Chaplaincy
to People at Work'China and the West in the 21st Century' - Cambridge Network Open Meeting with Will Hutton
A
panel of experts - including Ting Zhang of China Business Solutions,
Tudor Brown, chief operating officer of ARM, and Paul Johnson,
founder and former president of Cyan Technology - join commentator
Will Hutton to discuss the role of China in the 21st Century at CN's
Open Meeting at 18:00 on Thursday 31st January at New Hall,
Cambridge. If your company is involved in business with China - or aspires to be - this meeting is not to be missed!
From his recent book 'The Writing on the Wall:
China and the West in the 21st Century',
Will Hutton
looks at the uneasy relationship between China and the West in light
of the former's phenomenal economic growth - seen by many Western
analysts as a threat.
Will Hutton, former editor of the Observer and current CEO
of The Work Foundation, argues that the West should embrace China
and seek to promote better governance within the country by adhering
to fundamental principles such as the rule of law as an example of
progress.
Enabled by generous sponsorship from
ARM and
UK Trade and Investment, and in collaboration with Chaplaincy to
People at Work, Cambridge Network is bringing this controversial
debate to Cambridge with an added local perspective. Many Cambridge
science and technology companies are involved in supply chains which
ultimately end in China or in areas of research and development
which are already being addressed by the Chinese.
Will Hutton began his career as a stockbroker and investment
analyst, before working in BBC TV and radio as a producer and
reporter. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four
years as editor in chief of the Observer and he continues
to write a weekly column for the paper.
Will’s presentation will be followed by the Q&A session, chaired by
Cambridge Network CEO Peter Hewkin, which proimises a lively and
interesting debate about working with China in the 21st Century and
how we come to terms with it. The meeting - which takes place from
6pm at New Hall, Cambridge - will finish with a networking drinks
reception.
Places are free to individual Cambridge Network members or any
member of staff of corporate member organisations - to
register attendance please follow this
link.
About Will Hutton
Chief Executive, The Work Foundation
Will Hutton is chief executive of The Work Foundation, an independent, not for dividend research based consultancy which is the most influential voice on work, workplace and employment issues in Britain.
Will began his career as a stockbroker and investment analyst, before working in BBC TV and radio as a producer and reporter. Prior to joining The Work Foundation, Will spent four years as editor in chief of the Observer and he continues to write a weekly column for the paper.
Will has written several best-selling economic books including The World We’re In, The State We’re In, The State to Come, The Stakeholding Society and On The Edge with Anthony Giddens. In addition, he won the Political Journalist of the Year award in 1993.
In 2004, Will was invited by the EU Commission to join a High-level Group on the mid-term review of the Lisbon strategy and he acted as rapporteur for the report.
Will’s other roles include Governor of the London
School of Economics and Honorary Fellow of Mansfield College,
Oxford. Will is a member of the Scott Trust and a Fellow of the
Sunningdale Institute. Will’s latest book, The Writing on the
Wall: China and the West in the 21st Century, was published in
the UK in January 2007 by Little, Brown.