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Global Business Series: China
October 22, 2014 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
On October 22, get firsthand insight into doing business in China
Hear from top business leaders, China experts for only $130
By 2032, the average Chinese citizen will have the same buying power as the average American. On October 22, learn how to expand your business into the rapidly expanding Chinese market at Global Business Series: China.
You’ll hear experienced, top-level executives from a variety of industries offer proven success strategies and pitfalls to avoid, address the “fear factor” in entering in the China market, and discuss the tools and resources available to companies interested in expanding into this booming economy.
Keynote speaker Nicholas Lardy is an expert on the China economy and author of Markets Over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China. He is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, formerly a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, and formerly a professor of international trade and finance at Yale.
Register before Oct 10, receive a free copy of Markets Over Mao!
Other speakers and panelists include:
- Bert Barabas, Chief Technology Officer, MioSoft
- Kurt Bauer, President and CEO, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
- Zach Brandon, President, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce
- Damian Felton, Director, U.S. Commercial Services—Milwaukee
- Will Hsu, Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises
- Neil Karolek, President and Co-founder, TLX Technologies
- Neville Lam, Interim Director, UW-Madison Shanghai Innovation Office
- Connie Li, COO, TrafficCast
- Kening Li, Partner, Pinsent Masons
- Larry McManis, President and CEO, ThinkWay Strategies
- Andrew Schutz, Associate, GDLSK
Beng Yeap, Asia Pacific Market Development Director, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
PLUS! Networking opportunities including lunch and “been there, done that” case studies from companies large and small.
Where: Fluno Center, Madison, WI – 601 University Ave, Madison, WI, WI 53715
When: Wednesday, Oct 22, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Cost: $130. Register before Oct 10 and receive a copy of Nicholas Lardy’s Markets Over Mao.
This is an event you don’t want to miss!
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Key Partners: Wisconsin China Initiative/UW-Madison Division of International Studies, UW‑Madison Office of Corporate Relations, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, Madison Region Economic Partnership, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce