The agenda for 2015 MIT-CHIEF is subject to change. This page is updated on a daily basis.
Please note that all the events during 2015 MIT-CHIEF will be in English except the Pitch to ZhenFund Special Event, which will be in Chinese.

Saturday, 19 November 2011
13:00 — 14:00	Check-in
14:00 — 14:10	Opening Remarks
14:10 — 14:50	Keynote Speeches Charles L. Cooney | Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
14:50 — 15:30	Keynote Speeches Ya-Qin Zhang 张亚勤 | Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation
16:10 — 18:00	Healthcare And Medicine The Spirit Of Entrepreneurship
18:30 — 21:00	VIP Dinner (For Speakers And Sponsors Only)
Sunday, 20 November 2011
08:30 — 09:15	Keynote Speeches Thomas Li 李实恭 | Vice President, IBM
09:15 — 10:00	Keynote Speeches Sonny Wu 伍伸俊 | Co-Founder and Managing Director, GSR Ventures
10:10 — 12:00	Energy And Environment Venture Capital Investment
12:00 — 13:30	Lunch
13:30 — 14:10	Keynote Speeches Shi Wang 王石 | Chairman, China Vanke Co. Ltd
14:20 — 16:10	Information Technology Innovation
16:20 — 18:20	Business Plan Contest
18:20 — 18:30	Closing Remarks
19:15 — 22:00	Private Dinner Xijun Zhang 张希军 | GM, Suzhou Nanotech Co. Ltd.

Keynote Speeches

Charles L. Cooney Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT Faculty Director, Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation View intro » Charles L. Cooney received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, and the S.M. (1967) and Ph.D. (1970) in biochemical engineering from MIT. After a short post-doc at the Squibb Institute for Medical Research, he joined the MIT faculty as an assistant professor in 1970, becoming full professor in 1982. Cooney’s honors include the 1989 Gold Medal of the Institute of Biotechnological Studies (London); the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Bioengineering Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers; the James Van Lanen Distinguished Service Award from the American Chemical Society’s Division of Microbial and Biochemical Technology; and election to the American Institute of Medical and Biochemical Engineers and the Fellows of the American Chemical Society. A consultant to multiple biotech and pharmaceutical companies, Cooney sits on the boards of Polypore International, Biocon, Ltd. (India) and multiple private companies (LS9, Inc., GreenLight Bioscience, Mitra, Essentient). His research and teaching span many aspects of biochemical engineering and pharmaceutical manufacturing. He holds more than 30 patents, has published over 250 research papers, and has co-authored or edited five books, including Development of Sustainable Bioprocesses: Modeling and Assessment (Wiley Press, 2006).<br><br>In addition to his professional interests, Cooney is a trustee emeriti of the Boston Ballet, an overseer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and a board member of MIT’s Community Service Fund. Other interests include rock climbing, skiing, high altitude mountaineering (with assents of Denali, Ama Dablam, Mont Blanc, Kilimanjaro, Huascaran), scuba diving, and antique map collecting.

Thomas Li 李实恭 Vice President, IBM Director, IBM Research China View intro » Dr. Thomas Li, Vice President of IBM, is the Director of IBM Research China and the Chief Technology Officer of IBM Greater China Group (CTO of IBM GCG). Under his leadership，IBM Research China, which has two research laboratories located in Beijing and Shanghai, respectively, has been a significant contributor in advancing the technology development and applications in the following areas: Next Generation Computing Systems, Cloud Computing, Information and Knowledge Management, Human Computer Interaction, Service Sciences, and Mathematics and Operations Research. It is now devoted to the technology and industry applications development of the Internet of Things. As the CTO of IBM GCG, Thomas is the major driver of IBM Smarter Planet innovations focusing on building the ecosystem thru partnership with academia, industry, government, and other research institutes throughout the world. Additionally, Thomas leads IBM intellectual property (IP) licensing and collaboration efforts in GCG. Thomas is a strategist as well as a pragmatist. He established the ground-breaking In-Market Research approach that has propelled a number of successful pioneer projects, including SaaS, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Healthcare systems, Power Management, and Business Transformation. Thomas had served as the Chairman of Greater China Chapter in Global Supply Chain Council (2009-2010), and has been granted honorary professor and guest professor titles by a number of top universities in China. He holds 96 patents granted worldwide including 32 from the United States in several technical areas, and publications in referred conferences and journals.

Shi Wang 王石 Chairman, China Vanke Co. Ltd View intro » Shi Wang is currently Chairman of China Vanke Co. Ltd, a Chinese corporation with sales revenue of RMB52.36 billion and net profits that have steadily increased for each of the last 16 years. China Vanke currently employs approximately 16,000 employees located throughout 28 locations in China.

Sonny Wu 伍伸俊 Co-Founder and Managing Director, GSR Ventures View intro » Sonny Wu focuses on investments in the semiconductors, new materials, and new energy sectors. He has made extensive investments related to LED technology, and is an active board member for LatticePower, ShineOn, and Times Energy. Sonny is currently on the boards of Panovel, PowerLayer, Quanray Electronics, Sigma Resources, and SMiT. Prior to GSR, Sonny held key executive positions at Nortel Networks and led the investment in Shanghai ASMC (HKEX: 3355) in 1994. He served as Managing Director for Shanghai Nortel Semiconductors Corp. and Guangdong Nortel Telecom Corp. in 1995. Sonny grew up in China, and completed his education at the University of British Columbia, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan Fellow).

Ya-Qin Zhang 张亚勤 Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation Chairman, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group View intro » As a Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, and Chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group (ARD), Dr. Ya-Qin Zhang is responsible for driving Microsoft’s overall research and development efforts in China. ARD has become Microsoft’s largest R&D centre outside of U.S., with more than 3000 engineers and scientists engaged in basic research, technology innovation and incubation, product development, and strategic partnership. In addition to this role, Zhang serves on Microsoft Great China Executive Management Committee providing leadership and governance across all of Microsoft’s organizations in the Greater China Region. He was formerly Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, responsible for Microsoft’s Mobile and Embedded Division in Redmond, USA and Managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, Microsoft’s basic research arm in Asia-Pacific region. Before Microsoft Zhang was Director of Multimedia Technology Laboratory at Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, NJ (RCA Laboratories). Zhang is a Fellow of IEEE. Zhang received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1983 and 1985. He received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, Washington D.C. in 1989 and has executive business development training from Harvard University.

Healthcare And Medicine

The ever-growing middle class population in China brings with it the necessities of a better healthcare system, which in turn brings new opportunities in the pharmaceutical and bioengineering industries. With the backing of favorable government policies and support, sustained economic growth, an increasing number of domestic and overseas venture capital investors, and a number of multinational firms already having entered China's market, China's medicine industry is undoubtedly a hotspot for growth and an excellent potential environment for entrepreneurs.

Li Chen 陈力 Founder and CEO, Hua Medicine View intro » Li Chen, Ph.D., is the co-founder and CEO of Hua Medicine, a China based drug discovery and development company positioned to bring clinically differentiated medicine to patients in China and rest of world. Hua is a startup backed by a group of prestigious healthcare investors including ARCH, Venroch, Fidelity Biosciences and Fidelity Asian Venture, as well as Shanghai Alliance Investment. Before Dr Chen founded Hua Medicine in 2010, he was the Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Research at Roche R&D Center (China) Ltd. and a member of Roche Pharma Research Leadership Team. As a founding Director in this position, Li was responsible for development and implementation of research strategy, creation of a China discovery research portfolio, and management of various research operations in China. At the 1st NMC R&D Center in China, He developed a "Collaborative Innovation" model through partnership with Chinese academic institutes, biotech and pharma companies, and contract research organizations.<br><br>Li was the President of Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association (SAPA) in 2001, and is now a member of SAPA Board of Directors and President of SAPA China. Li received Roche Pharma Olympia Award 2005, Roche D2K Award and SAPA President Award. Recently, he received the IBC China Pharma R&D Award, which recognizes outstanding individuals whose contributions have changed the landscape, reputation, and ecosystem for drug R&D in China; he also received an award from the Shanghai government for "Shanghai Leading Talent".

Daotian Fu 付道田 Vice President, Genzyme Corporation View intro » Daotian Fu is the Vice President of Analytical Development at Genzyme Corporation, where he is responsible for analytical development and quality control to support all therapeutic protein development at Genzyme. Prior to joining Genzyme, Daotian served as the Director of Protein Chemistry at Primedica Corporation, a division of Genzyme Transgenics where he successfully set up and managed the analytical CRO business of over $10 million. Daotian also held positions of Manager of Analytical R&D at Neose Pharmaceuticals and scientist at Applied Biosystems in Foster City, CA. Daotian received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Iowa State University and his postdoctoral training at the Complex Carbohydrates Research Center at University of Georgia.

Jason Jin 金刚 CEO, ShanghaiBio Corporation View intro » Dr. Jason (Gang) Jin is the Co-Founder and CEO of ShanghaiBio Corporation (SBC for global CRO at US), and Co-Founder and Executive VP for Global Business of Shanghai Biochip Co. Ltd (SBC in China), a leading biotech in China with lab operations at Shanghai and a global business office in New Jersey, USA. Dr. Jin is also an adjunct professor at the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and School of Pharmacy, Fudan University. Dr. Jin has extensive scientific and management experience in drug discovery and development. He has successfully developed and managed over 100 collaborative projects in genomics, pharmacogenomics, biomarker, translational medicine, companion diagnostics to support discovery, pre-clinical research, and clinical trials with top global pharmaceutical and biotech companies over the past six years. He was named one of top 10 American-Chinese returnees by Business Week in 2008. Dr. Jin also received a Top 10 American-Chinese Business Award in 2010 in USA. Dr. Jin has held the former positions of Director of Genomics Lab at Purdue Pharma (USA), Director of Functional Genomics at Salk Institute (USA), Founder Director of National Engineering Center for Biochip at Shanghai (China), and radiologist at Shanghai Zhongshan Hospital (China). He received his Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellow in biology from University of California, San Diego (USA), and medical degree from School of Medicine, Fudan University (Shanghai Medical University, China). Dr. Jin also attended the intensive MBA program at Rutgers University.

Susan Windham-Bannister President and CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center View intro » Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister is the first President and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, a quasi-public organization charged with administering the 10-year $1 billion life sciences initiative enacted by the Massachusetts Legislature in June 2008. The Life Sciences Center is the hub for all sectors of the state’s life sciences community – biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical diagnostics and bioinformatics. Since assuming the executive leadership of the Life Sciences Center in July 2008, Dr. Windham-Bannister has been responsible for the overall implementation of the life sciences initiative, including staffing the Center, developing policies and procedures, creating a brand, and formulating the investment strategy. The Center’s portfolio of investments is promoting economic development, catalyzing innovation, strengthening Massachusetts’ global leadership position in the life sciences, and accelerating the commercialization of promising treatments, therapies and cures. Under Dr. Windham-Bannister’s leadership, in just three years the Center has invested $218 million, leveraged another $700 million in matching investment capital, and created over 7,000 new life sciences jobs in the Commonwealth. Before assuming her role at the life Sciences Center Dr. Windham-Bannister was a founding partner of Abt Bio-Pharma Solutions, a boutique consulting firm serving life sciences companies. Within ABS, Dr. Windham-Bannister managed the Commercial Strategy Group. In her 35-year consulting career, she and has been instrumental in the successful launch of a number of well-known therapeutics, medical devices and novel biomarkers. Dr. Windham-Bannister has co-authored two books: Competitive Strategy for Health Care Organizations, and Medicaid and Other Experiments in State Health Policy. She also has written numerous articles on competition in today’s health care marketplace. Dr. Windham-Bannister holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, a doctorate in health policy and management from the Florence Heller School at Brandeis University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School. She completed her doctoral work under a fellowship from the Ford Foundation.

The Spirit Of Entrepreneurship

In an age where money matters, an increasing number of people are turning to entrepreneurship. According to surveys, the number of entrepreneurs have already surpassed laborers by 10%. With a new culture of startups, a rapidly developing market and plenty of venture capital funding, plenty of opportunities await the avid entrepreneur. This new spirit of entrepreneurship, combined with business opportunities and driving forces of competition will play a major part in determining the future of China and driving the country to success.

William Aulet Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management View intro » Bill Aulet is a highly accomplished business leader with a track record of success over 25 years. He has raised over $100 million in funding for his companies and directly created hundreds of millions of dollars of market value. He started his career with eleven years at IBM, culminating in being named a prestigious MIT Sloan Fellow in 1993. Upon graduation in 1994, Bill became a serial entrepreneur running two MIT spinouts; he first served as the President and CEO of both Cambridge Decision Dynamics, and later also of SensAble Technologies. The latter earned a place in Time Magazine's list of 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies. With a presence in over twenty countries, SensAble also won over two dozen awards and has been featured in Fortune Magazine, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications for its innovative products and strong business foundation.

James Psota Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Panjiva View intro » James Psota is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Panjiva, Inc., an international supplier search engine with offices in Boston, New York, Shanghai, and Udaipur.  Considered the premier intelligence platform for global trade professionals, Panjiva counts 40 Fortune 500 companies among its clients. James is responsible for Panjiva's technical direction and product development.  A serial entrepreneur who has founded four other startups, James is also published in the field of computer science. He conducted artificial intelligence research at Caltech and has worked for Intel Research, where he combined artificial intelligence techniques into computer architecture research. While serving as Panjiva's technology lead, James is pursuing a doctoral work in large-scale parallel computer architectures and parallel programming models in the Computer Science department at MIT. James was recently a featured speaker at the 2011 Barclays Capital conference and an Entrepreneurship conference at Microsoft. James advises other high tech companies, and sits on the Advisory Board of venture-backed Fidelis College alongside David Gergen and Clayton Christensen. James holds a B.S., summa cum laude, in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and an S.M. in Computer Science from MIT.

Fei Qin Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) View intro » Dr. Fei Qin is on the faculty of the London School of Economics (LSE) and was a Phelan Fellow at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva. She is a core member of the research team of the LSE-RSM Innovation Co-Creation Lab. Dr. Fei Qin holds a PhD from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a BA from Peking University. Dr. Qin's research focuses on transnational entrepreneurship, global production networks, and business model innovation. She has led research projects in China, India, Italy, the UK and the US on the subjects of entrepreneurship and global value chains. She teaches Masters level courses on entrepreneurship and global markets, as well as Ph.D. level research methods at the LSE. She has also been actively engaged in executive education programmes on leadership and innovation in America, Asia, and Europe.

Weijie Yun 云维杰 Senior Advisor, Northern Light Venture Capital 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernest and Young View intro » Weijie Yun is currently a Senior Advisor at Northern Light Venture Capital. Prior to that, he was the co-founder and CEO of Telegent Systems, Inc. where he led the company to create the mobile TV market around the world. Prior to Telegent, he led marketing and product management at Berkana Wireless, Inc., which was acquired by Qualcomm. He also served as the founding president & CEO of AIP Networks and was a founder and director of SiTek, Inc., a spin-off from BEI Technologies. Weijie was awarded 2008 Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. He holds MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Shau Zhang 张晓青 Partner, Ernst & Young LLP View intro » Xiaoqing (Shau) Zhang is Partner of Ernst & Young, Boston. She has been Certified Public Accountant, at MA and a member of MSCPA and AICPA since 1998. She has extensive experience providing transaction analysis, federal, state and local and international tax due diligence and consulting services. Her international tax experience includes UK, France, Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Germany, Luxembourg and China. Her areas of focus include biomedical, biotech, manufacturing, private equity and real estate and university sectors, in particular the tax provision services relating to corporations, partnerships and REITs. Born and grew up in Shanghai, China, she received her BS in power mechanical engineering from a prestigious engineering school, Shanghai JiaoTong University (SJTU). She has three master degrees: MS in power mechanical engineering (SJTU), MS in accountancy (Bentley University), and MS in taxation (Bentley University).

Energy And Environment

As China continues to develop at an unprecented rate, one of the most difficult yet important challenges remains to be solved: to find a balance between continued development and environmentally-friendly operation of industries, in particular the sourcing, transmission and usage of energy in a country with ever-increasing demands. Clean energy has already grown from a question of scientific research to a large focus of government policy。Policy-makers have already realized that as development of advanced new technologies, well-planned policies, and innovative economic strategies must be used in conjunction with each other in order to truly begin resolving the energy issues China faces today.

Gang Chen 陈刚 Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering, MIT View intro » Gang Chen is currently Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering and Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received his bachelor and master degree from the Power Engineering Department, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in 1984 and 1987, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from UC Berkeley in 1993 working under then Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. He was a faculty member at Duke University (1993-1997), University of California at Los Angeles (1997-2001), before joining MIT in 2001. He is a recipient of the NSF Young Investigator Award, the ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award, the R&D100 Award, and the MIT McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a Guggenheim Fellow, an AAAS Fellow, an APS Fellow, and an ASME Fellow. He has published extensively in the area of nanoscale energy transport and conversion and nanoscale heat transfer. He is the director of Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center funded by the US DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centers program.

Zhongxue Gan 甘中学 Vice Chairman & Chief Technology Officer, ENN Group View intro » Zhongxue Gan, Ph.D., is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Technology Officer of the ENN Group, President of ENN Science & Technology Ltd., and Vice Chairman of XinAoMDT Technologies Ltd., Hebei, PRC. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Technical Director and Senior Research Fellow with the ABB Research Center in the U.S. and Shanghai, where he made significant breakthroughs in four core areas of robot research: robot relative calibration, robot programming, robot real-time control and robot material removing process. Dr. Gan pioneered industrial robotic products that provide control technologies to the nuclear industry, automated and accurate blade grinding, efficient automated robotic programming, and robotic hybrid force and position control. He is the architect behind green energy initiatives at ENN Group and has invented the novel sys-energy efficiency technology which leads to an integrated energy system solution including low-temperature catalytic gasification, and carbon dioxide utilization through artificial photosynthesis, which demonstrated an eco-solution for coal-based fossil energy. He holds 17 patents and has published over 50 archival technical papers. In addition, Dr. Gan has forged strong industrial ties between the U.S. and China that enhance productive relations between the two countries, and he has worked hard to establish research collaborations between ENN and the University of Connecticut.

Christina Lampe-Önnerud CEO, Boston Power View intro » Dr. Lampe-Önnerud is a well-known authority in the battery industry. She has pioneered the use of lithium-ion and energy storage solutions and systems to deliver more powerful, longer lasting, safer and cost-effective batteries for laptops, PDAs, cell phones and other electronic devices. Prior to founding Boston-Power, Dr. Lampe-Onnerud was one of the youngest partners ever appointed at Arthur D. Little/TIAX, where she ran the company's globally- renowned battery labs, defined strategies for the world's top chemical and battery organizations, and directed high-profile market evaluations. Earlier in her career, she served as a director and senior scientist at Bell Communications Research. With 80 patents in various stages of filing, Dr. Lampe-Onnerud has received a range of industry awards. These include: lifelong member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences; Mass TLC 2010 Private Company CEO of the Year; 2010 Technology Pioneer World Economic Forum; 2010 Sustainable Leadership Award; 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review; MIT's Magazine of Innovation; Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for Clean Tech, New England region; a Stevie Award for Women in Business as Best Entrepreneur; Mass High Tech Women to Watch; Top Innovators of 2008 by EDN Magazine; and DEMOgod™ 2007. Dr. Lampe-Onnerud is a frequently sought-after speaker who passionately and eloquently shares her insights about battery technology, climate change and environmental sustainability at industry and government events around the world. Dr. Lampe-Onnerud earned a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry and a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Calculus from Uppsala University in Sweden, and received her Post Doctorate at MIT, Cambridge, Mass.

Jiong Ma Partner, Braemar Energy Ventures View intro » Jiong Ma is a partner of Braemar Energy Ventures and has more than 15 years of research, operating and venture capital experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Braemar, she was with the venture group at 3i, a global private equity firm. At 3i, Dr. Ma was responsible for investments in the information technology and cleantech sectors. Prior to 3i, Dr. Ma held several senior positions at Lucent Technologies and Bell Labs. Her responsibilities included lead roles in product portfolio strategy, new product launches for Optical and Data Networking, and research and product development, where she led projects in defining product features, system architecture, network design and operations. Dr. Ma was also a founding team member of Onetta, a fiber networks start-up company.

Simon Vieira Ribeiro 李显弘 Technology Advisor, GSR Ventures View intro » Simon Vieira-Ribeiro concentrates on wireless, semiconductor, and new materials. He has more than 15 years of experience in the wireless, telecommunications, and semiconductor industries in disciplines ranging from RFIC design and systems design to sales and product marketing. He currently serves on the boards of Panovel and Quanray. Before joining GSR, Simon was a senior manager at Nortel Networks China, responsible for WCDMA product marketing. He was also instrumental in securing major Tier 1 wireless account wins in South Korea and the United States. Simon holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree from the University of British Columbia.

Venture Capital Investment

In countries with flourishing capital-based economies, venture investment is an incubator for economic advancement; scientific and research successes are the fountainhead from which the country maintains its economic power and positively transforms its societies. China's rapidly expanding markets and favorable economic policies present a myriad of new opportunities for both entrepreneurs and investors alike.

Claudia Fan Munce Managing Director, IBM Venture Capital Group View intro » Claudia Fan Munce has been the Managing Director of the IBM Venture Capital Group since March 2004. In addition to this role, she is also Vice President of IBM Corporate Strategy. Claudia joined IBM Research Division in 1985 and held many technical and business leadership positions. Prior to assuming her current position, Claudia was the functional manager in IBM Research overseeing technology transfer and licensing activities as well as defining new business opportunities with top IBM partners. Born in Taiwan, Claudia grew up in Brazil and came to the United States for graduate studies. She holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Santa Clara University, and an MBA from Stanford University. Claudia serves on many boards in the venture community, including Chairwoman of U.S. National Venture Capital Association Corporate Advisory Board and board member of Latin America Venture Capital Association. IBM Venture Capital Group seeks to proactively build mutually beneficial strategic relationships with venture capital firms and their portfolio companies within the global community focusing on growth markets and emerging technologies. Venture Capital Group’s mission is to promote an innovation ecosystem engaging the full range of IBM resources and capabilities with that of its venture capital partners and other key innovation drivers to maximize growth opportunities.

Walter Huang 黄伟庆 Managing Partner, Heracles Investment Corp. Board Director and Senior Vice President, China Wind Power International Corp. View intro » Walter Huang is Managing Partner of Heracles Investment Corp. He also serves as a Board Director and Senior Vice President of China Wind Power International Corp (Stock Symbol: CNW), a wind energy company publicly traded on TSX Venture Exchange in Canada; and an independent director of China Golf Group, Inc, a leading developer of golf facilities in China. Mr. Huang has more than 10 years private equity investment and investment banking experience, especially has strong expertise in investing in Chinese companies and taking Chinese companies public in North American securities markets. He led the whole process of the public listing of China Wind Power International Corp from the "Red-Chip" reorganization, due diligence, reconciliation and adjustment of accounting in accordance with International GAAP, the "Big Four" auditing, executives recruiting, to approximately US$ 25 million equity financing for the company, and finally being publicly traded, and after-market support and financings. Prior to founding Heracles, Walter Huang was a founding partner of a private equity investment firm based in Newport Beach, California. Mr. Huang has years’ experience in investing in such industries as Internet/telecommunication, media, high-tech, consumer products, clean tech and renewable energy. He also involved in the investment in entertainment (movie and TV) and sports industries, and acted as a producer for TV serials. As a frequent public speaker, he given speeches at a variety of conferences hosted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Fordham University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, the United States of America-China Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations as well as Chinese government agencies. He is currently a member of Board of Advisors for "128 Chinese Union of Technology Enterprises" and the council member of Tianjin Overseas Exchanges Association. Mr. Huang is a recipient of the 2010 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award in acknowledgment of his accomplishments and extraordinary contributions to economic development and exceptional leadership and commitment to making a difference in their communities and the society at large. Mr. Huang graduated from Fudan University, Shanghai with a B.S. Degree in Electronic Engineering, and performed graduate study at the University of Cincinnati for three years.

Allan Kwan Venture Partner, Oak Investment Partners View intro » Allan C.Y. Kwan joined Oak as a Venture Partner in 2007. With more than 25 years of information technology, telecommunications, and general management experience, Allan is a Venture Partner who consults on investment opportunities and portfolio company operations in Asia. Prior to joining Oak, he served in various executive roles at Yahoo! Inc. spanning six years. Most recently, Allan was Vice President of Yahoo! International, following Yahoo!'s U.S. $1.7 billion investment into Alibaba.com in August 2005. He also served as Yahoo!'s Managing Director of North Asia regional operations. Prior to Yahoo!, Allan was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Asia.com. Allan also spent more than six years at Motorola Inc., where he served as an officer and led the paging products division in Greater China. Allan’s high-tech career started with a decade of service at Nortel across engineering, product development, distribution, and marketing. Allan holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honor) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in Canada, as well as a Master of Business Administration (Distinction) degree from the Wharton School, and a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He served two years on the International Advisory Board of Xuhui District in Shanghai, one year as independent Board member of Linktone (NASD: LTON), and currently holds nine Board positions in Oak’s portfolio companies, including Boston-Power, Chamate, Comm Verge, Lingtu, NeoPhotonics, Protean, SportsGG, and State Micro Technology.

Xiaojun Li 李骁军 Partner, IDG Capital Partners View intro » Mr. Xiaojun Li is actively involved in investments in telecom, semiconductor, wireless and energy sectors with engineering, management and entrepreneur experience in the semiconductor and communications industry. As a key member of the technology team in both Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ BRCM) and Marvell Semiconductor (NASDAQ: MRVL), Xiaojun led the designing team in the development of several chips. Previously, he also worked with Airvana Networks where he was responsible for the business development in the Great China area. In 2001, Xiaojun co-founded Silicon Craft, a company providing IC design consulting services. Xiaojun received his M.B.A from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Yanbo Wang Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation, Boston University View intro » Professor Wang recently completed his Ph.D at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He received his B.L. in International Studies from Peking University (China), an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Arizona, and doctoral coursework in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Wang’s research mainly focuses on two agents in the knowledge sector of the economy: research scientists and entrepreneurial firms. The work on entrepreneurial firms focus on the role of two different but crucial factors in shaping entrepreneurial behaviors: individual’s social relationships and the institutional context. His work spans two types of "creative destruction": the positive one of knowledge creation and commercialization and the negative one of illegal activities such as financial fraud. He also studies the competition dynamics between domestic and foreign firms, particularly in the context of China.

Bob Xiaoping Xu 徐小平 Founding & Managing Partner, ZhenFund View intro » Xiaoping Xu, co-founded New Oriental School and has over 10 years of experience with New Oriental Group. Mr. Xu served as Director of New Oriental Group and was responsible for its marketing, public relations, government relations and most recently a specialised consulting arm for Chinese preparing to study abroad. He successfully led New Oriental to the US New York Stock Market in 2006. He also presided over an advisory board that helped advise management on a variety of issues relating to English Training in China. He has a wealth of experience, contacts and understanding of the English Training industry in China. He serves as Member of Board of Advisors of Idapted, Inc. An inspired angel investor, he has the magic to lift up all Chinese young entrepreneurs to fly. Mr. Xu holds an MA from the University of Saskatchewan of Canada.

Information Technology

In 2011, China's Internet user population surpasses 450 million, bringing China's economy well into the Internet and information age. Meanwhile, the world is seeing a new wave of mobile applications and cloud computing technology emerging in this industry, which help newest Internet applications penetrate people's daily life everywhere, and foster a new group of small IT enterprises. To further promote its IT industry, China needs to embrace this new tendency, to create more business opportunities arising from such technologies.

Vincent Chan Joan and Irwin Jacobs Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT View intro » Prof. Chan received his BS(71), MS(71), EE(72), and Ph.D.(74) degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in the area of communications. From 1974 to 1977, he was an assistant professor with the School of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University. He joined Lincoln Laboratory in 1977 as a staff member of the Satellite Communication System Engineering Group working on military communications and networking. In January 1981, he became the Assistant Leader of the Communication Technology Group starting a research and development program on optical space communications. In July 1983, he formed and became Leader of the Optical Communication Technology Group and Manager of the LITE (Laser Intersatellite Transmission Experiment) Program. He became the Head of the Communications and Information Technology Division of Lincoln Laboratory until joining LIDS as its Director in 1999 until November 2007. In 1989, he formed the AON (All-optical-network Consortium) among MIT, AT&T and DEC. He has also served as the principal investigator of a Next Generation Internet Consortium (ONRAMP) formed among AT&T, Cabletron, MIT, Nortel and JDS, and a Satellite Networking Research Consortium formed between MIT, Motorola, Teledesic and Globalstar. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation and the Chairman of its Technical Advisory Board. He also serves as a Member of the Corporation of Draper Laboratory and is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Optical Communications and Networking Series (as Journal of Selected Area in Communications, Part II), an incubator for a new IEEE journal in the area. He is also currently serving on several Government advisory committees such as the Defense Science Board on technical matters relating to communications and networks. He joined the Research Laboratory of Electronics in December 2007, organizing a broad multi-disciplinary effort in communication and networks. His research interests are in optical communications, wireless communications, space communications, and networks. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Optical Society of America.

Irene Greif Director, IBM Center for Social Software and Head of the Collaborative Use View intro » Irene Greif is Director of the IBM Center for Social Software and head of the Collaborative User Experience Group (CUE), a team of  Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) researchers based in Cambridge, MA.  The group has historically worked most closely with Lotus product teams on collaboration software and is now extending its impact to other parts of Software Group -- to support collaboration among software developers -- and to IBM's service businesses. Irene is a former faculty member of Computer Science at University of Washington and of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. She headed a research group in the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science which developed shared calendar, co-authoring, and real-time collaboration systems. She is a fellow of both the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Association of Computing Machinery (ACM.) Irene was inducted into the Women In Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame in 2000 and awarded the Women Entrepreneurs in Science and Technology Leadership award in 2008. In 2010, Irene was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Irene joined Lotus in 1987, formed Lotus Research in 1992, and merged that group into the IBM Research Division in 2000. Recent product innovations from her group include the core features now shipping in Lotus Connections: social bookmarking (dogear); business activities. Irene received her S.B. in Mathematics, her S.M. and her PhD. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, all from MIT.

Ning Hu 胡宁 Chief Technology Officer, MediaV View intro » Hu has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University. After getting two master's degrees in Computer Science and Entertainment Technology in Carnegie Mellon University, Hu went on pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science. Upon graduation, Hu joined Google in 2005, and has since worked in Google’s New York, Mountain View headquarter, and Beijing branches, in the roles of software engineer, senior engineers, staff engineer, and director of technology respectively. In 2005, she became the technology lead for mobile search quality, and took charge of the release of mobile search products for several operators, including China Mobile, Europe’s Vodafone, and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo and KDDI. In 2007, she was dispatched to China to lead the music product R & D project, which in March 2009 released Google Music. In 2010, she took on the role of leading the development of Google’s Android services.Hu joined MediaV in September, 2010 as CTO. She is leading the engineering and product effort at MediaV to develop the performance advertising platform with the ability of mining massive data, and matching and delivering targeted ads intelligently.

H. T. Kung William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science and Electrical En, Harvard View intro » Professor Kung is interested in computing, communications and sensing, with a current focus on compressive sensing and wireless networking. Prior to joining Harvard in 1992, he taught at Carnegie Mellon University for 19 years.<br><br>Professor Kung has pursued a variety of research interests in his career, including complexity theory, database systems, VLSI design, parallel computing, computer networks, network security, wireless communications, and networking of unmanned aerial systems. He pioneered the concept of systolic array processing, and has led large research teams on the design and development of novel parallel computers and computer networks. In 1999 he started a joint Ph.D. program with colleagues at the Harvard Business School on information, technology, and management, and co-chaired this Harvard Program from 1999 to 2006.<br><br>To complement his academic activities, Professor Kung maintains a strong link with industry.  He has served as a consultant and board member to numerous companies and government agencies.  Professor Kung’s professional honors include: Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Member of the Academia Sinica (in Taiwan); Guggenheim Fellowship; Shell Distinguished Chair; and recipient of the Inventor of the Year Award by the Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association.

Madge Meyer Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer and Techno, State Street Corporation View intro » Madge M. Meyer is executive vice president, chief innovation officer and technology fellow at State Street Corporation. In this role, Ms. Meyer is responsible for leading efforts to benchmark, disseminate and commercialize State Street’s new transformational technology. She is responsible for driving awareness of the company’s IT capabilities in the technology marketplace, venture capital community and academia.

Innovation

Innovation, rather than imitation, is the only way upon which China will be able to persist and maintain a long-term strong economy in the midst of fierce global competition. In order to do this, China will need to transform its economy from one of routine manufacturing and assembly to an economy where innovation and high value products take root from within. This problem has affected all sides of China's multi-faceted economy, from small firms to government policies to scientific research, all of which will have to share the burden in shifting away from the economy of years past.

Jie Chen 陈洁 Partner, Jun He Law Offices View intro » Ms. Jie Chen is a partner of Jun He Law Offices. She joined Jun He in 1994 and currently practices at the firm’s Beijing Office, specializing in cross-border financing, mergers & acquisitions, banking, and general corporate practices. Ms. Chen has represented a wide range of multinational companies, technology companies, financial institutions, and Chinese domestic enterprises and provided comprehensive professional services in foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions, financing and joint ventures. Ms. Chen has extensive legal experience in advising international clients for their various investment ventures and complex corporate transactions in China in a broad range of corporate matters in strategic legal issues, incorporation, licensing, share transactions, dissolution and liquidation, employment, foreign exchange and taxation. Ms. Chen developed practice in banking and financing as well, including syndicate loans, venture financing, secured transactions and project financing. Ms. Chen worked at a major Silicon Valley based law firm (Fenwick & West LLP) for one year where she focused on start-up issues, venture financing and mergers and acquisitions for technology companies and venture funds. Ms. Chen was a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences held in the United States on China-related business and legal topics.

Jin Chen 陈劲 Professor, College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University View intro » Professor Jin Chen specializes in innovation management and policy and is a visiting scholar at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research areas are strategic management of innovation and entrepreneurship, R&D globalization and open innovation, creativity and education innovation. He won the national gifted fund from National Science Foundation and the State of China.

Qiang Gao 高强 Vice President, Shenzhen Cultural Assets and Equity Exchange

Yasheng Huang 黄亚生 Associate Dean for International Programs and Action Learning, MIT Sloan School of Management International Program Professor in Chinese Economy and Business, MIT Sloan School of Management View intro » Yasheng Huang is the International Program Professor in Chinese Economy and Business and a Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Huang founded and runs the China Lab and the India Lab, which aim to help entrepreneurs in those countries improve their management skills. He is an expert source on international business, political economy, and international management. In collaboration with other scholars, Huang is conducting research on human capital formation in China and India, entrepreneurship, and ethnic and labor-intensive foreign direct investment (FDI). Prior to MIT Sloan, he held faculty positions at the University of Michigan and at Harvard Business School. Huang also served as a consultant to the World Bank. His research has been profiled in many publications, including TheWall Street Journal,The Economist, Businessworld, Le Monde, the Economic Times, as well as in numerous Chinese publications. He also has contributed to the Financial Times, The New York Times, and Foreign Policy. Huang’s published books include Inflation and Investment Controls in China (1996), FDI in China (1998), Selling China (2003), and Financial Reform in China (2005, co-edited with Tony Saich and Edward Steinfeld). His most recent book, Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics (2008), is based on detailed archival and quantitative evidence spanning three decades of reforms. Huang shows that private entrepreneurship, facilitated by financial liberalization and microeconomic flexibility, played a central role in China’s economic miracle. Huang has held or received prestigious fellowships, such as the National Fellowship at Stanford University and the Social Science Research Council-MacArthur Fellowship. He is a member of the Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, a Fellow at the Center for Chinese Economic Research and the Center for China in the World Economy at Tsinghua University, a Fellow at the William Davidson Institute at Michigan Business School, and a World Economic Forum Fellow. Huang holds a BA in government from Harvard College and a PhD in government from Harvard University.

Zhengzhong Xu 许正中 Professor, Department of Economics, Chinese Academy of Governance View intro » Professor Xu, Economist, Ph.D. Supervisor, was selected as a state-level candidate of the "New Century National Hundred, Thousand and Ten Thousand Talents Project" and enjoyed special governmental allowance financed by the State Council. He is the chief management expert of the China National Major Project of Science & Technology. He originated the strategic planning concept of Tianjin Binhai New Area and North Bay Economic Zone. He also developed the theories of Learning Style Government, Multiple Complex Social Transformation, and Social Universal Service. Prof. Xu obtained his Ph.D. degree of Economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, engaged in post doctoral research at Lancaster University, and was a senior visiting scholar at Stanford. He has undertaken multiple international subjects from the State Council of China, World Bank, United Nations, and many projects from the National Natural Science Funds and National Soft Science.

Private Dinner

Xijun Zhang 张希军 GM, Suzhou Nanotech Co. Ltd. SIPAC Deputy Director, Science & Technology Development Bureau View intro » Dr. Xijun Zhang is the General Manager of Suzhou Nanotech Co. Ltd. and is also Deputy Director of Science &amp; Technology Development Bureau, Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee.<br><br>Suzhou Nanotech is building a world-class nanotech innovation & industrialization cluster, “Suzhou Nanopolis”, which will support R&D, engineering tested, pilot production, manufacturing, conference & expo, and other comprehensive services for the nanotech community. Dr. Zhang is a member of China-Finland NAMI (Nanotechonology Strategic Mutual Collaboration Initiative) working group. He has held positions in many international companies such as Alcatel, Lucent, Telcordia (formerly Bellcore), Quantum Bridge (acquired by Motorola), and has many years experience in the support and promotion of emerging industries. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo.