DATA protection is an increasing concern. Companies in today's digitized world can suffer devastating strategic and legal setbacks if vital information is lost. Everyday mishaps like a BlackBerry or laptop inadvertently left in a taxi can compromise critical corporate data, while customer and employee data, presumed to be stored securely on a server, can be hacked into and sold on the Internet.

These and other related challenges require dynamic data protection strategies that involve every department in a company and must also often be tailored to address specific legal and practical restrictions that vary from country to country. Experts in data protection, Grace Chen, a partner in the Corporate/Commercial Group of Bird & Bird in Beijing, and Ben Pasco, managing director of Legal Technologies Asia Pacific for Kroll Ontrack, will offer solutions to these issues tomorrow from 11:30am to 1:30pm at the Regal International East Asia Hotel.

Contact Viola Huang at 6279-7119 ext 5658 or viola.huang@amcham-shanghai.org for details.

Foreign investment in China

The changing face of foreign investment in China is the focus of a European Chamber of Commerce event tomorrow from 8am at the Radisson Hotel.

Patrick Horgan, managing director of EMEA-Asia Business of APCO Worldwide, will look at how China's changing status and growth model is affecting foreign investors. Horgan will also do an assessment of the link between the change in China's growth model (a shift to domestic demand as a growth driver, as opposed to exports and fixed asset investment) and the change in China's cost profile.

Based in Brussels, Horgan lived and worked in China from 1989 and was formerly a managing director of APCO Worldwide in China.

Register online at www.european chamber.com.cn

Building trust in the market

How a corporation builds trust in the marketplace will be the key topic of a lively Austcham talk on Thursday.

Margie Chiang, account director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement at Edelman Shanghai, will share her experiences in building corporate reputation in the local market and its impact on a company's ability to achieve business objectives.

Before joining Edelman this year, Chiang worked for seven years of in-house marketing in managerial roles including product management, business development and marketing strategy in the United States. The event will be held at Hyatt on the Bund from 11:30am to 2pm.

Contact Amy Xu at amy.xu@austchamshanghai.com for details.

BA chairman's perspective

Chairman of British Airways Martin Broughton will share his global perspective on the UK's economy, the global credit crunch and doing business in China.

Broughton is also the chairman of the Confederation of British Industry and he will talk about the fast changing aviation industry and how British industry can meet the challenges of climate change. The talk will be held at the JW Marriott from 7:30am to 9:30am on Thursday.

Contact via events@sha.britcham.org or 6218-5022.