CONFERENCE PROGRAM
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Product Sponsors:
The Wine Republic Shanghai | Welcome Reception on 22.10.2014
Weingut Heinrich GmbH / Weingut Eichinger / Goldberg Co. Ltd. | Networking Luncheons on 23.10.2014 and
24.10.2014
W2Trading GmbH | Welcome Reception on 22.10.2014, Networking Luncheons on 23.10.2014 and 24.10.2014,
Dinner Cruise on 23.10.2014
Shanghai Best F&B | Dinner Cruise on 23.10.2014
Red Bull Beverage Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. | Conference on 23.10.2014 and 24.10.2014
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PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 22nd, 2014
WELCOME
INDIVIDUAL ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS
IN SHANGHAI
Individual arrival and transfer to conference hotel
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
199 Huangpu Lu
Shanghai 200080
Information for Taxi Driver:
上海外滩茂悦大酒店
中国上海黄浦路199号
邮编: 200080
12:00 – 18:30
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & PICK-UP
OF PARTICIPANT’S BADGES AND
CONFERENCE MATERIAL
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Foyer
Bund Ballroom
18:30 – 21:00
WELCOME COCKTAIL
Welcome remarks by
Raymund Gradt, Austrian Consul (Commercial Affairs)
and Trade Commissioner in Shanghai
(Advantage Austria Shanghai)
Reinhold Mitterlehner, Austrian Vice Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Science, Research & Economy
Piano: Mme. Xiaoxiao
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Tea Room
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 23rd, 2014
MORNING SESSION
07:30 – 08:45
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION & PICK-UP
OF PARTICIPANT’S BADGES AND
CONFERENCE MATERIAL
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Foyer
Bund Ballroom
08.45 – 09.00
ALL PARTICIPANTS SEATED
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
09.00 – 10:35
OPENING REMARKS, KEY NOTES & KICK-OFF
09:00 – 09:15
WELCOME REMARKS
INTRODUCTION OF PARTICIPANTS AND SPONSORS
Raymund Gradt, Austrian Consul (Commercial Affairs) and
Trade Commissioner in Shanghai (Advantage Austria
Shanghai)
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Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
09:15 – 09:30
OPENING CEREMONY
Shanghai Jiangzhou Drum Company
09:30 – 09:40
OPENING REMARKS
Reinhold Mitterlehner, Austrian Vice Chancellor &
Federal Minister of Science, Research & Economy
09:40 – 09:50
OPENING REMARKS
Mme. Yuying Shang, Chairwoman, Shanghai Municipal
People's Government / SCOFCOM - Shanghai Municipal
Commission of Commerce (tbc)
09:50 – 10:10
OPENING REMARKS & KEY NOTE
IMPACT OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
ON AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY
Christoph Leitl, President of the Austrian Federal
Economic Chamber
10:10 – 10:40
KEY NOTE
CHINA IN THE YEAR OF THE HORSE
Markus H. Rodlauer, Deputy Director of Asia and Pacific
Department, IMF - International Monetary Fund
10:40 – 11:00
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
10:55 – 11:50
CHINA, EU, AUSTRIA & PARTNERSHIPS
11:00 – 11:30
CHINA - EU - AUSTRIA
A NEW DAWN: DEVELOPMENTS IN EU-CHINA TRADE
RELATIONS
Michael Reiterer, Principle Advisor, Asia-Pacific Department,
EEAS - European External Action Service
11:30 – 11:50
AUSTRIA'S POLITICAL ROLE IN GREATER CHINA
H.E. Ambassador Irene Giner Reichl, Austrian Embassy to the
People's Republic of China
11:50 – 12:00
SAND PAINTING SHOW
Kang Law
12:00 – 13:30
BUFFET LUNCHEON & NETWORKING
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Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Tea Room
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Tea Room
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 23rd, 2014
AFTERNOON SESSION
13:30 – 14:45
AUSTRIAN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA
13:30 – 13:45
ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA IN CHINA
The Voice of Austrian Business in China
Karl Hartleb, Deputy Director General of
Advantage Austria
13:45 – 14:30
AUSTRIAN BUSINESS IN CHINA
Business Opportunities and Challenges for Austrian
Companies in China
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Martin Glatz (Advantage Austria Beijing)
Jennifer Veigel (Advantage Austria Shanghai)
Christian H. Schierer (Advantage Austria Hong Kong)
Christian Fuchssteiner (Advantage Austria Taipei)
Dietmar Schwank (Advantage Austria Guangzhou)
Panel Chair: Christina Schösser, Head of Asia Desk,
Advantage Austria
14:30 – 14:45
ENTERING THE CHINESE MARKET
Is the Honeymoon over?
Thaddäus Müller, Associate Director Business Development,
Fiducia Management Consultants (Shanghai) Ltd.
14:45 – 15:05
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
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Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Tea Room
15:05 – 16:10
FINANCING
15:05 – 16:10
FINANCING
Euro and Yuan Renminbi
Renminbi Financing Solutions
Trade Financing
Investment Financing
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Mag. Helmut Bernkopf, Member of the Managing Board,
Senior Executive Vice President and Head of
Commercial Banking, UniCredit Bank Austria AG
Tao Zeng, Head of Division Corporate & Institutional Clients,
Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Beijing Branch
Martin Broda, General Manager, Commerzbank AG
Beijing Branch
Jiagang (Jonathan) Chu, Chairman of the Board,
Guangdong Elecpro Electric Appliance Holding Co. Ltd.
William Plummer, Director, Milestone Capital Co. Ltd.
Panel Chair: Martin Glatz (Advantage Austria Beijing)
16:10 – 17:10
HUMAN RESOURCES
HUMAN RESOURCES
The War for Talents
Austrian Vocational Training Project in Shanghai
Daniela Faustino, Managing Director, Neumann Leadership
Asia Pacific Ltd.
Andreas Kurz, Head of Austrian Center Fudan University,
OeAD - Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in
Education and Research
Thaddäus Müller, Associate Director Business Development,
Fiducia Management Consultants (Shanghai) Ltd.
Maarten de Vries, General Manager, Blum Furniture
Hardware (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Julian Fässler, HR Development and Organizational
Development Manager of Corporate Technics Department,
Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
Anton Aufner, Director, WIFI International
Panel Chair: Christian H. Schierer (Advantage Austria Hong
Kong)
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Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
17:10 – 17:30
TAIWAN
TAIWAN
From Taipei to Shanghai or the Other Way Around?
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Nathan Kaiser, Partner, Eiger Law Office, Taipei
Florian Edelsbrunner, Managing Director, To Be Lighting Ltd.
& Asia Pacific Trading & Investment Ltd.
Gunnar Kunz, Head of Marketing Asia-Pacific, Advanced
Metals & Ceramic Powders, H.C. Starck GmbH, Branch
Office Taiwan
Panel Chair: Christian Fuchssteiner (Advantage Austria
Taipei)
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 23rd, 2014
EVENING PROGRAM
18:00 – 22:00
DINNER CRUISE ON THE HUANGPU RIVER
18:00 (sharp)
MEETING IN HOTEL LOBBY
DEPARTURE TO YANGSHUPU PIER BY BUS
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
For the Taxi Driver:
秦皇岛路码头
秦皇岛路 32 号
Qinhuang Dao
Pier
32 Qinhuang Dao
Lu
Shanghai
19:00 – 21:30
DINNER CRUISE ON THE HUANGPU RIVER
FINE DINING, NETWORKING &
SHOW PROGRAM
Boat “Zhongguo Taiping”
Catering by Hyatt on the Bund Hotel Shanghai
Shanghai Xuanyin Violins
FaceING Face Changers
21:30
RETURN TO HOTEL BY BUS
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FRIDAY
OCTOBER 24th, 2014
MORNING SESSION
09:00 – 10:00
TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH & INNOVATION
09:00 –10:00
TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH & INNOVATION
China: Technology Leader or Technology Gap?
Research and Science in Austria - the Ideal Partner for
China
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Prof. Zheng Han, Tongji University, CDHK - Sino-German
School for Postgraduate Studies
Birgit Murr, Counsellor and Head of the Science and
Technology Section, Austrian Embassy in Beijing
Clemens Kirner, Managing Director, Card eMotion Consulting
& System GmbH
Klaus Denkmayr, General Manager, AVL List Technical
Center (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Panel Chair: Stefan Kahl, Technology Expert (Advantage
Austria Shanghai)
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
10:30 – 12:00
INVESTING IN CHINA
10:30 – 11:30
INVESTING IN CHINA
Investment Location China
China's Economic Powerhouse - The Yangtze River Delta
Volker Englert, Supervisor, Koehler Group China
Headquarters
Mme. Yan Lu, Vice Mayor, Taicang Municipal People's
Government
Chen (Marshall) Chen, Manager China Consulting,
Fiducia Management Consultants (Shanghai) Ltd.
Herbert Auer, Managing Director, Pollmann Mechatronics
(Kunshan) Co. Ltd.
Panel Chair: Jennifer Veigel (Advantage Austria Shanghai)
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Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Tea Room
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
11:30 – 12:00
INDUSTRIAL PARKS IN THE YANGTZE RIVER DELTA
China-Austria Su-Tong Eco Park
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Bund Ballroom
Mingwei (Steven) Li, Executive Vice Director,
NSIP - Su-Tong Science & Technology Park
Markus Hauer, General Manager, Stiwa (Nantong)
Automation Machinery Production Co. Ltd.
Panel Chair: Stefan Kahl, Technology Expert (Advantage
Austria Shanghai)
12:00 – 13:15
BUFFET LUNCHEON & NETWORKING
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 24th, 2014
AFTERNOON SESSION
13:30 –14:30
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Tea Room
Bund Ballroom
Tea Room
TRADITIONAL RETAILING vs.
E-COMMERCE
China's Digital Transformation
Use of Social Media in Marketing
PRODUCTION
Keys to Successful Manufacturing in
China
Marc W. Finsterlin, Managing Director,
Aquarius Asia Ltd. & Aquarius Digital
Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Geng (Steve) Huang, Chairman,
Nanjing B.C. Sports Products Co. Ltd.
Xiaobing (George) Shao, General
Manager, Nanjing Yin Sibao Trading Co.
Ltd.
Panel Chair: Martin Glatz
(Advantage Austria Beijing)
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David Müller, General Manager,
Staufen (Shanghai) Consulting
Academy Co. Ltd.
Prof. Yu Peng, Senior Engineer, SIPAI Shanghai Institute of Process
Automation Instrumentation
Peter Griehsnig, COO, AT&S (China)
Co. Ltd.
Weirong Xiao, General Manager China,
B&R Industrial Automation
International Trade (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Stefan Sack, CEO, Comau (Shanghai)
Engineering Co. Ltd. & Vice President
of European Union Chamber of
Commerce in China
Panel Chair: Dietmar Schwank
(Advantage Austria Guangzhou)
14:30 – 15:15
Bund Ballroom
Tea Room
SHANGHAI FREE TRADE ZONE
A Role Model for China?
TOURISM
Growth of Chinese Outbound Travel
What do Chinese Visitors want?
Rainer Burkardt, Head of Practice,
Burkardt & Partner Law Office
N.N., China (Shanghai) Pilot Free
Trade Zone Administrative Committee
Tao Zeng, Head of Division Corporate
& Institutional Clients, Raiffeisen Bank
International AG, Beijing Branch
Panel Chair: Jennifer Veigel
(Advantage Austria Shanghai)
15:15 – 15:45
15:45 – 16:30
Dieter Scharf, Market Manager China,
Austrian National Tourist Office Beijing
Mme. Rachel Wang, Founder & CEO,
Great West Travel Co. Ltd.
Mme. Jing (Jennifer) Zhao, Manager
Corporate Communications APAC,
Global Blue Holdings AB, Shanghai
Representative Office
Gregor Kadanka, Managing Director,
Mondial GmbH & Co. KG
Panel Chair: Christian H. Schierer
(Advantage Austria Hong Kong)
COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
Hyatt on the Bund Hotel Shanghai
Foyer Bund Ballroom
Bund Ballroom
Tea Room
COMPLIANCE
Impact of Anti-Corruption Campaign
on Business
Anti-Monopoly Law Investigations
Fraud Risks in Companies
TAXATION & PROFIT REPATRIATION
Fiscal & Tax Reform 2014 and its
Impact on Business
Jörg-Michael Scheil, Managing Partner,
Schulz Noack Bärwinkel Law Office
Thomas Schmitz, President, Andritz
(China) Ltd.
Svenja Kutnig, Senior Manager,
Saxinger, Chalupsky & Partner
Rechtsanwälte GmbH
Max Rebol, Associate, Stroz Friedberg
(Asia) Ltd.
Panel Chair: Vera Maier
(Advantage Austria Beijing)
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Titus von dem Bongart, Partner & Head
of GBN Greater China, Ernst & Young
(China) Advisory Ltd.
Mme. Pingwen Hu, Senior Partner,
Ecovis Ruide Certified Public
Accountants Co. Ltd.
Roy Zhang, Partner, Tax Services,
Grant Thornton Shanghai
Panel Chair: Jennifer Veigel
(Advantage Austria Shanghai)
16:30 – 17:00
Bund Ballroom
Tea Room
CUSTOMS & THE IMPACT OF
CHINA'S FREE TRADE AND
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS
SOURCING
New Developments
Florian Braunsteiner, Business
Development Executive, Fiducia
Management Consultants (Shanghai)
Ltd.
David von Schwerin, Regional Key
Account Manager APAC, Leschaco
(China) Ltd.
Hilda Eder-Jiang (Advantage Austria
Shanghai)
Panel Chair: Martin Glatz (Advantage
Austria Beijing)
Gerhard Dragar, General Manager &
Chief Representative, Eurogroup Far
East Ltd., Shanghai Representative
Office
Karlheinz Schmuck, General Manager,
Suzhou Mechatronics Trading Co. Ltd.
Panel Chair: Dietmar Schwank
(Advantage Austria Guangzhou)
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 24th, 2014
EVENING PROGRAM
18:30 – 20:30
AUSTRIAN NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 25th, 2014
SINO-AUSTRIAN GOLF TOURNAMENT
09:30
CHECK-OUT
09:50
MEETING AT LOBBY
10:00
DEPARTURE BY BUS
11:15 – 11:45
TIANMA COUNTRY CLUB
Registration and Payment of Green Fees (RMB 1.440,- in
cash, including 18 holes green fee, general fee, golf cart fee
including caddie, cart, beverages, towels, basket with driving
range balls)
Forming flights à 4 players
Double New Peoria scoring system
Group Photo
12:00 – 17:00
SINO-AUSTRIAN GOLF TOURNAMENT
17:00 – 18:45
Getting Together & Award Ceremony
Fairway Café
18:45
Return to Hyatt on the Bund Hotel Shanghai by bus
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Lower Lobby
Hyatt on the Bund
Hotel Shanghai
Lobby
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Tianma Country
Club, 3958
Zhaokun Lu,
Tianma, Songjian
201603 Shanghai