"Vice Premier" Dr. Chang San-Cheng and H&Q Asia Pacific's Dr. Hsu Ta-lin to Headline the AVCJ Taiwan Forum in Taipei on December 2

Hong Kong, Nov. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum Taiwan will take place December 2, 2015 at Shangri-La's Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei. More than 200 private equity professionals, regional investors, senior corporate executives and policy makers are expected to attend this event because of its unique content and superb networking opportunities.

Dr. Chang San-Cheng, "Vice Premier of Taiwan" and venture capital industry pioneer, Dr. Ta-lin Hsu, Chairman of H&Q Asia Pacific will headline the conference. They are joined by 25+ industry heavyweights, who will help identify and discuss the investment opportunities in revitalizing the Taiwanese economy.  

The Taiwanese government has identified innovation and entrepreneurship are key priorities for the country. To support this initiative, the Executive Yuan has launched a US$120 million Taiwan-Silicon Valley Technology fund, as well as, established the first-ever Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre in Silicon Valley. The architect of these initiatives, "Vice Premier" Chang will deliver the opening keynote address focusing on "Spurring innovation and entrepreneurialism to drive economic growth."

Meanwhile, H&Q Asia Pacific, the private equity firm founded by Dr. Hsu, has also recently set up the Global Innovation Centre (GIC) in Silicon Valley. The GIC aims to help Asian companies innovate by developing new ideas, devices, software and technology. In his keynote speech, Dr. Hsu will share his firm's plans on how to propel the Asian private equity and venture capital industry to the next level.     

"The AVCJ Taiwan Forum is a platform to promote communication and mutual understanding between private equity and venture capital investors and their counterparts in business and government here in Taiwan. We do this by helping identify investment and collaboration opportunities that can benefit both sides," said Allen Lee, the publisher of Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ), the conference's organizer.

"We are honoured to have "Vice Premier" Chang and Dr Hsu, a legend in the industry, to keynote the conference and share their visions on how the private equity and venture capital industries can play a role revitalizing the Taiwanese economy in the future," added AVCJ's Lee.

The conference will also feature other leading industry speakers will include Jay Cheng, President of KPMG Deal Advisory; CY Huang, President of FCC Partners; Jack Huang, Chairman of MAPECT; Jacky Liu, Managing Director of Legend Capital; Andrew S. Hawkyard, Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia; Susan Lin, Executive Vice President of China Development Industrial Bank; Gordon Shaw, Managing Director of Baring Private Equity Asia; Jamie Lin, Founding Partner of Appworks; Winnie Lee, Chief Operating Officer, Appier, and Alex Chen, Founder & CEO of EZTABLE.

The event will be conducted simultaneously in English and Mandarin. Full details of the conference are available at the event website www.AVCJTaiwan.com   

The organiser, the Asian Venture Capital Journal, has been the leading information provider on Asian private equity, M&A and venture capital for 28 years and the organiser of the global AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Forum series with conferences in Australia, Japan, China, India, South Korea and the US, as well as the UK. (Corporate site: http://www.avcj.com)

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