There will be an opportunity for 30 BCCC Members, which is twice as many as the 
usual accommodation, to attend this month's special Management Discussion Forum to 
be held on Thursday, September 14th, at the British Council. This event will still 
be free of charge to BCCC's members. Reservations for the event will be taken on a 
first-come first-served basis (one person per member company or Individual 
members). The topic for this month's MDF is:

Social Innovation
With Gary Hallsworth, Director Governance and Development, British Council, 
Beijing

Event:	BCCC Management Discussion Forum
Venue:	Multi-Functional Room A, the British Council, 4/F Landmark
                Building Tower 1, 8 Dongsanhuan Beilu
Date: 	Thursday 14th September 2006
Time: 	4:00pm-5:30pm
Cost: 	Free for BCCC members 

Social innovation is how cities, national governments and businesses solve 
compelling challenges facing the society ¨C such as urban growth, traffic 
congestion, an aging population, chronic disease and unemployment ¨C by designing 
and developing new and more effective approaches. 

Social innovation has in the past played a key role in economic growth and the 
spread of technologies like the car.   It is likely to be even more important to 
growth in the 21st century as societies cope with the challenges of ageing and in 
an era when health will be the worldĄŻs largest industry requiring government and 
non government co-operation.

The British Council in partnership with the UK's Young Foundation, China Centre for 
Comparative Politics and Economics (CCCPE) is developing a three year work 
programme in China in the field of social innovation. The aim of the programme is 
to share learning between the UK and China on how to advance social innovation to 
address pressing social challenges in fields such as health, education and ageing. 

Come and join us to this month's special Management Discussion Forum at the British 
Council to learn more about Social Innovation and the upcoming program between the 
British Council and its Chinese counterparts. 

Speakers: 

Gary Hallsworth has worked for the Inland Revenue (Taxation), Local Government 
(Established the Manchester Innovation Consultancy) and in the private sector as a 
logistics manager.  He has worked for the British Council since 1992 where he was 
responsible for establishing a programme of private sector professional internships 
for overseas postgraduates studying in the UK.  His educational background includes 
marketing, politics, public policy and management, and economic development.   

Gary has worked on short-term assignments in Pakistan, Malaysia and Singapore and 
for three years in Vietnam.  From 2002 he has worked as Director of Governance and 
Development for the British Council in China. His responsibilities include Legal 
Professional Development; Social and Economic Development and Government Reform.  
He currently manages a portfolio of projects in these sectors with a value of Stg16 
million. 

Reservations for the event will be taken on a first-come first-served basis. 
Please register with us in advance. If you have registered and discover that you 
cannot make the event please give us at least 48 hours notice. Thank you.

To guarantee your place simply register at www.pek.britcham.org or contact 
Ruth Zhou  by Tuesday, September 12th, @ britcham@pek.britcham.org, 
F (010) 8525 1100, T (010) 8525 1111 ext. 703

We look forward to seeing you there!