Conference Overview

Please note that the information below refers to the December 2007 conference program. Visit this site again for updates on the conferences to be held in December 2008. If you have any questions, e-mail us at seminars-gh@chinasourcingfair.com.

China Sourcing Fair: Baby & Children's Products 2007
Conference Program

Venue: Room M1, Ground Floor, Hall W1
Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Pudong, Shanghai

12 December 2007 (Wednesday)

Time	Topic/Speaker	Room	Language
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Understanding health & safety requirements for fashion jewelry — US & European markets •  Discover how the latest quality control directives can work to your advantage Shirley Xu, Technical Specialist, Chemical Division, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (Shanghai)	W1-M1	Mandarin
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	Design evaluation for children's products •  Find out how Design Evaluation can help minimize product recalls and liability concerns Bureau Veritas Hong Kong Ltd.	W1-M1	Mandarin

13 December 2007 (Thursday)

Time	Topic/Speaker	Room	Language
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Buying from China: What new buyers need to know •  Finding and selecting the right partners •  Quality control management: Making sure you're getting what you pay for •  Shipping/logistics: The ins and outs of getting goods from here to there •  Paying suppliers: Advice on positioning yourself financially Mike Bellamy, China Operations Director, PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions Karlene Chan, Verify Ltd. David Dayton, Chief Executive Officer, Silk Road International (SRI) China Bernie Holmbraker, Export Communications Consultant, Global Sources Michael N.A. Lavergne, Director, Account Management, Asia Consumer Products Services Division, Bureau Veritas Hong Kong Ltd. Frank Sesing, Director Sales, Central China, Schenker International (Hong Kong) Ltd.	W1-M1	English
3:50 pm - 4:50 pm	Ask the experts •  Get free personalized, professional advice to your import questions — A unique new service of one-on-one consultations with industry specialists!	W1-M1	English

Understanding health & safety requirements for fashion jewelry — US & European markets
Shirley Xu, Technical Specialist, Chemical Division, Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (Shanghai)

With a growing customer focus on the health and safety of imported products, you can better manage risks and protect your clients by ensuring your organization has a clear understanding of costume jewelry testing requirements of the US and European markets.

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Design evaluation for children's products
Bureau Veritas Hong Kong Ltd.

Design Evaluation provides critical information on new or modified consumer products prior to production and distribution. This enables manufacturers, retailers, advertising agencies, and other companies making decisions about product design and distribution to minimize recall and liability concerns.

Regulatory specialists, research analysts, and engineers can assist you to assess your product and identify applicable requirements and design concerns.

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Buying from China: What new buyers need to know
Mike Bellamy, China Operations Director, PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions
Karlene Chan, Verify Ltd.
David Dayton, Chief Executive Officer, Silk Road International (SRI) China
Bernie Holmbraker, Export Communications Consultant, Global Sources
Michael N.A. Lavergne, Director, Account Management, Asia Consumer Products Services Division, Bureau Veritas Hong Kong Ltd.
Frank Sesing, Director Sales, Central China, Schenker International (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Finding and selecting the right partner
The speaker will provide guidelines on how to evaluate suppliers in China, and what questions to ask to make sure you have the information to make the right choice for you. He will also discuss the do's and don'ts of the initial stages of a relationship and offer practical advice on solving problems and protecting your business interests.

Quality control management: Making sure you're getting what you pay for
Explore practical ways to ensure quality control when sourcing products from China. This presentation will provide an overview of the various international certification standards, the inspection and audit questions you need to ask your suppliers, and the evaluation methods available for your use.

Shipping/logistics: The ins and outs of getting goods from here to there
One of the major concerns of sourcing from China is making sure your products get to you on time and in good condition. This session walks you through the international logistics flow and identifies the options and key issues you face in planning your shipping arrangements. The speaker will detail the standard international trade terms and how to use them. You will also learn the pros and cons of shipping by air and by sea.

Paying suppliers: Advice on positioning yourself financially
This presentation will provide a roadmap to structuring your payments to suppliers and protecting your financial interests. The speaker will use a case study to illustrate real-world tips on positioning yourself financially. He will also discuss how to ensure that your payment arrangements reinforce your quality and vice versa. You will learn about the common pitfalls as well as the best practices to avoid them, and how to plan for maximum leverage for when things go wrong.

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About the speakers

Shirley Xu is the Technical Specialist for the Chemical Division at Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (Shanghai). She has a master's degree in organic chemistry from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Material Media.

At Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services, Shirley is responsible for information research and regularly conducts seminars on RS (Restricted Substances). She is familiar with RS regulations of the EU and other countries, especially RS regulations & risks in children products. She is also very knowledgeable of RS introduced into products and how to control them. Shirley helps promotes the Factory Chemical & Product Stewardship (FCPS), which BV created to help factories manufacture products compliant to all regulations, with full processes control or RS from raw material to finished product.

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For the past decade Mike Bellamy has been based full-time in Asia. Fed up with the inability of middlemen/ trading companies to control quality and tired of having intellectual property (IP) knocked off, he decided to do something about it by forming PassageMaker in 2002. Mike developed a system to extract the best pricing in China and protect IP without compromising quality and service. PassageMaker's 100% US owned and operated Assembly Center in S. China serves as the client's "black box" where inspection, final assembly and branding takes place behind closed doors. In this fashion, Intellectual Property is physically secured and full quality inspection is conducted before product leaves China. Mike has structured sourcing investments in over 150 production classifications for US and European clients during his time in China. He has an International MBA from the University of South Carolina, which included course work in Harbin and Beijing.

Recognized as expert on China sourcing, Mike is has been a featured presenter for Global Sources Asia Expo HK, Global Sources Dubai, Boat Tech China, Rotary Foundation, US Chamber of Commerce, British Chamber of Commerce and State Bar of California among others. A former Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar, Mike speaks Chinese and Japanese. Based full time in Shenzhen China.

Learn more about Mike (MikeB@PSSchina.com) and PassageMaker at www.PSSchina.com. This website includes free educational material such as sourcing seminar videos and tools of the trade.

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