WOBURN, Mass. – The $1.3 billion EasCorp recently announced that the keynote speaker for its 2003 Partnership Conference and 25th Anniversary Annual Meeting, on April 29, will be Dr. Ken DeWoskin, partner with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP. DeWoskin is well-known for his work in emerging market economies, and is currently responsible for China strategy and China business development. In May, he addressed an international delegation of credit union representatives to the Credit Union Management Perspectives Conference in Beijing, earning critical acclaim for his insight into economic and banking developments there. DeWoskin has been involved with China for more than 35 years, and is currently active with e-business initiatives, telecommunications equipment makers and operators, and technology companies. He serves as professor of international business and Asian languages and cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and as interim director of Michigan's Center for Chinese Studies. EasCorp's Partnership Conference is scheduled for April 29, 2003, at the Burlington, Mass. Marriott.