ShARE World Seminar 2010 Report

ShARE World Seminar 2010

Ankit Bansal, IIM -Indore ShARE Member,

asking a question to Mr. Il Houng Lee,

Senior Representative of IMF in China, in the

Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance.


The audience listening to thepresentations by Total, Valeo andMcKinsey professionals duringthe Energy & Transport day

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Ji Hu, ShARE member from PekingUniversity, presents her case on‘affordable health care for elderlypeople in Shanghai’, during the SocialBusiness Plan Contest held in SJTU incollaboration with the Yunus Centre


introduction

venue

speakers workshops

testimonials

photographs

epilogue

sponsors

social business

contest

participants

universities

from countries

10 nationalities4 days

24 hours of

conferences & workshops

9 Knowledge

Networks

speakers

ShARE organized its 6th World Seminar in Shanghai from the 7th to 10th December. Under the theme “better

business, better life”, in collaboration with the Yunus Centre, the cabinet of Nobel Prize Mohammad Yunus (founder

of the Grameen Bank), one of the main purpose of this seminar was to raise the questions and debate the answers

on how to optimize the power of business to better serve the human being needs.

ShARE is an international student’s non-profit think-tank set-up in Shanghai, in 2002. Now present in more than 10

countries and over 25 top universities, ShARE connects talented students to corporate and social leaders to discuss

world economic and social issues through presentations, projects, conferences and debates. Our long-term goal is

to generate, share and use knowledge to contribute to regions’ human, social and economic development.

ShARE believes that business is one of the most efficient ways to solve social and development problems. The

development of a sound business environment has taken many developing countries out from poverty. However the

power of business has also its drawbacks. The current financial crisis or the environment crisis provide two evidences

where business did not serve the cause of the society but rather jeopardize it.

The seminar spanned over 4 days in which we particularly looked at these issues through three different topics:

Energy and Transport, Finance and Social Businesses. In each day we focused on particular topics, shared knowledge

about them and debated the outcomes. One of the days also included a trip to Shanghai to better explore the city.

From what powers our world; the evolution of electric vehicles and the latest technologies and sources of energy for

our cars; to the recent successes of social businesses around the world and the case of AIDS fight in China; without

forgetting the outlook and prospects of the current financial crisis and the latest developments of the Hong Kong

bond markets; many were the topics that we discussed with the experts during our conferences.

But we didn’t stop there and our members also participated in a series of workshops dedicated to devise work plans

addressing various socioeconomical issues. Ranging through healthcare, ICT, business practices, energy, finance,

entrepreneurship and others, the seminar participants are still today continuing to work on what they debated

during the seminar days.

Hoping that the impact of this seminar produces some long-term developments, we present in this report further

details that can inspire those who weren’t able to join us, to make remember those who lived this intense days

together and share with everyone what a ShARE World Seminar is all about.


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Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), directly subordinate to the Ministry of Education, is a key university in China.

Jiao Tong University, formerly the Nang Yang Public School, was founded in 1896 by Mr. SHENG Xuanhuai. It is oneof the oldest universities in China. The University, through its century-long history, has nurtured large numbers ofoutstanding figures and made significant contributions to the thriving and prosperity of the nation and thedevelopment of science and technology. Of all the academicians of China's Academy of Sciences and Academy ofEngineering, more than 200 are the alumni of Jiao Tong University.

Today SJTU boasts 20 academic schools and 2 directly affiliated departments plus a Graduate School. Besides, italso has School of Continuing (adult) Education, School of Online Learning, School of International Education, and aVocational School. There are 60 undergraduate programs, 152 masters-degree programs, 93 Ph.D programs, 16post-doctorate programs, 16 State key doctorate programs and 14 State key laboratories and Nationalengineering centers.

SJTU boasts a good number of famous scientists and professors, including 22 academicians of the Academy ofSciences and Academy of Engineering, 31 "Changjiang Chair Professors" and more than 1, 420 professors andassociate professors.

Its total enrollment of full-time students amounts to 38,000. There are 18,000 undergraduates and 18,100candidates for Master's Degree and Doctor's Degree.

SJTU has beautiful campuses, occupying an area of more than 200 hectare in total, and possesses plenty ofadvanced teaching and research equipment and facilities. Now, it has six campuses, the Xuhui, the Minhang, theQibao, the Shangzhong Road , the Fahuazheng Road and the Chongqing Road(south). Over the past decade, thenumber of students in SJTU has grown from 5,000 to more than 38,000, the floorage of various buildings from230,000 square meters to 800,000 square meters, and the area of campuses from 40ha to 200ha.

SJTU has been actively involved in International academic exchange programs with foreign universities. To date, ithas established relations with more than 100 renowned universities and colleges in the world as well asconnections with many research institutions, corporations and enterprises at home and abroad

In the new century, SJTU has formulated a grand blueprint for future development and is determined to makecontinued efforts to build itself into a first class university in the world.


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The beautiful Minhang campus

Seminar’s participants in Xuhui Campus

Source: SJTU


Valeo, China Group President

Christian Marsais joined Valeo Group in 1984, as an R&D engineer in the Engine Cooling Division. He

then took a series of positions including Director of the Engine Cooling Division in the United States

from 1994 to 1998. From 1999 to 2004, he was responsible for the Division of Front-panels and, in

2005, became Vice-President of Valeo, in charge of the Valeo compressor’s branch in Japan. Since

2008, he has been the Vice President of Valeo in charge of the China National Direction, in Shanghai.

Christian Marsais graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Mécanique et Aérothermique de Poitierthe.

Valeo, Asia Pacific Purchasing Director

Thierry Minel is 42 years old and was born in France. Has worked 17 years in the industry in several

sectors, from the Oil business (Shell), to Packaging, Household appliances and Automotive, since 7

years ago. Has been recently appointed Asia Pacific Purchasing Director of Valeo group, covering

Valeo activities in China, Japan, Korea and Thailand.

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Total, Chief Science Representative of Total China

Zhonghua Xu received a Ph.D degree in Tsinghua University of China, on January, 2001. During his PhD study,

he worked on low temperature ceramic material, component process, circuit metallization and surface

technology. He participated in various key national and industrial projects. On April of 2001, joined Research

Center for Advanced Science and Technology of The Univ. of Tokyo, where he devoted to high-density

interconnection technology for next generation microelectronic system together with over 30 international

semiconductor giants. He supported or managed series of global cooperation projects on green electronics,

energy, environmental science, materials, etc. He founded Wuxi International Eco-Design and Microelectronic

Packaging Institute in 2003, and established the Univ. of Tokyo Wuxi office in China, in 2005. He helps to

develop international industry-government-academic collaboration between China, Japan and the EU. He

launched 1st International Eco-electronic Conference, and 10 other international workshops or conferences.

He published around 50 scientific papers and speeches. From May 2008, he joined Total as Chief Science

Representative in China and worked for scientific development in the field of energy and petrochemicals.

McKinsey, Engagement Manager

Laurence Xie graduated in Marketing from Zhejiang University. From 2002 to 2006 worked as a Brand

Manager in Proctor & Gamble China. Since then joined McKinsey, having been an Associate and

worked in various projects. He is currently a Engagement Manager.


IMF, Senior Resident Representative in China

Mr. Lee joined the IMF through the Economist Program in 1989. Since then, he worked in the Middle

Eastern Department, the Policy Development and Review Department. and the Asia Pacific Dept. Mr.

Lee’s country assignments in Asia included a wide range of economies from Japan, Thailand, Malaysia,

the Philippines and Vietnam. He was the IMF’s Senior Resident Representative in Vietnam during

August 2005 - September 2007, and before coming to China, he was an Advisor in the Asia and Pacific

Department working as the mission chief on the Philippines. Mr. Lee has a BSc in Economics from LSE,

an MA in Economics from University of Essex, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Warwick University.

Former banker at Wall Street and entrepreneur

Alan Qiu first worked in the world-leading Yankee Bond Group at JP Morgan & Co.'s Fixed IncomeCapital Markets Department in New York, specializing in deal origination and participating in theexecution, in the book-runner role, of over $10 billion Yankee bond offerings. After JP Morgan in NewYork, was relocated to Asia and worked in a boutique fixed-income entity later acquired by Bank ofAmerica. After working as a contributing writer to the Op-Ed Page of the Hong Kong-based SouthChina Morning Post, Alan Qiu started and co-managed an online trading company, using an in-house-developed proprietary software. After several rounds of fund-raising from overseas investors andmultiple upgrades in the capabilities of the aforementioned trading software, the company was latermerged into a major Asian conglomerate with a large international retail network. Besides his ownstart-up experience, has also helped in the launch and even managing, on a temporary basis, theShanghai operations of ONLY, one of the most popular women's fashion brands in China. Graduatedwith honors and a BA in Economics from Brown Univ., a National Scholarship recipient for 4 straightyears and, in his junior year, became that year's sole recipient from Brown of the SEO internship inNew York, the most prestigious US internship for minority students seeking a career on Wall Street.

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Yunus Centre, Programme Officer

Nadina Perera studied Economics in The College of William and Mary. In 2007 became a consultant inCGI Federal, and then, since June 2009, moved to Bangladesh to work in the Yunus Centre, as SocialBusiness Project Manager and Programme Officer.

Chi Heng Foundation, Social Entreprise officer

Cecile Cavoizy graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris in 2002, continuing her studies

in Fudan University, where she co-founded ShARE. Since 2005 has been a HR Manager in Saint-Gobain

Asia-Pacific. She is currently a full-time volunteer at Chi Heng Foundation, dedicated to the education

and care of children and adults impacted by AIDS


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From studying inclusive growth to the latest trends in banking and finance, the seminar participants started toaddress various issues during this Seminar. The goal is to gather the conclusions in a recommendations document tobe sent to the World Economic Forum. In small groups of three to five, from different universities, differentcountries and different knowledge networks, they were first provided a general training on formatting, story buildingand structure thinking. The topics the students chose before the Seminar took place can be found below.

Rituraj, Co-President for Projects, explaining to theparticipants the organization of the Workshop’s outputs


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On the occasion of this 6th ShARE World Seminar, ShARE joined hand with the cabinet of Nobel Prize ProfessorYunus, the Yunus Centre, to organize the first ever Social Business Plan Contest in China.

A "social business" is a non-loss non-dividend company which aims to achieve a social, ethical or environmental goalwhile being financially self-sufficient. According to Prof. Yunus, a Social Business should follow certain principles.

The contest was open to all students of Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fudan university, ZhejiangUniversity, Beijing University and to all members of ShARE. It was split in two different phases and managed throughan online platform. The first phase focused on the idea and plan, while the second on its implementation.

The business plans ranged from the fields of Energy, ICT and Healthcare. They were evaluated on their idea,structure, format and presentation, by a judge panel composed of experts of Social Business from the Yunus Centre,Chi Heng Foundation, QiFang, an ex-BCG consultant from ShARE-Alumni and the Seminar’s audience.

The final winner will be invited by ShARE and the Yunus Centre to a 5 days trip in Bangladesh. The winner will beannounced in ShARE’s website

The finalists were from 8 different countries and 7 universities. The topics of their business plans are the following:


There are times in people’s lives when they forget everything else and wish that the prevailing times

never change. ShARE World Seminar 2010 in Shanghai was one of such occasions for me. You name

anything that a ShARE member could ask for and it was there: wonderful friends to meet, great

experts to learn from, beautiful places to go to, challenging workshop to anticipate in, experienced

alumni to network with, readymade markets to shop and excellent cuisine to dine ! Though words

cannot be used to describe this dreamland, you can find its photographs in this report. While this

would give you a flavour of the ‘best ever ShARE World Seminar’, I would recommend you to visit

Shanghai to experience it live! Cheers!

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Brotherhood, fun, and the future, these are what I feel when I attend ShARE world conference. Yeah…,

I got great memory because of warm acceptance of organizer committees and ShARE members. They

not only show professionalism how to manage the event, but also be true friends. I can mention Alec,

Rituraj, Monica, Yooky, Harsh, Summeyye, Nowack, Amit, Saurabh, Peter, Jason, Keith, Pavel, Ankit,

Xiashou, Wanyan, Bao, Mudit, and my roommate Hugo and others I’m really happy to know you guys.

Further, I sense the future. Right now I’m just student, yeah…, I know it. But who know ten, fifteen

years later. I’m just too exciting to imagine that I got as CEO and the one calling me is businessman

whom I have met in ShARE world seminar

ShARE World Seminar was an excellent experience, in terms of learning, in terms of the exposure that

we got and the amazing level of hospitality, by the SJTU team. The World Economic Forum workshops

were a great learning experience, as we worked on some wonderful topics, across networks and

countries, thereby giving us a very different perspective. When we had started planning for the trip,

there were some aspirations and key takeaways in mind, from the seminar. After coming back, I think

we have much more take-aways that we could have ever thought. Kudos to ShARE and the SJTU team.

In ShARE we're always in communication through e-mails, through skype etc. We talk, discuss so many

times on many issues. The World Seminar gave the opportunity to dress faces for those voices, the

opportunity to talk, discuss face to face. I'm very happy to meet my friends and also have many new

friends. The seminar was one of the zipped times of life that we had lectures, workshops, even contest

which all taught us a lot in a very short time. However, the best part of the seminar was, for sure, the

people we met from all over the world from many teams. They all had in common: they're all ShARErs

and are really very kind great people!

I learnt a lot from the people the things that I cannot learn from any lecture from any book. Thanks

everyone for coming and being my friends!!

What I could write in here can be better told through photographs. If only I could sing properly :) Apart

from that, saying that I managed to loose two flights in a row summarizes how much I wanted to stay

in Shanghai a couple more days, just to experience a little bit longer this Seminar’s wonderful feeling.

With ‘saudade’ and hoping to see you all next year,


I brought with me many memories, desires and ambitions. Very different from the ones that I carried to Shanghai. Being inanother city with a language that is completely different, with food that is eaten with just two chop-sticks and withovercrowded streets full of colorful lights, moved me to another world dimension. However, I had the privilege of meetingShanghai with people from 7 different nationalities, which made this adventure even more exciting. I recall the last dinnerthere, where I was speaking in Portuguese and listening conversations in English and in Polish at the same time. And all thataround the same table, around the same goal, sharing many ways of communicating and thinking. Beautiful! The more Iknew the more I felt that I don’t know nothing and that I’m increasing my conscious of being an eternal apprentice.Knowledge,cultureandtalentconvergedintheatmospherethatwasbeingcreatedbyall thosewhowereexperiencingthisSeminar. Thespirit shared wasbased in asentencethat translatesa very passionate wayof living, thatobligatesourselvestoget deeper in everything we do at any time in any place all over in the world: “workhard, playhard“. So, every morning oftheseminarwefocusedondiscussingsomeoftheworld'sbigproblemsandpresentedsolutionstothemwiththeobjectiveofproposingthemtothenextWEF.ThroughShARE,wearebeginningtobelievethatwecanmakeadifferenceintheworld,in the future, even if in a very slowly way. We had lectures where we could hear speakers from 3 different areas. And,besides the knowledge and the work experience that we learnt, we also had the opportunity to discuss and pose questionthatwererelatedtoourworkinPortugal,evenhelpingusasstudentstogetpreparedtotheprofessional life.Definitely, Iamvery proud ofbeingaShARE memberand Ihad too much pleasure in sharingthoughts, feelingsand knowledgewithall theteams.Because, infact,whatwesharemakeuswanttolearnevenmoreandtobebetterpeopleinabetterworld. I’mverythankfulforexperiencing theShAREWorldSeminar2010 inShanghai.

This is the first time that I've ever participated in the ShARE World Seminar. And actually I am lucky enough to

be one of the major organizers of this year's seminar. The preparation process is long and painstaking, but it's

totally worth it. When I first sent out the invitation to all the ShARE members, I was pretty worried about how

many people could finally make it since the air tickets these days are quite costly. But later it turned out that

people were so excited about the seminar and nearly 90 people signed up for it. Usually there will be a high

drop rate near the event but this year very, very few people dropped out. And when I finally met all of them in

Shanghai, it's the best experience ever. Our friendships quickly built up over the 4-day seminar and although

we come from different cultures, it never bothers us to open freely to each other and it's so hard to say

goodbye. For the seminar itself, it's one of the most successful events I've ever seen. All the attendees were

fully engaged in every activity and everyone enjoyed so much. We are honored to have the senior

representative of IMF China, President of Valeo and other distinguished guest speakers to deliver high-profile

speeches. Also with the collaboration with Yunus Center, our social business day brought the whole seminar to

the climax and concluded the 4-day event with perfection and a touching ending. Now I can't wait for the next

year's seminar and it's definitelygonna be more awesome and so is ShARE! We rock!

This world seminar was a great opportunity for me to understand 'ShARE'. It has also provided us a great

platform to share outstanding ideas with excellent students all around the world. It's awesome to enjoy a

whole week with all kinds of students, to spread our knowledge, to better understand the world and the

society and to make friends with each other. I really enjoyed it!

This is the first time for me to participate the ShARE World Seminar. Before I started the journey, I feltexcited and I was sure it would be impressive. Only after I come back can I realize the great impactthat all of the ShARErs exerted on me. It is a so amazing experience that till now the memory justcannot stop lingering in my mind. It's such a pity that we've been together for a short time and wentback in our own way. But I believe we would meet again, won't we? At that moment, we needn't sayanything, but just a smile can tell everything! That must be moving and wonderful!

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Alec Wang, Co-P of Networks, welcoming everyone to the seminar

Dominik’s birthday was also on the 6th and a

surprise party was held!

Gift-exchanging between teams

Professional dancers teaching everyone how to do the best dance moves!

First 2010 group photo!

The pairs training their choreographies

Trying to put in practice what was learnt


Peter Chen, ex-Co-P of ShARE, asking a question to Dr. Zhonghua Xu, from Total

Networking with Mr. Laurence Xie, from McKinsey

ShARE members posing for an inaugural photograph

Members working during the Seminar’s workshops

ShARE Team and Valeostaff and speakers

After the conference, everyone went to the ‘kalaoke bar’ to have

great fun!

The talks were very much engaging


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The audience was captivated..

Alan Qiu explaining ‘dim sum bonds’ to the participants

..and very passionate about their questions!

Mr. Il Houng Lee, from IMF, and the

ShARE Team

In SJTU’s Xuhui campus, another daring group photo

Listening carefully to each group’s presentations

During the workshops

..interested..

Discussing the framework of the issue and its solution

Finalizing the outputs

Running against time in the last moments of the

workshops


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In Nanjing Street, one of the most famous streets of Shanghai

The outing day was used for sightseeing,

cultural learning and shopping

Yasin, from India, telling us how great Shanghai is

The entrance of the Gala Dinner

restaurant

Gala Dinner briefing

Indian members and their

traditional attires

One of the rooms of the restaurant

ShARE SJTU ‘s organization committee

The groups had to prepare a performance of a traditional Chinese

song during dinner

The best one would win the contest!


Some of the Social

Business plans had to be presented

over Skype

Final group photo in the hotel

Dumpling making is great!

Sharing knowledge jointly with food is always gratifying

The ShARE members were also part of the contest’s jury

Many questions were asked

And so they challenged the social business plans

A Social Business Plan to improve

nutrition in Indonesia

Nadina Perera, from the Yunus Centre

YY, Yunus and YouSebastienFrendo, founder of ShARE, closing

the Seminar

Cecile Cavoizy, from the Chi Heng Foundation

Presenting our newest team, in

Kathmandu, Nepal

Valeo is an independent industrial Group, ranking among the world's top automotive suppliers. Valeo isfully focused on the design, production and sale of components, integrated systems and modules for theautomotive industry, mainly for CO2 emissions reduction. Present in 27 countries, employs 57,300 peopleat 110 production sites, 21 Research centers, 40 Development centers and 10 distribution platforms.


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http://www.valeo.com/

With 13,000 staff in 58 countries, Credit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment bank of CreditAgricole Group, a leading player in France and Europe in retail banking. Credit Agricole CIB specialises inthe businesses of capital markets and investment and corporate banking.

Credit Agricole CIB supports the development of ShARE and its vision "sharing knowledge fordevelopment and social progress"


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http://www.ca-cib.com/

One of France’s largest corporations and the world's fifth largest publicly-traded integrated internationaloil and gas company, Total is committed to meeting growing energy demand while consistently acting as aresponsible corporate citizen.

With 96,387 employees and operations in more than 130 countries, Total engages in all aspects of the oiland gas industry. In addition, Total has interests in the coal mining and power generation sectors. We arealso a world leader in power generation, developing complementary next generation energy activities.


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http://www.total.com/

The Yunus Centre has been the one-stop resource centre for all Grameen social business related activitiesboth globally and in Bangladesh. It keeps the spirit of the global social business movement very highthrough various events, social media, publications, and websites. The Yunus Centre also helps forgelasting, productive relationships among all social business institutions around the world. The Centrestrives to engage individuals and organizations in creating, promoting, and maintaining social business byspreading the concept through workshops, internships, projects etc.


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www.yunuscentre.org

http://www.yunuscentre.org/


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How time flies! The year 2010 has almost passed. I will mark this year as the “ShARE Year” in my life: joining one

global project in the beginning, acting as the President of ShARE-SJTU and organizing World Seminar in the following.

ShARE has helped me to grow from just a lucky girl into a professional project manager. ShARE has given me the

opportunity to open my mind, work under pressure and develop a team spirit. I never thought I could make that

many friends within a year, no matter in and abroad , and just because of ShARE!

About the World Seminar, even 2000 words can not express my feeling entirely. To tell you the truth, I was too

scared to undertake the World Seminar at beginning, that such heavy workload and detailed preparing really made

me upset.

Thanks to Sebastien, I was encouraged to go past my limits and discover I could do more.

Thanks to my team in SJTU, I am still so moved by their passion and enthusiasm. They supported every plan I

requested, perfected every detail and worked with me not just one week, when the Seminar was being held, but for

nearly 3 months, from the first thought, to the final feedback. All the success about World Seminar is contributed to

everyone. I am so lucky to be one of them.

No matter where we are, no matter what are we going for, we are a family now. Sincerely inviting you to Shanghai,

to China again, and also hoping we can meet in every corner of the “Global village”!

At last, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I do believe the story about ShARE and ourselves will

continue in the coming year!

Contact me whenever you want!

麻微Monica Ma

ShARE-SJTU President and co-organizer of World Seminar [email protected]

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