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Global Experts Will Meet in Kuala Lumpur on June 29 for The Conference Board's Asia Pacific Leadership Development Conference

    NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Global business leaders will meet in
Kuala Lumpur next week to examine corporate leadership at The Conference
Board's 2004 Asia Pacific Leadership Development Conference.
      The meeting, sponsored by PeopleSoft, will be held June 29th at the
Mandarin Oriental.  Dato' Dr. Michael Yeoh, CEO of Asian Strategy & Leadership
Institute, will open the proceedings, which will focus on strategy development
and execution for building world-class leaders in Asia.
      The conference is produced in partnership with Asian Strategy &
Leadership Institute.

     Sessions include:

     * The Challenge of Developing Strategic Business Leaders.  This subject
       will be examined by Dato' Tan Teong Hean, Chief Executive Director,
       Southern Bank Berhad.

     * What is the Strategic Challenge?  This topic will be addressed by Dato'
       Mohammed Hussein, Deputy President, Maybank Group.

     * Identifying and Developing Leaders for Enterprise Success: Executing
       the Vision and Strategy.  This session will feature Yumiko Christine
       Yokoi, Director, Human Capital Management, Japan & Asia Pacific,
       PeopleSoft.

     * Developing and Retaining High Potentials.  This company case study will
       be presented by Leslie Breackell, Organisation Development Manager,
       Asia Pacific, Unisys.

     * Strategies for Effective Succession Planning.  This company case study
       will be presented by John Allison, VP, Human Resources, APAC, Federal
       Express.

     * New Directions in Global Leadership Development.  This session will
       feature Robert J. Kramer, Principal Researcher, The Conference Board.

     * Developing Leaders in Asia to be Successful in a Global Company.  This
       final session, based on two case studies, will be presented by Rohana
       Weiler, VP, Human Resources, Asia Pacific, Agilent Technologies, and a
       representative of Unilever.

    Members of the press are invited to attend this meeting without charge. To
register, please call Caroline Sy at +852 2804 1020 or email
caroline.sy@conference-board.org or in New York call (212) 339-0231, or email
f.tortorici@conference-board.org.  A full copy of the program is available on
The Conference Board's website - http://www.tcb.org.


SOURCE The Conference Board




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