Topic: Members Mentoring Members - How Businesses Expand Across GBA & the Region

● Connectivity and Opportunities in the Region

● IP Protection when Navigating Business Expansion

This business forum aims to engage a popular interest among our stakeholders in the connectivity with businesses in the Region, a better understanding of the regulatory/legal aspects and how businesses expand there, including information on the GBA in terms of capital flow, & etc.

It will showcase how Hong Kong as an acclaimed SuperConnector, serves as a gateway to businesses to GBA and the Region. This theme will also be discussed in the Chamber's upcoming 11th TransPacfic Entrepreneurial Conference on January 15, 2025.

AGENDA

1. Opening/Closing Remarks:

Clement Lam, CEO Sun Life, Hong Kong, Chamber Governor

2. Presentation followed by Q & A:

● Matthew Ip, Senior Vice President, GBA, InvestHK

● Anna Mae Koo, Lawyer (specialized in transactional IP law), CanCham ExCo member

3. Discussion + Q & A + Wrap-up

● Vivien Webb, Senior Advisor to the Asia Pacific Region STS Capital Partners, CanCham ExCo member (to introduce a Canadian company's progress in expanding into GBA)

● Madeleine Behan, Chamber Governor, Co-Chair ESBC

After 7.30pm – Networking & Drinks

The Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee​

Hong Kong's position as a prosperous international business and financial centre has been built upon the entrepreneurial spirit of its people. Through the years, Canadian entrepreneurs have made an important contribution to that success. Founded in 2004, the Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee (ESBC) develops and fosters a strong entrepreneurial spirit within the Canadian business community.

*This event is exclusively for Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee Members and full paying CanChamHK members.

If you are interested in joining the committee and are a member of the Chamber, please kindly send an email to webadmin@cancham.org with subject line "Entrepreneur and Small Business Committee". we will get in touch shortly.