Friday 07 February 2020
9:30am - 3pm
Meeting Room 3/4/5, Hilton London Canary Wharf
The 2020 LSESU China-Britain Business Forum (CBBF) is the 6th annual forum since 2015, bringing together business elites, professionals and students interested in exploring and discussing business opportunities and potential cooperation between China and the UK.
This year, with global economic landscape changing at seemingly more rapid pace than ever before, we are proud to present the theme for 2020 CBBF as: “2020 Vision: Paving Paths to Mutual Prosperity”
How to buy a ticket?
For professionals, please go to "Create an Account", choose "Guest Registration" and buy a "Professional" ticket
For LSE students, please log in to your LSE account and buy a "Student" ticket
For non-LSE students, please go to "Create an Account", choose "Guest Registration" and buy a "Student" ticket
Dress code: Business Formal
Agenda:
9:00 - 9:30 Registration
9:30 - 9:40 Opening Speech by Professor Kent Deng from LSE
9:40 - 9:50 Opening Speech by Yiju International
9:50 - 10:20 Keynote Speech 1 Foreign Investment in China: Opportunities and Challenges
Mark Schaub, Partner at King & Wood Mallesons
10:20 - 10:50 Keynote Speech 2 Alibaba Globalisation: Connecting West and East
Mei Chen, Head of Fashion and Luxury UK, Spain, Portugal and Northern Europe, Globalization Business, Alibaba Group
10:50 - 11:20 Break
11:20 - 12:20 Panel 1: A Look into the Future: Exploring the Nexus between Technology and Finance
Lin Feng, Founder and CEO of DealGlobe
Ting Zhang, Founder and CEO of Crayfish.io, Vice Chair of UK China Tech Forum
Avi Nagel, China Business Advisor at China-Britain Business Council
Giles Cheney, Head of China Desk at CBH Europe Limited (Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique)
12:20 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 13:30 Keynote Speech 3 Bridging Business and Academia: Research and Development at Huawei UK
Michael Hill-King, Collaboration Director at Huawei Technologies R&D UK
13:30 - 14:30 Panel 2: Bridging Cultural Differences: Chinese Entrepreneurs in the UK
Kelu Liu, CEO and Founder of HungryPanda
Ken Chen, CEO and Founder of Yiju International
Sally Maier-Yip, Founder of 11K Consulting
Shirong Chen, Managing Editor at Foremost4 Media
14:30 - 15:00 Networking Session
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With stimulating and prominent topics and discussions throughout the day, we would like to invite all students, faculties, and professionals to join us at 2020 China-Britain Business Forum (CBBF). We look forward to meeting you on 7th Feb 2020!