Savantas Science and Technology Delegation to Silicon Valley

  1. Co-organizers:
  2. From Hong Kong:
  3. Savantas Policy Institute
  4. Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO)
  5. Hong Kong Trade Development Council(HKTDC)
  6. From Silicon Valley:
  7. Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association (CASPA)
  8. Chinese Software Professionals Association (CSPA)
  9. Silicon Valley Science and Technology Association (SVSTA)
  10. Duration: 27/28 March (Sat/Sun) – 4 April (Sun) 2010
  11. Timetable

27/3
Sat / 28/3
Sun / 29/3
Mon / 30/3
Tue / 31/3
Wed / 1/4
Thu / 2/4
Fri / 3/4
Sat / 4/4
Sun
Depart from HK (or depart on 28/3) / Arrive at SFO / 9:00-11:30 / Company visits / Day trip to NapaValley
(optional) / Depart from SFO around 1:00 AM
11:45-13:15 / Lunch
14:00-16:00 / Visits to R&D centres & tech museums
17:30-19:00 / Dinner
*HKETO will organizeaSilicon Valley Business Networking cocktail party on March 29
19:30-21:00 / Workshops/networking activities
  1. Workshops/ networking activities
  2. March 29: Silicon Valley Business Networking cocktailparty organized by HKETO:
  3. in late afternoon (5pm-7pm) in Milpitas.
  4. Potential business partners will be invited
  5. Networking with Silicon Valley’s technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists looking for business partners in China.
  6. Participants:
  7. Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association (CASPA)
  8. Chinese Software Professionals Association (CSPA)
  9. Silicon Valley Science and Technology Association (SVSTA)
  10. Chinese Information and Networking Association (CINA)
  11. Themes:
  12. Information technology
  13. Green technology
  14. Biotechnology
  15. Others: Venture capital, mergers and acquisitions
  16. Meeting Hong Kong students in Silicon Valleyinterested in returning to HK/PRD to found techstart-ups (mainly affiliated with Stanford)
  1. Company visits
  2. Themes: IT, biotechnology and green technology
  3. Confirmed list:
  4. Cisco (31 March morning: Smart and Connected Community with focus inGreen and Mobility)
  5. To be confirmed:
  6. Intel
  7. Google
  8. Genetech
  9. Neurosky (a biosensor start-up)
  10. Other targets: Fortune 500 companies, start-ups with cutting-edge technologies, VC&PE firms which are interested in China’s market, companies which are interested in outsourcing high value-added IT business and/or looking for HK partners to China’s market.
  11. Priority will be given to companies with ambition to enter China’s market but no offices in Asia.
  12. Visits to R & D centres and tech museums
    Confirmed list:
  13. Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre

Other targets:

  1. IntelMuseum
  2. NASA (new energies)
  3. ComputerMuseum (in Mountain View)
  4. TechMuseum (e.g.The Tech Museum of Innovation)
  1. Accommodation: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Milpitas
  2. Participation fee: HK$8,000per head covering coach, room (single occupancy) and board, (excluding lunch and dinner, airfareand Saturday Napa day trip). Flight arrangements and air fares to be made and paid for direct by participants.
    Down payment: HK$2,000 per head
  1. Participants are invited to give suggestions on company visits and workshops.

Savantas Science and Technology Delegation to Silicon Valley(27 March – 4 April 2010)

Registration form

Please complete this form and return by fax (852-2115 9688) or via email () by 9 February 2010 (Tue)

Participants’ details:

Organization:______

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Contact person: ______Email:______Tel: ______

A cheque of HK$______payable to“Savantas Policy Institute Limited” will follow by mail on or before 12 February2010 (Fri).

Mailing address: Savantas Policy Institute, Flat D-F, 11/F, China Overseas Building, 139 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong (Attn: Ms. Germaine Lau)

Suggestions (e.g. guests of the networking activities and companies to visit) (optional):

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Places are limited. Please reply as soon as possible.