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CJ Tan is a regular member of the Brunel Alumni Association. He has extensive experience in manufacturing and quality management, including start-ups and high-volume production. He is skilled in building quality systems and ensuring the safety of employees and the environment. CJ has led initiatives to improve quality  company wide and worked closely with manufacturing partners to maintain quality standards. He actively engaged with customers to support their engineering and quality initiatives.

“It is true you know you always been treated as a bad guy in the the company a stopper in a company right and then when the quality is not right we tend to be more aggressive and stop the production from going on”

He has worked in QA for some of the biggest names in the Semiconductor industry. CJ’s last role as a quality director ended in 2016. After taking some time out he started a fresh new career as a realtor (CJ Tan, Realtor). His motto is “Customer Comes First”.

“semiconductor Manufacturing in Singapore there is less and less uh jobs or rather demand for the kind of skill set that I have you know there are jobs out in the market but outside for the kind of skill set that I have”

CJ Tan is the second in this series to have graduated from the Henley Brunel MBA Program.

Contacts and Links Mentioned:

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Stanley Mak is a regular member of the Brunel Alumni Association Experienced entrepreneur with a rich history of working in the marketing and communications industry. Skilled in Inbound Marketing, Digital Marketing and Integrated Marketing Communications. With an MBA from the Henley Brunel MBA Program.

Originally from Hong Kong he moved with his then employer to Singapore in 1986. Eventually the desire to build his marketing own company took over. Today he leads iSmart Communications. He has successful navigated the innovations that have radically changed marketing and has an insatiable appetite for innovations to come.

“and then in the second and third year the business really boomed then I said wow Hallelujah never look back then during the.com boom period I I saw the opportunity of the internet”

He was also Vice-president of the Hong Kong – Singapore Business Association. He was the original president of the Henley Brunel MBA Alumni Association which which has now been renamed to the Henley Alumni Association and no longer affiliated to Brunel University.

 “some people even say that why don’t you become president forever I said no no no I don’t want I’m not Lee Kuan Yew I don’t want to be become a president for life”

His outside interests include being a keen language learner based on his professional languages use and recreational travel.

Contacts and Links Mentioned:

Stanley Mak

iSmart Communications.

Brunel Alumni Association

Introduction and Background [00:00.7]

Starting iSmart Communications [02:05.5]

Adapting to Industry Changes [08:00.1]

Henley Brunel MBA and Alumni Associations [15:04.6]

Language Learning and Community Involvement [21:21.1]

Contacting Stanley Mak [24:12.8]

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Chris Pardey is the Brunel Alumni Association Representative in Singapore. Chris grew up and was educated in the UK. He has spent over 40 years working in the commodities industry. Spending 20 years with one company, working in the UK, Switzerland and Germany.

His move to Singapore saw him eventually being in the right place at the right time co-investing in a company and taking the role of CEO/Director.

“the banks like to spread their risk em and so it’s you know so it I think our Peak we were we were borrowing around 350 million dollars”

After cashing in, again, at the right time, he is currently Head of Agribusiness at R1 International PTE LTD.

From the beginning he has been a sports enthusiast starting as Captain of the Brunel University Football team and member of the Cricket Team, he now makes time to watch sports of all kinds. He links his work, love of sport, Brunel Alumni Association and current students to his charity work as Trustee with the Bali Sports Federation.

“So it’s basically been my initiative with Brunel but it’s partly what the University alumni is looking to achieve in terms of providing work experience opportunities for students ”

As Well As:

Contacts and Links Mentioned:

Brunel Alumni Association

Bali Sports Federation

Yaya San kahaya Mutiara Ubud

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Ben Clark in 2010 whilst on a break from training for the London Olympics as a swimmer dove into the sea and broke his neck changing his life forever.

Despite having 75% of his body paralysed he was determined to not let it defeat him and set out to live his life to the full.

That thinking led him to Adapt To Perform which Ben started as a way to help himself and others get fit and healthy no matter their circumstances, a first of kind!

“also make sure they’ve got the right equipment and the right trainer on the door and so that if somebody comes along they’re not just “umming and ahing” what to do they are there to be like oh welcome we’ve got a we’ve got a program this guy knows how to show you around the gym tell you what you can do Etc…”

Adapt To Perform is now the world’s largest resource of adapted fitness helping over 10,000 individuals all over the world live their life to the fullest. Ben does this all through content creation via both the Adapt To Perform website and social media. Which now reaches places he didn’t expect or plan for

“but I realized quickly that it went out to multiple places in the world and it was helping people that were in very very different situations to myself despite having the same disability so they would be maybe in India Indonesia even in parts of Africa or in the Middle East ??”

This conversation is the third of a new venture with the Brunel Alumni Association (Singapore).

The format is based on Entrepreneurs in Action and we are looking to evolve it into a stand alone podcast series focused on Brunel Alumni based in Singapore

Send your ideas and suggestions to me on LinkedIn, or in person at the next Brunel Alumni Association meetup in Singapore

one final thing at around five minutes 40 seconds I asked Ben about the accident, he does go into some details so if you are of a sensitive nature please skip forward to around seven minutes 45 seconds where I ask him about his recovery. Due to possible editing changes please visit the website for more accurate details

so now without further delay let’s begin

As Well As:

00:00 Introduction

02:35 Ben’s life before his accident

03:41 The event and sport Ben trained for

05:01 Was Ben the kind of athlete that needed to be pushed or did he push himself?

05:41 the accident: what happened and the effect it had after thinking his life was over

06:39 What saved his life?

07:43 After the accident and the obvious changes, rehab, the new challenges and swimming

09:31 The next swimming goal to make the Great Britain Paralympic Swimming Team 2012?

09:56 How the Stable Disability rule was missed.

11:07 The low point in around 2015?

12:57 Re-evaluation based not on role but higher values and becoming a coach?

13:30 The thought process behind becoming a coach, and success or failure?

15:41 Taking the discovery that there was an empty niche and the desire to progress with it further

17:48 Origin of the name of the company Adapt to Perform?

18:39  Funding Adapt To Perform

20:11 The biggest challenge for Adapt To Perform?

22:44 The surprise after the start of Adapt To Perform?

24:35 The future of Adapt To Perform

27:56 Ben’s and Adapt to Perform’s involvement with with Brunel University?

29:13 Posting the Bali trip on your YouTube channel?

29:59 How people can contact you?

31:09 Next episode Chris Pardey who is the Singapore Alumni Association president and Trustee of the Bali Sports Federation BSF

Contacts:

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Mario Ferraro is a thought leader in the area of Global Talent Management and an active member of the Brunel Alumni Association, Singapore

He moved to Singapore in 1998

But his unusual journey began in 1987. At the age of 18 one week after graduating from secondary school he moved on his own from Italy to the UK. Mario had no job and spoke very little English. His early jobs were for basic survival and during his commute he began reading books on physics. His interest grew, and In 1987 he enrolled to study a degree in physics at Brunel University. Mario’s first job after graduating required him to use his physic knowledge but a gradual shift towards the people within organisations occurred.

“Because you know you will have the best idea in the world If you don’t have the people to execute it in the right place, at the right cost, at the right time. It’s just not going to happen. The world is full of great ideas which were never properly implemented…”

However, his physics training was and still is an important part of the approach Mario takes in his role.

When I think of how my physics interest and my physics background has help me throughout this, is I have found so many parallels and so many similarities between the laws of physics and what I observe in individuals in organisations and in societies in general.

So now without further delay let’s begin

As Well As

Mario Ferraro

ITX

Brunel University

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Laurence Barrett is a pioneering aviation engineer, entrepreneur and active member of the Brunel University Alumni Association. He has worked and lived in Singapore since 2014. His career in aerospace started as a systems engineer in 2002 in September 2012 he started an MBA in Aviation at Brunel University after making the challenging decision to leave a successful career as an engineer. After graduating He moved to Singapore working as a self-employed Aviation Business Specialist. Then in May 2015 he made the daunting decision to found his own aviation company Barrett Aerospace.

“And I do actively employ people that are passionate about the jobs that they do. So much so that I would even create the job around the person”

I sat down with Laurence in his engineering workshop for a conversation that covered his path from engineer, then founder, a few of the exciting developments that are occurring in the aerospace industry and the role that Brunel has played in his career and business development.

“The MBA taught me a lot but I think the real world teaches you a lot more, and when you have something that’s a deadline that’s looming”

This conversation is part of a new venture with the Brunel Alumni Association (Singapore).

The format is based on my Entrepreneurs in Action series and we are looking to evolve it into a stand alone podcast series focused on Brunel Alumni based in Singapore. Send your ideas and suggestions to me on LinkedIn.

So now without further delay let’s begin

As well as:

0:02:00 Leaving school with less than exemplary A-level results getting him into Polytechnic or RAF, or A-level repeat

0:02:58 Followed by 15 years in industry with Multinational companies

0:03:31 Learning how companies work by changing roles every 3 to 4 years

0:04:39 The role that overwhelmed him and revealed what he was not good at

0:05:05 supply supply relationship/analyst or engineer and the opportunities presented

0:07:14 Decision process of the next career move that led to quitting and a full-time MBA at Brunel University

0:09:12 Consulting wife, family and friends

0:10:48 Learning as a mature student and why choose Brunel University

0:12:33 Thinking about career options after the MBA

0:13:40 The realisation of the goal of doing something financially successful in the commercial aerospace industry

0:15:41 The Human-Powered Aircraft the Merlion Project

0:15:56 A bad joke by the host that’s cleverly sidestepped by Laurence

0:16:04 Back to the serious business of human powered flight

0:18:47 Barrett Aerospace’s journey from drones to other aircraft and the effects of covid

0:19:53 electronic aircraft and electronic flight cooperation with Eviation and Deadlines

0:21:01 The importance building a network over time in an industry that enables working with other people and collaborating

0:21:27 project on time and on budget, the Alice Aircraft, July 2019 Paris

0:21:56 Eventually not just an engineer but the CEO and Founder

0:22:32 Creating jobs and roles around passionate, determined and driven people to create innovation

0:23:32 The real world need to bring engineering and return on investment together to the Human-Powered Aircraft Merlion Project

0:25:37 Working with other companies and start-ups that use crowdfunding and other non-traditional finance

0:26:24 how can and does the Singapore Alumni Association help?

0:31:08 Barrett Aerospace looking for engineering students for industrial placements

0:32:35 Finally we can be both contacted via LinkedIn

A reminder if you’re a Brunel Alumni or a current student and you wish to

contact Laurence Barrett or myself Neville J Mckenzie you can do so through LinkedIn

Links:

https://www.barrettaerospace.com/

www.eviation.co

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurence-barrett-ab164846/

linkedin.com/in/njmckenzie

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Chanfang Wang gave insightful answers, highlighted here, during The November China-Team ChinaWebinar Expert Talk: German Manufacturing Machines for Future Chinese “Red Ocean” Companies saw the moderator Xiaolong Hu interesting and informative discussing the Chinese machinery and automation market that is not only the largest, but also one of the fastest growing markets in the world. With German machine builders increasingly doing business with Chinese customers the future may look bright However, in many areas of application, the Chinese competitors even have an advantage due to their proximity to the production locations. With our experts, we discuss how German mechanical engineering companies can assert the Chinese market and serve Chinese customers in the future with market-oriented product concepts and high product quality.

Xiaolong Hu Managing Partner China-Team GmbH He is expert and ChinaCoach supporting European small and medium sized enterprises archiving sustainable market success. As founder of China-Team (www.china-team.de), Xiaolong Hu looks back on 20 years experience in consulting business in Europe and China.

Chanfang Wang Founder China Expert Services Digital China-Europe Network Chanfang Wang has more than 13 years of experience in Europe in corporate strategy, change management, market & competitive intelligence, business development in IT, machinery automation & robotics industries. Now she’s the Founder of China Expert Services (CES) and Digital China-Europe Network based in Frankfurt. She’s passionate about connecting people, ideas and technology. CES helps European high-tech SMEs expand and digitize in China, Chinese high-tech SMEs expand to Europe with transformational educational programs and digital tours.

Time Stamp 00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:17 Opening of Webinar by Xiaolong Hu

00:00:35 Introduction of Chanfang Wang.

00:01:20 Question to Chanfang Wang: What does your company do and what is your experience in China?

02:35:16 Question to Chanfang Wang: What are the trends are seen in the specialised area of automated warehousing market in China?

08:14:16 Question to Chanfang Wang: How has the European companies’ competitiveness in automated warehousing market changed in China over the past 5 years in relation to the Chinese Competitor Producers?

00:11:27 Question to Chanfang Wang: Why to take China as a field of innovation? 00:17:09 Audience member Question to Liu Tianyu and Chanfang Wang: How do you find suitable partner who will not copy you later?

00:19:19 Closing remarks and end This podcast it’s made in partnership between ChinaTeam and AsiaBizStories

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Christmas time and unreliable Supply Chains don’t go well together!

Join our latest China Webinar!

In the coming year, things are likely to look different. The banking association BdB assumes the strongest consumer boom since reunification in Germany. Despite the high order backlog, industrial activity is likely to be subdued into the coming year.

With our experts, we discuss in an open panel about: What supply chain challenges will German companies have with regard to the Chinese market? What risks do the supply bottlenecks entail? How to prepare preventively?

Panel Experts:

Thomas Wiedemann, Senior Project Manager at Korn Consulting Group

Dr. Roland Rohde, Representative Hong Kong South and West China at Germany Trade & Invest

Jan Lambacher, General Manager at Yardistry Limited

Rolf Kupek, Managing Director at Kupek Consulting & Business Development

Moderator: Peter Bornschein, Lean Project Manager at msg systems AG

Expert Introductions:

Thomas Wiedemann

Senior Project Manager

Korn Consult Group

Mr. Wiedemann has a degree in mechanical engineering and brings practical experience in automotive projects, especially with purchasing, supplier development and customer management and has also proved himself as an excellent team leader.

He brings the following company experience: Webasto, JTEKT, BMW.

Dr. Roland Rohde 

Representative Hongkong

South and West China, GERMANY TRADE & INVEST

Roland Rohde has a doctorate in economics and has been working as a market observer in Asia for Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) for 18 years. He is in Hong Kong for the second time. From there he reports on industries and markets in China. His reporting focuses on the electronics industry, the digital economy and aviation. Dr. Rohde speaks fluent Chinese (Mandarin) and a little Cantonese.

Jan Lambacher 

General Manager

Yardistry Limited

Jan has been based in China since 2009 and has worked across the supply chain of multinationals and SMEs in the medical, industrial and consumer goods sectors. Central theme of his work has always been optimizing supply chains for import and export in and out of China within a global supply chain strategy.

 Rolf Kupek 

Managing Director

Kupek Consulting & Business Development

After studying mechanical engineering, more than 30 years of professional experience in project management at home and abroad with large corporations and more than 20 years as founder and managing director of a service company, the company was handed over to a successor. With Kupek Consulting & Business Development , the network built up and cultivated over the years is used alongside the company’s own expertise to support medium-sized companies in their transformation processes and current problems. Especially the organization and development of international business connections are a main focus and have been successfully implemented several times. In doing so, a holistic, cross-functional approach is important, which is implemented in a pragmatic and goal-oriented manner.

Peter Bornschein

Lead Project Manager

msg systems ag

Seasoned General Manager and Leader in Business Software and Services Industry. Track record of growth, business development and client coordination. Exceptional competence in restructuring and turn-around. Established proficiency in transferring know-how and implementing company structures. Experienced in project steering and management. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical knowledge to different clients. Superb team player and leader with the ability to train, coach and motivate team members. Extensive multi-national experience in Germany, China, Poland, Malaysia, Singapore, USA, Sweden; communication skills in German, Swedish, Chinese and English

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The November China-Team ChinaWebinar Expert Talk: German Manufacturing Machines for Future Chinese “Red Ocean” Companies saw the moderator Xiaolong Hu interesting and informative discussing the Chinese machinery and automation market that is not only the largest, but also one of the fastest growing markets in the world. With German machine builders increasingly doing business with Chinese customers the future may look bright

However, in many areas of application, the Chinese competitors even have an advantage due to their proximity to the production locations. 

With our experts, we discuss how German mechanical engineering companies can assert the Chinese market and serve Chinese customers in the future with market-oriented product concepts and high product quality.

Panel Experts:

Mr. Martin Ebner, CTO, Strama-MPS Group

Chanfang Wang, Founder China Expert Services, Digital China-Europe Network

Dr. Martin Kovacik, Director Engineering Energy Storage, Manz AG

Dr. Tianyu Liu, General Manager Machine Sales Asia, voestalpine eifeler Vacotec GmbH

Expert Introductions:

Martin Ebner

Chief Technology Officer (CTO),

Strama-MPS Maschinenbau GmbH & Co., Straubing

Trained in one of the first dual courses of study in Bavaria to become a mechanical engineer and at the same time holding a certificate as an industrial mechanic, as well as a consecutive master’s degree at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Nurnberg-Erlangen, Mr. Ebner has already been working at Strama-MPS for 13 years in different areas. For two years now, as CTO, he has been managing the company’s digitalization, strategic fields as well as innovations in the areas of automation technology. Besides he is a member of the Wirtschaftsjunioren Deutschland as well as a former scholarship holder of the Hanns-Seidl-Foundation.

Xiaolong Hu

Managing Partner

China-Team GmbH

He is expert and ChinaCoach supporting European small and medium sized enterprises archiving sustainable market success. As founder of China-Team (www.china-team.de), Xiaolong Hu looks back on 20 years experience in consulting business in Europe and China.

Chanfang Wang

Founder China Expert Services

Digital China-Europe Network

Chanfang Wang has more than 13 years of experience in Europe in corporate strategy, change management, market & competitive intelligence, business development in IT, machinery automation & robotics industries. Now she’s the Founder of China Expert Services (CES) and Digital China-Europe Network based in Frankfurt. She’s passionate about connecting people, ideas and technology. CES helps European high-tech SMEs expand and digitize in China, Chinese high-tech SMEs expand to Europe with transformational educational programs and digital tours. 

Dr. Tianyu Liu 

General Manager of machine sales Asia

voestalpine eifeler Vacotec GmbH

Dr. Liu received his Ph. D degree from Humboldt University in 2004. Since then he has over 15 years work experience based in Shanghai. This  includes 7 years business consulting to support SME customers to formulate China business entry strategy and in addition to implement running the business. He has a very good knowledge of the Chinese market and is able to establish business relations and strategic orientations in Asia, especially in China.  He devoted himself to support German SMEs to do the business development in Asia right after his consulting career was over. Market and customers needs orientation in addition to his strong technology background can always lead to successful business development stories in China.

Dr. Martin Kovacik

Director Engineering Energy Storage

Manz AG

Martin is mechanical engineer with PhD. in Bionics and Innovation strategy. He built up two engineering centers in Slovakia and China for German Machine and System manufacturer KraussMaffei Technologies and in China developed two serial machines for local Chinese market. Both of these machine series are currently succesfull at the market in China. Currently he is leading global Engineering Department of Energy Storage at Manz AG, where he is responsible for three European Engineering sites in Germany, Italy and Slovakia. His passion is to follow up trends and development of Chinese market and that is why he is still in close contact with ChinaTeam.

Time Stamp

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:17 Opening of Webinar by Xiaolong Hu

00:03:58 Delivery of Keynote by Martin Ebner

00:25:34 Xiaolong Summarises the core message keynote

00:17:00 Question to Dr Sandra Bell: What was the most famous building that you equipped with Viega systems?

00:26:02 Opening up the discussion and introduction of Expert Panel. 

00:27:31 Introduction of Chanfang Wang.

00:20:54 Question to Chanfang Wang: What does your company do and what is your experience in China? 

00:27:31 Introduction of Dr. Liu Tianyu

00:30:35 Question to Liu Tianyu: What kind of consulting projects did you do 10 years ago for German mechanical engineering customers? 

00:27:31 Introduction of Martin Kovacik

00:35:36 Question to Martin Kovacik: How did the mechanical engineering market in China change between 2014 and 2020? 

00:37:48 Question to Chanfang Wang: What are the trends are seen in the specialised area of automated warehousing market in China? 

00:41:59 Recap and Question to Martin Ebner: What kind of market information is important for you as you developed your China strategy and what kind of information was important and difficult to obtain?

00:45:56 Recap and Question to Martin Kovacik: What competitive situation did you find in China in 2014? How many Chinese companies that you didn’t know of before? any competitors back then? 

00:49:33 Recap and Question to Chanfang Wang: How has the European companies’ competitiveness in automated warehousing market changed in China over the past 5 years in relation to the Chinese Competitor Producers? 

00:52:57 Question to Liu Tianyu: Why do Chinese customers today continue to buy your products, which are designed in?

00:57:26 Recap and Question to Martin Kovacik: How to recruit and develop your product design team and engineering team in China?

01:03:39 Question to Chanfang Wang: Why to take China as a field of innovation?

01:09:57 Question to Martin Ebner: What is your plan to use China as an innovation location?

01:12:08 Question to Liu Tianyu: How to develop an after sales service network alongside the expectation of Chinese consumers expecting special deals?

01:16:41 Recap and audience member Question Patrick Frick to Liu Tianyu and Martin Kovacik: When should a local R&D  or engineering team  be established?

01:19:17 Audience member Question to Liu Tianyu and Chanfang Wang: How do you find suitable partner who will not copy you later?

01:22:29 Audience member Question to Martin Kovacik: What does an ideal inter-cultural team in China look like in your opinion? German and Chinese sales manager and some German technical experts as well?

01:09:57 Question to Martin Ebner: Where would you like to cooperate with other companies?

01:09:57 Audience member Question to Martin Ebner: Can your company supply a banding machine as there are difficulties finding a supplier in China?

01:25:50 Closing remarks and end

This podcast it’s made in partnership between ChinaTeam and AsiaBizStories

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Dr. Sandra Bell is an accomplished business leader, lifelong China expert and visionary strategist. She has 20 years working experience in strategy, go-to-market, and e-commerce. She worked 10 years for The Boston Consulting Group, and had leading positions in Henkel and Hershey, both in Germany and China. Today she leads the China & India region for Viega. Viega is a family-owned company and a hidden champion from Germany. Viega is global market leader in copper press technology and hygienic & potable drinking water solutions for infrastructure buildings.

Johannes Kreissig is a visionary and thought leader in the field of sustainable construction. He has over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of life cycle assessment, sustainability assessment and strategy consulting. He worked for more than 15 years as a acting partner in the software and sustainability consulting specialist thinkstep. Since 2016 he has been CEO of the German Sustainable Building Council – DGNB, which is Europe’s largest network for sustainable construction. The DGNB certification system, a planning and optimisation tool for sustainable buildings and districts, which helps to increase real sustainability in construction projects, is DGNBs key instrument to achieve sustainable buildings for everybody – everywhere.

Corinne Abele is the Head of the Foreign Trade Information Bureau of Germany Trade & Invest in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. Corinne has been living and working in China for nearly 20 years. An experienced journalist and economist, she has documented China’s economic development with analyses, articles and lectures. A big part of her work focuses on the observation and analysis of innovation-driven technology markets and industrial digitalisation in China. Her other main topics are environmental protection, renewable energy, engineering and competition in China. Since 2014, Ms. Abele has been heading the Trade Information Section of Germany Trade and Invest in Shanghai. Prior to this she worked in the same position in Beijing (2004-2012) and in Taipei (1998-2004).

Winfried Mayer, founded MPS in 1984 in Stuttgart MPS designs factories and industrial buildings in accordance with German standards and, depending on the area, according to local regulations. We also supervise local planning, take care of tender procedure as well as monitor and direct building operations on-site all over the world.

Claudia Sanders is with the Network for Architecture Exchange NAX, the Federal Chamber of German Architects (BAK) supports German architects of all disciplines, engineers and specialist planners on their way to new markets. NAX thus promotes planning quality and the brand “Architecture Made in Germany” abroad with a wide portfolio of formats and activities. NAX brings together export-oriented planners and mediates contacts between domestic and foreign colleagues, decision-makers, developers and investors.

Time Stamp

00:00:00 Introduction

00:00:10 Opening of Webinar by Peter Sachsenmeier

00:02:06 Delivery of Keynote by Dr Sandra Bell

00:17:00 Question to Dr Sandra Bell: What was the most famous building that you equipped with Viega systems?

00:18:20 Introduction of Expert Panel

00:18:47 Question to Dr Sandra Bell: What’s the market segments that you address in China and what kind of ecosystem do you need to be effective?

00:20:54 Question to Johannes Kreissig, Will sustainable buildings become more

00:24:03 Question to Winfried Mayer, What are the developments

00:29:54 Question to Corinne Abele, Are people becoming more aware of higher energy efficiency in private and industrial buildings and the changes in standards and quality criteria linked to this?

00:36:26 Question to Claudia Sanders, What contribution can German architects, planners and others make?

00:41:06 Question to Johannes Kreissig, What uh can be done about the prolongation of the lifespans and the prolongation of the life of this built-up infrastructure?

00:46:58 Questions to Dr Sandra Bell, What do you do with all those people that deal with waste electricity heating etc what’s the ecosystem that you need?

00:52:08 Corinne Abele adds to the question.

00:53:08 Questions to Winfried Mayer, What are the most required green building technologies now in China?

00:56:13 Question to Johannes Kreissig, Do you have any green building council ideas?

00:58:06 Sandra Bell adds to the question.

01:00:00 Winfried Mayer adds to the question.

01:01:16 Comment and Question from audience Member Mr Wang, What is the policy for carbon neutrality compared to China’s continuation in using coal and the recent worldwide price increase?

01: Peter Sachsenmeier gave an answer related to Germany’s us of coal.

01:02:53 Corinne Abele commented on the question related to the overall energy crises and how it affects the industrial commercial and private household prices in China.

01:06:12 Johannes Kreissig then expanded on the question.

01:07:45 Peter Sachsenmeier commented on the energy costs in Germany.

01 :09:14 Question to Sandra Bell, How to develop and hold on to a skilled workforce that can install Viega products?

01:11:08 Comment from Thomas Fritzsche writing in the chat as a working architect in China: that Chinese clients trust German us and expect from us to bring in new technologies and ideas.

01:12:29 Claudia expanded further on audience member Thomas Fritzsche comment and architects in general.

01:14:39 Peter Sachsenmeier ask Audience member Alex Walschewski question from the chat. How German/ European SMEs will be impacted by the “source locally” approach in China. Most of the time it means that Chinese customers will prefer a local supplier. What is your view on that?

01:14:47 Question answered by Sandra Bell.

01:16:00 Peter Sachsenmeier end the discussion.

01:24:00 Final Closing remarks from experts.

01:33:00 End

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