Call for Speakers: “The experience of Italian agri-food businesses in China following COVID-19”

Dear Members and Friends of CICC,

The development of COVID-19 in China is having important repercussions on different key sectors in which Italian companies in China operates.  Among these the agri-food sector has been experiencing a strong slowdown due to the temporary closure of businesses, the limitations imposed by the quarantine period and the imposition on norms to host clients.

In addition to these factors, the spread of the virus in Italy may have caused a discouragement in the purchase of Italian products.

To give voice to Italian companies within the F&B sector in China and share their point of view as well including difficulties and best practices, CCIC is going to host an informative webinar on the management of the crisis caused by COVID-19.

The webinar will take place on Wednesday 29th of April, 2020 at 3pm Beijing time.

CICC is looking for speakers to cover the following topics:

• Overview of the current situation within the Italian F&B sector China
• Issues related to the supply chain of authentic Italian products in China
• Methods for resuming activities
• Encourage customer rapprochement

CICC would also like to share the experiences from 3 Italian companies operating within the F&B sector in China. Specifically: a restaurant, an import/distribution company and a producer.

Please note, the webinar is organised as part of the True Italian Taste project, aimed at the promotion of the authentic Italian agricultural food products, promoted and funded by the Ministry of Economic Development and carried out by Assocamerestero (the Association of the Italian Chambers of Commerce Worldwide) in cooperation with the Italian Chambers of Commerce abroad. “True Italian Taste” is part of the program "The Extraordinary Italian Taste".

Agenda:

15:00-15:10  Welcome greetings

15:10-15:20 Presentation of the True Italian Taste project

15:20-15:40 Overview of the current situation within the Italian F&B sector China

15:40-16:00 Issues related to the supply chain of Italian products

16:00-16:20 Methods of resuming activities (digital ways to help your F&B business)

16:20-16:40 How to restore customer’s confidence toward Italian products

16:40-16:50 Case study company 1

16:50-17:00 Case study company 2

17:00-17:10 Case study company 3

17:10-17:40 Q&A

17:40 Conclusion

The language of the seminar will be English.

Evaluation Criteria:

• CICC will give priority to its Members and will select on a first come first served basis according to the topics indicated;
• If no applications are submitted by its Members, CICC has the right to select the most appropriate application submitted by one of the non-Member companies, giving priority to the “partners” of the Chamber first.

The Speaker shall be excluded from the tendering:

• In case of not meeting conditions of the call process;
• In case of non-conformity with the hereby open call for speakers;
• In case of submitting false data;
• Late submission.

Submit your proposal regarding the topic you would like to cover within Monday, April 20th, 6PM (Beijing time) to: bj.events@cameraitacina.com.

Thank you and Kind Regards,

CICC Team