ISB Hyderabad to Host First Asian Conference on Family Business

ISB Hyderabad to Host First Asian Conference on Family Business
February 1-3, 2008

The Indian School of Business (ISB) is organising the First Asian Conference on Family Business from February 1-3, 2008, at the ISB Campus, Hyderabad. The conference is being organised under the aegis of the Thomas Schmidheiny Chair of Family Business & Wealth

Management with the theme ‘Sustaining Growth in Family Business’. Participating in this conference are eminent business leaders from successful family-owned businesses from across Asia, along with leading academicians and researchers from several countries.

Prominent participants include Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group, Mallika Srinivasan. Director, TAFE, G. V. Prasad, CEO, Dr. Reddy’s Labs, Ashwin Choksi, Chairman, Asian Paints, Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman, Hero Corporate Service Ltd., Pramath Sinha, Founder & MD, 9.9 Media, Cyril S. Shroff, Managing Partner, Amarchand & Mangaldas, and several others from India besides prominent heads of family businesses from Sri Lanka, Middle East, Kenya and Switzerland. They will share their experiences in successfully leading and managing their businesses.

Speaking about the importance of such a conference, Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group and Executive Board Member, ISB, said, "Family Businesses are at the core of India’s extraordinary economic growth. I am delighted that the ISB is holding a research-based International Conference on Family Business."

Commenting on the significance of the conference, Prof. M. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, "Family businesses have been contributing almost 70% of the GDP in several countries. They face several unique challenges that have not been addressed, especially in the Asian region. This conference will bring together the rich experiences of family business leaders, professional executives, and academicians. It will help business leaders to understand how to build and strengthen a successful business across generations."

The conference will also host a research meet of leading academicians from countries such as China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Australia, USA and Europe, besides India. They will discuss and debate on the emerging trends in family business across different cultures.

The conference will focus on the following themes: -

Family Business Research

Leadership Challenges

Professionalisation Challenges

Family Governance

Mentoring / Coaching CEOs and the Next Generation

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Contributed by -
Ms. Bhuvana Ramalingam,
Director - Communications,
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.