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2015 Session 4

What’s Next in China? Hear from Two Leading China Commentators Fran O’Sullivan (Moderator) Andrew Browne, Pulitzer Prize China Columnist, Wall Street Journal David Mahon, CEO, Beijing-based Chief Executive of Mahon China Session four provided a change of pace, with an ‘on the couch’ discussion featuring two speakers with deep knowledge of the Chinese economy. Both speakers were cognisant of the challenges facing …

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2015 Session 5

Optimising Returns from China: What are the Strategies for Reaching the Right Customer Segments? What’s Changing and How is New Zealand Placed to Play? David Green (Moderator), Managing Director, Institutional New Zealand, ANZ Professor Keith Woodford, Agri-Food Systems, Lincoln University Dean Hamilton, CEO, Silver Fern Farms Chris Hopkins, CEO, Scott Technology Dean Hamilton emphasised a key demand of the rising middle class is for meat …

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2015 Session 6

The China Challenge – Digital Disruption vs. Disruption in Commerce Fran O’Sullivan (Moderator) Kestrel Lee, Executive Creative Director, George P Johnson, Greater China The focus of New Zealand businesses’ activities in China is often on commodities; Kestrel Lee offered insight on a very different level. Lee’s keynote address centred on how companies can succeed digitally within China. A number of …

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