Mr Alvin YIP

Partner, CIRCUS Ltd., Hong Kong / Professor, CAFA, Beijing

Forbes China Designer Award 2015

Alvin innovates across the fields of cultural and creative industry, social innovation and entreprenuership, urban system and strategy, participatory design and curatorship.

Alvin also serves as Professor and Vice Dean of City Design and Innovation at CAFA Beijing, after being Founding Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation in Hong Kong.

Alvin has been appointed board and committee member of Hong Kong Federation of Design Associations, Architecture Centre, Ambassadors of Design, Wan Chai Visual Archive, FFF, PMQ, Hong Kong Art Museums, Hong Kong Stamps, China Architecture Media Award, UABB, Harbourfront Commission, ACABAS, UNESCO, WHO Western Pacific Region amongst others.

His curatorial projects break new ground at home and internationally, notably DETOUR (2009,10,13), Hong Kong pavilion in Venice Architecture Biennale (2006,14), Fashion Forward Festival (2013,14), and 10DAYFEST (2013,14,15). His projects were presented in Rome, London, Barcelona, Helsinki, Istanbul, Berlin, Bilbao, Moscow, Cologne, Paris, New York, Shanghai, Taipei and more.

Received his professional terminal degree from the Architectural Association, Alvin was winner of Hong Kong Institute of Architects Award 2007 and Rome Scholar 2004. He further received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award 2011, Forbes China Designer Award 2015, and Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service on HKSAR 2010 Honours List.

Mr Amir ASOR

CEO , e² Young Engineers Ltd

Entrepreneur of The Year competition organized by YBI foundation

Amir ASOR is an educator, entrepreneur, and mentor for worldwide women entrepreneurs. Amir has developed the Young Engineers programs and the teaching method of "Do not force it", a direct unconventional edutainment (Education + Entertainment) method based on games, digital instructions and assessment methods, combining construction systems such as BRIXO, K'nex and LEGO, in order to educate children for better STEAM (Science, Technologies, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics).

Amir was born in Israel to a family of teachers. He holds a B.A in Finance and Computer science from The Open University of Israel. Amir also served in the Israeli Defensive Force as part of a rescue team. At November 10th 2011, Amir won the Entrepreneur of The Year competition organized by YBI foundation, headed by Prince Charles in the UK.

At 2012 while serving as managing director at e² Young Engineers, the company won the Israeli business competition held by “Hapoalim” Bank and “Yediot” Newspaper. Today Amir serves as a consultant for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a CEO of “BRIXO Smart Toys Ltd." and “e² Young Engineers Ltd.", a company dedicated to the development and supplement of creative, unconventional, edutainment solutions for worldwide distribution.

Mr Bernard MOON

Co-founder & Partner, SparkLabs Global Ventures

Serial Entrepreneur & Seed Fund Investor

Bernard Moon is a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs Global Ventures. He is also a Co-founder & Partner at SparkLabs, a startup accelerator in Korea. Previously, he was Co-founder & CEO of Vidquik, a web conferencing & sales solutions platform. Bernard was a Managing Director at the Lunsford Group, which is a private investment firm with holdings in real estate, healthcare and other industries. Bernard was Co-founder & VP of Business Development of GoingOn Networks, a social media platform for companies, and also led their product development where BusinessWeek recognized them in their "Best of the Web" list. Previously, Bernard was a Director at iRG, a leading boutique investment bank in Asia, where he focused on TMT companies.

Bernard co-founded a couple of other startups, raised over $50 million in venture capital, and enjoys helping other entrepreneurs as much as possible: He serves as a mentor to MuckerLab, a startup accelerator in LA, and SixThirty, a fintech accelerator in St. Louis.. He is a frequent guest writer to various technology journals, such as VentureBeat, Mashable, TechCrunch, and ReadWrite, and has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.

Bernard has spoke and lectured about startups and entrepreneurship at Stanford University, Global Entrepreneurship Congress, and other organizations. He was selected as one of 8 global judges for EDF's innovation contest (EDF is the world's biggest electricity producer based in France) and serves on the Advisory Board for GAN (Global Accelerator Network), which is the global champion of the seed-stage, mentorship-driven accelerator model and includes over 50 of the most respected accelerators from six continents around the world.

He completed a post-graduate fellowship with the Coro Foundation. He received his MPA in Telecom and New Media Policy from Columbia University and a BA in English and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mr Hongbo XU

Founder & CEO of InnoHub

Hongbo is the founder and CEO of InnoHub. The mission of InnoHub is to accelerate innovations by connecting people, creativity and entrepreneurship globally through Internet.

Headquartered in Shenzhen, InnoHub has already operated in 10 major cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Wuhan, covered a population of 200 million and 90% of Chinese mobile internet market. Furthermore, InnoHub has established operations in Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia and Singapore, and will expand into other countries and regions. InnoHub runs a 60-million fund that focus on early stagy companies on the Mobile Internet, with special focus on taking the advantages of the rapid growth of WeChat ecosystems in China, and globally .

Hongbo has more than 25 years’ experience in the TMT industry with extensive experiences in strategic planning, product development, marketing and investments around the world. During last four years more than 80% of Hongbo's early stage investments reached Series A and Series B, which made him one of the best angel investors in China.

Hongbo is a member of steering committee for Chinese national Mega R&D projects. He is also a sitting professor of South China University of Technology.

Mr Eric KIM

Co-Founder & CEO, dot incorporation

Inventor of the first active Braille Smartwatch for the blind

University of Washington (Seattle), Major: Social Science (Currently on Leave of Absence)

Recipient of University of Washington Lavin Entrepreneurship Scholarship

2012 Founders Institute-Seattle & Younoodle Incubator-Silicon Valley: participated in training

2012 SMBA (Small and Medium Business Administration) Global Youngman Start-up Activation Overseas Expansion Program: advanced to the final round at Silicon Valley

2013 Global Startup Youth – Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Event: participating member of Republic of Korea National Team

2014 April, launched truck sharing economy service ‘Wagon’ in the United States

Mr Tadaaki KIMURA

CEO, addlight Inc.

After graduated from graduate school of Tokyo University, Tadaaki KIMURA started to work for Deloitte and engaged in various areas such as IPO consulting service. In 2008, he founded addlight Inc. which provides business consulting for big enterprises and incubation service for startups in Japan and worldwide. He is also on the board as director of some tech start-ups and have involved four of them to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market.

Graduated from the Economic Department of the University of Tokyo, and graduated from the Master’s Course in the Economic Department of Graduate School of the University of Tokyo.

Mr Yinglan TAN

Venture Partner, Sequoia Capital

World Economic Forum Young Global Leader

Yinglan Tan is Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital and is the first hire by Sequoia in Singapore. In this role, he helped set up the Singapore office for Sequoia and is currently managing investments for Sequoia. Sequoia’s recent portfolio in the region include Tokopedia, Carousell, Appier and 99.co. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Yinglan was a member of the elite Singapore Administrative Service, where he served in a variety of positions in the Prime Minister’s Office (where he was part of a team that managed a S$360 million fund for innovation and enterprise), Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Defence. Yinglan was also the founding Director of 3i Venturelab China, a joint-venture between private equity firm 3i (LSE:III) and INSEAD. During graduate school at Stanford, he had co-founded, raised angel funding and sold an online dating startup (which is still featured as a case study in Stanford University).Yinglan Tan is Venture Partner at Sequoia Capital and is the first hire by Sequoia in Singapore. In this role, he helped set up the Singapore office for Sequoia and is currently managing investments for Sequoia. Sequoia’s recent portfolio in the region include Tokopedia, Carousell, Appier and 99.co. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital, Yinglan was a member of the elite Singapore Administrative Service, where he served in a variety of positions in the Prime Minister’s Office (where he was part of a team that managed a S$360 million fund for innovation and enterprise), Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of Defence. Yinglan was also the founding Director of 3i Venturelab China, a joint-venture between private equity firm 3i (LSE:III) and INSEAD. During graduate school at Stanford, he had co-founded, raised angel funding and sold an online dating startup (which is still featured as a case study in Stanford University).

Yinglan has been named as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, a WEF Global Agenda Council member on Fostering Entrepreneurship in 2011-2014 and a Selection Committee Member on the WEF Technology Pioneers in 2015, one of 100 Leaders of Tomorrow by the St Gallen Symposium in 2010, 100 Global Thinkers 2011 by think-tank Lo Spazio della Politica, a World Cities Summit Young Leader and a Kauffman Fellow. Yinglan is an Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor at National University of Singapore, serves on the Strategic Research Innovation Fund Investment committee at Nanyang Technology University, is the author of 3 books and was educated at Harvard, Stanford and Carnegie Mellon.

Mr The Honourable John C Tsang, GBM, JP

Financial Secretary, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr Tsang spent his secondary school years in La Salle College in Hong Kong and Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He pursued his interest in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and went on to receive a Master Degree in Bilingual Education from Boston State College and a Master Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Mr Tsang worked in the Boston Public Schools prior to joining the Hong Kong civil service in November 1982. As a member of the Administrative Service, he served in a number of posts in the Government. After reunification, he served as Director General of the London Economic and Trade Office, Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Secretary for Planning and Lands and Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands).

Mr Tsang was appointed Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology in August 2003. He chaired the successfully concluded World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong in December 2005. He was appointed Director of the Chief Executive’s Office in January 2006 and has been serving as Financial Secretary since 1 July 2007.

Mr Tsang is married with two children.

MS Norma CHU

Founder, DayDayCook

Cooking enthusiast founded the hottest culinary website across Asia

Norma Chu is the founder of DayDayCook, the biggest bilingual recipe website in Hong Kong which produces creative recipes and videos.

Norma grew up in Hong Kong and moved to Seattle when she was 11. She studied economics and finance in University of Washington and started working in an investment bank after graduation. She relocated back to Hong Kong in 2007 and was appointed Head of HSBC Securities Services when she was 30.

Norma’s parents love cooking at home and this influenced her a lot. Because of her enthusiasm towards cooking, Norma decided to strike out on her own and founded DayDayCook In 2012. Her professional knowledge on economics and finance leads DayDayCook into great success.

In the beginning, Norma cooked and documented the recipes on DayDayCook website. Putting all of the effort on high quality recipes and videos creation, online marketing and brand cooperation, DayDayCook gradually grows and becomes a well-known bilingual recipe website in Hong Kong. DayDayCook website reaches 0.5 million unique visitors and 4 million page view each month, video has over 30 million page view and its Facebook page has over 450k followers.

Apart from online platforms like website, social media and mobile app, offline services such as cookbooks, weekly cooking classes in DayDayCook Concept Studio and DayDayCook Delivery service are also well developed.

In 2015, DayDayCook entered China market. Its Chinese platform draws 120 million monthly views. DayDayCook’s expansion is supported by a US$5 million Series A funding round from investors including Heyi Capital, 500 Startups and mFund. Now users in China can access recipes via various popular social media platform like WeChat, Weibo and video websites like Youku and Todou.

Norma starts the way of being Key Opinion Leader (KOL) in 2015 and corporates with fashion and beauty brands , such as SKII, Estee Lauder and Kate Spade. Besides, she provides lifestyle, practical videos and personal sharing on social media. She has over 80k followers on her Facebook page.

Mr Peter Wong Tung Shun, JP

Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Asia-Pacific

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

Peter Wong Tung Shun is Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Asia-Pacific of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He is a Group Managing Director and member of the Group Management Board of the HSBC Group, which is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations with assets of US$2,596bn at 31 March 2016 and a presence in 71 countries and territories. Mr Wong is Chairman and Non-executive Director of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited and HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad, Non-executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Limited and Bank of Communications Co Ltd as well as an independent Non-executive Director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. He also holds roles with the HKMA’s Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, the Our Hong Kong Foundation, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Institute of Bankers. In mainland China, Mr Wong is a Member of the 12th National Committee for the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Economic Advisor to the Governor for the International Consultative Conference on the Future Economic Development of Guangdong from 2013 to 2015, a Member of Chongqing Mayor's International Economic Advisory Council and a Board Member of China Banking Association (CBA). He is an Honorary Professor of The University of Hong Kong for the School of Economics and Finance and an Adjunct Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the Department of Marketing.

Dr the Hon Victor FUNG Kwok-king, GBM, GBS

Group Chairman, Fung Group

An International Business Leader, Thought Leader and Philanthropist

Dr. Victor K. Fung is an international business leader, thought leader and philanthropist, who holds professional and civic appointments in Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and overseas.

He is Group Chairman of the Fung Group, a Hong Kong-based multinational which comprises major subsidiaries in trading, logistics, distribution and retailing. They include publicly-listed Li & Fung Limited, Global Brands Group Holding Limited, Convenience Retail Asia Limited and Trinity Limited.

Dr. Fung holds independent non-executive Directorships with Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited (Hong Kong) and Koc Holding A.S. (Turkey). He is also Chairman of the Asia Advisory Board of Prudential Financial, Inc (USA).

Dr. Fung is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong, a new multi-disciplinary think-tank co-established with the Fung Global Institute.

Also in Hong Kong, Dr Fung is a member of the Economic Development Commission of the Hong Kong Government and Chairman of the Steering Committee on the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme. He is a former Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (1991-2000); a Hong Kong representative on the APEC Business Advisory Council (1996-2003); Chairman of the Airport Authority Hong Kong (1999-2008), Chairman of the Council of The University of Hong Kong (2001-2009) and Chairman of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council (2004-2013).

On the Chinese Mainland, Dr. Fung is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and an economic advisor to the People's Government of Nanjing. He also is an Honorary Trustee of Peking University, a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University and an Honorary Professor of Renmin University. He was Vice-Chairman of the China Centre for International Economic Exchanges (2009-2014).

Internationally, Dr. Fung played a leadership role from 2007 in the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce, of which he was Chairman from 2008 to 2010. From 2012 to 2013, he was a member of the World Trade Organisation's Panel On Defining The Future of Trade.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Dr. Fung holds Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After gaining his Doctorate in Business Economics from Harvard University, he taught as a professor at Harvard Business School before returning to the family business in Hong Kong in 1976.

Dr. Fung is married with three adult children.

mr Aaron LEE

Founder and Managing Director, Dash Serviced Suites

Forbes Asia 30 under 30 Young Entrepreneur

Aaron is the Founder of DASH Serviced Suites - Hong Kong’s fastest growing accommodation option for business professionals. At a fraction of the price compared to global brands such as Shama and Ascott, DASH promises hassle free, 5-star hotel like amenities in their fully equipped serviced apartments. With DASH’s digitally advanced portal and a 5-Star hospitality team, the company accommodated 15,000 nights serving 500+ tenants in their growing portfolio of 100 apartments during its recent 1-Year anniversary. With its early traction, Dash Serviced Suites aims to be the #1 serviced apartment operator in Hong Kong as Asia’s Property Hub as well as have presence in other major cities around the world.

Recently, Aaron is featured as a Forbes Asia 30 under 30 Young Entrepreneur. Aaron has co-founded / invested in his first startup at an early age of 17. Some of these notable Asian startups include uBuyiBuy.com (acquired by Groupon), SHOPAME.com (now known as Mydress.com) and SnapAsk (Asia’s #1 tutors on demand mobile app with presence in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Shanghai).

ms Bonnie Chiu

Co-founder & CEO, Lensational

Empower women through Photography

Hong Kong-born Bonnie Chiu is the co-founder and CEO of non-profit social enterprise Lensational, which aims to empower marginalised women by equipping them with cameras and photography training. Since launching in 2013, the organisation – which has expanded to a team of 50 volunteers – has taught photography to 300 women across nine developing countries.

She is also the Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) an international consulting firm that helps charities and businesses maximise their social impact. Her current and previous clients include international organisations like Save The Children and the World Association for Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a C200 Scholar, dedicated to outstanding women business leaders, and has just been awarded Young Achiever of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards. She is a Trustee at Student Hubs, a national charity in the UK which mobilises thousands of university students each year to tackle social challenges.

She holds a MSc International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE). She is a frequent speaker on social entrepreneurship and women's rights, having been invited to speak in 5 countries: Switzerland, Italy, Poland, India, Hong Kong. Her work has been featured by Mashable, Huffington Post and the Guardian among others, and she has delivered two TEDx talks.

Mr Jimmy Tao

Managing Director & CEO
Vitargent International Holdings Limited

Jimmy loves innovative technologies and bright ideas. He can often be found in the Vitargent lab, discussing new initiatives with the R&D team. Before joining Vitargent, Jimmy founded and ran a series of successful companies. He's a guest lecturer at Hong Kong universities, and a mentor to students who want to start businesses with a social mission. Jimmy is devoted to raising awareness about the dangers of synthetic chemicals - he has given talks all over the world and is writing a book about the challenges consumers face when it comes to choosing safe products.

Jimmy received his BSc from the University of Manchester’s Institute of Science and Technology, and holds an MPhil in engineering from the University of Cambridge. He is a Clinton Global Initiative Commitment Scholar and an Advisor to the Our Hong Kong Foundation.

MR Leong Cheung

Executive Director

Charities and Community of The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr Leong Cheung joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club as the Executive Director, Charities and Community in 2014.

Mr Cheung has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He joined Bain Capital in 2008 and was their Operating Partner. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Global Sourcing & Supply Chain at Esquel Group, the founder and CEO of an education related Internet venture, CampusAll, in Mainland China, and a senior consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr Cheung has always been active in public services. He started working on charities and community related work while at Esquel. He helped the firm set up an education foundation in Xinjiang in 2002, building schools and libraries in the rural areas. He is currently Chairman of RunOurCity, an innovative social enterprise he co-founded with the aim of transforming life through running.

Mr The Hon. Nicholas W. Yang, JP

Secretary for Innovation and Technology
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr. Yang was appointed Secretary for Innovation and Technology of the fourth-term Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 20 November 2015. The Innovation and Technology Bureau is responsible for policy matters on information technology, as well as innovation and technology.

Mr. Yang graduated in 1977 from the California Institute of Technology in the United States with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. He pursued further studies in Stanford University and obtained a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1978 and a Master of Business Administration degree in 1982. Mr. Yang worked as a senior design engineer for Intel Corporation in 1978 and subsequently as a strategic management consultant for Bain & Company. Returning to Hong Kong in 1983, he joined Shell Electric Mfg. (Holdings) Limited as its Executive Director and Deputy Group Managing Director. He was senior consultant and director of several venture capital and private equity investment firms in 2002. Mr. Yang was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited in 2003 and was an Executive Vice President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2010 to February 2015. In March 2015, he was appointed by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as Advisor on Innovation and Technology, and a Non-official Member of the Executive Council which is the Chief Executive’s top advising body.

Mr Kai PAUL

Part Owner, Indosole

Kai has moved from the Engineering and Contracting world of San Francisco, CA to the Sports Management and Fashion Industry of Southern California to the Shoe Manufacturing and Marketing world of San Francisco and Indonesia. He is a partner in a San Francisco-based business called Indosole (Founded in 2009) and has been in charge of Business Development, Marketing, and Product Management since 2012. Indosole produces high quality, comfortable, and durable footwear utilizing tires as soles. They have set up a supply chain in Indonesia of used and discarded tires that they then turn into the soles of our footwear. They repurpose all of our tires, meaning they do not change the composition of the tire rubber through any heat or off-gassing--they simply put the tire through a series of slicing and cutting processes. They aim to bring awareness to the issue of not only waste tires, but waste in general, so they can help people live better lives. He believes in the product wholeheartedly and is proud to wear his Indosole shoes and sandals every single day.

His desire in business is to help people live happy, healthy, and sustainable lives--the same as Indosole's core vision. Each one of us means a great deal to the state of the world moving forward. Each individual can make a difference, and has a choice to do so. It's when they meet like-minded individuals that a movement starts to take shape. The movement towards health, happiness, and sustainability has started and it makes me very excited about the future. His desire is to contribute, lead, and grow this movement. He is looking forward to sharing his story and the Indosole story, and meeting the up-and-coming leaders of the business world.

mr Kaili Wu

General Manager , Baidu Cloud Engine Channel & Ecological Business Department

Kaili Wu, General Manager of Baidu Cloud Engine Channel & Ecological Business Department, is mainly responsible for the development of Baidu Cloud Engine ecosystem partners, channel system and the vertical branch innovation. With 10 years rich experience on Internet & enterprise service, Mr. Wu Kaili dedicated to build up ecological environment based on Baidu Open Cloud Technology which helps the entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams.

Mr Derick Gentry THOMPSON

Founder & Managing Director, StartupRunner

Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of a Marketing Accelerator Program

Derick Thompson is an entrepreneur and founder of the StartupRunner marketing accelerator program. He is the author of Customer Discovery: The Foundation Of A Profitable Business. He is the creator of the Value Proposition Marketing methodology, which is becoming a global movement in marketing, practiced by individuals and startups around the world.

He has founded a number of startups including DailyDigital & BizHive.com, where he served as CTO, and he has advised on business, marketing and product strategy for startups, venture capital firms, and large companies, including Sprint, where he partnered with them through BizHive. Derick actively invests with the Central Texas Angel Network, and he is founder and venture fund manager at StartupRunner Capital.

Derick lives in Austin, TX with his wife and dog.

Mr Binxing LIU

Director, Greater China Alibaba Cloud International

Renowned Expert on Cloud Service

Binxing Liu has more than 10 years cloud business and Globalization experience. Now he is responsible for the business in Greater China region in Alibaba Cloud International . He leads the team to provide cloud services in various industries for Chinese overseas business in Hong Kong and Macau. Also, he worked as director in Huawei Europe for cloud and IT solution before. Liu graduated from Tongji University and got Master degree in Loughborough University in UK.

REX SHAM

Co-founder & Chief Analyst, Insight Robotics Ltd

Entrepreneur of the Year at IBM SmartCamp Global Finals 2014

Rex Sham is Co-Founder and Chief Analyst of Insight Robotics where he is responsible for technology and innovation strategy and leads the company’s engineering teams. Recently won the award of the Entrepreneur of the Year at IBM SmartCamp Global Finals 2014, he has also prototyped hardware and software solutions for Insight Robotics’ current core technologies and co-authored two patents. Prior to Insight Robotics, Rex had extensive experience in the field, undertaking research on the topic at Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Hong Kong University and developing Hong Kong Robot, a popular robotics interest website. He received a B.S. in Computer Science from CUHK.

MR Scott LIKENS

Emerging Technologies Leader, PwC Experience Centre & Digital Services

e-Commerce Expert on Big Data analyze and Mobile Technologies

Scott is a Partner in Hong Kong where he leads PwC's Analytics and Emerging Technologies business and co-leads the Experience and Insights Centre for PwC China and Hong Kong.

He has deep expertise in emerging technologies including Big Data and analytics, mobile technologies and social customer engagement. He is an expert in eCommerce and digital architecture and brings over 20 years of experience across industries from insurance, transportation to financial services. In China and Hong Kong, Scott has worked with some of the biggest local and multi-national companies to transform their business using global digital trends with a local lens. Prior to coming to Hong Kong, Scott worked in the US leading the PwC’s Emerging Technologies Group, where he helped clients understand and leverage the power of mobile, social and analytics by turning digital, data and insights into action. With many years of e-Commerce experience starting before the dot com boom, Scott has helped clients use technology to build a customer experience strategy and use customer analytics to enhance both digital and physical operations and generate business insights.

MS Loretta FONG

Assurance Partner, PwC Hong Kong

International Business Consulting Specialist

Loretta is a partner in PwC Entrepreneurial Group of the Assurance Division in Hong Kong. Leveraging her strong international background, she has extensive experience in providing accounting, audit and consulting services to public and private companies.

Loretta has assisted a number of companies in completing their initial public offerings in both Hong Kong and the United States. She has also led and advised on numerous substantial transactions including acquisitions, disposals and privatisation of Hong Kong listed companies and registrants with the Securities & Exchange Commissions (“SEC”) of the United States. Loretta has also delivered public seminars on accounting, mergers and acquisitions organised by Hong Kong Economic Times, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts.

On client works, Loretta has specialised in:
IPO for internet, technology, online gaming and retail groups in Hong Kong
IPO and annual audits for a telecommunications company dually listed in Hong Kong and the United States with extensive overseas operations
Annual audits and various M&A and financing service for technology and media companies based in Hong Kong/China with international presence
Financial due diligence on game developers and B2B platforms

Loretta currently has the following external appointments: Member of Finance & Administration Committee of Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) (since 2006)
Member of the Corporate Finance Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”) (since 2012)
Member of the Financial Controllership Programme Working Group of HKICPA (since 2014)
Member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee of HKICPA (since 2015)
Member of the Accountancy Advisory Board of Lingnan University (since 2015)
Board Member of the Ocean Park (since March 2016)
Loretta is a Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong (HKICPA), a Certified Public Accountant in the United States (AICPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA, US), a Chartered Accountant (CA, Canada) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). She is also a non-practising member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) since 1998.

MR Jun WANG

Managing Director, Decent Capital

Leader of a Chinese Angel Investment Fund

Jun Wang is the Managing Director of Decent Capital, a leading Chinese angel investment fund, where he oversees the fund's angel investment and portfolio management practices.

Prior to Decent Capital, Mr. Wang was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley TMT team and Credit Suisse M&A and Corporate Finance team, where he witnessed and facilitated the rise of many Chinese tech companies after the 2008 financial crisis. Before his days in investment banking, Jun was a currency trader at Citi.

Jun attended Peking University before receiving his Honors Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Western University, and Master of Arts (Economics) degree from University of British Columbia.

Ms Joanna CHEUNG

Managing Director & Co-founder, Tuspark Global Network

Ms. Wai Sze CHEUNG, also known as Joanna co-founded City Champion Int'l Limited (later renamed to TGN Innovation Limited). Beijing-basked Tus-holdings invested in the company afterwards, and Ms. Cheung continues her appointment as the Executive Director.

In 2014, TGN develop its co-working space under the brand name of Tuspark. With her own experiences, Ms. Cheung understands well about the needs of a startup, and knows how to provide an all-rounded services for building a startup.

In early 2016, TGN expanded its network to Shenzhen and Shanghai. Ms. Cheung is also being appointed as a member of the Fintech Advisory Group of the SFC.

Mr Danny YEUNG

CEO, Prenetics

Danny Yeung, a serial entrepreneur, serves as Chief Executive Officer for Prenetics, a technology-driven life sciences company specialising in DNA precision medicine. Prior to Prenetics, Danny was Founding Partner at SXE Ventures having led multiple investments in genetic testing companies. Danny had also founded uBuyiBuy in 2010 which was acquired by Groupon. Prior to Danny leaving Groupon in early 2014, Danny served as CEO of Groupon East Asia. Danny’s entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 25 when he ventured into franchising Hong Kong dessert chain Hui Lau Shan into USA. After exiting Hui Lau Shan, Danny successfully ventured into hospitality furniture and executed multi-million dollar projects with MGM City Center. Danny received his BS in MIS from the University of San Francisco. Danny’s life motto is “Play Hard, Work Harder”.

Mr Hai HO

Founder, Triip.me

Founder/Startup coach/Public speaker with 10 years experiences in building products and startups. He founded and grew his own online community from 0 to 500,000 members within 1.5 years at University at Buffalo, SUNY. Hai has rich experience in building different kind of products like payment gateway, social network, wearable hardware, community app, ebook app.

Recently, he found Triip.me - the leading sharing economy travel platform for truly local experiences which featured on The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, TheNextWeb. Triip.me is in 98 countries, 615 cities with 6000+ local experiences.

Hai is a frequent speaker at global travel conferences in Bhutan, Europe, Japan and China. He is also the co-founder and coach of SHIELD Academy - Vietnam first and only pre-incubator startup education program. He focuses on User Experience Design, Product Development, Growth Hacking, Customer Journey Mapping and Public Speaking training.

CHRISTOPHER YEUNG

Founder, Carshare (HK) Limited

A believer of the sharing economy

As a believer of the sharing economy, he started Carshare.hk to reduce the number of cars and congestion in Hong Kong by enabling people to utilise private cars in a more efficient way. Car sharing as a concept has a positive ripple effect on society as a whole. It builds trust in the community. His expertise lies in product development, design and team-building. During the course of running Carshare, he led the company in winning multiple awards including the CASE conference award and HK PolyU Microfund award. He successfully led the company to close its angel investment fund of around HK$3 million. Carhshare has already reached out to some China funds.

Christopher obtained his master degree from Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management from Imperial College in 2011. Before starting Carshare, he worked briefly in the financial industry doing FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities) trading in Bank of America Merrill Lynch and interned at a Venture Capital in Hong Kong.

ADA YIP

Director, Hong Kong Institute of Social Impact Analysts

From investment banking to impact investing industry

Ada's last engagement was the Program Director at SOW Asia. She designed and led the i2i (incubation to investment) program, one of the few accelerators for social ventures in Hong Kong. In 2014, i2i incubated 10 startups, all of which have clear social missions and have scalable business models. Ada is focused in supporting the entrepreneurship development in Hong Kong and Greater China. Ada is on the board of Hong Kong Institute of Social Impact Analysts, Education For Good (CIC) Limited and Sowers Exchange Foundation. Ada is also a member of the Advisory Committee at the Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme under the Home Affairs Department of the Hong Kong Government, a mentor under the Mentoring Program for Women Leaders at The Women’s Foundation and the Hong Kong University Alumni Entrepreneur Club. Prior to joining the impact investing industry, Ada worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Ada earned a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

GANG YAO

GANG YAO, Founder, Next WiFi Technologies Ltd

NextWiFi Technologies provides a series of hardward systems and mobile APPs that can broadcast multiple lines of information entries via WiFi SSID signals. End users can be navigated to any specific contents by clicking on the WiFi SSIDs. In this way, stores and shopping malls can promote sales of their commodities and services, media can spread their news and opinions along with advertisements, and even mobile games and APPs can be distributed conveniently. Such an advertising platform, sales network and content distributing platform based on WiFi is cost-effective and making the best of prevailing of WiFi devices and smartphones.

RAYMOND YIP

Co-Founder & CEO, Shopline

Raised US$1.2 million fund to bring sophistication to social media commerce in Asia

Raymond Yip, Co-founder & CEO of Shopline, has managed product design and engineering efforts over an extensive career in corporate technology in New York City and Hong Kong. He has also launched a multitude of consumer-facing products. In the early days of the Facebook platform, he launched a niche market gifting app that drove 500K hits daily, generated significant advertising revenue. In 2011, he founded the first mobile social network for sneaker enthusiasts and was accepted into the Complex Media Network. He also launched a product to allow blog owners to monetise the comments section of their blogs, serving millions of ads for blog owners. Raymond and his co-founders launched Shopline to provide merchants in Asia a localised solution to create their own e-commerce website. Shopline is the second startup from HK that was ever accepted into the 500 Startups Accelerator program in Silicon Valley. Having successfully raised a fund of US$1.2 million, Shopline was also the winner of "My Favourite Cloud Product" at the World Internet Developer Summit and a top 50 startup in Asia at e27 Echelon Conference in 2014. Raymond is a UI/UX designer that was on the winning team at the April 2013 edition of Startup Weekend Hong Kong for Best User Experience.

ANYONG WANG

Founder, Shenzhen WeChat Center Technology Limited, Inc

Champion in the China Business Model Competition 2015

Champion in the China Business Model Competition 2015; its product “weixinchuang” is the country’s first WeChat photo printer and advertising machine; once followed on WeChat, free photo printing service is available any time any where

Weining ZHENG

Founder, Shenzhen Canyou Group [Mainland China]

A high-tech social enterprise

Mr. Zheng Weining inherited severe hemophilia, death go hand in hand, rely on regular blood transfusions to sustain life. He is not able to move in his childhood, in hence, he missed the school, but through the self-studying, he finally got the degree of Chinese, business management and law.

In the end of last century, Mr. Zheng donated all his deposit to establish Canyou Group, for the exploration of the disable’s living revolution in new knowledge economic times, Mr. Zheng launched one charity foundation, 9 NGO and 33 high-tech social enterprise. In Nov 2009, Mr Zheng donated all his personal shares and his brand of Canyou to make sure sustainably developed of Canyou, after that, he established the first charity foundation named Shenzhen Weining Charity foundation. Cause the big contribution of what Mr. Zheng did, he has met the president Hu for 3 times since 2008, and was awarded the national labor model, China charity prize for the most love behavior model prize twice, the national self-improvement model, one of the shenzhen special economic zone 30 years 30 leading figure, one of the shenzhen special economic zone 30 years 40 industry leader, shenzhen charity outstanding contribution award, guangdong venture star, shenzhen volunteer mayor award etc.