Taicang Port Development Zone Business Dinner 


A delegation from Taicang city and the port development zone led by vice-mayor Mr. 邱震德 will introduce their culture-rich city, present the latest developments and ”522” Talent Project. They welcome to the meeting with Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and professionals, especially in the clean energy (photovoltaic-solar and wind power), new material, biopharmaceutical and chemical pharmaceutical, and photo-electricity (including LED, TFT-LCD supporting components) industries.

City Taicang got its name from “Emperor’s Granary” 2400 years ago, honored as “Golden Taicang in Silk Southeast China”. As a city subordinate to Suzhou, Taicang is the only one city facing the Yangtze River while bordering Shanghai in Jiangsu Province. Taicang Port has been an important port, from where Zheng He, the great navigator of the Ming Dynasty, started his famous sea voyages seven times and reached over 30 countries and regions as far as Africa.

Co-host: NACSA

Date: Sunday, 9/26/2010
Location:
Dynasty Seafood Restaurant (王朝海鲜酒家)
10123 North Wolfe Rd. #1688
Cupertino, CA 95014

Agenda:

6:10 - 6:30 PM: Registration and Reception
6:30 - 7:20 PM: Presentations
* 太仓港港口开发区的总体情况
* 太仓市“522人才工程”计划
* 太仓港港口开发区与NACSA签订合作框架协议
* 现场提问
7:20-8:20 PM: Dinner
8:20-9:00 PM: Open Discussions

Delegation Members:

邱震德, 太仓市副市长、太仓港港口开发区管理委员会主任
赵建初, 太仓市发展和改革委员会主任
丰 华, 太仓港港口开发区招商局局长
宋志勤, 太仓港港口开发区招商局副局长

Registration:

Admission is free, but online RSVP is required. Seating is limited to 25. It is on first-come first-serve base for guests in the relevant fields. Confirmation will be given before the event.
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2010 NACSA China Trip Announcement 


Building upon the successes in the past, we are excited to announce that NACSA 2010 China Trip is coming. The delegation will visit major technology development centers, first-tier corporations as well as leading research and academic institutions in China. Those carefully selected cities and organizations have long good relationship with NACSA, which ensures high quality business plans will get preferred recommendations and the funding process could be expedited. As a great way to build up business and personal relationships, participants will have wonderful opportunities to carry on direct dialogues with high-ranking government officials, corporate executives, and potential venture investors in China.

Objectives:

• Exchange information first-hand on industry standards, local market trends, and government policies.
• Learn how to secure funding and assistance from local governments.
• Have direct dialogues with high-level business executives and government officials in China on career, business, and investment opportunities.
• Find out how entrepreneurs and executives live and work in China.
• Build long-term relationships with other members in the delegation.

When and Where (Tentative):

The following cities will be targeted for this year’s China Trip:

Dec. 14-20: Shanghai and Yangtze Delta (Suzhou, Wuxi, Zhengjiang, etc.).
Dec. 21-23: Beijing, Tianjin
Dec. 28-30: Members will have the option to attend 广州留交会 after spending Christmas in China

Who Should Apply?

I. High-tech/Green-tech/Auto industry executives/entrepreneurs/professionals who:
• Have genuine interest or business needs to undertake China-related projects
• Are currently seeking market expansion opportunities or tapping into the vast resources in China for growth.
• Are looking for funding for startups, product development, or business initiatives.
• Want simply to learn the various aspects of starting/running a business in China, from local government policy and industry trends to quality of life.

II. Top talents in the areas of high-tech/Green-tech/automotive, finance, marketing, sales,
and accounting who are interested in exploring executive-level (i.e., VP level or above)
career opportunities in China.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must have at least a Master’s degree and/or ten years of working experience in the relevant industries. Exceptions may be made on a case by case basis depending on the merits of the business plans.
• Speak English and/or Chinese.
• Be able to obtain a visa to enter China and return to the US.
• Responsible for arrangement/payment of the international roundtrip airfares and personal spending in China. NACSA will arrange with the hosting cities to help defray the cost incurred in China whenever possible.

Registration:

If you are interested, please complete the online registration form by 10/8/2010. You will be informed on what to do as the next step. Those who are seeking for business opportunities will be required to submit a two-page executive summary of your business plan along with a Bio, both in English and Chinese (templates will be provided).

As always, NACSA is working hard to make this trip another great success, and we hope you are as excited as we are. There is much more to come as the trip details are finalizing, so be sure to check www.nacsa.com to stay on top of the event. We are looking forward to hearing from you.



2010 NACSA China Trip Registration Form

Name:

E-Mail:

Contact Phone Number:

Purpose: (expending business, starting business, seeking jobs, others)

Project Name and Brief Descriptions:

Name of Your Company:

Expectations:

Suggestions:
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Major Event of Zhang Jiang - North America Innovation Center in Shanghai 


Major Event of Zhang Jiang - North America Innovation Center in Shanghai – all current and previous NACSA members in Shanghai are welcome to attend

张江-北美创新中心成立仪式
暨中心第一次会员沙龙


由上海张江集团、张江孵化器共同发起的“张江-北美”创新中心将于2010年8月31日正式成立。作为连接张江高科技园区与北美高科技创新力量与环境的"强强联手",中心将致力于推进两地创新理念、氛围与技术的碰撞、交流。

我们将十分荣幸的邀请您一同参加“张江-北美创新中心”的揭牌仪式与第一次会员沙龙活动,共同见证中心的成立。期待您的光临!


时间:2010年8月31日(星期二)14:00–16:30

地点:上海市浦东新区蔡伦路(近科苑路)1690号2号楼
一楼多功能厅(张江集团孵化器管理中心内)

联系人:龚煜
电话:021-50806969
手机:13917454320
传真:021-50802686
Email: gongy@zjpark.com

活动议程:

13:30-14:00 签到
14:00-14:10 张江-北美创新中心简介
北美半导体协会代表
14:10-14:20 张江-北美创新中心揭牌
拟请集团领导与北美半导体协会代表
14:20-14:30 张江孵化器管理中心简介
张江孵化器中心 黄主任
14:30-15:00 中心活动及服务交流
15:00-16:30 自由交流
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5/25/2010: NACSA Proudly Plays Host to Wuxi Delegation on Sensor Network 


A delegation led by top officials of the Development and Reform Committee (DRC) of Wuxi (无锡市发改委)will be visiting Silicon Valley next week. The delegates would like to meet with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are interested in starting business in the area of Sensor Network or related areas in China. They will present the latest economic developments in Wuxi City and in particular provide an update on Wuxi's National Sensor Network and related areas.

NACSA members with background in the area of Sensor Network are especially welcome. Seating is limited, quick RSVP online will be appreciated.

Date & Time:

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 (6:00 -- 8:30pm)

Venue:

Crowne Plaza Hotel
777 Bellew Drive, Milpitas, CA 95035
Tel: 001-408-321-9500


  Presentation PowerPoint File

Agenda:

5:50 - 6:10 PM: Registration and Reception

6:10-7:40 PM: Presentations

* 无锡经济发展的总体情况
* 国家传感网创新示范区建设情况
* 无锡传感网产业政策及近期将开展的传感网示范工程建设领域

7:40-8:40 PM: Dinner

8:40-9:00 Pm: Free Communication

Registration:

Free on-line registration, RSVP is required. Seating is limited up to 20in sensor network.

RSVP: RSVP was closed due to the seating limit has been reached.

Delegation Members:

赵立平,无锡市发展和改革委员会副主任

吴 炜,无锡市发展和改革委员会副主任

丁焕平,无锡市发展和改革委员会企业市场处处长

胡 勇,无锡市药监局安监处副处长

蒋 瑛,无锡市发展和改革委员会高新处科员

郭 媛,无锡市生物医药谷办公室
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6/5/10: NACSA 2010 Annual Conference - Emerging Technologies of the Next Decade 


Presentation Materials:
1. 2010 NACSA Annual Conference Slides

2. NACSA Presidents' Presentations

3. Presentation of Mr. Lip-Bu Tan

4. Presentation of Mr. Stan Myers

5. Presentation of Mr. Mario Morales

6. Zhenjiang City's Presentation

Date: June 5, 2010

Time: 9:30AM-5:00PM

Location: Santa Clara Marriott, Hall of Cities Ballroom

Address: 2700 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA‎ 95054
Google Map

You may using the parking lots nearby for free. If you want to use hotel's parking lot, a discount will be applied (Please pay at the registration desk).

Cost: Conference: Free, Lunch: $25

In the coming decade, will the semiconductor industry continue the same growth as the past several decades following the direction of 'Moore's law'? How will cloud computing, xPU based personal computers and smart phones share the computation power? What is the role of solid state memories in the future high performance computation? 'NACSA 2010 Annual Conference: Emerging Technologies of the Next Decade' will help to answer all these questions you might have in mind.

NACSA 2010 Annual Conference will be held on June 5 at the Hall of Cities Ball Room, Santa Clara Marriott. We are greatly honored to have a group of distinguished speakers to share their perspectives and visions on emerging technologies in the coming decade.

Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Chairman, President and CEO of Marvell Technology Group will give a keynote speech titled "The Social Implications of Moore's Law in this Decade". Mr. Young Joon Choi, VP of Samsung Electronics, will be offering his speech titled "Future memory and storage technologies".
Mr. Stan Myers, President and CEO of SEMI, will give a speech on "Emerging Technologies and Adjacent Markets" while Mr. Mario Morales, Program VP of IDC, will presenting "Reinventing Taiwai and China Inc. - What Is Next For Taiwan and China's Semiconductor Industry?". Being SVP of NVIDIA, Mr. Phil Carmack will be at a unique vantage to share his perspectives on the revolution of GPU. To round out this exciting event, Mr. Lip-bu Tan, Chair of Walden International and CEO of Cadence, will cover the Agile Strategies for Profit in the Global Economy.

Plated lunch will be served in the California Ball Room. We are honored to have Mr. Chuck Reed, the Mayer of San Jose, to be there to congratulate the event. A delegation from the city of Zhenjiang will be presenting "Zhenjiang in Silicon Valley – 2010" with the city's attractive innovation programs. Those who are interested in starting business or establishing operations in China will have a chance of face-to-face interaction with the decision makers and are strongly encouraged to attend. Only $25 will be charged for the whole event as NACSA will partially cover the cost of your lunch.

Spaces for the conference and the lunch event are limited, please follow the links above to register.

For more information on NACSA and its activities, please refer to our website www.nacsa.com.

Agenda
Location: Hall of Cities Ballroom, Santa Clara Marriott, 2700 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Time: 9:30am-5:00pm, June 5, 2001 (Saturday)

Morning Session
9:30-10:00am Registration and Social
10:00-10:30am Welcoming Speech
Larry Ge & Renxin Xia, NACSA Presidents
10:30-11:15am “The Social Implications of Moore’s Law in this Decade”
Sehat Sutardja, PhD., Chairman, President and CEO, Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.
11:15-12:00pm “Reinventing Taiwan and China Inc.- What Is Next For Taiwan and China's Semiconductor Industry?”
Mario Morales, Program VP, Semiconductors & EMS, IDC
12:00-12:15pm “Innovative Cities in China-the Trend for the Next Decade”
City of Zhenjiang

Luncheon in California Ballroom
12:15-1:30pm “Zhenjiang in Silicon Valley – 2010”
Sponsored by City of Zhenjiang

Afternoon Session
1:30-2:15pm “Emerging Technologies and Adjacent Markets”
Stan Myers, President & CEO, SEMI
2:15-3:00pm “A Revolution in Mobile Computing”
Phil Carmack, SVP, NVIDIA
3:00-3:15pm Break / NACSA Board Member Election
3:15-4:00pm “Future Memory and Storage Technologies”
Young Joon Choi, VP, Future Product Planning, Samsung Electronics Corporation
4:00-4:45pm “Innovating Profitably in the Next Decade”
Lip-bu Tan, Chair, Walden International & CEO, Cadence
4:45-5:00pm Concluding Remarks / Board Member Election Results

Speakers' Bio


Sehat Sutardja, PhD.
Chairman, President & CEO, Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

Dr. Sutardja is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the modern semiconductor age. His breakthrough designs and guiding vision have revolutionized numerous industry segments, from data storage to the high performance, low power chips now driving the growing global markets for mobile computing and telephony. His lifetime passion for electronics began early; he became a certified radio repair technician at age 13 and has been designing components and systems ever since. For his relentless innovation, he has been awarded more than 150 patents and has been named a Fellow of IEEE. In 2006, Dr. Sutardja was recognized as the Inventor of the Year by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association.

As co-founder of Marvell Technology Group Ltd., Dr. Sutardja has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of its Board of Directors since its inception and as Chairman of the Board since 2003. In addition, he serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, and as a Director of Marvell’s U.S. operating subsidiary, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. While remaining deeply involved in the daily challenges of running a global growth company, Dr. Sutardja participates heavily in Marvell's engineering and marketing efforts across analog, video processor, and microprocessor design while offering input across all of the company's other product lines.
Dr. Sutardja has become an internationally-recognized proponent of new energy efficiency standards for consumer electronics. To that end, he has been working with the governments in both the US and China to establish efficiency performance standards that could produce significant cost and carbon savings.

Dr. Sutardja holds Master of Science and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University.


Lip-Bu Tan
President & CEO, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Chair, Walden International

Lip-Bu Tan is President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. He has been a member of the Cadence Board of Directors since 2004 and serves as a member of the Finance and Technology Committees of the Board. He also serves as chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm he founded in 1987. Prior to founding Walden, Tan was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy.

Tan received an M.S. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the University of San Francisco, and a B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore. He serves on the Board of Directors of Flextronics, SINA, and SMIC. He is also a board member of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC) and the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA).


Philip J. Carmack
Sr. VP, Mobile Business Unit, NVidia

Phil Carmack has served as senior vice president of NVIDIA’s mobile business unit since 2008 Prior to joining the company in 2000, he was executive vice president of research and development at 3dfx Interactive; senior vice president and chief operating officer at Gigapixel; and was chief executive officer and founder of Raydiant, a graphics silicon technology company.


Youngjoon Choi
Vice President, Memory System Solution Group, Memory Division,
Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics

Throughout his career with Samsung Electronics for over 25 years, he has led the development of advanced memory technologies through product engineering, product designing, and flash product planning. He joined Samsung Electronics in 1985 and had worked on design and device engineering of non-volatile memory, especially on NAND Flash. In 1998, he moved to technical marketing to bring up NAND applications which was only sprouting then. He led the development of Flash solution products in Samsung while working with industry partners to enable NAND Flash infrastructure in controllers and system software. He is currently leading memory system solution group in Samsung, responsible for creating memory subsystem solutions and future memory architectures.


Mario Morales
Program Vice President, Semiconductors and EMS
IDC

Mario Morales is the vice president of IDC's Semiconductors research program. He is responsible for in-depth analysis, evaluation of emerging markets, forecasting, and research of major semiconductor application areas such as embedded devices and microprocessors, wireless, personal computing, wired communications, and consumer.

Mr. Morales is an industry analyst with extensive experience in managing a multinational research team of analysts, management consultants, and business development managers. Key strengths include international business development and driving strategic relationships with semiconductor and Information Communications and Technology (ICT) vendors. Strong knowledge of IT industry, with a specialization in semiconductors, embedded devices, memory, and wireless. Over 19 years of semiconductor expertise, including management consulting, market assessment, valuation of leading companies, creation of industry leading market models, and competitive analysis. Responsible for initiating IDC’s coverage of the semiconductor and EMS market segments including building a successful and strategic business franchise for IDC. Strong network in the semiconductor industry and Asia Pacific region; trusted advisor to leading executives and financial community on market direction, targeting strategic customers, market segmentation, product positioning, competition, M&A due diligence, and platform branding. His career includes past positions with NEC Electronics and Dataquest.

Mr. Morales earned a B.S. degree in business administration (finance) at San Jose State University.


Stanley T. Myers
President and Chief Executive Officer, SEMI

Stanley T. Myers is the President and CEO of SEMI. Headquartered in San Jose, California, SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that provide equipment, materials and services used to manufacture semiconductors, displays, nano-scaled structures, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and related technologies.

Prior to his appointment as SEMI president in 1996, Myers worked for 17 years at Siltec Silicon, a manufacturer of silicon wafers, based in Salem, Oregon. He served as president and CEO since 1985, and in 1986 he completed negotiations for the acquisition of Siltec by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. In July 1996, Siltec officially changed its name to Mitsubishi Silicon America Corporation. Prior to Siltec, Myers worked for Monsanto Corporation for 18 years.

Myers continues to serve on the SEMI board of directors, a post to which he was elected in 1988. He sits on the boards of Ecosol, SKW Corporation, NCT Corp. and MATEC (Maricopa Advanced Technology Education Center). Myers also is a member of the Engineering Advisory Board to the School of Engineering, San Jose State University.

Myers earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas.
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