2012 China Government Affairs Forum Speakers Announced

Shaoyu Chen

The 2012 PublicAffairsAsia China Government Affairs Forum is fast approaching. The focus this year is on new strategies for engagement as China approaches its all important transition in leadership.

As the event nears the final speakers’ list and agenda has been released by PublicAffairsAsia and is available online.

The latest confirmed speakers for the "must attend" full-day forum are Andrew Browne, China Editor of The Wall Street Journal Asia Edition, and Shaoyu Chen, Managing Director of the China Food and Drug Practice, Covington and Burlington LLP.

As China enters the all-important transition year, this forum, taking place at the Renaissance Chaoyang Hotel in Beijing on June 7, is set to offer expert insights to navigate the new stakeholder landscape. To book delegate places at this event visit: http://www.cvent.com/d/1cql0h.

"Advancing China: New Strategies for Engagement" is sponsored by Weber Shandwick and supported by partners including AmCham China, The China Britain Business Council, AmCham Shanghai, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones and IMA Asia.

The event will hear from Alistair Nicholas, Executive Vice President, Weber Shandwick Asia Pacific and Geoff Raby, former Australian ambassador to China, senior adviser to Kreab Gavin Anderson, executive director at Riverstone Advisory and advisor to the Queensland Investment Corporation.

David Chen

Among senior-level China corporate speakers are David Chen, Vice President, Microsoft Greater China Region and Ross Ma, Public Affairs Director, Dow Chemicals. Taking part in a government affairs master class will be Yuan Haiying, Founder and President of Yuan Associates, Donough Foley, Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs for Philips Electronics Asia Pacific and Jane Zhang, Director, Government Relations and Public Policy Consulting Group, Burson-Marsteller China.

Examining China’s regulatory reforms will be Shaoyu Chen, Managing Director China Food and Drug Practice, Covington and Burlington LLP, Christian Murck, President, American Chamber of Commerce in China and independent director of J.P. Morgan Chase (China) Ltd and Kent D. Kedl, Managing Director, Greater China and North Asia at Control Risks and of co-author of The China Ready Company.

As government relations and corporate communications become more blended with other key functions in MNCs, a series of experts will examine integration and social media. These include Wang Qun Jamieson, Senior Public Affairs Adviser at Yum China, Amy Liu, Corporate Affairs Director of Mars China Petcare and Sharon Ruwart, Director of Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific for Mars Incorporated.

Patrick Wang

Among other speakers and moderators are Dr Patrick Wang, Vice President Government Affairs, AmCham China and formerly Chief Representative of Nike, Inc. Beijing Representative Office and Stephen Phillips, Chief Executive of the China-Britain Business Council.

Participants will also receive first-hand accounts of the changing patterns of GR in China from John Holden, Senior Counsellor H+K Strategies, Qu Hong, Chief Consultant, Public Affairs and Government Relations at Weber Shandwick, Helen Yang, Senior Communications & Government Affairs Executive, China & Foreign Chamber of Commerce and Adam Dunnett, Deputy Managing Director of APCO Worldwide in Beijing.