWF President with conference hosts Paula DeLisle, Christine Mar, Tisa Ho, Fanny Cheung and Ophelia Cheung

 

Plenary I: Business Without Borders

  (L-R) Marsha Johnson, SVP, Human Resources and Chief Diversity Officer, Southern Company; Teresa Au, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Asia Pacific Region, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC); Pansy Ho, Managing Director, Shun Tak Holdings Limited, Hong Kong; Ed Chan, President and CEO, Wal-Mart China

By Videocast: Sangeeta Talwar, Executive Director, Tata Tea Ltd., India

 

 

 

IWF members and conference guests listen to Chun Wu, Senior Principal, Boston Consulting Group, Greater China

IWF members welcome the founding member of the new IWF Germany, Fashion Designer Anja Gockel...

 

 

 

 

 

...and Mayor of the City of Essaouira, Asma Chaabi: founding member of IWF Morocco

Plenary II: Finance Without Borders

  (L-R) Françoise Lyon, VP of Strategies and Marketing, Wealth Management Group, National Bank of Canada; Mangwashi Victoria Phiyega, former Group Executive, Amalgamated Banks of South Africa (Absa); The Honorable Ludmila Shvetsova, First Deputy Mayor of Moscow, The Russian Federation

 

 

Dr. Kanwaljit Soin, Chairperson, WINGS (Women's Initiative for Successful Aging), Singapore

 

   

Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR China and The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Former Prime Minister of Canada

 

 

Moroccan Delegation

 

     

Luncheon Program – From Village to City in a Changing China: Development in a New Era

(L-R) Xueyu Chi, Manager, Beijing Jinyu Pottery Company, Mei Yan, Chief Manager of Man-tang-xiang Tea Col, Ltd, Beijing, Madam Gu Xiulian, former President, All-China Women's Federation (ACWF); Ophelia Cheung, JP, Chairman & Managing Director, Cheung-Macpherson & Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, and translator

 

 

 

Plenary III: Healthcare Without Borders

Dr. Nimita Limaye, VP, Clinical Data Management and Medical Writing, SIRO Clinpharm Pvt Ltd., India, and Carolyn Buck Luce, Global Pharmaceutical Sector Leader, Ernst & Young LLP

Plenary IV: Technology Without Borders

Linda Hudson, President, BAE Systems Land & Armaments Operating Group, USA, and Janet Ang, VP of Infrastructure Technology, IBM Greater China

 

The Honorable Deedee Corradini, SVP, Corporate Development, Prudential Utah Real Estate; The Honorable Liane Levetan, Real Estate Broker with Madam Gu Xiulian, former President, ACWF and Shuwen He, Coordinator, International Department, ACWF

     
           

Doing Business in China in a World Without Borders

(L-R) Lois Dougan Tretiak, Senior Advisor China, The Economist Group, Beijing; Li Liu, Managing Director, GE Commercial Aviation Services, Greater China operation; Andy Mok, Founder, Red Pagoda Concepts, USA; and Nisa Leung, Partner, Qiming Venture Partners, Shanghai

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental Health in a World Without Borders

(L-R) Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Senior Consultant on nuclear power management and environmental issues and former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Canada and The Honorable Sarah Liao, former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, Hong Kong, SAR

2009 IWF World Cornerstone Conference Chairs and Organizing Committee Members

(L-R) Tisa Ho, Rosalie Tran, Ophelia Cheung, Christine Mar, Fanny Cheung, Paula DeLisle, Sein Chew, Vivian Lau, Michelle Garnaut, and Ruth Gee

THANK YOU IWF HONG KONG!