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Time2023-04-28 | 16:00 - 17:50
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Venue:European Chamber Shanghai Office & ZOOM
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Fee:Members: Free |
Non Members: Free
This is a FREE event open to all. Date & Time: 28th April | 16:00 - 17:50 (GMT+8)
PLEASE REGISTER THROUGH THE LINK BELOW OR BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON THE POSTER.
https://www.eusmecentre.org.cn/event-registration/?event_id=12529
In the era of global digitalisation, data security is essential for businesses, especially for those operating in different geographical markets. China has enacted a series of laws and regulations including Measures for the Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Transfers, the Cybersecurity Law, and the Personal Information Protection Law to further regulate cross-border data transfers.
For European SMEs to successfully expand their business to the country, it is imperative to understand the practical steps to take following the regulations, avoid compliance pitfalls and ensure the lawful, reasonable, and effective use of data.
Join us on 28th April to gain insights and receive guidance on the impact of key laws, unforeseen risks and solutions, the latest developments, and best practices from industry heavyweights and experts.
Registration deadline: 27th April
ZOOM link: for online audience, the ZOOM link will be shared by EU SME Centre close to the event
Agenda
15:30 – 16:00 Registration
16:00 – 16:05 Opening Remarks by the representatives of the European Chamber and EU SME Centre:
Mr Liam Z. Jia, Team Lead at EU SME Centre
Mr Michael Tan, National Vice Chair of the Legal and Competition Working Group, European Chamber
16:05 – 16:30 Keynote Speech One: China’s Key Laws on Cross-border Data Transfer: What European SMEs Should be Aware? by Mr Valentino Lucini, Lawyer, Wang Jing & GH Law Firm
16:30 – 16:55 Keynote Speech Two: Analysis of Compliance Risks and Challenges in Cross-border Data Transfer, by Ms Yan Sun, Associate Director in PwC Risk Assurance/Governance & Internal Audit practice of PwC China
16:55 – 17:45 Panel Discussion and Q&A: Latest Developments and Best Practices Sharing
Moderator: Mr Michael Tan, National Vice Chair of the Legal and Competition Working Group, European Chamber
Panellists:
Mr Xiaowei Zhu, EMEA G2C Program Leader, Amazon Web Services
Mr Eduardo Antonio Bernal, Senior Associate Beijing, Garrigues Law Firm
17:45 – 17:50 Closing Remarks by the representatives of the European Chamber and EU SME Centre:
Mr Liam Z. Jia, Team Lead at EU SME Centre
Mr Michael Tan, National Vice Chair of the Legal and Competition Working Group, European Chamber
Terms & Conditions
Events have limited seating so to ensure your attendance we encourage advance online registration and payment for all events. We cannot guarantee entry to anyone not registered in advance.
All our events are held in English and follow the Chatham House Rule unless otherwise stated.
Advisory Council Policy
Members of the Advisory Council may receive complimentary admission to Chamber seminars, conferences and factory visits up to two attendees per event. Additional participants will be charged at the member rate.
Advisory Council members will still be charged the standard member rate for participation in training courses and special events, such as gala balls, government appreciation dinners, or admission to corporate social events/tournaments.
For further information contact Ms. Maureen Dai at mtdai@europeanchamber.com.cn
Disclaimer
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If you cannot attend the factory visit for which you have registered, please cancel your registration no later than 1 business day prior to the event. If you fail to notify us of your cancellation in a timely fashion, you will be charged for event costs. Walk-ins won't be accepted.
Speakers
Mr. Liam Z. Jia
Liam is a versatile professional with the past 7 years advising European businesses on market access and business strategies to China. Solid working experience in project and operations management, financial and risk control in the EU context.
Experienced speaker and author of publications on a range of topics including the Environment sector, SME Digitalisation and F&B distribution. Great team player, generating positive influence on teammates.
Mr. Michael Tan
Michael has more than 20 years of experience in advising international companies on their operations in and with China. He has profound experience advising industrial clients in various sectors, covering all legal aspects of a typical investment deal like market entry and joint ventures, M&A restructuring and exit. Throughout his two decades’ practice, Michael has been gradually converging his energy on technology driven business and has built up his reputation and connections in the circle.
As the first Chinese partner of Taylor Wessing, Michael is now heading the firm's TMC practice for China. Besides his expertise regarding general corporate and commercial matters, he specializes in IT regulatory and data/privacy protection areas. Michael holds CIPP/E certification as granted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). At the same time, he frequently publishes articles and comments on IT and technology related legal topics.
Michael is National Vice Chair of the Legal & Competition Working Group under the European Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as an arbitrator of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center.
Michael studied law at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing (UIBE), China, where he also completed his LLB and LLM degrees in 1997 and 2000 respectively. In 2006, Michael received his law doctorate from UIBE. In 1997, Michael was admitted to the Chinese bar. After practicing in domestic law firms, he worked in the Beijing office of a major international law firm from 2000 to 2002. In 2002, he joined Taylor Wessing in the Shanghai office. As of 2007, he has been appointed as a partner of Taylor Wessing.
Mr. Valentino Lucini
Mr. Lucini is an Italian and Spanish lawyer working for a top tier Chinese Law Firm for almost ten year. He is specialized in cyber-security, TMT, technology transfer, AI, IoT, cross-boarder M&A projects, and foreign investment in China, Europe and USA. In 2021, Mr. Lucini was appointed Arbitrator before the Hainan Arbitration Court and appointed as Mediator before the Guangzhou Bar Association in 2022.
Mr. Lucini obtained a Master in law (LLM) at University of California at Berkeley in which he also obtained two certificate of specialization in Technology Law and Business Law. Mr. Lucini obtained the Certificate of Information Privacy Processional/Europe and Certificate of Information Privacy Manager from IAPP, the Certificate of Information Security Manager from ISACA and CompTIA Network+ certificate. Mr. Lucini also obtained a Certificate of Advance Cybersecurity from Stanford University, School of Engineering (Computer Science).
Ms. Yan Sun
Yan is an Associate Director in PwC Risk Assurance/Governance & Internal Audit practice of PwC China. She has over 12 years of experience working in PwC, performing financial and integrated audits in PwC US for over 8 years, and focusing on cyber security, data security, internal control, enterprise risk management, compliance consulting projects, etc. for multi-national companies after joining PwC China. Yan is specialized in serving multi-national companies from SME to global leading companies. Yan has successfully led and completed several CBDT projects since the CBDT Rule took effect in September 2022 and is driving the PwC internal CBDT initiatives.
Mr. Eduardo Antonio Bernal
Eduardo Bernal is a senior associate at Garrigues in China, where he specialises in cross-border advice and foreign direct investment in China and Spain. He has extensive experience in data protection, with a national and international focus. He also provides recurring advice on commercial contracts and general corporate advice to companies and corporate groups on commercial, civil and corporate law matters.
Prior to his move to Garrigues' China office in 2016, Eduardo began his professional career in the commercial department of Garrigues' Murcia office.
Eduardo has been ranked as a Rising Star for two consecutive years (2021 and 2022) by the IFRL 1000 directory and he is a "Certified Information Privacy Professional" by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP CIPP/E).
He is a member of the Murcia Bar Association.
Mr. Xiaowei Zhu
Xiaowei is the leader of EMEA Global-to-China Program in Amazon Web Services. He has over 8 years of experience in China cloud computing market, helping various multinational companies successfully expand their digital business to China, especially for those global SMB companies who just start their landing in China. With leveraging the strong China eco-system and G2C program from Amazon Web Services, Xiaowei and his team delivered extensive and varied resources to accelerating oversea firms China landing, including IDAC, Innovation center, landing partner, operation partner, etc. In addition, since 2020, Xiaowei has been continuously sharing his industrial observation on MLPS, ICP License, CBDT, etc. to facilitate global customer's digital application landing through Amazon Web Services China,. He obtained a Master of Information Technology degree from The University of New South Wales.