Asia Game Changer West Awards Virtual Gala

Asia Society Northern California’s third annual Asia Game Changer West Awards Virtual Gala on Thursday, April 8, 2021. We invite you to join us to be inspired by the incredible innovation of our Bay Area honorees.

Our Asia Game Changer West Awards are bestowed to individuals, organizations, and movements that have inspired, enlightened, and shown true leadership in areas that reflect Asia Society’s core pillars of policy and business, arts and culture, and education.

2021 Asia Game Changer West Honorees:

• Grace Lee, CDC advisor on vaccine safety and professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine
• Tsu-Jae King Liu, first woman dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley
• Eun Sun Kim, first woman music director at a major American opera company, San Francisco Opera
• Zheng Chongbin, light & space installation artist, currently on display at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco

Presenters for the evening include the Honorable Kevin Rudd, Asia Society President and CEO; Carol Christ, 11th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley; Elaine Kwok, Director of 20th / 21st Century Art, Asia Pacific at Christie’s; Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine and Asia Society Northern California Board Member; Matthew Shilvock, Tad and Dianne Taube General Director of the San Francisco Opera; Ken Wilcox, Asia Society Northern California Chair; Jay Xu, Director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and Asia Society Northern California Board Member; and Margaret Conley, Executive Director of Asia Society Northern California.

The evening will feature performances from local Bay Area artists:

• Dholrhythms Dance Company
• Zhengyi Bai, Tenor and 3rd Year Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera accompanied by Carrie-Ann Matheson, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Opera Center and Merola Opera Program

This program is complimentary and open to the global community. Suggested donation is USD 250.00. Your support helps our mission of building bridges between Asia and the United States. Asia Society Northern California connects the diverse local community of San Francisco Bay Area with a wide network of global leaders and visionaries in the fields of policy, business, arts & culture, education, and technology/innovation.

AGENDA

Date: Thursday, April 8, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Pacific

5:00 p.m. Program Begins
6:30 p.m. Program Concludes
6:30 p.m. VIP Reception for Groundbreaker and Innovator Members with Direct Access to Game Changers
7:00 p.m. VIP Reception Concludes

Link to join virtually via Zoom will be emailed the day before and an hour before the program is scheduled to begin by Rexille Uy, Director of Programs (ruy@asiasociety.org). This will be a webinar program; attendees will not appear on camera and will participate via the Q&A box.