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Date/Time: Saturday, Oct 4, 2008, 10:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM
Venue: The Fairmont Hotel
Regency Ballroom
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
(Luncheon Registration is closed. Full capacity has been reached.)
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 and RSVP information.
Agenda
Morning Session- 10:00 – 10:15am NACSA Annual Review – Dr. Mei Wang, President, NACSA
- 10:15 – 10:45am New Developments in the Chinese Market – Samuel Yang, CEO, JA Solar
- 10:45 – 11:15am New Energy Policy in China – Zheng-Feng Zhang, Mayor, Xiaoshan District
- 11:15 – 12:15pm Panel Discussion: China as a Global Cleantech Leader
Panelists: Samuel Yang, CEO, JA Solar
Deling Zhou, SVP, ENN Solar
Greg Ye, Partner, NewMargin Ventures
- 12:15-1:30pm Opportunities in China - Hangzhou/Xiaoshan Introduction
- 1:30 – 2:00pm Oil Industry and Biofuel – Milton Costa Filho, GM, PetroBras México
- 2:00 – 2:30pm Solar Industry in India – Nagendra Cherukupalli, CEO, Zecon Solar Corp.
- 2:30 - 3:00pm Solar Manufacturing in Taiwan – Rebecca Tang, CEO, Mosel Corp.
- 3:00 – 3:30pm NACSA Annual Board Elections / Break
- 3:30 – 4:00pm Battery Technology Breakthroughs – Professor Yi Cui, Stanford University
- 4:00 – 4:30pm The Role of Utilities – Mark Bramfitt, Principal Program Manager, PG&E
- 4:30 – 5:00pm NACSA Election Results and Raffles
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.
Nagendra is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Zecon Solar & Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley startup focused on Mobilizing Energy Independence TM across the globe by designing, deploying and manufacturing solar solutions.
Greg Ye, Partner, NewMargin Ventures
Mr. Ye has over 15 years of venture investment, executive management and consulting experience in the broader IT and other industries, both in China and the U.S. He is currently a partner of NewMargin Ventures, one of the most established domestic private equity firms in China, in charge of broader IT related investments.
Prior to NewMargin, he was a Group Director of Corporate Strategy and Business Development for Cadence, the #1 EDA software company in the world and a Fortune 500 company, where he was in charge of business development effort in Greater China. Prior to Cadence, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he spent six years advising high-tech. and financial services companies based in the U.S. and Asia on a wide array of business and financial strategy issues, ranging from venture financing, IPO, mergers and acquisition, business reorganization to global expansion.
Mr. Ye received his MBA from Harvard Business School, his Master of Accountancy degree from Missouri State University and BSEE from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.
De-Ling Zhou, President, ENN Science & Technology North America Inc.
Dr. Zhou is the president for the recently established ENN Science & Technology North America Inc., a California-incorporated R&D institute for renewable energy & other clean technology. He is also the co-founder of ENN Solar Energy Co. Ltd., and has been serving as its senior Vice President.
Dr. Zhou received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry (1988) from Peking University of China, and a Ph.D. degree from Switzerland in 1992. He then conducted six years of academic research before started his industrial career in 1998.
Prior to joining ENN Group in 2008, he served at Indium Corporation of America from 1998 to 1999, EKC Technology, Inc. (now DuPont-EKC) from 1999 to 2001, and Honeywell International from 2001 through 2008. His 10+ years of industrial experience has been focusing on material & process development for semiconductor (dielectrics, ARC, etc), electronic packaging (thermal management, surface mount & flip chip), FPD & solid state lighting, and in recent years for solar energy.
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
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An Invitation to Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park's 2008 Year-end Tour Event
(December 21st—24th, 2008)
Who Should Participate?
If you were born in China, and were educated in abroad, and you have been thinking about starting up your business in Beijing, or even just want to know about today’s Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park, you should go and take a look at it.
What is the Agenda of the Event?
Dec 21, Sunday, 15:00—21:00 Check-in at Beijing Ziyu Hotel (55 Zengguang Road, Haidian, Beijing, Tel: 6841-1188, www.ziyuhotel.cn
Dec 22, Monday, Tour to the Park and Tsinghua University
Dec 23, Tuesday, A lecture by the Park’s officer, and tour to the Park
Dec 24, Wednesday, Check out
12月21日（周日）15：00---21：00报到（地点：北京市紫玉饭店,地址：海淀区增光路55号，电话：010－68411188,网址： http://www.ziyuhotel.cn
12月22日（周一）参观园区（北清路、生命科学园、软件园、永丰产业基地、海淀创业园、清华大学留学人员创业园等）
12月23日（周二）中关村管委会领导《创业中关村》报告会（国际孵化器），参观园区。
12月24日（周三）考察结束，代表团中午12：00前退房。
What Will We Provide?
Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park will provide to the participants 3 nights of hotel room (double occupancy) and meals for free during the event.
What Should You do?
1) Contact me (see below) to get the application form
2) Fill in the form and send it back to me
3) When get approved, make your traveling plan (the participants are responsible for their own air tickets)
4) Show up there at the hotel on time on Dec 21, 2008, you will be all set!
Whom to Contact?
For application forms and questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Frank Tan, Chief Representative of Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park in Silicon Valley at:
(Mobile) 408-406-3118, or email: ftan@zgc-usa.com
We also welcome those who are traveling to China during that period of time for whatever reasons, and those who have already been settled down in China with their start-up businesses, to apply for participation.
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Dear NACSA members,
As mentioned in our newsletter, we will be holding our annual conference on Oct. 4 in San Jose. The theme of this conference is “Renewable Energy and Our Future”. It is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the state-of-the-art technology, gain most up-to-date business information, listen to the important policies and build your network in the clean-tech sector. The presenters include policy-makers, top-level executives and technology and science gurus from the U.S., China and other rapidly-developing regions in the world.
To guarantee the success of this great event, NACSA would like to recruit volunteers to help with the operations of this event. If you are interested in helping us either during the whole day or part of the event, please sign up our NACSA Volunteer Group by 9/27 at http://groups.google.com/group/nacsa_volunteer/subscribe.
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Thank you very much! We look forward to meeting you.
Best regards,
NACSA Board
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