Chill out at the Terrace of Assaggio and enjoy Happy Hour. Starting from 15 October, every Monday to Thursday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, upon purchase of any drinks on their drink menu, you can access the terrace with all-you-can-eat bar snacks for free^!

After the happy hour drink, stay for dinner and savor the authentic Italian cuisine mastered by their Italian chef. Recommended dishes include Wagyu Beef Carpaccio, Truffle Paste and Egg Pizza and Assaggio Tiramisu.

Remember to present your membership card of Italian Chamber of Commerce’s to enjoy buy-one-get-one drinks.

^The offer is only applicable at al-fresco dining area; Minimum 1 drink per person to enjoy the offer *10% service charge applies based on original price.

The 27th Marco Polo German Bierfest Gets Ready to Rock Hong Kong

A signature event since its inception in 1992, the 27th Marco Polo German Bierfest kicks off on 17 October and will run for 24 public nights until 10 November. The event – which garnered the Silver Award for ‘Best Event Team’ at The Marketing Events Awards 2018 presented by Marketing Magazine – brings über fun to guests by the award-winning event team, against the breathtaking backdrop of Victoria Harbour.

*Please present your ICC membership card upon arrival on Oct 28th for free entrance. You are welcome to invite up to 3 guests to join our Bierfest. The invitation is for free entrance only. Food and beverage consumed will be charged on consumption.

“The 23rd Macao International Trade and Investment Fair” is organised by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), and co-organised by 15 economic and commercial authorities and trade associations from Macao, Hong Kong and Mainland China, will be held from 18th to 20th October, 2018.

MIF is the first Macao local exhibition awarded by the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), and is one of the most reputable annual international economic and trade events in Macao. Under the theme of “Cooperation-Key to Business Opportunities”, MIF leverages on Macao’s advantages as ”World Centre of Tourism and Leisure” and “Commercial and Trade Cooperation Service Platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries”, which helps MIF’s participants to facilitate business start-up, development and transformation.

Enterprises from over 50 countries and regions participated in last year’s MIF, with more than 1,500 booths. 2017 Portuguese Speaking Countries Products and Services Exhibition (Macao)” (2017PLPEX) was held concurrently, which generated a cumulative effect and achieved significant results. A total of 67 agreements were signed and 389 matching sessions were held in the Business Matching Area during the events.

MIF is covering exhibition, forum/conference, business matching and SMEs cooperation in one event.

As an official partner of the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year, GTEF will present the European Union (“EU”) as the Official Partner Region in its 7th edition on 22-24 October, 2018 in Macao to promote EU’s immense collective tourism offerings to China, the fastest growing and number one source market in the world since 2014. Under the theme of “Strategic Partnership in a New Era, Rising Momentum for a Shared Future,” GTEF will continue to play its strategic role as a pragmatic exchange platform to create a year-round series of important campaigns and events from roadshows and trade visits, and a 2-day program of keynote and panel sessions, bilateral meetings, business matching, exhibitions, workshops and cultural activities,to drive high-level dialogues on increasing tourism flows between China and Europe, enhancing EU countries’ understanding of Chinese visitors when traveling in Europe, and strengthening cooperation between the Chinese and EU authorities in the field of tourism and its related economy.

In addition, GTEF 2018 will present Guangdong Province as the Featured Partner Chinese Province and highlight the megalopolis of the Guangdong Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, home to 11 cities (9 in Guangdong Province), over 68 million people and a regional GDP of over US$1.39 trillion. Highlighting Guangdong in GTEF 2018 supports the Central Government’s plan to develop a city cluster in the Greater Bay Area to elevate regional development, drive economic growth efficiency in the entire hub, and give full play to the distinctive strengths to each of the 11 cities.

SMEs face the same cyber-security threats as larger organizations but without the luxury of their budgets or technology teams.  Yet, the risks of suffering a cyber-security breach are perhaps even higher and more damaging to an SME organization.  This is especially true given recent regulations making businesses responsible for breaches occurring in the data they store.

This panel discussion will summarize the biggest risks to watch out for and give practical tips on how to protect against cyber-attacks and what to do in the event of an attack in terms of:

• Staff education
• Company responsibilities about clients’ data and consequences
• The dark web – what it is and what you need to know
• The basics of handling a cyber-attack

The exposition will be accompanied by the sharing of ‘war’ stories and case studies in an anonymous way.

Please be reminded that for this event, all visitors have to be registered with the Concierge Desk located in the IFC lobby at the G/F of Two IFC. Visitors may also be asked to provide a Hong Kong ID Card or Passport when registering to visit the UBS office.

About the Speakers

Kevin Bowers, Partner / Solicitor Advocate, Howse Williams Bowers 

Kevin specialises in commercial, insurance and employment litigation and dispute resolution both in Hong Kong and internationally. He handles complex multi-jurisdictional commercial cases acting both for employers and employees in a wide range of contentious and advisory employment matters and is experienced in advising upon and handling internal disciplinary investigations and proceedings.

Grégory Mauguin, Security Business Unit Director, LinkByNet 

Grégory, as “Global Director of the Security Business Unit” of Linkbynet, is in charge of the development of our ISS (Information Security System) consulting offer and steers the operational excellence of our managed services in terms of security.

He has more than 15 years of experience in ISS: holding the position of CISO in a company specialized in dematerialization and electronic archiving of sensitive data and subsequently being a consultant in ISS and director of a centre of expertise. He performed many technical and governance audits, provided support to reach legal or normative compliance, defined strategic security roadmaps, particularly in the banking sector.

Daniel Schneersohn, Vice-President Asia-Pacific & Japan, Arxan Technologies Inc. 

Seasoned Executive with over 20 years of regional experience in the IT industry with multinational corporations and local startups. He holds a proven track record in establishing and leading full-functions businesses from the ground up across multiple Asian countries including Japan, Australia, with primary responsibilities focusing on revenue growth.

Our annual flagship event Elevator Pitch Competition (EPiC) is once again around the corner, and we are inviting great startup teams from around the world to join us in this fun-filled event. Here, 100 teams will spend 60 seconds pitching their innovative ideas to investor judges literally in an elevator in one of the tallest building in HK, for a grand prize of US$ 120k investment and multiple cash prizes!

We cordially invite you to be our global partner, and as a token of appreciation for your support in spreading the words, we can guarantee a number of teams from your nomination into the 100 finalists. Simply ask the teams to register online, and make sure you let us know who they are so we can identify them from the database.

For more information, please refer to the attached information deck or click here. Please mind that applications close on September 14!

The Smart City Smart Environment series highlight sustainability topics are extremely important in Hong Kong. After having covered water resilient cities, waste reduction and single-use plastic waste, this lunchtime seminar will focus on green mobility.

In view of that, the Italian Chamber of Commerce is glad to support the Dutch Chamber of Commerce in this interesting seminar.

The afternoon will start with opening remarks by Mr CW Tse, the Under Secretary of Environment, summarising the latest Hong Kong Environmental policies and developments while focusing on the transportation industry and roadside pollution.

This will be followed by a panel discussion on alternative fuels for transportation. Developments in alternative fuels like biodiesel, hydrogen and electricity will be reviewed as sustainable solutions while progress in Connected Autonomous Vehicles might be touched upon. The panellists at this seminar are Dr Jonathan Beard (Head Transportation & Logistics at Arcadis Asia), Alexander Mastrovito (Head of Sustainable Transport Solutions at Scania Asia & Oceania), Thomas Wu (CEO at ASB Biodiesel) and Paul Bromley (Managing Director at Phoenix Business Consulting).

The panel will be moderated by Michiel Mak, CEO of EMCS and member of Sustainability Initiative of the Dutch Chamber.

About the Speakers

Chin-wan Tse, Under Secretary for the Environment Bureau at Hong Kong Government SAR

Michiel Mak, CEO of EMCS Limited Hong Kong 

Michiel is a Senior Energy Executive with over 30 years of experience in the  Oil and Gas, Energy Trading, Downstream, Power, LNG and Clean Energy industries. He is currently CEO of EMCS Limited, based in Hong Kong.

Thomas Wu, CEO of ASB Biodiesel

Wu Xubin (Thomas Wu) has over 15 years experience in the international trade and energy industry and acts as CEO of ASB Biodiesel Hong Kong since Dec 2017.

Dr Jonathan Beard, Head of Business Advisory, Asia: Head Transportation & Logistics, Asia at Arcadis 

Jonathan is the Asia Head of Business Advisory; and Transportation and Logistics Advisory at Arcadis, the world’s leading provider of design and consultancy for natural and built assets.

Alexander Mastrovito, Head of Sustainable transport solutions at Scania Asia & Oceania 

Alexander Mastrovito is the project leader for Scania’s deployment of  autonomous trucks in Singapore and the architect of Scania’s Hong Kong Fleet Management Centre.

Paul Bromley, Managing Director of Phoenix Business Consultancy 

A Chartered Engineer who graduated from Loughborough University in the UK with a degree in Automotive Engineering & Design and has now been based in Hong Kong for 13 years.

International pianist Ivan Yanakov returns to City Hall with a new programme. Starting with Beethoven’s Appassionata, followed by works and transcriptions by Franz Liszt. The recital will end with Igor Stravinsky’s own piano transcription of his “Petrouchka” ballet. Yanakov will also perform a selected group of Preludes and Études-tableaux by Rachmaninoff, as well as his own transcriptions of Chinese and French music, and works by compatriot Bulgarian composers; Pancho Vladigerov, and Grammy-nominated Dobrinka Tabakova.

The concert is under the patronage of the Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to China.

About the Artist

Born in Sofia, Ivan Yanakov later earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from New York’s Mannes College of Music and spent 10  years in New York, performing extensively. He was awarded the Artists International Debut Series Prize at Carnegie Hall. During his years in the United States, he participated in chamber music workshops conducted by violinist Pinchas Zukerman and by members of the Tokyo String Quartet.  He was also a full-scholarship fellow at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena.

Winner of numerous international competitions, Ivan Yanakov has been heard to great critical acclaim in over 30 countries in Asia, Europe and North America. He has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras and has appeared in halls that include the Carnegie Hall Recital Hall in New York, Cadogan Hall in London, Tokyo Metropolitan Arts Center, Kitara Hall in Sapporo, Okinawa Convention Centre, Hong Kong City Hall, Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, and many others. He is a frequent guest of international music festivals. He has performed with musicians from London Philharmonic Orchestra. Recently he performed Rachmaninov’s 3rd concerto in South Korea.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce is glad to support the CICC Guangdong 8° Go Kart Cup on 13th October in Shenzhen.

Last year was a great success, more than 60 participants joined the event with more than 40 racers competing in the race.

We would like to give our special thanks to the sponsors for their support to this event here again:

Our Event Top Sponsor – Maserati

Our Event Official Sponsor – Urbana

Our Event Technical Sponsor – LPR and Wang Jing Law Firm

Thanks also to Caffe’ Perfetto, which sponsored us the authentic Italian coffee and Campo Marzio, which sponsored the winner prizes and gadgets to all the participants.

It has been an amazing outdoor event and team building activity, the perfect chance to meet new friends, and to enjoy a great day of sport, competition and a lot of pure fun all together.

In order to better meet your expectations for further events, we would like to ask for your collaboration in collecting your valuable views and feedback regarding the event.

Finally, we would like to give our sincere thank to all the participants who joined us and look forward to seeing you again in the upcoming events.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce is glad to support Invest Madeira and the Government Presidency a business network event that will take place on 7-9th November in Madeira.

It will be an interesting opportunity for entrepreneurs from Macao, Hong Kong and Mainland China. There will be the chance to meet local businesses as well as mingle with local SME CEOs, decision-makers and have a glance at the new industries and technology developments in Madeira and discovering investment opportunities. This networking event is also aiming to help to connect new investment and business opportunities in the areas of technology, industry and tourism.

Other highlights of the program include a lunch with H.E. the President of Madeira Government at the iconic Quinta da Vigia, one-on-one meetings with entrepreneurs, visit the booming Free Trade Zone and Industrial Zones of Madeira, have a glance of technology developments in Madeira.

The news that the Regional Government of Madeira, in Portugal and China Europe International Business Association (CEIBA) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, whereby both parties will deploy and share resources to introduce new investors and work for the development of key trend industries like in tech, biotech, food industry and technology, tourism and shipping, with the aim to strengthen the internationalisation and diversification of the economies.

Registration for the delegation is now open and spaces are limited!

The Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference (ALMC) brings together a wide variety of logistics service providers and users, from manufacturers and distributors to retailers and brand owners, to discuss the latest trends and opportunities in Asia’s logistics, air cargo, maritime and supply-chain management industries.

2018 Edition will feature the participation of over 2,000 participants all over the world and forecast a series of seminars and talks along with networking luncheons and coffee breaks. The two main forums will focus respectively on the role of connectivity within the developing process of the Asian-pacific economy and on the revolution in logistics and supply chain management brought in by online shopping.

The event will also see the participation of Hon. Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The Italian Chamber of Commerce is glad to present you this special Venetian wine dinner that will be held at the stunning Cipriani Hong Kong.

It will be a unique event, where you will have the occasion to live out your Venetian dream night that will include the taste of the famous wine from the island of Mazzorbo.

On this night they will recreate the enchanting atmosphere of Venice with a delicious Venetian menu.

RSVP before Oct 31

Smart and elegant dress code is well appreciated

Do not miss this fabulous night