Tesla Internationalisation Action 21 November 2014 - Thursday 4th December, 2014, in the Clayton Hotel, Galway

1. TESLA Workshop – ‘Entering the Chinese Market’ Thursday 4th December, 2014, in the Clayton Hotel, Galway
AGENDA
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 Welcome and Introduction Patrick Mulhern, Líonra
9.05 Overview of TESLA Project Barry Guckian, BMW Regional Assembly
9.15 Workshop Ken Duggan, Chairman, Ireland-China Business Association
• Why Choose China?
• Chinese Business Culture
• East v West or East and West
• What have you got that the Chinese need or want?
• Doing business in China takes time, money and patience
• Coffee Break
• Sourcing in China
• Legal and Financial challenges
• What Ireland and China have in common
• What supports are available
• The rewards
• Q & A
12.30 End of Workshop

2. TESLA – Transnational Ecosystem Laboratory and Actions, aims through transnational cooperation, to design and deliver a suite of tools for the successful development of knowledge intensive firms with high potential to export through collaborative analysis and pilot actions, to enhance the partners’ regional innovation ecosystems to support such firms, including SMEs and Micro Enterprises, to secure export markets.
Ken Duggan, Chairman, Ireland China Business Association
Ken has been doing business in China for nearly 10 years, having successfully established an Irish Pub in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, as well as property and other business investments/interests in Yiwu, Guangzhou, Dalian, Anshan, Shanghai, Beijing, Shijiazhang and Qingdao. In late 2009 he set up his own company Chinaportal which is now firmly established as an experienced market leader in doing business in China. He accompanied President Mary McAleese on her visit to Expo 2010 in Shanghai and with the Taoiseach’s trade mission to China in March 2012. Ken has also sourced a diverse and wide range of products in China on behalf of Chinaportal’s Irish and international clients. He is currently working with several Irish companies seeking to export into the Chinese retail market as well as Chinese companies seeking investment opportunities in the western market. He is a consultant to many Chinese investors on the New Immigrant Investment programme established recently by the Department of Justice. He is in his second year as Chairman of the Ireland China Business Association, a voluntary role.
There is no charge for attending this event For further information and bookings please contact
Elizabeth Burke: liz@lionra.ie