On November 15 and 16, 2023, Asia Society Northern California partnered with NCAPEC to host two invitation-only programs with outstanding leaders in policy, business, tech, education, arts and culture at the APEC CEO Summit 2023 in San Francisco!
“The Long Conversation: A Marathon of big thinkers and ideas on Resiliency," Nov 15
We heard insights on Resiliency from the perspectives of environmental sustainability; AAPI leadership; geopolitics; security; diplomacy; tech & artificial intelligence; education; and personal perseverance.
“The Long Conversation: A Marathon of big thinkers and ideas on Entrepreneurship," Nov 16
We heard insights on Entrepreneurship from the perspectives of disability and accessibility; technological innovation; artificial intelligence; clean energy; investment; international business; global policy; and equity and inclusion for gender and race.
Thank you to our speakers on Resiliency:
- Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, 31st United States Ambassador to Japan; former Mayor to Chicago
- Dee Dee Myers, Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz); former White House Press Secretary
- Andrew Ng, Managing General Partner, AI Fund; Founder, DeepLearning.AI; Co-founder and Chairman, Coursera
- Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group & GZERO Media
- Ambassador Hoesung Lee, Special Ambassador, Carbon Free Energy; President, Carbon Free Alliance
- Eunice Kim, Chief Product Officer, Netflix
- Hafimi Abdul Haadi, Chair, ABAC Inclusion Task Force; Co-Chair, Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council
- Gary Rieschel, Chair, Asia Society Northern California & Seattle; Founding Managing Partner, Qiming; Asia Society Trustee
Thank you to our speakers on Entrepreneurship:
- Sara Minkara, U.S. Special Advisor on International Disability Rights
- Tammy Ma, Lead of the Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where they achieved controlled thermonuclear fusion; Asia Society Game Changer West Honoree
- Mike Yeh, Vice President, Corporate External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft Asia
- Cooper Abbott, Chief Executive Officer, Matthews Asia
- James Higa, Founder & Managing Partner Offline Ventures; Board Member of the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee; former Senior Director, Office of the CEO, Apple (Special Operations for Steve Jobs)
- Camille Purvis Dawson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Peter Schwartz, Senior VP for Global Government Relations & Strategic Planning, Salesforce
- Ken Wilcox, Chairman Emeritus, Silicon Valley Bank; Honorary Chair, Asia Society Northern California
Read more about our speakers here: https://asiasociety.org/northern-california/events/asia-society-norther….
View more photos here:
- Nov 15 - https://drewaltizer.com/event/21487-asia-society-northern-california-ap…
- Nov 16 - https://drewaltizer.com/event/21490-asia-society-northern-california-ap…
Stay tuned for in-depth recap and video from our program!