Lunch & Learn - Business opportunities in China’s fast-growing technology sector

Lunch & Learn - Business opportunities in China’s fast-growing technology sector

Today the pace and scale of technology innovation in China is truly remarkable. China’s evolution from an economy based on “made in China” to proprietary technology innovation i.e. “invented in China” represents a huge opportunity for Cambridge companies.

Since they arrived at the Cambridge Science Park last year, the team at TusPark Cambridge have become an important player in the Cambridge eco-system, not just investing in companies and buildings, but also helping companies here to access the Chinese market via their extensive network of contacts.

In this second meeting in our series on China, this event focuses on China’s technology sector. With talks by TusPark as well as three of China’s tech giants, in this one-hour lunch time session you will discover what China has to offer and how to exploit the business opportunities arising in this fast-growing sector.

This event is free to attend. If you work for a company on the Cambridge Science Park, please register via the link on the right. For other attendees, please register via EventBrite.

The next event in this series will focus on life sciences and will be held in the spring of 2019.

Programme:

Session 1
Overview of the technology sector in China
How TusPark can help British companies access the Chinese market
Wei Meng, Director of Operations, TusPark Cambridge

Session 2
Meet 3 of China’s technology giants:

Company presentations:

Alibaba - Alan Shen, Cloud Business Development Manager

Alibaba is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet, AI and technology. Founded in 1999, the company provides consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales services via web portals, as well as electronic payment services, shopping search engines and cloud computing services. It owns and operates a diverse array of businesses around the world in numerous sectors, and is named as one of the world's most admired companies by Fortune.

JD.com - Chao Zhang, JD.com AI Research Europe, Founding Advisor

JD.com is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing. It is the world's leading company in high tech and AI delivery through drones, autonomous technology and robots, and possesses the largest drone delivery system, infrastructure and capability in the world. It has recently started testing robotic delivery services and building drone delivery airports, as well as operating driverless delivery by unveiling its first autonomous truck.

Huawei Technologies Research & Development (UK) Ltd - Henk Koopmans, CEO

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Huawei's end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services are both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, we create lasting value for our customers, working to empower people, enrich home life, and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes.

At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have more than 180,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

This event is free to attend. If you work for a company on the Cambridge Science Park, please register via the link on the right. For other attendees, please register via EventBrite.

The next event in this series will focus on life sciences and will be held in the spring of 2019.