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10 Mar: IEEE YP Startup Special Interest Group Special Seminar on VC Financing: Introduction to Venture Capital Financings

Mar 10, 2021 | IEEE YP Startup Special Interest Group welcome you to a special seminar on VC financing: Introduction to Venture Capital Financings: How to Conduct Your Series Seed or Series A Financing March 10, 12:00 – 1:30 pm PT RSVP link: click here During this webinar, veteran Silicon Valley venture capital attorney Jason Putnam Gordon will cover the following topics: · What VCs are looking for in a startup · What makes a good investor and how to find them · How to avoid pre-round mistakes · Basics of…

01 Mar: CASPA eLetter: No. 206, March 1, 2021

Mar 1, 2021 | President’s Words Dear Members, Spring is coming. 2021 CASPA Spring Symposium, featuring the theme “Semiconductor in Digital Transformation”, will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2:30- 6:30 PM, online via Zoom. The changes in how we live and work caused by the pandemic have accelerated the process of digital transformation. As the engine of the transformation, the semiconductor industry plays a critical role in this digital transformation. We invited a well-Known Professor from Stanford…

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27 Feb: Law Seminar: Early-stage Financing and Immigration Laws/H1B for Startups

Feb 27, 2021 | Early-stage Financing and Immigration Laws/H1B for Startups Date: Feb 27, 2021 Sat. 1:30pm – 3:30pm Registration: ! click here Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95204392417 Meeting ID: 952 0439 2417 Agenda: 1:30pm – 1:40pm Welcome Remark 1:40pm – 1:50pm CASPA Introduction by Xiaodong Zhang, President of CASPA 1:50pm – 2:30pm Convertible Note/SAFE in connection with early-stage financing of a start-up – Mandy Lai, Founding Partner, MagStone Law LLP 2:30pm – 3:10pm Immigrations laws for start-ups and…

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16 Feb: Satellite Communications

Feb 16, 2021 | Talk Abstract: On June 23, 2020 China launched the last satellite of the BeiDou 3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS). The satellite, was the 30th BDS-3 satellite and the 55th of the whole BeiDou satellite family. The launch marked the completion of the country’s domestically developed BeiDou constellation, one of four global navigation networks alongside with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo. Also, Google Inc. plans to create a satellite constellation of…

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15 Feb: CASPA eLetter: No. 205, February 15, 2021

Feb 15, 2021 | President’s Words Dear Members, Happy Chinese New Year! Based on the Lunar calendar, the year of Rat is finally over on February 11, 2021. We made it through the year of Rat and enter the year Ox. The Ox in the Chinese Zodiac is considered to be honest, determined, and reliable, which are the kind of traits we need for successes. Besides, the word “Ox” in Chinese also means “Awesome/Outstanding”, let’s go off the demons and start a year of opportunities! Speaking of Opportunities, 2021 will…

31 Jan: VCTaskForce: Personalized Individual Mentorship by Experienced Investors

Jan 31, 2021 | Investors know what investors are looking for—especially the key components that make a company attractive for investments. Most entrepreneurs who are looking for funding, know their craft well, but not the full perspective of the investor-decision-maker on the other side of the desk. Young companies get one or two chances with investors. You must get it right fast! We offer you to work one-on-one with an investor to get your business model, financial plans, capital structure, and the whole…

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31 Jan: CASPA eLetter: No. 204, January 31, 2021

Jan 31, 2021 | President’s Words Dear Members, Things seem to get better since entering 2021. The number of infections of COVID-19 in the US started to decrease in the past two weeks. It is a good sign of recovery. From the CASPA side, we held our 2021 first virtual SIG (Special Interest Group) seminar on January 30. Two experts from the top OSAT providers in the world, Dr. Willian Chen, the Senior Technology Fellow from ASE, and Mr. Yaojian Lin, Vice president of R&D from JCET, shared their insights on…

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30 Jan: CASPA Quarterly Special Interest Group Seminar

Jan 30, 2021 | CASPA Quarterly Special Interest Group Seminar Date: Jan. 30, 2021 Sat. 5pm – 6:30pm Topic: Semiconductor Package and Testing, the State of the Art Registration: click here! Event Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91086755359 Event Broadcast link: click here! Agenda: 5:00pm – 5:05pm Welcome remark from Ian Wang, Head of Symposium, CASPA 5:05pm – 5:10pm CASPA Introduction by Xiaodong Zhang, President of CASPA 5:10pm – 5:45pm The Future is Heterogeneous Integration – Dr. William Chen, Senior Fellow,…

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23 Jan: CIE AAEOY Speaker Series with Naveed Hussain, Boeing: Improving Life – Science & Technology Will Lead Us out of the Pandemic

Jan 23, 2021 | AAEOY Speaker Series AAEOY (Asian American Engineer of the Year) is an annual recognition event on the national platform to honor the most distinguished Asian American professionals with their leadership, technical achievements and remarkable public services. AAEOY was first introduced in 2002, with a total 304 awardees to date. The awardees have served as role models and sources of inspiration for the STEM community. Past awardees included Nobel Laureates, academic scholars, key corporate…

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19 Jan: 2021 Technology Trends and Predictions

Jan 19, 2021 | Talk Abstract: What are the technology trends that will dominate, and what are some of the technology predictions for 2021? In this webinar talk, Dr. William Kao will report on what the tech industry is predicting for 2021. The webinar will cover what major institutions such as Gartner, Forbes, Forrester Research, are saying about 2021 trends and some predictions for the year. Some of the topics to be discussed will include AI and Machine Learning, 5G, IoT, AR/VR, Augmented Data Analytics,…