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ACBW Forum
Crown Studio Three
Friday 23 October
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8.45 - 9.00
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9.00 - 9.30
Protecting & Leveraging Your IP in China
- Trindad, FAL Commercial & Technology Lawyers
China
offers countless possibilities for partnerships and innovation but what
about the recognition of your valuable intellectual property (IP)?
FAL Lawyers are experts in the protection and commercialisation of
innovative technologies and IP, including through the establishment of
Australian and international partnering collaborations.
This presentation will discuss doing business in China from the IP
technology perspective with a focus on recent developments, tips and
pitfalls, and the opportunity to leverage worldwide value through IP
collaborations in China.
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9.30 - 10.00
Topic
Tom Parker, Redtape Consulting
Director Australia China Business Council (Vic)
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10.00 - 10:50
Is Your Company Ready for a Chinese Investor
- David Thomas - Moderator
Panel
- John Rashleigh, Chairman ACBW
- Kelvin Tam, Partner Gadens Lawyers
- Kate Reid, Director Advance International
- Tom, CEO Redtape Consulting
The
potential for growth of Chinese investment in Australia is enormous.
There is a huge amount of Chinese capital to be invested and Australia
can continue to prosper by welcoming investment not only for the
resource sector.
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10.50 - 11.00
Break
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11.00 - 11.40
Export to China now - top ten tips to get your export project started
- Lisa Goodhand, Director China Operations, China Blueprint
Lisa Goodhand is director of China Operations at China Blueprint a business advisory service specialising in China.
China is geographically well positioned to Australia, and our goods and services, technology and education exports are in demand. The Chinese economy is in good shape, and consumers are looking to Australia to provide new, innovative and quality goods. Australian SME’s are flexible, innovative and customer focused, and their products and services are perfectly suited to the Chinese mark
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11.20 - 12.00
Why you can't ignore China
- David Thomas Founder CEO Think Global Consulting
Innovative,
creative and entrepreneurial businesses in Australia will see the
current economic slowdown as an opportunity to design, develop and
execute a China marketing strategy. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to
position your business to profit from the massive domestic consumption,
infrastructure and professional services boom that will flow from the
next stage of China's remarkable 100-year transformation.
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MOVE TO CROWN RIVER ROOM
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12.00 - 12.30
ACBW - Forum Luncheon - Cocktails/Networking
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12.30 - 2.30
ACBW - Forum Luncheon
Keynote - Bruce Akhurst
CEO Sensis
In this presentation, Sensis CEO, Bruce Akhurst will discuss Sensis’
China commitment and strategy. In particular, Bruce will focus on the
changing needs of Chinese consumers and how Telstra and Sensis are
leveraging their core skills to enhance value in the Chinese market.
Keynote - The Hon. Lindsey Tanner MP
Minister for Finance and Deregulation
The Hon. Lindsey Tanner MP is a power broker in the Rudd Government and very much involved at senior level of the Australia-China trade relations.
Keynote - Ben Foskett
Vice President Australia China Business Council
Ben
has over 30 years experience in international investment and financial
services. From 1999-2002 he served as AMP’s Chief Representative in
China and prior to that was State manager for AMP in Victoria. Ben was
CEO of Invest Victoria between 2004 and 2008 and is the Victorian
Government’s Special Trade Envoy for North Asia. Ben is also Deputy
Chairman of the Australia China Business Council.
Keynote - Reg MacDonald
CEO Viva Macau Airlines
Prior to Viva Macau, Reg was based in Beijing, China, where he was a visiting professor at Tsinghua University teaching infrastructure finance and advising Chinese companies on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. Before that he worked at Morgan Stanley in Tokyo, Japan, on cross-border M&A projects spanning Japan, China, India, Taiwan, U.S., and Europe. He holds Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees in Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of British Columbia, Stanford University, and the University of Tokyo. Reg speaks Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and French.
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