Hong Kong 2014

This was the third MaKi Media Conference held in the media hub of Asia, and each time the Hong Kong conference brings together global and regional media to offer invaluable perspectives and direct contact with the Chinese and Asian markets.

Media from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland included South China Morning Post, Caixin, 21st Century Herald, People’s Daily, China Economic Review and Hong Kong Economic Journal, with bureau chiefs and correspondents from the FT, Bloomberg, WSJ, NY Times, The Economist, Forbes and others.

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Itinerary

Thursday march 27th

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road

9:00am           Check in at CUHK Offices.

9:15 - 9:30      Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt.

9:30 - 10:45    Best Practice Session I
Best Communications Practices with Weibo and WeChat
Robert Yu, GMAC
The GSB Weibo platform built from scratch to 4,000 fans.       
Dealing with translation, content capture, and engagement 
Barbara Buell, Stanford GSB 
Working with the Chinese Media
Jason Zhao, Noir sur Blanc

11:00 - 12:15   International Bureaus in Hong Kong
Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg Businessweek
Asia Editor, International New York Times
Asia Corporate Reporter, Wall Street Journal
South China Regional Correspondent, Financial Times
Asia Director, Economist Intelligence Unit

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch

2:00 - 3:15       Hong Kong Media 
Editor Education Post, South China Morning Post
Senior Reporter, Hong Kong Economic Journal
Reporter, MandateWire Asia, Financial Times

3:30 - 5:00      Mainland Chinese Media
Senior Reporter, CBN Weekly
Business Education Editor, 21 Century Business Herald
Senior Reporter, Southern Metropolis Daily
Reporter, Caixin Media
News Editor, People’s Daily

8:00                Dinner 

Friday march 28th

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road

9:15am            Check in at CUHK Offices.

9:30am            Welcome from MaKi Conference Organizers, Kiki and Matt.

9:30 - 11:00     Best Practice Session II 
Business Schools Going Global: east goes west and west comes east
Moderated by Miranda Thomas of Cass Business School
Cass Business School, Univ of Nottingham, Chicago Booth, INSEAD
CUHK, Cheung Kong GSB, NUS, Indian School of Business

11:15 - 12:30    The Business of Business
Executive Producer Asia, Thomson Reuters
Editor, China Economic Review
Editor, Marketing Magazine
Freelance writer/editor for Channel News, CNN

12:30 - 2:00    Lunch

2:00 - 3:15       Newsgathering and news distribution
Online Editor, Forbes Asia
Business Writer, Associated Press
Managing Editor, Asia, Economist Intelligence Unit

3:30 - 4:45        Asian MBA-focused Networks
Partner, ChaseDream

6:15               Cocktail
Sponsored by CUHK

Participating Institutions
Australian School of Business - UNSW (Australia)
Cass Business School (UK)
CEMS (Global)
Cheung Kong GSB (China)
Chicago Booth (USA/Hong Kong)
CUHK (Hong Kong)
EDHEC Business School (France)
Esade Business School (Spain)
HEC Paris (France)
HKUST (Hong Kong)
IE Business School (Spain)
IESE Business School (Spain)
IMD (Switzerland)
Indian School of Business (India)
INSEAD (Europe, Asia & GCC)
National Univ of Singapore Bus School (Singapore)
SMU - Cox (USA)
Stanford Grad School of Business (USA)
Tuck School Bus - Dartmouth (USA)
UC Berkeley - Haas (USA)
Univ of Nottingham (UK)
Univ of Sydney Business School (Australia)
Univ of Toronto - Rotman (Canada)
Warwick Business School (UK)