The Presentation Material for NACSA NACSA China Delegation 2008:
Click here to downloadDate: Sunday, Feb 10, 2008
Time: 2:00PM
Cost: Free
RSVP: Seats are limited. (Online RSVP Closed)
Venue: The James H. Clark Center, Stanford University
Address: 318 Campus Drive, Stanford CA, 94305
Click here for directions
(The Visitor Parking will be free on Sunday. Please click here for more information)
As a lead up event to our China Trip delegation (Click here for more information) coming up in May, NACSA is hosting an entrepreneurship workshop to help the prospective applicants. This workshop addresses fundamental issues facing startups in general and those in China in particular. In this workshop, our panel of experts (lawyers, venture capitalists, and policy makers) will cover a wide range of topics, including:
· Corporate formation process
· Different corporate structures and what’s best for China
· Initial capitalization basics
· Founder and employee incentives
· Intellectual property management
· Business ideas: industry and market outlook
· Business plans do’s and don’ts
· How to raise VC funding
· Setting up shops in China: office, recruiting, logistics, family, etc.
· Business and government relationship building
If you are thinking of starting a company, especially one in China, you cannot afford to miss this wonderful opportunity to learn from our expert panel. Please RSVP (Click here to RSVP Online) by 2/7 as seating is very limited.
We also strongly encourage you to join our China Trip Delegation (Click here for more information) coming up in May 2008. It is a wonderful opportunity to visit companies and high-tech parks in China, have direct dialogues with executives and policy makers, and build long-lasting relationships. Please submit your business plans early to reserve a spot for the trip.
Speaker's Bios:
Mr. E. John Park, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
John Park is a corporate and securities attorney with Morgan Lewis in Palo Alto. He advises venture capital and corporate clients on financing transactions, with a particular emphasis on strategic investments, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions. John also advises on a wide range of international and U.S. business transactions, drawing upon his experience with business formation, intellectual property protection, technology licensing, and environmental, corporate governance, executive compensation, labor and employment, and international tax law.
Mr. Richard Lim, Managing Director, Mayfield China (GSR Ventures)
One of the founding Managing Directors of Mayfield China (GSR Ventures). Richard is an entrepreneur and focuses on early stage investments in the semiconductor and internet sectors. He is currently on the boards of Baihe, Mobert, Qunar, Sierra Solar, and UiTV. Richard was previously founding CEO of iMarket (acquired by Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB) and Co-nect (acquired by Pearson (NYSE:PSO)). He was also involved in founding Quickdot and was an executive at Lotus Development Corporation. Richard has an MBA from Stanford University.
Mayfield China/GSR Ventures is one of the most active early stage investors in the semiconductor industry in China. Investments include companies in consumer products (Mobert, PLM and SMIT), clean technology (LatticePower, Sierra Solar) and logistics (Quantum Radio)
Mr. Greg Ye, Partner, New Margin 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.
Other speakers are being confirmed
About NACSA:
Founded in 1996 by a group of semiconductor professionals 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 between 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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The Presentation Material for NACSA NACSA China Delegation 2008:
Click here to downloadNACSA 2008 China Trip Delegation
Second Announcement
(March 14, 2008)
The NACSA 2008 China Trip Delegation is a key event organized by NACSA for entrepreneurs and business executives in the US. In addition to being a great way to build or extend business and personal relationships, participants will benefit from the trip in the following ways:
- Have direct dialogues with high-level business executives and high-ranking government officials in China on career, business, and investment opportunities.
- Meet with potential investors in the U.S. and China.
- Exchange information on industry standards, trends, and policies.
- Find out how entrepreneurs and executives live and work in China.
- Build long-term relationships with other members in the delegation.
- Have your business plan reviewed by an elite committee consisting of NACSA board, interested investors, and industry experts in relevant areas.
Responses to the event so far have been overwhelmingly positive, as evidenced by the high turnout and the number of quality business proposals received in the Pre-trip Entrepreneurship Workshop held last month at Stanford Campus.
After an intensive period of preparation, NACSA is proud to announce the following final schedule for the trip:
Departure-Return Dates: April 21-30, 2008
Cities to Be Visited: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Huzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi.
NASCA welcomes sponsorship for the trip from interested organizations/companies. Refer to the following link for a description of the sponsorship benefits.
Please direct your questions regarding the trip to:
Helen Liu, Ph.D.
Helen_liu@nasca.com
Phone: 510-364-5360
Renxin Xia
Renxin_xia@nacsa.com
Phone: 408-888-3569
Tentative Programs:
· Face-to-face meetings with industry leaders, high-tech company executives, potential investors, and government policy-makers through multiple events in host cities
· Focus group technical seminars and conferences to gain first-hand knowledge
· Site visit to major Chinese high-tech companies, including AMEC, Silicon Federation, Mobim Technologies, Azalea Networks, SAIF Partners (VC), etc.
Who Should Apply?
High-tech company executives/entrepreneurs who:
· Have genuine interest/business needs to undertake China-related projects
· Are currently seeking opportunities to tap into the vast resources in China for marketing and/or funding of product development or business initiatives.
· Want to learn the various aspects of starting/running a business in China, from government policy and industry trends to quality of life.
Qualifications
Applicants must:
· Stay with the group and attend all programs for the entire trip
· Submit a two-page executive summary of the business plan along with a bio. Chinese is preferred, but English is also acceptable. Applicants may use the attached template if so desire. Preferred areas for the projects are IC design, software, semiconductor manufacturing, medical devices, networking, and wireless technologies.
· Have at least a Master’s degree and/or ten years of working experience in relevant industry. Exceptions may be made on a case by case basis depending on the merit of the business plan.
· Speak English and/or Chinese
· Be able to obtain a visa to enter China and return to US
Money Matters:
· Program fee: $500 to cover expenses on the trip, due to NASCA by April 15, 2008. NACSA will arrange with the hosting cities to help defray the cost of the trip whenever possible.
· Participants are responsible for making arrangements and paying for their own international roundtrip air fares
Application Form: http://www.nacsa.com/archives/files/200 ... rip_v5.pdf
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VP/Sr. Director of RFIC Engineering
Responsible for leading an RF/Analog CMOS IC design team of a Shanghai based early stage company backed by tier-1 VCs. Requires at least 5 years of design and design management experience with Ph.D., or 8 years of experience with MS, responsible for leading one or more successful RFIC design projects from architecture to volume production.
Hands-on IC design experience in one or more of the followings:
* Designing and measuring of RF front-end blocks such as LNA, Mixer, RF VGA, RF variable attenuator;
* Designing and measuring of both Integer-N and Fractional-N RF synthesizer, clock management circuits, which include entire PLL, VCO, high-frequency divider and prescaler, digital counter, phase/frequency detector, charge pump, PLL loop filter, crystal oscillator;
* Designing and measuring of High speed A/D and D/A converters;
* Low-level circuit design as well as top-level functionality and performance simulation and lab verification;
* In depth experience with Cadence and knowledge of CAD tools are required;
* Experience in wireless or wireline high frequency products such as cellular phone, digital TV, WiFi, etc. a plus.
Willingness to relocate to Shanghai. Competitive salary and generous stock position.
For more information, please contact info@nacsa.com.
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An Invitation for a 3 day Tour to Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park (Dec. 23~25, 2007)
Agenda in Chinese
Application Form in Chinese
Who Should Participate?
Those professionals who were originated from mainland China and then educated in abroad, now think about doing business in Beijing, or even just want to take a look at today’s Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park…
When and Where and What?
- December 23d to 25th, 2007
- Staying at Beijing Ziyu Hotel (www.ziyuhotel.cn)
- Touring the Park, universities and incubators, meeting with entrepreneurs and officers, learning about how to start up business there, and networking, dinning and winning…(See attached daily Agenda for details)
What Zhongguancun Will Provide?
- Free hotel room (double occupancy) for 3 nights (May 23d through 25th)
- 8 meals during the event days
- Bus transportation for the event activities
What Do You Need to Do?
- Fill in the attached Personal Information Form and send it back to me by email
- Make your own traveling plan and purchase air ticket
- Finally, you just show up there at Beijing Ziyu Hotel to check-in later afternoon Sunday of December 23d, 2007 and you will be all set…
(Ziyu Hotel is a 4 star hotel, located at 55 Zengguang Road, Tel: 6841-1188. It is close to HuaYuan Qiao.)
We also welcome those professionals who have already returned to China some time ago, and those who will happen to be there in China for whatever reasons at the time of our event to participate.
Your spread- word for this Event will be appreciated.
Any questions? Just contact:
Frank Tan
CEO, Zhongguancun Science Park’s Silicon Valley Office
Tel: 408 406 3118
Send your Form to: ftan@zgc-usa.com
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