Navigating and leveraging globalization

CURRENT EVENTS

Mexico Business Summit

Created by Smadja & Associates in 2003 for Miguel Alemán Velazco, former Governor of the State of Veracruz in Mexico, now the premier business event in Mexico

In its seventh edition, the Mexico Business Summit has so-far attracted some 450 participants per year. It has become the premier, must-attend event on the Mexico business scene, for its networking opportunities and for the high level and innovativeness of its programming.

Speakers in the Mexico Business Summit always include top political leaders from Mexico, leading members of Mexico's corporate, political, and media elites. What marks apart the Summit, however, is its ability to attract international speakers of the highest calibre.

The leading role of Smadja & Associates consists in creating, producing and managing the Mexico Business Summit - including creation of a data base for the event, program management, helping with sponsorship, and all event management responsibilities.

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24 - 26 October 2010

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Global Automotive Forum

The Global Automotive Forum has been created by the China Committee for Automotive Exhibitions to provide an innovative and authoritative approach and deeper understanding of the issues and challenges shaping the future the automotive industry worldwide.

Going beyond the existing national or regional automotive conferences, the Forum is an annual truly global platform to discuss the most relevant structural changes, the trends, critical factors and opportunities facing the automotive sector worldwide. It aims to generate a productive and outcome-oriented discussion among manufacturers, political decision-makers, economists, experts and media leaders on a global basis. The Forum will also provide participants with cutting edge insights on relevant technology, economic, societal, trade developments impacting on the industry.

The Global Automotive Forum will bring together about 500 business leaders from key automotive manufacturers (OEMs) and auto parts and operating systems manufacturers, senior policy makers, executives from the financial sector as well as top experts from China and around the world.

The Global Automotive Forum is produced by Smadja & Associates.

Inaugural meeting
Chengdu, China
16 - 17 September 2010

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FutureChina Global Forum

The FutureChina Global Forum has been initiated by Business China, a not-for-profit Singapore-based organisation. Produced by Smadja & Associates, the Forum provides a truly innovative approach for a deeper understanding of how China is evolving and of the trends, forces and factors shaping China's orientations as an economy, as a society and as the new superpower in the making. The theme of this inaugural meeting is: "Strategic Insights for Riding China's Next Decade".

The Forum takes place in Singapore, which is fast emerging as a go-to city for Global-China business connections. It takes a holistic approach to understanding the fast changing Chinese reality - thus fulfilling an ever growing and more acute need for an integrated picture of what to expect from China as a business partner, as an economic power and as a new geopolitical giant. It will feature many of the most authoritative voices and experts, including from business, academia, government and the people sectors. Drawn from China as well as from the rest of the world, our discussion leaders will share insights, experiences and analyses in a highly interactive context that will give participants access to deeper, more granular, "insider" knowledge on China. These strategic perspectives will help participants navigate China more successfully.

To find out more details, please visit www.futurechina.sg

Roundtable Japan

Created in 2005 in partnership with Forma Corporation, the Roundtable Japan is an annual meeting of a unique nature in Japan.
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The Roundtable Japan is a brainstorming platform on the key issues and challenges shaping the future of Japan and brings together Japan's policymaking business and academic elites. It has a cap sized attendance of 180 delegates to ensure that the goals of genuine, outcome-oriented interaction can be met.

Roundtable Japan is a unique platform built on innovative discussion formats that has become a top event on Japan's corporate and political agenda.

Arab Global Forum

Egypt’s International Economic Forum (EIEF) and Smadja & Associates are partnering to create the Arab Global Forum.

The Arab Global Forum is of business, by business, for business, bringing together the economic decision-makers from the Arab world and international corporations involved or interested in the Arab region.

The Global Arab Forum provides an exclusive platform

• to discuss business issues, to exchange analyses and perspectives on the key trends and challenges shaping the relationship between Arab countries and their key partners,
• to assess global geopolitical, technological and economic financial issues, with a focus on their impact on the Arab World,
• for the exchange of business, economic and technological initiatives that can contribute to the integration of the Arab regional globally on a win-win basis,
• for Arab Sovereign Wealth Funds new initiatives,
• to network in a privileged environment.

The creation of the Arab Global Forum marks a crucial moment. New opportunities are emerging for, and in, Arab economies and businesses as the global economy undergoes structural changes, as the whole Middle East region engages in a process of re-adjusting its business and economic interaction with the rest of the world, and as major economic, social and political changes create a new context in the Arab world.

The Arab Global Forum provides the Arab and international business communities with an annual meeting and three yearly region-specific roundtables:

• A two-day global annual meeting
• A one day Arab-Europe Roundtable
• A one day Arab-Asia Roundtable
• A one day Arab-US Roundtable

• Opening of the Arab Global Forum: Challenges, Choices and Opportunities >>>
• Inaugural Forum opens with call to build on momentum of President Obama's Cairo speech >>>
• The Arab World in a new global context: Business meets Business >>>
• Closing of the Arab Global Forum: Mapping Out the Arab Landscape >>>

PAST EVENTS
PRODUCED BY SMADJA & ASSOCIATES

The Future of Europe Summit

Created by Smadja & Associates at the request of the government of Andorra, The Future of Europe Summit was created in 2006 as an annual platform designed to contribute new approaches and ideas to address the challenges and issues that are shaping the evolution of Europe. The Summit focuses every year on one challenge of crucial relevance for the future of Europe, serving as a catalyst to energize thinking on action-oriented solutions.

The theme of the fourth meeting in November 2009 was "Making the European recovery work: How, when and what are the priorities". The discussions were focused on brainstorming sessions to identify the actions and policies needed to shape the recovery and opportunities for European growth. The present period and the months ahead require tremendous leadership from political and business leaders, and coordinated efforts to ensure that Europe returns to a path of sustainable growth.

The Summit brings yearly together about 250 leaders from business, politics and academia, with a special emphasis on those actors who are at the forefront of thinking on change, innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Women's Forum

Created in 2005 for the Women's Center for the Economy and Society, a bilingual (French-English) meeting.

The Women's Forum attracts yearly close to 1200 participants. It has become the number one international event for women in positions of power and influence in the world.

The Forum is the first and only event of its kind to bring together, on a global, independent, and non-partisan basis, women leaders from all walks of life along with their male peers. The event has already made its international mark for the quality of its speakers, the formats of discussions that create genuine interaction among delegates, and the overall quality of the organization. The Women's Forum brings together leaders of highly visible corporations with their counterparts in politics, civil society, and academia from around the globe.

Smadja & Associates produces the Women's Forum, which includes program development and event management responsibilities.

Asia Innovation Initiative

The Asia Innovation Initiative is a pan-Asian platform initiated in 2007 by Quantum Leaps, Smadja & Associates and Forma Corporation. It is an annual meeting to discuss the key innovations that Asian corporations and countries need to engineer or to leverage to sustain high growth rates. The Asia Innovation Initiative plays a catalyst role for innovative regional approaches to some of the technology and business challenges most relevant to the future of Asia, and for the emergence of new entrepreneurial ventures. It brings together new entrepreneurs from the region and the established business leaders and investors - thus generating a propitious context for fostering future business developments.

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The Future Summit 2004

Smadja & Associates developed and managed the inaugural Future Summit in Sydney Australia for the Australian Davos Connection (ADC), an event bringing together established leaders with the future generation to discuss the most pressing issues on Australia's economic, political, social and business agenda. The Future Summit 2004 had 450 participants.

Smadja & Associates created the concept for the meeting, developed the program ensured the speakers coordination as well as some event management responsibilities and development of the final report. The firm also established six Task Forces to prepare briefs on issues on the agenda.

The Dubai Strategy Forum

This event was created by Smadja & Associates in 2001 for The Executive Office of Sheikh Mohammed in Dubai. The first edition of the Dubai Strategy Forum was a two-day event, bringing together 380 participants from the United Arab Emirates and a group of 20 speakers of international reputation. The second edition in 2002 - also a two-day event - brought together 650 participants with about 35 speakers from all over the world. The Dubai Strategy Forum was later transformed into the "Arab Strategy Forum".