China: Opportunities and Challenges May 25, 2006

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SDForum International SIG presents a lively panel discussion of 3 experts who will share a broad and balanced view of the software development opportunities and challenges facing China. The panel includes:

Jihong W. Sanderson, Executive Director of Center for Research on Chinese & American Strategic Cooperation at UC Berkeley and CEO at Berkeley Consulting Associates, USA.
Jihong Sanderson is a leading expert in the field of emerging markets such as China's management of technology, innovation, and strategy. She has been a faculty member at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley since 2003 and also serves as Executive Director of the Center for Research on Chinese & American Strategic Cooperation at UC Berkeley. Currently, Sanderson serves as global strategic consultant and CEO at Berkeley Consulting Associates, helping MNCs and foreign investors initiate and optimize their businesses at the global level, and advising Chinese firms going global.

K. Bobby Chao (Silicon Valley / China) - Managing Director, DragonFund China.
Mr. Chao is the co-founder of DragonVenture and has been serving as its chairman since its inception in 1999. Among other board-directorships, Mr. Chao is currently serving as the chairman of two China-based early-stage new media companies, YeePay and eFriendsNet.

Zhahoui -Zoe Li, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley.
Born and college-educated in China, Zhaohui (Zoe) Li's area of focus at Morgan Stanley includes wealth management strategies, equity and fixed income portfolio management, and risk management. As the panel moderator, Zhaohui brings her past cross-pacific experiences as technology analyst at Bank of America and investment project manager for World Bank, to understand China's economic development and social change.

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