Events

We are delighted to announce that we will participate this year at the 5th Convention of International Trade and International Relocation: Mondissimo.

The tradeshow will be held at the Palais Brongniart - Place de la Bourse in Paris on 19 and 20 March 2013.  We look forward to welcoming you stand in Zone 2 BF3.

NOVA GROUP FRANCE vous invite a visiter la convention Mondissimo du Commerce international et de la Mobilite Internationale les 19 et 20 mars 2013 a Paris http://j.mp/11tV8Xk

In the framework of the EU SME Week 2012 the EU SME Centre in Beijing – an EU financed initiative to support EU SMEs in the Chinese market - organises a workshop to present the numerous market opportunities for EU SMEs in China and the tools available for EU SMEs to better prepare their market entry and business development. This hands-on workshop is dedicated to EU SMEs, representatives of business support organisations which advise SMEs on going international and institutions active in the field of internationalisation of European business.  The seminar is held on October 15, 2012 at the Renaissance Hotel in Brussels. Dange Peng, manager of the NOVA Group China Office is an invited speaker to the seminar and will present a session on ‘Best Practices when starting a business in China’.

Esmee Mos (NOVA Relocation The Netherlands) and Gerry Heiligers (NOVA BISIS Education) will attend the “I am not a tourist” Expat Fair onSunday 7 October 2012 in Amsterdam at the “Beurs van Berlage” (5 minutes walking from Amsterdam Central Station) at stand number 27!

NOVA Group will participate BCECC seminar "Are China's increasing costs killing sourcing business?" on the 16th of May at Management Centre Europe in Brussels.

The supply chain in China, including thousands of mainland factories, is reeling from a 13.6% increase of the minimum wage. As a result, the lowest salary in some areas in China is being pushed up to 1,500 yuan or $240 per month. Chinese export manufacturers in the Hong Kong area expect that the increase will result in the downsizing—or complete closing—of 1/3 of Hong Kong’s 50,000 factories in China.

When reading these figures, everyone probably has the same question in mind: Are China’s increasing costs killing sourcing business? Mr. Etienne Charlier, Managing Director of procur Asia will give his point of view on these issues.

Mr. Charlier already had more than 10-years management experience in China when he created procurAsia, a service and consulting company that assists Western companies to source high tech products and industrial equipment from China. He built his experience while working in several executive positions for Alcatel, a large international group providing telecommunication solutions.

NOVA Group will attend the interesting seminar “China Custom Event” on 27 April, organized by Belgian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which will take place at Best Western Carrefour de l’Europe Hotel in Brussels.

Our NOVA China Office will also schedule an individual meeting with the import & export custom expert to discuss custom issues concerning exporting goods from China to Europe. 

An important delegation of NOVA Relocation will join the EURA conference in Stockholm

• from France, Corinne Johansson
• from the Netherlands, Peter van Steenis
• and from Belgium Walter Vermeeren, Koen Reekmans, Sylvie Craps, Eva Pareit and Véronique Fauconnier

Renata Hendriks and Esmee Mos-van der Straeten from NOVA The Netherlands will attend the Netherlands Chapter Event "Talent Management & Global Mobility" on April 10th, 2012 in Amsterdam. The event will be organized by FEM, The Forum for Expatriate Management.