Summit Panels and Speakers
Summit Chairwoman
Lorraine T. Hunt-Bono – CEO and President of Perri, Inc., a real estate, restaurant development and management company established in 1972.
Keynote Speech A World in Harmony: Environment Protection and Economic Development
Speaker: Noel J. Brown, President of the Friends of the United Nations
Motivational Speaker
Speaker：Sichan Siv
Former US Ambassador to the UN, Sichan Siv – will introduce his book “Golden Bones” where he shares a timeless and universal tale of love, dreams, hope and freedom; an extraordinary escape from hell in Cambodia to an American journey to the White House
Key Panel: Globalization in Economy Round Table – U.S. and China Need Each Other
Moderator: Derek Uehara
Speakers: See high-profiled speakers of this panel on the cover banner
This panel will discuss business relations between the U.S. and China, including such topics as the growth of minority-owned small businesses as a driving force in the U.S. economy and U.S.- China trade relations.
How to Grow Your Business by Making Friends” Workshop
Speaker: Joy Wooden-Hagerty, Founder and President of International Southern Solutions, Inc.
This workshop will offer tips on how to start making new friends and business contacts. Based on Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, guests will walk away with helpful tactics and confidence that will benefit their personal and business lives.
International Partnerships for Success
Moderator: Hetty Chang, Channel 3/KVBC
Speakers: Rudy Pamintuan (Sherman Consulting), Andrew Edlefsen (Director, Las Vegas Export Assistance Center of U.S. Department of Commerce), Bill Liu (NaviAsia Group) and Loretta Green (Diplomatic Courier Magazine)
Success will require mutually beneficial partnership. How does one connect and identify the right partners? This panel will discuss how one can identify the right partners and address the expectations each side should have in a partner.
Investing in the United States: EB5 Immigrant Investor Visa Program
Speakers: President and CEO Dee Mallas and a team of experts from the Nevada Regional Economic Development Center
This panel will feature strategic and financial planning experts and business immigration law firm representatives. It is an opportunity for qualified national and expatriate investors to learn about how to purchase a Limited Partner unit in an investment fund for various projects distributed in Nevada. Did you know that investors can acquire a Green Card, in accordance with the U.S Immigration and Nationality Act, in exchange for making a qualified investment that created jobs in the U.S.? Private one-on-one counsel is available after the seminar.
Globalization and Minority-Owned Businesses and Access to Capital in the United States
Speakers: MBDA representatives George Mui (Global Business Consultant), Eric Dobyne (Chicago Regional Director), John Blum (Small Business Administration)
Discussion will focus on the MBDA globalization support program and how Minority business owners can leverage it to expand their business. SBA will discuss their related organizations' programs for getting started, receiving needed training, and finding capital for participation in the international marketplace. In doing this, SBA will also review its domestic programs that are the basis for its international programs.
Census 2010: Stand Up and Be Counted!
Speaker: Cathy Illian, Denver Regional Director of Census 2010 (US Department of Commerce)
Businesses can learn how to be a Census Partner and get a portion of the $400 billion in federal funds.
Corporations and Supplier Diversity
Moderator: Michael Synn, Director of Sales and Marketing at Business Consortium Fund, Inc.
Speakers: Lorrinda Gray-Davis (Next Level Consulting), Joe Coe (Boyd Gaming), Joy Wooden-Hagerty (International Southern Solutions, Inc.)
Corporations have internal goals in increasing their supplier diversity. This panel will explore the available resources to identify corporations searching for particular services and products, as well as the process to seize those opportunities.
Leverage Technology to Grow Your Business
Speakers: John Mautner from the Cycle-of-Success Institute (COSI), Betty Xie from ChineseMenu.com and Sunny Leon from SuncasTV
In today’s economy, it is a very tough to do business. Entrepreneur need to be very creative and open-minded to run their businesses. It is imperative to ind different revenue streams to grow their business. Technology has always been a very cost effective vehicle to implement and bring more cash to their business. Come and learn how, in this workshop!
How to save tax?
Speaker: Alice Wu
In the speech, Alice Wu will share with the audiences how to build financial freedom and discuss the questions of tax saving. This session will cover various tax savings, from income to estate tax and how to reinvest the savings, from retirement to education and which life insurance policy is right for you.
Chinese Media Roundtable
Media Representatives: Phoenix TV, CCTV China Times, KTSF26, SuncasTV, KAZN1300 Chinese radio station， How2USA magazine.
Topic: Globalization & Opportunities for the American Chinese. The rise of Chinese business has gradually been changing the world economic pattern and their power has been worldly recognized. In this panel, major Chinese media representatives will gathered to explore how to cooperate with the Chinese business for the future prosperity.
Hand in hand to defeat cancer
Speakers Provided by: Luji Chan
Cancer is one of the most fatal diseases that human strive to conquer, no matter through western medical treatments like chemotherapy and actinotherapy, or traditional Chinese medical treatments. In this panel, Luji Chan will discuss how to integrate both sides to achieve a desirable result in treatment.
China's Great Challenge-Rural Education: Approaches and Lessons Learned from the Field
Speaker: Wujing Harrison, Executive Director, The Zigen Fund
Here are the 3 key principles for success:
1. Support the local residents and their basic needs.
2. Locals build upon what they have.
3. Enhance their existing Training Capacity: Learn, Do and Teach--Practice and Practice
Legal Fundamentals of Establishing a Business and Investing in the United States
Moderator:Jacob Alpren, Esq,
Panelists: John O’Neill, John Price, Bob Kraft, May Ho, Rebecca Ye
Attorneys from a California business law firm and other business leaders will discuss the legal and business fundamentals of acquiring, investing in and establishing businesses in the United States. Whether you are a Chinese company seeking to invest in the United States or an American company trying to attract Chinese partners, you will need to understand financing options, the differences in basic corporate ownership structures, the advantages of different joint venture/partnership/licensing forms, and the applicability of government clearances and reporting requirements. This panel, which includes experts in M&A, taxation, corporate formations, corporate finance, and business operations, will provide guidance on the above issues.
Investment & Tax Strategies for Chinese Investors
Speaker: May Ho
This session will cover the major international tax issues involving immigration and investments in the United States. The specific topics that will be covered is the overall Tax system, relating to Income, Estate/Gift tax laws, investment strategies and the basic structure of starting a business in the United States.
Legal Guide for Chinese Restaurants
Speaker: Zhiyu Hu,
This session will address all aspects of establishing a Chinese restaurant/hotel or food distribution business. All the legalities associated with this type of business, as well as a guide to locate the right individuals for each category, will be covered.
The importance of location when making real estate decisions
Speaker: Jef Toth,
Other two issues will also be discussed:
·Buying second homes for vacation, and children attending university in theUnited States.
·Trends in the California Luxury marke
Washington Global Trade Center (WGTC) and The Forbidden City Palace
Speaker: Alfred H. Liu
WGTC will create a platform for fair trade and communication between China and the rest of the world including the United States. Here will be the irst place for companies from China to explore the international market.
The Fordidden City Palace is the largest Chinese Casino in the world. The emphasis is a family-friendly resort complex providing the most accurate portrayal of Chinese culture and arts through our hotels, village shops, restaurants, night clubs, Panda display, Buddha Temple, Tea House, Imperial Vault of Heaven, Hill of Piled Excellence, gardens and performing arts theaters. Americans brought up on chop suey will soon learn that it is not served in China.
Quadrangle and Interior Atrium Residential Design – Homonymous Family Structure and Residential neighborhood based on Humanitarianism and Chinese Culture of Living
Speaker: John C. Chen
Chinese immigrant family demands a unique residential design so as to reflect her traditional culture of living. To accomplish this, a house design for Chinese immigrant family to the United States shall incorporate a traditional domestic hierarchy and interrelated features of the family members under a same roof, which is summarized as a principle of planning and space organization – a single family residence with 5 yards. ?
The new residence planning concept of Quadrangle and Interior Atrium is purposed to formulate an architectural theory and practice focused on humanitarianism and West-meets-East for Chinese immigrant family. It is to re-enforce cultural and neighborhood identity of Chinese culture of living in the context of mixed residential community. Environment friendly design also considers energy saving by max use of solar energy and waste water recirculation system method and extensive landscaping design.
A Deciding Factor between Life and Death: "One Little Tooth"
Speaker: Joanne Lu
Your smile may look beautiful, but what is happening below the gum line could be hazardous to your health. What is periodontal disease and what is the cause? You will find answers to these questions. The proper techniques for dental care are vital. If you’re not cleaning properly, you’re wasting your time. You will also get tips on how to clean teeth correctly here.
Seminar of Senior Health Education Association
Speaker: Rebecca Ye
·To introduce Senior Health Education Association
·The new project of 2010 “One Happy Family”
·What we will achieve – to assimilate Asian culture into Bay Area, to ultimately break down the cultural barriers, and better serve local senior residents.
Strategic International Business and Investments
Speakers Provided by: William Chu
China and the US are getting interdependent in economy with the globalization and opportunities for Chinese people are increasing. In this panel, attorney William Chu will discuss how to cease these opportunities and invest successfully in US, e.g. how to use capital efficiently and effectively through strategic investment banking vehicle etc.
Immigration and Investment in the US
Speakers Provided by: Land Wayland
In this panel, Land Wayland from Land Wayland Law Office will discuss with you the laws on immigration and investment. You can get valuable suggestion on how to apply for running multinational corporations in US and how to apply for the visa accordingly. Other cases which are other than immigration will also be discussed.
