The
Premier League Cities: Liverpool & Manchester
---- Innovation, Technology and Creative Industries
in the Northwest England
(SUPEC, Shanghai, 23rd October 2002) |
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Programme
of Activities of the NW event
Seminar Programme on 23rd Oct 02
Luncheon Reception of NW England (23rd
Oct 02)
Sponsors' Dinners (23rd Oct 02)
Sponsors
Speaker Profiles
Organisation Profiles
Further details
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Liverpool, Shanghai's sister city, and Manchester
are the most famous British cities outside London known to China.
Many would have learned about the shipping industry and the manufacturing
industry of the two cities in the last two centuries. Thousands
of Chinese students and scholars who go to the universities in Liverpool,
Manchester and other NW cities would have witnessed the modern economy
based on knowledge, technology and innovation.
Many in China know the two cities from the famous Premier League
football clubs (e.g. Manchester United & Liverpool, etc) and their
roles in the shipping and industrial revolution. In recent decades,
trade and civic links with China have developed the NW into a strategic
English region for UK-China links. Liverpool is the British city
that is twinned with Shanghai.
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Liverpool Waterfront |
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| Manchester is twinned with Wuhan. Liverpool City Council,
Manchester City Council, ChinaLink (Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
& Industry), MIDAS, Manchester Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and
The Mersey Partnership have all teamed up to stage an one day seminar
as a part of Britain at the Leading Edge. Trade Partners UK through
its regional director in NWDA will also provide support to the seminar.
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool City will lead a civic VIP delegation
to Shanghai and will chair the seminar. The seminar on 23 October
is entitled "The Premier League Cities: Liverpool and Manchester -----
Innovation, Technology and Creative Industry" and a number of high
profile speakers will present to you the development in the NW England
and demonstrate the opportunity in doing business with the NW England.
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| Given the twinning status of Liverpool with Shanghai
and the high level support for the Lord Mayor from the Shanghai government,
we hope this will be a successful event to promote Liverpool and Manchester
as well as the NW England in Shanghai. |
| It is the first major promotional event of the NW in
China with many important business promotion organizations from Liverpool
and Manchester participating. |
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| Programme of Activities of the NW event |
| 21st
-22nd October 2002 |
Arrive in Shanghai. Preparing for the seminar and attending
other leading edge activities |
| 23rd
October 2002 |
Main seminar event (0830 - 1240), SUPEC |
| 23rd
October 2002 |
Lunch reception on rooftop of SUPEC (1245 - 1400) |
| 23rd
October 2002 |
Organisers' dinner |
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| Seminar Programme on 23rd Oct 02 |
| 08:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 09:15 |
Opening speech by Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Introduction of
Panel Members and VIP guests |
| 09:30 |
Welcome speech by Chinese co-host |
| 09:45 |
Charlie Parker (Liverpool City Council) Bid to Benefit - Culture
and Creative Industry |
| 10:05 |
Peter Budd (Director, Ove Arup & Partners International Ltd.):
Sport & International Events -- Urban regeneration |
| 10:25 |
Questions and answers and Panel discussion |
| 10:40 |
Coffee & Tea Break |
| 11:10 |
Professor Mark Ferguson (University of Manchester) Commercial
Exploitation of Technology and Innovation |
| 11:30 |
Professor Simon Robertshaw (International Centre for Digital
Content): Digital Content: Enabling Knowledge Transfer to Industry |
| 11:50 |
Questions and answers and Panel Discussion |
| 12:05 |
Dr. Kegang Wu (Director, ChinaLink, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
& Industry): Business Gateway to Britain and Europe: a Chinese
Prospective of Doing Business in Britain |
| 12:25 |
Questions and answers and Panel Discussion |
| 12:40 |
Closing by Lord Mayor/Leader of Manchester (tbc) |
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| Luncheon Reception of NW England (23rd Oct 02) |
| 12:50 |
Buffet Lunch reception on rooftop of SUPEC (immediately following
the seminar programme) for all NW delegates and Chinese participants |
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| Sponsors' Dinners (23rd Oct 02) |
| 19:00 |
Venue to be confirmed for sponsors, speakers and organisers
of the NW seminar. |
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| Sponsors |
ChinaLink
(Liverpool Chamber of Commerce) (Contact: Kegang
Wu)
Liverpool City Council (Contact: Sally Medlyn
/ Daniel Clare)
Manchester Chamber of Commerce (Contact: Lynn
Shaw)
Manchester City Council (Contact: Ian Brown)
MIDAS ( Contacts: Stephen Cavanagh and Jack Glonek)
The Mersey Partnership (Contact: Alice Powell)
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| Supported by |
British Consulate General (Paul Sizeland)
Trade Partners UK (NW) (Contact: Vicky Treadell)
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| VIPs invited |
Lord Mayor of Liverpool (confirmed)
Mayor or a vice-mayor of Shanghai (to be confirmed)
British Consul General (to be confirmed) |
| Local co-host |
Shanghai Municipal Government |
| Even manager |
ChinaLink |
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| Speaker Profiles |
| Mr. Charlie Parker |
| Charlie Parker is the Executive Director with responsibility
for the Regeneration of Liverpool. The Portfolio covers services including
Regional Policy, Planning, Estates, Economic Development, transport,
Social Exclusion, City Centre Development including retail and building
infrastructure, Environmental maintenance, street cleaning and Housing
renewal. |
| Previously he was the Executive Director of the Liverpool
Partnership Group and had responsibility for preparing the New Commitment
for Regeneration prospectus Liverpool First, and is former Director
of the Speke Garston Partnership - Liverpool's flagship SRB Programme.
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| Prior to working in Liverpool, Charlie was Head of Manchester
City Council's Inner City Department for five years. There he was
responsible for issues of implementation and management of a range
of UK grant regimes including; Urban Programme, City Challenge, SRB,
City Grant, DLG, Lottery and the Council's Grant Aid Programme to
the voluntary sector. His department was at the centre of a number
of successful regeneration initiatives pursued by the City Council
in the 1990's. |
| Previous to his time in Manchester, he spent three years
working at Thamesdown Borough Council in Swindon as Senior Office
within the Economic and Community Development Department. |
| Professor Peter Budd |
| Peter Budd, a professional civil/structural engineer,
is a Director of Arup responsible for work carried out by the practice
in the North West of England. Peter joined Arup in 1972 and has travelled
extensively working out of Arup practices in East Asia, and Africa
and set up Arups business in California. |
| His experience leading the Manchester office of Arup
has covered a number of public and private project types including
sports and leisure facilities, galleries and museums, airport and
light industrial facilities. Peter is currently Project Director for
the City of Manchester Stadium and the recently completed Manchester
Aquatics Centre. Peter has also been responsible for other prestigious
local projects including the MEN (Manchester Evening News) Arena,
the Cornerhouse Arts Centre on Oxford Road and the Manchester Airport
Redevelopment. |
| On an international front, Peter is Chairman of British
Airports Group and Chairman of Society of British Aerospace Companies.
Peter first worked in China in the early 80's and has recently returned
to work on airport projects More locally he is particularly dedicated
to promoting Manchester and is Chairman of the Commonwealth Games
Business Club Initiative, Chairman of the Manchester MIPIM Partnership
and the Steering Group. |
| Professor Mark Fergonson |
| Mark Ferguson is Professor in the School of Biological
Sciences at the University of Manchester and Chief Executive Officer
of Renovo Limited (www.renovo.com). |
| Professor Ferguson's research interests focus on acceleration
of chronic wound healing (e.g., diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers) and
prevention of scarring following burns, surgery or trauma, as well
as the genetics of the birth defect cleft palate and the manipulation
of sex in alligators and poultry. He has published extensively on
these topics (more than 250 papers), 8 scientific books, including
co-editing the 38th Edition of Gray's Anatomy (the oldest and most
famous western medical textbook) and over 300 patents and patent applications.
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| Professor Ferguson has been awarded European Science
Prize 2002, The International Association for Dental Research, USA,
Craniofacial Biology Research Award 2000 and the Charles Tomes Medal
of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1998. Professor Ferguson
is also the Co-founder and CEO of Renovo Limited, which is developing
novel pharmaceuticals to prevent scarring or accelerate wound healing.
Its first two drugs have successfully completed early human clinical
studies and the company has built a major platform in wound and scar
genomics and proteomics. |
| Prior to this he was the founder, chairman and CEO of
Manchester Biotechnology: a technology transfer company commercialising
inventions from the University and spinning out companies from both
academic and commercial entities. In this context he developed the
plans for, raised the funds for, and oversaw the construction of,
the Manchester Incubator Building - a £‘15M state of the art facility
for sin-out companies, together with the £‘6M investment fund. |
| Professor Ferguson is currently the President of the
European Tissue Repair Society, a member of the UK Committee for Safety
of Medicines and was previously Chairman of the Health & Life Sciences
(including Pharmaceuticals) Panel of the UK Governments Technology
Foresight Programme. He holds a First Class Honours BSc in Anatomy
and Embryology, a First Class Honours BDS in Dentistry and a PhD in
Anatomy and Embryology from the Queen's University of Belfast. He
is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Edinburgh,
Founding Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and was made
a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 1999. |
| Professor Simon Robertshaw |
| Since completing his Masters from the Royal College
of Art, Professor Robertshaw has worked as a creative technologist.
His work has been shown throughout Europe: most notably he was shortlisted
for the Imaginaria Award in 1998 and received commissioned work from
the Wellcome Trust in 1998. He has worked as an educationalist on
the Interactive Media Course at the University of Wales and developed,
and was course leader for, the MA Creative technology course at the
University of Salford from 1994 -1999. He has been Head of Research
at the International Centre for Digital Content at Liverpool John
Moores University since 2000. |
| A partnership between Liverpool John Moores University
and Mersey Television, the International Centre for Digital Content
explores the relationship of technology to society - the way we live,
learn and work - through present and emerging applications. The Centre's
activity spans teaching, learning, research and production, all of
which are carried out in partnership with industry, education and
the wider community. |
These include:
an information infrastructure to inform and connect breast cancer
patients with other patients and health care professionals using
PDAs - developed in collaboration with the Linda McCartney Cancer
Centre;
a personalised, location-based visitor information and navigation
service using an intelligent 3D map built on Ordnance Survey data
- developed in collaboration with Ordnance Survey and Cumbria Tourist
Board.
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| Their extensive partner list currently includes NWDA,
Channel 4, Nokia, BBC, Rage Software, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mersey
Television and AMD. ICDC has won Multimedia Gold Awards at EMMA, BIMA
and COMDEX. |
| Dr. Kegang Wu |
| Kegang Wu is the founding Director of ChinaLink,
an international consultancy and intermediary service focusing on
UK - China trade and business co-operation, based at Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce & Industry, since 1999. He is also the Director of China
Affairs Office, Liverpool City Council and China Chief Representative
of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. |
| He has provided China market advice to a large number
of British companies across the country and has been leader of a number
of national trade missions taking more one hundred British companies
to China in the last few years. He set-up the first overseas branch
of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and has facilitated
a number of UK businesses to set up their operations in China. Recent
projects include facilitating the tendering and contract negotiation
of a £‘3m telescope technology project and a number of on-going commercial
projects. |
| He has set up and maintain an 18 members network from
across China as ChinaLink's
in-market operational partners. Including many Chambers, local governmental
authorities and trade and investment organisations. ChinaLink
have provided expert advice and assisted hundred of Chinese companies
visited UK and interested in the EU market. |
| Kegang Wu orchestrated the twinning between Liverpool
and Shanghai in 1999 and is now also operating the twinning programme
for the Liverpool City Council. Other international major events organised
include a Liverpool Activities Week in Shanghai, a British-French
Week in Harbin and a number of civic delegations to China. He is an
advisor to a number of provincial and municipality governments in
China. |
| Prior the current position, Kegang was Chairman of Liverpool
China Committee 1996-1999. Since 1980's has been involved in international
projects and co-operations in China, Canada, Nepal, and the UK. He
is a biographee of Who's Who in the World (Marquis). Kegang Wu has
also lectured in a number of universities for a number of years including
the University of Liverpool and South China Normal University. He
is the honourable Chairman of the North West Chinese Council (UK)
and Senior Advisor to Silk Road News. |
| ChinaLink
is a key operator in British Chambers of Commerce in working with
British government and Chinese government. Accredited and benchmarked
by the Trade Partners UK, ChinaLink
organised many national trade missions, trade fairs and seminar groups
and showcase. For two consecutive years he organised the TPUK sponsored
British national hi-tech pavilions and led the UK delegations at the
China Hi-Tech Fair and has established
ChinaLink as an important UK-China technology transfer service.
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| Organisation Profiles |
| ChinaLink
(LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) |
| ChinaLink
provides consultancy, intermediary and facilitation services for international
projects in trade and investment for British companies in China and
for Chinese companies in UK. Since 1999 it has advised and provided
services to over two hundred British companies and a large number
of Chinese companies on UK-China trade and investment. |
| The dedicated team of bilingual professionals is operated
by Liverpool Chamber of Commerce & Industry and works in partnerships
in UK with Trade Partners UK, British Chambers of Commerce, and Chinese
Embassy / Consulate-General to provide an one-stop-shop for the UK-China
trade. With our own Representative Office in Shanghai and a network
of Chinese chamber partners ChinaLink
is accredited and benchmarked by the Trade Partners UK, has organised
many national trade missions, trade fairs and seminar groups and showcases.
For two consecutive years ChinaLink
has organised the TPUK sponsored British national hi-tech pavilions
and led the UK delegations at the China Hi-Tech Fair and has established
ChinaLink
as an important UK-China technology transfer service. |
| Liverpool Chamber is one of the largest Chambers in
the Britain and the NW England with over 2000 members and associated
members. Liverpool Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been successfully
representing the business community in Merseyside for more than 150
years. With your help and support we will continue to have a positive
influence on the commercial landscape locally, nationally and internationally. |
| www.chinalink.org.uk
and www.liverpoolchamber.org.uk
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| LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL |
| Liverpool is a world city of international renown shaped
by almost 800 years as a key maritime port. Once the second city of
the British Empire, Liverpool is now a cultural centre of excellence
and is bidding to be the European Capital of Culture in 2008. |
| Today its world class architecture, national museums
and galleries, theatres, music and arts festivals and exciting nightlife
has made it one of UK's top tourist destination with the John Lennon
International Airport as one of Europe's fastest growing airports.
Liverpool's waterfront also attracts millions of visitors each year
with the Government is nominating it as an UNESCO world heritage site.
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| Liverpool's sporting tradition is renowned in the world,
home to two of Britain's most successful football teams, Everton and
Liverpool Football Clubs as well as hosting the world's most famous
horse race - The Grand National. The city is also the official World
Capital of Pop with more number ones per person than any other city
and the most filmed city in the UK outside of London. A growing creative
industry in film, new media, computer software and bio-sciences is
powering a renaissance as a city of learning and home to wide range
of excellent educational establishments, with 60,000 students in higher
education. |
| Liverpool is entering one the most exciting phases in
its history. In the next five years more than £‘2bn worth of developments
ranging from cruise terminals, sports stadiums and a new tram network
will make it a premier European City fit for the 21st century and
beyond. |
| www.liverpool.gov.uk
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| MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL |
| Manchester is the largest city of the north west of
England, the UK's largest economic region outside London. The city
was the birthplace of the industrial revolution, and today is one
of Britain's most lively and dynamic cities. Recently the city has
hosted the XVII Commonwealth Games on England's behalf. |
| A city of startling contrasts and significant challenges.
It is a north west regional centre for finance, commerce, retail,
culture and leisure, home to a major international airport and has
one of the largest student populations in Europe. It is transforming
itself from an industrial city dependent on manufacturing to a thriving,
modern, dynamic, international city. Whilst manufacturing remains
important, Manchester has attracted growth in the knowledge - based
economy and is in the top ten of European cities for business location.
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Manchester Skyline |
| www.manchester.gov.uk
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| MIDAS |
| MIDAS offers an extensive package of advice and assistance
tailored to the needs of national and international companies that
are considering setting up, relocating or expanding into the Manchester
area of the United Kingdom. With a dedicated team of highly experienced
professionals, MIDAS can provide a comprehensive range of services
and information in order that companies can make an informed investment
decision, including: |
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Availability and cost of sites and premises;
Advice and guidance on recruitment and training;
Guidance on accessing local and national
grants
MIDAS can offer all investors a full after-care
service to ensure that further help is still available whenever
necessary.
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| All our services are free of charge and confidential. |
| www.manchestercalling.com |
| Manchester Chamber of
Commerce & Industry |
| Manchester Chamber is the largest Chamber of Commerce
in the North West region and one of the largest in the UK, with membership
currently standing at 3,100 and rising. Manchester Chamber operates
as part of a unique, leading-edge model, and works closely with a
group of specialist companies all dedicated to the economic development
of Manchester, Tameside, Trafford and Salford. |
| The Chamber boasts one of the most powerful and effective
lobbying and policy functions throughout the entire UK Chamber of
Commerce network, while its joint venture company, Chamber Business
Enterprises, brings together a comprehensive range of business support
services to help businesses of all sizes and at all stages of development
to improve and grow. |
| www.mcci.co.uk |
| THE MERSEY PARTNERSHIP |
| The Mersey Partnership (TMP) is a unique alliance representing
more than 350 businesses across the Liverpool City Region. These include
household names like, Littlewoods and Royal Sun Alliance. Its members
represent manufacturing and trading companies, six local authorities,
government agencies, universities, media organisations and professional
agencies who are all working together for the future economic growth
of Merseyside. Its mission is to build a dynamic team to champion
the Merseyside advantage campaigning for the Liverpool City Region
as a great place, to live, work, invest and visit generating greater
returns for all. It has three areas of activity: Investment - bringing
new business into Merseyside and encouraging growth in existing businesses;
Economic Development - co-ordinating Merseyside's economic development
activity through the Action Plan for the City Region 2002 - 2005;
Tourism - promoting Merseyside's tourism assets to increase visitor
numbers and grow the economic benefit to the Liverpool City Region.
TMP is supported by the European Regional Development Fund under the
Objective One programme for Merseyside. |
Runcorn Bridge |
Those companies choosing to come to Merseyside
are impressed by the quality of life, availability of premises or
land for development, an adaptable and dependable workforce and by
the available financial assistance packages. Even more important,
those seeking to locate on Merseyside see how the public and private
sectors work closely together. TMP has pioneered this interaction.
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| www.merseyside.org.uk
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| Further details |
| For further information and enquiry about the "Premier
League Cities", please contact the Event Manager . In the UK: Dr.
Kegang Wu, , One Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9HG UK Tel: 0151 227
1234 /1233 Fax: 0151 236 0121 Web: www.chinalink.org.uk
Email: kegang.wu@liverpoolchamber.org.uk
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| In Shanghai: Business Development Manager, Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Representative Office, Unit 806, No.2.
Jin Ling Dong Lu, Shanghai 200002 China PR Tel: 021-6232 7703 Fax:
021 6323 7704 Email: ShanghaiOffice@Chinalink.org.uk |
| For information about individual sponsor organisation
please contact the named specific contacts for the organisations respectively. |
| A Britain at the Leading Edge event (Shanghai, Oct 02)
co-sponsored by, Liverpool City Council, Manchester City Council,
MIDAS, ChinaLink, Manchester
Chamber of Commerce and The Mersey Partnership in conjunction with
British Consulate General Shanghai and Trade Partners UK (NWDA) |
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