Date/Time: Wednesday, May 2, 2007, 10:00am - 9:00pm
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
              5001 Great America Parkway,
              Santa Clara, CA 95054

China and the Shifting Global Power Equation

HYSTA's Annual Conference is the premier event of the year for Chinese professionals and those interested in cross-border entrepreneurship. The 2007 theme is "China, Globalization, and the Shifting Global Power Equation" and it offers valuable insight and networking opportunities for global-minded professionals, investors, and entrepreneurs.

The conference will examine the impact of China's rapid ascension to the world's stage. Hear firsthand accounts of the successes achieved and challenges faced by those on the frontline of evolving global business as well as the global issues impacting our world. From our esteemed keynote speaker, former Vice President Al Gore, and renown Fortune 500 CEOs, leading Chinese CEOs and green technology, these experts share their stories on competing in China, expanding to the US, and examine global warming and green technologies.  

Individual Professionals

The rise of China and the impact on the global economy is rapidly changing how business is done. As a working professional with Chinese heritage, the time has come to join the revolution. Whether it is the beacon of entrepreneurialism or the desire to lead traditional companies into this new era, you need to access the shared knowledge of those before you and the most current paths to success. China's ascent has created a significant demand for new talents, skills and knowledge transference across all fields. HYSTA's Annual Conference provides a forum for today's leaders to pass along their wisdom to tomorrow's emerging stars. China and the world need you to rise up to the new opportunities and challenges of the new economic paradigm. Are you looking to make a bigger impact in your current multinational company? Or are you considering launching a green tech company to help solve the problems of global warming? Come and be inspired by some of today's most successful industry luminaries and leaders.

China & U.S.-based Companies
The challenges facing companies operating in today's rapidly evolving cross-border environment are immense. Domestic companies require an astute understanding of those factors that lead to success and strategies to navigate an ever changing landscape to avoid failure. For Chinese companies, learning new management techniques and business methodologies that allow flexibility and evolution of corporate culture are imperative.

At HYSTA's Annual Conference, these questions and more are answered: How do you overcome the barriers to entering a foreign market? How to position your business to offer product and services that appeal to a new market? Does your organization understand the social, economic & political contexts of the new country? Do you have a team of talents with multi-cultural business background to take your company from cross border expansion to global profitability? Come and find out what it takes to be a multinational firm.

Venture Capitalists
The risks and rewards of investment in this global market create a constant eye towards the ups and downs requiring diligence in decision making and a constant desire for information. Venture capitalists seek the elixir of success in creating startups based on innovations in a global environment. The Conference offers the opportunity for information and opinion gathering from those most attuned to the day-to-day evolution of business on a global stage.