New York Youth
Roundtable

The International Leadership Foundation and New York Youth Roundtable will hold their annual conference at the Harvard Club of New York, with the theme of “Opportunities and Challenges in the New Environment”. The guest speakers are The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, and her father, Dr. James S. C. Chao, philanthropist, Founder and Honorary Chairman of Foremost Groups. There will also be four panel discussions: Leadership Panel, Education Panel, Art Panel and Next Generation Panel. The panelists and moderators will be outstanding leaders in various fields.

 

Co-organizer New York Youth Roundtable is a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization founded in New York in 2005. It is focused on educating and cultivating global, cross-cultural entrepreneurship with the key values of exploration, innovation, success, and cooperation. Our members include highly ambitious and socially responsible leaders from various business enterprises and community organizations.

 

Co-organizer the International Leadership Foundation (ILF) is a non-profit organization that promotes the civic awareness, public service, and economic effectiveness of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community. Their mission is to develop young leaders in the United States, Asia, and Pacific Rim countries in the fields of public service, entrepreneurship, and international business and politics through a network of business and community leaders. ILF has a network of national advisory boards and global advisory councils in 15 cities, comprised of professional, civic, business, and community leaders. They help prepare the young generation to become leaders in the public, business, academic, community, and professional fields. Since our founding in 2000, ILF has provided scholarships and leadership training for over a thousand select APA college students nationwide.

 

More than 250 important guests will attend the conference, including outstanding Chinese and American entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and community leaders. The MC of the event will be Rubiao Song, Managing Director of JP Morgan. Cherry Huang, Chairman of New York Youth Roundtable and Chairman of ILF New York Chapter, and Dr. Yong Ma, Executive Vice President of Bank of China New York, will deliver an opening speech to officially kick off the event.

 

The Leadership Panel will discuss leadership and career development. The panelists will be Andy Serwer, Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo Finance, Dr. Erika Sauer,  Director of AmCham’s NYC Office, and Dr. Rick Li, Managing Director and Partner at Goldman Sachs. The panel moderator will be Dr. Yong Ma, Executive Vice President of Bank of China New York.

 

The Education Panel will focus on future trends of K-12 and college education. The panelists will be Courtney Hall, Co-founder and Managing Director of Hillcrest Venture Partners, Tim Reilly, CEO of KCed, and Steve Schuster, Partner of McLaughlin & Stern LLP. The panel moderator will be Dr. Fang Chu, Co-founders of KC Group.

 

The theme of the Art Panel will be “the secret weapon of personal growth”. The panelists will be Andrew Wang, former Head of Chinese Paintings’ Department at Sotheby’s New York, Sam Shikiar, Art Collector and Lecture; Josie Browne, former director at Max Protetch Gallery & Deputy Director of Nanyang Technological University Centre for Contemporary Art, and Elizabeth Marcus, Associate Director of Galerie St. Etienne, New York. The panel moderator will be Echo He, Pace Gallery Researcher, and the Founder and Director of Fou Gallery.

 

The Next Generation Panel will discuss how individuals and companies can adapt and thrive in the era of globalization and technology. The panelists will be Olivia Wang, Head of US for ZhenFund, Max Kennedy, an Associate at Insight Partners, and Tianyi Yu, TaiYou Fund North America Department Leader. The panel moderator will be Hank Wu, a former ILF Civic Fellow. In this panel, the audience will see a young leader from the Kennedy family and a group of outstanding Chinese youth exchange their views on technology, life and the future. After the Next Generation Panel, the panelists and the moderator will also join a special questions and answers session with a variety of Chinese high school students to discuss study, choice, and personal growth.

 

After the four panel discussions, Chiling Tong, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Asian & Pacific Islander American Chamber of Commerce & Entrepreneurship (National ACE) and the Founding President of the International Leadership Foundation (ILF), will introduce The Honorable Elaine L. Chao and her father Dr. James S. C. Chao. They will provide a special speech on the importance of family education.

 

A member-only dinner will be held in the evening. The MCs of the dinner will be Meiliang Wu, and Yiting Liu, COO and a partner of the Coalescence Partners. The Honorable Elaine L. Chao will give a keynote speech during the dinner program, followed by an Award Ceremony, 2018 YA Testimony by Elena Jiao, and the ILF Advisor Inauguration. Finally, the chairman of the meeting Dr. Yong Ma Yong delivered a closing speech, which marked the end of the annual meeting.

 

Prior to the 2019 Annual Conference, New York Youth Roundtable and ILF successfully hosted the Education and Business Trend conference in the Yale Club of New York City on March 17th, 2018. Two keynote speakers, Max Baucus, the U.S Ambassador to China (2014 -2017) and Chair of the Senate Finance Committee gave speeches. Panel speakers included Professor Dr. Z. George Hong, Chief Research Officer and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs of Fordham University; David Drake, the founder and chairman of LDJ Capital; Risk Wade, Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Outreach at the U.S Chamber of Commerce; and other important panel speakers.150 guests attended the event.

 

ILF and New York Youth Roundtable also successfully held the Education and Leadership Conference Roundtable Discussion in the Harvard Club of New York City on December 10, 2016. The featured speakers were The Honorable Elaine L. Chao and her father Dr. James S.C. Chao, the founder and chairman of Foremost Group. Dr. Chao introduced his newly published biography Fearless against the Wind to the audience and shared his legendary life stories. The panel speakers were film producer Cary Woods, CEO and founder of Aston • Pearl Natasha Pearl, and Partner of Engel & McCarney, Thomas Engel.

 

In addition, New York Youth Roundtable and IFL have organized a series of events in finance, investing, and arts, which attracted participation from a diverse group of young entrepreneurs.