April 8-10, 2008   -   The Grand Hyatt   -   Hong Kong




Premier Sponsor

Yorkville Advisors LLC

Yorkville Advisors, LLC is the investment manger to a dedicated private investment fund that provides innovative financing solutions to public and private companies ("Issuers") worldwide. Yorkville works closely with management to design custom-tailored, alternative financing structures that meet the Issuer's capital needs and corporate goals. Yorkville has structured transactions with numerous companies listed in the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia, India, Italy and Hong Kong.

Conference Cafe Sponsor

AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC
www.AFHHoldingAndAdvisory.com

AFH Holding & Advisory, LLC is an integrated advisory and consulting firm serving US and international clients who seek the preparation and implementation of APOs, acquisitions or marketing strategies–executed concurrently with the organization and structuring of capital procurement. AFH delivers objective thinking, proven practices and best-of-breed partners to help clients achieve their specific development and financial goals.

Marketing Sponsors

Roth Capital Partners

Roth Capital Partners, LLC is a full service investment bank dedicated to providing sponsorship to the small and micro-cap marketplace. The firm offers a wide array of investment banking services including: initial public offerings, follow-ons, PIPEs, private placements, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and institutional sales and trading. Over the last ten years, Roth Capital has raised over $8.7 billion in public and private offerings and completed over 123 merger, acquisition and advisory assignments. In 2005, Roth raised $1.7 billion for our clients. Also, the firm has been the leading placement agent over the last two years for the number of PIPE transactions, raising over a billion dollars.

Anslow & Jaclin

Anslow + Jaclin serves diverse clients worldwide on unique and sophisticated corporate and securities matters, reverse mergers, PIPEs, corporate finance and M+A. Anslow + Jaclin's global clients include publicly and privately held corporations, emerging and development stage companies, entrepreneurial start up enterprises and other business entities across a broad range of industries. In 2006, Anslow + Jaclin was one of only two issuer's legal counsel ranked in the top 10 overall in the nation by Deal Flow Media, Inc.'s The PIPEs Report for the number of PIPE transactions advised (5th for 2006), and by SEC New Registrations Report for the number of pre-effective IPO registrations advised (9th for 2006).

CCG Investor Relations Strategic Communications

CCG Elite is a global investor relations firm with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Israel, Hong Kong and Beijing. At CCG, investor relations and strategic communications is our primary focus, and we have developed customized solutions to address the needs of companies ranging from start-ups to established industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies.

Crone Rozynko

Crone Rozynko was formed as a true corporate and securities boutique. Each of our attorneys draws from years of experience at major firms and has served a distinguished roster of clients, including many China-based organizations, such as. Our big firm background positions the firm to offer top-tier legal services in the capital markets through our finance practices in the areas of securities compliance reporting, M & A, public and private finance and private equity. In addition, the firm’s commercial litigation practice frequently handles cases related to venture capital and other private equity financings, portfolio company advice and representation, and finance transactions, including public and private offerings of securities.

Schulte Roth & Zabel

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP represents investors and investment banks on PIPE transactions and related products, including SPACs, equity lines, registered direct and Rule 144A offerings. Year after year, SRZ is the leading investor counsel in PIPE activity, both in number of deals and total dollars advised. With 450 lawyers and offices in New York and London, SRZ practice areas include corporate, litigation, real estate, IP, employment, tax, environmental and individual client services.

Richardson Patel LLP

Richardson & Patel, LLP (R&P) serves a diverse base of clients focusing on corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and business, securities and employment litigation. R&P's clients include public and private companies across a broad range of industries. R&P's expertise in the legal and business world enables us to provide cost-effective and progressively creative and sophisticated solutions to the challenges confronted by modern corporations. R&P's clients range from private emerging businesses to large public companies, to multi-national corporations engaged in various industries. R&P targets clients that are primarily in growth industries and are focused on increasing revenues and market share. While R&P's client base is vastly diverse, they all essentially seek the same thing: to retain lawyers that can do more than just offer excellent legal advice and who can truly be an integral part of a client’s team of advisors and consultants.

Keating Asia

Keating Asia, Inc. is part of a larger group of Keating companies, one of the premier reverse merger firms providing alternative going public solutions to late-stage, high growth, private Chinese companies. Keating specializes in taking private companies public in the US without an IPO and simultaneously raising capital for such companies through a PIPE.

DLA Piper

Operating across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the US, DLA Piper offers more than 3,600 lawyers in 25 countries and 64 offices throughout the world, and helps companies succeed by meeting their legal needs wherever they do business. With offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, we advise international businesses seeking to expand into Asia and assist Asian companies wanting to invest in the broader global market. DLA Piper’s clients range from multinational, Global 1000 and Fortune 50 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies.

CFI

China Finance’s principal business, which is primarily conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Hua Yin Guaranty and Investment Limited Liability Corporation ("SHY"), is (i) providing surety guarantees for privately-owned small and medium enterprises ("SMEs") in the People’s Republic of China’s ("PRC" or "China") entering into transactions whereby the SME will be acquired by a publicly-traded United States reporting company in a "reverse merger" or other merger and acquisition ("M∓A") transaction; (ii) providing loan guarantees to assist SMEs and individuals in the PRC in obtaining loans from Chinese banks for business operations and/or personal use; and (iii) making direct loans to SMEs for business operations

Brean Murray Carret

Brean Murray & Co., Inc. was founded in 1973 as a research-driven investment and merchant bank, focusing on growth companies to provide clients with superior investment opportunities. As we have grown, our focus has remained on innovation and a commitment to outstanding client service. Our services include equity research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading, syndicate, and asset management. Our clients include institutional investors, high net worth individuals and corporations that use our capital markets services to take advantage of compelling market opportunities. Brean Murray, Carret & Co. has also established a presence in Beijing, bringing over three decades of investment banking and brokerage experience to mainland China.

Restricted Stock Partners

The Restricted Securities Trading Network (RSTN) is an online trading platform for investors interested in buying and selling restricted stock, warrants, debt and other unregistered securities. The RSTN is comprised of over 400 members representing well in excess of $200 billion in investable assets. Since inception in September 2005, we have completed 1,000 transactions, providing participants with the pricing, documentation and settlement support needed to complete privately-negotiated transactions in an efficient, cost effective manner. The RSTN is managed by Restricted Stock Partners (a division of Green Drake Capital, Member FINRA/SIPC), headquartered in New York, New York.

RAM Capital Resources, LLC

Founded in 1996, New York based RAM Capital Resources, LLC has emerged as an industry leader in the Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) market. In addition to managing both domestic and off-shore PIPE funds, RAM expanded its focus in 2006 by leveraging its extraordinary access to small-cap companies in search of growth capital with the launch of a secured lending fund.

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (TRBR&S) is an international law firm with 600 attorneys and offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Silicon Valley, Hartford, Northern New Jersey, Shanghai, and London. TRBR&S serves a distinguished roster of clients, including many Fortune 500 companies. TRBR&S’s attorneys have handled PIPE transactions and other investment vehicles for some of the largest investment companies in New York, and their expertise cover a wide range of industries, including technology, health care, Internet, e-commerce, software, and telecommunications.

Susquehanna International Group of Companies

Since its inception in 1987, the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG) has grown from a trading firm on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange to one of the largest privately held financial institutions in the world. With more than 1,500 employees worldwide, SIG sits at the helm of the latest trends and developments in trading and market making, institutional sales, research, private equity, venture capital, and investment banking. SIG has offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Loeb & Loeb

At Loeb & Loeb LLP, we value every client, every deal and every relationship. Loeb & Loeb provides our clients unique and sophisticated services because of our substantial experience in counseling issuers and underwriters, taking companies public through the initial public offering or reverse merger process and advising on the legal, business and accounting issues which arise in connection with going public. Loeb & Loeb is nationally recognized as a leader in several industries, particularly the financial-services industry where we work with commercial banks, investment banks, insurers, finance companies and private equity funds. Loeb & Loeb is multiservice national law firm with 225 attorneys and offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Nashville and an affiliation in Asia.

Lowenstein Sandler - Attorneys at Law

Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized law firm with nearly 300 attorneys. The firm’s Specialty Finance Group handles PIPE, RD, reverse merger and SPAC transactions for a wide array of investment funds, leading national investment banks, and issuers, in deals worldwide. In 2006, the Specialty Finance Group assisted in over $750 million in transactions and continuously ranks as one of the top law firms in the nation for the number of PIPE transactions handled for lead investors, according to The PIPES Report and PrivateRaise.com.

Hodgson Russ

Hodgson Russ attorneys facilitate transactions around the world and in every substantive area of law, generally structuring multidisciplinary work teams to serve the specific, often complex, needs of our clients. We serve publicly traded and privately held businesses, ranging from multinational Fortune 500 companies and mature service and industrial companies to emerging start-ups and small family businesses; governmental entities; nonprofit institutions; and individuals. Established in 1817, Hodgson Russ is among the oldest law firms in the United States. Our offices are in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Johnstown, New York; Boca Raton and Palm Beach, Florida; and Toronto, Canada.


Conference Sponsor

H.C. Wainwright & Co.

H.C. Wainwright & Co., Inc., established in 1868, is one of the oldest privately owned securities firms in the United States. H.C. Wainwright’s platform consists of Investment Banking, debt and equity Capital Markets as well as our Research platform, which collectively serve the corporate finance needs of our clients. We offer a broad range of products and services to emerging growth and middle market companies. H.C. Wainwright has established itself as a leader in the marketplace for mid-cap companies from the ASEAN world. We provide assistance with capital raising, share flotation, structuring and market services on a global basis. H.C. Wainwright is currently headquartered in New York with representative offices in Qingdao and Beijing.


Luncheon Sponsor


Tyrant Capital

Tryant, LLC specializes in reverse-merger-related services. From initial strategic assessments and planning, to the provision of clean public shells and preparation of closing documentation, to post-merger filings and post-transaction support, Tryant has the complete array of reverse-merger-services, experience, and expertise on which successful emerging companies build long-term value.


Media Sponsors

The China Venture Capital Association

The China Venture Capital Association is a member-based trade organization established to promote the interest and the development of venture capital and private equity industry in the Greater China Region. Currently CVCA has more than 100 member firms, which collectively manage over US$100 billion in venture capital and private equity funds.

Capital IQ

Capital IQ provides high-impact information and workflow solutions to over 2,000 leading financial institutions, advisory firms and corporations. Completely web-based, Capital IQ uniquely combines deep fundamental and market data on companies you care about with a broad range of easy-to-use tools for financial modeling, screening, charting, and sourcing industry contacts. Capital IQ helps financial professionals minimize the time and effort required to make sound investment decisions.

SINA Finance

SINA.com is an online media and entertainment service provider serving the online entertainment and infotainment needs of the global Chinese community. With 230 million registered users worldwide and a record 600 million page views daily, SINA is the most recognized Internet brand name in China and among Chinese communities globally. SINA Finance is a recognized financial media platform, providing coverage, spanning from business news to personal finance columns. SINA Finance also offers stock quotes from the U.S., Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taiwan stock exchanges as well as breaking news from individually listed companies and market trends analysis.

Jin Rong Jie

Jin Rong Jie is one of the leading companies that specialize in providing online financial and listed company data and information in China. We offer subscription-based services based on a single information platform that integrates data and information from multiple sources with features and functions such as data and information search, retrieval, delivery, storage and analysis. We deliver these features and functions using software tools we have developed, which we refer to as research tools.

Private Equity Insider

Every week, Private Equity Insider reports on developments you’re not supposed to know about -- behind-the-scenes squabbles, hush-hush plans of investors and inside moves of buyout and venture capital funds. See for yourself by signing up for a three-week free trial subscription to Private Equity Insider.


Hedge Connection

Hedge Connection is the only web-based platform that offers hedge funds direct access to pre-qualified, opt-in investors that are actively allocating to hedge funds. Investor members join for free and can review videos and presentation material from our hedge fund members. All members receive invitations to member's only events and partner discounts.

VC Experts

VC Experts serves the needs of the private equity and venture capital communities with its anchor product, The Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital by combining substantive commentary on the private equity and venture capital industries with online learning courses. The VC Experts website includes current industry news, weekly commentary, and the online University and 6,000 page Encyclopedia of Private Equity and Venture Capital.

Hedge Fund Alert

Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate new risks and opportunities facing fund-management firms, their investors and service providers. Be first to identify new capital-raising tactics, investor strategies and competition among industry vendors.

mergermarket

mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service. Unlike any other service of its kind, mergermarket specializes in providing forward-looking origination and deal flow opportunities integrated with a comprehensive deals database – resulting in real revenues for clients.


Eureka Hedge Private Equity

Eureka Private Equity is a comprehensive online portal providing one-stop service for private equity and venture capital professionals. This portal provides daily news stories about the global private equity and venture capital industry. In addition to the free news service, Eureka Private Equity also has a global suite of private equity fund databases covering over 5,000 funds across all regions in this alternative investment universe.

Eureka Hedge

Eurekahedge is world’s largest independent data provider and research house dedicated to alternative investments. Maintaining coverage of over 16,000 funds across all strategies and asset classes, Eurekahedge is the most widely used and quoted alternative research house worldwide.

China Tech News

Operating since 1999, ChinaTechNews.com is the only daily English-language China-focused technology news website in the world. Every business day we deliver thousands of words of insider info and news about investments in mobile, computing, telecom, software, Internet, games, security, digital, advertising, and electronics sectors in China.

China CSR

Since 2003, the daily news website ChinaCSR.com and its monthly magazine "China CSR" have been delivering bilingual (Chinese and English) news about the growth of corporate social responsibility in China. Covering topics like health, safety, corruption, environment, labor rights, charities, sustainable energy, education, and new laws, ChinaCSR.com delivers daily news found nowhere else. ChinaCSR.com is a vital part of any executive's business toolkit. .


China News Wire

Press release distribution is an important component of investor relations, and China Newswire and its companion Chinese-language service Xinwengao.com have been assisting businesses communicate with their stakeholders since 1999.

JinRongStreet PE Information

JinRongStreet PE Information is a professional organization concentrating on giving service of private equity investment. Our management team mainly comes from domestic famous financial media and senior organization of PE investment. At present, JinRongStreet PE Information has been an influential comprehensive website facing to Chinese PE investment. Our strategy is to provide users the most valuable information in an independent and professional attitude, and build a seamless linking platform among investors, item side, policy circles and academic circles.

Albourne Village

With over 37,000 active users, Albourne Village is a free community website for anyone interested in alternative investments - providing a pub and library to exchange news and IP, job and conference centres, school and strategy forecasts. Don’t just join the Village, be the Village!

Chinavestor

Chinavestor is an independent stock research and money management firm headquartered in Oxford, CT, USA. We provide exclusive coverage of U.S. listed Chinese stocks or ADRs trading on the NYSE, NASDAQ or AMEX. Chinavestor research reports are 100% independent, not paid by any third party and reflect the view of our analyst team only.

China Hedge

China Hedge is the first ever and only portal on hedge funds in China. The mission is to let the platform be a complete and extensive channel for a global hedge fund universe more accessible to a wide spectrum of the Chinese investor community.

CWN

Established in Year 2000, CWN is a knowledge-based platform, which has become the leading provider of diverse Chinese financial services to individual investors and financial professionals worldwide, with a concentrated customer base in North America. The company serves as a bridge between public companies, financial institutions, financial professionals, and investors, allowing them to develop working relationships and functional networks using our platform. In addition, CWN is an effective connection and communication route between the North American and Greater China markets.

Xinhua PR Newswire

Xinhua PR Newswire (XPRN), an alliance created between Xinhua Finance and PR Newswire, assists companies and organizations in delivering their news releases to the media, individual and institutional investors, the general public worldwide, with clipping, monitoring, measurement and media intelligence services. Founded in 1954, PR Newswire is the world's oldest and largest corporate news distribution service. PR Newswire has a global client base of 40,000 companies, organizations and government agencies, including over 60% of the Fortune 500 companies.

Market Avenue

Market Avenue is proud to be an online source for international business in China. Our complete coverage and multi-faceted services include: industry news, company profiles, comprehensive analytical reports on individual industries and customized reports tailored to meet clients' needs. Employing a suite of quantitative and qualitative approach methodologies, Market Avenue is well positioned to handle the clients' marketing research needs for China. We utilize the latest technologies and techniques to enable efficient information gathering and monitoring.

The Yangtze Delta Magazine

The Yangtze Delta Magazine is managed by the China Publishing Group. This magazine focuses on the investment area in China such as Private Equity and Venture Capital. It also concerns the development of the Yangtze Delta area (including Shanghai city, Jiangsu province and Zhejiang province) which is the richest area in China.

China Knowledge

China Knowledge is a Singapore-based provider of business intelligence focusing on China. We aim to serve the international business community by providing news, information, and analysis on economic developments in China. Our daily news reports are distributed via international content aggregators such as Bloomberg, as well as through our website. We also produce in-depth commentary & analysis articles and industry-specific reports exclusively for our subscribers and clients. The company’s multimedia unit works to produce TV documentaries that provide insider insights on industries in China.

HedgeCo.Net

HedgeCo.Net is the leading online community for qualified investors, hedge funds and service providers. For investors, HedgeCo.Net offers the premier free hedge fund database and powerful tools to search, rank and analyze potential investments. HedgeCo.Net members enjoy access to daily news, manager columns, and a comprehensive directory of service providers.

The PIPEs Report

The PIPEs Report provides news, information, and analysis of private investments in public equity. Subscribe now or request a free sample.

The Reverse Merger Report

The Reverse Merger Report provides news, information, and analysis of alternative public offerings. Subscribe now or request a free sample.

HSDA - Hong Kong Development Association
APSME - Asia Pacific SME Council

For information about becoming a sponsor for this event, contact Mike Michalakis at
(516) 876-8006.

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