Date: Friday, May 6, 2005 Time: 8:00AM to 6:00PM
Place: William & Anita Newman Vertical Campus – Baruch College, CUNY
East 25th Street, 14th Floor, between Lexington & 3rd Avenues, Manhattan
8:00 AM – Registration/Breakfast
8:45 AM – Welcome Room 14-220
Presider: Betty Lee Sung; Professor Emerita & Chair, Asian American / Asian Research Institute, CUNY
Kathleen Pesile; Member, CUNY Board of Trustees
Kathleen Waldron; President, Baruch College, CUNY
9:00 AM – Overview of Global Entrepreneurship Between Asia and the U.S. Room 14-220
Presider: Terrence F. Martell; Director, Weissman Center for International Business – Baruch College, CUNY
Keynote Speaker: Richard Wong; Deputy Vice Chancellor, Hong Kong University
Panelists:
1. Clarence T. Kwan; National Managing Partner, Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche LLP
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2. Alejandro Reyes; Policy Adviser, Pacific Basin Economic Council, Hong Kong
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3. C. Mark Tang; Director, Biotech Commercialization Center, Rutgers Business School, State University of New Jersey
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10:00 AM – Break
10:15 AM – U.S. Attitudes Towards Greater China: A National Survey Report Room 14-220
Presider: S. Alice Mong; Executive Director, Committee of 100
Keynote Speaker: Carolyn Chin; Chairman & CEO, Cebiz
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Panelists:
1. Xiaobo Lu, Ph. D.; Director, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
2. Betty Lee Sung; Professor Emerita & Chair, Asian American / Asian Research Institute, CUNY
3. Chester Lee; Member, Board of Directors, Chinese-American Planning Council, New York
11:15 AM – Break
11:30 AM – Asian Perspectives on Global Entrepreneurship Room 14-220
Presider: Daxi Li; President, Chinese Association for Science and Business
Keynote Speaker: Cheng Siwei; Vice Chairman, National Standing Committee, Peoples’ Congress of China
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Panelists:
1. John W. Allen; Chairman & CEO, Greater China Corporation
2. Harry Edelson; Managing Partner, Edelson Technology Partners
3. Alex New; President, (JFK) Wen-Parker Logistics (New York)
12:30 PM – Lunch: Global Entrepreneurship and the Challenge to Education in the U.S. Room 14-220
Keynote Speaker: Matthew Goldstein; Chancellor, City University of New York
1:45 PM – Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Session 1A – Global Entrepreneurship and the Asian American Community
Presider: Eddy Badrina; Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Panelists:
1. Joseph Melookaran; Commissioner, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
2. John Wang; President, Asian American Business Development Center
3. Alvin M. Roselin; District Director, SCORE New York City
4. Yee-Ping Wu; Founder & COO, Knoa Software
Session 2A – Global Entrepreneurship and Education Institutional Reform
Presider: Vivien Stewart; Vice President, Education, Asia Society
Panelists:
1. Lynne Weikart; Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
2. Roberta H. I. Martin; Director, Asia for Educators Program, Columbia University & Founding Co-Director, National Consortium for Teaching about Asia
3. John Frankenstein; Visiting Associate Professor, Economics & Business, Brooklyn College, CUNY
4. John Kuo Wei Tchen; Director, Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program and Institute, New York University
Session 3A – Global Entrepreneurship and Access to Capital
Presider: Betty B. Wu; Chair, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Panelists:
1. Savio W. Tung; Managing Director, Investcorp International Inc.
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2. Paul W. Ho; Senior Vice President & District Executive, HSBC Bank USA
3. C. Mark Tang; Director, Biotech Commercialization Center, Rutgers Business School, State University of New Jersey
4. Sharyn Koenig; Senior Business Development Officer, Export-Import Bank of the U.S.Northeast Regional Office
3:15 PM – Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Session 1B – Global Entrepreneurship and Technology
Presider: Philip Lui; Co-Founder & CTO, Knoa Software
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Panelists:
1. Michael Ribaudo; University Dean for Instructional Technology and Information Services, CUNY
2. Yee-Ping Wu; Founder & COO, Knoa Software
Session 2B – Global Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development
Presider: John Mogulescu; Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs & Dean, School of Professional Studies, CUNY
Panelists:
1. Angelica O. Tang; Representative, Region 2, U.S. Department of Labor
2. Katy Gaul; Senior Program Analyst, New York City Department of Small Business Services
3. Marilyn K. Shea; Executive Director, New York City Workforce Investment Board
4. Neil S. Kleiman; Director, Center for an Urban Future, New York City
Session 3B – Global Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility
Presider: Erik F. Wang; Deputy Director, White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Panelists:
1. Alejandro Reyes; Policy Adviser, Pacific Basin Economic Council, Hong Kong
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2. Allan Wernick; Professor, Law, Baruch College, CUNY
3. Alex New; President, (JFK) Wen-Parker Logistics (New York)
4:30 PM – Dinner Reception Room 14-220
John C. Liu; Member, New York City Council
Wellington Z. Chen; Member, CUNY Board of Trustees
James L. Muyskens; President, Queens College, CUNY
Keynote Speaker: Samuel T. Mok; CFO, U.S. Department of Labor
5:00 PM – Concluding Remarks – Report By Concurrent Session Presiders Room 14-220
Presider: Parmatma Saran; Professor, Sociology, Baruch College
1A. Eddy Badrina; Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
2A. Vivien Stewart; Vice President, Education, Asia Society
3A. Betty B. Wu; Chair, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
1B. Philip Lui; Co-Founder & CTO, Knoa Software
2B. John Mogulescu; Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Professional Studies
3B. Erik F. Wang; Deputy Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans Pacific Islanders
Conference Co-Sponsors
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Chinese Association For Science and Business
Committee of 100
Weissman Center for International Business – Baruch College, CUNY
Advertisers
Bank of China
CASB Ventures LLC
China Ocean Shipping Group Company
Consolidated Edison
Conference Chairperson
Betty Lee Sung; Chair, Asian American / Asian Research Institute, CUNY
Conference Co-Chairperson
Daxi Li; Chair, Chinese Association For Science and Business
Terrence F. Martell; Director, Weisman Center for International Business – Baruch College, CUNY
S. Alice Mong; Executive Director, Committee of 100
Betty Wu; Chair, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders
Steering Committee
Ngee-Pong Chang
Loretta Chin
William Eng
Frank Kehl
James Lap
Keming Liu
Terrence F. Martell
Donald Menzi
Pyong Gap Min
S. Alice Mong
Kathleen W. Lee
Parmatma Saran
Brian Schwartz
Rachel Shao
Lene Skou
Betty Lee Sung
Thomas Tam
Angelica O. Tang
Betty Wu
Conference Coordinators
Antony Wong
Maggie Fung
