From
http://agenda.acc10.cat/agenda/default.php?id=9799 (in Catalan)
This session is scheduled in the framework of the
Internationalization Week of
ACCIÓ (7-11 October 2013).
Without a doubt,
Asia has become one of the main economic actors of our time with the
50% of the planet's population and
25% of the world's GDP.
Asia also has two countries with population over 1 billion people, one of them being
China with an annual growth of 9%. There are also 4 countries with population over 100 million people, like
Japan, with an economy equivalent to those of Germany, France and United Kingdom together. Other countries have smaller populations, but they have an important economic growth and a high income per capita, like
South Korea.
The goal of this session is to use the knowledge about
Asia of the
ACCIÓ experts to inform the attendants about the main features of the
most dynamic markets of this region. The
food sector offers good business perspectives for the import products that can be classified as
gourmet.
Program09.15h Reception of attendants
09.35h Welcome address by
Ferran Roquer, Director of the office in
Girona of the
Catalan Ministry for Business and Labour09.45h Conference “
Asia, the big continent to be explored” by
Claudia Danesi, Head of Asia-Pacific of
ACCIÓ10.00h Conference "
Japan, the gourmet traditional market in Asia" by
Yoshiyuki Iwahashi,
Director of the Business Promotion Centre in Tokio10.20h Conference "
South Korea, opportunities of a new market" by
Josep Maria Coll, Director of the
Business Promotion Centre in Seoul10.45h Coffee break
11.00h Conference "
Online sales of gourmet products in China", by
Taowen Xue, Director of the
Business Promotion Centre in Shanghai11.20h Conference "
Hong Kong, the window shop of gourmet products in China", by
Madrona Marcet, Director of the
Business Promotion Centre in Hong Kong11.45h Questions & Answers
12.00h Presentation of the
Catalonia Gourmet Cluster, by
Marta Amorós, Manager of the
Catalonia Gourmet Cluster12.05h Networking between the attendants and the directors of the
Business Promotion Centres12.45h End of the session
The event will take place at the
ACCIÓ headquarters in Girona, Pompeu Fabra Square, 1.