Asia Game Changer West Awards are bestowed to individuals, organizations, and movements that have inspired, enlightened, and shown true leadership in areas that reflect Asia Society’s core pillars of policy and business, technology and innovation, arts and culture, and education. The Asia Game Changer West Awards Gala is an important evening to recognize the important work of the honorees and celebrate Asia Society Northern California's work throughout the years. 

Our past honorees include Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom; Mikey Mikitani, CEO of Rakuten; Chong Moon Lee, founder and managing partner of Ambex Venture Partners; Padmasree Warrior, CEO of Fable and one of Forbes "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women"; Russell Jeung, Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University; Afghan Girls Robotics Team, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021; AAPI Youth Rising, student-led organization across 35 states; Kongkee, Hong Kong contemporary artist; Tsu-Jae King Liu, first woman Dean of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley; Tammy Ma, Lead of the Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Zheng Chongbin, renowned San Francisco Bay Area artist, and more. 

Register for our upcoming Gala or view photos and videos from the past years.