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Startup Impact Summit 2020

07 July 2020 (Tue) | 10:00 – 21:00 HKT

08 July 2020 (Wed) | 10:00 – 19:00 HKT

Agenda Subject to Change

Speakers

Christopher Hui, JP

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Stephen Phillips

Director General of Investment Promotion, Invest Hong Kong
Invest Hong Kong

Charles Ng

Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion
Invest Hong Kong

King Leung

Head of Fintech
InvestHK

Francis Pun

Market Development Lead, Strategic Partnerships at HKSTP
HKSTP

Alex So

Group Managing Parnter
Fastlane Group

Alex Zaccaria

Co-Founder and Managing Director
Linktree

Alina Benny

SEO & Content Lead
Nextiva

Andy Chan

Co-Founder
Qupital

Anthony Lawrance

Founder
Greater Bay Insight

Janice Chew

Principal
JC Legal

Ben Kepes

Board Member, Entrepreneur and Investor
Diversity Limited

Blake Larson

Managing Director, International
Lalamove

Catherine Chen

Founder and Managing Partner
AvantFaire Investment Management Limited

Chibo Tang

Partner
Gobi Partners China

Chinwe Okoli

Founder
Grand Africa Initiative

Claus Christensen

CEO
Know Your Customer

Dorothy Lam

Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst
Dream Impact

Winston Ma, CFA & Esq.

Adjunct Professor; former Managing Director of CIC
New York University School of Law

Edith Yeung

General Partner
Race Capital

Elizabeth Tan

Venture Partner for Impact and Sustainability
Quest Ventures

Francis Belin

President, Asia Pacific
Christie’s

Francis Ngai

Founder and CEO
Social Ventures Hong Kong

Francisco Santolo

CEO
Scalabl

Jessica Lam

Group Head of Strategy
WeLab

Jacqueline Ostrov

Head of Growth
Easyship

Jessica Volbrecht

COO
GrowthMentor

Jed Ng

Tech Investor & Advisor
Turing

Kenneth Kwok

CEO
Global Citizen Capital

Kent Zaitlik

CEO
MOZI.AI Ltd

Kristi Swartz

Managing Partner
Swartz, Binnersley & Associates

Joyce Zhang

CEO & Co-Founder
Alariss Global

Louisa Zhang

VP
Vectr Ventures

Moshe Szyf

Chairman of Board of Directors
HKG Epitherapeutics Limited

Michael Au

Managing Director
District Capital

Mikaal Abdulla

SVP, International
SoFi

Natalie Lung

Program Manager, Food Technology Accelerator
Brinc

Reeve Kwan

Co-Founder
GOGOVAN

Retno Dewati

Head of Indonesia
Access Ventures

Marta Dowejko

Research Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Baptist University

Sam Dickie

Lead Product Manager & Micro Incubator Programme Lead
ucreate

Satya Tammareddy

Head of SE Asia & Hong Kong Growth
Stripe

Savio Kwan

Non-Executive Director
Alibaba HK Entrepreneur Fund

Nikki Elbaz

Email Copywriter
Nikki Elbaz

Sonalie Figueiras

Founder & CEO, Green Queen Media / Ekowarehouse
Green Queen Media

Sylvia Kong

Senior Investment Director
Gobi Partners China

Tilo Bonow

CEO and Founder
PIABO PR

Waverly Deutsch

Polsky Director for UChicago Global Entrepreneurs Network
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

William Ip

Managing Director of Hong Kong
Carousell

Yat Siu

Co-founder & Chairman
Animoca Brands & Outblaze

Jason Calacanis

Angel Investor and Podcaster
Launch

Tracy Wong

Founder & CEO
Voor

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director
Techstars

Simon Squibb

Founder
The Good Luck Club

Devin Kohli

Co-Head of Outward VC
Outward VC

Sojin Lee

Founder and CEO
TOSHI.co

Alexandra Martins

Partnerships & Investors Relations
Bridge for Billions

Sarbvir Singh

CEO
PolicyBazaar.com

Jowell Shek

Associate
Catalyst Ventures

Ayumi Ode

Japan Country Lead
500 Startups

Daisy Wan

Business Development Director
AngelHub

Zoe Chew

Product Builder
NewCo

Alex Ypsilanti

CEO & Co-Founder
Quantifeed

Pahrada “Mameaw” Sapprasert

Director
500 Startups Thailand (500 TukTuks)

Dinh-Long PHAM

Youth Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Specialist
UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub

Tom March

Founder
Redrice Ventures

Drew Calin

CEO
Greenhouse

Andrew Ive

Founder and Managing General Partner
Big Idea Ventures

Felix Wong

Head of Growth
AngelHub & WHub

Amra Naidoo

Co-Founder and General Partner
Accelerating Asia

Lalitha Wemel

Regional Director (APAC), Community
Techstars

Ellie Horrocks

Consultant
UNDP

Foti Panagiotakopoulos

Founder
GrowthMentor

Ankit Sethi

Growth, Community & Strategy
Circular City

Mizuko (Mimi) Ito

Co-Founder & CEO; Professor
Connected Camps; University of California

Matt Lumb

CEO
War Paint For Men

Carrie Chan

Co-Founder & CEO
Avant Meats Company Limited

Rodney J. Schaddee Van Dooren

Director, Illicit Trade Prevention Asia Pacific
PMI

Nick Cooney

Managing Partner
Lever VC

Tawhida Shiropa

Founder and CEO
Moner Bondhu

Tahmid Hasan

Head of Partnership & Growth
i-Farmer Ltd.

Rohit Tiwari

CEO
Foodmario

Agnes Li

Lead, Product Growth – GoPay & Mapan
GoJek

Daniel Grossmann

Managing Partner
Kharis Capital

Jo Chan

Investor Relations Director
AngelHub

Rafael Masters

CEO
Vulcan Augmetics

Minesh Pore

Cofounder & CEO
Buyhive Ltd

Mark Blick

CEO
Diginex Solutions

Helene Li

CEO & Co-Founder
GoImpact

Nesh Sooriyan

Entrepreneur in Residence
Accelerating Asia

Marten Rauschenberg

CTO
UploadMe.org

Norris Koppel

Founder and CEO
Monese

Joe Tian

Founding Managing Partner
DETONG CAPITAL

Robert Hao

Co-Founder and COO
Hype Asia

SEBASTIEN BORGET

COO & CO-FOUNDER
THE SANDBOX

Ines Galichon

Manager
ENEA Consulting

Darren Foong

Growth Marketing
CandyBar.co

Cynthia Cheung

Youth Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consultant
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Nicole Fu

Consultant
Nav.Marketing

Tat Lam

CEO
Shanzhai City

Shanti Mohan

Co-Founder & CEO
LetsVenture

James Pacaba

Managing Partner
Morningtide Capital Partners

Oranuch Lerdsuwankij

Co-founder and CEO, Techsauce Media
Techsauce Media Co., Ltd

Jan Ruzicka

Chief External Affairs Officer & Fintech Evangelist
Home Credit Group

Mik Naayem

Chief Business Officer
Dapper Labs

Mohan Belani

CEO and Head of Product
e27

Tommy Lui

CEO, Greater China
DynoSense Corp

Ke Lin (Linka)

Youth Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consultant
UNDP

Florian Hoffmann

Founder & CEO of The DO School
The DO School

Namir Hourani

Managing Director
Global Manufacturing Industrialisation Summit

Victoria Daet

Consultant
OMG Network

Marc Castagnet

Director
ICS Hong Kong

Josh Slusher

Director, Philanthropic Initiatives
United Nations Foundation

Mike Moradi

Partner / CEO
Hexagon Regenerative Medicine Fund / Sensulin

Timothy Yu

CEO
Snapask

Mr. Joshua Setipa

Managing Director
UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries

Michael Pellman Rowland

Partner / Head of Impact Investments
Alpenrose Wealth Management

Oscar Ramos

Managing Director
Chinaccelerator

Benedicte Nolens

Head of Innovation Hub
Bank for International Settlements

Radia Cheikh Lahlou

CEO
Déclic – CSR

Nathan Walworth

Co-Chair of the Futurism Group
NEXUS

Gherardo Liguori

CEO
start2impact

Saieshan Govinder

Global Shaper, Johannesburg Hub
Global Shapers Community

Stephanie Arrowsmith

Co-Founder
Impact Hub Jakarta

Nguyen Phi Van

Chairwoman
Vietnam Angel Network

Nala Puttiputtachart

Program Director
CU Innovation Hub

Nariman Sadri

CEO
Darman Ara

Philipp Kristian Diekhoener

Asia Managing Partner
Denkfabrik Digital (DDX)

Hajo van Beijma

CCO SingularityU Benelux
SingularityU Benelux

Pierre Rousseau

Senior Strategic Advisor for Sustainable Business
BNP Paribas

Karena Belin

Co-Founder, CEO
WHub & AngelHub

Oliver Wayman

Co-Founder
BOTTLETOP

Leopold Feiler

Co-Founder
GES Global Energy Storage

Corinna Lathan

CEO
AnthroTronix

Antonio Zappulla

Chief Executive Officer
Thomson Reuters Foundation

Jad Salha

Founder & CEO
MyAhmed

Jazmine Cable

Impact Consultant
Buckminster Fuller Institute

Rahul Nambiar

Co-Founder
Botsync

Jennifer Buckley

Senior Managing Director, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Asia
SEAF

Taraec Hussein

Vice President, Investments
Gobi Partners

Ben Wong

Assistant General Manager
Eureka Nova

Jay Lin

Founder & CEO
Protico Media & GagaOOLala

Sophie Smith

Co-Founder and CEO
Nabta Health

Itai Green

Founder & CEO
Innovate Israel

Karen Contet Farzam

Co-Founder & CEO
AngelHub

Devere Bryan

Head of Strategic Partnerships
Xero

Michelle Kwok

Small Business Specialist, Xero Asia
Xero

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Lwazi Wali

Head of Venture Sourcing
Founders Factory Africa

Julian Wong

Small Business Evangelist, Xero Asia
Xero

Heba Aguib

Chief Executive RESPOND
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

Barak Singer

CEO
Trendlines Incubators Israel

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Pablo Santaeufemia

CEO & Co-Founder
Bridge for Billions

Alvaro Fernandez

CEO & Editor-in-Chief
SharpBrains

Cecile Blilious

Head of Impact & Sustainability
Pitango Venture Capital

Gurchaten Sandhu

President
UN-GLOBE

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Nick Halla

Senior Vice President, International
Impossible Foods

Ariel Sacerdoti

Founding Partner
The Founders Kitchen

Gloria Lee

Head of Global Business
Wanted

Eugene Kim

General Partner
SparkLabs Group

Medhy Souidi

Head of FinTech & StartupXchange
DBS Bank

Hima Bindu Veeramachaneni

Co-Founder
Cyberpsy

Nihal Abughattas

Founding Board Member
MENA Fintech Association

David Galipeau

Founding Partner
SDGx Singapore

Walter Jennings

CEO
Asia Insight Circle

Han-Chung Cheng

CEO
Mitochondrion Application Biomedicine Inc.

Viktor Kyosev

COO
Greenhouse

Katri Kivioja

Programme Manager
UNDP

Johanna L. Wiese

Director, Southeast Asia
Mistletoe

Josephine Chan

Community Manager
WHub

Langston Suen

Founder & CEO
Opharmic Technology (HK) Limited

Ben McQuhae

Partner
GPS McQuhae

Alessandra Sollberger

Founder
Top Tier Impact

Vikram Gupta

Founder and Managing Partner
IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited

Mariana De Win

Head of Ecosystems, Innovation & Ecosystems
DBS

Maggie Yung

Managing Director – Digital Innovation & Payment
DBS Bank

Abhinav Sinha

Co-Founder & COO
Eko India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd.

Brit Blakeney

Head of Innovation & Ecosystems
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Russ Neu

Associate Director
Quest Ventures

Jasmine Lau

PIM (Purpose in Motion)
PIM (Purpose in Motion)

Anthony Sar

Founder & CEO
FINNOVASIA

David Lovelin

High School Principal
Hong Kong International School

Tania Lau

Senior Director of Marketing & Communications
Verizon Media Hong Kong

Connie Kim

Middle School Principal
Hong Kong International School

Hugh Chow

Chief Executive Officer
ASTRI

Ben Hart

Upper Primary School Principal
Hong Kong International School

Geoff Heney

Lower Primary School Principal
Hong Kong International School

Rex WONG Siu Han

Executive Director & CEO
Kumshing

Mali M Baum

CEO & FOUNDER
WLOUNGE | MAGDA GROUP

Ron Roukema

Interim Head of School
Hong Kong International School

Timothy Shin

President and Co-Founder
ARTBLOC Korea Co., Ltd. (TESSA)

Marc Entwistle

Principal, Digital Financial Services (APAC)
Oliver Wyman

Rachel Daydou

Partner & General manager
Fabernovel China

Florian Kemmerich

Managing Partner
Bamboo Capital Partners

Luyi WU

Partner
Paris2Beijing Consulting

Matthieu Bodin

COO
geoFluxus

Marian Danko

Founder
weHustle

Musheer Ahmed

Founder and Managing Director
Finstep Asia

Alex Kovbasko

Director
enpact

Josie Ng

UI Lead
HSBC Payme

Fred Ngan

Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Bowtie

Ada Yip

Director
WYNG 43 Social Investment

Boris Brault

Founder & Chairman
BOW Group

Elena Poughia

CEO
Data Natives

Rui Ma

Creator & Host
Tech Buzz China

Marina Ekroos

CEO & Co-Founder
Frameright

Alex Medana

CEO
FinFabrik

Amanda Joy Ravenhill

Executive Director
Buckminster Fuller Institute

Diane de Beaudrap

COO
BWHub

Iva Jankovic Uzunovski

COO
betahausX

Joshua Haynes

Managing Partner
Masawa, the mental wellness impact fund

Javier Hasbun

Managing Partner
digitalventuresla.com

Alexander de Haseth

Senior Manager
BlueMeg

Rebecca Merrett

Managing Director
OEP Asia

Kevin Fitzgerald

Managing Director for Asia
Xero

Jeremy Choi

Partner, Tax Services
PwC Hong Kong

Nicolas Breitburd

Head of Investment Strategy
AngelHub

Gene Liu

Co-Founder & CEO
LegalX

Nutthanun Nicky Jaroenjitkul

Corporate Strategy and Investment Director
Wisesight

Amanda Tung

Senior Manager, Partnership
ZA

Eric Ng

Founder & CEO
Boutir Limited

Allen John Ku

Director of Operations
Taiwan Startup Stadium

Lluvy Liu

CorpGlobal Leadership Fellow
World Economic Forum

Esther Wong

Managing Director of Strategic Investment
SenseTime

Yogev Shelly

CEO
TinyTap

Luis Shemtov

Partner
Lunar Ventures

Rachel Wang

Head of Strategic DevelopmentFellow
RGAX

David Franzen

CCO
Entnest

Edwin Lacierda

Co-Founder and COO
PayMongo

Chavi Jafa

Head of Business Solutions, Asia Pacific, Visa
Visa

Maaike Steinebach

General Manager, Hong Kong and Macau, Visa
Visa

Cheney Cheng

Co-Founder
Apoidea

Robin Connelley

Co-Founder
Momentum Ventures

Ash Lilani

Managing Partner
Saama Capital

Adetola Onayemi

Outgoing Curator, Abuja Global Shapers
Abuja Global Shapers

Lawrence Yin

Director of Sales
MioTech

Terrance Philips

Managing Director, Asia Head of Private Equity Client Coverage
Citibank

John Stanton

Co-Founder
Chōsen

Jonathan Cheung

Co-Founder
Inovo Robotics Ltd

Benjamin Quinlan

CEO & MANAGING PARTNER
Quinlan & Associates

Juliette Gimenez

CEO
Goxip

Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau

Director General of Market Operations
European Central Bank

Matthias Mende

Co-Founder
Icetech

Tim Draper

Founder
Draper Associates; Draper University