Xi'an Business Forum – China's Emerging Hi-tech Hub
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Xi’an High Tech Zoon is sponsoring Mobile China 2011 Conference at Silicon Valley
Mobile China Forum Featured Sponsor: Xi’an High Tech Zoon.
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Time: Oct 23rd, 2011
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054-1119  
China continues to be by far the largest mobile market in the world with over 900 million active subscribers on its three carriers, over 350 million mobile Internet users, and over 250 million new handsets sold each year. Even at this scale, growth has not slowed down. There continues to be eight to 10 million new subscribers being added each month, with about 50 percent of them being 3G users.
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About Xi’an
As most of people have known, Xi’an has been one of the best international tourist destinations due to its splendid history and culture. Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses, Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell tower and Ancient City Wall have attracted millions tourists all over the world every year. More than that, Xi’an city has been one of the most important cities in China in many categories including advanced education, modern technology development, aviation and aerospace. The city has more than 50 government-sponsored universities and colleges, and more than 600 research institutions, which have significantly contributed to modern industrial and technology development of China.
Xi’an Hi-Tech Zone is one of the best Hi-Tech Parks approved by State Council in 1991, with more than 100 square kilometers planning area, where more than 12000 companies have registered, including many Fortunate 500 and multinationals like GE, IBM, Emerson, Honeywell, UTC, Bosch, Oracle, Applied Materials and Intel, etc. Fully utilizing the competitive advantages of high quality talents, efficient transportation system and sufficient utilities supply, Xi’an Hi-Tech Zone has grown to one of the best Hi-Tech Parks in China.
In June, State Council approved Xi-Xian New District after Shanghai Pudong, Tianjin Binhai and Chongqing Liangjiang, and will issue significant incentives to development the area in the next ten years. Central government has decided to build Xi’an to be one of the International Metropolitans after Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. We strongly believe that the best time for Xi’an city is coming.
For any questions regarding Xi’an city and Xi’an Hi-Tech Zone, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Liu, who is the Director/Chief Representative in the States, at his email address liuxl@xdz.gov.cn or voice line 408.499.3214.
Mobile China Forum Presents: Apps Go Global at Linkedin Sep 27
Mobile China Forum invites you to this great event hosted at Linkedin:
Agenda:
5:30PM Networking
6PM Introduction
6:10PM Opening Remark
Kiran Prasad, Director of Engineering Mobile, Linkedin
6:25PM Speakers
Moderator: Vivien Wang, Partner, Deloitte
Barrett Parkma,Vice President, International Marketing and Growth, Great Wall Club
Christopher Griffin, Founder & CEO of Betable
Damien Patton, Founder and CEO at Banjo
Ajay Mishra, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer, MobileIron, Inc
Raymond Wei, Co-founder & CEO, Weaver Mobile, Inc.
7:10PM Panel Discussion
8PM Networking
More details, visit:
http://www.m-china.org/events/31640352/
Speaker Bio
Kiran Prasad, Director of Engineering Mobile, Linkedin
Vivien Wang, Partner, International Tax,Deloitte Tax LLP
Vivien Wang has over 12 years of public accounting and international tax experiences, providing tax consulting, compliance and tax accounting assurance services to various high-tech and venture capital clients. Her experience includes structuring and globally managing both U.S. inbound and outbound investments. Vivien assisted in the planning and implementation of the worldwide restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, and IP migrations for multinational clients.
Vivien is also the National Tax Function Leader of Deloitte’s US China Services Group, specializing in China strategy planning for US companies and investment funds. Vivien travels frequently to Asia and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. She is also a frequent speaker in Atlas, the Council for International Tax Education (CITE), HYSTA, etc.
Selected clients:
Marvell, MPS, Trina Solar, GCL Solar, Spreadtrum, Oplink, VeriSilicon, DCM Venture, Vantage Venture, DFJ Venture, Fuse Capital, Silicon Valley Bank
Barrett Parkma,Vice President, International Marketing and Growth, Great Wall Club
Barrett Parkman is Vice President of the Great Wall Club where he oversees international growth and business development. In the past 2 years, Barrett and his Chinese business partners have built the Great Wall Club into a global platform for mobile internet leaders and grown their annual event, The Global Mobile Internet Conference into the largest and most elite event of its kind in Asia.
He has become a key connecting point and trusted partner between tech industries of China, the US, and other countries and has worked with companies such as Tencent, Sina, Google, Facebook and LinkedIn. Barrett is passionate about assisting Chinese companies expand into foreign countries, supporting international companies to access China’s market and fostering trusted relationships between industry leaders.
Christopher Griffin, Founder & CEO of Betable
As Betable’s Founder and CEO, Christopher E. Griffin has four years of gambling and gaming experience. Chris drives Betable’s vision, innovation, strategy, product direction and business development. With Betable’s newest product, a platform that gives game developers the ability to legally add real-money gambling to their games, he aims to change both the gaming and gambling industries forever.
Chris began his career as a venture capitalist at VB, LLC, where he created hundreds of millions of dollars of value. He has raised $60M over his career, including $43m for a medical device company in one of the largest Series A rounds in medical device history. He also has served as a business development and financing consultant for multiple companies, and he is on the Board of Advisors for Alphabet Energy.
Damien Patton, Founder and CEO at Banjo
As a four-time entrepreneur, Damien has built his career on making ideas a reality. A powerhouse of energy and innovation, Damien has spent the last several months building Banjo, a social discovery service where people can discover and connect with those around them regardless of where they are, who they know or what social networks (if any) they belong to.
Damien can often be found speaking at conferences on subjects ranging from social media to online accessibility. Damien enjoys leading teams on innovative projects, and has won multiple awards at technology hackfests such as StartUp Weekend and Google Campout. From think-tanks and boardrooms to dirt bikes and race cars, Damien is a risk taker who likes his life challenging and fast paced.
Ajay Mishra, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer, MobileIron, Inc.
Before MobileIron, Ajay co-founded enterprise wireless pioneer, Airespace (acquired by Cisco for $450M in 2005). He defined the initial product requirements for the company’s products, working hand-in-hand with 20 teaching customers. Ajay also chaired the WLAN-Mobile Convergence (WMC) task force within the WiFi Alliance and launched two new WMC certifications. Ajay is a frequent speaker on mobile convergence and its implications for the enterprise.
Before Airespace, Ajay ran product management for the Cisco Mobile Office Network (MNET). He integrated the acquisitions of JetCell and Exio, built the products team, and successfully launched the Cisco MNET solution at GSM World Congress in 2001. Ajay started his career as an engineer at Motorola, where he was part of the team that designed the world’s first commercial GSM handset in 1990. He was also instrumental in developing Motorola’s first CDMA handset in 1993.
Ajay has an MS in Computer Science from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Raymond Wei, Co-founder & CEO, Weaver Mobile, Inc.
Raymond Wei, Co-founder & CEO, Weaver Mobile, Inc.
Raymond is a technology veteran in Silicon Valley. Joining Netscreen Technologies in its early times, he was one of the key contributors to the company’s phenomenal success, going public in less than four years. Raymond served as Director of Advanced Systems when Juniper acquired Netscreen. He later served as CTO and VP Engineering at Topsec Networks, Beijing. After investing and getting deeply involved an internet startup, he developed strong interests in internet technologies serving consumers. In April 2011, he co-founded Weaver Mobile with two former Netscreen colleagues, developing mobile applications.
Weaver Mobile’s first product is WeConnect, a mobile application to facilitate interactions and communications in real-world social events. Specifically serving the scenarios where online social and offline social intertwine, it strives to solve the problem where event goers rely on multiple tools and social platforms for their typical actions on an event, such as, to preview attendee information, exchange contact information, keep notes, and follow up with people. WeConnect allows event goers to smoothly interact and communicate with other attendees in a seamlessly integrated environment, eliminating the need to go in and out of disparate set of social tools and to synchronize information among them.
Meet with China @ Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship & Innovation Forum
Do you want to expand your business into China? Are you interested in targeting your business toward the BIG and Ever-Growing Chinese Market? If you are a start up entrepreneur, either struggling for funding or looking for the new growth opportunities, you should definitely join the event’s Start-up Contest below. It provides unparalleled opportunities to connect you with the first-class Chinese business and profession community and grow your bond with the vibrant China Market and Economy in a way you may never expect. Hurry Up !!!
The SVIEF event highlights are below:
| Opening keynote Speech by Former President Bill Clinton |
| Special address by Speaker Pro Tempore of the California State Assembly, Fiona Ma |
| Mayors’ Forum featuring over 20 mayors from the U.S. and China, discussing economic reform, environment, technology development and exchange |
| Green Energy and Smart City Forum |
| Economic Forum |
| “Win in Suzhou” Start-up Contest |
| Professional forum to discuss cloud computing, internet service, information ecommerce, global financial information system development, software development and outsourcing, and wireless networks |
| The presentation and exhibition of technology projects from US and China |
| Professional career opportunities with local and international businesses |
The contest “Win in Suzhou”, titled after the leading sponsor Suzhou People’s Government, is acore program of 2011 SVIEF. It aims at establishing a highly-integrated servicing platform to inter-connect entrepreneur talents and their start-up projects in progress, mainly in high-tech area, withventure capital, high-tech industrial park, local government and various financing and marketplaceresources in both U.S. and China. We anticipate accepting more than 300 project entries into the contest.
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This contest program is fully supported by China Torch IT Services InnovationAlliance,affiliated with Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST). All participating projects will be introduced to Torch Innovation Foundation. The winning projects will be recommended to MOST’s Torch Innovation Foundation.
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All participating projects will be introduced to high-tech industrial parks of Suzhou and other cities. Free services of assisting each project to apply for funding from these industrial parks will be provided.
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The contest committee will invite more than 20 private-sector entrepreneurs to attend the final contest and hold private interview with contestants of winning projects to explore funding opportunities.
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Please go to the website http://www.svief.org/english/StartupContest.php to submit your application.
Any questions, please email at contest2011@svief.org
Android Top Gun Training Camp
Are you ready to take your Android development to the next level? Do you know the basics of environment setup and have completed “Hello World” and other sample programs?
Android Top Gun Development Training Camp is for you!
Android Top Gun Development Training Camp is a hands-on, fast track, two-day (a full weekend) training program designed for intermediate Android developers to advance their Android development skills.
The training camp will provide developers essential skills to develop applications on Android mobile platform. These skills allow the programmers to develop applications for Android devices, including phones, tablets, and mobile devices.
An evening post-session is scheduled for developers to learn about app in business.
Lead Instructor: Dr James Shen
Dr. James Shen is an architect of mobile solutions at BeyondSoft. He has 14 years Java developer and architect experiences on backend Web Services and data modeling. James has six years of Mobile Industry Application experiences for billing system and messaging system. Recently he architect and worked on mobile payment platform; Android application for mobile magazine; Android application for “American Speak Out ” site. James had eight years of teaching experiences at University and he used to do research on Aerospace Engineering before he moved to Java. Now James is focusing in architect of Mobile Solutions and Cloud Computing technologies.
Beyondsoft Consulting is hiring! We have developed this training with the essentials in real world Android development. If you qualify and start to work for us within 90 days of completing the course, we will refund $150 of your registration fee.
Hosted by BeyondSoft Consulting Inc.
Upcoming Training Camp Schedule & Information
Dates/Time: November 13 – 14, 2010; 9:30AM – 5:30PM
Follow up session: November 15, 7-8:30PM
Venue: Hacker Dojo, 140 S. Whisman Road, Mountain View
Level: Intermediate
Price: $250 (Beverage & lunch will be provided)
Early Bird Special: $200 (register by November 8 )
Special Prices & Discounts, if applicable:
1.Early bird discount: $50 (Register before November 8, 2010.)
2.BCI Prospective Employee Discount: $150 (Refundable after joining BCI within 90 days of completing training)
Registration now is available at: http://android-training-camp.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
For more information, please visit http://android-training.beyondsoftconsulting.com/ or contact training@beyondsoftconsulting.com.
Xi’an, China Attracts Business and Partnerships with Hi-tech Industries in Silicon Valley and Across the USA
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sep 17, 2010 — Delegation from Xi’an reached out to Silicon Valley’s hi-tech community for wide range of opportunities at the event “Silicon Valley – Xi’an 2010: Explore Opportunities with China’s Emerging Hi-tech Hub”, as part of the delegation’s 12 days visit to Northern America.
“People may hear of Xi’an as Chinese ancient capital, but they started to know bout its hi-tech industries development,” said Mr. Huang Haiqing, Vice Mayor of Xi’an and the leader of a high-level delegation which arrived in San Francisco for a business visit. Mr. Huang emphasized that the future Xi’an will be built as important national scientific and technological research and development center, and hoped “to expand all-dimensional and wide ranging cooperation and exchanges with the renowned Silicon Valley enterprises in the IT field”.
Vice Consul of Consulate General of China in San Francisco, Chen Wang, took note of the fact that China also underwent the global crisis together with other parts of the world. “However,” he said, “It stimulated government to pay much attention to develop the area of infant industries, e.g. service outsourcing”. He pointed out that China had become the world second large service outsourcing country behind India and the world occupation was rising quickly. “The world faces severe challenges, and closer cooperation between nations is needed more than ever,” Mr. Chen said, “This forum is a great place to share observations regarding how to explore China’s hi-tech markets, and how to carry out industrial cooperation between Silicon Valley and Xi’an.”
Mr. Li Zhijun, Deputy Director General of the Bureau of Commerce in Xi’an, listed 3 points to prove strong competitiveness about Xi’an including its advantages and opportunities for developing software and service outsourcing. “The service outsourcing we are running is one of the emerging industries since the adjustment of world industrial structure,” he said. Mr. Li also highlighted full support from Xi’an government on investment in software and service outsourcing industry to make the business climate more attractive to international companies. “We are continually improving investment environment and service functions, and we expect more interactions and communications with US enterprises to promote the fast development of outsourcing industry and share the result of city development with Xi’an people.” Mr. Li concluded.
Larry Lei, The Deputy Director of Xi’an Soft Park also introduced the the infrastructure. Several Xi’an Software companies including Bachieve, Huamei, Huatek, also presented their capabilities during the event.
Other Silicon Valley speakers such as Mr. David Xu, President of SVC Wireless, and Hutch Hutchison, VP of Appcelerator, David Cao, Vice President of BeyondSoft Consulting Inc., were equally generous with their praise of Xi’an’s outstanding achievements of developing software and service outsourcing industry. They all believed Xi’an would be built as a domestically leading and world famous outsourcing example city.
During the interactive information session, over 60 executives and senior officers of Silicon Valley renowned hi-tech enterprises, specializing in finance, IT outsourcing, mobile application development and wireless applications, keenly discussed the current investment situation of Xi’an and the government policies and support for hi-tech industries with Xi’an delegation. Some of them showed keen interests on cooperating and partnering with the enterprises from Xi’an.
This forum was organized by the Xi’an Municipal Government and was co-hosted by the following San Francisco organizations and enterprises:
–Silicon Valley Chinese Engineering Association
–Silicon Valley-China Wireless Technology Association
– Wireless Communication Alliance
–SDForm.
– 99people, Inc.
– BeyondSoft Consulting, Inc.
–Xi’an Business Network
–Silicon Valley Shaanxi Association
About Xi’an, China
Xi’an is one of China’s most progressive regions, playing a key role in China’s hi-tech market. It has a strong scientific strength & advanced higher education. There are 42 colleges and universities, 524 large-and medium- sized scientific and technological research and development establishments in Xi’an. Of these, over 30 are the largest ones in China in terms of their professional capacities, and these have 55 state-level labs, and 380,000 professionals. Xi’an ranks the third after Beijing and Shanghai in terms of comprehensive scientific and technological strength in China, and number one among the medium and large cities in terms of density of technicians. The Chinese first computer, passenger airplane, IC board, and high speed color CRT camera were all developed in Xi’an. In addition, every year in Xi’an, over 1,500 scientific and technological results are generated and certified, many of which take the lead in China and some of them have achieved the advanced international level. As one of China’s four software exploitation and export cities, Xi’an has formed the six main services projects including software exploit and processing, BPO, R&D, software application, engineering software outsourcing and call center services in Europe, the US, Japan and Taiwan. A great many multinational corporations have established laboratory in Xi’an, such as Huawei, Intel, ZTE, Microsoft, BeyondSoft, Cisco, HP, and Oracle, etc.
Silicon Valley – Xi’an 2010: Explore Opportunities with Xi’an – China’s Hi-tech Hub
We cordially invite you to join us at the forum of “Silicon Valley – Xi’an 2010: Explore Opportunities with China’s Emerging Hi-tech Hub” on September 17, 2010 from 2:30 pm – 4:40 pm! VIP reception is provided.
Designed to further enhance the economic cooperation between Xi’an of China and the US, this event aims at facilitating the favorable investment climate of Xi’an city and showing the image of the key hi-tech enterprises and industries. It will begin with introductions by Mr. Huang Haiqing, Vice Mayor of Xi’an, followed by the speech of Mr. Li Zhijun, Deputy Director General of Bureau of Commerce, sharing the information about the region’s advances and advantages as well as identifying business opportunities for investment and outsourcing. Presentations tailored for Silicon Valley enterprises and organizations. Executives and senior officers of renowned hi-tech enterprises, specializing in finance, IT outsourcing, mobile application development and wireless applications, will share their observations regarding how to explore China’s hi-tech markets, and how to carry out industrial cooperation between Xi’an and US. An interactive information session among Xi’an delegation, local enterprises and the media. The forum will conclude with a reception party.
This event is hosted by Xi’an Municipal People’s Government of China and co-hosted by BeyondSoft Consulting Inc, BeyondSoft Group’s branch Office based in Silicon Valley providing consulting, onsite staffing, and training services in areas of Android and iPhone applications.
Specifics are as follows:
WHO: Vice Mayor of Xi’an meet with Silicon Valley Executives
WHERE: Hyatt Regency Santa Clara California USA
WHEN: September 17, 2010 | 2:30pm – 4:40pm
NO COST for the event, please contact m-info@beyondsoftconsulting.com
Speakers Biography
Mr. Huang Haiqing, Vice Mayor of Xi’an, Ph. D. in Finance
Mr. Huang Haiqing worked at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Bank of Shanghai. Currently he is in charge of finance, national taxes, local taxes, investment work, etc.adfadfa
Mr. Li Zhijun, Deputy Director General of Bureau of Commerce of Xi’an, Ph.D. in Economics
Experienced in attracting foreign direct investment for 18 years, Mr. Huang Haiqing is familiar with international and domestic investment trends and policies. Currently he is responsible for the investment promotion of foreign direct investment and investment in outsourcing industry in Xi’an.dafadfadf
Xi’an Background
Xi’an is one of China’s most progressive regions, playing a key role in China’s hi-tech market. It has strong scientific strength & advanced higher education. There are 42 colleges and universities, 524 large-and medium sized scientific and technological research and development establishments in Xi’an. Of these, over 30 are the largest ones in China in terms of their professional capacities, and these have 55 state-level labs, and 380,000 professionals. Xi’an ranks the third after Beijing and Shanghai in terms of comprehensive scientific and technological strength in China, and number one among the medium and large cities in terms of density of technicians. The Chinese first computer, passenger airplane, IC board, and high speed color CRT camera were all developed in Xi’an. In addition, every year in Xi’an, over 1,500 scientific and technological results are generated and certified, many of which take the lead in China and some of them have achieved the advanced international level. As one of China’s four software exploitation and export cities, Xi’an has formed the six main services projects including software exploit and processing, BPO, R&D, software application, engineering software outsourcing and call center service in Europe, US, Japan and Taiwan. A great many of multinational corporations have established laboratory in Xi’an, such as Huawei, Intel, ZTE, Microsoft, Cisco, HP, Oracle, etc.
About BeyondSoft Consulting Inc
BeyondSoft Consulting, Inc., as a part of BeyondSoft Group, was formed to provide consulting, onsite staffing, and training services in areas of Android and iPhone applications. It is dedicated to provide expert solutions through identifying, recruiting and selecting the best mobile developers speicalising in areas of Android and iPhone, for either contract or permanent positions. Leveraging their proven project management methodologies and expertise in mobile(Smartphone) industry, BeyondSoft Consulting is qualified to offer professional staffing, training, consulting services and help clients accelerate their mobile-related businesses.
Event Agenda:
Host:
Xi’an Municipal Government
Organizers:
Bureau of Commerce of Xi’an Municipal Government
Xi’an Science and Technology Bureau
Xi’an High-Tech Industries Development Zone
Xi’an Economic Development Zone
Co-Hosts:
BeyondSoft Consulting Inc.
Silicon Valley Chinese Engineering Association
Silicon Valley Shaanxi Association
Silicon Valley-China Wireless Technology Association
American Chambers of Commerce
99people, Inc.
Supporter:
Consulate General of People’s Republic of China; San Francisco office
Participants:
All members of Xi’an Delegation
Representatives from Consulate General in San Francisco of the People’s Republic of China
Representatives from American Trade Association
Representatives from well-known American IT enterprises
Agenda
14:30-15:00 Registration
15:00-15:10 Opening remarks by Mr. Huang Haiqing, Vice Mayor of Xi’an
15:10-15:20 Speech by Commercial counselor from Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco
15:20-15:35 Speech by Mr. Li Zhijun, Deputy Director General of the Bureau of Commerce of Xi’an Municipal Government
15:35-15:40 Introduction by Mr. Larry Lei, Vice Deputy of Xi’an Software Park, about investment environment in Xi’an Software Park and Xi’an Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone
15:40-15:45 Speech by Mr. Zhikui Chian, President of Xi’an Broadcom International Software Co., Ltd.
15:45-15:50 Speech by Mr. Liu Ren, Vice President of Huatek Software Engineering Co., Ltd.
15:50-15:55 Speech by Mr. Ma Rui, the deputy of Xi’an Huamei Soft Co., Ltd.
15:55-16:00 Speech by Mr. Mark, Board Director of SVC Wireless
16:00-16:05 Speech by the deputy of American companies
16:05-16:20 Q&A
16:20-16:40 Reception
For more information, please click http://events.linkedin.com/Silicon-Valley-Xian-2010-Explore/pub/415925
Xi’an Delegation will Visit Silicon Valley at Sep 17
2010 Silicon Valley Forum for Explore Opportunity with Xi’an -China’s Hi-tech Center. This event is especially designed to provide a platform to show the development status, the analysis of investment environment and the image of the key enterprises and industries in Xi’an. You will get an opportunity to meet a variety of government and industry representatives from Xi’an.
More details coming soon.
Mobile App In Business: Stores, Visibility, and Discovery – SVCWireless
The mobile revolution is here and now. With iPhone 4.0 and iPad, Apple Inc, the one time moribund and diminutive competitor to the Wintel alliance, owes the phenomenal success to its ubiquitous AppStore that hosts close to a quarter million mobile apps with billions of download to date. With the iPad/GPad, Google/Apple TV, Chrome OS, mobile apps are also expanding into new territories, which app developers had never experienced before.
With the deluge of mobile apps at ever increasing app stores from handset manufacturers and carriers in addition to Apple AppStore and Google Android Market, app developers and publishers now face a new set of challenges: how to ensure their apps are published at the best channels/stores, with the optimal visibility that can be hoped for? And how can smartphone users discover the right apps that suit their needs?
To explore the answers to these questions, SVCWireless Mobile Application SIG is pleased to present you the upcoming event on May 27th, 2010:
Mobile App in Business: Stores, Visibility and Discovery
A panel of mobile industry leaders and veterans will share with you:
- Different App Stores
- Marketing channels to ensure app visibility
- App Discovery/Analytics Tools
- Alternative devices (TV, Tablet, PCs).
This is an informative and stimulating event regardless whether you are a developer/publisher serious about getting your mobile app off the ground or a casual observer wanting to get exposure to mobile app landscape. We at SVCWireless Mobile Application SIG cordially invite you to join us at this exciting event.
Date and Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm Thursday May 27, 2010
Venue: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP,
2475 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA
Agenda: 6:30pm to 7:00pm Registration and networking
7:00pm to 7:30pm Keynote
7:30pm to 8:30pm Panel and Q&A
8:30pm to 9:00pm Open Discussion and Networking
Registration Link:
https://www.123signup.com/register?id=msxnm
Admission:
Regular Member: Free
Associate Member/Non-Member: $10
Student: $5
Note: Snack and drinks will be provided. Due to the limited capacity, we highly recommend participants to register as early as possible.
Hosting Organization:
Mobile SIG
SVCWireless 2010 Program Team
Silicon Valley China Wireless Technology Association
Contacts:
Wei WU, wei.wu@svcwireless.org
David CAO, david.cao@svcwireless.org
David XU, david.xu@svcwireless.org
Tianbo LI, tianbo.li@svcwireless.org
Speaker Bios:
Greg L. Pickrell, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw LLP
Mr. Pickrell is a partner in the Emerging Growth & Technology practice group in Pillsbury’s Palo Alto office. Mr. Pickrell has been a corporate and securities lawyer for over 25 years, with a focus on the representation of high-technology companies. His clients have reflected the growth of Silicon Valley and range from typical startups to the Fortune 500/Global 100 companies. He has broad experience advising companies in a wide range of technologies, including computer hardware, software, Internet, semiconductors, telecommunications and cleantech. He has a wealth of experience in transactions involving Asia, particularly China and Japan.
Mr. Pickrell started his legal career in Silicon Valley with the firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati, which he left to found Coudert Brothers’ first Silicon Valley office. He also served as managing partner of that firm’s Tokyo office. He was a cofounder of the firm’s Shanghai Office and China Practice. Mr. Pickrell frequently speaks and writes on his various areas of practice including venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions and international transactions.
Sean Galligan, VP of Business Development, Flurry
Sean is responsible for developing and managing Flurry’s distribution and partnership strategy with publishers, developers, operators, device manufacturers, and technology service providers. Flurry provides mobile application analytics and marketing solutions to publishers and advertisers across four platforms: iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Java. As VP of Business Development for Flurry, Sean manages the team that works with Flurry’s 30,000+ developers and publishers. Sean has 15 years of experience with major operators and start-ups in the telecommunications industry, serving in various management roles in business development, marketing and sales. At Sprint, he was part of the team that launched the company’s e-Business and Mobile Computing business units and led the sales and channel marketing organizations for those businesses in the eastern region. Sean holds a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University.
Vishal Gurbuxani, Co-Founder, Mobclix
Vishal is Co-founder at Mobclix (www.mobclix.com), the industry’s largest targeted mobile ad exchange — the first open marketplace for mobile developers, advertisers, ad networks and agencies. Mr. Gurbuxani was a Manager for the Accenture Technology Labs Group, which is a global team of 150 researchers and developers focused on laying out the go-to market strategy and technical vision for the 180,000 Employees at Accenture. Mr. Gurbuxani focused on numerous projects within Enterprise Analytics and Insight, which included unifying marketing spend and advertising of products and services for the numerous Fortune 500 Clients. Most notably Mr. Gurbuxani managed and delivered the Vongo Platform for Starz Entertainment, which is a leading video delivery platform for user generated content as well as licensed and secure content. Mr. Gurbuxani also managed and delivered a remote monitoring and diagnostic platform for Solar Turbines, which is estimated to bring in record numbers of dollars for Solar Turbines. Mr. Gurbuxani has led global teams within India, Manila, and Europe to deliver services and solutions to drive business value and monetization for Accenture’s Fortune 500 clients.
Mr. Gurbuxani has also authored numerous patents for large scale device management and personalization. Many of the key insights that Mr. Gurbuxani has learned through driving business value through technical execution, have been cultivated for the Mobclix mobile platform.
Mr. Gurbuxani graduated with Honors from Santa Clara University with both an M.S. and B.S. in Computer Engineering.
Duc Haba, CTO, Motally inc.
Duc Haba has successfully founded and co-founded four technology companies. His illustrious technology career began at Xerox Research in Palo Alto (PARC) where he was a recognized leader in developing expert systems (6 patents filed). At Oracle, he programmed the first Oracle website and led a team of over 100 people to develop the Oracle Store. Duc was a founding member of Viant Inc., eCoupons.com, and GreenTomato Software. He loves to program mobile applications, heuristic learning systems and expert systems, and is an avid morning swimmer.
Anne-Louise Kardas, Strategic Business Development Manager, Sprint
Anne-Louise has been working with Sprint for the past 8 years, in various roles in business sales and most recently business development. She represents the “eyes and ears” of Sprint’s Product and Technology organizations in Silicon Valley to identify potential partnership opportunities that can enhance Sprint services. She works closely with the VC community, startups and developer groups in the Bay Area. Prior to Sprint, she worked for 5 years at Nortel Networks in their Enterprise and Professional Mobile Radio division. Anne-Louise graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris and Pantheon-Assas University in Paris and spent a year in Mannheim University, Germany.
Bruce Jones, Sr. Developer Evangelist, GetJar, Inc.
GetJar is the largest independent app store and the best place for bringing a cross platform app to market. Bruce comes to GetJar after being the App Development Manager at EventRadar, Chief Gecko at Savage Geckos, a futurist at Ford Motor Company and a bedouin C programmer in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. Bruce has an MBA from the University of Chicago.
International Mobile Application Expo will be held at Xi’an – China’s 3G R&D Center
With the official release of iPhone and oPhone in China, world largest mobile market is creating a wave of opportunities for worldwide mobile application developers. Xi’an Software Park, in collaboration with ExtendLogic teaming up with multiple global organizations, would like to invite you to the International Mobile Application Expo (IMAE http://mlogy.org), a fantastic opportunity to promote your products and services in front of Chinese and global audience.
The IMAE is part of the sixth annual Global Sourcing Summit, which offers unprecedented access to the rapidly growing Chinese IT services community in Xi’an. The summit will feature keynote speeches and 5 individual sessions covering topics such as mobile Internet, client liaisons and service centers, and Sino-Japanese outsourcing talent development.
The IMAE is a value-packed exhibition that will connect mobile application developers globally, help mobile companies to expand in global market. It provides the best opportunity for you to meet with many prospective customers face-to-face, demonstrate products and applications interactively, attract investors, partners, or recruit the brightest and most needed talents. It also encourages direct interaction between peer companies, which allows you to stay one step ahead of your competitors.
Through interactive expositions, exciting product demos and inspiring conference sessions, we usher in the new generation of mobile application innovations, revolutionary new tools and technologies that deliver mobile services to consumers as well as enterprise users.
The 2009 International Mobile Application Expo is designed for the following companies:
- Mobile Operators
- Mobile Service Providers
- Mobile Application Market Places
- Mobile Application Publishers
- Mobile Application Developers
- Mobile Tools and Platforms Developers
- Mobile Market Analyzing Services
There are many benefits that IMAE participants would obtain:
- Step into world’s largest mobile market — China
- Meet with potential local & global partners
- Seek global mobile opportunities, especially in Asia
- Attract potential customers and investors, develop quality leads.
- Build brand awareness and increase your market position.
- Network with peer companies for opportunities of business expansion and strategic partnership.
- Recruit the brightest and most needed talents
Exhibition is free for all exhibitors. Local cost for qualified exhibitor will be covered. For exhibition, sponsorship or speaking opportunities, please contact inquiry@extendlogic.com. We will get in touch with you promptly.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Best Regards,
IMAE Team
Schedule:
Nov. 10th -11th, 2009
Venue:
Shangri-la Hotel Xi’an
38B Keji Road
Xian 710075
China
T: (86 29) 8875 8888
Xi’an Software Park delegation will visit Silicon Valley at Oct 11th
A Delegation led by Mr Liming Zhu, the Deputy Director of Xi’an Software Park will visit Silicon Valley at Oct 11th. Xi’an Software Park is a national software industrial & export base and is one of the first Service Outsourcing Base Cities established by the Central Government.
Founded in December 1998, Xi’an Software Park is located within the Xi’an High-tech Industries Development Zone, a special economic-expansion area entitled to government tax benefits and other incentives. To date, Xi’an Software Park has attracted more than 630 software and outsourcing enterprises both from within China and abroad, with more than 50,000 employees.
LOCATION & TRANSPORTATION: Xi’an is the largest major city in China’s portion of the new Eurasian continental bridge. The city is located in the center of China and is about a 2-hour flight from both the capital, Beijing, and the major coastal city of Shanghai.Park which is one of the 5 certificated Hi-Tech Parks in China by Central Government to recruit and attract overseas to either Start up business or work inside the park. Mrs. Dang has more than 15 years experience in the hi-tech park, and witnesses the hi-tech park from nothing to the well developed area which ranks top 5 nationwide in comprehensive category issued by many authorities.
During the event, valuable information as below, but not limited to, will be brought on for your consideration:
1). General policy issued by central government for attracting overseas to start up business or work in domestic enterprises.
2). General background about Xi’an city, including infrastructure, business and living environment, resources and competitiveness advantages as well as overall industries
3). Attend panel discussion to learn successful stories presented by oversea returnee and share experience
4). Job-openings and other opportunities
Official registration site:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFlxcVc1RWNmYi1XVUxpZ0dSRFFYa1E6MA&pli=1
Due to limited seats, please make your reservation as early as possible. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email at dc@knowledgesurf.com or GaiusW@knowledgesurf.com.
