Wednesday, November 26 2008
(Hosted by Liverpool University)
(Co-organiser:Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership)
(Co-organiser:Asia-Pacific Technology Network)
(Supported by ZLWD Solicitors)
The purpose of this briefing seminar is to alert British companies to the opportunities thrown up by developments in the Chinese environmental scene.
Chair:
Speakers:
As China grows, the challenge of overcoming environmental problems will become ever larger. Problems with air quality, desertification, declining water levels, the control of urban sprawls and the unreliability of energy supplies will attract increasing investment. This will give opportunities for British companies and universities which are working in such areas.
This seminar is designed to give companies in the North West of England (others are, of course, welcome) an overview of Chinese policies in this general area of environmental technology. We will discuss the experiences of a variety of existing British bodies which are engaged with China in this area. We hope to help participants identify ways of taking relations with China the next stp forward.
Location: Lecture Theatre D & Foyer, University Lecture Block, University of Liverpool
Nearest train station: Liverpool Lime Street: see http://www.liv.ac.uk/about/visiting/index.htm for other modes of transport
Timing: 17.30 Registration: 18.00 start of proceedings: 20:00 networking (please note change in timing)
Pricing: £35 + VAT
To Register: Please send name, position, institutional affiliation, email address and phone number to biz@aptn.org.
DR SARAH TASKER
Dr Sarah Tasker is founding Director of CAM-SCI (Consulting) Ltd, a consultancy working in the field of knowledge-economy development. Sarah is also Director of a UK registered charity (Watchmen International) working with resource-poor rural communities in remote rural Africa. CURRENT PROJECTS: • Chief Executive of the new Liverpool Science Park and Science City – leading a partnership comprising: o Liverpool John Moores University o Liverpool University o Liverpool City Council o Government Office North West o North West Development Agency • Advisor to the new Pebble Mill Biomedical Technology Initiative working with o University of Birmingham o Aston University o Birmingham City Council o Advantage West Midlands o Central Technology Belt o Private developer o MediLink o MidTech o Birmingham University Hospital • Consultant to a new knowledge-economy project in the South of England • Consultant to a commercialisation initiative in Keele • Director Watchmen International – devising and business planning a clean water and health programme for remote rural nursery schools in Uganda and four other African countries.
Liverpool Science Park
is the UK’s newest and fastest growing science park. Launched in January 2006, the 36,000 sq ft Innovation Centre attracted 22 new companies within its first year of operations. The unprecedented early success of the Innovation Centre demonstrates the city’s potential as a world-class centre for knowledge enterprise and confirms Liverpool Science Park’s role in redeveloping the city’s wealth and knowledge based economy. The purpose of Liverpool Science Park is to provide a home for developing science and knowledge based companies by offering a combined package of first-class accommodation, business support, and links to the region’s specialist experts. Liverpool Science Park operates a gateway policy to ensure that the park targets and supports companies within the knowledge economy. This unique offer means that the facility is drawing in companies from outside the region and abroad as well as retaining home-grown talent who make up an exciting range of knowledge-based sectors including creative industries, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, ICT, software development and genetics - all on the cutting edge of new technology. Companies range in size from single entrepreneurs to larger, more established companies and business support and leases are tailored according to individual needs. Benefits of residency at Liverpool Science Park include flexible tenancy agreements, specialist business support, high spec lab compatible office space, scaleable high speed broadband, security, CCTV and secure parking, conference room hire , reception services, site access 24 hours a day all year round, marketing support, tenant networking opportunities and workshops, access to the LSP intranet and a city centre location in an impressive landmark building. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a part of Liverpool Science Park, or would like to arrange a tour of the facility, please contact us at info@liverpoolsciencepark.co.uk, or on 0151 705 3400.
Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership
The Cities of Liverpool and Shanghai became International Sister Cities in 1999. The two cities share many similarities, including the waterfronts, maritime industries, football, and a history of innovation and change. The civic relations have been extremely strong over the last few years. There have been exchanges in the areas of trade, education and culture, to the benefit of both cities. The Liverpool-Shanghai Partnership (LSP) was established in May 2006 to continue and strengthen this work. The LSP exists to present and promote a unified, powerful brand of Liverpool to the Shanghai authorities and wider Shanghai and Liverpool stakeholders, building on the good work that has gone before, maximising the impact of the separate strands of activity, and working towards Liverpool becoming one of Shanghai's top three international city-partners of choice. With joint backing from the public and private sectors our purpose is to help catalyse the tremendous potential of the relationship.
The Asia-Pacific Technology Network (APTN)
is a London-centred network of people interested in Asian technology. The Network has developed from the delegates who attended annual UK-Japanese, UK-Chinese and UK-Korean High Technology Forums run over 20 years from the mid-1980s.. Today, the Network is interested in developments from Japan through to India, with ASEAN and Australasia also on the agenda. The goal is to encourage collaboration between the UK, wider Europe and Asia in the area of high technology and corporate strategy.
The Network seeks to do this by deepening the mutual knowledge that participants from the two regions have of each other's innovation systems (ie how government, industry and academia work together in high technology sectors), and on the ways in which sophisticated technology is best applied to business activities The core of our activities is a seminar series, involving some 30 seminars a year, primarily in London, but sometimes elsewhere in the UK. We invite people to these through a regular, mass email campaign. We offer annual membership, or else charge lightly for attendance. To the extent we have the time, we support the activities of others who are in the same general area.