Online Forum Organised by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association, Taiwan (CIECA)

Date: Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Time: 9:00 – 11:00 CET

Online Forum – Livestreamed

Programme

9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks

Jaushieh Joseph WU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ROC (Taiwan)

Mei-Hua WANG, Minister of Economic Affairs of the ROC (Taiwan)

9:10-10:30 Panel Discussion

Moderator:

Andrey KOVATCHEV, Member of the European Parliament

Speakers:

Terry TSAO, Global Chief Marketing Officer and President, SEMI Taiwan

Johnsee LEE, Chairman, Taiwan Precision Medicine Industry Association (TPMIA)

Dalip SHARMA, President, EMEA Region, Delta Electronics

Chin-Yu LIN (Miro LIN), General Manager, Intelligent Manufacturing & Data Services Division, Fair Friend Group (FFG)

Jeffrey CHIN KC, General Manager, Giant Europe Manufacturing Center

Peter LEMMENS, Director, IMEC Innovation Services and General Manager IMEC Taiwan

Carl HEIREMANS, Senior Business Development Manager, Jan De Nul

10:30-11:00 Interactive Q&A Session

EU-Taiwan Supply Chains Forum

The European Commission is pursuing the twin policy goals of the European Green Deal and the Digital Agenda in order to achieve sustainable economic development, while simultaneously strengthening the security of its supply chains so as to ensure the EU’s strategic autonomy. This creates a huge potential and opportunities for supply chain cooperation between Taiwan and the EU and for strengthening the security of European supply chains. The importance of like-minded partners in establishing resilient and diversified global supply chains has been critically highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan, with its advanced position in sectors such as ICT, electronics, semiconductors, biotechnology, renewable energy and machine tools manufacturing, has also since long played a key role in the global supply chain.

The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) and the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association Taiwan (CIECA) are organizing this online forum to serve as a platform for Taiwanese and European entrepreneurs and businesses to enhance mutual supply chain cooperation and to boost investment, trade and technology exchanges between the industries of Taiwan and the EU, based on the experiences of enterprises such as FFG, SEMI, Delta, TPMIA, Giant, IMEC and Jan De Nul.

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