Doing Business in China Cultural Business Briefing

Doing Business in China Cultural Business Briefing

Date: September 30th, 2008
Time:12.30 - 18.00
Venue: Room 116, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Doing business in China Business Briefing Programme: 
  
12.30 Lunch and Registration 
12.55 Welcome and Workshop Overview 
13.00 Understanding China: Socio-Cultural overview and introduction to Mandarin
Dr George Zhang, SOAS Language Centre and London Confucius Institute 
14.00 Sink or Swim: Chinese business culture, environment and working with the Chinese
Madeleine Sturrock, PanCathay Consulting Ltd 
15.45 How creative is China? Uncovering China’s creative industry
Dr Zhen Ye, Chinese Creative Industries Professor and Business Advisor, Xiamen University 
16.45 Industry case study: lessons learnt
Stephen Knowles, Industrial Design Consultancy Limited, IDC 
17.10 Connecting UK creatives to opportunities in China
Laura Hoke, Creative Connexions 
17.30 Wrap up and Feedback 
18.00 Networking Drinks