Date/Time: Saturday, Oct 4, 2008, 9:45 AM ~ 5:30 PM
Venue:       The Fairmont Hotel
                  170 South Market St, San Jose, CA
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Parking:      Free Parking near the venue   (more parking info.)
RSVP:         Seating is limited. Please RSVP online  .
Fees:          Free for Annual Conference Programs
                  $30.00 for Annual Conference Programs + Luncheon

Crushing oil prices, melting ice caps, the intense media focus on air quality in Beijing during the recent Olympics are but a few reminders of the urgency, scale, and scope of the global warming problem. Green energy has been widely perceived as the key to saving our future. The success of this undertaking, however, requires not only close cooperation across countries but also active involvement/innovation from companies and individuals around the globe.

NACSA cordially invites you to join us in celebrating our 2008 Annual Conference. Reflecting the scope of the issue, our distinguished speakers come from around the world (US, China, India, Taiwan, and South America) and with diverse backgrounds (policy makers, utilities, entrepreneurs, billion-dollar enterprises, and universities). So, mark your calendar now for an exciting full-day discussion that will give you a global perspective on green energy.

Our confirmed list of speakers and topics include:

• The Role of Utilities – Mark Bramfitt, Principal Program Manager, PG&E
• New Developments in the Chinese Market – Samuel Yang, CEO, JA Solar
• Solar Industry in India – Nagendra Cherukupalli, CEO, Zecon Solar
• Oil Industry and Biofuel – Milton Costa Filho, GM, PetroBras México
• Solar Manufacturing in Taiwan – Rebecca Tang, President, Mosel Vitelic
• Battery Technology Breakthroughs – Professor Yi Cui, Stanford University
• New Energy Policy in China – Chinese Government Official

NACSA’s Annual Conference is the premier event of the year for high-tech professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors. Please stay tuned and visit us at www.nacsa.com for program updates.

About NACSA

Founded in 1996 in the Silicon Valley, North America Chinese Semiconductor Association (NACSA) is a professional organization dedicated to the advancement of exchange and collaboration among Chinese professionals in semiconductor and related high-tech industries.

Riding the tide of globalization, the community of Chinese engineers and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley and China has enjoyed a tremendous growth in recent years. Through event hosting, networking, and information sharing, NACSA has been instrumental in helping build a vibrant high-tech professional community serving the needs of these professionals. With over 4,000 members, NACSA is currently one of the largest and most active Chinese professional organizations in the US. NACSA members come from diverse fields in semiconductor and other high-tech related industries, including makers of optional devices, semiconductor chips, and PCs; system manufacturers; equipment manufacturers; design house; software; etc.

Committed to sharing information and resources and serving as a bridge connecting the US and China high-tech communities, NACSA’s mission is to strengthen networking among professionals, foster entrepreneurship in ethnic Chinese, and promote the exchange in the semiconductor and related high-tech industries. At NACSA, we believe in learning by doing and contributing before receiving.

Past NACSA seminar speakers include prominent CEOs, senior executives, and entrepreneurs from such well-known companies as Intel, Applied Materials, Cadence, MIPS Technology, Spreadtrum, UMC, TSMC, Go2Silicon, ViMicro, Broadcom Inc., Cypress Semiconductor, Keysi International, SH Zhangjiang, HK Science & Technology Parks, Goldman Sachs, and many others. NACSA seminars are well received and well attended with an average audience size of 300. Besides seminars and discussion forums, NACSA also hosts spring/summer picnic and forms special task teams. Each year, NACSA organizes delegations to China and hosts meetings with visiting high-tech delegations from China.

Please refer to our website for more information: www.nacsa.com

Confirmed Speaker Bios

Samuel Yang, CEO, JA Solar

Mr. Yang is the founder of JA Solar and has been the Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Before founding JA Solar, he established Sunshine International Australia Pty Ltd in 1997 and Shanghai Tianxin Electronic Pty Ltd in 2002 and cofounded of Suntech Power Co., Ltd. and CEEG Nanjing PV-tech Co. He held an executive position at Suntech Power Co., Ltd from 2000 to 2002.

Mr. Yang received his Master Degree in Economics from Macquarie University in Australia and his Bachelor Degree in Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Milton Costa Filho, GM, PetroBras México

Mr. Filho is the General Manager of Petrobras México, after serving as Adviser to the President of Petrobras. He joined Petrobras in 1977 and has held various positions such as engineering, communications and marketing, and international business, as well as in three subsidiaries of Petrobras: Petrobras Distribuidora (retailing), Interbrás (trading) and Braspetro (E & P).

Mr. Filho was Executive Director of the 17th World Petroleum Congress, held in Rio de Janeiro in September 2002. Currently, he is a member of the Brazilian National Committee of the World Petroleum Council, representative of Petrobras at the National Oil Company Forum and Chairman of ARPEL Board of Directors – Regional Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Mr. Filho graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 1977, specializing in Process Engineering (UFRJ–77) and in Economic Engineering and Industrial Administration (UFRJ–78). In 1986, he obtained a Master of Science in Production Engineering at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and in 1995, an MBA in Marketing at COPPEAD Business School - UFRJ.

Rebecca Tang, President, Mosel Vitelic Inc.

As president, Ms. Tang has successfully led Mosel Vitelic, a semiconductor memory company located in Hsinchu Science Park of Taiwan, into the solar-cell market, having turned a loss into profit within one year after she took over the position at the end of 2005.

Ms. Tang graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, earning a B.S. degree in 1980 and an M.S. degree in 1982, both in electrical engineering. After graduation, she chose the Rockwell International Semiconductor for her first step into semiconductor field and then turned into the Rockwell International Microelectronics Center six years later.

Professor Yi Cui, Stanford University

Yi Cui is an Assistant Professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. His current research is focused on nanomaterials synthesis, electronic properties, solar cells, batteries, memories, and sensor devices.

Yi Cui received a B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1998 from the University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 2002, under the supervision of Professor Charles M. Lieber.

Dr. Yi Cui has received numerous awards including KAUST Investigator Award (2008), ONR Young Investigator Award (2008), MDV Innovators Award (2007), Terman Fellowship (2005), the Technology Review World Top Young Innovator Award (2004), Miller Research Fellowship (2003), Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Nanotechnology (Foresight Institute, 2002), Gold Medal of Graduate Student Award (Material Research Society, 2001).

Mark Bramfitt, Principal Program Manager, PG&E

Mr. Bramfitt is a Principal Program Manager in PG&E's Customer Energy Efficiency group, responsible for designing and delivering programs and services to help customers manage their energy use in the high tech industry segment.

His team supports customers in the Silicon Valley and throughout northern California, providing a utility industry-leading program portfolio for data centers and information technology infrastructure, including training and education, technical support, and financial incentives and rebates. From 2006 through 2008, these programs are expected to deliver over 12 megawatts of peak energy demand reduction, with a program budget of over $21 million. Mr. Bramfitt also leads the Utility IT Energy Efficiency Coalition, promoting the adoption of PG&E’s program and service models by over thirty utilities throughout North America.

A licensed mechanical engineer, Mr. Bramfitt has worked in a variety of technical and management positions at PG&E in his twenty-year-plus career, primarily in the energy-efficiency, account services, and corporate communications areas.

Mr. Bramfitt is politically active in the Sonoma Valley, serving as an elected Director of the Valley of the Moon Water District, the chair of the Sonoma Valley Groundwater Basin Advisory Panel, and on several other community boards.

Nagendra Cherukupalli, CEO, Zecon Solar

Nagendra comes with 23+ years of experience from the semiconductor industry. He started his career as an MTS at AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill where he spent 6 years as an individual contributor. He then joined Cadence Design Systems where he contributed to various EDA tools and managed several tool groups. After 10 years at Cadence, he joined a Silicon Valley startup, Silicon Value, and setup an ASIC design center for them in San Jose. Two years later, Nagendra joined Cypress Semiconductor where he became the Vice President of Asia-Pac design centers. There he started 2 design centers, one in Hyderabad, India and another in Shanghai, China, and managed a large design team across India, China & USA. He has published over 15 articles, has a US patent, filed for another, and has several key note presentations to his credit. He holds a Master’s degree and Ph.D in Computer Science from Chicago, USA.