| (Hong Kong, 6 November 2005) Managing
Director and Global Internet Analyst of Morgan Stanley Mary Meeker
will share her views on the global trends of the Internet and China's
on-line business future with a group of university students in
Shantou, Shanghai and Hong Kong tomorrow.
Organised by the Shantou University (STU) and co-hosted by the
University of Hong Kong and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of
Business in Shanghai, the talk will be held simultaneously in the
three cities through video link.
The Shantou University hopes to remove barriers in learning and
make knowledge accessible widely through the use of information
technology.
Ms Meeker, dubbed as "Queen of the Net" for her work and focus
on the evolution of the Internet, is also a co-leader of the global
technology research team at Morgan Stanley.
She has an impressive track record of understanding emerging technology
trends and companies and was an early and consistent believer in
opportunities related to the development of the Internet.
Ms Meeker was one of the first Wall Street analysts to cover Microsoft,
Dell, Intuit, AOL, Netscape, Yahoo!, Amazon.com, VeriSign, eBay
and Google.
She is co-author of the industry defining books, The Internet
Report (1995) and The Internet Advertising Report (1996) and co-author
of The Internet Retailing Report (1997), The Online Classified
Advertising Report: It's About Search / Find / Obtain (SFO) (2002),
The China Internet Report (2004) and The Technology IPO Yearbook.
Ms Meeker joined Morgan Stanley in 1991. Prior to that, she was
a technology research analyst at Cowen and Salomon Brothers. She
attended DePauw University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts
degree and a Doctor of Letters. She has a Master's of Business
Administration degree from Cornell University.
With the help of modern technology, Ms Meeker will be speaking
to about 700 students on the global trends in internet and China's
online future. Ms Meeker will also talk about what it takes to
be a good analyst.
Apart from Ms Meeker, STU has invited other prominent speakers
to talk to its students on various topics before. Previous speakers
attending the STU talks included Dr David Ho, Director and Chief
Executive Officer of Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and Irene
Diamond Professor of The Rockefeller University; Mrs Laura Cha,
former Vice-Chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission;
Mr Long Yongtu, Secretary-General of Boao Forum for Asia and Mr
Stephen Chiau, renowned actor and comedian.
Nov 06, 2005
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