Sorry for being so last minute about this posting. Anyway, the Canada China Business Council (CCBC) is putting on a China Business Workshop at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday, March 11 and I am going to be one of the speakers.
This is the “fifth instalment of this popular cross-Canada series,” offering “real-life practical solutions to many of the issues that Canadian companies face when doing business in China.”
The following will be speakers and/or panelists at this event:
Tony Gostling, Director of Member Services and Outreach, CCBC
Dan Harris, Founding Member, Harris & Moure LLP and author of China Law Blog
Wallace Ip, Team Leader and Trade Commissioner (Investment Promotion) Embassy of Canada in Beijing
Lee Kane, Team Leader and Trade Commissioner (Natural Resources), Embassy of Canada in Beijing
Kristina Koehler, China Director, Klako Group (based in Hong Kong)
Bob Kwauk, Managing Partner Beijing, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Donald Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck Resources Limited
Kishore Sakhrani , Director, Orangefield ICS Limited (based in Hong Kong)
This program is designed for the following:
- Companies that source and export from China
- Companies involved in bilateral investment
- Companies manufacturing in or exporting to China
- Service companies involved with China
08:00 – 08:10 Welcoming remarks and day overview
08:10 – 08:20 Overview of TCS in China, Ren Qing, DFAIT
08:20 – 08:50 RMB & Banking in China and HK, speaker tbd.
08:50 – 09:20 How to Sell into China, Kristina Koehler, Klako
09:20 – 09:50 Contracts, Dispute Resolutions & IP Protection, Dan Harris, Harris & Moure
09:50 – 10:05 Coffee break and networking
10:05 – 10:35 Forming an Entity in China & Hong Kong, Elizabeth Thomson, ICS Orangefield
10:35 – 11:05 Supply Chain Management, Tony Gostling, CCBC
11:05 – 11:35 Targeting 2nd and 3rd Tier Cities in China: Opportunities and Obstacles, Wallace Ip, DFAIT
11:35 – 12:20 Panel – Attracting Chinese Investments- A Strategic Choice and a New Approach, Lee Kane, Moderator
12:30 – 13:40 Buffet lunch with keynote address by Don Lindsay, President and CEO, Teck Resources Limited
Hope to see you there, eh.
