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Event Poster

ACYPI Canberra with Dr Ken Henry AC

Dr Ken Henry AC
Dr Henry is Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, leading the development of a White Paper on Australia in the Asian Century. He is also Executive Chair of the ANU Institute of Public Policy, a director of National Australia Bank Ltd and Chair of the Advisory Council of the SMART Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong. For a decade commencing in April 2001 he was Secretary to the Treasury, a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and a member of the Board of Taxation. He chaired the panel that produced the most comprehensive review of Australia’s tax and transfer policies, Australia’s Future Tax System, published in 2010. More than a decade earlier he chaired the Howard Government’s Task Force that produced A New Tax System. In 2007 Dr Henry was made a Companion in the Order of Australia.

 
Speakers

Kaiser Kuo, Head of International Investor Relations, Baidu.

Shan Lai, Senior Associate, DLA Piper

In conversation with Fairfax journalist Philip Wen.

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Ticket Cost – 70 RMB (pay at the front door)
Free wine and finger food included.

Date & Address

Thursday, May 17, 2012 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (GMT+0800)

亮点设计中心 LIANG DIAN DESIGN CENTER
北京市东城区东四十条94号| 邮编100007
DongSi ShiTiao 94 | DongCheng District
Beijing, Beijing P.R. China 100007
China

Further enquiries, contact: beijing@acypi.org.au

If you have trouble locating Liang Dian Design Center please contact +86 10 6405 4909

ACYPI Beijing 17 May 2012

This April 2012 event was hosted by the Australia-China Young Professionals Initiative, with the support of the Australia-China Business Council and the Australia-China Youth Association.

About the speaker

Mr Gyngell is currently Director-General of the Office of National Assessments, a position he has held since July 2009.

Before his appointment to ONA, Mr Gyngell was the founding Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (2003-09) in Sydney. He has a wide background in international policy-making and analysis, and has written and spoken extensively on Australian foreign policy, on Asian regional relations and on the development of global and regional institutions. He is co-author (with Michael Wesley) of Making Australian Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press).

Between 1993 and 1996, Mr Gyngell was foreign policy adviser in the office of then-Australian prime minister Paul Keating, and from 1991 until 1993 was First Assistant Secretary in the International Division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Allan Gyngell ACYPI Canberra

On 21 March 2012, Antony Dapiran, a Partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in Hong Kong, addressed an audience of 130 young professionals from a diverse range of industries on the topic:

Advising China Inc.: Selling professional services to the world’s largest market

Drawing from his extensive experiences in the legal profession in Australia, Hong Kong and China over the last two decades, Antony provided candid and practical advice on the key issues, opportunities and challenges for those providing professional services to Chinese clients and businesses. Through an engaging presentation full of entertaining stories, Antony talked about:

• - Convincing Chinese clients of the value professional advisors
• - Building successful relationships with Chinese clients
• - Common challenges and pitfall
• - How to ensure you get paid
• - The opportunities for young professionals working with China

This March 2012 event was co-hosted by the Australia-China Young Professionals Initiative and Asialink, with the support of the Australia-China Business Council and the Australia-China Youth Association.

ACYPI Melbourne hopes to bring Antony back in the future for a second instalment, covering the topic of How to build the all-important ‘guanxi’.

About the speaker

Antony Dapiran is a partner of international law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, and divides his time between the firm’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices. Educated at the University of Melbourne and Peking University, Antony has lived and worked in Greater China for over 15 years.

Antony specialises in advising Chinese clients on international securities offerings and cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He has advised on many of the largest and most complex initial public offerings (IPOs) in the China market, on transactions raising in aggregate more than US$60bn, including the IPOs of Agricultural Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China’s two largest ever IPOs.

Antony is admitted as a legal practitioner in Hong Kong, England and New South Wales. He is listed in the Chambers Asia, IFLR1000 and Asia Pacific Legal 500 directories of leading lawyers, as well as the Guide to the World’s Leading Capital Markets Lawyers. A frequent commentator on Chinese business and legal matters, Antony was recognised by The American Lawyer as one of the “New China Hands”, and is regularly quoted in media including the The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and South China Morning Post.

ACYPI Melbourne 21 March 2012

Hosted at the Exhibition Hall at the Australian Embassy, this event attracted some 30 young professionals, entrepreneurs and postgraduate students from a variety of industries and business sectors with a common interest in China-Australia business relations.

As the newly appointed Ambassador to China, Her Excellency shared her views on the Australia-China relationship, her extensive experiences of working with China, and the future direction of bilateral ties. Her Excellency discussed the wealth of opportunities available to young Australians in China and the growing importance of cross-cultural dialogue.

We would like to thank the Australian Embassy Beijing for all their efforts and support in organising this highly successful first event.

ACYPI Beijing with Frances Adamson

Annual growth will result in a Chinese middle class of more than 40% of the Chinese population by 2020, around 700 million people, according to Dr Pradeep Taneja, a senior Lecturer in Asian Politics at the University of Melbourne. Dr Taneja illustrated how an increase in per-capita incomes will lead to greater demand by Chinese middle class consumers for high-end products, services and natural resources from the Australian market.

Randal Williams, Vice President International Operations, La Trobe Financial Services, discussed what he believed were the bright opportunities for Australian businesses arising from China’s middle class growth. He forecast that Australian agriculture, resources, financial services, tourism, engineering, architecture, green technology and education all face significant growth prospects because of China over the next decade.

This event was the first collaboration between ACBC and the Australia China Young Professionals Initiative (ACYPI). Over seventy young professionals, entrepreneurs and post-graduate students from a variety of industries and business sectors gathered at Ondergrounds bar for this networking event.

ACBC would like to thank Dr. Pradeep Taneja and Randall Williams for their contributions and also the hard-working and energetic team at ACYPI.

For further information about ACYPI please contact: Lloyd Bradbury, lloyd.bradbury@acya.org.au

ACYPI Melbourne March 9 2011

Niranjan Arasaratnam and Lin Yang from Allens Arthur Robinson will provide their insight and analysis on:

• What is Australia’s current trading relationship with China?
• How will China’s 12th Five Year Plan impact on demand for natural resources?
• Which industry sectors are best placed to meet China’s changing demands post-mining boom?

Date: Thursday the 19th of May

Time: 6:30pm

Venue: Ondergronds Bar, 27 Russell St

Cost: $10 ACBC members, $15 non-ACBC members (includes one complimentary drink)

RSVP: Cindy Gottinger, melbourne.acypi@acya.org.au
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ACYPI Melbourne Poster 19May2011

When: 7:00pm on 20th June 2011

Where: The Camel Bar (Yueyang Lu, corner of Dongping Lu)

What: A fascinating presentation by Clinton Dines, Executive Chairman of Caledonia Asia (and former President & CEO of BHP Billiton China) followed by happy hour drinks and the opportunity to meet like-minded young people in a relaxed setting

Cost: RMB 80 (includes one drink and light canapesDon’t be the only one to miss out on this evening that is sure to be talked about for weeks afterwards!

ACYPI Shanghai event poster

The second half of the event provided the audience with opportunities to network amongst themselves and with the speakers. Over some delicious canapés and drinks, it was great to see many attendees sharing, with newly found friends, their personal experiences in doing business in China. At the end of the night, many left with the new professional networks that they developed throughout the evening.

ACYPI Beijing team would like to thank Kent Matla and Philippa Jones for providing invaluable and engaging insights into what many young professionals aspire to achieve.

Date: Tuesday 15th November

Venue: D Lounge, Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu (across from Rock and Roll Club), Chaoyang District 朝阳区工体北路4号

ACYPI Beijing 15 Nov

The event focused on the rise of China’s ‘new media’, which represents a significant meeting point between China’s economic growth, entrepreneurialism and politics. The sector has attracted significant international scrutiny, with global stalwarts of the online landscape, such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, blocked in China, making way for domestic players such as Renren, Weibo and Youku. This being said, the internet in China is still a strong medium for reaching out to China’s nearly 500 million netizens, and as such is a powerful marketing tool.

It was these opportunities that the three panellists focused on in answering the questions: ‘what is Chinese new media and what is its potential?’

Panellists Tom Parker and Lindsay Goding used their experiences with the AFL and Tourism Victoria respectively to highlight the need for non-Chinese companies to better understand the expectations of Chinese netizens when developing a web presence for China. Tom Chase, panellist from Monash University, explored the cultural and political implications of the Chinese internet, in particular the possibilities for self-expression and expansion of personal networks online.

Following these presentations, the floor was opened up to Q&A, which was characterised by robust discussions on the opportunities and threats for Australian business in China’s online environment.

ACYPI would like to thank the Australia-China Youth Association and the Australia-China Business Council for their support to the event, as well as the Chinese Museum in Melbourne for providing such a fantastic venue for the evening. In addition, ACYPI greatly appreciates the time and efforts of Tom Chase, Tom Parker and Lindsay Goding in participating in the event.

Panelists:

• Tom Parker, Strategic Partnerships Manager, Melbourne Football Club China Consultant AFL
• Thomas Chase, PhD Candidate, Monash University
• Lindsay Goding, Business Development Manager North Asia and Gulf Countries, Tourism Victoria

Date: Tuesday, July 5th, 6.30pm

Venue: Chinese Mesuem Melbourne, 22 Cohen Place (off Little Bourke)

ACYPI Melbourne