Join us for a workshop on how to connect Alipay (the world’s largest mobile payment platform) to attract more Chinese customers during the upcoming Chinese New Year season.

To welcome the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations throughout January and Early February, Cambridge China Center is providing a special workshop to enable retail, tourism and hospitality businesses to increase their income from Chinese customers. The 90 minute workshop will cover:

• The evolving Chinese consumption trends;
• How to effectively market products to Chinese tourists;
• City-wide ‘Alipay Red Packet’ and ‘Chinese New Year’ promotions.

Be part of the excitement generated by the Chinese New Year ‘Alipay Red Packet’ redemption campaign.

Alipay is proving Chinese New Year ‘RED PACKET’ incentives globally to all Alipay users who scan the QR Code (customers are awarded a random amount by Alipay, from £1 to £330 per user scan).

The exciting news is that merchants connected with Alipay that promote the ‘RED PACKET’ QR Code get as much commission as customers’ incentive with every user scan!

Getting involved with Cambridge Chinese Culture Festival 2020

The Cambridge Chinese Culture Festival lasts for three weeks, but the wide marketing and communication (in Chinese and English) are spread for two months. Participating groups and communities include Cambridge residents, educational and cultural institutions, local government, chambers of commerce, tourism retail catering services, medium and large enterprises, and other commercial organizations, etc.

These are excellent opportunities for businesses looking to promote brand image, enhance corporate reputation and be engaged with potential business partners. Please check our Networking & Events Page for upcoming opportunities or email us at: enquiry@cambridgechinacentre.org.

Date & Time: 14 January 2020. 8am-9:30am

Location: Cambridge China Centre, 1a Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge, CB3 0AX.

Our friends at the Cambridge China Community Centre will soon be holding their annual Christmas Party. It is a family-friendly event that encourages you to celebrate with the community through festive dress, music, dancing, games and a special visit from Father Christmas.

A wonderful time for the whole family!

You can learn more at:

• Community Centre Facebook
• WeChat: CambridgeCCCC

Cambridge China Center has prepared a special concert and wine reception to celebrate Christmas. We have invited the famous AURORA PERCUSSION DUO to bring you an audio-visual feast on the evening of Thursday the 28 November 2019.

“Aurora Percussion Duo unite with exactitude and give performances of high physicality” – The Guardian

“Percussion groups always have the unfair advantage of their eye-catching array of bizarre instruments. But this duo transcended that and showed real musicality.” – The Telegraph

Described as ‘superb’ by the Financial Times and ‘extraordinary’ by Classical Source, Aurora Percussion Duo produce adrenaline fuelled concert performances which are visually spectacular, physically demanding and presented with the artistry of dedicated chamber musicians. Aurora concert programmes present a vast repertoire of music spanning centuries from Bach to the present day, whilst exploring instruments from the five-octave marimba to the humble egg shaker.

Pre-concert Reception

Prior to the concert, Cambridge China Centre will be hosting a special reception featuring Chinese fine wines sourced by Panda Fine Wines and delicious canapés created by the Tamburlaine Hotel. The reception is a great networking opportunity and a free benefit for CCC membership.

Limited tickets for the wine and canapés reception will be available for non-members that would like to attend the reception and take advantage of the Chinese wines, canapés and opportunity to network with the Cambridge China Centre community. Just select the concert+reception ticket option below, but please hurry since availability will be limited and tickets are expected to sell out.

Drink Reception: 18:00-18:45, Thursday 28 Nov

Concert: 19:00-20:00, Thursday 28 Nov

We would like to thank our sponsors, the Tamburlaine Hotel and Panda Fine Wines as well as our friends at the Cambridge Chinese Community Centre.

To celebrate the 41st anniversary of China’s Reform and Opening-up, supported by the Chinese Embassy in the UK, Cambridge China Forum 2019 will put on a special Photo Exhibition themed “Reform and Dreams” on the 15-16 Oct at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre.

Last December marked the 40th anniversary of China’s Reform and Opening-up policy, which was launched under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping at the 1978 Third Plenum. This policy jump-started China’s transformation from an underdeveloped centrally-planned economy into an economic powerhouse, increasingly driven by the market.

Among the exhibits, most images depict changes in the daily life in China since 1978 while others showcases the close relationship between China and the United Kingdom over what has proven to be an extraordinary time of change to China’s development.

Cambridge has seen an enormous interest in UK|China investments and business deals. The innovative technology generated in the Cambridge Cluster and the possibilities of the Chinese Market can be a powerful combination.

To help connect Chinese investors with emerging and innovative Cambridge and UK-based businesses, and as an important part of Cambridge China Forum 2019, Cambridge China Centre is curating another exclusive venture-capital pitch event with Chinese investors on the 16 October 2019 at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre.

This Pitch Event builds upon the success and demand generated at the inaugural Cambridge China Forum 2018, Cambridge China Centre and Business Weekly introducing the UK|China Business Award, and the Cambridge China Centre Spring Pitch Event in March 2019.

We currently have commitments from thirty Chinese investment companies to attend, representing larger networks of businesses and technology resources in China and internationally. Confirmed investors include: China Science & Merchants Capital Management, Everbright Financial, Beihang Investment, Council of Industry and Technology Alliances in Z-Park, Shengjing 360, Puhua Capital, THG Ventures, CYZone, TusStar VC, Herald Investment Management, ET Capital, The UK China Enterprise Fund, The Sino-UK Fund and Puxin Education Fund…

Pitching Slots

Carrying on the theme of Cambridge China Forum 2019 ‘UK|China Investment and Trade – Science and Technology Forefronts’, the Pitch Session on the 16 Oct welcomes applications from Cambridge & UK-based technology companies, with a special interest in those from the Bioscience, AI, 5G, Agri-tech and Advanced Material sectors.

Designed as an intimate exclusive event, there are only 30 pitching slots available. To apply for a FREE pitching slot, please fill in the Registration Form and send to enquiry@cambridgechinacentre.org by the 30 Sept 2019. Applicants will be notified of their status shortly thereafter.

Tech companies who would like Cambridge China Centre to help with further facilitation and 1:1 meetings with the Chinese investors will sign a Letter of Engagement. Please email Cambridge China Centre for more details. At all stages, Cambridge China Centre will be there to offer experienced support as local innovators look to the China market.

Audience Seating (observing without pitching)

There are a limited number of seats available for those that want to observe the Day 2 events but are not pitching to investors.

• Free for Cambridge China Centre Members
• Non-members：£75+vat

Audience tickets can be reserved below (CCC members need to log in to order their free tickets).

Cambridge China Forum is the premier International Conference focused on enhancing business relationships and increasing investment and trade between China and the Cambridge Science & Technology Cluster.  The 2019 Cambridge China Forum will be held on 15th – 16th October 2019 at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre. The 2019 theme is: ‘UK|China Investment and Trade – Science and Technology Forefronts’.

The two-day agenda has been designed to appeal to UK|China based businesses, investors and technology companies, with a focus on networking and building relationships. On Day One,  industry-leading speakers will be discussing UK|China business potentials, emerging perspectives on AI and Bio-tech industry trends, IP and Regulations in China, Impact Investment, and post-Brexit investment and trade changes and opportunities. See the Agenda below:

Day Two is reserved for investment Pitch Sessions that enable representatives from innovative companies to pitch to an impressive panel of thirty investors and specialists in Chinese trade.  Audience tickets will also be available to attend this Pitch Event. For more details, audience tickets and applications to participate in the Pitch Sessions, please visit here.

Speaking, Sponsoring and Partnership Opportunities

To raise your profile and thought leadership, take advantage of our Speaking, Sponsorship and Partnership opportunities. For details, please visit here or contact jinzhao.li@cambridgechinacentre.org.

Member Discounts

Day 1 Cambridge China Forum (including Gala Dinner）

• Cambridge China Centre Members: £150+vat (log in to enjoy the membership discount)
• Non-members：£250+vat

To celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, the Cambridge Chinese Community Centre’s ever popular Mid-Autumn Fair is returning to the Parker’s Piece on Sunday the 29 September 2019.

The Mid-Autumn Fair consists of four areas:

• Tent area: gourmet tents and several small tents for exhibition;
• Performance area: Various cultural performances, showing Chinese traditional culture；
• Sports area: the site for sports games like kicking shuttlecock, skipping rope, ball games, etc.
• Bouncy castle area: lots of fun activities for children.

Mid-Autumn Festival also known as the Moon Festival and Harvest Moon Festival. It is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Lunar calendar—essentially the night of a full moon—which falls near the Autumnal Equinox (on a day between September 8 and October 7 in the western calendar).

The festival has been celebrated since the early Tang dynasty (618–907). One of the most common ways to celebrate is by eating mooncakes, although they typically have around 800 calories a cake.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a chance for families to spend time together. Many communities also celebrate by lighting paper lanterns, while some neighbourhoods will take part in lion and dragon dances for luck.

To discuss your interest in Attending, Exhibiting or Sponsoring the Mid-Autumn Festival 2019, please contact:

Mr Zhixin Li: lizhixin2011@gmail.com   Wechar ID: li7830329376

Ms Yang Dong: Yc1851@gmail.com        Wecht ID: yyddcc2012

Join us for a workshop on understanding the evolving Chinese consumption trends and how to prepare for the huge increase of Chinese tourists expected during Golden Week (1-7 Oct).

The Golden Week is an annual seven-day Chinese national holiday that signals a time when many Chinese tourists travel abroad. The numbers of tourists travelling to the UK from China is steadily increasing and is forecasted to keep rising (Xinhua News), bringing enormous development opportunities to the tourism market.

To welcome the upcoming China Golden Week (1-7 October), Cambridge China Center is providing a special workshop to enable businesses to increase their income from Chinese tourists during that period. The workshop will cover essential areas, including:

1. The evolving Chinese consumption trends;
2. How to effectively market products to Chinese tourists;
3. What kind of discount information can attract Chinese tourists;
4. Preparations for a large number of Chinese tourists.

The event lasts for two hours, (2-4 pm) on Wednesday September 10th. Tea and Coffee will be served at the start.

The evolving Chinese outbound consumption trends

The rapidly growing number of outbound tourists in China has directly driven the popularity of overseas consumption. According to the preliminary statistics of the China Tourism Research Institute (CTRI), the number of outbound tourists in China reached 140 million in 2018, 11 million more than 129 million in 2017.

Chinese tourists will take advantage of longer holidays to travel to Europe, and the UK is often the first stop for Chinese tourists in Europe. On average, Chinese tourists spend more than any other nationality. Their average spend of £2,174 is more than three and a half times the global average (CTRI). In addition, Chinese tourists spend longer in the UK than other international visitors, with an average of 15 nights, while other visitors are eight nights, and they spend an average of more than half of their time outside of London.

What can you do to attract them into your shop? Book your ticket below and let us help you.

The workshop cost is £12.

Members of Cambridge China Centre enjoy discounted prices by logging in before purchasing their tickets.

The performance ‘ Belt and Road: By Beihai We Are Bound’ will be held at the Guildhall, Cambridge on the evening of 6 September.

The opening ceremony of the ‘Belt and Road: By Beihai We Are Bound’ activities (the United Kingdom stop) is scheduled to be held at Cambridge at 6:00 PM on 6 September 2019, when there will be a show of a segment of the grand historical drama Maritime Silk Road.  The show will be presented in the form of songs and dances.

Beihai is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi, China. Its status as a seaport on the north shore of the Gulf of Tonkin has granted it historical importance as a port of international trade for Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan. Between the years 2006 and 2020, Beihai is predicted to be the world’s fastest growing city. Beihai has a large shipyard, but most of the money generated in the city is derived from trade.

Tickets

The event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required and seats will be allocated on a “first come, first served” basis.

CIBL (LSE and Tsinghua University)’s Business Chinese Teacher Training 2019 will be held at LSE on 6-8 September 2019. 

This programme combines the academic excellence of LSE and Tsinghua University with the business acumen of five sponsor companies, HSBC, BP, Deloitte, Swire and Standard Chartered. The programme provides a platform for participants to learn new skills and establish new professional network. Upon successful completion of the training programme, participants will receive a certificate of attendance.

Programme Itinerary

Meet some of the Trainers/Speakers

Training Fee & Registration

The £300 training fee covers three days’ courses, learning materials, 2 dinners, 3 lunches and all tea/coffee and refreshments.

Registration requirements can be found at: https://www.lse.ac.uk/cibl/language-and-cultural-courses/secure/teacher-training

Registration deadline：23 Aug 2019

Cambridge China Forum 2018, a must-attend bespoke event driving UK|China business relationships and opportunities.

Cambridge – the gateway to the UK technology industry, is at the forefront of global science, research and technological innovation.

China – one of the oldest civilizations that is experiencing tremendous economic growth and is a driving force behind today’s world economy and commerce.

It’s time to bring UK|China closer together.

Join us at the Cambridge China Forum 2018, the inaugural event driving UK|China business relationships, innovation and talent pipelines.

Designed as an intimate, bespoke event, with only 50 tickets available to purchase, delegates will benefit from impactful interactions and positive long-term business relationships.

With sessions exploring UK|China collaboration, and experts discussing the latest technology trends including AI, Blockchain, FinTech, E-commerce, Life Science, CleanTech and AgriTech, Cambridge China Forum 2018 focuses on the themes of:

• Cambridge – a remarkable example for university-industry cooperation
• Cambridge Phenomenon and the China opportunities

as well as Trade Exhibition, business networking and Gala Dinner.

Venue

The Guildhall, Market Square, Cambridge CB2 3QJ

Attendees

• Top Chinese and British universities and research institutes
• Cambridge Science Parks
• Innovation Centres and Incubators
• Top Chinese and British high-tech companies
• Chinese and British governments

Tickets

1 – UK based Delegation One-Day Ticket for the 20 November 2018: £300 + VAT

Welcoming UK|China delegates, the ticket includes plenaries, tracks, business lunch, exhibition, tea/coffee breaks, and Gala Dinner on the 20th November 2018.

Designed as an intimate, bespoke event, only 50 one-day tickets available to purchase.

2 – China based Delegation Two-Day Ticket for the 20 & 21 November 2018: £480 +VAT

Ticket includes entry to plenaries, tracks, business lunch, tea/coffee breaks, entry to trade exhibition and Gala Dinner on the 20th November 2018; Entry to tracks, business lunch, and tea/coffee breaks on the 21st November 2018.

Two-day tickets are only available to delegates travelling from China as the agenda of Day 2 will be tailored for them to gain a greater understanding of the Cambridge phenomenon and will include bespoke tracks and corporate visits.

Itinerary

20th November 2018

Morning

Welcome Speeches

Keynote Speeches and Panel Discussions

• Cambridge – a remarkable example for university-industry cooperation
• Plenary 1: Cambridge-China Collaboration Opportunities
• Track 1: Smart City and CleanTech
• Track 2: Blockchain

Lunchtime

Business lunch and Exhibition

Afternoon

Keynote speeches and Panel Discussions

• Plenary 2: AI and Machine Learning
• Track 3: FinTech and E-commerce
• Track 4: The Life Science Forefront
• Plenary 3: When the East meets the West

Evening

• Gala Dinner

21st November 2018

Morning

• Track 5: Science Parks, Innovation Centres and Incubators in Cambridge
• Track 6: Cambridge example of ‘University, Research and Industry’ in Life Science
• Track 7: AgriTech
• Track 8: The Fourth Industrial Revolution

Lunchtime

Business lunch

The two largest economies in the world, the United States and China are locked in an ongoing trade war, which is the most striking international Headline of 2018.

By looking at the courses and possible consequences of the ‘US-China trade war’ and going through major international affairs ever since, Professor Jiawei Zhang will share with the audience his insights into China’s evolving relationship with the United States, Canada, the UK, and the rest of the world.

Speaker

Professor Jiawei Zhang is the chief researcher at GBIC, a research fellow at the Jack Austin Asia-Pacific Research Center of Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada, and a research fellow at the Institute of Strategic Research of Peking University. In particular, Professor Zhang focuses on economic issues related to China and North America as well as the crowdfunding business model and niche market behavior.

Professor Zhang is currently an academic visiting scholar at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, focusing on business model research in the field of niche behavioral economics.

Professor Zhang has rich business experience. He was the Chairman and President of a large state-owned company in China for more than ten years. He is an expert in Chinese enterprises’ reform and development and has a deep understanding of China’s Corporation Law. He is a successful Angel investor and a well-known consultant for companies. He has also served as a director, independent director, or strategic advisor in a number of companies, including high-tech companies.

Professor Zhang has published many papers on Chinese and English journals. His book The Rise of Niche, The Ugly Duckling Management, The Crowdfunding Study, Silicon Valley—A New Future as well as the book he translated, Niche: Why the Market No Longer Favours the Mainstream, are all among the most popular Economical books in China. Professor Zhang is widely acclaimed as the founder of the theory of Niche in China.

Agenda

8.30-8.50 Guests sign in, Tea and Coffee

8.50-10.20 Understanding China’s evolving relationship with the world

10.20-10.45 Q&A and Networking

World War II has always been an important topic of contemporary history studies. China’s eight years’ resistance to Japan is one of the great untold stories of World War II. As an authority on the history of 19th and 20th century China, Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History from Cambridge University, will depict this historical event in a comprehensive way. This talk will also discuss the changes of China’s politics and ideology after World War II.

Speaker

Hans van de Ven, Professor of Modern Chinese History, University of Cambridge

Hans van de Ven is an expert on the history of 19th and 20th century China. He is Professor of Modern Chinese History and has served as Chair of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He also is Director in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at St Catharine’s College. He has been a Guest Professor in the History Department of Nanjing University and an International Fellow at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, China, in 2005–06. He has written on China’s military history as well as the history of China’s globalization. His book, China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China 1937-1952, was published in 2017 by Profile in London and Harvard University Press in 2018. Linking Press will publish a Chinese translation next year.

Research interests:

History of the Chinese Communist Party before 1949; the history of warfare in modern China from the Taiping Rebellion to the Civil War between the Communists and the Nationalists; the history of Chinese globalization in the 1850-1950 period.

Agenda

4:00pm-4:20pm Guests sign in, Tea and Coffee

4:20pm-5:40pm Talk: China at World War II

5:40pm-6:15pm Q&A and Networking

Tickets

Free Entrance

About 65% of Chinese tourists sampled have used mobile payment while traveling overseas, compared with only 11% of non-Chinese tourists, according to The Outbound Chinese Tourism and Consumption Trends: 2017 Survey, jointly issued by Nielsen, a global leading information and measurement company, and Alipay, the world’s largest mobile and lifestyle platform.

Chinese tourists shift to and embrace mobile payments faster than any country, and over 90% Chinese tourists would use mobile payment overseas given the option.

According to statistics from the China National Tourism Administration, Chinese tourists traveled overseas on 131 million occasions in 2017, an increase of 7% from the previous year. Statistics from the International Tourism Association shows that the overseas spending by Chinese tourists in 2016 was as high as 261.1 billion U.S. dollars, increasing 4.5% over the same period (year-on-year) and was ranked first among all tourists worldwide.

To understand what role mobile payments play during overseas travel for Chinese citizens, and to get practical tips on how hotels, restaurants and shops could adapt to Chinese mobile payment system so as to attract more Chinese consumers and to provide better services, join us at this ‘must-attend’ business workshop.

Speaker

Jinzhao Li

Founder and Managing Director of Cambridge China Center, Founder of First UK Education, a former executive of New Oriental Education Technology Group, a practitioner and senior expert in the field of cross-culture Education and Business Consultation.

Agenda

8.30-8.50     Guests sign in, Tea and Coffee

8.50-9.50     Embracing mobile payments – practical tips for hotels, restaurants and shops

9.50-10.30   Q&A and Networking

Having key stakeholders of Cambridge and representatives of Chinese tour operators involved, Visit Cambridge and Cambridge China Centre are co-organizing this important meeting, exploring ideas and interventions to improve the welcome and management of Chinese visitors to Cambridge, to reach out to Chinese tour operators and summer school organizers, to promote balanced and diverse tourism resources of Cambridge and beyond, to enhance mutual communication and understanding, to maximise the opportunities for businesses and visitors, and at the same time to reduce negative impacts from overwhelming tourism on a world-famous small city like Cambridge.

This Roundtable Meeting starting with ‘China Sector’ will be a positive initiative, leading to more efforts and measures introduced in the wider sectors towards a full picture of ‘Sustainable Tourism’ for Cambridge.

We welcome thoughts and insights from all parities on this subject. Please contact enquiry@cambridgechinacentre.org sharing with us your interests, concerns, opinions and suggestions.

Tickets

Invitation only

Speakers

Speaker 1: Dr Haihua Zhang, co-author of popular books ‘ Think like Chinese’,  ‘Think More like Chinese’

Speaker 2: Mr Geoff Baker, co-author of popular books ‘ Think like Chinese’,  ‘Think More like Chinese’

Speaker 3: Ms Jinzhao Li, Director of Cambridge China Centre

Speaker 4: Ms Sarah Cheung Johnson, the first British-born-Chinese Councillor in Cambridgeshire

Agenda

Our well balanced speakers combine their Chinese and Western perspectives to explain and debate, with rich examples, common Chinese and western behaviours that may seem odd to each other. They share their experiences and observations to provide strategies for overcoming such cultural barriers. Audience are welcome to throw in their observations, questions and insights.

Held at Cambridge Union, the oldest debating society in the world, the workshop `Think like Chinese v Think like Westerners` is going to bring you a light-hearted, fun and inspiring afternoon.

4:00 pm-4:30 pm Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
4:30 pm-5:30 pm Workshop: Think like Chinese VS Think like Westerners
5:30 pm-6:15 pm Q&A, and Networking

Performers

UK Chinese Music Ensemble

Agenda

6:30 pm-7:00 pm Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
7:00 pm-7:45 pm Chinese Classical music
7:45 pm-8:30 pm Networking over drinks

This workshop will equip Cambridge colleges and organizations in retail and tourism sectors necessary knowledge and skills for working with Chinese visiting groups/tourists. The workshop will cover essential areas including:

•  The rise of China’s middle class
•  Consumption upgrade of Chinese consumers
•  Mutual cultural understanding
•  Sustainable tourism for Cambridge

Target Audience: Organizations providing services to Chinese visiting groups/tourists, including Cambridge governments, tourism agencies, Cambridge colleges, hotels, restaurants, shops, and individuals who are interested in Chinese Consumer behavior.

Speaker

Jinzhao Li, Director of Cambridge China Centre

Agenda

4:00 pm-4:20 pm Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
4:20 pm-5:40 pm Workshop: Understanding Chinese visiting groups/tourists
5:40 pm-6:00 pm Q&A

Open to invited guests only, over a hundred delegates from universities, colleges, businesses, government and media, from the UK and China, will come together to join us on the 4th June 2018 in the celebration and launch of Cambridge China Centre and Cambridge China Forum.

This eagerly awaited launch will be a wonderful opportunity for you to:

• Keep up with the UK-China Golden Era relationship
• Understand how Cambridge China Centre could help connect Cambridge with Modern China
• Network with hand-picked potential business partners over refreshments
• And to explore potential business opportunities

Speakers

Mr Xu Jin

• Minister Counsellor of Chinese Embassy UK, Commercial Section
• The Ministry of Commerce’s most senior representative within the UK

Mrs Jinzhao Li

• Founder and Director of Cambridge China Centre
• Founder and Director of First UK Education
• Former General Manager of subsidiary company of New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU)

Dr Wei Sun

• Chairman of Advisory Board, Cambridge China Centre
• Chairman of Cambridge Chinese Community Centre.

Agenda

Cambridge China Centre would like to invite you to its Launching Event held at Old Divinity School, St John’s College on the 4th June 2018. This would be a wonderful opportunity for you to:

• Keep up with UK-China Golden Era relationship
• Understand how Cambridge China Centre could help connect Cambridge with Modern China
• Network with hand-picked potential business partners over nice tea/coffee and wines
• Explore business opportunities

16.30-17.00 Guests arrival; Welcome tea/coffee
17.00-18.00 Launching of Cambridge China Centre and Cambridge China Forum
18.00-18.45 Networking over drinks