The Intellectual Property Rights Working Group is glad to invite you to the next Working Group meeting and elections, that will take place on Thursday, 8th Mar 2018, 16:00-18:00 at the European Chamber Beijing, Shanghai and South China Office via videoconference/dial-in.
At the next Working Group meeting, we will have a discussion on the 2018 Working Group plan, as well as the IPR Position Paper (PP) 2018/2019. We encourage our members to send us any comment about the current paper (see attachment), their correspondent concerns and potential new content. Any inputs, please send to Ms. Sio-Mei Ng at smng@europeanchamber.com.cn. Additionally, the 2018 - 2019 Chair elections will be held during this meeting.
Chair Elections: Call for Candidates
The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson play a crucial role in driving the Working Group, which includes a leadership role in the drafting of the Position Paper, communicating key messages to Chinese and European government authorities and steering Working Group meetings. The desired characteristics of a Chair and Vice Chairs are a senior industry representative with relevant industry expertise and government contacts who has the time and willingness to support the Working Group. Previous participation in the Working Group is essential.
The duration of the term for both Chairs and Vice Chairs is one year. The maximum duration of Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of a Group is three consecutive years. Candidates are only eligible for Chair or Vice Chair positions if he/she is physically based in China. Corporate Members are eligible for Chair and Vice Chair positions. Representatives from industry associations and individual members are only eligible to hold one of the Working Group Vice Chair positions.
The IPR Working Group can have, at most, one National Chair and five National Vice-Chairs.
• One National Working Group Chair will be elected (based in either Shanghai or Beijing)
• One Vice-Chair position will be available for the Chapter where the National Chair will be based
• Two Vice-Chair positions will be available for the other two Chapters
In accordance with European Chamber internal guidelines, the Business Manager will send another email to the Working Group at least 3 days prior to the election with the bios and motivation letters of all candidates attached. Voting for the election must be conducted in person at the Group meeting (one vote per company) after each candidate has been given an opportunity to give a short speech on why they would like to run for election. All elected Chairpersons must sign the attached Code of Conduct following election.
Should you be interested in putting your name forward for election, please read the attached “Starter Kit for Chairs”. To apply, please send a short biography and motivation letter, stating whether you intend to run for Chairperson or Vice Chairperson to Ms. Sio-Mei Ng at smng@europeanchamber.com.cn latest by Wednesday, 28th February 2018 COB. Please kindly note that all relevant documents will be circulated to members in advance for review and consideration.
Tentative agenda
13:45 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:20 Review of IPR WG in 2017
14:20 – 14:40 Chair and Vice-Chair Elections
14:40 – 15:40 Discussion on PCR Position Paper 2017/2018 (appointment of the lead pens and drafting of the KRs)
15:40 – 16:00 AOB
As usual, we welcome your suggestions for possible agenda topics and speakers for this and future meetings.
We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend to have their say in the leadership and representation of the Working Group in the year ahead.
Registration
If you would like to attend this meeting, please register through the website or contact Ms. Anna Rudawska at arudawska@europeanchamber.com.cn indicating which office you would like to attend.