DATE: 5:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, 2008.

EVENT: The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the United States, H.E. Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, will deliver the keynote speech for this year?s Asia Business Conference at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

The 18th annual conference connects companies with students and fosters dialogue around issues relating to Asian markets as well as companies from Asia. He will give his perspective on U.S.-Asia relations and will meet with Indonesian students, community members and faculty and graduate students of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies who study Indonesia at the U-M International Institute during his visit.

PLACE: Schorling Auditorium, the U-M School of Education, room 1202

SPONSORS: Northwest Airlines, U-M?s Ross School of Business, U-M?s International Institute, the Center for Chinese Studies, the Center for Southeast Asia Studies, the Center for International Business Education, the Ross School of Business Global MBA Program, the Ross School of Business Executive Education program, the Ross School of Business Alumni Relations, Mitsui Life Financial Research Center, and GIC.

CONTACT: For more details on the visit, contact Charley Sullivan at (734)764.0352 or [email protected]

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