Silicon Dragon
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ONLINE
    
  
Speakers
Venture capitalists, 
Dealmakers & Tech Stars
  
Gary Rieschel
Managing Partner
Qiming Venture Partners
  
Forrest Zhong
Founding & Managing Partner
South River Capital Partners
  
Jenny Lee
Partner
GGV Capital
  
Peter Schloss
Partner
Phoenix Media Fund
  
Hope Chen
Managing Director
DFJ China
  
  Ron Cao
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Lightspeed China Partners
  
Patrick Loofbourrow
Partner, Cooley LLP
  
Richard Liu
Managing Director
Morningside Group
  

Gary

 

Alvin Tse

Manager

Flipboard China

 

Christine Lu

Co-Founder & CEO

Affinity China

   Christine Lu
         
Alvin Wang Graylin
Co-founder & CEO
Quanxi & MInfo
  
Justin Mallen
Founder  
Silk Road Telecommunication
  
 MC: Rebecca Fannin
Founder/Editor/Author
Silicon Dragon
  
Moderators:
Normandy Madden,
Thoughtful China;
Frank Yu, Startup Digest;
Russell Flannery, Forbes 
   
  Where:
Knowledge & Innovation Community
(near Fudan University)
1F, Seven KIC Plaza,
# 388 Songhu Road
Yangpu District, Shanghai
 
WHEN:
Sept. 12, 2013, 3-8PM
  
PROGRAM:
Investor Panels, Tech Chats, Q&A, Networking, Tour of KIC,
Reception
 
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Turbo-Charging Tech Innovation Trends Globally
Hany Nada, GGV Capital
Rob Trice, Swisscom
Chris Evdemon, Innovation Works
Melissa Guzy, Arbor Partners
Gary Matuszak, KPMG
Howard Chao, O'Melveny & Myers
Tech chat: Omar Khan,
Co-CEO, NQ Mobile
  
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Menlo Park, CA 94025
  
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CSOFT CEO Shunee Yee with Silicon Dragon founder in Sanya

 

CSOFT Goes for a Soft Touch

 in Scaling Outside China 

 

Chinese startup CSOFT International celebrated its 10th anniversary with a two-day program of experts speaking about globalization trends in the so-called localization business. 

I attended the summit in Beijing and Sanya, the Hawaii of China. CSOFT would never have become a profitable player in this market without the visionary leadership of its very determined leader, Shunee Yee (pictured above with me).

Read the Forbes post, CSOFT in Sanya.  

 

 

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China Still Likely To Take Over

Tech Leadership If And When

Silicon Valley Slips

 

  

The center of tech innovation may not be shifting quite so fast to the East as once predicted. KPMG surveyed 811 technology executives globally and found that one-third believe the Valley will likely lose tech leadership to an overseas market within just four years. That percentage might seem high, but it compares with nearly half in last year's survey.

 

Which country will lead in disruptive breakthroughs?  The U.S.  solidifies its long-standing as the world's tech giant while  China has slipped in stature from a year ago, according to the survey.  In last year's poll, the U.S. and China were tied for the top spot.

Read Forbes post on the KPMG survey results.  

 

Disclosure: I'm writing the thought leadership paper that draws the conclusions from this report based on interviews with tech leaders.

The publication will be out soon. Stay tuned! 

   

 

Which country shows the most promise for

disruptive breakthroughs with global impact?

37% picked the US

24% selected China  

 

FURTHER READING 

Mary Meeker Sure Is Keen About China Innovation and Scale

Read Forbes Post on Mary Meeker's China Views

 

 

  
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China Censorship lawsuit against #Baidu and #China gets new life in U.S. rStartup Asia News TWEETS 

 

Jack Ma     
Alibaba Gains IPO Momentum With Margin Double Apple's http://bloom.bg/1bIUGqx  Sheer expanse of current size and looming opportunity is incredible  
  
  
  
 DCM targets $250 million for its latest China-focused venture fund
  
New Mobile Numbers Redefine China's Bitterest Tech Rivalry: There's no love lost between Baidu Inc. and Qihoo ... http://on.wsj.com/148cOm7
  
China's Economy: Steady As She Goes? - Forbes http://onforb.es/131rIM3 
  
Xiao Turns Gray as China IPO Freeze Precedes New Rules - Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/1ciTwSY
            
Alibaba Needs to Acquire a Chinese Video Site to Makes Its Smart TV OS More Fun http://bit.ly/14dePVj
  
WeChat took Facebook's mantle in China and now it's going global - The Next Web http://tnw.co/17O86yu 
  
Just out in new Economist China section, on the crackdown on legal activists: http://www.economist.com/news/china/21582310-crackdown-legal-activists-bizarrely-consistent 
  
New Yorker's Evan Osnos is leaving China. His last blog post from Beijing is great (no it's not about why he's leaving): http://nyr.kr/16ddw3g
  
  

 

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fly fishing catching

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Startup Asia Talks

 

Rebecca in NYC

Splash! Fun speaking at a

CEIBS alumni event on board the World Yacht, July 27 in NYC 

  
Penn Club panelists
China panelists at the Penn Club in NYC, June 17
  

 

Panel: Startup China & Venture Economic Trends 
Ron Schramm, CEO, China Macro Finance; 
Professor, Columbia University
Harry Edelson, Managing Director, Edelson Technology Partners
Michael A. Zakkour, Head of China/APAC Group;
Principal at Tompkins International
Moderator: Rebecca Fannin, Silicon Dragon 
  
  
  
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Innovyz START Launch of Accelerator Program
 August 14 
Adelaide, Australia
Keynote speaker
  
  
  World Economic Forum 
Sept. 11-13 
Dalian, China
 Moderator, Digital Asia session
  
  
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