Tuesday 20 October 2009
Organiser:Asia-Pacific Technology Network
The objective of the seminar is to highlight the opportunities for UK SMEs to partner with Asian organisations through offshoring/outsourcing IT and business processes. The seminar will explore how SMEs can increase their competitiveness through a combination of achieving cost savings, technical flexibility, high quality and new revenue streams in some of the world's largest and fastest growing markets.
Speakers
- Mervyn Levin, Founding Director, Levering Ltd
- "China's proposition for outsourcing"
- Mark Kobayashi-Hillary, Director, UK National Outsourcing Association
- "How has the economic crisis affected the underlying dynamics of outsourcing?"
- Shalini Agarwal, Partner, ALMT Legal
Commentators
- Douglas B. Andrews, CEO, Stravencon Ltd
- Yu Zhao (Ryan), Director of Golden View (UK and China)
Location: Asia House, 63 New Cavendish Street, London, W1G 7LP
Nearest tube stations: Oxford Circus, Regent's Park, Great Portland Street
Timing: 5.30 - 7.30 pm.
Pricing:
- Free to APTN annual subscribers
- £40 + VAT (Executives)
- £20 + VAT (Asian citizens/institutions, officials, executives from Small Companies)
- £10 + VAT (Academics),
- Free for the Media.
Mervyn Levin, Founding Director, Levering Ltd, will focus on China's proposition for outsourcing. Mervyn is a frequent visitor to a wide range of China's cities and has an extensive network of contacts in central and provincial government, as well as first hand experience of many of China's outsourcing companies. He is a Council Member of China's Import and Export Software Network and a speaker at outsourcing summits across China.
Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
Mark Kobayashi‐Hillary is a British writer with a history of commenting on technology, outsourcing, globalisation, and corporate change. He is one of the best‐known European experts on corporate change and globalisation and is a frequent media commentator. He has written the following books:
- Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage (Springer 2004, 2nd edition 2005) – Author
- Technology and Offshore Outsourcing Strategies (Palgrave Macmillan 2005) Chapter Contributor
- Global Services: Moving to a Level Playing Field (British Computer Society 2007) – Co‐author with Dr Richard Sykes
- Building a Future with BRICs: The Next Decade for Offshoring (Springer 2007) – Author and Editor
- The Outsourcing Yearbook (VNU Incisive 2007) Author
- Who Moved My Job? (Lulu 2008, Viva 2009) Author
- Talking Outsourcing (Lulu 2009) Author
Mark writes a regular blog for Computing (Incisive Media) magazine and is a frequent contributor to silicon.com (CBS). He publishes the Talking Outsourcing podcast on iTunes – one of the most frequently downloaded podcasts on this subject.
Mark holds a number of board positions:
- Director, UK National Outsourcing Association
- Board member, British Computer Society ELITE group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology)
- Founding member, British Computer Society working party on offshoring
- Board member, African Outsourcing Association – a body created by the United Nations and initially designed by Mark for the UN
- Advisory board member, Saffron Chase Communications
- Director, peerpex.com – a web based service designed to connect small businesses internationally
Mark is a visiting lecturer at the London South Bank University where he teaches MBA and MSc management students. www.markhillary.com
Yu Zhao (Ryan)
Golden View
is a translation & localisation company specialised in Far East and Asia Pacific languages. With offices in UK and China, Golden View provides professional and cost-effective language solutions for corproate clients and SMEs worldwide. Ryan Zhao has over 10 years experience in language service industry. Ryan helped Golden View to enter into international markets since 1999, and he set up Golden View's UK subsidiary last August. Ryan will discuss the outsourcing of translation & localisation work and will share localisation tips to achieve success in China. Ryan is married, with one boy of 9 years old.
Douglas B. Andrews
A senior multinational healthcare industry executive and entrepreneur, with 30 years’ experience in global pharmaceutical and medical technology markets, including sales & marketing, product licensing, M&A, organizational start-up, country and regional management. Founded and raised venture capital for the first European „virtual“ generic pharmaceutical company. Subsequently created a holding company to acquire dermatology companies/products in Europe and the USA. Principal current venture focuses on healthcare products and technology trading among China, Europe and the USA.
Stravencon Ltd. (www.stravencon.com) provides a product and technology trading platform for Chinese life science companies to enter the regulated markets of Europe and North America. Negotiated 50/50 Joint Venture with a top 10 Chinese pharmaceutical company which will be the exclusive conduit for that firm’s products to enter the European market. Signed MOU’s with four other leading Chinese biopharmaceutical companies for exclusive European marketing and distribution rights covering a broad range of specialty generics, including anti-infectives, oncology and associated generics and biosimilars. Negotiating European marketing rights with major Chinese suppliers of diagnostic and class 2/3 medical devices. Also assisting European and American healthcare companies to contract with development and marketing partners in China.