Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Registration & Breakfast

Conference Overview

Fireside Chat
Moderator: John Dean, Zero2IPO Group, Chairman
Jim Breyer, Accel Partners, Partner
Hugo Shong, IDG VC, Founding General Partner
Andrew Y. Yan, SAIF Partners, Managing Partner

Keynote Speech
Gavin Ni, Zero2IPO Group, Founder, CEO & President

• Review and analysis of China venture capital and private equity market investment in 2008.
• To what extent will the decrease in export, growing unemployment and problems in agricultural workers affect the Chinese economy in 2009? Can GDP growth reach 8%? What influence will there be on equity investment?
• Under the downturn, what changes will there be in the investment focus and trends in China in 2009?

  Moderator: Catherine Ngo, Startup Capital Ventures, General Partner

  Chris R. Burch, Shenzhen Capital Group (SCG), Chief Investment Officer
  Vivian Chen, CDH Venture, Partner
  William Chen, DT Capital Partners, Managing Partner
  Sonny Wu, GSR Ventures, Founder & Managing Director
  Joe Zhou, Keytone Ventures, Founder & Managing Partner

Keynote Speech
Dixon Doll, DCM, Co-founder & General Partner
                     NVCA, Chairman

11:20-12:20

Session Ⅱ US-China Dialogue: How should the two big stakeholders cooperate in the VC/PE market

• What should we do together in this financial crisis?
• What does US VC/PE think about the emergence of the Chinese counterparts?
• Emergence of RMB funds: will they be the terminators or good partners for the US Dollar funds in China?
• Will more capital go to China in this global financial crisis?

  Moderator: Danny Lui, Zero2IPO Group, Vice Chairman
  
  David D. Chow, CTC Capital, General Partner
  Hope Chen, DFJ China, Partner & Head of DFJ China
  Daniel W. Frank, Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, Partner
  Xiaodong Jiang, NEA China, Managing Director
  Ouyang Xiangyu, Legend Capital, Managing Director

Business Luncheon

Keynote Speech
Kathy Xu, Capital Today Group, Founder & Managing Partner

Session Ⅲ PE in China: An investment with Chinese characteristics and advice from US PEs

• How should PEs adapt to China in investment strategy and structure?
• PIPE, Growth capital, Real estate, Buyout? What types of asset allocation will be a good strategy in China in 2009?
• When will be the golden time for buyout funds?
• Predictions on market trends in 2009 and how will PE investors survive and develop in this financial crisis?
• US PE's advice to China PEs.

  Moderator: Roger S. Leeds, EMPEA, Chairman
                                                      SAIS of the Johns Hopkins University, Professor

  Maximillian C. Justicz, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Managing Director
  Cherteck Quek, New Horizon Capital, Managing Director
  Bernard McGuire, Jr., PCGI, Managing Director
  Charles P. Wu, China Investment Fund, Managing Partner
                               IBM, Vice President

Coffee Break

Keynote Speech
Drew J. Guff, Siguler Guff & Company, Managing Director & Founding Principal

Session Ⅳ LP in China: Special strategies for the down cycle

• How to invest in a period with uncertainty?
• What investment opportunities are Chinese and US LPs interested in?
• How to find the best fund managers in China during the financial crisis.
• What will be the effects from the emergence of Chinese LPs?
  

  Moderator: Aaron Gershenberg, SVB Capital, Managing Partner

  Alan Chang, Capricorn Investment Group, LLC, Principal & Managing Director-Asian Investments
  Sam DeRosa-Farag, Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC, Principal, Investment Team
  Anthony J. Roscigno, JP Morgan, Portfolio Manager
  Li Tan, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Director of Investments
  Ching Tan, Siguler Guff & Company LLC, Managing Director & Head of Siguler Guff's Shanghai office

Networking & Dinner