The White House has just announced that its Summit on Entrepneurship and Small Business Growth, hosted by their Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will be livestreamed. If you can't join them in Mountainview, CA, please be sure to catch them on the web at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/education-department.

Date: Friday, January 7, 2011

Time: 9:00 am PST

PROGRAM AND SPEAKERS (all in PST)

9:00 - 9:15                  

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Daphne Kwok, Chair, Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Dilawar Syed, Economic Development Chair, Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

9:15 - 9:45                  

Keynote

The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary, Department of Commerce, Co-Chair, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

9:45 - 10:05                

Break

10:05 - 11:20              

Plenary: Ways in which Government is Working to Help You: Initiatives and resources for business owners, financiers and budding entrepreneurs

Ronnie Chatterji, Senior Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisors

Elizabeth Echols, Administrator for Region IX, Small Business Administration

Don Graves, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Small Business, Housing & Community Development, Department of Treasury

Moderated by Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

11:20 - 11:40              

Break

11:40 - 12:55              

Break-Out Discussion on How to Grow Your Business

Clean Energy Technology: An Industry on the Rise

Clean energy technology is an industry that has demonstrated growth in recent years.  Learn from successful cleantech entrepreneurs about opportunities in this growing field and what the government is doing to support US-based development. 

Speakers:

Samir Kaul, Founding General Partner, Khosla Ventures

Evelyn Lim, Senior Vice President, Legal, Element Power, former Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for First Wind

Steve Spinner, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Advisor, Silver Lake Sumeru and other cleantech and Internet companies, former loan programs advisor for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Department of Energy

Frank Yang, Senior Director of Business Development, Stion Corporation

The following workshops will be available at http://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteHouseAAPI after the Summit:

Financing the Next American Start-up Company

Funding opportunities from Small Business Administration loan programs, featuring venture and private equity specialists and small business owners who have taken advantage of federal funding options.

            Speakers:

Brendan Kim, General Partner, Altos Ventures

Ellen Kim, Senior Advisor, Associate Administrator, Office of Investment of Innovation, Small Business Administration

John Moon, Community Affairs Team Leader, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Mark Quinn, Northern CA Regional Director, Small Business Administration

Government Contracting - Opportunities for Business

How to become a federal contractor and opportunities locally and nationally, with an update on certification and rule changes that are increasing small business contracting opportunities.

            Speakers:

Michael Aguillio, Customer Liaison Officer, CA Department of General Services, Procurement Division

Jim Gambardella, Area IX Director, Office of Government Contracting, Small Business Administration

Chantel Hoad, Programs Director, California Asian Chamber of Commerce and Executive Director, Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC), Department of Transportation

Exporting: Taking Your Business Global

Take your business global through exporting of goods and services. This workshop will introduce you to the federal government domestic assistance programs, trade promotion, and export finance agencies.

Speakers:

Jerry R. Avila, Regional Manager, Export Solutions Group, Office of International Trade, Small Business Administration

Paul V. Oliva, Founder and Chief Consultant, Oliva Global Communications
Charles Tansey, Senior Vice President, Export Import Bank

Joanne Vliet, Director, Silicon Valley U.S. Export Assistance 

Center

Healthcare IT: An Industry on the Rise

Strong Federal investments in health technology and recent changes in health policy have created significant opportunities for technology to enable substantive benefits to care delivery.Learn about the new technology markets and job opportunities being created in a rapidly growing field.

            Speakers:

Carol Cain, Director, Clinical Integration, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente

            Francis Kong, Founder, MedSimple

            Indu Subaiya, Co-founder, Health 2.0

Wil Yu, Special Assistant for Innovations and Research, National Coordinator for Health IT, Department of Health and Human Services

1:00-1:15                    

Break

1:15-1:25                    

Remarks

Rep. Mike Honda (CA-15) and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair

1:25-2:25                    

Luncheon Plenary: Successful Business: What it Takes

Administration leaders on innovation, data and technology will provide insights into federal efforts to support job growth and business development and improve the welfare of the nation.

Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officer, Executive Office of the President

Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Health and Human Services

Moderator: Ginger Lew, Senior Counselor, White House National Economic Council and Small Business Administration

2:25-2:30                    

Closing

Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders