(Registration has been closed due to space limitation. Thank you.)

Organizer
HYSTA Venture Capitalist Group (VCG)   
 
Panelist
Xiaodong Jiang, Partner and managing Director, NEA China
 
Sponsor
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Event Description
As Silicon Valley evolves from a technology launching ground to a venture finance center and the shifting of innovation from the US to emerging countries becomes inevitable, scores of professionals with technology background are contemplating the career path of becoming a venture capitalist. It seems a lofty goal for many, but is an achievable one for some.

Mr. Xiaodong Jiang, a partner of the prominent venture firm NEA, completed the transition in just a few years from a echnologist into one of China’s top 10 most influential venture capitalists under age 40. There is a lot to learn from his extraordinary and successful transformation. What finance and business knowledge you need to prepare and what skill-set you need to horn for the career change? How would you position yourself to crack into the coveted venture capital world? When do you decide to jump on the chance? Once you join a VC firm, how would you develop and thrive? Are these career opportunities still available? Xiaodong will share his first-hand experiences in the process as well as his perspective on venture investment and related career opportunities in China.

For those who are planning such a career move or just starting a career in the field, don’t miss out this insightful keynote talk and networking opportunity.
 
Date
October 22, 2009
 
Agenda
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm  Registration and Networking (beverages will be provided)
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm  Keynote speech
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm  Q & A
8:00 pm – 8:30 pm  Networking
 
Place
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
1530 Page Mill Road
Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94304

 
Admission
          o Free for HYSTA VCG members
          o $10 for HYSTA EC or ELF members
          o $10 for students (please use coupon code VCG_200910_STUDENT and select the option None of above, valid student email address required)
          o $20 for general admission (Due to overwhelming response and limited space, we do not offer on-site registration)

Join or renew VCG annual membership ($100, application subject to approval) today to receive FREE admission to the event)
 
Speaker Biography

Xiaodong Jiang, Partner and Managing Director, NEA China
Xiaodong joined NEA in 2005 to focus on investments in the rapidly growing China markets. In December 2005, he launched New Enterprise Associates (Beijing) Ltd. and opened its Beijing and Shanghai offices. Xiaodong currently helps manage and support China related investment activities. Xiaodong's areas of interest include consumer and growth equity opportunities. He is on the board of Lianlian Pay, Redbaby, Uni-Power Guaranty, Novast Pharmaceuticals and Vuclip. In addition, Xiaodong has worked with many NEA portfolio companies including Leadtone, Baihe.com, LineKong, CITIC Pharmaceuticals, Cathay Biotech, and Availink. Xiaodong was recently honored by Entrepreneur magazine in China as one of China’s top 10 most influential venture capitalists under age 40.

Prior to joining NEA, Xiaodong worked at ONStor, a storage networking start-up in marketing and business development and at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on multimodal recognition. He was also a consultant to Hitachi on RFID market strategy. Xiaodong received a Master's degree from the University of Illinois and a bachelor's degree from Nanjing University in China. He was a doctoral candidate in computer science at University of California, Berkeley as a United Nations Fellow and a Mayfield Fellow.

About HYSTA
HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association, www.hysta.org) is a leading Chinese professional association in US. Founded in 1999 by a group of successful Chinese entrepreneurs, HYSTA aims at nurturing entrepreneurship and career development among Chinese technology and business professionals and facilitates networking and the exchange of business ideas between Silicon Valley and China.