HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association) Annual Conference

Richard Tan is the General Manager with SHUI ON Group, and the Chief Executive of Shanghai TUSPark (KIC) Management Company. Part of the core team to develop a new product line for the Group –Knowledge Community (KC), Mr Tan is directly responsible to create a robust and vibrant enterprise ecosystem within the Community; to enhance interaction and transaction between companies, and other partners. He has also put in place a total solution set-up, ranging from providing talent solutions to enterprise solutions and even international business connectivity. Such initiatives successfully positioned Shui On Knowledge Community as the most effective launch-pads into China.

Mr Tan's key responsibilities also include building up the Knowledge Community for the US$4.3 bnDalian Tiandi project in Dalian. This is a 3.6 million square meters integrated mixed use development comprising of software offices, retail malls, hotels, residential, international schools, parks and gardens.

During his 4 years tenure, Mr Tan successfully launched this mega software hub project. Phase 1 of the software offices is fully taken up. Some of Dalian Tiandi's Fortune 500 clients include IBM which has set up their China's largest global delivery center there. All the three companies in Dalian that are listed in New York Stock Exchange will also be setting up their 10,000 staff-strong bases Other prominent clients include China Soft and Kingsoft. With his vast experience in developing software hubs, Mr Tan also help build up technology platforms such as cloud computing and internet datacenter in Dalian.

Mr Tan is also charged of establishing International Strategic Partnerships for the Group. He has helped set up SHUI ON's first overseas center in USA. Some of the strategic partners formed by Mr Tan also include Mitsui Fudosan in Japan, Cyberport in Hong Kong, Dongguk University in Korea, Los Angeles Economic Development Council, and ChinaSF in USA.

Prior to joining the SHUI ON Group, Mr Tan was the Vice Consul for the Singapore Consulate in Mumbai, India. He was double-heading as the Regional Director for the Singapore Economic Development Board. MrTanwas instrumental in attracting US$200million of investment from India into Singapore. He was also part of the core team in negotiating the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (ie free trade agreement) between India and Singapore.

Alex Cheng is Executive Director at Baidu, China's leading search engine and largest Internet company. He manages the Products and R&D division for monetization platforms, including the flagship paid search products, display advertising products, and analytics products. He also serves as general manager of Baidu's U.S. operation. Alex has over 17 years of management experience in R&D in the Silicon Valley and in China, primarily in Internet advertising and E-commerce.Prior to joining Baidu, Alex was at Google Shanghai building R&D teams focusing on online advertising systems. He started his high-tech career at Oracle's U.S. headquarters developing object-relational database technologies. He led an entrepreneurial career in several successful early-stage startups, including Interwoven.com and E-Loan.com. In 2000, he was Engineering Director at Alibaba.com building the global leading online business-to-business e-commerce platform.Alex received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley and a M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Susan is proactive professional offering more than 25 years of experience within business, recruiting, sales; reputation for taking the initiative and making things happen. At Microsoft, she hires the world's finest computer scientists, software development engineers, program managers, social scientists and mathematicians. In 5 years, she successfully hired over 250SDE/PM/Researcher and RSDE candidates. She serves as an Account Executive for STCA China and is based in Redmond, WA.

Stanley Kwong is the Managing Director and Professor of the China Business Program at the School of Management, University of San Francisco. Stan's areas of expertise are "Marketing Strategy to China and India", "Competitive Global Strategy", and "Globalization of Chinese Enterprises in the US". Stan also serves as the Strategic Advisor to ChinaSF: A San Francisco initiative to support increased business exchange between China and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Stan has over 30 years of international management, marketing, and teaching experience in the US, China, and India. Prior to joining USF in 2009, Stan was the Worldwide Director for IBM Marketing where he had conceived and managed operations around the world. Stan was also an International Marketing instructor at IBM Executive Development Centers.

Stan visited China as a student after President Nixon's historical trip in 1973. In 1977, Stan began his academic career as Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean of Students at Princeton University.

Stan joined IBM in 1979. In 1984, he started the 1st IBM outsourcing organization in Mumbai, Pune, and Bangalore. After China entered WTO in 2001, Stan was given new responsibilities to grow new markets in Western and Central China. In 2004, Stan was part of the IBM PC Company/Lenovo transition team and was responsible for executive management training for the new Lenovo team after the acquisition of the IBM PC Company.

Prior to co-founding New Oriental Technology and Education, Wang Qiang held engineering positions in Bell Communications Research's software division. He was formerly was a lecturer of English language and literature at Peking University. He received an M.S. in Computer Science from State University of New York, and a B.A. in English from Peking University.

Michael was a Principal at China Materialia, a China based venture capital firm. He was responsible for firm's investment in the areas of High Tech, Clean Tech and Life Science. Previously, Michael was a Sr. Manager at DFJ ePlanet Ventures, where he was responsible for the firm's venture capital investment and portfolio management in US and China. Michael holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and MBA from UC Berkeley.

Mr. Wang has provided considerable strategy and management research services, which included the development strategy, technical innovation, operation management and etc., to Chinese private companies, especially those high technology companies like Lenovo China, New Hope Group, Founder and etc. since 1993. After established Beijing Great-wall Enterprise Institute, Mr. Wang has already done a lot of work to improve Chinese entrepreneurial environment. Mr. Wang has already provided strategy, industry and innovation consulting service for more than 50 High-Tech zones, like Zhongguancun, Wuhan Optical Valley, Shanghai Zhangjiang, and Shenzhen Hi-Tech Park, and so on.

王德禄同志现任长城企业战略研究所所长。1993年创办长城所，现任中关村科技园区企业家咨询委员会副主任、北京市人民政府专家顾问团科技发展顾问组组长、中国软科学研究会常务理事、中国科技咨询协会理事、中国商业联合会专家委员等。曾任国家中长期科技发展规划战略研究科技人才组专题组副组长。

从事企业战略、战略管理、区域战略、产业战略、科技政策等领域的研究和咨询十余年，具有丰富的咨询实践经验。主持过上百项企业战略咨询与政府决策咨询项目，内容主要涉及企业战略、企业改制、战略管理、创业管理、营销管理、技术管理、HR管理、企业知识管理、区域战略、产业战略、科技管理以及公共政策等领域；并长期关注国家创新经济的发展，特别是首都经济的创新发展，在区域发展战略及科技创新政策方面开展了大量、持续的研究，为主承担了多项国家和北京市经济、科技发展战略性研究课题，形成了一系列具有决策参考价值的研究成果。

1998年，在国内率先开拓"知识管理"的研究领域；是国内科学与和平研究的主要开创者；出版专著《知识管理的IT实现》、主持《创新中国系列丛书》和《中国增长极》等。