Credit Suisse will host its 11th Asian Investment Conference from March 31st to April 3rd this year at the Island Shangri-La Hotel and the Conrad International Hotel in Hong Kong.

According to FinChannel Dot Com, Keynote speakers confirmed to address the conference include Jesse Wang Jianxi, Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, China Investment Corporation; Her Excellency the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; and Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics of John Hopkins University, who attended the very first Credit Suisse AIC in 1998.


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Among the topics this year, the future of the US Dollar will be debated on day one of the conference. Former US Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs Tim Adams will be part of a three-person panel for that discussion.

The President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will also speak on day one. She will discuss "the emerging opportunities for investors and the measures being taken by the Philippines to attract more inward investment."

Day two of the conference will focus on environmental issues in Asia. green investment has become an important issue in venture capital and private equity markets in Asia - especially in China. Day three will look at sovereign wealth funds in Asia. According to FinChannel, "Mr. Jesse Wang Jianxi, (汪建熙先"�), Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of the China Investment Corporation (CIC), will deliver a luncheon keynote to address CIC's own mission and plans." The CIC is China's sovereign wealth fund.