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Time2015-11-24 - 2015-11-24 | 12:15 - 14:30
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Venue:Seaword HallⅢ, 1/F, Hilton Shenzhen Shekou Nanhai
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Fee:Members: CNY 300 |
Non Members: CNY 500
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Europe - Back on Track
The inside view from EU head in Hong Kong
Over the past few years the European Union (EU) experienced its most serious economic and political crisis since it was established, and many challenges still remain, such as high unemployment, deflationary pressures and raising private sector investment.
However, it is now gradually returning to health, helped by Member States' reform policies. Although growth in the Eurozone economy is modest it is continuing its upward trajectory, with growth of 1.3% in 2015, forecast to increase to 1.8% in 2016.
Mr Vincent Piket, Head of the Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macao, will take stock of the key measures already in place, as well as those in the pipeline, to help EU member nations grow. He will also discuss trade and investment between the EU and Asia, especially Hong Kong. Participants will learn valuable information that will help them make strategic decisions regarding their own operations in China. There will also be the opportunity to ask Vincent Piket and other VIP guests questions at the end of the presentation.
Agenda:
1215-1230: Registration and Networking
1230-1330: Buffet Lunch
1330-1335: Welcome remark by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
1335-1405: Presentation by Vincent Piket, Head of the Office of the EU to Hong Kong and Macao
1405-1425: Q & A
1430:Conclusion remark by European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
Attending VIPs:
Head of the Office of the European Union to Hong Kong and Macao - Vincent Piket
Invited Consul Generals of European countries in Guangzhou
President of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, and General Manager and Chief representative of BASF – Joerg Wuttke
Executive Committee members of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
Secretary General of European Union Chamber of Commerce in China – Adam Dunnett
Board Members of European Chamber South China Chapter
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2. Send an email to Vera Xie by vxie@europeanchamber.com.cn
3. Call to the office: +86 755 8635 0920
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Speakers
Mr. Vincent Piket
Vincent Piket assumed his duties as Head of Office of the European Union (EU) to
Hong Kong and Macao on 19 September 2012.
He has been with the EU since 1992, working for 12 years in posts on Central and
Eastern Europe and for ten years on Asia.
Before taking up his post in Hong Kong, Mr. Piket was EU Ambassador to Malaysia
from 2008 and 2012. He was Head of Unit for Regional Cooperation for Asia and
Central Asia at the European Commission from 2005 to 2008.
He served as Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Russia from 2001 to 2005 and was
Counsellor at the EU Delegation to Slovenia from 1998 to 2001.
Previously he was Acting Head of Unit for Bulgaria and Romania at the Directorate-
General for External Relations of the European Commission from 1993-1998.
Prior to his career with the EU, Mr Piket worked for the Netherlands Organisation of
International Cooperation in Higher Education in the Hague from 1989-1992. From
1984-1989 he was an assistant lecturer at the English-American Department of the
University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Mr. Piket holds a doctoral degree in arts from the University of Nijmegen, the
Netherlands.
He was a fellow of the American Studies Department at Yale University, USA, and an
alumnus of the Fulbright Program and the American Council of Learned Societies.
Mr. Piket is a citizen of the Netherlands. He is fluent in English, French and German,
besides his native Dutch. He is married to Ines Morovic and they have one son
