BIR is proud to announce that it has secured the long-awaited participation of the world-famous author of "The Dragon Millennium" and President of HORASIS: The Global Visions Community, Frank J. Richter. He will be giving the keynote address during the BIR General Assembly, which will take place on Tuesday, 30th May 2006, at 2 pm.

Former Director of the World Economic Forum in charge of Asian affairs, Dr Richter is one of the leading analysts of international business and Asian economies for multinational companies and governments. He also had a distinguished career with international corporations in Asia and Europe. He lived, studied and worked in Japan and China for almost a decade where he developed and managed the Asian operations for European multinationals. He is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese. Dr Richter has a thorough understanding of how the world functions today - an understanding created through an on-going interaction with top business, political and intellectual leaders around the world. In parallel to his corporate career, he has authored and edited over twenty books on international affairs. He has addressed audiences at Harvard University, Beijing University, Asia Society, the Royal Institute of International Affairs and a wide array of high-level corporate events. Currently, Dr Richter serves as President of HORASIS: The Global Visions Community, a consultancy focusing on how multinational corporations can craft strategies to develop into real global winners.

The good news is: you will have excellent networking opportunities because the number of attendees is rising by the minute. However, as a result, the attendance at the Imperial Evening has reached its maximum capacity and late registrants will unfortunately not get access to this sponsored event. No additional tickets will be for sale. In a recent circular to all our members, we pointed out that despite a record attendance, registration will continue to be possible, but that at such a late stage, certain service could not be provided to late registrants, namely help with visa formalities, hotel bookings, access to the Imperial Evening and possibly also access to divisional luncheons (to be determined). Any delegate who has already started the registration procedure but who in light of the above wishes not to attend the Convention, will receive full reimbursement of any advance payment he has made.

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