Event Date: Thursday January 27th - Join the BBOT for our 1st Boardroom Series event of the year! The BBOT Boardroom Series presented by Business Centre Solutions is a new educational event designed to offer ongoing opportunities for Burnaby Board of Trade members and guests to benefit from the expertise of BBOT selected presenters. The focus of the seminars will be business enhancement and will range from financing and succession planning to marketing, tax strategies, and negotiation techniques. This Month's Boardroom Series Topic: Hong Kong: Gateway to the Chinese MarketAre you interesting in selling into, or sourcing from, the China market? Are you struggling to understand the regulations, compliance and tax considerations for creating a commercial presence in China? One of the most flexible solutions, one with a high degree of risk protection is using Hong Kong as your launching pad. Mr. Barrett Bingley of ICS TRUST will lead a presentation and Q&A session on how to use Hong Kong to enter the China market in a successful manner. Mr. Bingley will cover the legal, tax and banking regimes of Hong Kong and explain the particular advantages of Hong Kong when setting up Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprises, Joint Ventures and Representative Offices in China. In addition Mr. Bingley will explain the differences in compliance, accounting and audit requirements in Hong Kong and China and how these can be handled in an efficient manner. He will also clarify some of the common misperceptions relating to corporate structures for foreign companies in China and discuss recent progress in China’s efforts regarding protection of intellectual property. Presenter: Barrett Bingley Barrett Bingley joined ICS TRUST in Hong Kong in 2010 after spending a year and half working with mining and oil and gas companies to source funding from Asia. Mr. Bingley was recently the Senior Policy Advisory to the past Canadian Ministers of International Trade and Foreign Affairs where he oversaw such diverse initiatives as the creation of Canada's Global Commerce Strategy and the Export Development Canada Legislative Review while visiting China and Hong Kong on numerous trade missions. Prior to this Mr. Bingley was a visiting scholar at the Indonesian Center for Strategic and International Studies covering Asian trade and security issues. Mr. Bingley is a Commonwealth Scholar in International Relations with a Master’s Degree from Victoria University of Wellington, NZ with a B.A from the Royal Military College of Canada. Mr. Bingley has developed deep networks and knowledge of business and international trade in Hong Kong and China. His specialty at ICS is the setup of Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises, Representative Offices and China advisory and remedy work. ICS Trust Since 1980, ICS TRUST has been the recognized and trusted leader in corporate and trust services for Canadian corporate clients who recognize the importance of using Hong Kong as a Gateway in doing business in China and a base for Import and Export Programs. Our multi disciplined team of professionals possess in-depth knowledge of international corporate and trust structuring and of doing business in Hong Kong, the PRC, Asia, and internationally. ICS TRUST was founded by Canadian Elizabeth L. Thomson who describes herself as a “lawyer by profession, an entrepreneur by choice.” Her goal was to establish ICS TRUST as an integrated service provider for both international private and corporate clients where they could find all services under one roof to simplify the process market entry and success into Hong Kong, China and internationally. ICS TRUST provides in-depth advice and implementation on corporate structuring, ongoing compliance requirements and financial controls. Date: Thursday, January 27, 2011 Time: 8:00am - 9:30am Venue: Business Centre Solutions Lake City Business Centre 3292 Production Way, Suite #501 Burnaby, BC 50 steps from Production Way Skytrain station. Paid parking underground. T: 604 415 4788 F: 604 420 9559 www.businesscentresolutions.com Pricing and Registration Pricing: $25 for members, $45 for non-members Limit: 35 attendees Event Sponsors: Upcoming Boardroom Series Events

• Tuesday, Feb 15th
• Tuesday, March 8th
• Thursday April 14th
• Wednesday May 11th
• Wednesday June 15th
• Thursday August 4th
• Wednesday September 14th
• Wednesday October 12th
• Wednesday November 16th
• Thursday December 8th