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China Conference & Awards 2009 - Conference agenda
Conference: 08.30 am - 5.00 pm
We wanted to make this year’s conference more valuable, informative and relevant to your needs than ever before. In response to your feedback, the agenda for 2009 contained a mix of detailed case studies, interactive panel discussions and a live Q&A with a leading IR professional – all designed to get you thinking and help you find practical solutions to today’s IR challenges.
We welcome your feedback on the agenda below. Please contact William Russell, conference producer at IR magazine via email or on +44 20 7251 7533 with your views.
Keep this page bookmarked for regular agenda and speaker updates. You can view the 2008 conference agenda and speakers here.
8.30 am Registration and refreshments
9.00 am Introduction and welcome
Neil Stewart, executive editor, IR magazine
9.10 am Benchmarking your IR performance
Setting objectives for the IR department, measuring success and reporting on progress are tasks universally acknowledged to be challenging. What quantitative and qualitative yardsticks do you use?
- Using perception studies and other investment community feedback.
- Goals for shaping your shareholder base.
- Benchmarking investor outreach activities.
- Reporting the IR team’s performance to senior management and the board.
Panellists:
Warren Wang, chief financial officer, Zhongpin
Reginaldo Cariaso, executive director, equity capital markets, Asia Pacific ex-Japan, Nomura
9.50 am Views from western IR professionals
- Explore cutting-edge IR strategies in video interviews with western investor relations executives.
- Live interview with one of the participants conducted via a telephone link.
- Q&A session with a leading IR professional based in another region: compare his/her experiences with your own.
Featuring:
Jan Childress, director, investor relations, Consolidated Edison
Kelsey Doherty, senior vice president, investor relations, CA
10.40 am Morning coffee
11.15 am Corporate governance challenges in testing times
- Balancing local market customs with international standards.
- New regulations to watch out for.
- Improving perception among international investors: the benefits of providing adequate disclosure.
- Communicating about governance and compliance risk.
Panellists:
David Moy, chief executive officer, Asia Ventures Management
Carl Cheng, partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Christy Shue, executive vice president, finance & IR, Harbin Electric
Justin Reynolds, managing director, Asia Pacific, Ipreo
12.00 pm Getting to grips with the sell side
Maintaining sell-side coverage and attracting new analysts.
Strategies for dealing with negative forecasts and sentiment.
- Do investors still rely on sell-side research? What are they using instead?
- Leveraging the sell side for investor relations.
- Building a mutually dependent analyst network and educating it about your business.
Panellists:
Raymond Huang, investor relations director, AirMedia
Guy Gresham, global capital markets group, BNY Mellon
Shane Smith, managing partner, Europe, PSQ Analytics & Irideus.org
John Ma, director of China research, Roth Capital Partners
12.50 pm End of morning session
1.00 pm Lunch
1.45 pm Awards ceremony
3.15 pm Understanding today’s current buy-side landscape
Hear from a group of the region’s top fund managers and analysts. Discussion topics include:
- Who is buying Chinese stocks? How are they making investment decisions?
- Understanding trading costs, portfolio balance and internal measurement benchmarks
- Key differences between domestic and international investors
- New questions from investors in the current economic environment
- Getting the balance right in terms of communication: more disclosure or less?
Panellists:
Bin Hu, head of china, CEO designate of joint venture, BNY Mellon Asset Management (China)
Robert Gardner, managing director, Asia Pacific, Ipreo
Stephen Monticelli, president, Mosaic Investments
Frank Zhao, chief financial officer, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group
Session chair:
Crocker Coulson, president, CCG Investor Relations
4.00 pm Case study session: how they do it at PetroChina
A seasoned IR professional will share examples of best practice that you can use in your own investor relations program. Topics include:
- Strategies for dealing with awkward investors
- Communicating through a crisis
- Effective IR on a limited budget.
Speakers:
Mao Zefeng, assistant secretary to the board & head of investor relations, PetroChina
4.40 pm End of conference