Given that in the last two years, China’s 13th 5-Year Plan was adopted, ‘Made in China China 2025’ promoted, the High & New Technology Enterprise Regulations substantially amended, and an entirely new IP-Courts system implemented, and that the next two years will see far reaching amendments to both China’s Patent Law (the much heralded ‘4th Amendment’) and Employee-Inventor Remuneration Regulations, speaking of the “new normal” for China, most definitely does not apply to changes to the Framework for IP nor for Innovation.
Nevertheless, China’s 13th 5-Year Plan and the ‘Made in China 2025’ strategy, reinforces the importance of adopting an innovation-driven development strategy both China, Chinese companies, and European companies striving to succeed in China. China is ‘on the road’ from a low value-added manufacturing based economy to an innovation-led economy, and must be, in order to achieve its long-term developments goals and avoid the ‘middle-income’ trap.
In the course of this Conference, participants will have the opportunity to learn from Intellectual Property as well as Innovation experts from the corporate and service sector, what companies need to do to best prepare to avoid the pitfalls and harness the benefits that China innovation will bring – between now and 2025, 2035, 2049 and beyond.
Agenda
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:05 Opening Words by Mr. Peter J. Wang, Partner at Jones Day
09:05 – 09:45 China R&D: Part of an Effective IP-'Shield'. A Global Engineering Conglomerate's Perspective. by Dr. Stephan Wolke, Head of Intellectual Property & Services at Thyssenkrupp and Mr. Elliot Papageorgiou, Partner at Rouse
09:45 – 10:10 China's Changing State-Led Innovation Strategy by Mr. Dan Prud’homme Technical Expert at IP Key
10:10 – 10:25 Coffee Break
10:25 – 10:55 "PwC's 2016 Global Innovation Survey and How to Compete and Win in China" by Huw Andrews, Partner, Innovation Lead, PwC China
10:55 – 11:35 Panel Discussion moderated by Denis Bortzmeyer, Director, Changshu R&D Center at Arkema featuring Dr. Stephan Wolke, Mr. Huw Andrews, Mr. Dan Prud'homme and Ms. Rebecca Xu, Patent Manager at L'Oreal China's R&I Center
11:35 – 12:00 Networking
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