Join us on April 27 for CIE-SF 45th Annual Conference at Santa Clara Convention Center
Last year, CIE held the in-person annual conference (recordings) and had great success. This year, we cordially invite you to join us at our 45th Annual Conference. It’s a great opportunity to meet the executives, industrial talents, and friends at our conference in person. We hope to see all of you there!
To refresh your memory, please check out 2023 CIE-SF 44th Annual Conference Recordings below.
Afternoon technical program: link
Dinner banquet: link
Official website: www.cie-sf.org
Dinner banquet (5:30 to 9:30 PM)
(Invitation only)
This delightful banquet features Keynote Speech, Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Student scholarship Awards, and more. It consists of special guests, corporate leaders, long-term partners in community, academic/universities, and old/new friends in the CIE network.
We are honored to have Dr. Vamsi Boppana, senior Vice President, Artificial Intelligence at AMD to be our keynote Speaker in the evening. Vamsi Boppana is responsible for the AI strategy across AMD, including driving our AI roadmap across client, edge, and cloud; execution of the AIE IP and product roadmap; as well as growing our AI software capability including the unified AI software stack, AI models and use cases.
The 2024 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards go to two exceptional entrepreneurs in different areas. They are:
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Vamsi Boppana senior Vice President, Artificial Intelligence AMD |
Dr. Vamsi Boppana is the senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence at AMD.
Vamsi Boppana is responsible for the AI strategy across AMD, including driving our AI roadmap across client, edge, and cloud; execution of the AIE IP and product roadmap; as well as growing our AI software capability including the unified AI software stack, AI models and use cases.
Until 2022, Boppana led the Central Products Group (CPG) for four years at Xilinx and AMD. CPG was a global organization of over 2,500 silicon, software, IP, and marketing professionals who designed, supported, and marketed adaptive, AI and embedded products for customers. Before leading CPG, Boppana was instrumental in product leadership and built a high-performing global organization of talented and enthusiastic people at Xilinx.
Boppana earned a Bachelor of Technology degree with honors in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a Master of Science and a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The author and co-author of over 40 technical papers, he has received six patents for his designs.
Boppana’s passion is to build groundbreaking AI technologies that meet customer demands across client, edge, and cloud applications. Caring deeply about the benefits of the technology he creates, Boppana aspires to improve lives through the products he builds.
2024 Annual Conference afternoon technical sessions (1 to 5 PM, free admission)
(Open to the public, registration required, click HERE)
The theme of the 45th Annual Conference is "Rethinking Boundaries - Artificial Intelligence & Creativity". As usual, we will have a keynote speech and ceremony for Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in the dinner banquet. Besides, the afternoon section is Technical Forum. Our esteemed speakers from the leading industries and academia will talk about Interdisciplinary technologies empowering the connectivity between both business and humans.
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Session I TBD
Dr. Haohong Wang General Manager, TCL Research America |
As the General Manager of TCL Research America, Dr. Haohong Wang oversees TCL’s streaming services and research and development activities in North America. TCL, a global leader in consumer electronics and display technology with over 120,000 employees worldwide, holds the 2nd position globally in the TV and display business and the 4th position in the US mobile phone business. Dr. Wang is a distinguished industry leader and recognized scholar, having received several prestigious awards, including the IEEE MMTC Distinguished Service Award, the APSIPA Industrial Distinguished Leader Award, and the Red-dot Winner Award. He is also a co-author of five books and holds the distinction of being the inventor of over 160 granted patents. Before joining TCL, Dr. Wang held pivotal technical and management roles at renowned companies such as AT&T, Catapult, Qualcomm, Marvell, and Cisco. He earned his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in Evanston, USA. |
Session II: TBD
Former Director of Artificial Intelligence Technology at WeChat. Possesses over 13 years of experience in internet and AI research and development. Focuses on AI innovation and holds multiple international AI-, related patents.Deep understanding of integrating AI with social platforms, actively involved in the development of AI features like Video Accounts, Intelligent Voice, and Video Music Recommendations on WeChat, earning high praise from Billions users. |
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Moderator: Dr. William Kao |
Dr. William Kao received his BSEE, MSEE and PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He worked in the Semiconductor and Electronic Design Automation industries for 30 years holding senior and executive engineering management positions at Texas Instruments, Xerox Corporation, andCadence DesignSystems. Dr. Kao currently teaches Renewable Energy, Clean Technology and Business Sustainability courses at UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Extension, in San Jose. Dr. Kao is the founder and President of CARES (Chinese American Renewable Energy Society), now The Clean Technology Group of the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE) USA-SF, where he is currently a Board Member. Dr. Kao currently serves as an advisor and consultant for several local Clean Tech firms, and is a Clean Technology consultant for the China Government, the Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Malaysian Government Ministry of Education. From 2009-2014 Dr. Kao has authored and presented more than 40 talks, seminars, and short courses on the subjects of Clean Technology, Renewable Energy, Business Sustainability, and new Emerging Technologies such as Big Data, Internet of Things and 3D Printing. |
Session III: TBD
Brix Labs, CEO and Founder |
Alex Yang is a distinguished entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Brix, a company renowned for its innovative approach to crowdsourcing and cross-border project management. With a Bachelor's degree in Informatics from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), Alex has a solid foundation in both the theoretical and practical aspects of information science. His academic journey was marked by a keen interest in open-source communities, where he contributed significantly through research and development. Brix Labs has revolutionized remote hiring, supporting over 50 companies and 1,000 engineers worldwide, and achieved a monumental valuation of a hundred million USD, marked by a 240% ARR growth and 400% NDR. |
Kyros.ai CEO, co-founder |
Rebecca is the CEO and co-founder of Kyros.ai, which uses Machine Learning and AI to provide a one-stop College Prep solution guiding middle/high school students on the journey to College. Prior to that, Rebecca was a founding member of Google’s Cloud, where she spent 6+ years building the partner ecosystem and spearheaded the launching strategies for various Big Data and AI products. Rebecca was also the Co-founder & COO at Xcalar Inc which developed next-gen Big Data and AI technologies for Fortune 500 customers. Rebecca holds a MASc and MBA degree from The University of British Columbia. |
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Moderator: Christie Wang |
Christie Wang is the Partner at Valere Venture, focusing on medtech and healthcare investments. She also co-founded an orthopedics surgical robot company providing total clinical solutions for neuro and spine surgeons. Prior, Christie co-founded and was President of AdcuraSpine, which developed innovative spinal interbody implants, and is in full US commercialization and acquisition discussions. Prior, Christie was Managing Director for Jiangsu Innovation Research Center (North America), a cross border investment fund focusing mainly on IOT and medical innovation. Prior, she worked for Hewlett Packard Legal/Corporate in corporate governance, investment and intellectual property. Christie graduated from Juris Doctor (J.D.) program from Northwestern University School of Law, and Kellogg Business School. She invested and serves as advisor/board member of a number of technology and healthcare companies. She also serves on the Board of Chinese Institute of Engineers USA, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (CIE/USA-SF). She served as mentor for Stanford University Technology Innovation. Christie was awarded the Most Outstanding Overseas Youth Chinese by the State Council of PRC in 2015 and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Seattle. She is an amateur singer and trilingual show host. |
Session IV: TBD
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Mr. Charles Liang, Founder and CEO of Supermicro |
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Mr. Ian Tien, CEO and Co-founder of Mattermost |
45rd CIE/USA-SF ANNUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Santa Clara Convention Center
April 27, 2024
12:30 PM |
Registration and Exhibition |
01:00 PM |
Opening Remarks |
01:05 PM |
Afternoon Technical Session: Empower Connectivity Through Technology Fusion |
Session I Cybersecurity |
TBD |
Session II Artificial Intelligence |
TBD |
Session III Blockchain and Web3.0 Panel |
TBD |
Session IV Future Platforms |
TBD |
05:00 PM |
Break and Networking |
05:30 PM |
Dinner Banquet Registration |
06:00 PM |
Dinner Banquet |
06:45 PM |
Entertainment Performance |
07:05 PM |
CIE/USA-SF President Speech |
07:15 PM |
CIE/USA-SF New President Speech |
07:20 PM |
Keynote Speech
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08:00 PM |
Entrepreneur of the Year Awards |
Silicon Valley Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award Awardee: |
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Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurship Award Awardee: |
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09:00 PM |
High School Student Scholarship Awards |
09:20 PM |
Closing Remarks |
Event Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara Convention Center is located in the heart of Silicon Valley. It is surrounded by hi-tech companies, and also right next to SF 49er’s Levi’s Stadium and California’s Great America.
SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER - Mission City Ballroom (22,400 sq. ft)
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
LOCATION |
EVENT |
Multifunction |
Networking / Exhibition |
M1-M2 |
Afternoon Technical Conference |
M3 |
Multi-purpose room |
B3-B5 |
Dinner Banquet |