HYSTA Executive Club Off-site Executive & Investor Connect

The HYSTA Executive Club, is hosting an invitation-only, private off-site event on October 1st to celebrate the successful closing of the HYSTA 6th annual conference. The half-day event features fine cuisine, wine tasting, and a private tour of a Chinese Painting exhibition. Most importantly, it gives invited executives and entrepreneurs the opportunity to re-energize, network with their peers, and discuss their visions of the future - in a relaxed setting.
 
Moderated Panels: Opportunities and Challenges in the Web 2.0 Era & Investing in China
The event is anchored with two panel discussions focusing on opportunities and challenges in two of the year's most important trends: Web 2.0 and China investing . Ten years into the commercial launch of the Internet, we have entered a new period of tremendous global innovation and change, some call it web 2.0. China is the second largest market for Internet users and will likely be the largest within five years. While the user growth opportunity is clear, there are many risks and challenges associated with investing in the highly entrepreneurial, emerging Chinese economy. The discussions are sure to be lively, thought-provoking and insightful.

Guided Viewing: Chinese Painting on the Eve of the Communist Revolution
Drawn from the personal collection of the early 20th-century painter Chang Shu-chi (1900-1957), this exhibition reveals the richness of Chinese painting during the turbulent years prior to the founding of the People's Republic of China. Chang was an educator and well-connected painting society member in China. Also on exhibition were art pieces by his close associates, including such renowned artists as Pan Tianshou, Liu Haisu, and Zhang Daqian. Together they reveal an intimate view into artistic circles around Shanghai, set within the political and cultural tensions of the period.

Time:               Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Venue:             Stanford Cantor Museum
Registration:     Please email sally_shi@comcast.net.

Agenda:
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm   Registration, Networking Mixer and Guided Tour
                                 Location: Cantor Arts Center Auditorium
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm   Moderated Panel Discussions
                                 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm   Panel I: Opportunities and Challenges in the Web 2.0 Era
                                 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm   Panel II: Investing in China
                                 Location: Cantor Arts Center Auditorium
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm   Wine Tasting and Networking Mixer
                                 Location: Inner Sculpture Courtyard
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm   Buffet Dinner
                                 Location: Rodin Rotunda

Panels

Panel I: Opportunities and Challenges in Web 2.0 Era

Moderator:         Kevin Fong, General Partner, Mayfield Fund
Distinguished Panelists:
        Jeff and Bobby Beaver, Co-founders, Zazzle
        Stewart Butterfield, Co-founder, Flickr
        Joshua Schachter, Founder, Del.icio.us
        Nick Yang, Co-Founder, Kongzhong and ChinaRen
        Xin Ye, CEO, YDon; former CTO, Linktone and Sohu.com

Panel II: Investing in China

Moderator:         David Lee, Partner, Orrick
Distinguished Panelists:
        Lili Zheng, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
        David Chao, General Partner, DCM
        Andrew Kau , Managing Director, Walden International.
        Scott Sandell, General Partner, NEA

Partial List of HYSTA EC Member and Past Invited Guests:

Simon Cao, Former CEO, Avanex
John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems
Rob Chandra, Partner, Bessemer Venture
Carmen Chang, Partner, Sherman & Sterling
David Chao, Managing Partner, Doll Capital Management
Howard Chao, Partner and Head, Asia Practice, O'Melveny & Myers
Datong Chen, Former CTO, OmniVision; CTO, Spreadtrum
Wu-Fu Chen, Founder & Partner, Acorn Campus
James Ding, Chairman, AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.
Timothy Draper, Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Ta-Lin Hsu, Chairman and Founder, H&Q Asia Pacific
Jack Jia, Former CTO, Interwoven; CEO, Baynote
Yan Ke, Co-founder, NetScreen (acquired by Juniper)
Kai-Fu Lee, President, Google China
Michael Lee, President & CFO, Soufun.com
Yadong Liu, Former COO, AsiaInfo; CEO, Primeton
Qi Lu, SVP, Yahoo!
Jack Ma, CEO, Alibaba.com
Mary Meeker, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Lip-Bu Tan, Chairman, Walden International
Barry Taylor, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus
Sheldon Wang, CTO and SVP, eHealth
Eric Xu, Co-founder, Baidu.com
Jack Xu, VP, eBay; Former CTO, Netease
Yuanqing Yang, President & CEO, Lenovo Group
Xin Ye, CEO, YDon; former CTO, Linktone