Chinese FDI, Innovation, and the Bay Area
Steve Hoffman, CEO, Founders Space and Micah Weinberg, President of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, catch up before the conference starts. (Asia Society)
N. Bruce Pickering, Executive Director for Asia Society Northern California and Donald J. Morrissey of Technologies LLC (USA) share a laugh over coffee. (Asia Society)
Jim Wunderman, President & CEO, Bay Area Council, made welcoming remarks at the conference. (Asia Society)
Sean Randolph authored the Bay Area Council Economic Institute's report, Chinese Innovation: China’s Technology Future and What It Means for Silicon Valley. (Asia Society)
Randolph moderated the first panel which focused on the BACEI report. (Asia Society)
David Chen of Microsoft Greater China Region makes some remarks the first panel. (Asia Society)
Mingyu Guan of McKinsey elaborates during the first panel. (Asia Society)
Thilo Hanemann, Director and Economist at Rhodium Group, presents the findings from Chinese Direct Investment in California: 2017 Update. (Asia Society)
Michael Dunne (holding the mic) of Dunne Automotive offers some remarks during the second panel. (Asia Society)
A lighthearted moment during the second panel about the Asia Society/Rhodium Group report. (Asia Society)
Hanemann addresses a question about the report from the moderator, Pickering of Asia Society. (Asia Society)
Weinberg of BACEI served as emcee for the morning. (Asia Society)
After lunch, the first breakout session focused on "Enablers and Issues: Innovation and Investment in High-Tech Sectors." (Asia Society)
Cui responds to a question posed by moderator Randolph. (Asia Society)
Morrissey addresses a question from Randolph. (Asia Society)
From left to right: Edith Yeung of 500 Startups; Regis B. Kelly of California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences; and Hans Tung of GGV Capital. (Asia Society)
Cindy Cui of Silicon Valley Global laughs at a joke during the first breakout session. (Asia Society)
Darlene Chiu Bryant of ChinaSF (far right) moderated the second breakout session, "Reading the Tide: Chinese Investment in Real Estate." (Asia Society)
John Yen Wong of the Asian Real Estate Association of America during the second breakout session. (Asia Society)
From left to right: Mike Hu of Gaw Capital and Yang Chen of Colliers International. (Asia Society)
Chen and Chiu Bryant towards the end of the second breakout session. (Asia Society)
The panelists from "Reading the Tide: Chinese Investment in Real Estate" pose after the breakout session. (Asia Society)
Pickering of Asia Society introduces the Keynote Dialogue. (Asia Society)
The Keynote Dialogue (from left to right): Jonathan Karp of Asia Society Southern California; Christina Gaw of Gaw Capital; and Kenneth Rosen of Rosen Consulting Group. (Asia Society)
Gaw answers a question from the audience. (Asia Society)
Robert B. Weisenmiller, Chair, California Energy Commission, gave closing remarks. (Asia Society)
Guests pose with Margaret Conley (center), Assistant Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California. (Asia Society)
Gaw poses with two attendees at the reception. (Asia Society)
On November 15, 2017, Asia Society Northern California in partnership with the Bay Area Council, hosted a full day conference at the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus to launch two new reports about current trends in foreign direct investment from China and the impact on California, including the Bay Area.
After welcoming remarks by Jim Wunderman, President and CEO of the Bay Area Council, Dr. Sean Randolph, Senior Director of Bay Area Council Economic Institute presented the report findings, entitled Chinese Innovation: China’s Technology Future and What It Means for Silicon Valley. The first panel offered remarks about the report and included panelists Dr. David Chen of Microsoft Greater China Region; Mingyu Guan of McKinsey & Company; Steve Hoffman of Founders Space; and Matthew Le Merle of Fifth Era and Keiretsu Capital with Randolph serving as moderator.
Thilo Hanemann, Director and Economist with Rhodium Group, authored the second report, Chinese Direct Investment in California: 2017 Update. After Hanemann's brief presentation, the panelists joined him to discuss the report including Kelvin Chan of East West Bank; Darlene Chiu Bryant of ChinaSF; Michael Dunne of Dunne Automotive; and moderator Dr. N. Bruce Pickering, Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California.
The afternoon commenced with two simultaneous breakout sessions. The "Reading the Tide: Chinese Investment in Real Estate" breakout session was moderated by Chiu Bryant with a engaging discussion from Yang Chen of Colliers International; Mike Hu of Gaw Capital Partners USA; and John Yen Wong of AREAA. Randolph returned to moderate the other breakout session, "Enablers and Issues: Innovation and Investment in High-Tech Sectors" with Dr. Cindy Cui of Silicon Valley Global; Dr. Regis B. Kelly of California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences; Donald J. Morrissey from Huawei Technologies LLC (USA); Hans Tung of GGV Capital; and Edith Yeung of 500 Startups.
Concluding the panel discussion was the Keynote Dialogue with Christina Gaw, Managing Principal and Head of Capital Markets with Gaw Capital and Kenneth Rosen, Founder and Chair of Rosen Consulting Group, moderated by Jonathan Karp, Executive Director of Asia Society Southern California. Concluding the conference was Chair Robert B. Weisenmiller of the California Energy Commission, followed by a networking reception.