Date: 20 October 2011
Time: 07:30 - 17:30
Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa

Following the success of the China Inc meets SA Inc conference in February 2011, an improved and enlarged instalment will be held at Gallagher Estate on Thursday 20 October 2011. The China Africa Business Forum will draw together the main players in the burgeoning commercial relationship between China and Africa, including several Chinese state-owned entities and South African companies with Chinese interests.

The need, nature and scale of your China engagement strategy may have been discussed internally, but given China's emergence as Africa's largest trading partner, it is a discussion that is growing ever more important in many African boardrooms. Not only have the South African and other governments taken a pro-active approach towards bilateral relations with China, but the speed at which this relationship is expanding brings with it several challenges, whether on a social, economic or, indeed, a company level.

Programme

Speakers

Hu Wei Vice President China CAMC Engineering Co., Ltd.	Jayendra Naidoo Executive Chairman J & J Group	Ambassador Charles Stith Director African President Archives and Research Center at Boston University	Daouda Cisse Research Fellow Centre for Chinese Studies Stellenbosch University
Erwin Pon Business Development Director of China Rand Merchant Bank	Nkosinathi Dlakavu Order Management Alstom China	Paul Eardley-Taylor Head of Energy Utilities &Infrastructure Coverage Standard Bank, South Africa & Africa	Kobus van der Wath Founder & Group Managing Director The Beijing Axis
Lisa Zaidel Senior Consultant Deloitte	Gregory Nott Director Werksmans Attorneys	Dirk Kotze Director and General Manager: Africa The Beijing Axis	Jeremy Goldkorn Founder & CEO Danwei.com
Paul Runge Managing Director Africa Project Access

Please feel free to contact Candice Scorer, the main liaison for the event, on +27 (0)11 463 1984 or on candice@siyenza.za.com. For your reference, please also see below a registration form and a conference programme.

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