For Asia and the rest of the world, it has been a difficult two years since the US sub-prime mortgage business imploded in 2007. The global financial system nearly collapsed, bank lending dried up, export volumes fell off a cliff, hundreds of thousands of factories closed and millions of jobs disappeared. But there are now signs that the worst of the global recession may be over and a tentative economic recovery has begun. Are businesses ready to face the upturn? How can they improve their ability to spot the impact of future downturns and coordinate a timely response?

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Topics

• What did the region's enterprises do right and what did they do wrong?
• What are some of the best practices in business transparency and risk management that served leading companies well?
• How can SAP help with its business intelligence solutions.
• And most importantly, how can hindsight be turned into foresight to succeed in the post-crisis business world?

Speakers

• Justin Wood, Director, The Economist Intelligence Unit SEA
• Simon Dale, Senior Vice President, Business User and Platform, SAP