idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
idw - Informationsdienst
Wissenschaft
01/26/2011 - 01/26/2011 | Berlin
Hong Kong is the hub in every sense not only in China but also the continent of Asia. Trade in goods and services amongst Hong Kong, Mainland of China and the continental Europe has been growing fast despite the financial crises. In every business, there is some sort of intellectual asset, the proper management and protection of which are pivotal to improving corporate accountability, responsible governance, and productivity. Hong Kong, providing the best professional services (with an independent legal and intellectual property systems from the Mainland of China) to business sectors from all over the world, SMEs included, is also an international intellectual property services centre in the region.
About Stephen Kai Wong
Stephen Kai Wong is the head of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office based in Berlin. His main responsibilities include representing the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in commercial relations and other economic and trade matters, as well as establishing and developing contacts with the governments, politicians, trade organizations and business corporations, academia, think-tanks and media representatives in Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Hungary, the Slovak Republic and Poland.
In 1983, Mr. Wong was awarded a Government Legal Scholarship to pursue legal studies and professional qualifications in England. He returned to Hong Kong to take up the post of Crown Counsel in 1986 in the Prosecutions Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers. In 1991, he was posted to the United Nations Centre for Human Rights in Geneva as an associate expert under the auspices of the UK Permanent Mission. As the Deputy Solicitor-General during the period 1996-2007, he was responsible for promoting new and proposed amendments to legislation relating to the working of the constitutional principle “One Country; Two Systems”, WTO issues, civil and commercial dispute resolutions mechanisms.
Wong holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and International Trade from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Laws degree in Intellectual Property Law and Maritime Law from the London School of Economics. He also read post-graduate programmes at The Wharton School at U Penn; John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard; Tsing Hua University and National College of Administration in Beijing.
Information on participating / attending:
To register:
Inka Warscheid
Phone: +49 (0)30 21 231-1700
Fax: +49 (0)30 21 231-8999
E-Mail: openlectures@esmt.org
Please register by January 21, 2011
Date:
01/26/2011 12:30 - 01/26/2011 14:00
Registration deadline:
01/21/2011
Event venue:
ESMT Campus Berlin
Schlossplatz 1
10178 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Business and commerce, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Economics / business administration
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
01/14/2011
Sender/author:
Ulrike Schwarzberg
Department:
Corporate Communications
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event33804
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