The third Future Asia Business Summit was held on 23 February 2017 in Sydney.
The summit, brought together more than 350 industry and government leaders at Sydney Town Hall with an emphasis on strengthening Sydneys economic relations in Asia. It focused on the worlds largest ecommerce companies arriving in Australia, Alibaba and Amazon later in 2017.
Maggie Zhou, Managing Director of Alibaba Australia and New Zealand, gave a keynote address on the digital economy, Chinas retail landscape and the power of Alibaba Groups closed loop internet ecosystem.
The following panel discussion featured 4 experts on Australia-Asia business relations, including Christine Holgate (CEO and Managing Director, Blackmores), Bill Evans (Westpac Chief Economist), David Landers (General Manager, International Operations, Austrade) and Tsuyoshi Kawashima (CEO, NTT Communications ICT Solutions).
The panel discussed the power of ecommerce as a platform for global business engagement and expansion, the importance of building relationships in Asia, the impact of free trade agreements, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and how Australias global standing impacts on our ability to do business with the world.
Dong Xing has the details.
