Dear R&D Working Group Member, Please join us at the next R&D Working Group meeting which will take place on Thursday 8th December at 09:00 in Shanghai. We will be welcoming Mr. Chris Bailey, Deputy Country Manager at specialist IP law firm Rouse who will be giving a presentation on IP Strategy for R&D Enterprises in China and the commercialization of IP. He will also be there to answer all your question on IP, whether that is on technology transfer, service inventor’s remuneration or other issues.

• 2016-12-08 | 09:00 - 10:30
• European Chamber Shanghai

Given that in the last two years, China’s 13th 5-Year Plan was adopted, ‘Made in China 2025’ promoted, the High & New Technology Enterprise Regulations substantially amended, and an entirely new IP-Courts system implemented, and that the next two years will see far reaching amendments to both China’s Patent Law (the much heralded ‘4th Amendment’) and Employee-Inventor Remuneration Regulations, speaking of the “new normal” for China, most definitely does not apply to changes to the Framework for IP nor for Innovation.

• 2016-11-18 | 09:00 - 12:00
• Jones Day Shanghai Office

Please join us at the next R&D Working Group meeting which will take place on Monday 17th October at 09:30 in Shanghai. We will be welcoming Dr. Gernot Klotz who is coming all the way from Europe to provide us with his insights on Public-Private Cooperation as a Driver to Create New Innovation Opportunities. Europe is excellent in creating knowledge and intellectual property. It is however weak vis-a-vis it´s global competitors in turning this knowledge into value within the increasingly short time-span. A short presentation will be given on how Europe is responding to this paradox with innovative initiatives and strategic approaches on research and innovation.

• 2016-10-17 | 09:30 - 11:00
• European Chamer Office Shanghai

Our next R&D Working Group meeting has been confirmed for Friday 29th April > 15:30 - 18:00. As policies affecting R&D operations are introduced and updated ever more regularly in the light of China’s push towards innovation, it is key that foreign R&D professionals keep themselves informed to adjust their operations accordingly to maintain their competitiveness.

• 2016-04-29 | 15:30 - 18:00
• The European Chamber Shanghai Office, Unit 2204

The next R&D Working Group meeting is scheduled on Wednesday 16th March at 3pm in Shanghai. We will be welcoming Ms. Sunny Wang, PLM Owner at SAP who will be speaking on recent trends and innovation in the digitalisation of R&D operations. Furthermore, important matters to be discussed are the 2016/2017 Position Paper as well as the Chair elections.

• 2016-03-16 | 15:00 - 17:30
• Solvay R&D Centre in Minhang