GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES I: THE NEW E-CEO
The Global Perspectives track is a series of sessions on key issues and industry developments in global business. This panel discussion will focus on the changing role of the CEO in the Internet age

Panelists:
Jonas Birgersson, President and CEO, Framfab
Martha Lane Fox, Chief Executive Officer, lastminute.com
Francis Joseph Rooney, Chief Executive Officer, Baltimore Technologies plc
Martin Varsavsky, Chairman, Jazztel

Moderator:
Peter Petre, Executive Editor, FORTUNE

POWER IN THE HANDS OF THE CUSTOMER
A fundamental shift has emerged. Power IS now squarely in the hands of the customer. CEOs of companies that are thriving because they recognized and capitalized on this phenomenon will talk about the implications.

Panelists:
Michael S. Dell, Chairman and CEO, Dell Computer Corp.
Thomas Middelhoff, Chairman and CEO, Bertelsmann AG

Moderator:
Charlie Rose, Executive Editor and Host, Charlie Rose Correspondent, 60 Minutes II

BUSINESS SESSION: WHAT NOW FOR CHINA?
This business session will set the framework for the program to follow with discussions on where China is today, where it is going in the immediate future, and what this means for multi-national companies.

Discussion Leaders:
Kenneth S. Courtis, Strategist and Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Group Asia Pacific
Fan Gang, Director, National Economic Research Institute, China Reform Foundation
Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, American International Group, Inc. (AIG)
Ambassador Mickey Kantor, Former Secretary of Commerce and Trade Representative, USA

Moderator:
Richard I. Kirkland Jr., Deputy Managing Editor, FORTUNE

BUILDING THE NEW CHINA: NOW COMES THE HARD PART
Insights into the real costs and the real gains in China's development as it enters the next 50 years. Subjects will include State Owned Enterprise reform, perspectives on the "Socialist Market Economy," the evolving rules for foreign companies as reform progresses, and the development of rural China.

Discussion Leaders:
Ambassador Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills & Company, and former Trade Representative, USA
Hu Angang, Research Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Justin Yifu Lin, Professor and Founding Director, China Center for Economic Research (CCER), Peking University

Moderator:
Donald Morrison, Editor, TIME Asia

Speaker:
John F. Welch, Jr., Chairman and CEO, General Electric Co.

Moderator:
Geoffrey Colvin, Editorial Director, FORTUNE

Introduction:
Jim Wadia, Worldwide Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen