Mr. Brian Su, President of Artisan Business Group, Inc., was invited to speak to members of the Greater Orlando Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) at Sheraton Downtown Orlando Hotel on January 21, 2009. The business event, titled "1.3 Billion People & Counting - Doing Business in China," explores the international business landscape and investment opportunities in China. 

Event Sponsors: PNC Business Credit, RBC Bank, Mercantile Bank, AP Capital Partners, Vestal & WIler, Cross, Fernandez & Riley, LLP, Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed, Holland + Knight, Bernstein Global Wealth Management, Orlando Business Journal, Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe, KuykendallGardner, PCE Investment Bankers, Ruden McClosky, Nperspective, LarsonAllen, Capital Strategies, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission.

About ACG: Founded in 1954, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the premier global association for professionals involved in corporate growth, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions for mid to large companies. Today ACG stands at more than 9,000 members representing Fortune 500, Fortune 1000, FTSE 100, and mid-market companies in 48 chapters in North America, Europe and soon Asia. The Orlando Chapter was formed by a volunteer organizing committee for the purpose of educating growing businesses in the Central Florida market and facilitating relationship building between these companies, capital sources and professionals active in corporate finance in the Central Florida market.

Event Topics:

• Discuss how this global recession has impacted doing business with and in China

• Given this recession, specifically, how has the outsourced manufacturing space been impacted

• Further explore the costs of shipping/freight as they impact this model

• Discuss the Chinese economy both how it is being impacted by this economy internally and how externally the commodity markets are being impacted around the world

• Discuss the idea of building markets in China coming from the U.S.

• Discuss how the Chinese government is impacting companies that want to either invest in China financially or via a JV or with manufacturing facilities - VAT rebates, and clean industry versus smokestacks

• Discuss product quality concerns in Chinese manufacturing

• Discuss the cultural differences especially as it relates to building relationships there and U.S. democracy versus Chinese formality

Other Guest Speakers: David Alexander, BaySource; Jim Gaynor, LightPath Technologies

"Brian is an uncommon and valuable combination of brilliant, Chinese intellect and Western style forward thinking.  His success is due to a seemingly endless network of high level contacts both in the U.S. and China.  I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian at a symposium on doing business in China and was honored to be on the same panel as he. Anyone wanting to explore new business opportunities inside China would be remiss by not consulting with him at some stage of the project.  I hope to know Brian for many years to come."

                                  - David Alexander, President
                                    BaySource, LLC

Mr. Brian Su is a public speaker, speaking on a wide range of China/Asia-related business and culture topics.  He is represented internationally by the London Speaker Bureau Hong Kong., Ltd. If your company or organization would like to book Mr. Brian Su for a presentation or workshop, please contact us today.