Diemmi Pham

(Editor’s note: Grace W. Ueng, a director of the Harvard Club of Research Triangle, led a discussion recently at Quintiles on North Carolina-China business relations.) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Business, education, and government leaders came together at Quintiles headquarters on Oct. 4 to expound their knowledge and experience of the North Carolina-China landscape. The event, organized by the Harvard Club of Research Triangle, featured Grace Ueng, founder and CEO of Savvy Marketing Group, as the moderator for three distinguished panelists, Tom Wollman, Senior Vice President of Global Central Laboratories and Cardiac Safety at Quintiles; Michael Chen, founder of...

Asia has been a hot topic lately due its tremendous growth in recent years. This has shifted game-player China from being a nation defined by imitation to a nation defined by innovation. That was the major point of emphasis for Duke’s 2012 Asia Business Conference held at Fuqua School of Business on April 7. This year’s theme was “Innovation and the Future of Asia” with keynote addresses from Carl Stern, vice chairman of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs, Chip Hills, vice president of Apple China, and Jeff Williams, senior vice president of operations at Apple. Five discussion panels then...