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Agenda: BRITE Asia '09 Conference - March 26, 2009

09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Breakfast
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome and Program Introduction:
Prof. Rajendra K Srivastava, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, SMU
09:45 – 10:15 Opening Keynote:
The Marketing of Innovation & Technology: Why Geeks Rule
Dennis P Susay, Regional Director & Head, Branding & Corporate Marketing, Pacific Rim, Merrill Lynch
10:15 – 10:45 Marketing to Customer Networks
Mr. David Rogers, Executive Director, Center on Global Brand Leadership, Columbia Business School
10:45 – 11:00 Short Break
11:00 – 11:30 The MINI Brand
Mr. Ramesh Divyanathan, Regional Marketing Director, BMW Group Asia
11:30 – 12:30 Panel Discussion A:
Moderator: Prof. John Davis
Panelists: Dennis P Susay, David Rogers & Ramesh Divyanathan
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 Afternoon Keynote:
Market Innovation: Thinking Big About Brands
Prof. Bernd Schmitt, Robert D.Calkins Professor, Columbia Business School
14:00 – 14:30 How to Boil the World: "The Moment" Brings Power in Branding
Mr. Kentaro Kimura, Co-CEO, Creative Director, Account Planner, Hakuhodo Kettle, Tokyo
14:30 – 15:00 Being Digital by Being Human
Mr. Gavin Coombes, CEO, FutureBrand Asia Pacific
15:00 – 15:30 Tea - Break
15:30 – 16:00 Digital Branding in Asia: So New and So Old
Prof. Dae Ryun Chang, Professor of Marketing at Yonsei School of Business, Seoul, Korea & Executive Director of the Centre on Global Brand Leadership, Yonsei
16:00 – 17:00 Panel Discussion B:
Moderator: Prof. Jin K. Han
Panelists: Bernd Schmitt, Dae Ryun Chang, Kentaro Kimura & Gavin Coombes