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Bridging the Divide: Western Development and Chinese Culture
Speaker: Richard Tsao (Managing Director, Ubisoft Chengdu), Jean-Francois Vallee (Technical Production Manager, Ubisoft Chengdu)
Date/Time: Thursday (March 11, 2010) 9:00am — 10:00am
Location (room): Room 132, North Hall
Track: Business and Management
Secondary Track: Production
Format: 60-minute Lecture
Experience Level: Intermediate

Session Description
This session will attempt to give a clearer picture on the challenges that Western managers would face working with Chinese game developers. Using our studio's experience, we will discuss about characteristics that make the business environment in China unique, demonstrates common situations that can be encountered while doing business in China, offer some positive aspects, and finally guidelines on how to be successful in China. Each of our examples will give perspectives from both an executive and a production manager, showing how important it is to have a symbiotic relationship throughout to ensure success in the Middle Kingdom.

Intended Audience
The intended audiences are executives and production managers who plan on co-development, outsourcing or managing a development studio in China. 5+ years in game production 2+ years in a lead role or higher position Experience working with China outsourcing previously is a plus

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