The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, the China-Platform of Ghent University, the Province of East Flanders and the City of Ghent, are organizing a webinar with:

Mr. Geert Bruyneel, Head of Global Production Operations at Volvo Cars

He will discuss the following topic:

Car Manufacturing with Chinese Partners: the Corona Challenge

The programme is the following:

12:00-12:10: Welcome word by Mrs. Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and introduction about the China Lecture Café Series in general by Prof. Luc Taerwe, Director China Platform, University of Ghent

12:10 – 12:50: Presentation by Mr. Geert Bruyneel

12:50 – 01:00: Q&A with the audience

Mr. Geert Bruyneel
Head of Global Production operations at Volvo Cars

Practical Information:

Date and time: December 4, 2020, 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM CET

Location: Online

Price for members: Free

Price for non-members: Free

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The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and Flanders Investment & Trade are organizing an information session focused on managing international assignments in the context of the Covid crisis and profound changes of the working patterns due to the pandemic.

This event will take place at 10:00 am on Thursday 19 November 2020.

Ms. Joke Braam, Senior Manager and Ms. Rimma Abadjan, Assistant Manager, Deloitte, will share their insights on the impact of Covid pandemic on immigration and international social security. They will highlight the complexities that companies are facing in view of assignment planning, business visits as well as travel arrangements and provide the audience with insights on better management of anticipated work force needs. Furthermore, they will focus on practicalities linked to the EU ICT permit scheme, which will be finally introduced in Belgium and will allow intra-EU mobility rights for intra-corporate transferees.

Mr. Dieter Kuipers, Senior Manager and Mr. Steven Trippaers, Manager, Deloitte, will share their insights on managing new working scenarios, like virtual assignments and remote workers, which warrant looking at the exposures and challenges that companies will be facing in this respect. They will also zoom in on how companies can implement strategies to assess the risk exposure and impact on both the business and the employees across locations as well as on the tracking of regulatory updates applicable on the remote working population.

Practical information:

Date and time: 19.11.2020 – 10:00 AM CET

Location: Online (Zoom)

Participation: Free

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The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce, the EU-China Business Association and the China IPR SME Helpdesk are organizing a webinar focused on “Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China”. This webinar will take place on 5 November at 10.30 am CEST.

The session will be held by the IP Business Advisor Matias Zubimendi, who will give a presentation on possible ways of enforcing intellectual property rights in China. The webinar will end with a Q&A session where attendees can raise their questions and interact with the speakers.

Agenda:

10:30 – Introduction to the webinar and the services of the China IPR SME Helpdesk – Peter Sczigel (China IPR SME Helpdesk)

10:35 – Presentation of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce/ EU-China Business Association – Gwenn Sonck (FCCC / EUCBA)

10:40 – Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in China – Matias Zubimendi (China IPR SME Helpdesk)

11:15 – Q&A session

11:30 – Closing remarks

Speakers:

Peter Sczigel, Project Executive, China IPR SME Helpdesk

Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce/
EU-China Business Association

Matias Zubimendi, IP Business Advisor, China IPR SME Helpdesk

Practical Information:

Date and time: November 5, 2020, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CEST

Location: Online (GoToWebinar)

Price for members: Free

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The Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce and Flanders Investment & Trade are organizing a webinar with the Flemish Economic Representatives in China. This webinar will take place on Wednesday 28 October from 10:00 am till 11:15 am CEST.

During the webinar, the three Flemish Economic Representatives – Marc Struyvelt in Beijing, Bart Boschmans in Shanghai and Eva Verstraelen in Guangzhou – will talk about how exporting companies could be supported in times of Corona.

Programme:

10:00 – 10:05: Introduction by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce

10:05 – 10:45: Panel discussion with the Flemish Economic Representatives:
Marc Struyvelt, Flemish Economic Representative in Beijing
Bart Boschmans, Flemish Economic Representative in Shanghai
Eva Verstraelen, Flemish Economic Representative in Guangzhou

10:45 – 11:15: Q&A session

Speakers:

Marc Struyvelt, Flemish Economic Representative in Beijing

Bart Boschmans, Flemish Economic Representative in Shanghai

Eva Verstraelen, Flemish Economic Representative in Guangzhou

Moderator:
Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce

Practical Information:

Date and time: 28 October 10:00 – 11:15 a.m. CEST

Location: Online, Zoom

Price: Free

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The EU-China Business Association is organizing a webinar focusing on the importance of co-operation between the EU and China in the field of research and science and how this can support economic recovery. The webinar will take place online on 14 October from 10.00 am till 11.15 am CEST.

A series of experts from industry and official institutions will share their views and experiences on EU-China R&D cooperation.

There has been extensive co-operation between Chinese and EU researchers in recent years. The EU Horizon Europe research, innovation and science that will run between the period 2021-2027 offers great opportunities for EU and Chinese scientists to work together to help combat key societal challenges.

The public, private, educational and research communities have to work more closely together to ensure that the UN Sustainable Development Goals are fully implemented. Technology is modernising how key vertical industries operate including in the areas of energy, transport, education, health and agriculture. This webinar is an opportunity to see how China and the EU can work more closely together in the research and science fields so as to further economic development and tackle key social problems.

The panelists include:

Frances Fitzgerald, MEP, former Deputy Irish Prime Minister (Tánaiste), former Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation

Abraham Liukang, Chief Representative to the EU institutions, Huawei

Veerle Van Wassenhove, Vice-President R&D & Innovation, Bekaert

Zhiwei Song, President, EU-China Association for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Xabier Goenaga, Head of Knowledge for Finance, Innovation and Growth, DG Joint Research Centre, Directorate B – Growth and Innovation, European Commission

Moderated by Gwenn Sonck, Executive Director, EU-China Business Association

Closing words by Mr. Jochum Haakma, Chairman of the EU-China Business Association

Practical Information:

Date and time: 14 October at 10 a.m. CEST

Location: Online, Zoom

Price: Free

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