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2006 Conference Agenda
COMMITTEE OF 100 – 15TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AMERICA & CHINA: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
Revised 4/14/06

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April 20, 2006
Thursday

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
11:30 am - 12:00 noon
Welcoming Remarks
Opening Remarks: Robert Lee, Chairman, Committee of 100
Conference Co-Chairs:
Jenny Ming, President, Old Navy
Anthony Sun, Managing General Partner, Venrock Associates
Jerry Yang, Co-founder, Chief Yahoo and Director, Yahoo! Inc.
Albert Yu, Chairman, One Angstrom LLC, Former SVP, Intel

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Luncheon Keynote #1:
Topic: Taiwan and the Sino-American Relationship: Thoughtful Management, Consistent Attention
Introduction: David Tang, Managing Partner, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator (D-CA), United States Senate

Topic: Walking the Washington-Beijing Tightrope
Introduction/Moderator: Robert W. Gee, President and Founder, Gee Strategies Group LLC
Speaker: Mr. Thomas H. Boggs, Jr., Partner, Patton Boggs LLP

Venue: Yerba Buena Room
1:40 pm – 3:30 pm
Panel: Bridge to U.S./China Relations
What are key issues within U.S./China trade and governmental policies and what are the best ways to bridge them?
Moderator: George P. Koo, Director, Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
Segment I- Economic Issues
Segment II- Security Issues
Speakers: Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Former U.S. Trade Representative
The Honorable C. Richard D'Amato, Chairman, The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Prof. Wang Jisi, Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University, and Director, Institute of International Strategic Studies, Central Party School of the Communist Party of China

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April 21, 2006
Friday

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
10:00 am - 10:50 am
Keynote #2: Global Internet
Introduction: Jerry Yang, Co-founder, Chief Yahoo and Director, Yahoo! Inc.
Speaker: Mr. Terry Semel, Chairman and CEO, Yahoo!

Venue: Yerba Buena Room
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Panel: Bridge to Business
What are the key opportunities and challenges of doing business between the U.S. and Greater China?
Moderator: Lee S. Ting, Managing Director, W.R. Hambrecht
Speakers: Ms. Wei Christianson, Incoming CEO and Managing Director, Morgan Stanley China
Mr. Michael L. Ducker, Executive Vice President International, Express
Freight Services, FedEx
Hong Lu, Chairman, CEO and President, UTStarcom
Mr. Andrew Tsuei, Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and
Managing Director of Global Procurement
Mr. Yuanqing Yang, Chairman, Lenovo

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Luncheon Keynote #3: Reflections on a Career in the U.S. and Taiwan
Introduction: Albert Yu, Chairman, One Angstrom LLC, Former SVP, Intel
Speaker: Morris Chang, Founder and Chairman, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd

Venue: Yerba Buena Room
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Panel: Bridge to the Wild Wild Web:
As the Web has ignited new ways to communicate, do business and to entertain
across the globe, what are the next rounds of the Web and what are the implications?
Moderator: Jerry Yang, Co-founder, Chief Yahoo and Director, Yahoo! Inc.
Speakers: Mr. Hurst Lin, Chief Operating Officer, SINA Corporation
Mr. Jack Ma, Founder and CEO, Alibaba.com Corporation
Mr. Hugo Shong, Executive Vice President, International Data Group and
General Partner, International Data Group – Accel China Fund
Dr. Edward Tian, CEO, China Netcom Corporation

Venue: Yerba Buena Room
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Panel: Bridge to Innovation
How does the U.S. enhance its competitiveness? This panel covers the challenges to U.S. higher education and industrial sectors for maintaining a competitive edge as well as the important roles that Chinese Americans can play in fostering collaboration.
Moderator: Alice S. Huang, Senior Councilor for External Relations and Faculty
Associate in Biology, California Institute of Technology
Speakers: Dr. David Baltimore, Nobel Laureate, President, California Institute of Technology
Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, President and Co-Founder, NVIDIA Corporation
Mr. David Kelley, Chairman, IDEO, Founder, Stanford Institute of Design (d.school)
Dr. Kai-fu Lee, Vice President, Engineering and President, Google China
Mr. Jon Rubinstein, Former Senior Vice President, iPod Division, Apple

Venue: Veranda Foyer
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Gala Reception

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Gala Dinner and Awards Program
Gala Co-Chairs: Matthew Miau, Chairman, Mitac-Synnex Group, and other C-100 Members.

Gala Emcee: Lisa Ling, Special Correspondent, The Oprah Winfrey Show and National Geographic

Gala Dinner Keynote and Headline Award: Mr. Thomas Friedman, Columnist, The New York Times, and Author, The World is Flat

Philanthropy/Community Service Awards:
Ms. Gina Chu, Trustee, Asia Society, and
Leslie Tang Schilling, President, Union Square Investment Company

Public Service Award: Mr. Leroy Chiao, Former Astronaut, NASA

Business Excellence Award: Deloitte and Touche USA LLP

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April 22, 2006
Saturday

Venue: Yerba Buena Room
9:00 am - 10:00 am
Panel: Asian American Imagery from the Younger Generation's Point of View
Moderator: Frank Wu, Dean, Wayne State University Law School
Lisa Ling, Journalist, The Oprah Winfrey Show and National Geographic Channel

Venue: Yerba Buena Room
10:10 am - 11:40 am
Panel: Content from the Creators' Point of View
How do cultural creators navigate the current landscape of new media and multi- platform distribution channels? Who is our audience, what do they want, and how do they ask for it?
Moderator: Janet Yang, Producer, Manifest Film Company
Speakers: Ms. Tinnie Chow, Program Manager, MTV Chi
Ms. Rita Hsiao, Screenwriter, Mulan, Toy Story 2
Ms. Alice Wu, Writer/ Director, Saving Face

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
11:40 am -12:30 pm Informal Lunch

Venue: Veranda Ballroom
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Mentoring Program: Bridge to a Bright Future
Moderators: Milton Chang, Managing Director, Incubic
Albert Yu, Chairman, One Angstrom LLC, Former SVP, Intel

1:00 pm- 1:10pm Introduction
1:10 pm - 2:45 pm Mentoring sessions
organized by topic and industry (projected: 300 mentees and 60 mentors)
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Feedback/Conclusion
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Networking Reception (refreshments will be served)

(C-100 Members in bold)