HYSTA Announces 2009 Annual Conference - 'Survive and Thrive amidst a Global Economic Crisis: New Opportunities across China and US'

SAN JOSE, Calif.- HYSTA (Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association) will present its annual conference on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The conference brings together top industry leaders from both Silicon Valley and China and is targeting business executives, high-tech professionals, investors and those interested in entrepreneurship.

This year's conference will focus on how to not only survive in business during global economic hardship but to also thrive; grow and expand, a new leader emerging from the pack. The conference will feature keynote speeches and panel sessions on topics such as Green Energy / Clean Technology, Innovation in the current Global Economy and Venture Capital Opportunities. We are proud to announce that Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, will be our keynote speaker to share his insights on the opportunities for US and China that exist in an unstable market. An incomplete list of speakers includes:

-- Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft
-- Fang Fang, Managing Director and CEO JP Morgan China
-- Steve Westly, Former Controller of CA, Managing Partner of The Westly
Group
-- YiBing Wu, Managing Director, Legend Holding
-- Jeff Xiong, Co-CTO, Tencent
-- Stephanie Tilenius, Senior VP and General Manager, eBay North America
and Global Platform
-- Clarence Kwan, National Managing Partner, Deloitte Chinese Services
Group
-- ShuHua Zhou, Partner, Northern Light
-- David Chen, President, VanceInfo
-- Walter Fang, President, Neusoft America
-- Marc Porat, Chairman/Founder, Calstar, Serious Materials
-- Zheng Xu, CEO, Sierra Power

-- Jonathan Hsu, CEO, 24/7 Real Media



More information on the event as well as speaking information can be found on http://www.hysta.org/ac2009/.

About HYSTA: Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA) is a leading Chinese professional association in US. Founded in 1999 by a group of successful Chinese entrepreneurs, HYSTA aims at nurturing entrepreneurship and career development among Chinese technology and business professionals and facilitates networking and the exchange of business ideas between Silicon Valley and China. For more information visit: www.hysta.org.