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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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2015 Session 7

On the Couch: Heroes and War Stories Pat English (Moderator), Executive Director, New Zealand China Council Dr Xiaoying Fu, Director, Kiwa Digital Julian Beavis, CEO, FoodCap International Mark Tanner, Managing Director, China Skinny Dr Xiaoying Fu shared stories about Kiwa Digital’s products, emphasising the importance of timing in entering a market. Kiwa Digital is a pioneering digital production house, and …

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