"China: Opportunities & Challenges for US Companies"

Organized by the China Research Center

February 7th,2003

Sponsors: Troutman Sanders, LLP; KPMG; Competitive Edge Magazine; Michael J. Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University; The Center for Asian Studies, Georgia State University
Cooperating Organizations: The Southern Center for International Studies; Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (GTCIBER); U.S. Export Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Commerce; National Association of Chinese Americans (NACA)


Tentative Schedule of Presentations

8:00-9:00 Registration & Coffee, View Exhibits

9:00-9:15 Welcoming Remarks
Penelope Prime, Director, China Research Center Lauren Adamson, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia State University

9:15-10:30 Panel: “Evaluating Political & Economic Risk in China”
Moderator:
Yawei Liu, The Carter Center John Garver, Georgia Institute of Technology: “Key Political Risk Factors in China.”
Partners:
Chienpin Li, Kennesaw State University: “The Importance of Progress on Cross-strait Relations”
Haizheng Li, Georgia Institute of Technology: “The Economy: A Bull or Bear?”
Clifton Pannell, University of Georgia: “Impacts of Rapid Urbanization”

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:15 Panel I
Understanding the Business Environment
Moderator:
John McIntyre, Director, GTCIBER
Partners:
Mr. Jianping Chen, Economic and Commercial Consul of China, Houston: “Opportunities in China for U.S. Companies”
Hanchao Lu, Georgia Institute of Technology: “The Shanghai Option”
Baogang Guo, Dalton State College: “WTO and Chinese Labor Law”
Susan Walcott, Georgia State University: “Navigating Hi-tech Parks”

12:15-1:30 Luncheon with Keynote Speaker
Business Planning for China: Art or Science?
Introduction: Timothy S. Mescon, Dean, Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University
Speaker: Robert Kapp, President, U.S.-China Business Council

1:30-2:45 Panel II
Learning from the Business Experience
Moderator:
Julie Culwell, Editor, Competitive Edge Magazine
Partners:
Lynn Yang, KPMG: “Dealing with Intellectual Property”
Mike Gilmore, Automated Logic Corporation: “A Small Company’s Journey into the China Export Market”
World Travel BTI, “Delivering Services in Greater China”

2:45-3:30 Concluding Remarks, View Exhibits, Individual or Small Group Meetings