2001 FORTUNE Global Forum Opens in Hong Kong; Jiang Zemin, President, People's Republic of China, To Present Opening Address.Business Editors HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 The 2001 FORTUNE Global Forum opens today with a keynote address by Jiang Zemin, President of the People's Republic of China, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Traditional Chinese: (HKCEC). The FORTUNE Global Forum, with the theme "Next Generation Asia", continues through May 10 and is headquartered at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. President Jiang's speech, which follows welcoming remarks by AOL Time Warner Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer, Gerald M. Levin Gerald M. "Jerry" Levin (b. 6 May, 1939, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American businessman. He attended Haverford College, where he is a member of the Board of Directors. Levin spent most of his career with Time Inc. and FORTUNE Editorial Director, Geoffrey Colvin, as well as an introduction by Tung Chee Hwa
The Honourable Tung Chee Hwa, GBM, D.S.Sc.(honoris causa) (Traditional Chinese: 董建華 , Chief Executive, Hong Kong SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly) The protocol that converts data to cells for transmission over an ATM network. It is the lower part of the ATM Adaption Layer (AAL), which is responsible for the entire operation. See AAL. SAR - segmentation and reassembly , is the first of three keynote speeches during the three-day event. Other keynote addresses will be made by Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand, and William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This is the title of the executive officer of this country. 2. The constitution directs that the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America. Art. 2, s. 1. on 9th and 10th May respectively. Other Global Forum speakers include: Mickey Kantor, Former Secretary of Commerce and Trade Representative, United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, ; Henry M. Paulson, Jr., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.; Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, Hong Kong SAR; Michael S. Dell, Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. ; Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc.; Vandana Shiva, The Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology; Victor Fung, Li & Fung Group; N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies Ltd.; James H. Goodnight, SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ; James Morgan, Applied Materials, Inc.; Jong-Yong Yun, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; James W.J. Hughes-Hallet, Cathay Pacific Airways; Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corporation; George Newstrom, EDS; Joseph F. Berardino, Andersen; J. Mark Mobius, Templeton Emerging Markets Fund, Inc.; Liu Mingkang, Bank of China; Stan Shih, Acer Group; and James Murdoch, STAR Group Limited. The opening dinner at the HKCEC will be followed by a fireworks display in Victoria Harbour, sponsored by Andersen. This is the seventh annual FORTUNE Global Forum. Within the framework of a dynamic program developed by FORTUNE's editors, the Global Forum brings the heads of major multinationals, world leaders, and influential thinkers together in an exclusive, intimate setting to confer on the issues, challenges and opportunities driving today's global economy. Major sponsors of the FORTUNE Global Forum are: Andersen; Applied Materials; Bank of China; EDS; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Nortel Networks; and SAS. Invest Hong Kong is the host sponsor of the FORTUNE Global Forum, and Cathay Pacific Airways is the official airline of the Global Forum. Further information regarding the FORTUNE Global Forum can be found at www.fortuneglobalforum.com |
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