Is India the Next China? - Perspectives: Asia seminar

Is India the Next China? - Perspectives: Asia seminar

Principal speaker

Professor John Harrison

The Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University and the Australian Centre of Asia-Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery present Mr John Harrison on Is India the next China? - a Perspectives: Asia seminar.

John Harrison has spent over 23 years in the Asia Pacific region, working in a number of areas including manufacturing (design development, commercialisation and production). Specialising in supply chain management, sales and marketing for international brands such as Gund, Applause, adidas, Salomon and Reebok, John speaks fluent Mandarin, as well as Shanghainese, Taiwanese, Czech and Hindi at conversational level.

With over fourteen years dedicated to the early stages of China’s emergence and experience in developing detailed analyses of regional markets and emerging trends, his expertise is now utilised in the early ‘start up’ projects of today’s India.

This seminar will give you the opportunity to enjoy a first-hand presentation of the ‘ground-level’ realities in these two countries’ rise and entrance to a global marketplace.

The doors open at 5.30pm. Guests are welcome to join us for refreshments prior to the seminar. Places are limited, so please book early to avoid disappointment.

How to get to the event

By car: Paid parking is available at the Queensland Art Gallery/Queensland Museum Car park. Enter from Grey Street or the Cultural Centre tunnel. For information on parking fees, telephone (07) 3840 7103.

By bus: Alight at the Cultural Centre Busway in Melbourne Street.

By train
Alight at South Brisbane Station, corner of Melbourne and Grey Streets.


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RSVP on or before Friday 28 September 2007 , by email kathy.bailey@griffith.edu.au , or by phone 07 3735 4252

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