6/2/2012 NECINA 2012 Annual Meeting 6/2/2012 NECINA 2012 Annual Meeting

Raise Your Business and Career to a New Height with NECINA

New England Chinese Information and Networking Association 2012 Annual Meeting

Time: 8:30 am – 1:00 pm, June 2nd, 2012
Venue: Radisson Hotel Chelmsford, 10 Independence Drive, Chelmsford MA 01824 Tel: (978) 256-0800
Admission: Free to NECINA members and VIP guests, $15 non-members
RSVP online:http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=230531
Event Contact: sean.shen@necina.org

Emphasizing actions, focusing on outcome, facilitating hands-on engagement, NECINA is committed to deliver tangible values to its members and sponsors. 

Please join NECINA 2012 Annual Meeting to learn about the unfiltered insights, vision and passion from the leaders.  IEEE President Peter Staecker will give us an overview of today's IEEE, the world's largest professional association,and its efforts to advance technology for the benefit of humanity.  Dr. Staecker will have an interactive discussion with the audience on what the future could hold for both IEEE and our profession.  Serial entrepreneur and Investor at Atlas Venture Christopher Lynch will share his life stories, review some of the technology innovations shaping up the Boston high tech landscape, and providing opportunities for the next generation of entrepreneurs, as well as why he endorses NECINA.

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00

Breakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:10

Opening Remarks

9:10 – 9:40

Keynote Speech by Peter Staecker, IEEE 2012 president elect

9:40 – 10:10

Keynote Speech by Christopher Lynch, Investor at Atlas Venture

10:10 – 10:45

Break and NECINA Entrepreneur Club Business Showcase

10:45 – 11:00

2011-2012 President Report

11:00 – 11:15

2011-2012 Officer awards

11:15 – 11:30

2012-2013 President Speech

11:30 – 11:40

YES 6.0 Award Ceremony

11:40 – 12:00

Board Member Election

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch, Business Showcase and Networking

Peter Staecker, IEEE 2012 President Elect

Peter Staecker holds BS and EE degrees from MIT, and MS and PhD degrees from NYU Polytechnic. At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, he developed microwave design and test techniques for satellite communications applications.  In 1986 he joined M/A-COM, where he led program, product and process development, then helped the company's transition from defense to commercial markets. He retired from M/A-COM as Director of Research & Development.  Staecker served industry and government on manufacturing and advisory panels, and is consulting editor to Microwave Journal.

Staecker is Past-President and Honorary Life Member of the MTT Society, and is an IEEE Life Fellow.  His service to IEEE includes leadership roles in Finance, Strategic Planning, Publications, and Membership. He has served on the IEEE Board of Directors for five years, and is 2012 IEEE President-Elect.

Christopher Lynch, Investor at Atlas Venture

Chris Lynch is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and respected mentor in the Boston IT community. Lynch is currently an investor at Atlas Venture, and also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Hadapt, a Big Data Analytics company. He was most recently Senior Vice President & General Manager, Vertica Systems at Hewlett-Packard, after successfully expanding Vertica's business as its CEO, leading to the HP's acquisition of Vertica in 2011.

Prior to Vertica, Lynch was senior vice president of data solutions at F5 Networks, a company he joined from its acquisition of Acopia Networks, where he served as CEO for five years. Prior to Acopia, Lynch was vice president of sales and marketing at Cisco, a company he joined from its acquisition of ArrowPoint Communications, where he was vice president of worldwide sales, marketing and support.

He helped grow ArrowPoint's revenue from zero to a $250 million sales annualized run-rate over 18 months, and was instrumental in its IPO and subsequent acquisition by Cisco Systems for $5.7 billion in June 2000. Prior to ArrowPoint, Lynch held sales leadership positions at Lucent Technologies, Prominet Corporation, Bay Networks, Wellfleet Communications and Digital Equipment Corporation. He earned his MBA from Bentley University and his bachelor's degree in business management from Suffolk University.

NECINA Entrepreneur Club

NECINA Entrepreneur Club is a community of technology company founders and CEOs.  It is to leverage NECINA resources to connect the club members to more senior and successful entrepreneurs, VC and service firms as well as business counterparts in China, seeking mentors, advices and business opportunities. It also provides an environment for the entrepreneurs to do social and networking, to share their successful stories and lessons learned, to help each other. Currently there are about 30 members in the club.

NECINA Webninar on Social Mobile Gaming with Papaya Mobile NECINA Webninar on Social Mobile Gaming with Papaya Mobile

 

NECINA Webninar on Social Mobile Gaming, with Papaya Mobile

 

  1. Time: 9:00pm - 10:00pm, April 12, 2012
  2. Venue: Online webinar
  3. Cost: Free
  4. Online Registration: http://bit.ly/nWebinar

Overview

In this NECINA webinar, Ms. Si Shen, a high profile Chinese entrepreneur (and a "mini-celebrity"), will share with us her insights and experiences in founding and running Papaya Mobile, a Beijing-based start-up in the exciting space of social, mobile and gaming. After the talk, you will be able to interact with the speaker during the Q&A session.

 

Please read through the following tips to ensure a smooth webinar experience:

 

  1. Please log in 5 minutes before the event starts, to ensure your computer is properly set up with the webinar software.
  2. If you can't get audio from your computer, please dial into the provided phone number.
  3. You can raise questions by typing into the Q&A box on the webinar software interface, or speak through your microphone when you are asked to.

Talk and Speaker Info

Talk title: Mobile Social Gaming

Speaker: Si Shen

CEO / Co-founder of Papaya Mobile

Si Shen graduated from Tsinghua University and obtained her bachelor degree in computer science. Then she studied at Stanford University obtaining a masters degree in both computer science and engineering. Afterwards she was hired by Google and was responsible for important events at Google's headquarters. She came back to China and set up a team for Google's mobile product development in China. In 2008 she founded PapayaMobile, and developed the first Python Explainer. She was listed on Forbes Magazine's " Nine Chinese Entrepreneurs to Watch". In 2010, She was selected to be in the second " Hai Jun Gong Cheng" and the forth "1000 Man Plan". In 2011, she was selected to be " Beijing Excellent Youth Intellectual" and was hired to be the specialist of Beijing. She is also one of the ten "Promising Overseas Returnees in Zhongguancun 2011".

Papaya Company Description

PapayaMobile was founded in 2008 by two friends, Si Shen and Qian Wenjie, who met in the Computer Science Department at Tsinghua University. Si Shen worked on the Google mobile team for 5 years before deciding to team up with Qian Wenjie to start their own social mobile gaming company together. Papaya mobile is headquartered in Beijing and has an office in Menlo Park, California. PapayaMobile is an open mobile social network for Android focused on casual gaming and virtual currency. Papaya offers developers a fast and easy way to reach millions of users worldwide and improve their return on investment for Android game development. Android users love Papaya because they can play multiple games and get a complete social gaming experience all in one, easy to download and use app.

Event Contact

Mingsheng Hong       mingsheng.hong@necina.org

Sufeng Li                     sufengli@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NECINA 2012 Career SIG Seminar NECINA 2012 Career SIG Seminar

 

NECINA 2012 Career SIG Seminar

Time: 6:30 am – 9:00 pm, April 19th, 2012 
Venue: IBM Innovation Center, 404 Wyman Street, North Entrance, Waltham, MA
Cost: Free to NECINA members and VIP guests, $20 General publics

Online Registration required: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=229504


 

 

Have you ever felt the need to enjoy your work? Do you want to know how those with Chinese educational background get advanced and break the glass ceiling in the American Corporate world? What kind of breakthrough do you need to make your next step right and closer to your goal? Does my ethnic background help or hurt my growth?

If you ever care about the answers to these questions, you cannot afford to miss the 2012 NECINA Career SIG Seminar!

NECINA commits to inspiring and helping Chinese professional community to create more leaders in America corporate. We host this event to provide them access to seek mentors and role models. We invited senior leaders with similar ethnic backgrounds from different industries to be our speaker and panelists. They will share generously and authentically their success stories and lessons learned to empower and encourage Chinese professionals to advance in the America corporate world.

The seminar will start with a key note, where VP of Taxation of Dunkin Brands will share his extraordinary career advancement. In the subsequent panel discussion, we invite the audience to ask questions matters to their individual career situation and gain most out of the event. Our speaker and panelists have different gender, different education background, comes from different industry. Everyone can benefit from wisdom of these leaders. This seminar also provides excellent networking opportunities that facilitate identification of career opportunities as well as sharing of career development.

 

 

 

Agenda:

 

6:30pm - 7:00pm

Pizza and Networking

7:00pm - 7:30pm

Keynote speech: "How to break the glass ceiling and achieve your career advancement in American Corporate World" by Mr. Yimin Zhang, VP of Taxation of Dunkin Brands

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Panel discussion "How to make my career enjoyable - does my ethnic background matter?"

Panelists:

Yimin Zhang, VP of Taxation of Dunkin Brands

 

Hanlan Liu, Scientific Director, Genzyme, a Sanofi Company

Daryl Luk, Director, Technology Development, Concentric

Pauline Mak, Partner, KPMG

Biao Wang, Director of Product Operations, Progress Software

 

 

About Speakers:
Mr. Yimin Zhang
Mr. Yimin Zhang is VP of Corporate Taxes of Dunkin' Brands.  Prior to Dunkin' Brands, he worked as the VP of Corporate Taxes at Talbots, and he was the Director of Tax at Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc. in California.  Earlier in his career, he spent almost ten years at The Men's Warehouse Inc. in Texas, progressing to the Director of Tax.  
 
Mr. Zhang received his BS degree from Renmin University of China in China (FKA People's University of China) and his MS degree in Accounting from University of Texas at Austin.
 
Hanlan Liu, Ph. D./MBA
Dr. Liu is a Scientific Director at Genzyme, a Sanofi Company. Throughout her almost ten years tenure at Genzyme, her group has increased significantly reflecting the broad area of her responsibility, mainly in the small molecule portfolio and expansion of the role and capabilities of the DMPK&Pharmaceutics organization including support of drugs on the market Hectorol®, Mozobil®, Clolar®, clinical development and discovery research programs in genetic rare diseases, oncology, and immunology areas. Prior to working at Genzyme, Dr. Liu worked at Wyeth and Pharmavite Corporation, where she filed a US patent on "Composition for Increasing Bone Density".
 
Dr. Liu received Ph.D. degree in Analytical Medicinal Chemistry from Purdue University and MBA with distinction in Corporate Finance from New York University. She was a recipient of McKnight Foundation Fellowship and of Proctor & Gamble Outstanding Graduate Research Award (2nd place) at Purdue University, and of Stern Scholar at New York University. Dr. Liu has co-authored 3 patents and 25 scientific publications and given more than 32 presentations at scientific conferences. She has been the steering committee member of New England Drug Metabolism Discussion Group since 2007.
 
Daryl Luk, Ph.D.
Daryl Luk is currently the Director of Technology Development at Concentric. Prior to that Daryl served as Engineering Manager in SensAble Technologies in 2010 managing development activities of the company's flagship product FreeForm Modeling system. Prior to that, he was Director of Production Applications Development in PTC (www.ptc.com), formally known as Parametric Technology Corp, one of the largest software companies in Massachusetts, USA. With more than 18 years of enterprise and engineering software development and management experiences, Daryl had been in charge of building a new development team in Shanghai, managed 6 new commercial software products development in PTC‘s product family that generates US$1B in annual revenue.
 
Daryl came from Hong Kong, holds a Mechanical Engineering Bachelor‘s degree from Taiwan National Chung Kung University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University. Daryl has published several robotics technical papers in international journals.
Daryl was NECINA‘s President in 2009-2010 and 2005-2006. Prior to that, he served as Vice President in 2004-2005 and the chair of both NECINA eBusiness Special Interest Group and RFID Action Group. Daryl is also the founder of the NECINA Youth Entrepreneurship Service program (YES Program).
 
In 2006, Daryl was appointed by the Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to be a member of the Massachusetts Asian American Commission to advise the Governor on matters related to Asian American affairs. Currently Daryl serves as a member in the Asian American Commission‘s Economic Development Committee.
 
Pauline W.F. Mak
Pauline Mak is a partner in KPMG LLP's Boston federal tax practice. Pauline has over 22 years of experience in federal tax principally serving technology, life sciences and manufacturing clients. She is experienced in both transactional and operational tax issues for publicly and privately held companies with multi-state and multinational operations. Her experience also includes a rotational assignment with KPMG's Washington National tax Practice, where she advised on technical tax matters and wrote memoranda for firm wide distribution. Pauline has extensive experience with income tax accounting issues under US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards, including tax issues related to business combinations and share based payments. She is a national instructor for KPMG on accounting for income taxes.
 
Pauline is president of the New England chapter of Ascend, a professional organization dedicated to enabling its members, business partners and the community to leverage the leadership and global business potential of Pan-Asians. Pauline is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. She is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach with a degree in finance and accounting. She earned her master's degree in business taxation from the University of Southern California.
 
Biao Wang
Biao is a Director of Product Operations in Progress Software. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from BU. After graduation, he started as a developer and system administrator for a start up company called ICAD, moved to release management while at the company. Later Biao joined the technology center of Reed Elsevier, world largest scientific publishing company, as Release and QA manager during the e-commerce boom years. 12 Years ago, he joined Progress Software, advance his career steadily to Director of Product Operations. Biao also enjoys teaching. He has worked as part time faculty and technical director at BU's MIS/MBA program for almost 20 years.

 

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1/21/2012 High Tech Adventure in China 1/21/2012 High Tech Adventure in China

2012 Tech Conference -- High-Tech Adventures in China

  • Time: 9:00 am - 1:00pm, January 21st, 2012
  • Venue: Radisson Hotel Chelmsford, 10 Independence Drive, Chelmsford MA 01824 Tel: (978) 256-0800
  • Cost: Free to NECINA members and VIP guests, $15 non-members

Overview

In the past decade, the worldwide IT community has witnessed the tremendous growth rate and incredible opportunities in the China IT industry. The success stories of the China IT companies are continuing to inspire generations of IT professionals around the world, especially those who have their culture and background deeply rooted in China.

In this NECINA conference, we focus on providing first-hand perspectives of planning, launching and scaling high-tech startups in China. The topics of discussion will include but are not limited to the following:
  • How does the IT industry in China compare to that in US, in terms of innovation focuses, business models, and financing options?
  • What are the unique advantages of starting a company in China?
  • What are the resources available from the Chinese public and private sectors that can be leveraged by IT start-ups in China?

In the talk sessions, we invite experienced entrepreneurs with knowledge in both US and China IT industry to share their past war stories as well as future outlooks. In the panel discussion, the audience will be able to engage with the speakers and discuss various aspects of China IT. This conference also provides excellent networking opportunities for the speakers and the audience to develop and extend business relationship, as well as pursuing career opportunities in China.

Agenda

Date and time: January 21, 2012, 9am - noon
9:00 - 9:10    Opening remark
9:10 - 9:45    "Trends and Best Practices in VC-based China Start-ups," Xiaojun Li, Partner of IDG China
9:45 - 10:20    "Running a start-up in China," Jun Chang, Founder/CEO of Eventdove
10:20 - 10:55    "Riding the Waves of Globalization: The Evolution of China's IT Service Industry," Qiang Peng, EVP, GADS Business Group of iSoftStone
10:55 - 11:15     Break and networking
11:15 - 11:55    Panel discussion
12:00 - 1:00     Lunch and networking



Talk and speaker info

Talk #1 (Xiaojun Li): Trends and Best Practices in VC-based China Start-ups


Abstract:
What types of business are attractive to China-based VCs? How to effective raise money in China? What are the pitfalls and misconceptions to avoid? From a VC angle, this talk will cover the trends and best practices in the funding raising and execution of China-based start-ups, as well as a few concrete case studies on some of the recently funded companies.

Speaker bio

 

Mr. Xiaojun Li is actively involved in investments in mobile, internet, technology and energy sectors with engineering, management and entrepreneur experience in the technology industry. As a key member of the technology team in both Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ BRCM) and Marvell Semiconductor (NASDAQ: MRVL), Xiaojun led the designing team in the development of several chips. Previously, he also worked with Airvana Networks where he was responsible for the business development in the Great China area. In 2001, Xiaojun co-founded Silicon Craft, a company providing IC design consulting services. Xiaojun received his M.B.A from the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China.



IDG Capital Partners
IDG Capital Partners is a China-focused investment firm with over US$2.5B capital under management. With in-depth understanding of local market, we invest in high quality companies with long-term growth potential. We continuously dedicate ourselves to the growth of great Chinese companies.
Portfolio include but not limited to QQ, Baidu, Ctrip, Dangdang.com, Tudou.com, etc.


Talk #2 (Jun Chang): Running a start-up in China

Abstract:
The talk will cover the following topics:
(1) Advantages and challenges of running a start-up in China
(2) How the differences of policy and law between China and US, e.g. platform responsibilities, credibility and censorship, impact start-up in China?
(3) Cost of starting a company in China: per head cost, insurance, tax and Labor law etc
(4) Roles of Science and Technology Park, grants and relationship with Chinese government


In June 2010, Dr. Jun Chang founded Eventdove.com (HyZing LLC) in Nanjing, China. In just a year and half, she built an incredibly strong team with its own culture and style, and a great product with innovations in both its technology and business model. In this event, she will share her personal experiences and knowledge on start-ups and doing business in China, as well as her professional relationship with the Chinese government.

Company Bio
Eventdove converges information technology, e-commerce, social commerce, mobile internet, RFID and NFC not only to better serve event organizers and attendees, but also to create new business opportunities. Eventdove provides a complete solution for event organizers from creating event websites, registration, ticketing, e-mail and SMS marketing and notification to e-ticketing. Furthermore, onsite event management tools include easy checking and information sharing etc.



Talk #3 (Qiang Peng): Riding the Waves of Globalization: The Evolution of China's IT Service Industry


Abstract:
The IT Services is a young and fast growing industry in China. It is also referred to as the outsourcing industry. Through a decade of development, the industry has evolved from almost nothing to a $20 billion dollar business, its service providers grew from small local project contracting, body shopping firms to the professional service providers with over 10,000 employees, global footprint, and full services to meet the needs of consulting, IT and business operations. China has risen as a competitive IT services destination second only to India. The second decade of China's IT service industry will witness a major transformation: the appearance of real global services providers that can compete squarely with the leading IT services companies such as IBM, Accenture, TCS and InfoSys.

Speaker bio
Executive Vice President, Head of GADS Business Group
Mr. John Peng is an Executive Vice President of iSoftStone. He is the Head of Global Account Delivery Services (GADS) Business Group. Mr. Peng is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience in IT services, offshore outsourcing management, and business development.
Before joining iSoftStone, Mr. Peng was the VP of China Technology Delivery of E5 Systems Inc., one of the first US IT consulting and services firms with an offshore outsourcing center in China. Mr. Peng started and managed the company's China Development Center and project delivery to US clients.
Prior to E5 Systems, Mr. Peng held several senior management positions as Engineering VP, or Director of Software Development in several software development companies in the US, where he led the product development and maintenance. Mr. Peng has also worked in major financial service companies such as John Hancock Funds and Mellon Financial Corp as a senior system and business analyst.
Mr. Peng holds an MBA from The University of Rhode Island, a MS from the Institute of Science and Technology, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Beijing University of Technology.


Additional panelist

Ruixi Yuan
 

Co-Founder of Beijing Shandong technologies (www.dopool.com)



Bio: Ruixi Yuan conducts research on network communications and social media at Tsinghua University. He is also a co-founder of Beijing Shandong technologies (www.dopool.com), the largest mobile TV service provider in China. Shandong Technologies' "Dopool" mobile TV platform hosts ~ 300 live TV channels,  and has ~18 million users.

Event Contact

Pei Qi            pei.qi@necina.org
Hongmin Fan        hongmin.fan@necina.org
Mingsheng Hong    mingsheng.hong@necina.org
 

NECINA 2012 Tech Conference -- Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo) NECINA 2012 Tech Conference -- Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo)

NECINA 2012 Tech Conference -- Social Local Mobile (SoLoMo)

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm, April 28th, 2012

Venue: MIT Classroom E51-315 (Note the new location)

Cost: Free to NECINA members and VIP guests, $15 non-members

As a one-time promotion, any student who attends the SoLoMo conference via online registration will receive a free 2012 NECINA membership. To leverage this promotion, register for the SoLoMo event online at acteva (choose the "new student member" option), and bring your student ID to the MIT event venue on April 28.


Overview

Agenda

Talk and speaker info

Talk #1: How to make money in SoLoMo?

Farah Giga

Abstract

Speaker bio

Talk #2: The Lo in SoLoMo

Dan Xiao

Abstract

Speaker bio

Talk #3: Viral Spaces – New Perspectives on SoLoMo from Research at MIT

Dawei Shen

Abstract

Speaker bio

Talk #4: Predictive Market Analytics over Social Networks

Dejan Duzevik

Abstract TBD

Speaker bio

Event Contact

 


Overview

SoLoMo is a fast growing start-up space with products that combine social, location and mobile functionality. Thanks to the prevalence of smart phones and tablets, SoLoMo products can be found everywhere on the mobile internet. e.g. Many social apps are incorporating location functionality in order to deliver better experiences to their mobile users. SoLoMo is clearly becoming an important trend of the mobile Internet, and is starting to make a fundamental impact on people's digital lives.
In this NECINA's tech conference, we will discuss some interesting SoLoMo use cases from start-ups and established enterprises, the cutting-edge technology underneath this movement, and the landscape of innovation in the decade to come.


Agenda

9:00 - 9:10 Opening remark
9:10 - 9:35 Talk #1: "How to make money in SoLoMo?"by Farah Giga, Principal at Valhalla Partners
9:35 - 10:00 Talk #2: "The Lo in SoLoMo" by Dan Xiao, VP Digital Product Platforms at Yell Global
10:00 - 10:25 Talk #3 "Viral Spaces – New Perspectives on SoLoMo from Research at MIT" by Dawei Shen, Researcher at MIT Media Lab, Viral Spaces group
10:25 - 10:50 Talk: #4 "Predictive Market Analytics over Social Networks" by Dejan Duzevik, CTO at Concentric
10:50 - 11:15 Break and networking
11:15 - 11:55 Panel discussion
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch and networking


Talk and speaker info

Talk #1: How to make money in SoLoMo?

Farah Giga

Principal at Valhalla Partners


Abstract

Whether you're interested in starting your own company, looking for jobs, or enhancing skills SoLoMo has opened a unique set of opportunities in both the consumer space via apps or in the enterprise through the infrastructure that supports SoLoMo. We'll focus on major trends, innovations, and the landscape of companies in SoLoMo including companies in Valhalla's portfolio. If Michelle Bachman can use SoLoMo techniques to kill a tax on fried foods, then anyone can find ways to use advancements in mobile and hyper targeting to benefit their businesses.  


Speaker bio

Farah Giga is a Principal at Valhalla Partners. She joins with corporate M&A experience in technology companies focused in data center infrastructure and an academic background in interface design in mobile.

Prior to joining Valhalla, she worked at Hewlett-Packard in mergers and acquisitions and led the integration of 3PAR, the largest acquisition in the history of HP Storage at $2.4B. Farah also worked in Product Marketing and developed a Go-To-Market strategy to drive aggressive revenue growth. In addition, she piloted new quality systems and process to feed real-time customer issues back to R&D for the entire Enterprise Servers, Storage, and Networking (ESSN) business.
Before HP, Farah was at Hitachi Data Systems in a variety of capacities in her tenure including software development, technical marketing, solutions architecture and product launches.

Farah received a Masters in Management Science & Engineering and a Masters in Communication from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Honors from Stanford University. She specialized in human-computer interaction and design, with a particular focus in mobile.

Farah will be enhancing Valhalla's core competencies in next generation infrastructure and mobile/Internet marketing. Valhalla has a strong focus on SoLoMo through their investing in digital media, which is in part supported by new advances infrastructure.


Talk #2: The Lo in SoLoMo

Dan Xiao

VP, Digital Product Platforms at Yell Global


Abstract

Local is at the center of SoLoMo. The rapid growth of social and mobile channels provided tremendous opportunities as well as challenges for small-medium sized businesses that are local in nature. We will examine the evolution path of the local marketing channels from print yellow pages, to local search, and to SoLoMo, aiming at finding insights for the best way to connect consumers with SMBs.


Speaker bio

Dan Xiao is currently serving as VP, Digital Product Platforms at Yell Global.  Dan built a new technology center for Yellowbook, a Yell Global company in Waltham MA from the ground up, and expanded the organization with an offshore operation in Shanghai, China. His team has been focusing on developing mobile apps, advertising and eCommerce platforms that connecting local consumers and small-medium sized businesses.

Dan hold different positions in Verizon, leading software development teams to replace legacy systems or building start-ups within the big company. He spent 4 years at Superpages.com building a local search platform with a new Pay-per-click (PPC) business model.  Dan led the network management team in Tiburon Networks, an IP network equipment start-up.  Dan's first job is with GTE Laboratories, working on wireless network management and planning.

Dr. Xiao received a Ph.D. degree in Operations Research from Columbia University, and bachelor's degrees in mathematics from Shandong University in Jinan, China.


Talk #3: Viral Spaces – New Perspectives on SoLoMo from Research at MIT

Dawei Shen

Researcher at MIT Media Lab, Viral Spaces group


Abstract

This presentation seeks to bring new perspectives to the domain of SoLoMo by introducing research projects conducted at the Viral Spaces group of MIT Media Lab. Existing SoLoMo products or services are primarily built on top of existing platforms such as social-graph APIs (Facebook, LinkedIn), GPS/Wifi-based location APIs, and mobile OS platforms (Android/iOS). Other interesting aspects of SoLoMo are sometimes neglected, such as indoor scenarios, new network/communication technology, face-to-face social interactions, and market-based exchanges, etc. Several research projects at Viral Spaces can fill this gap and provide new angles looking into the SoLoMo domain.


Speaker bio

Dawei Shen is a Ph.D. student at the MIT Media Lab, Viral Spaces group. He has conducted a wide range of innovation-based research projects on knowledge markets, mobile platforms for face-to-face interactions, social transactional systems, and software-defined radio. His Ph.D. research was a recipient of NSF i-corps grant, and the runner-up of MIT $100K contest. Dawei joined the MIT Media lab in 2006. He obtained his B.Eng in Electronic Engineering at Tsinghua University in 2003. In addition to his academic experiences, he has spent time at industry labs and firms such as Institute for Infocomm Research, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, IBM Research, and Facebook.


Talk #4: Predictive Market Analytics over Social Networks

Dejan Duzevik

CTO at Concentric


 

Abstract

How do we analyze and forecast dynamics in the SoLoMo industry?  Our experience with social, local, and mobile media is already extensive, but do the analytical approaches we use for each one apply to the combination of the three?  In this talk, we give a brief overview of approaches to analyzing social systems by using network theory, behavioral economics, complexity theory, and computer simulation.  We then point out the opportunities and challenges in analyzing SoLoMo dynamics.
 

Speaker bio

Dejan Duzevik is a pioneer in Agent-Based Modeling, always seeking better explanations of the complexity of social dynamics and decision-making.  He is currently the CTO of Concentric, where he helps people and companies around the world in their pursuits for better analytics, strategy, and knowledge.


Event Contact

Delia Wu delia.wu@necina.org
Haiyang Li haiyang.li@necina.org
Mingsheng Hong mingsheng.hong@necina.org

NECINA Lab Android Development Workshop NECINA Lab Android Development Workshop

NECINA Lab

---- where you learn the technical know-hows and have fun

NECINA Labis offering an Android Platform Development Workshop.  In this workshop, you will learn the basics of Android platform, understand the application lifecycle, and by the end of the workshop, you will be able to write simple GUI applications, use built-in widgets and components, as well as the advanced capabilities and APIs such as background services, accelerometers, graphics, and GPS.

Different from traditional lecture-based technical training, student engagement is the center of the NECINA Lab design:

  • In each lab the students will build a simple application based on lab lecture.
     
  • Every student will design and develop a final project to accomplish this training. The instructor and TA will help students to finalize the idea, resolve technical issues and complete the project after the training.
     
  • Training certificate is based upon completion of final project.

Fees

$50/member; $85/non-member

Online registration

http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=230145

Schedule and Locations

May 1, 6 ~ 9:30 pm: IB M Innovation Center, 404 Wyman Street, North Entrance, Waltham, MA 02454-1280
May 8 , 6 ~ 9:30 pm: Deloitte, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 2000, Waltham, MA  02451.
May 15, 6 ~ 9:30 pm: TBD
May 22, 6 ~ 9:30 pm: Deloitte, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 2000, Waltham, MA  02451.
May 28, 6 ~ 9:30 pm: Deloitte, 1000 Winter Street, Suite 2000, Waltham, MA  02451. 

Syllabus

 (Topics are subjected to adjust according to the features needed to implement students' projects)

Day -1:

1.      Android operating system architecture overview
2.      Android development architecture review
3.      Android development environments setup
4.      Introduction of Android development tools set
5.      Building/debugging  "hello world"
6.      Android application structure overview.

Day-2:

1.      Android Activity life cycle
2.      Introduction of Android layouts
3.      Input events
4.      Touch and gesture
5.      Menu, dialog and action bar

Day-3

1.      Intent and Intent filter
2.      Android Service
3.      Content Provider
4.      Notification
5.      Android thread and Inter process communication

Day-4:

1.      Location aware
2.      Google map
3.      App widget
4.      Networking
 

Day-5

1.      Audio
2.      Video
3.      Camera
4.      Sqlite
5.      Lecture: openGL and NDK

Prerequisites:

  • Object-Oriented programming experience, prefer Java programming language
     
  • Laptop with wireless network card

Trainer Bio:

Bin Lee

Bin Lee is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience on mobile application development.  He has worked for multiple companies or as an individual consultant, and built multiple applications in Apple Appstore,  and Android market. The applications included social gaming, utilities, e-commerce and 3D visualizations. Bin Lee is also a co-founder of a couple Chinese technologies companies and has conducted many training courses including mobile development in China. Bin has a M.Sc. in Computer Sciences from the University of Houston (1996).

Event Contact: sean.shen@necina.org; ruixi.yuan@necina.org

2012 Mobile Conference 2012 Mobile Conference

2012 Tech Conference -- Mobile Technology for Enterprise and Consumer Markets

  • Time: 9:00 am - 1:00pm, March 31st, 2012
  • Venue: Radisson Hotel Chelmsford, 10 Independence Drive, Chelmsford MA 01824 Tel: (978) 256-0800
  • Cost: Free to NECINA members and VIP guests, $15 non-members
  • Online Registration: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=229079

 

Overview

Mobile devices and applications are revolutionizing the way many businesses are conducted, as well as people's daily lives. In 2011, 1 out of every 4 phones worldwide is a smartphone, and it has been predicted that in 2012, smartphones will finally take over feature phones.

In this NECINA conference, we will survey the cutting-edge mobile technology and products being developed by Boston-based high tech companies. The topics of discussion include but are not limited to the following:

  • Case study on some of the most popular and exciting Boston-based mobile technology and products
  • Comparison between the Mobile enterprise market and consumer market
  • The current Mobile ecosystem and trends in Mobile apps and services. What are the new opportunities for entrepreneurs to get in?

The conference will start with a series of talks, where established entrepreneurs will share their insights and experiences on developing mobile products and business models. In the subsequent panel discussion, we invite the audience to have an open dialog with the speakers and panelists. This conference also provides excellent networking opportunities that facilitate the development of business relationship as well as the identification of career opportunities.

 

Agenda

Date and Time: March 31, 2012, 9am -- noon

9:00 - 9:10 Opening remark    
9:10 - 9:50 Keynote Cheng Wu, Chairman and Co-founder of Azuki Systems; NECINA board member New Trends in Mobile Smart Media and Applications
9:50 - 10:15 Talk 1 Sean Dalton, General Partner of Highland Capital Partners Why Invest in Mobile?
10:15 - 10:40 Talk 2 Nitin Sonawane, Co-founder of ForgePond Inc Mobillity in the Enterprise
10:40 - 11:05 Talk 3 Mark Watkins, General Manager of Entertainment Content,  Telenav Inc An Introduction to Telenav Boston, and how HTML5 and Big Data are changing mobile app development
11:05 - 11:15 Break and networking    
11:15 - 11:55 Panel discussion    
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch and networking    

 

Speakers and Panelists:

Cheng Wu

Cheng Wu

Cheng Wu is a co-founder and Chairman at Azuki, responsible for the company's vision, corporate strategy and setting  the overall direction in the marketplace.  Cheng is a successful serial entrepreneur and well-acclaimed industry veteran, having founded and led numerous businesses spanning a range of different industries. Most recently, Cheng served as Chairman of Acopia Networks which is a leader in high-performance, intelligent file virtualization solutions.  Acopia Networks announced it agreed to be acquired by F5 Networks for $210M in August, 2007.  Cheng founded and became Chairman of Acopia Networks in December, 2001 after leaving Cisco Systems. He joined Cisco Systems in June 2000, through Cisco's $5.7B acquisition of ArrowPoint Communications, where he held various executive positions, including Group VP and General Manager of the Content and Multiservice Edge Group (CME). Prior to joining Cisco, Cheng founded ArrowPoint Communications, where he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer leading the company to a successful IPO in April of 2000 with annualized revenues of $250M. Founded in 1997, ArrowPoint provided Web switches and Web network services (WebNS) software that allowed customers to optimize the use of the Web for e-commerce and content delivery. Preceding Cheng's time with ArrowPoint, he founded Arris Networks, a Massachusetts based startup that developed high-density Internet access products that was acquired by Cascade Communications for $217M in May, 1996.  He later served as Cascade (now Lucent Technologies) Communications' Vice President for remote access engineering. To highlight his career in the networking and communications industry - which extends more than 20 years - Cheng was named to InteractiveWeek Magazine's "Top 25 Unsung Heroes of the Internet" list in 2000 and named the Key Industry Player by Massachusetts Telecom Council in 2002. Cheng has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from ChiaoTung University, Taiwan and a master's degree in computer science from Indiana University.

 

Sean Dalton

Sean DaltonSean is a General Partner who enjoys partnering with entrepreneurial teams leveraging disruptive technologies in the mobile, enterprise and media markets. He currently represents Highland on the boards of Calxeda, CENX, MovikNetworks, QDVisionand Zooveand also actively works with and MokaFive. Sean is a former director of AccessLan Communications (acquired by Advanced Fibre Communications), Altiga Networks (acquired by Cisco), Casero (acquired by Radialpoint), CCTV Wireless (acquired by TerreStar), CHiL Semiconductor (acquired by International Rectifier), Covergence (acquired by Acme Packet), Envoy Networks (acquired by Texas Instruments), Ocular Networks (acquired by Tellabs), Optasite (acquired by SBA Communications), P.A. Semi (acquired by Apple), Picochip (acquired by Mindspeed Technologies), Starent Networks (NASDAQ:STAR; acquired by Cisco), Telcobuy.com (merged with World Wide Technology) and Telica (acquired by Alcatel/Lucent). The prestigious Forbes Midas List has recognized Sean multiple times as one of the top venture capitalists in the industry.  Sean serves as a Director of the NewEnglandVentureCapitalAssociation.

 

Nitin Sonawane

Nitin Sonawane

Co-Founder at ForgePond Inc.

 

 

 

 

Mark Watkins

Mark Watkins

Mark is general manager of entertainment content for Telenav, a leading provider of GPS Navigation and other location-based apps. Previously, Mark was the CEO and co-founder of goby, recently acquired by Telenav. Available on the web, iPhone, Android, and iPad, goby helps you find fun things to do, covering over 350 categories and every city in the US. Mark has worked in the information industry for over a decade; prior to goby Mark led R&D at Endeca, a search and business intelligence platform used by customers as diverse as Borders.com, IBM and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He also serves on the board of Styleta.org, an online nonprofit focused on women's initiatives. Mark has a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Utah, and is a frequent speaker at search and digital media events.

 

Lida Tang

Lida TangLida founded LiveCirrus in March 2010. He is an expert in developing consumer-facing products. He developed database applications that powered convention and visitor bureaus during high school and college. After getting a MSCS from University of Maryland, Lida spent next 6 years programming and designing breakthrough video game franchises, such as Saint's Row and Bioshock, before pursuing his passion for entrepreneurship.

 

 

 

Talk Abstract:

Why Invest in Mobile?

Mobile is the "new-old" thing. For over a decade entrepreneurs and investors have pitched a "limitless" opportunity for mobile. Yes, there have been some terrific companies created, particularly in Massachusetts. But has the promise of mobile been delivered upon? Has the opportunity played out? Or are we about to witness a new chapter in innovation?

Mobility in the Enterprise

The past few years have seen a total disruption in the use of mobile devices in the enterprise. C-level executives have been walking in with personal devices with the expectation and demand of using them for work. This has created challenges for the enterprise and opportunities for startups to provide innovative enterprise solutions. The talk will cover the enterprise challenges and opportunities. Will also provide an overview of a unique solution built by ForgePond Inc where the speaker is a co-founder.

An Introduction to Telenav Boston, and how HTML5 and Big Data are changing mobile app development

Scout by Telenav is your daily personal navigator. Combining voice-guided turn-by-turn directions with personalized lifestyle & local content, Scout gets you and gets you there. Scout will be seamlessly accessible across the web, smartphones, and in-car systems – offering users an easy and consistent discovery and navigation experience no matter where they are. We'll discuss how HTML5 on the front end and big data on the back end are changing the way mobile apps are built and delivered.

 

Company Bio:

Highland Capital Partners

Highland Capital Partners was founded with the mission of helping great people build great companies. With over $3 billion of committed capital and offices in Menlo Park, Boston, Geneva and Shanghai, Highland has invested in and worked to create such firms as Ask Jeeves, Avid Technology, CheckFree, Conor Medsystems, Coremetrics, lululemon athletica, Lycos, MapQuest, Navic Networks, Ocular Networks, P.A. Semi, Quattro Wireless, Qihoo 360, Quigo, SCVNGR, Starent Networks, Sybase, Telica, Vertica, VistaPrint and wooga. For more information, visit Highland's web site at www.hcp.com.

TeleNav, Inc

TeleNav, Inc. (Nasdaq:TNAV) is the leader in personalized navigation. Our mission is simple: help make people's lives easier, less stressful, more fun, and more productive when they are on the go. Our personalized navigation services help people make faster and smarter daily decisions about where to go, when to leave, how to get there, and what to do when they arrive. Our services are used by more than 26 million people worldwide – connecting with us from mobile phones, tablets, computers, cars, and developer applications. You can find us in mobile app stores and on the web at www.telenav.com and www.scout.me.

Live Cirrus

LiveCirrus was founded in early 2010 to provide the latest mobile devices with access to complex software applications that require the additional computing horsepower of desktops. Our first consumer application, Cloud Browse, has been downloaded over 1M times. LiveCirrus has grown to offer custom solutions based on our cloud platform, as well as a suite of apps in the iOS and Android markets that showcase the benefits of mobile cloud computing.

 

Event Contact:

Kevin Wang kevin.wang@necina.org
Ke Ning ke.ning@necina.org
Mingsheng Hong
mingsheng.hong@necina.org