BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Seattle Art Museum//Events Calendar//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:whats-on/events/sam-talks-asia-society-seattle-series-oct-29@sam.org DTSTAMP:20260507T235238Z DTSTART:20241030T003000Z DTEND:20241030T024500Z SUMMARY:SAM Talks: Asia Society Seattle Series DESCRIPTION:Join us for a series of talks designed and dedicated to promoting understan ding of Asia and the Asia diaspora. Each talk will showcase and feature Asi an and Asian American artists\, writers\, business and community leaders an d others engaged with Asia. Hear them share their work\, ideas\, experience s\, and impact. \nThe first speaker of our three-part series is Olympian an d bestselling author\, Apolo Anton Ohno! Ohno will share reflections on his personal life and accomplishments\, his childhood in Seattle\, and his "ha rd pivot" into authorship\, business\, and entrepreneurship. Ohno offers un ique insights into mental health\, sports\, and Asian American representati on. He will be joined by special guest\, Paralympic athlete and 2024 Paraly mpic medalist\, Taylor Swanson. \nApolo Anton Ohno is the most decorated US Winter Olympian\, a New York Times bestselling author\, and a passionate a dvocate for mental health and human performance. With eight Olympic medals in speed skating and a deep understanding of sport psychology\, Apolo has i nspired millions through his resilience and ability to transform adversity into triumph. Beyond his athletic career\, Apolo has become a dynamic inves tor and entrepreneur in the health and wellness industry\, served as a trus ted figure in global philanthropy as an ambassador for the Special Olympics \, and has become a respected voice in the world of business and sports. He is also the author of Hard Pivot: Embrace Change. Find Purpose. Show Up Fu lly\, which empowers individuals to unlock their full potential.\nTaylor Sw anson is a Paralympic athlete in the sport of track and field. She grew up in Seattle before moving to Spokane\, WA\, to train with Parasport Spokane. She was adopted from South Korea when she was a baby to an American family in Seattle. She started track in high school at Roosevelt High School wher e she immediately fell in love with the sport. She currently holds the Amer ican Record in the 100M\, and 200M in T37 classification for para athletics . T37 is a classification for track athletes with hemiplegia cerebral palsy (affecting one side of the body). She is also a silver medalist in the 202 4 world championships in both the 100M and 200M. She just returned from com peting at the 2024 Paris Paralympics where she won a silver medal in the 10 0M and a bronze medal in the 4x100 Universal Relay (the universal relay con sists of male and female athletes with a variety of different disabilities from vision impaired\, amputees\, cerebral palsy\, and wheelchair racers).\ nGary Rieschel (moderator)\, Chair of Asia Society Seattle and Northern Cal ifornia\, has over 30 years of successful operating and investing experienc e as a senior executive\, entrepreneur\, investor\, and global business str ategist. He held executive positions at Intel\, Sequent\, and Cisco\, and w as the Founder of the Softbank Venture Capital group. He is Founding Managi ng Partner of Qiming\, a firm with over $8B USD under management focused on early-stage investments in China and one of China’s premier VC firms. Mr. Rieschel’s investment areas are Healthcare and Cleantech. He advised the Ch ina Greentech Initiative\, and the Rocky Mountain Institute in its introduc tion to China. He actively supports the US China Clean Energy Forum\, PERC (Property and Environmental Research)\, The Nature Conservancy\, the Climat e Leadership Council\, the Council on Foreign Relations\, the Atlantic Coun cil\, and the US Olympic Foundation where he and his wife Yucca serve as Sp orts Ambassadors for mental health for the US Olympic team. He served on th e joint venture boards of Blackrock/Bank of China and Silicon Valley Bank/S hanghai Pudong Development Bank.\nAgenda\n5:30–6 pm\nRegistration &\; gu est seating in the auditorium\n6–7 pm\nApolo Ohno fireside chat\, special g uest visit with Taylor Swanson\, and audience Q&\;A\n7–7:45 pm\nSeattle Asian Art Museum gallery access\nTickets\nTickets are $25 for nonmembers/$1 5 for members.\nPrepurchase a bundle to attend all 3 programs in the Speake r Series for $70 for nonmembers/$42 for members.\nEach ticket includes comp limentary\, after-hours access to the Seattle Asian Art Museum galleries! LOCATION:Seattle Asian Art Museum\, 1400 E Prospect St\, Seattle\, WA 98112 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR