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Join us at the IPWS Career Lab on 14th September — an interactive afternoon of learning, reflection, and practical tools to design your career path with confidence. Event Agenda: 13:30-13:45 Reception 13:45-14:00 President’s Speech 14:00-14:10 Welcome & Agenda Overview 14:10-14:30 Confidence is Contagious: Lessons from Sales Floor - with Yoann Delwarde 14:30-15:00 Gen AI 101: Understand it Before you Compete with it - with Guillaume Alexandre Mallet 15:00-15:20 What’s next? Navigating the job market in China - with Jayous Mata 15:20-15:45 Owning your narrative: How to sell yourself authentically - with Mystery speaker 15:45-16:00 Coffee Break & Networking 16:00-16:15 Color & Confidence: Building a Visual - with Gaia Farinelli 16:15-16:40 Beyond Burnout: Finding Growth Without Losing Yourself - with David Ammerschlaeger 16:40-16:55 Text Neck, Desk Stress and Longevity - with Robin Wang 16:55-17:15 Closing Speech and Photo Group 17:15-18:15 Speed Mentoring & Resume AI Prompts & Networking - with Guillaume Alexandre Mallet *IPWS reserves the right to alter the above agenda at any time.

AI Afterwork: From Awareness to Action AI is reshaping entire job categories – have you had a chance to experience its impact firsthand? Or are you just watching it unfold in the news?

Introduction In just 60 minutes, this eye-opening keynote will take you through three groundbreaking Chinese AI models—DeepSeek, Manus, and Kling AI—and reveal how they’re reshaping industries. Through three focused chapters, we will explore real-world use cases, unique strengths, and actionable insights to help you understand the AI transformation wave and how to leverage it.

In the rapidly evolving AI landscape, where models grow smarter and tools become more sophisticated, Manus stands out as a game-changing AI agent designed for real-world corporate applications. Unlike traditional AI models that excel in narrow tasks, Manus operates as an autonomous, reasoning agent capable of executing complex workflows—integrating seamlessly into your business processes.

The 2025 Sino-Foreign Controlling Forum aims to provide a platform for information, communication, and experience sharing among finance & controlling professionals as well as non-financial managers in a time, in which good and constantly evolving controlling practice is more important than ever. Besides interesting keynote presentations, the Forum offers, just as in the previous years, breakout sessions dealing with different topics relevant for maintaining and improving business and financial performance in China.

How will the US-China rivalry for AI supremacy affect businesses around the world? The technological rivalry between the United States and China represents one of the most consequential geopolitical developments of the 21st century. Recently, the sudden emergence of DeepSeek has made it clear that Chinese AI solutions are becoming serious rivals to ChatGPT and other innovations coming out of Silicon Valley.