Archive for the ‘China Conferences’ Category

Foreign Direct Investment in China 2009

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

I've been invited to speak next week in Shanghai at a symposium sponsored by the China Economic Review, titled, "Foreign Direct Investment in China 2009: Optimizing FDI Strategy in the current economic climate." I'll be presenting on "FDI Challenges and Sector Opportunities in 2009." The esteemed Steve Dickson, a partner ...

San Francisco is Too Cool

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

The best part of speaking at the 6th Annual Conference on Legal, Tax and Financial Strategies for Doing Business in China was the venue: San Francisco. The Conference took place December 8th and 9th at the Sheraton Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf. Though the temperature was cooler than I thought it ...

California, Here I Come!

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I'll be visiting beautiful San Francisco next month December 8-9 to speak at the Annual Conference "Legal, Tax & Financial Strategies for Doing Business in China," sponsored by Atlas-SFI. This is the sixth year I'll be speaking at the Conference, and am looking forward to seeing old friends I get ...

The Revolution will Not Be Outsourced

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

The October 9th edition Economist Magazine had an engaging article about the global outsourcing industry subtitled, "How the financial crisis will affect the outsourcing industry." The thrust of the article can be summed up in the statement: "As they struggle for survival, many banks have put discussions about outsourcing contracts on ...

Am I Danish Yet?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

On October 16, 2008 I'll be in Shanghai moderating the seminar program on "Responsible Fashion & Design" during the week-long exhibition event of the same name. The seminar in which I am participating is sponsored by the innovative Danish maker of creative playgrounds KOMPAN. "The seminar will answer questions like: What ...

“Haiyan’ed” in Shanghai

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

I've this theory - neigh, experience - that local government officials are only interesting AFTER they've had a few beers to drink chased down by a couple shots of fire water (bai jiu). They may even need to belt out a couple lines of a favorite Deng Li Jun song ...

iHub Therefore I Am

Friday, September 19th, 2008

I'll be speaking on Nanjing's role in the development of China's Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) industry at the "Nanjing-Singapore Services Outsourcing Forum: Partnering to Successful Service Outsourcing Solutions." Wednesday, 25 September 2008 9:00 am to 1:50 pm Venue: 1st Fl, Main Lobby Ascendas iHub No 55 Jiangning Road Jiangning Economic Technological Development Zone Nanjing ...

The Big Sleep: Crossing the Hangzhou Bay Bridge

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

A British engineering friend of mine recently thought of making an outing to the newly-opened Hangzhou Bay Bridge. He's an engineer by training and by temperament, and thought others of his friends - engineers and non-enginerds alike - would find it entertaining to take a Sunday afternoon drive from Suzhou ...