Sep 23th, 2016 6:00pm-9:00pm

Due to the global economic slow down and structural adjustments, the regional resources available for entrepreneurs and startups in North America are limited. The sharing of startup resources globally is a trend of necessity, especially in terms of the huge Chinese market. What the entrepreneurs in North America are interested in are:
• How to organize startup resources in China more efficiently?
• What resources can we use?
• How to take full advantage of the capital investment resources in China?
• How to protect intellectual property when doing business in China?
• What can the governments of China do to aid startups from North America?

In order to address these issues, the “Global Startup Forum 2016” has invited the governmental officials from China, the cross-border incubating and investment experts, legal experts and many knowledgeable people to open a dialogue on the subject of Opportunities, Challenges and Key for success in the Chinese market under the circumstances of globalization of startup resources. The goal of this event is to building a safe channel for the entrepreneurs from North America in the areas of cross-board incubating, technology and market co-operation, as well as startup resource sharing, which will help entrepreneurs to better face global incubating challenges and opportunities.

• Topic : TMFOX Global Startup Forum 2016 – Opportunities for Entrepreneurs in the Chinese Market
• Time: Sept 23, 2016 6:30pm – 9:00pm
• Location: Royal bank cinema (UBC)  6265 Crescent Rd, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
• Host: TMFOX Incubator ( Vancouver)
• Guests: open to entrepreneurs and students interested in learning about the environment and investment firms in China for startups.
• Event Cost: Free

Special Speaker

Qing Hui Huang

Committee Secretary of Chang Ping District, City of Dong Guang

Subject: How is the transformation of Chang Ping going to help the global entrepreneurs?

Thirty years ago, Mr. Huang was managing  the city of Chang Ping as it lead Chinese economic integration with the West.

Today, Chang Ping hosts thousands of technology companies. Representing the entrepreneurship of the city, Mr. Huang will show case the success of his city and its future development plan to the entrepreneurs from North America. He will share his thoughts on how entrepreneurs from North America can be successful there.

ANDY YU

Managing Partner, TMFOX VENTURE PARTNER

Subject: The minefield of cross-border incubating, and the opportunities that shouldn’t be missed

As an oversees returnee, Mr. Yu has done both investments and startups. Now TMFOX, the company he has founded as the first technology and capital incubator in China, has grown in the seven years to become the leader in the start-up industry in China. TMFOX has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to build their businesses successfully. Mr. Yu will share his first-hand experiences and view on the challenges and opportunities facing entrepreneurs in China. He will also explain the keys for success from an investor’s perspective.

Michael E. Reid

Partner, McMillian LLP

Subject: How to Protect your Intellectual
Property as a Startup before going to China

Mike Reid is a business lawyer with a technology focus, often working with founders and other executives from the software, video gaming, and entertainment industries, at all stages of a company’s life cycle from startup, through growth, to exit.

Panel Discussion Topics

• What help is being offered to North American entrepreneurs by the provincial and municipal government and agencies B.C.?
• What kind of policies are offered by the Chinese government to help new technologies establish themselves in China?
• Where and in what Chinese investors invest and how to attract them?
• Where and in what do local investors invest and how to attract them?
• From the legal perspective, how to protect the intellectual property of the inventors globally?

Event Agenda

18:00—19:00 | Networking, Drinks and Canapés
19:00—19:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
19:05—19:10 | Opening ceremony of Global Startup Program
19:10—19:20 | Keynote-How is the transformation of ChangPing going to help the global entrepreneurs?
19:20—19:30 | Keynote-The minefield of cross-border incubating and the opportunities that shouldn’t be missed
19:30—19:40 | Keynote-How to protect your intellectual property while doing start up in China
19:50—20:50 | Panel Discussion – City of Dong Guang, TMFOX Incubator, VEC, BCIC,
20:50—21:00 | Q & A
21:00—21:15 | Socializing

Registration

Contact : Sophia Kang
Email address: Sophia.kang@tmfox.com
Cell: 778-246-3168

About Host: TMFOX INCUBATOR (VANCOUVER)
The goal of TMFOX Vancouver is to combine capital and technology together through various mechanisms such as incubating, partnerships and transfers to build a global platform of innovation and capital investment. It will build a technology pool and become the forefront of collaboration for the Chinese businesses in the TMFOX system and business overseas. So far it has already established links to prominent universities, such as UBC, SFU, University of Washington, Stanford, MIT, etc. It has also established relationship with well-known incubators in North America. TMFOX is focusing its investment in the areas of advanced manufacturing, medical equipment, clean technology, new materials and data mining.