Conference Oct. 17-18 to Define Role of Silicon Valley and Asia In Leading U.S. Technology Recovery.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 2002 Event to Also Showcase Leading Examples of Technology From Integrated Circuits, Storage, Communications, Bioinformatics and Other Sectors The Asia America MultiTechnology Association The Asia America Multitechnology Association was founded in 1979. It is based in Silicon Valley and represents more than 1,100 members from about 800 companies. It holds meetings on the 4th Tuesday of every month for its members to network and promote business ties between Asia and (AAMA AAMA American Association of Medical Assistants. ), Silicon Valley's leading business network promoting the success of the technology enterprises in Asia-Pacific, will welcome more than 250 senior level technology entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley and Asia at its sixth annual conference, "Asia and Silicon Valley in 2003: Leading the Technology Recovery," held Oct. 17-18 at the Hotel Sofitel, located at 223 Twin Dolphin Drive in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. . The conference begins at 8 a.m. on Thursday. In addition to fostering investment and business development between entrepreneurs and investors in Silicon Valley and Asia, the conference will also offer unique "investee tracks" -- sessions designed to provide an overview of leading strategies and technologies in sectors such as integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. , storage, communications and bioinformatics. Six conference panels will explore a different aspect of the critical Asia-Silicon Valley connection: "From Silicon Valley to Shanghai" explores China's potential domination of the integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for market and whether or not a new ecosystem -- including Silicon Valley, Japan, Taiwan and Korea -- will develop covering design all the way through manufacturing. "CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Challenges from Start-ups to Major Corporations" tackles the question of how company founders, most of whom have technical backgrounds, make the transition to CEO or other C-level positions. The panel will also focus on the special challenges facing Asian American A·sian A·mer·i·can also A·sian-A·mer·i·can n. A U.S. citizen or resident of Asian descent. See Usage Note at Amerasian. A founders and how the changing role of Asia in the global economy may help or hinder hin·der 1 v. hin·dered, hin·der·ing, hin·ders v.tr. 1. To be or get in the way of. 2. To obstruct or delay the progress of. v.intr. such management transitions. "Asia Business and Technology Trends: The Horse or the Cart? -- CEO Viewpoints" takes a look at the role of Asia as a global supplier of IT products and services. Panelists will discuss the most important trends in Asia and how executives and entrepreneurs should leverage resulting opportunities. "Asia Outlook: A Dialogue on the Future of Asian Economies" explores the forces that will shape Asia Pacific's future, and by extension, the world economy. The discussion will include issues such as the buildup build·up also build-up n. 1. The act or process of amassing or increasing: a military buildup; a buildup of tension during the strike. 2. of national debt and other economic trends, the increasingly mobile global workforce and the threat of war and terrorism. "Infotech, Biotech bi·o·tech n. Informal Biotechnology. biotech Noun short for biotechnology Noun 1. , or Nanotech: Where's the Money?" will be a plenary plenary adj. full, complete, covering all matters, usually referring to an order, hearing or trial. PLENARY. Full, complete. 2. keynote session taking a five- to ten-year view of each of these three sectors. "Outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. Trends: Do All Roads All Roads is a 2001 interactive fiction game by Jon Ingold that placed first at the 2001 Interactive Fiction Competition. It also won the XYZZY Awards for Best Game, Best Setting and Best Story and was nominated for Best Individual Puzzle and Best Writing. Lead East?" examines the roles of India and China as centers of gravity center of gravity n. pl. centers of gravity 1. Abbr. CG The point in or near a body at which the gravitational potential energy of the body is equal to that of a single particle of the same mass located at that point within the outsourcing communities and how this has affected and will affect technology manufacturing in the Silicon Valley. Panelists will discuss the future of manufacturing in the Silicon Valley, and the most important changing trends in the roles of India and China for software, BPO BPO Business Process Outsourcing BPO Benevolent & Protective Order (of Elks of the USA) BPO Benzoyl Peroxide BPO Business Process Optimization BPO Broker Price Opinions BPO Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (business process outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in ) and technology manufacturing. The following speakers have been confirmed for the conference: -- Daniel Ahn, Managing Director, Woodside Fund -- Gordon Astles, President, Cisco Asia -- Dado Banatao, Managing Partner Tallwood Ventures, Co-Chairman Marvell Semiconductor -- Rebecca Bace, Security Consultant, infidel.net -- Tom Berquist, Lead Software Analyst, Goldman Sachs -- Michael Brownrigg, Partner, Chinavest -- Tom Chaffin, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop -- Gareth Chang, Chairman GC3, Former Chairman StarTV -- Richard Chang, General Partner, Bowman Capital -- Rob Chaplinsky, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures -- Charles Chi, General Partner, Greylock -- Ronald Chwang, Chairman, Acer Technology Ventures -- Mary Coleman, MD of Walden International, USA -- Scott Cook, Chairman and CEO, Intuit -- Jorge Del Calvo, Pillsbury Winthrop -- Danial Faizullaboy, General Partner, Walden International Investment Group -- Steve Fodor, Chairman and CEO, Affymetrix, Inc. -- Ken Fong, Chairman of Kenson Ventures -- Paul Fulton, EIR, Mayfield -- Michael Hackworth, Chairman & Co-Founder, Cirrus Logic -- Daryl G. Hatano, Vice President of Public Policy, Semiconductor Industry Association -- Andy Ho, Enterprise Systems Group Business Development, Dell Ventures -- Eric Hsia, Managing Director, Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund -- Ta-Lin Hsu, Chairman, H&Q Asia Pacific -- Susanna Kass, Head of Venture & Strategic Investments, Sun Microsystems -- Mike Kelly, Managing Director, Broadview -- Ujjal Kholi, CEO, Meru Networks -- Brad Koenig, Head of Global Technology Investment Banking Goldman Sachs -- Pan-Wei Lai, Vice President of Business Development, TSMC North America -- David Lam, Chairman of David Lam Group -- James Lau, Co-Founder, Network Appliance -- Michelle Lee, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP -- Shan Li, CEO, Bank of China -- Sam Liang, President, D-Link -- Pierre Lin, Vice President, Yipes -- Hong Lu, Chairman and CEO, UT Starcom -- Dr. William Miller, Chairman, Borland Software; Founder, Mayfield Fund -- Toshio Morohoshi, CEO, Fujitsu PC -- Tae Hea Nahm, General Partner, Storm Ventures -- Dr. Koichi Nishimura, Chairman and CEO Solectron -- Matt Ocko, Managing Director, Archimedes Capital -- CS Park, Chairman of Maxtor -- Dr. Gerry Purdy, President and CEO, Mobile Insights -- Theresia Gouw Ranzetta, General Partner, Accel Partners -- Atiq Raza, Raza Foundries, former President and COO, AMD -- Hon. Stapleton Roy, Managing Director of Kissinger Associates and former U.S. Ambassador to China, Indonesia and Singapore -- Young Sohn, Chairman and CEO, Oak Technology -- Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Co-Chairman and CEO, Marvell Semiconductor -- Gustavo Tai, General Partner, Trinity Ventures -- Bill Tai, General Partner, Charles River Ventures -- Henry Tang, Co-Chairman, Committee 100 -- Barry Taylor, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus -- Douglas Tsui, Managing Director, Horizon Venture Capital -- Jack Wadsworth, Honorary Chairman, Morgan Stanley Asia -- James Wei, General Partner, Worldview Technology Partners -- Sam Wilson, Senior Analyst, Merrill Lynch -- Henry Wong, Chairman, SS8 -- Richard Wong, SVP Marketing, OpenWave -- Norman Yeung, Senior Director, Sun Microsystems -- Hubert Yoshida, CTO, Hitachi Data Systems -- Steve Zhang, Professor, Stanford University Pillsbury Winthrop LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol is the Premier Sponsor of "Asia and Silicon Valley in 2003: Leading the Technology Recovery." Title Sponsors of the conference include: Silicon Valley Bank, Oak Technology, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Crosby Heafy. Gold Sponsors include: Deloitte & Touche, Fenwick & West, H&Q Asia Pacific, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. Economic & Trade Office, Hong Kong Science & Technology Park, Ilshin Investments Company, Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund, Sony Strategic Venture Investments, TriNet, UPS and Walden International. Registration is still available online at http://www.aamasv.com/connect2002. About AAMA Founded in 1979, AAMA is a non-profit association dedicated to promoting growth and success of technology enterprises in Silicon Valley and Asia. Our membership roster comprises an influential and diverse spectrum of high-tech companies and providers of capital, financial, legal, and other professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. integral to high-tech growth in Silicon Valley and Asia. With our annual conference and several other forums such as monthly meetings, CEO Corner, Technology Showcase, and Face-to-Face, averaging 3-4 events each month, AAMA hosts 50-75 highly influential speakers, 25-30 sponsors, and 2,500-3,000 attendees each year. Visit us at www.aamasv.com. |
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