Dear CINA Friends,
I would like to inform you about CINA upcoming conferene. Currently, we are seeking 6 most innovative companies to present at our conference and top 50 to list at CINA website and introduce to VC pitch events if interested in.
If you like to join the CEO pitch, send email to startup@cina.org with short company intro or one page executive summary. Selected companies need to pay $100 application fee. Top three winners will be announced during the reception.
If you like to showcase your product at our conference, send email to showcase@cina.org with short company intro or one page executive summary. Selected companies need to pay $500 fee(including opportunity to join CEO talk) , showcase your company at the conference and CINA website (for 12 months). Several major news medias will cover the conference.
Feel free to forward this to your circle of friends. Contact us if you like to be our honorable conference sponsor and/or speaker.
Regards,
Vicki Young,
President, CINA
a grassroots organization helping early stage startups to discover, start and grow
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Venue: Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA
Nov. 9, 2012. Program: 12:00pm – 6:45pm, Reception: 6:45pm- 8:00pm
http://cinacon2012.eventbrite.com/
12:00pm - 01:00pm | Registration and Social Networking |
01:00pm – 01:05pm | Opening Remarks |
01:05pm - 01:30pm | Opening Keynote: Jesse Fang, VP of Intel; Managing Director, Intel China Lab |
01:30pm – 02:15pm | Session: How will Mobile Accelerate Business and Social Media Success? Moderator: Scott Chou, General Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners and Michigan eLab |
02:15pm – 03:00pm | Session: Mobile Gaming, Gamification and Entertainment |
03:00pm – 03:30pm | Coffee Break |
03:30pm – 04:15pm | Session: Future of Mobile Innovation and Beyond |
04:15pm – 05:00pm | Session: Future of Branding -- What it means to Mobile Commerce & Security Justin Yoshimura, Founder and CEO, 500 Friends |
05:00pm – 05:45pm | Session: Role of Mobile at the Next-Gen of Cloud Innovation Laura Yecies, CEO, SugarSync Ravi Rishy-Maharaj, CEO & Founder, Gigsky |
05:45pm – 06:15pm | Fireside Chat: Closing Keynote |
06:15pm – 06:45pm | Award Winning CEOs Pitch |
06:45pm – 08:00pm | Reception: Top three winners Announcement |
About the Conference
As Mobile technology evolves, tremendous business opportunities will emerge. The growing consensus is that our current cabled, PC-centric computing will soon be replaced by an untethered world of smart phones and tablets providing computing, on the go. The mobile network we all envision will be much more flexible, powerful and easier to use than today's wired Internet, but with the added benefit that people can use it anywhere, anytime, with much greater variety of devices.
Speakers will discuss topics related to the following but not limited:
· What are the possible Mobile business opportunities in the US, China, Indo China, Africa and East Europe?
· Who will pay mobile and big data?
· Why are the large tech companies focused on mobile and cloud computing?
· What are the challenges and solutions of explosive mobile traffic growth?
· What is the Next-Gen of Cloud Platform and how would it interact with Mobile?
Notable Speakers
Scott Chou, General Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners and Michigan eLab
Jesse Fang, Vice President, Intel; Managing Director, Intel China Lab
Justin Yoshimura, Founder and CEO, 500 Friends
Laura Yecies, CEO, SugarSync
Ravi Rishy-Maharaj, CEO & Founder, Gigsky
Who Should Attend?
Business professionals, decision makers from high-tech companies and enterprises, including CEOs, VPs, Directors and Managers of Marketing, Sales and Business Development, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Investment Bankers, Entrepreneurs, Lawyers, Engineers, Individuals seeking career change and other Service Providers would find this conference very beneficial.
What Does this Conference Offer?
This conference provides excellent informative discussions on mobile and cloud computing. It is also a great environment for networking among industry leaders, decision makers, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs from both US and China. It will provide insight to future mobile technology developments and business trends. The panel discussions will focus on business ecosystems in the mobile opportunity, cross border business/marketing strategies, as well as the investment landscape both in US and China.
About Notable Speakers
Scott Chou, General Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners and General Partner, Michigan eLab
Scott Chou has been in the venture capital industry since 1997 and is known for his focus on disruptive technologies and for authoring Maxims, Morals, and Metaphors - A Primer on Venture Capital. Scott’s passion for early stage technology ventures extends back to high school when he joined his first startup as a software engineer. He has since worked for five more technology ventures including Poqet Computer and ICE in addition to world-renowned research and development organizations such as Bellcore and IBM. His broad expertise in technology spans the industry from manufacturing to software development to chip design. Scott completed the prestigious Kauffman Fellows Program in 1999 with Onset Ventures. He later joined Gabriel Venture Partners in early 2000 where he focused on research labs for fundamental innovations. His first investment at Gabriel was in the seed round of NextG Networks which eventually sold to Crown Castle for $1 billion. Scott’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with honors from Caltech as well as master’s degrees from Harvard University and Stanford University.
Jesse Fang, Vice President, Intel; Managing Director, Intel China Lab
Laura Yecies, CEO, SugarSync
Laura is a consumer software and Internet services industry veteran with two decades of experience leading top consumer brands such as ZoneAlarm, Yahoo and Netscape.
Yecies joined SugarSync in Q4 2008 to expand the company and initiate an aggressive business and product growth phase. Most recently, Yecies was General Manager of the ZoneAlarm consumer and small business division at Check Point Software, responsible for all facets of business development, marketing, sales, and product. She led key initiatives to drive ZoneAlarm's technology vision and significantly increase brand awareness.
Previously, at Yahoo, Yecies served as Global General Manager of the Yahoo Mail division. Earlier, Yecies was Vice President of the Netscape browser division at AOL where she was responsible for the development of Netscape 7.0 and the launch of the Netscape browser in 23 languages. Prior to Netscape, she led Latin American sales at Informix Software Corp. in Latin America. Additionally, Yecies served as Director of Marketing Programs for the Asia Pacific Latin America region at Gupta Corporation.
Earlier in her career Yecies worked as an international risk analyst at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation – a division of the Agency for International Development and as a lecturer in International Marketing at Santa Clara University.
Yecies received her M.B.A. from Harvard, plus an M.S.F.S. from Georgetown School of Foreign Service where she graduated with honors in International Business Diplomacy. She received her A.B. Magna Cum Laude in Government from Dartmouth and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.She has studied abroad at the London School of Economics and with Dartmouth in Blois, France. Yecies serves on the Board of several community non-profit organizations and has worked as a volunteer medical translator in Guatemala. She has lived in Brazil, France and England, is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and French and loves travelling the world as much as possible with her husband and four children.
Justin Yoshimura, Founder and CEO, 500 Friends
Justin is responsible for the overall vision and strategic direction of 500friends. Justin's infatuation with ecommerce began at age 14, when he opened an eBay account and quickly became one of Ebay's top PowerSellers. Since then, he has founded several successful ecommerce companies, including CellsWholesale.com, which was acquired by private investors in 2009 and he was recently named to Forbes prestigious 30 under 30 list for Social Media and Mobile.
About CINA
CINA, a prominent non-profit professional organization in Silicon Valley, provides its 20,000+ members high quality seminars, workshops, mentor programs, annual conferences, and networking events. CINA brings together a diverse group of professionals, consisting of not only Chinese but also people from different ethnicities and backgrounds. Our goal is to provide a forum facilitating engineers, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, angel investors and venture capitalists to share innovative ideas, and to connect with opportunities. www.cina.org
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