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') Menu About Agenda Speakers Venue Sponsors About Emerging Trends: Inspiring Our Future 2016 marks AAAIM’s 10th Year Anniversary! Join us for the Association for Asian American Investment Managers’ (AAAIM) 2016 National Conference to celebrate this milestone. The inspiration for this year are the key relationships that AAAIM has cultivated across the U.S., throughout the state of California, and across the Pacific. The event features decision makers across the industry as they explore emerging trends that will shape our future. AAAIM’s annual conference is the national platform for Asian American investment managers across the major asset classes of private equity, hedge funds, public equities fixed income and real assets to meet, conduct business and learn from insightful leaders and each other. The event gathers a broad range of investment professionals with common interests from public pension funds, other institutional limited partners, emerging managers and large investment firms. Calling all Young Professionals to join the half-day discussions on June 1 on managing your career. June 2 will be a fast-paced and focused day to learn about domestic and global opportunities and network with world class speakers and panelists. Please join the AAAIM network for a dynamic event that takes your business to greater heights. Agenda WED | JUNE 1, 2016 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS SESSION The Orrick Building 405 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94102 Café Dining Room, 8th Floor ----------------------------------------- WELCOME DESSERT RECEPTION The Westin St. Francis San Francisco 335 Powell St San Francisco, CA 94102 Alexandra’s Penthouse Room 12:00pm Registration Opens 12:00pm – 1:00pm Networking Luncheon 1:00pm - 1:15pm Welcome Remarks Yong-Nam Jun, Of Counsel, M&A and Private Equity, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Gordon Liao, Co-Founder and Partner, Modjule, LLC 1:15pm – 1:45pm Fireside Chat with Aileen Lee Gordon Liao, Co-Founder and Partner, Modjule, LLC Aileen Lee, Founder & Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures 1:45pm - 2:00pm Networking Break 2:00pm – 2:45pm Emerging Managers Practicum: Leadership Practices Leaders share best practices to highlight the importance of improvement, change & innovation, how managers can be leaders. Gordon Liao, Co-Founder and Partner, Modjule, LLC Adil Kabani, Global Private Equity, OPIC Marjorie Tsang, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Benjamin Hom, Managing Partner, St. Cloud Capital, LLC Andreas Moon, Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations, I Squared Capital Ginger Lew, Managing Director, Cube Hydro Partners 2:45pm – 3:00pm Networking Break & Transition 3:00pm – 3:45pm Roundtable Discussions – What do you think? Program participants break out into small roundtable groups led by seasoned professionals in the industry. Deep-dive into best practices & Leaders vs. Managers. Thao N. Buuhoan, President & Chief Operating Officer, Rice Hall James & Associates, LLC Brenda Chia, Venture Partner, Paladin Capital Group Jay Eum, Co-Founder and Managing Director, TransLink Capital Benjamin Hom, Managing Partner, St. Cloud Capital, LLC Rodney June, CIO, Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) Adil Kabani, Global Private Equity, OPIC Bennett Kim, Managing Partner, Big Rock Partners Senior Housing John Kim, Managing Director, H.I.G. Growth Partners David Lam, Managing Director, WestSummit Capital Tony J. Lee, Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Progress Investment Management Company Ginger Lew, Managing Director, Cube Hydro Partners Gordon Liao, Co-Founder and Partner, Modjule, LLC Jason Lin, Principal, WestSummit Capital Diana C. Liu, Chief Development & Construction Officer, The Chicago Housing Authority Michael Moon, Managing Director, Calera Capital Andreas Moon, Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations, I Squared Capital William Park, Managing Director, UBS Asset Management Susan Soh, Global Head of Marketing and Client Services, Perella Weinberg Partners Marjorie Tsang, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Norman Tsang, Foxfire Group Cynthia Tseng, Principal, Fairview Capital Partners 3:45pm - 4:15pm Breakout Session Debrief – Lessons Learned Each small roundtable group will facilitate a program participant to emerge as the group’s participant leader. The program participant leader will then report back to the entire audience a summary of lessons learned & key take-aways from his/her group. 4:15pm – 4:45pm Fireside Chat with Rodney June Gordon Liao, Co-Founder and Partner, Modjule, LLC Rodney June, CIO, Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) 4:45pm - 6:30pm Young Professionals Closing Reception 8:00pm - 10:00pm Welcome Dessert Reception (Westin St. Francis) The Westin St. Francis San Francisco 335 Powell St San Francisco, CA 94102 Alexandra’s Penthouse Room THUR | JUNE 2, 2016 AAAIM 2016 NATIONAL CONFERENCE The Westin St. Francis San Francisco 335 Powell St San Francisco, CA 94102 Westin St. Francis Conference Center, 2nd Floor 7:30am - 8:15am Registration and Breakfast 8:15am – 8:30am Welcome Remarks Bennett Kim, Managing Partner, Big Rock Partners Senior Housing 8:30am – 9:00am Opening Keynote Address Thomas Lee, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, New York State Teachers’ Retirement System (NYSTRS) 9:00am – 10:00am Emerging Technologies: The Future Is Here Scenes reminiscent of futuristic sci-fi movies have become increasingly commonplace in Silicon Valley from autonomously-driven cars and room service delivery robots to voice-activated virtual assistants and “matrix-like” virtual worlds. The panelists represent some of the leading technology companies and their collaboration efforts with the start-up community. Join us for a peek into the future. Jay Eum , Co-Founder and Managing Director, TransLink Capital Michael Yang , Managing Director, Comcast Ventures Quinn Li , Vice President & Global Head, Qualcomm Ventures Brendon Kim , Managing Director, Samsung Electronics Open Innovation Center 10:00am – 10:30am Networking Break & Transition 10:30am – 11:30am AM Breakout Sessions – What’s New? Emerging Trends: Where the Tea Leaves Swirl Charles Darwin once noted that “it is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change”. Today’s market landscape is more competitive than ever. Leading asset managers will comment on how they successfully built out their firms, while often facing strong headwinds, as well as discuss emerging market trends in an ever-changing business environment. Sanjiv. K. Shah, Managing Director, HarbourVest Horizon Patrick D. Curran, President and Chief Executive Officer, MC Asset Management Holdings, LLC David Fann, President & CEO, TorreyCove Capital Partners Prashant Mehrotra, Partner, Clearlake Capital Group Emerging Trends: Security in a New Cyber World According to Willie Sutton, he robbed banks because “that is where the money is”. Today’s cyber criminals have much richer targets such as data, networks, intellectual capital and physical assets. This panel provides a framework for thinking about the types of threats to an organization, the potential regulatory and legal impact, investing in this growing wave and the how cyber crimes affect private investments. Join us for war stories and a look ahead. Aravind Swaminathan, Global Co-Chair Cybersecurity and Data Privacy, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Emilian Papadopoulos, President, Good Harbor Security Risk Management David Almodovar , Principal, Private Markets, GCM Grosvenor Paul Conley, Ph.D., Managing Director, Paladin Capital Emerging Trends: Life Sciences and Healthcare The life sciences and healthcare sectors have seen impressive growth in innovation, funding and an explosion of companies that create synthetic DNA, enable personalized medicine and create a new generation of medical...