Update on keynote speakers and delegates:

The CSR Asia Summit 2007 is gearing up to be the most challenging and best yet with the theme: What Investors are focusing on: 20 top issues guaranteed to damage or enhance business.

We have secured three keynote speakers

1. Melissa Brown, Executive Director of the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia
2. Teresa Au, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Asia Pacific Region, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
3. Anna Wu, Former Chairperson of the Equal Opportunity Commission in Hong Kong

We have 38 other speakers from companies and organizations including Mattel, Boston Common Asset Management, HP, MTR Corp, ILO, Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts, Goldman Sachs, Hong Kong University, Fortis, CLSA, Cathay Pacific, WWF, Coca Cola, ECPAT International,Accor, Bursa Malaysia, IFC, and Mas Holdings.

We are expecting 200+ delegates! The profile of delegates represents organizations across Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia,

India, China and of course Hong Kong.

In two full days you will:

• Hear experts talk about the 18 top governance, social, and environmental risks and opportunities facing companies in Asia
• Learn from case studies, strategies, tools and initiatives that can make your business a leader in CSR
• Network with senior executives and professionals from business, inter-governmental organizations and civil society from across the Asia region
• Meet the people shaping socially responsible investment (SRI) in Asia
• Witness the launch of the first Global Survey of CSR activities in over 1,500 fashion and lifestyle companies from 10 countries

The push for companies to get involved in tangible CSR initiatives is coming from a range of different stakeholders.  But the social and environmental risks facing businesses and investors in this region are often very different to those

existing in Europe or America. That is why we have chosen to focus the CSR Asia Summit this year on the 20 top issues that have the potential to pose a risk, but also provide opportunities, to business and brands in the Asia-Pacific.

The conference will not be yet another talk shop of the 'issues' in Asia. It will not be a PR exercise, but an attempt to engage in the strategies that can help the private sector mitigate risk to business and brand.  It will break down very complex issues and provide delegates with different perspectives on how to tackle them.