Dear all,

We are excited to officially launch the 2017 MIT Asia Business Conference. The registration is open and early-bird passes to 2017 MIT Asia Business Conference are up for grabs!

Last year, MIT Asia Business Conference attracted more than 400 attendees, making it one of the largest Asia-focused conferences at MIT and the east coast. We aim to bring cutting-edge knowledge and insights from Asia to the MIT community and beyond.

The theme for 2017 is Asia and its Influence on the Rest of the World. With our four featured panels Finance, Entertainment, Consumer, and Digital / Technology, we will discuss leading trends in Asia and its influence on topics such as fintech development, innovation in movie industry, retail and global expansion and power of consumers. This will also be the first time we are organizing the conference to be over two days. We'll continue to bring you highly impactful content from globally recognized thought leaders and organizations operating in Asia.

To date, we have confirmed and tentative speakers such as

• Co-Global GM of Samsung Pay

• CEO of GE Korea

• General Partner of Fenox Venture Capital, A silicon valley based global VC, portfolio includes Jibo the iOT social robot

• Director, Global Product Development at Citi Bank

• VP of Creative Contents, YG Entertainment, The third largest K-POP entertainment company with its roster of artists including Psy (Gangnam style) and Big Bang

• Joint General Manager, Incubation Project Team, Mizuho Group, The third largest Japanese financial group

• Co-founder, Youhug Media, Leading Chinese content production house which produced its newest TV series Ice Fantasy (幻城) with leading actor (冯绍峰) in 2016

• Vice Chairman of Kasikorn Business Tech Group, leading bank in Thailand developing systems using Blockchain technology

• Founder, Finnomena, Thailand’s leading financial guru

• Founder and CEO, Crealand Technology Ltd. and Dragonmarts

• Chief Strategic Officer Monex Group, Leading Japanese online security trading company

We will continue to expand the list of speakers to represent a diverse set of expertise and geographies.

LIMITED AMOUNT OF EARLY BIRD TICKETS, GET IT NOW!

An  Early Bird Ticket gives you full access to ABC 2017, including:

• Access to the full program of panels and keynote speeches across two days

• Networking and career opportunities during the conference

• Food and drinks catered all included during the conference

• 1 Month FREE trial access to Nikkei Asian Review sponsored by Nikkei, our platinum sponsor. Nikkei will send the access ID via the e-mail you used for registration.