NFAIS Webinar: The Information Industry iN China -- An Update

Thursday, April 7, 2011, 11:00am (EDST)

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Dr. James Chan's Slides

China has become a major player in the global economy and they plan to be a major player in the publishing industry as well, particularly in science. They hope to have reforms in place early this year to ensure that weak Chinese journals are terminated and that those journals judged to be strong are rewarded with government support such as tax breaks. Scientific publishing will be concentrated in "five-to-ten large publishing groups" that will compete with each other, with the objective of turning China from a large science and technology publisher onto a powerful science and technology publisher (see article in NatureNews online at http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100915/full/467261a.html).

Want to learn more about the information industry in China? NFAIS has scheduled a webinar - The Information Industry in China: An Update - to be held on April 7, 2011. The presentation will provide an update to the all-day Workshop held in 2008 and will provide insights on the following with regard to the information industry in China:

• Market size
• Fastest growing segments
• Government policies
• Leadership
• Publishing companies
• Number of Universities
• Number of degrees granted
• University spending
• Challenges to doing business in China
• Opportunities for publishers
• Current Trends

Our speaker will be Dr. James Chan, Principal and Founder of Asia Marketing and Management. He will be in China in February and March so that you will be getting the most current information available. And, if you attended the 2008 workshop you know firsthand how lively, engaging and informative Dr. Chan is as a speaker.

His Philadelphia-based firm has been advising U.S. companies on building business relationships in China and on export entrepreneurship for the past twenty-five years. Dr. Chan's customer base includes content and information technology providers such as Elsevier Science, Gale, Rand McNally, the former ISI (now part of Thomson Reuters Healthcare & Science) and educational institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania. For more information on Dr. Chan, visit his website at: http://www.asiamarketingmanagement.com/. There you will find some interesting tips and related articles on doing business in China.

If you or your staff need to learn more about publishing developments In China register for the NFAIS webinar today. NFAIS members pay $75, members of Sister Societies pay $85, and non-members pay $95. An unlimited number of staff from an NFAIS member organization can participate for a group fee of $225. The group fee for an unlimited number of members of Sister Societies is $255, and for an unlimited number of staff from any non-member organization is $285. The registration form is available here.

A webinar on doing business in Brazil is scheduled for June 1, 2011.  Register for both webinars and get a 10% discount!

For more information contact: Jill O'Neill, NFAIS Director, Communication and Planning, 215-893-1561 (phone); 215-893-1564 (fax); mailto:jilloneill@nfais.org or go to http://www.nfais.org.

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