Conferences & Meetings

Conferences & Meetings In China

Art Beijing, Beijing

The fair builds on its locally based and Asia-oriented concept to further deepen its cooperation with local art galleries in China, with galleries throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and with galleries in the United States and Europe. It seeks common ground in integrating art resources and presenting different perspectives on culture and art creation across various countries and regions.

Date: April 29-May 2

Venue: Beijing National Agricultural Exhibition Center

Website: http://www.linkart.cn

Speech Prosody, Shanghai

Focuses on prosody as an organizing principle for the social, psychological, linguistic and technological aspects of spoken language, it will work out to what extent the observed features and qualities of prosody can be modeled to facilitate technological developments.

Date: May 22-25

Venue: Grand Central Hotel Shanghai

Website: http://www.speechprosody2012.org

Green Fuels and Vehicles, Shanghai

Problems and practical solutions will be discussed. With the new wave of automotive technologies, a look will be taken at the future, gaining new insights into the trends and commanding new heights.

Date: May 15-16

Venue: Selected places

Website: http://www.greenfuels-vehicles.com/gfvc

International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Public Health, Shanghai

Themes and topics will include: water quality and public health; air pollution and public health; and other related issues.

Date: May 17-20

Venue: Grand Mercure Baolong Shanghai

Website: http://www.icbbe.org/epph2012

International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks, Hangzhou

It brings together state-of-the-art contributions on the design, specification, and implementation of architectures, algorithms and protocols for current and future applications of wireless sensor and actor networks.

Date: May 18

Venue: Selected places

Website: http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~xuli/WiSARN2012Spring

Conferences & Meetings In Europe

Book Fair China Market Focus, London

The program includes four main forums: growth, co-operation, and development in international publishing in Europe and China; new trends and new products in digital publishing in China and Britain; synergies and differences between CLT (Chinese language teaching) and ELT (English language teaching) publishing; China/Britain publishing partnerships and international publishing.

Date: April 16-18

Venue: selected places

Website: http://www.cbbc.org

The EU and China - Partners for a Green World, Brussels

The conference brings together European and Chinese policy practitioners, scholars, representatives of NGOs and of business, to examine the interaction between the EU and China on environmental policy.

Date: April 19-20

Venue: Rue Belliard 99-101, 1040

Website: www.coleurope.eu

Meet the Buyer: CCCME purchasing delegation from Guangdong; Birmingham

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products and the Department of Commerce, Guangdong, will lead a delegation of 30-plus Chinese companies and 60-plus representatives to attend this premier showcase for the British manufacturing industry. This delegation is to create deals and partnerships with British companies that can supply them with export products and services.

Date: April 19

Venue: National Exhibition Center

Website: http://www.cbbc.org

Culture In China

Pavel Kaspar, Beijing

Czech pianist Pavel Kaspar's repertoire ranges from works of Czech composers like Dvorak, Smetana, Martinu, Novak, to works of composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Scarlatti, Debussy, Ravel and Gershwin.

Date: April 13

Venue: Beijing Concert Hall

Website: http://www.theatrebeijing.com

Boris Giltburg

The Israeli-Russian pianist won the second prize at the 2002 Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition in Spain and has performed with many world famous orchestras and conductors.

Date: April 13-15

Venue: Selected cities

Website: http://www.damai.cn

The Kandidate and Scarred by Beauty

Both Danish bands will display their experimental sound, which relentlessly bulldozes through genres exploring the fine line between melodic beauty and heavy chaos.

Date: April 19-22

Venue: Selected cities

Website: http://www.thekandidate.com

Culture In Europe

Book Fair, London

It will place the spotlight on contemporary Chinese authors and China as an important publishing arena. More than 180 publishers will come from China as part of the professional program, alongside 21 Chinese authors, in partnership with the British Council.

Date: April 16-18

Venue: Earls Court Exhibition Centre

Website: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk

Shen Yun, London

The classical Chinese dance company will perform traditional Chinese dance. Based in New York, Shen Yun Performing Arts seeks to create new performances that reflect a beautiful heritage and enrich the lives of audiences in powerful, lasting ways.

Date: April 12-15

Venue: London Coliseum

Website: http://www.eno.org

Treasures of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, London

Using PowerPoint slides, Malcolm McNeill, the former English tour guide at the museum, will give a virtual tour of the museum's most important and beautiful pieces.

Date: April 17

Venue: Imperial China White Bear Yard

Website: http://www.chopsticksclub.com

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