Spotlight On China Investment and Innovation
July 29 – 30, 2015
Pasadena Convention Center

 

 

VIDEOS
Keynote Talks: Stella Li, BYD   JD Howard, LeTV

VC/ Dealmaker Panel   Hollywood Meets China  

Mobile Payments Spotlight       Real Estate Investment Trends

Tech Chats: TeleSign  Elemoon             Culture Shift    

  
   
   
  
    

PROGRAM                                KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
 Stella Li, President & CEO, BYD    JD Howard, GM, LeTV
How two powerful Chinese brands — Warren Buffet-invested electric vehicle maker BYD and video streaming service and smartphone maker LeTV — are tapping the US via LA.

VENTURE CAPITAL / DEALMAKER PANEL
VCs, angels and dealmakers reveal funding trends for innovative startups with a China-US strategy. 

  
 
Marc van der Chijs, Managing Partner, CrossPacific Capital; Alyse Kileen, VC Investor, March Capital Partners; Jim Robinson, Managing Partner, RRE Ventures; Nihal Mehta, Founding General Partner, Eniac Ventures; Victoria Silchenko, Founder, Metropole Capital Group; Marc Kenny, Partner, Nixon Peabody; Josh Porter, Investor, Magnetar Capital

SPECIAL FOCUS: Hollywood Meets China

   

Jean Su, Producer & President, Broadvision Entertainment; Tom McGrath, COO, STX Entertainment; Chris Fenton, President, DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group; Mike Gabrawy, Chief Creative Officer, Arclight Films

MARKET SECTOR OUTLOOK: Mobile Payments
  

Bo Wang, CEO, NiHao Pay; Jim Robinson, Managing Partner, RRE Ventures; Tynan Schmidt, VP-Product Development, Kuapay

TECH CHATS
    

Interview with founders of startups with a unique LA – China angle
Jing Zhou, Founder & CEO, smart jewelry maker, Elemoon
Ryan Disraeli, Co-Founder, TeleSign with Jill Van, Partner, Grant Thornton

CULTURE SHIFT
   

Expat pros return to U.S. and tell all about their career journey in China.
Elliott Ng, Dir., Product Management, APAC Display Ads, Google; David Wolfe, MD, Global China Practice, Allison & Partners; Sage Brennan, Co-founder, China Luxury Advisors & Hollyluxe Entertainment; Gabriel Grisham, Manager-Strategy, NiHao Pay

REAL ESTATE: Chinese Investment in LA

Catherine Marcus, Sotheby’s International Realty
How Chinese buyers are impacting the luxury real estate market in SoCal

 

Moderators:
Rebecca Fannin, Founder & Author, Silicon Dragon; Contributor, Forbes (MC);  Christine Lu, Founder, 8×8; Robert Cain, President, Pacific Bridge Partners & Contributor, Forbes; Ying-Ying Lu, Owner, Red Thread Global

   

 

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