Josephine Cheng, IBM Fellow and Vice President of IBM China Development Laboratory

Other highlights include Jim Thompson, founder and chairman of logistics firm, Crown Worldwide Group and also Gavin Menzies, author of "1421--The Year China Discovered the World".

Standing by merits

Issues that will be raised during the panel discussions and track sessions include delivering ROI, portfolio management, outsourcing, IT capital and human resource issues, cross-border IT and various vertically-focused topics.

According to Lee, the issues at the top of CIO agendas are: security, mobility, information management, longevity of investment or protection of current of investments, plus extending the enterprise through integration and web services.