The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit taking place in Honolulu on Nov. 10-12, just ahead of the APEC Leaders Meeting on Nov. 12-13, will draw 62 private-sector chairmen and CEOs, including CEOs from Boeing, Eli Lilly and Walmart, the APEC 2011 USA Host Committee said Monday.
The CEO summit will feature special sessions looking at trade and economic policy. The theme for the CEO summit is "The Future: Redefined." Delegates will discuss trends and issues across the Asia-Pacific region including innovation, health care, energy, food security, women and the economy and trade.
Among the speakers and business community leaders confirmed to date are:
» Richard C. Adkerson: President and CEO, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (USA)
» Shai Agassi: Founder and CEO, Better Place (USA)
» Gautam Banerjee: Executive chairman, PwC (Singapore)
» Dr. Delos M. Cosgrove: President and CEO, The Cleveland Clinic (USA)
» Roger A. Crook: CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (Germany)
» Michael L. Ducker: COO and president, International, FedEx Express (USA)
» Ning Gaoning: Chairman, COFCO Limited (China)
» Deborah A. Henretta: Group president, Asia, Procter & Gamble (USA)
» William V. Hickey: President and CEO, Sealed Air Corp. (USA)
» Eduardo Hochschild: Executive chairman, Hochschild Mining (Peru)
» Tom Jenkin: Executive chairman, Open Text Corp. (Canada)
» Andrey L. Kostin: Chairman and president, JSC VTB Bank (Russia)
» Bon-Joon Koo: Vice chairman and CEO, LG Electronics (South Korea)
» John C. Lechleiter: Chairman, president and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company (USA)
» Richard Li: Chairman and chief executive, Pacific Century Group Limited (Hong Kong)
» Dr. Zhang Liju: Chairman, VODone Group Limited (China)
» W. James McNerney Jr.: Chairman, president and CEO, Boeing Co. (USA)
» Alexey Miller: Chairman of the management committee, Gazprom (Russia)
» Luis Alberto Moreno: President, Inter-American Development Bank
» Craig Mundie: Chief research and strategy officer, Microsoft Corp. (USA)
» Dennis M. Nally: Chairman, PwC International (USA)
» Douglas R. Oberhelman: Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
» Scott Price: President and CEO, Walmart Asia (USA)
» John G. Rice: Vice chairman, General Electric (USA)
» Jin Roy Ryu: Chairman and CEO, Poongsan Corporation (South Korea)
» Cher Wang: Chairwoman and co-founder, HTC Corp. (Taiwan)
» William C. Weldon: Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson (USA)
» Keith E. Williams: President, CEO and trustee, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (USA)
» Hiromasa Yonekura: Chairman, Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.; Chairman, Keidanren (Japan)