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Conferences & Meetings >> In China

Conference Series of Cervantes Institute, Beijing

The main theme of the conference series is "Strategies for a change: the new leaders of the industry". In this new series at Instituto Cervantes, experts from Spain and China will talk about financial systems, renewable energies and the railway industry as they analyze industrial cooperation between Spain and China.

Venue: Beijing Cervantes Institute

Date: from March 15

Contact: cult4pek@cervantes.org.cn

Asia Power T&D Summit 2011, Beijing

China's largest education fair begins its tour of the nation visiting seven major cities. About 1,300 institutions from 30 countries and regions have participated during the past 12 years. Provided to China Daily

China's power industry underwent significant evolution over the past five years with huge investments in grid construction. In order to greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of power transmission and distribution, the State Grid Corporation of China released a three-step plan for 2009 to 2020. At this meeting, policy makers, experts, decision-makers and professionals will hold joint discussions on the opportunities and challenges for the power industry in China as well as Asian Region.

Venue: Renaissance Beijing Chaoyang Hotel

Date: March 16-18

Contact: domi.liu@atunicorn.com

Merger and Acquisitions Due Diligence, Shanghai

Following strong economic growth, the Greater China region is seeing a boom in M&A activity. Due diligence is an important deciding factor between success and failure of any M&A transaction, and this conference is designed to offer the most up-to-date information on investments in China.

Venue: Crowne Plaza Shanghai

Date: March 17-18

Contact: molly.jiang@lexisnexis.com

Chinese Institutional Investors Focusing, Shanghai

Conference aims to educate Chinese investors and will gather senior decision-makers from leading investors and service providers to discuss the hottest topics in this market. More than 60 experienced frontline CIOs will present case studies on how to managing assets and enhance returns.

Venue: InterContinental Shanghai

Date: March 22-24

Contact: helenzhang@cbichina.com

China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition, Beijing

It is recognized as one of the world's four premier oil exhibitions and continues to be highly valued by professionals for reflecting the industry's future trends.

Venue: New China International Exhibition Center

Date: March 22-24

Offshore Wind Power Development, Shanghai

China is giving top priority to develop offshore wind power projects to meet its energy target. It is of incredible value to bring the experiences and lessons learnt from the successful projects all around the world together with an in-depth analysis of the most pressing challenges in this spinning market.

Venue: Radisson Hotel Pudong Century Park

Date: March 23-24

Contact: enquiry@iqpc.com.sg

Cyber Security, Shanghai

Cyber crime has become a very severe issue and billions of dollars of business is being lost because of cyber attacks. In China, the government, law enforcement agencies and powerful companies are now fighting the cyber crimes. The summit will examine the forms of regulation design to combat cyber crime and also public-private partnership efforts.

Date: March 24-25

Contact: marketing@pyxisconsult.com

Manufacturing Supply Chain Officer Summit, Shanghai

Manufacturing organizations are now finding it essential to transform traditional supply chains from linear, sequential processes into adaptive networks in which communities of demand-driven companies share knowledge, intelligently adapt to changing market conditions, and proactively respond to shorter, less-predictable life cycles. The summit brings together an elite group of 200 supply chain executives from industry-leading companies.

Date: March 31-April 1

Contact: forrest.song@globalscm.net

Conferences & Meetings >> In Europe

China-Britain Business Council Speech, Lancaster

The theme of this speech is "China-The Challenge of Growth and Green". For more than 30 years, the priority in China has been economic growth. This has led to a booming economy and lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty - but at a cost. Is it too late? Will China ever be able to balance the need to grow the economy and protect the environment? Vince Cunningham, who spent several years working on environmentally related projects in China, will address the issue and ask whether China is likely to succeed.

Venue: Lancaster University Management School

Date: March 17

Contact: a.currie1@lancaster.ac.uk

2011 Spring Lecture Series: China Faces the World, Brussels

The Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies launches the lecture series, featuring 10 renowned experts, to contribute to a more qualitative debate about China's rise and its impact on Europe.

Venue: Vrije University

Date: till May 18

China workshop-Module 1, Brussels

The theme of the first module of this workshop, which is a series of talks focused on China, is the essence of doing business in China. Interactive speeches will be given on topics, such as intercultural cooperation, regional differences in many parts of China, underlying structure of Chinese society and culture.

Venue: Diamant

Date: March 22

Contact: info@chinaconduct.com

Managing the Security Risks of Doing Business in China, London

This seminar will look at ways of managing two of the key security risks relevant to doing business in China: bribery and corruption, and cybersecurity. There will be a range of speakers from across government, as well as from British businesses with experience of working in China.

Venue: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Date: March 30

Contact: tracey.heather@fco.gov.uk