9:00 – 09:30 |
Registration / Coffee & Tea |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Opening Remarks
- Clive Drinkwater, Regional Director, UK Trade & Investment North West;
- Zhou Haicheng, Vice Consul-General, Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Manchester;
- Brian Gallagher, Minister-Counsellor and Campaign Strategy Director for Life Sciences, Health and Social Care for China, UK Trade & Investment China, British Embassy Beijing;
To include:
- The strategic context for the healthcare & life sciences opportunity in China and China’s healthcare reform programme.
- The structure of the China healthcare market and how we engage with partners – National and Provincial Authorities, Health Bureaux etc
- The different types of project owners (State Owned Enterprises, public & private organisations)
- How projects can be accessed by UK companies.
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10:00 – 11:50 |
Main areas of focus and the support available for UK organisations
Introduced by Ian Cranshaw, Director China, Healthcare UK
Update from Healthcare UK & overview of its activities in the main focus areas
To include:
- Sub-sector market profile; the demand; the UK offer; successes and challenges
- Overview of project types
- Project examples
With insight from:
- Chris Born, Specialist, Healthcare UK
- Madhukar Bose, Specialist, Healthcare UK
- Phil Dowrick, Specialist & Healthcare Projects Manager, High Value Opportunities (Hospital Solutions), UKTI
- Elaine Taylor-Whilde, CEO, Nine Health CIC
With a break 11.00 - 11.10
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11:50 – 12:30 |
Assessing the market in China and the pipeline
- Simon Mellon, Consul, Trade and Investment and Assistant Director, Life Sciences, Health and Social Care, UK Trade & Investment China, British Consulate General, Chongqing;
To include:
- Examples of live projects
- Opportunities for consortia and operators
- Addressing concerns & challenges
- Support available to UK companies in China
- Next steps
With input from:
- Chris Cotton, Director, China-Britain Business Council
- Sile Ryan, China Healthcare Specialist, Healthcare UK;
- Lingbo Wu, Trade and Investment Manager, UKTI Shanghai;
- Ms, Yue Cai, Director of Strategic Cooperation Department, China Creation Holdings Group Co., Ltd.
- Mr. Wang Yan, Strategic Cooperation Department – Manager, China Creation Holdings Group Co., Ltd.
- Ms. Deng Su, Assistant to GM & Translator, Chongqing China Creation Properties Co., Ltd.;
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch & networking |
13:30 – 14:00 |
Case Study
- Intellectual Property (IP) & China: The landscape is changing for healthcare & life sciences - Dr Jonathan Stafford, Chartered Patent Attorney for Marks & Clerk LLP
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14:00 – 14:10 |
Summary & call to action
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14:10 – 15:30 |
Overview of opportunities in the Life Science sector
- Kevin Wilson, Life Science Specialist, UK Trade & Investment – Medtech;
- Alan Muir, Assistant Director Life Sciences, British Embassy Beijing – Biotechnology
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14:10 – 16:00 |
One-to-One meetings with the specialists |