On May 20th, Monte Jade (West) Science and Technology Association celebrates her 28th anniversary.  This year, Monte Jade creates an exceptional theme “Embrace the New World” to focus on the discussion of cutting edge technologies.  Among these, it’s expecting that “blockchain technology” will be highlighted in the conference which will be held at Residence Inn by Marriott, Cupertino, (19429 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014), from 12:00 pm to 5:30 pm.  Free admission of afternoon program, online pre-registration is highly recommended. www.montejade.org. Contact helen.montejade@gmail.com.  

At the heart of blockchain technology people see the same impact from the silicon ecosystem which has been utilized to support the ongoing transaction needs and security of the blockchain ecosystem.  Blockchain technology was launch into the mainstream with Bitcoin in 2009 and has grown rapidly over the last few years. Today, with newly distributed applications, protocols, tokens announced daily in conjunction with subpoenas and regulations from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Commodities Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) - there is a lot of NOISE.  “How do we sift through the Noise and identify the actual SIGNAL? In our Blockchain fireside chat with our panelist from the industry - software, token, infrastructure - we are looking to engage the audience to discover the truth.” Event Chair, CSO of Wintec Industries, Mr. David Jeng stated.

Jeng invited prestigious panelists to join the discussion, they are Jon Hearty, Head of Business Development, Origin; Curtis Mo, Partner, ICO Lead, DLA Piper; Chris Shepherd, CEO & Founder, Hashrabbit; Hoolie Tejwani, Head of Crypto Investments, Obvious Ventures, and Ling Wu, CEO & Founder, TCBAsoft.  Charles Jolley, Founder & CEO, Ozlo (acquired by Facebook) will be the moderator of this panel.

Besides blockchain, other technology topics include AI, Smart Car and HardTech. Other speakers and topics are as followed:

Keynote Speaker: Simon San-Cheng Chang (張善政), Former Premier, Taiwan,  Republic of China; Former Director of Google's Hardware Operations in Asia.
Title: To Embrace the New World with ABCD (AI, Blockchain, Cloud and Data)

Keynote Speaker: Jonathan Becher, CEO of San Jose Sharks, former CDO of SAP
Title: “Digitization of Industries” and “the Future of Sports & Entertainment”

Keynote Speaker: Benson Yeh (葉丙成), CEO & Cofounder, PaGamO/Bonio Inc. Professor, EE Dept., National Taiwan University
Title: A New Paradigm Shift for Future Learning! PaGamO: E-Sport + Education

Panel Discussion: Push & Pull between Hard Tech & Killer App

In this panel, panelists share stories of what have been achieved in the past 2 decades through hard tech.   They will use past examples and experiences to share with us, what they foresee, from hard tech perspective, is the nearest big wave (or hype wave.)  Is it going to be blockchain, autonomous driving, AI, etc, that is going to deeply affect lives around us. What we, living at the apex of technology, should be ready to embrace.

Moderator: Peter Hsieh (謝忠高), General Partner, Acorn Pacific Ventures
Panelist: Roawen Chen (陳若文), Sr. VP of Global Operations, Qualcomm
Panelist: Steven Liu (劉士維), VP of Marketing, UMC
Panelist: Emily Su (蘇佳臻), Director of Sales, Supermicro
Panelist: Nana Tseng (曾雅君), VP of Sales, ASE

About Monte Jade (West)
Named after Monte Jade, the highest mountain in Taiwan, the Monte Jade Science and Technology Association, West Coast ("Monte Jade") was established by a group of high-tech Chinese-American executives in Silicon Valley in 1989.  

"Monte Jade" was chosen to signify cross-cultural and technological foresight and excellence of the highest level. Monte Jade, incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of California, held its opening ceremony in San Jose, California, on February 4, 1990.  Monte Jade's objective is to provides an opportunity for professionals and corporations on both sides of the Pacific to network and share valuable experiences in investment, opportunities, management, technology and business information exchange.

Several chapters across the nation have been established: New York (East), Chicago (Mid-West), Washington DC, New England, Pittsburgh, Atlanta (South-East) and Philadelphia. To better coordinate among all chapters, the Monte Jade-USA was organized in 1993. The founding organization in the Bay Area has thus become Monte Jade-West Coast.

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