Your opportunity to collaborate with future potential China partners. China is set to become the world’s largest GDP economy by 2050, offering enormous opportunities for global partnership.
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the China British Business Council (CBBC) will host a high profile Advanced Manufacturing Summit in Beijing on 17 October 2011.
This one-day event, and its associated trade missions, will provide a platform to highlight UK capability in aerospace and automotive in the main technology themes of aero engine technology, new energy vehicles, materials and vehicle standards, all with a strong sustainable manufacturing focus.
This is your opportunity to showcase your company product offer and expertise to key Chinese Government decision makers, trade bodies and major Chinese automotive and aerospace companies.
The major Chinese automotive companies expected to attend the Summit include FAW, Dongfeng Auto, Beijing Auto, Greatwall Motor, BYD, SAIC, Chang’an, Yutong Bus, Guangxi Yuchai Group and Wanxiang Group.
The Chinese aerospace companies that are expected to participate include AVIC – Aircraft; Aero-engine; Commercial Aero-Engine; Xi’an Aero-Engine Company; Dong’an Aero-Engine Company; Avionics; Electric; Southern Aero-engine Company; Changchun Aviation Hydraulic Control Ltd; China Aero-poly Technology Establishment; China Precision Engineering Institute for Aircraft Industry; Technology Foundation Establishment; Shanghai Mapping Research and Technology Institute and CASIC and CASC.
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09:00 Registration
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09:15 Welcome plenary
- Keynote UK Speaker: Prof. Julia King, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University and British Business Ambassador
- Keynote Chinese Speaker: ZHANG Xiaoyu, Executive Vice President, China Machinery Industry Federation (CMIF)
- 10:00 Break
- 10:30 Technology Workshops 1:Engines (Aerospace)
UK Speaker: Steve Miller, Civil Aerospace Vice President – China, Rolls-Royce Chinese Speaker: AVIC I CE (Automotive)
UK Speaker: Prof. Neville Jackson, Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, Ricardo Chinese Speaker: TBC
Electric Machines/Power Electronics (Automotive)
UK Speaker: David Latimer, CEO, Evo-Electric Limited
Chinese Speaker: WEN Xuhui, Researcher, Electric Machine Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science - 11:45 Technology Workshops 2: Materials (Aerospace)
UK Speaker: John Roberts, Chief Engineer, Airbus Chinese Speaker: AVIC
Light Weighting (Automotive)
UK Speaker: TBC
Chinese Speaker: CHEN Yilong, Director, Committee of Experts on Auto Light Weighting Technology Innovation and Strategy Alliance (Former Vice Director of CATRA C)
Energy Storage/Management (Automotive)
UK Speaker: TBC
Chinese Speaker: JIANG Jiuchun, President, Professor, Electric Engineering School, Beijing Communication University - 13:00 Networking Lunch
- 14:00 UK company elevator pitches (5 minute pitches)
- 15:00 One-to-one meetings between UK and Chinese companies
- 17:00 Summit closes
- 18:30 Gala Dinner hosted by HM Ambassador, Sebastian Wood
UK and selected China construction equipment companies attending the BICES trade show will be invited.
Following the Summit, dependant on whether your company joins the aerospace or automotive trade mission groups you will have the opportunity to visit the following other centres in China:
- Harbin, Xi’an and Zhuhai (aerospace)
- Shanghai (automotive)
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