Datum: Thursday 12 March 2009, 19h00 (welcome and registration at 18h30) till 22h00

Plaats: Dunya @ Bayt Al-Andalus, Sint-Hubertusstraat 93, 2600 Antwerp, nearby Berchem-station

Organisatie: Kauri in collaboration with Dunya, member of Kauri www.dunya.be

The focus of this second Kauri Open Dialogue on Intercultural Management is working in a Belgian-Chinese cross-cultural context.

With the recent emergence of the Chinese factor in the international global marketplace, Chinese-Belgian relationships have become more important and stronger than ever. All the more reason for intercultural business process facilitators, such as CIMIC, Dunya and Living Stone Centre, to develop, introduce, and implement strong, innovative and goal-oriented Euro-Chinese intercultural business programs - enhancing the possibilities for success for the Belgian profit and non-profit sector alike.

More info: www.beyond-borders.be/baytalandalus.php

PROGRAMMA

Peter Wollaert, General Manager Kauri

Welcome and introduction

Francis Laleman, partner at Dunya (www.dunya.be  - member of Kauri)

Dunya at Bayt al-Andalus: an introduction

CASE 1:

Eddy Van Hemelrijck, partner at Dunya

Katleen Verbeek, HR Coach Expansion projects - Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, Hansen Transmissions International

Preparing Belgian and Chinese workforce for a production start-up in China

The Dunya Hansen Transmissions International Case

CASE 2:

Jo Bastiaens, CIMIC (www.cimic.be  - member of Kauri)

Is Belgium becoming Chinese?

This case concerns a Belgian university and how it is dealing with increasing numbers of Chinese students and staff. How does this knowledge intensive organization take into account the Chinese cultural context?

CASE 3:

Miao Zhao, Living Stone Centre (www.lscoop.com  - member of Kauri)

Difficult to 'plug and play' in other regions of the world.

In Japan, rules are made to be followed. In China, rules are made to get around. You can follow your intuition in dealing with people, or you can reduce risk by putting culture knowledge into action

INTERVIEW

Jacques Depoorter, KBC Co-ordinator Corporate Banking Asia Pacific (www.kbc.com  - member of Kauri)

Doing business with and in China: experiences and reflections from an intercultural perspective

KBC is founding member of the Flanders-China Chamber of Commerce www.flanders-china.be

OPEN DIALOGUE

Sharing cross-cultural experiences with all participants

NETWORKING

Drink offered by Dunya

REGISTRATION

Target group: (HR-)managers of companies and NGOs working with Chinese counterparts.

This ‘Kauri Open Dialogue' is free of charge, but limited seats.

Please register via email: info@kauri.be  by Tuesday 10 March by mentioning your name, company/organisation, function and all contact-details.