China's New Normal Tour Shenzhen & Beijing
05 May till 09 May 2019
In 2030 China will be the world leader in innovation. That leaves you about 10 years to gear up.
China’s New Normal Tour will show you exactly HOW this is happening, WHO is leading the change and – even more importantly – what companies over HERE can do to profit from this inevitable evolution.
This is what you’ll experience on our eye-opening trip:
- China’s ruthless and fast outside-in customer and market focus is the true motor for its stellar growth.
- This is why China’s economy runs on data & why AI is the true backbone of its world domination plans.
- China’s AI-driven innovation plans focus on these 8 top industries, each with very specific strategies and timings: If your company is one of them, high time to learn how China will impact you:
- Security & Safety: expect the likes of SenseTime, Megvii, CloudWalk, Yitu & C.A.S.
- Entertainment & Media: we'll take you to companies like Tencent, Toutiao, Andy Mok, Sina Weibo & Zhihu
- E-Commerce & New Retail: prepare to be inspired by pioneers like JD, Secoo, Luckin Coffee, Lamabang, Womai & Mia.com
- Fintech: expect the likes of JD Finance, PingAn, WeBank, Talkingdata, ZhongAn & Jiedaibao
- Automotive & Mobility: we'll blow you away with disrupters like Didi, Mobike, Ofo, BGI, Baidu & Futuremove
- Smart Manufacturing: prepare to be inspired by pioneers like IngDan, UBTech, DJI, HAX & Royole
- Healthcare & Digital Health: we'll take you to companies like iCarbonX, MindRay, Alihealth & Novogene
- Education: expect the likes of Ling, VIPkid, Yoli, Yuanfudao, Zuoyebang & Sinovation
- You’ll meet and learn from the mythical BATX as well as China’s fascination breed of phoenixes (exponentially growing unicorns backed by giant investments).
Prepare to be blown away! China innovation is becoming the New Normal. We are here to let you experience and understand how, and take advantage of it.
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Program
Ecosystems are the core competence of China (video)
Julie Vens - De Vos shares her insights about Chinese ecosystems.
To understand China, we should unlearn what we know (blog)
China inspiration is just as much about unlearning as it is about learning. Here's why.
“Social” means something completely different in Chinese business – here’s why (blog)
The Chinese integrate a social aspect into everything they do, in an exponential manner. Here's how.
"The combination of AI with IOT will complely change human behaviour" (video interview)
Steven Van Belleghem interviews Jeffrey Kang, CEO of Ingdan, one of the largest ecosystems in IoT.
Don't complain, look for opportunities - Jack Ma
Instead of competing with China, partner up and collaborate (interview)
An interview with Mobit co-founder Alexander De Bièvre who talks about the many things he learned during his years in China.
It's our turn to copy China (blog)
Just like China copied the Western business models, maybe now it’s time for us to copy theirs and ask ourselves these questions:
- How can we get customers to trust us more?
- How can we enrich them?
- How can we give them more comfort?
- How can we invest to understand them better?
Read Pascal Coppens' blog on the subject here.
How the Chinese go beyond their product to educate the market (video)
In China they go beyond their product to educate the market. They not only focus on selling their product, but use different approaches. Pascal Coppens explains why.
"The smooth organisation and the stimulating company of my tour companions were the perfect added bonus to the deep business innovation insights that I was able to gather during the nexxworks Day After Tomorrow Tour to China."
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"The program of the nexxworks Day After Tomorrow Tour to China was fantastic and perfectly balanced between the amount of hot new start-ups and more established pioneers. The same equilibrium was to be found between the insightful kick-off by Pascal Coppens and Steven Van Belleghem and the sharp round-up by Filip Snel at the end."
"The entire trip to China was an emotional rollercoaster but it ended with a “hell yeah, let’s do this"."
Our tourguides
Pascal Coppens
Author Pascal Coppens is the expert in all things innovation and Day After Tomorrow in China, rooted in his deep understanding of the country as a sinologist.
He is an entrepreneur at heart with more than 20 years of experience in China and Silicon...
Steven Van Belleghem
Steven is an expert in customer focus in a digital world and in how our customers will behave in the Day After Tomorrow. He is a popular speaker at home and abroad. In his keynote presentations, Steven takes his audience on a journey to the world of...
HU492
from
Brussels Airport BRU
to
Beijing Capital International Airport PEK
Saturday May 4
from 13:40 till 05:15HU8159
from
Beijing Capital International Airport PEK
to
Hong Kong (HKG)
Sunday May 5
from 07:50 till 11:30HU491
from
Beijing Capital International Airport PEK
to
Brussels Airport BRU
Friday May 10
from 01:20 till 05:55Location
Shenzhen & Beijing
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