Conferences & Meetings

In China

Mapping, launching and optimization in Shared Services and Outsourcing, Suzhou

Offerings include: best-fit country model and operation, defining the scope of shared services or outsourcing, avoiding painful failures and other risks to ensure early success, and where to start when there are too many legal entities in a decentralized model in China.

Date: March 13-14

Venue: Suzhou Industrial Park

Website: http://www.ssosuzhou.com

China Entrepreneurship and e-Commerce Conference, Shanghai

The conference will help the attendees try out the Chinese market, look for investors and business opportunities, expand business, start up a new business or look for ideas and entrepreneurs to invest in; or seek new ways of outsourcing and supporting business back home and finding suppliers and distributors.

Date: March 15-17

Venue: Radisson Blu Hotel Shanghai New World

Website: http://www.iqubator.com

Real Estate Investment World, Beijing

The conference aims to combine world-class content, leading industry experts and exceptional networking opportunities, to help people access top market intelligence, influence senior-level decision makers and cement key relationships.

Date: March 19-22

Venue: China World Hotel

Website: http://www.terrapinn.com/2012

International Conference on Structural Computation and Geotechnical Mechanics, Kunming

The conference aims to strengthen academic exchanges and cooperation, promote interdisciplinary integration and foster the development of theories and practices on structural computation and geotechnical engineering in China.

Date: March 24-25

Venue: Selected places

Website: http://www.scgm-conference.org

International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Xiamen

It offers a forum for the presentation of new advances and research results in the fields of manufacturing science and engineering. The conference brings together leading researchers, engineers and scientists from around the world.

Date: March 27-29

Venue: Selected places

Website: http://www.icmse.net

Conferences & Meetings

In Europe

China-UK Collaboration in Nursing, Manchester

It offers an opportunity for participants to meet key contacts from Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation. Managers from more than 10 Chinese hospitals and more than 15 Chinese institutes will discuss collaboration with Chinese partners on nurse development.

Date: Feb 20-21

Venue: British Council, Bridgewater House

Website: www.cbbc.org

Chongqing: Briefing on high value opportunities in Liangjiang, London

It discusses high value opportunities and provides details on major projects and advice on accessing supply chains that British companies can access in Chongqing's Liangjiang New Area.

Date: Feb 21

Venue: Selected place

Website: http://www.cbbc.org

China Regional Cities Roadshow, Derby

The report will be accompanied by a roadshow around China and Britain to present findings and guide companies on engaging in business opportunities in China's emerging regional cities.

Date: Feb 22

Venue: Yew Lodge Hotel

Website: http://www.cbbc.org

Culture

In China

Westlife Greatest Hits Farewell Tour

This tour of the Irish band Westlife will support the group's compilation album, Greatest Hits. When the tour is complete, the group will disband after performing for 14 years.

Date: Feb 22-March 2

Venue: Selected cities

Website: www.damai.cn

Daniel Hope, Beijing

Two of the works on the program are Joachim's early Romance for Violin and Piano and his Notturno for violin and orchestra. To complete the program, Hope has chosen works by Brahms, the Humoresque by Dvorak and a work by Schubert for violin and piano.

Date: Feb 22

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Website: theatrebeijing.com

Jean-Luc Tingaud, Beijing

French conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud will make his debut in Beijing with the China Europe Youth Orchestra, giving an orchestra concert.

Date: Feb 26

Venue: Peking University Hall

Website: http://www.theatrebeijing.com

Culture

In Europe

Spiritual Jungle from Chen Guocheng, London

Exploring the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, memories and dreams, the Chinese artist's paintings comment on the relationship between reality and imagination.

Date: Till Feb 17

Venue: Hua Gallery

Website: www.hua-gallery.com

The making of environmental subjects in a Chinese industrialized village, London

Lecturer Anna Lora-Wainwright's most recent work concerns the connection between pollution and illness in rural industrializing China, particularly the impact of citizens' perceptions of environmental damage to health on rising environmental justice movements, grassroots environmentalism and citizen science.

Date: Feb 20

Venue: Russell Square, University of London

Website: http://www.soas.ac.uk

Chinese woodblock prints, London

Artists Ding Jitang from Xi'an and Yu Chengyou from Harbin will be the speakers. A special collection of books on China and traditional and contemporary literature published in China will be displayed.

Date: Till Feb 29

Venue: Arthur Probsthain Bookshop

Website: http://www.gbcc.org.uk

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