Symposium “China in Turbulence –Paths forward for Nordic Businesses?”
The event takes the form of a panel discussion with invited panelists representing Nordic firms in China.
INVITATION
YOU ARE WARMLY WELCOME TO JOIN US
22 October 2015
Fudan University, Nordic Centre
220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433
Symposium “China in Turbulence –
Paths forward for Nordic Businesses?” at 14:15-16:15
How to succeed in the increasingly competitive China?
How will China’s business environment develop?
How to develop China operations in the future?
Can and should Nordic countries attract Chinese investments?
14.15 Opening of the event
Geir Helgesen, Director, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Chen Yinzhang, Director, Nordic Centre
14.25 Introduction to the topic
Riitta Kosonen, Professor, Director, Aalto University School of Business, CEMAT
14.35 Panel discussion:
Mette Leger, Managing Director, Grow HR
Henning Kristoffersen, Public Affairs Director, DNV GL
Helena Svensson, Business Development Manager, Blue Air
Kjeld Erik Brødsgaard, Professor, Copenhagen Business School
The moderator of the panel discussion is Jaani Heinonen, Vice-President & Head of Region East Asia, Finpro China
Q&A with the audience
16.00 Wrap-up
Geir Helgesen, Director, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Coffee/tea break
Nordic-Chinese Career Night at 16:30-18:00
Sign up to present your company to the future talent you have been looking for.
A panel discussion among young Chinese and Nordic professionals: Career paths and experiences of doing business in China
16.30 Opening of the event
16.40 A panel discussion among young Chinese and Nordic professionals: Career paths and experiences of doing business in China
Mette Leger, Managing Director, Grow HR Helena Svensson, Business Development Manager, Blue Air Alexander Petersen, Managing Director, eGISS China Ltd Thomas Huang, Founder and Managing Director, Chinable Nordic AS (tbc) Yvonne Yin, Commercial PR manager, IKEA China (tbc)
Q&A
Presentations of Nordic companies and opportunities they offer for students and graduates, such as traineeships, thesis topics and job offers
Wine, food and networking at 18:00-
Meet other Nordic companies doing business in China and young talents studying in China.
The event is organized by the China in Turbulence –project network in cooperation with the Fudan University Nordic Centre and the Center for International Mobility (CIMO). The coordinator of the China in Turbulence –project is Aalto University School of Business/CEMAT and the project partners include Copenhagen Business School, University of Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law/Center for International Business Studies, and Nordic Institute of Asian Studies NIAS. The project has been financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Please register by 19 October by filling in an online registration form here.
For further information contact: cemat@aalto.fi