Opening Remarks: 4pm
Panel Discussion 4:05-4:55pm
Online Q&A with audience  4:55 -5:05pm
VIP reception 5:05 – 5:30pm (for Silicon Dragon Circle members)

PANELISTS

Gary Rieschel is the Founding Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, a firm he launched in Shanghai in 2006. Qiming invests in technology and healthcare with offices in China and the U.S. Gary has more than 35 years of successful operating and investing experience as a senior executive, entrepreneur, investor, and global business strategist. He has held executive positions at Intel, Sequent Computer, Cisco Systems, and Softbank Corporation. He serves as chair, Asia Society Northern California.

Wei Jiang is Founding Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners, which he launched in Silicon Valley in 2020. CatchLight is a venture fund focused on cross-border investment opportunities in tech startups. Wei has built successful startups in both Silicon Valley and China. He has held senior executive positions at leading technology companies such as Google, eBay, Intuit, and GE.

Paul Triolo has recently joined Albright Stonebrige Group as Senior VP, for China technology and policy lead. Previously, he was practice head, global technology policy at the Eurasia Group in Washington, DC. He is a long-time observer of China’s science and technology rise and emergence as a cyber power. Paul also serves as a tech adviser to the Paulson Institute and as a China Digital Economy Fellow at New America. Previously, Paul served in senior research positions within the US government for more than 25 years.

Ker Gibbs is the former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. His career as a private equity investor focused on technology and life sciences. He was previously an investment banker at HSBC. As head of technology and media for greater China, he served clients such as Alibaba, Touch Media, and JD.com. Before banking, Gibbs worked for technology companies including Apple, where he led the Hong Kong-based software subsidiary.

Bio: Rebecca A. Fannin

Rebecca is the founder of news and events group Silicon Dragon Ventures. Her journalistic career covering global innovation began in Silicon Valley during the dotcom era. Following the venture capital trail to Asia, she was one of the first American journalists to write about China’s entrepreneurial boom, interviewing Jack Ma of Alibaba and Robin Li of Baidu, among others. A regular media commentator and speaker, she also has frequently contributed to CNBC and Forbes, and her articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, CEO and Inc. magazine. Rebecca’s three forward-looking books, Silicon Dragon, Startup Asia and her latest title, Tech Titans of China, are a go-to resource on top innovation trends and players. Rebecca has worked in the world’s leading tech hotspots as a pioneering journalist and host of numerous events and forums.

PANELISTS

Gary Rieschel is the Founding Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, a firm he launched in Shanghai in 2006. Qiming invests in technology and healthcare with offices in China and the U.S. Gary has more than 35 years of successful operating and investing experience as a senior executive, entrepreneur, investor, and global business strategist. He has held executive positions at Intel, Sequent Computer, Cisco Systems, and Softbank Corporation. He serves as chair, Asia Society Northern California.

Wei Jiang is Founding Managing Partner at CatchLight Capital Partners, which he launched in Silicon Valley in 2020. CatchLight is a venture fund focused on cross-border investment opportunities in tech startups. Wei has built successful startups in both Silicon Valley and China. He has held senior executive positions at leading technology companies such as Google, eBay, Intuit, and GE.

Paul Triolo has recently joined Albright Stonebrige Group as Senior VP, for China technology and policy lead. Previously, he was practice head, global technology policy at the Eurasia Group in Washington, DC. He is a long-time observer of China’s science and technology rise and emergence as a cyber power. Paul also serves as a tech adviser to the Paulson Institute and as a China Digital Economy Fellow at New America. Previously, Paul served in senior research positions within the US government for more than 25 years.

Ker Gibbs is the former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. His career as a private equity investor focused on technology and life sciences. He was previously an investment banker at HSBC. As head of technology and media for greater China, he served clients such as Alibaba, Touch Media, and JD.com. Before banking, Gibbs worked for technology companies including Apple, where he led the Hong Kong-based software subsidiary.

Bio: Rebecca A. Fannin

Rebecca is the founder of news and events group Silicon Dragon Ventures. Her journalistic career covering global innovation began in Silicon Valley during the dotcom era. Following the venture capital trail to Asia, she was one of the first American journalists to write about China’s entrepreneurial boom, interviewing Jack Ma of Alibaba and Robin Li of Baidu, among others. A regular media commentator and speaker, she also has frequently contributed to CNBC and Forbes, and her articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, CEO and Inc. magazine. Rebecca’s three forward-looking books, Silicon Dragon, Startup Asia and her latest title, Tech Titans of China, are a go-to resource on top innovation trends and players. Rebecca has worked in the world’s leading tech hotspots as a pioneering journalist and host of numerous events and forums.

About Silicon Dragon on Zoom

Silicon Dragon presents its online series of events covering trends and issues in global venture and tech innovation. We also host an AskAVC Anything series, and have featured more than 40 VCs globally in conversation and Q&A, beginning with Bill Tai, a first investor in Zoom.