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MONTHLY BREAKFAST EVENT SERIES
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 7:30am - 9:00amLocation Host: Reed Smith, LLP
100 Second Street, Suite 1800
rsvp by 12:00pm on Monday, July 14, 2014
BRIC AND BEYOND:
Expanding Globally and Bridging the Gap with the Emerging Markets
Guest Moderator (New):
Richard A. Horning, Reed Smith LLP
Partner - Venture Technolog GroupExpert Panelists:
Sherman Chu, Cisco Systems
General Counsel - China
Dave Riedel, Riedel Research Group, Inc.
Principal
The annual consumption in emerging markets will grow to 30 trillion by 2025, from 12 trillion in 2010. That would give these countries 50 percent of the world’s total consumption. Great opportunities lie ahead in the emerging markets in the next decade and international expansion should be a critical component of every company’s overall growth strategy. Many countries, even developing ones, take a positive view of the expansion of U.S. companies into global markets via partnering, alliances, franchising, licensing, distribution and local branches.
Come hear from our panel of experts who understand the opportunities and challenges of operating or growing their businesses here, and how to address them.
EVENT DETAILS:
7:30am - 9:00am Reed Smith, LLP
101 Second Street, Suite 1800 | Downtown San Francisco
EVENT REGISTRATION:
ACG Members & Member Guests: 35
Non-Members: 55
RSVP by 12:00pm, Monday, December 1st
Note: Onsite walk-ins will be charged an additional 10/person
For further updates on registration, please contact:
ACG San Francisco, Inc. - Rich Brown
Email: acgsanfrancisco@acg.org | Tel: 415. 213-5729
Location Host Sponsor:
REED SMITH, LLP
Underwriting Sponsors:
FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP
BDO USA
SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES
PANELISTS BIOS:
RICHARD ALLAN HORNING, Reed Smith LLP (Moderator)
Mr. Horning practices law as a member of the Venture Technology Group in the Silicon Valley office of Reed Smith LLP, a global law firm. Honored by his peers as a Northern California "IP Super Lawyer" and recognized in the International Who's Who of Internet and E-Commerce Lawyers 2009 as the "most highly nominated lawyer in the US", Richard has been representing technology companies in Silicon Valley, and globally, since 1970. He works with a wide spectrum of clients, from the classic "garage-based" start-up to Fortune 500 multi-nationals. He specializes in counseling high technology companies in all stages of development on domestic and international issues, including securing, protecting and licensing intellectual property rights, international growth and development, venture capital financing, venture fund formation, supply and distribution relationships including antitrust and unfair competition considerations, and dispute resolution affecting technology driven industries. De Facto, a Finnish publication covering the Nordic legal community, labeled him "Mr. Consigliere" in recognition of his work as a close adviser to venture backed start-ups.
He has been a guest lecturer at Universities of Lausanne, Modena, UCLA, NYU, Columbia, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), University of San Francisco Graduate School of Management, Fuqua Graduate School of Business at Duke University, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Chalmers University Center for Intellectual Property (Goteborg), Webster University (Geneva), Swedish Institute of Management Executive Program (Stanford), Uppsala Executive MBA Program (Stanford), Catholic University of Argentina (Buenos Aires), International Institute for Innovation Journalism (Stanford), Center for American Legal Studies (Seoul) and the Center for International Legal Studies (Salzberg).
He is a Past President of the International Technology Law Association, served on the Executive Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California, and has served on the Advisory Boards of Chalmers University Center for Intellectual Property, BNA Electronic Information & Policy Law Reporter, Vinnova-Stanford Center for Research in Innovation Journalism, International Institute for Innovation Journalism, MentoNet, the Technology Innovation Network at Seoul National University, and H5 Technologies. Click here to learn more.
DAVID RIEDEL, Riedel Research Group, Inc
David has wide experience in company analysis, valuation, equity research and business management. Experience living and working in China and Taiwan in the 1980's and education and work in Thailand in the 1990's provided the foundation for David's expertise in the Emerging Markets. Building on his education in Chinese and his MBA from Chulalongkorn University, David had a successful career in equity research at Salmon Smith Barney both in Asia and the US. In 2003 David founded the first independent equity research service focused on the global emerging markets. Riedel Research Group is a recognized leader in Emerging Market research.
David is a frequent contributor to CNBC, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and other press outlets. David holds a BA in Chinese Studies and Political Science from University of California, Berkeley and an MBA in Finance from the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Riedel is the author of Finding the Hot Spots: 10 Strategies for Global Investing (Wiley, 2006). Click here to learn more.
SHERMAN CHU – CISCO SYSTEMS
Sherman Chu is the General Counsel overseeing the legal activities of Cisco Systems in China, India, Brazil, Russia, and the eleven countries comprising the Commonwealth of Independent States. Supervising country General Counsels and their legal teams for each BRIC country, direct legal activities in the following areas:
• Provide strategic counsel to senior executives on core business strategy in emerging countries;
• Drive legal issues relevant to R&D, sales, manufacturing, procurement and other operations in the BRIC countries on intellectual property, HR, litigation, corporate affairs and other legal matters;
• Lead or collaborate to determine corporate government relations strategy in the US and the BRIC countries relating to emerging economics;
• Direct negotiation of cross-border legal transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, technology licensing, alliance, sales, intellectual property and other major agreements; and
• Manage compliance programs, including compliance with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and local anti-corruption laws.
Click here to learn more.
SAM HARTWELL – KICKSTART (AFRICA)
Samuel (Sam) has more than 25 years of financial and operations experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, where he has managed turnarounds, reengineered business units, and built integrated corporate functions for two international
enterprises. When recruited by KickStart in 2007, Sam’s assignment was to move to Africa to supervise the work of 30 people across five countries across two continents and to build the capabilities of the finance, IT and monitoring & evaluation functions to handle significant growth of the organization.
Over the next three and a half years, Sam transformed the finance team through the implementation of a new ERP system, hiring and training new staff members, and developing standards and controls throughout the organization. These robust
systems, measurements and controls proved essential to KickStart’s successful growth, 17% per year during Sam’s first five years.
For this work, he was selected by the San Francisco Business Times as a finalist for the 2012 Nonprofit CFO of the Year Award. He holds an MBA from Yale University in Finance and Operations as well as an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College. Click here to learn more soon!
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