Startup Impact Summit 2020
07 July 2020 (Tue) | 10:00 – 21:00 HKT
08 July 2020 (Wed) | 10:00 – 19:00 HKT
Main Stage
| Day 1 | Main Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Opening Keynote | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 |
Main Stage Opening by Visa Maaike Steinbach CEO, Hong Kong Branch and Macau, Visa |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
Opening Ceremony of Hack.Asia Anne O’Riordan Group Director of Digital, Jardine Matheson Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub |
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| 11:00 – 11:15 |
Introduction to #SIS20, Showcasing Impact, Making Impact by WHub Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Karen Contet Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub |
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| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Envision entrepreneurship in the next 10 years: Global & HK SDG Priorities Dorothy Lam Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst, Dream Impact Francis Ngai Founder & CEO, Social Ventures Hong Kong David Galipeau Founding Partner, SDGx Singapore |
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| 12:30 – 13:15 |
Digital Media and Relationships – The good, the bad and the ugly Yat Siu Co-founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands & Outblaze Mizuko Ito Co-Founder & CEO, Professor Connected Camps, University of California |
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| 13:30 – 14:00 |
Manufacturing for Good: Spreading Global Prosperity through the Art of ‘Making’ Namir Hourani Managing Director, Global Manufacturing Industrialisation Summit Kenneth Kwok CEO, Global Citizen Capital |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Turning corporate culture into competitive advantage Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Savio Kwan Non-Executive Director, Alibaba HK Entrepreneurs Fund |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Young Global Leaders in the Decade of Action Winston Ma Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law Hajo van Beijma COO, SingularityU Benelux Tolullah Oni, MBBS Clinical Senior Research Associate & Joint Lead University of Cambridge |
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| 15:15 – 16:00 |
The future of payment Marc Entwistle Principal, Digital Financial Services (APAC), Oliver Wyman Satya Tammareddy Head of SE Asia & Hong Kong Growth, Stripe Maggie Yung Managing Director, DBS Bank Jan Ruzicka Chief External Affairs Officer & Fintech Evangelist, Home Credit Group |
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| 16:00 – 16:45 |
Unicorn Talk: Insights from HK’s success stories Karen Contet Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Blake Larson Managing Director, International, Lalamove Jessica Lam Group Head of Strategy, WeLab Ester Wong Managing Director, SenseTime |
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| 17:00 – 17:45 |
The Future of Gaming Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Yat Siu Co-founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands & Outblaze Sebastian Borget COO & Co-founder, The Sandbox Mik Naayem Chief Business Officer, Dapper Labs |
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| 18:00 – 18:30 |
China VC landscape in the New Normal: How Impact Startups can lead the Pack Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Joe Tian Founding Managing Partner, Detong Capital |
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| 18:30 – 19:00 |
Global Social Good – Future of Impact Philanthropy Kenneth Kwok CEO, Global Citizen Capital Radia Cheikh Lahlou CEO, Déclic – CSR Oliver Wayman Co-founder, Bottletop Heba Aguib Chief Executive RESPOND, BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt |
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| 19:30 – 20:00 |
UNDP: Innovative towards a Sustainable health-Oriented Future Courtney Savie Lawrence Head of Exploration, UNDP Regional Innovation Team- Asia Pacific Mike Moradi Partner / CEO, Hexagon Regenerative Medicine Fund / Sensulin Han-Chung Cheng CEO, Mitochondrion Application Biomedicine Inc. Sophie Smith Co-founder and CEO, Nabta Health |
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| 20:00 – 20:30 |
LGBTI – Why it matters for Impact and Sustainability Antonio Zappulla Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters Foundation Josh Slusher Director, Philanthropic Initiatives United Nations Foundation Corinna Lathan CEO, AnthroTronix Katri Kivioja Programme Manager UNDP |
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| 20:30 – 21:00 |
United Nations Technology Bank – Supporting LDCs in Achieving SDGs Joshua Setipa Managing Director, UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries Kenneth Kwok CEO, Global Citizen Capital |
| Day 2 | Main Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:30 |
From Hong Kong to the World, Welcome Notes by Government Officials, InvestHK and WHub Christopher Hui Ching-yu, JP Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Charles Ng Associate Director, Invest Hong Kong |
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| 10:30 – 11:00 |
What happens at #SIS20, Stays at #SIS20!…? Walter Jennings CEO, Asia Insight Circle Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub |
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| 11:00 – 11:55 |
Most Successful Angel – A talk with Jason Calacanis Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Jason Calacanis Angel Investor and Podcaster Launch |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 |
WEF Upink – Crowdsourcing Innovations to Address the Trillion Trees Chanllenge Lluvy Liu Global Leadership Fellow World Economic Forum Kenneth Kwok CEO, Global Citizen Capital |
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| 13:00 – 13:30 |
FinTech Scaling Stories, a conversation between Visa and ZA Maaike Steinbach CEO Hong Kong & Macau, VISA Wayne Xu President, ZA |
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| 13:30 – 14:00 |
Impossible: Meat for Meat Lovers Sonalie Figueiras Founder & CEO, Green Queen Media / Ekowarehouse Nick Halla Senior Vice President, International Impossible Foods |
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| 14:00 – 14:40 |
Back to business: opportunities for digital commerce in Asia’s path towards recovery Chavi Jafa Head of Visa Business Solutions, Asia Pacific, Visa Donald Tan VP, Strategic Solutions & Product Development, Visa David Rosa CEO and co-founder, Neat Eric Ng CEO and co-founder, Boutir |
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| 14:40 – 15:00 |
Unravelling GoGoVan’s next move Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Reeve Kwan Co-founder, GOGOVAN |
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| 15:00 – 15:45 |
Tech4Good: Showcase Startup Impact, Transform Through Tech Rodney J. Schaddee Van Dooren Director, Illicit Trade Prevention Asia Pacific, PMI Mark Blick CEO, Diginex Solutions Boris Brault CEO, BOW Group Tat Lam CEO, Shanzhai City |
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| 16:00 – 16:45 |
Unicorn Talk: India’s InsurTech disruption Shanti Mohan Co-Founder & CEO, LetsVenture Sarbvir Singh CEO, PolicyBazaar.com |
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| 17:00 – 19:00 |
Final Pitch of Hack.Asia Anne O’Riordan Group Director of Digital, Jardine Matheson Charles Allen Global Head of Mobile and Smart Channels, HSBC John Mefford Managing Director, Accenture Cally Chan General Manager, Microsoft Hong Kong and Macau Jeremy Sheldon Head of Markets, Asia Pacific, J LL Michael Poon Chief Executive, Jardine Matheson Karena Belin Co-Founder WHub & AngelHub |
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| 19:00 – 19:20 |
Closing of Startup Impact Summit 2020 Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Karen Contet Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub #SIS20 Team and many Volunteers! Organizing Team, WHub & AngelHub |
Venture Stage
| Day 1 | Venture Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:20 – 10:30 |
Opening of Venture Stage Walter Jennings CEO, Asia Insight Circle |
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| 10:30 – 11:15 |
Impact Investing – Myths and Truths Cynthia Cheung Consultant, UNDP Alexandra Martins Partnerships & Investors Relations, Bridge for Billions Elizabeth Tan Venture Partner, Impact Capital, Quest Ventures Michael Au Managing Director, District Capital |
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| 11:15 – 12:15 |
Art x Tech: What’s next and where to invest? Mariana De Win Head of Ecosystems, Innovation & Ecosystems, DBS Bank Francis Belin President, Asia Pacific, Christie’s Timothy Shin President and Co-Founder, ARTBLOC Alex Medana CEO & Co-founder, FinFabrik |
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| 12:30 – 13:30 |
She’s Next Empowered by Visa: Building a Strong Brand to Standout among your Competition. Maaike Steinbach General Manager, Hong Kong & Macao, Visa Kristi Swartz Managing Partner, Swartz, Binnersley & Associates Juliet Gimenez Founder & CEO, Goxip Karen Contet Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub |
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| 13:30 – 14:15 |
FoodTech Ventures: Unlock the Exponential Growth of the Alternative Protein Market Natalie Lung Program Manager, Food Technology Accelerator, Brinc Nick Cooney Managing Partner, Lever VC Carrie Chan Co-Founder & CEO, Avant Meats Company Limited Andrew Ive Founder and Managing General Partner, Big Idea Ventures |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Moving from Human centered design to regenerative design Nathan Walworth Co-chair of the Futurism Group, NEXUS Jazmine Cable Impact Consultant, Buckminster Fuller Institute Amanda Ravenhill Executive Director, Buckminster Fuller Institute |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 |
Is there still a difference between East and West? Trends from SV and Asia in comparison Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Edith Yeung General Partner, Race Capital |
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| 16:30 – 17:15 |
China’s technology – Will it outperform the rest? Daisy Wan Business Development Director, AngelHub Chibo Tang Partner, Gobi Partners China Rui Ma Creator & Host, Tech Buzz China |
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| 17:30 – 18:15 |
Impact Investing – Money, Moral or both? Vijay Tirathrai Managing Director, Techstars Vikram Gupta Founder and Managing Partner, IvyCap Ventures Advisors Private Limited |
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| 18:30 – 19:25 |
Equity Crowdfunding: A New Way of Raising Capital Kristi Swartz Managing Partner, Swartz, Binnersley & Associates Claus Christensen CEO, Know Your Customer Rahul Nambiar Co-founder, Botsync Nicolas Breitburd Head of Investment Strategy, AngelHub |
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| 19:30 – 20:00 |
The Next Wave of Innovation: Driven by Purpose. Powered by Resilience. Terrance Philips Managing Director, Citibank Ash Lilani Managing Partner, Saama Capital Robin Connelley Co-Founder, Momentum Ventures John Stanton Co-Founder, Chōsen |
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| 20:00 – 20:30 |
Youth Leadership within the WEF stories – Pivot Stories Nariman Sadri CEO, Darman Ara Florian Hoffmann Founder & CEO, The DO School Saieshan Govinder Global Shaper, Johannesburg Hub, Global Shapers Community Kenneth Kwok CEO, Global Citizen Capital Adetola Onayemi Global Shaper, Abuja Hub, Global Shapers Community |
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| 20:30 – 21:00 |
Boosting the finances of 1.8Bn Muslims – Creating opportunity through FinTech Musheer Ahmed Founder and Managing Director, Finstep Asia Jad Salha Founder & CEO, MyAhmed Taraec Hussein Vice President, Investments, Gobi Partners Nihal Abughattas Founding Board Member, MENA Fintech Association |
| Day 2 | Venture Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:05 |
Opening of Venture Stage by MC Romar Dulay Strategic Partnerships Manager APAC, Christie’s |
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| 10:05 – 10:45 |
Unleashing Innovation through Education and Entrepreneurship Karen Contet Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Tim Draper Founding Partner, Draper Associates |
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| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Fireside Chat with Your Investor – Carousell & Quest Ventures
Russ Neu Venture Partner, Impact, Quest Ventures William Ip Managing Director of Hong Kong, Carousell |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 |
Entrepreneurship and gender equality Jennifer Buckley Senior Managing Director SEAF Shamha Naseer Gender Specialist, UNDP Anshul Sonak Senior Director, Global AI, INTEL Jessie Chung Founder, FAMILY MASK Nakita Irvin Founding Owner, TASTY ISLAND TREATS FIJI |
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| 13:30 – 14:15 |
From idea to exit – successfully scaling a FinTech in Asia Rachel Wang Head of Strategic Development, RGAX Mikaal Abdulla SVP, International, SoFi Abhinav Sinha Co-Founder & COO, Eko India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. Amanda Tung Senior Manager Partnerships, ZA Insurance |
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| 14:30 – 15:15 |
Getting Started With Angel Investing Jowell Shek Analyst, Catalyst Ventures Jed Ng Tech Investor & Advisor, Turning Ben Kepes Board member, Entrepreneur and Investor, Diversity Limited |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 |
EduTech Trends & Investment Ada Yip Director, WYNG 43 Social Investment Timothy Yu CEO, Snapask Yogev Shelly CEO, TinyTap |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Impact Investment by the European Union Mali M Baum CEO & Founder, W Lounge Florian Kemmerich Managing Partner, Bamboo Capital Partners |
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| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Partnership, Innovation & the power of ecosystem Devere Bryan Head of Strategic Partnerships, Xero Brit Blakeney Head of Innovation & Ecosystems, DBS Bank |
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| 17:00 – 17:30 |
Connect your Brain to the web: History and Future of BMI (Brain Machine Interface) Karena Belin Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub Marten Rauschenberg CTO, UploadMe.org |
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| 17:30 – 18:15 |
On the way to exit Benedicte Nolens Head of Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements Daniel Grossmann Managing Partner, Kharis Capital Karen Contet Co-founder, WHub & AngelHub |
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| 18:30 – 19:15 |
Impact & Entrepreneurship in a World of Change Catherine Chen Founder and Managing Partner, AvantFaire Investment Management Limited Lwazi Wali Head of Venture Sourcing, Founders Factory Africa Amra Naidoo Co-Founder and General Partner, Accelerating Asia Nguyen Phi Van Chairwoman, Vietnam Angel Network |
SDG & Innovation
| Day 1 | SDG & Innovation (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 – 13:00 |
MINI-HACK Workshop 1 Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub |
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| 13:00 – 13:45 |
Founders 1 x1: Setting up an ESOP for your team Shanti Mohan Co-Founder & CEO, LetsVenture |
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| 14:00 – 15:00 |
Investor Masterclass (Investor Ticket only) Ben McQuhae Partner, GPS McQuhae |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 |
Small changes that drastically boost business efficiency Michelle Kwok Small Business Specialist, Xero Asia, Xero |
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| 16:00 – 17:00 |
The power of Networks and Community – 1 degree of separation David Franzen CCO, Entnest |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 |
MINI-HACK Workshop 2 |
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| 18:30 – 19:30 |
Learn how to build, grow or reformulate your own company Francisco Santolo CEO, Scalabl |
| Day 2 | SDG & Innovation (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
Mentoring Workshop Marta Dowejko Research Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University |
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| 12:00 – 12:45 |
Which SDGs does your startup align to? Workshop to Showcase your Impact Dinh-Long PHAM Specialist, UNDP Ellie Horrocks Consultant, UNDP |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Revolutionising Cashflow Management for Small Business Success Julian Wong Small Business Evangelist, Xero Asia, Xero |
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| 16:00 – 17:00 |
MINI-HACK Workshop 3 – Final Pitch Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Benjamin Quinlan CEO & Managing Partner, Quinlan & Associates Prasad Banavalikar Director Comercial, East Asia & Australia, South & South East Asia, PMI |
International & GBA Stage
| Day 1 | International & GBA Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Innovation the China way Matthieu Bodin COO, geoFluxus Rachel Daydou Partner & General Manager, Fabernovel China Marian Danko Founder, weHustle Luyi Wu Partner, Paris2Beijing Consulting |
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| 12:15 – 13:00 |
Steps to scaling in GBA Anthony Lawrance Founder, Greater Bay Insight Andy Chan Co-Founder, Qupital Oscar Ramos Managing Director, Chinaccelerator |
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| 13:15 – 14:00 |
Thailand, in search for a unicorn Nala Puttiputtachart Program Director, CU Innovation Hub Oranuch Lerdsuwankij Co-Founder and CEO, Techsauce Media Nutthanun (Nicky) Jaroenjitkul Corporate Strategy and Investment Director, Wisesight Investment |
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| 14:15 – 15:00 |
Demystifying the SEA Startup Scene Victoria Daet Consultant, OMG Network Retno Dewati Head of Indonesia, Access Ventures Agnes Li Lead, Product Growth, GoJek Mohan Belani CEO and Head of Product, e27 |
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| 15:15 – 16:00 |
Softlanding in Hong Kong 101 Josephine Chan Community Manager, WHub Janice Chew Principal, JC Legal Alex So Group Managing Parnter, Fastlane Group Alexander de Haseth Senior Manager, BlueMeg |
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| 16:00 – 17:00 |
Accelerating in Asia: Taiwan, Korea and Japan Gloria Lee Head of Global Business, Wanted Ayumi Ode Japan Country Lead, 500 Startups Eugene Kim General Partner, SparkLabs Group Allen John Ku Director of Operations, Taiwan Startup Stadium |
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| 17:15 – 18:00 |
Ecosystem showcase: Philippines Johanna L. Wiese Director, Southeast Asia, Mistletoe James Pacaba Managing Partner, Morningtide Capital Partners Edwin Lacierda Co-Founder, PayMongo |
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| 18:15 – 19:00 |
Fashion and FinTech – what we can learn from London Simon Squibb Founder, The Good Luck Club Sojin Lee Founder and CEO, TOSHI.co Devin Kohli Co-head of Outward VC, Outward VC Norris Koppel Founder and CEO, Monese Tom March Founder, Redrice Ventures Matt Lumb CEO, War Paint For Men |
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| 19:15 – 20:00 |
Ecosystem Showcase: Germany Mali Baum CEO and Founder, WLounge Joshua Haynes Managing Partner, Masawa Luis Shemtov Co-Founder, Lunar Ventures |
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| 20:00 – 20:45 |
How to enter the diverse European ecosystem with your B2B innovations? |
| Day 2 | International & GBA Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:40 – 11:10 |
Cyberport: How Cyberport’s thriving ecosystem navigate startups for investment amid changing venture
capital landscape |
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| 11:10 – 11:40 |
Hong Kong Productivity Council: Partner with HKPC from funding to prototyping |
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| 11:40 – 12:10 |
Hong Kong Trade Development Council: HKTDC Start-up Express Winners Presentation |
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| 13:30 – 14:00 |
FintechHK, InvestHK: Fast-track Your Next Success King Leung Head of Fintech, InvestHK Anthony Sar Founder and CEO, Finnovasia |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 |
Hong Kong Science Technology Park: Startup ecosystem in HK Science Park Francis Pun Market Development Lead, Strategic Partnership, HKSTP Jonathan Cheung Co-Founder, Inovo Robotics |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Creative Industry: Leading through The New Normal: Digital Insights And Actions Tania Lau Senior Director of Marketing & Communications, Verizon Media Hong Kong Doris Fong Head of Creative Industries, Invest Hong Kong |
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| 15:00 – 15:40 |
Business Professional Services, InvestHK: Digital Transformation in Professional Services in HK Rebecca Merrett Managing Director, OEP Asia Jeremy Choi Tax Partner, PwC Kevin Fitzgerald Managing Director for Asia, Xero Eugene Liu CEO and Co-Founder, LegalX |
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| 15:45 – 16:15 |
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute: How ASTRI Technologies Enable a Smart City
Hugh Chow CEO, ASTRI Rex Wong Executive Director and CEO, Kumshing |
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| 18:30 – 19:30 |
HKETO: Brussel – “Europe Meets Asia” Go International via Hong Kong Dr. Jan Bormas CEO, European Startup Network Dr. Florian Spiegl Co-founder & COO, Finfabrik Karen Winton Co-Founder, Voxo Paul du Long BlueMeg |
Startup Pitch
| Day 1 | Pitching Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
Corporate Startup Collaboration in HK during COVID-19 Medhy Souidi Head of FinTech & StartupXchange, DBS Bank Cheney Cheng Co-Founder, Apoida Lawrence Yin Director of Sales ESG, Miotech |
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| 12:00 – 13:30 |
HK Startup Pitching Medhy Souidi Head of FinTech & StartupXchange, DBS Bank Jo Chan Investor Relations Director, AngelHub Diane de Beaudrap COO, WHub |
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| 15:00 – 16:30 |
Tech For Good Startup Showcase – loT/Physical Cynthia Cheung Consultant, UNDP Jo Chan Investor Relations Director, AngelHub Diane de Beaudrap COO, WHub Pahrada “Mameaw” Sapprasert Director, 500 Startups Thailand |
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| 16:30 – 17:00 |
How to Build an Impact Community Alessandra Sollberger Founder, Top Tier Impact Pablo Santaeufemia CEO & Co-Founder, Bridge for Billions Gurchaten Sandhu President, UN-GLOBE |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 |
SDG 6 – How Clean Water Impacts our World Matthias Mende Chief Strategic Officer, Block Gemini Vladimir Gonchar Founder, IceTech April Hu Melissa Vo |
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| 17:00 – 18:00 |
Global Pride – Empowering Equality for the Future Generation Jay Lin Founder & CEO, Protico Media & GagaOOLala Thanh Tung Justin Francis Bionat Nguyen Nhu Quynh |
| Day 2 | Pitching Stage (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Future of Energy Storage: the GES Solution Phillip Diekhoener Asia Managing Partner, Denkfabrik Digital (DDX) Leopold Feiler Managing Director, GES Global Energy Storage |
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| 15:00 – 16:30 |
Tech For Good Startup Showcase – Digital/Platform Cynthia Cheung Consultant, UNDP Sylvia Kong Senior Investment Director, Gobi Partners China Diane de Beaudrap COO, WHub Jo Chan Investor Relations Director, AngelHub Nesh Sooriyan Entrepreneur in Residence, Accelerating Asia |
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| 17:00 – 17:30 |
Impactful Advice for Start-Ups Alvaro Fernandez CEO & Editor-in-chief, SharpBrains Michael Pellman Rowland Partner / Head of Impact Investments, Alpenrose Wealth Management Langston Suen Founder & CEO, Opharmic Technology |
Growth Impact
| Day 1 | Growth Impact (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 11:45 |
The Rise of the No-Code Movement Zoe Chew Product Builder, NewCo Sam Dickie Lead Product Manager, ucreate |
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| 12:00 – 12:45 |
AgriTech, From Dust to Digital Pierre Rousseau Senior Strategic Advisor for Sustainable Business, BNP Paribas Tahmid Hasan Head of Partnership & Growth, i-Farmer Ltd. Marc Castagnet Director, ICS Hong Kong |
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| 13:00 – 13:45 |
Leaving No One Behind & Inclusive Tech Ke Lin Consultant, UNDP Rohit Tiwari CEO, Foodmario Rafael Masters CEO, Vulcan Augmetics Tawhida Shiropa Founder and CEO, Moner Bondhu |
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| 13:45 – 14:00 |
The ECB and European Response to COVID-19 Imène Rahmouni-Rousseau General Director of Market Operations, European Central Bank |
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| 14:00 – 14:50 |
When, Why & How to Pivot your Business? Louisa Zhang VP of Growth, Vectr Ventures Drew Calin CEO, Greenhouse Viktor Kyosev COO, Greenhouse |
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| 15:00 – 15:50 |
Mobilizing Green Trillions Helene Li CEO & Co-Founder, Golmpact Alex Ypsilanti CEO & Co-Founder, Quantifeed Tilo Bonow CEO and Founder, PIABO PR Ines Galichon Manager, ENEA Consulting |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Why SEO Is All About Content Marketing Sakshi Kothari Digital Marketing & Social Media Manager, WHub & AngelHub Alina Benny SEO & Content Lead, Nextiva |
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| 17:00 – 17:50 |
Why Mentorship Matters to the Startup Community? Nicole Fu Consultant, Nav.Marketing Foti Panagiotakopoulos Founder, GrowthMentor Lalitha Wemel Regional Director (APAC), Community, Techstars |
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| 18:00 – 18:30 |
COVID-Context: Pivoting to create a million dollar business Ben Wong Assistant General Manager, Eureka Nova Minesh Pore Cofounder & CEO, Buyhive Ltd |
| Day 2 | Growth Impact (Agenda Subject to Change) | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:45 |
Growth vs Scaling Darren Foong Growth Marketing, CandyBar.co Jacqueline Ostrov Head of Growth, Easyship |
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| 11:00 – 11:30 |
Traversing the Traction Gap: An Architecture for Scaling Your Business Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Waverly Deutsch Director, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
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| 11:30 – 12:00 |
When #NoCode meets UI Design Felix Wong Head of Growth, WHub & AngelHub Josie Ng Design Lead, PayMe from HSBC |
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| 12:00 – 12:45 |
Education for the next decade Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Dr. Ron Roukema Interim Head of School, Hong Kong International School Dr. David Lovelin High School Principal, Hong Kong International School Geoff Heney Lower Primary School Principal, Hong Kong International School Connie Kim Middle School Principal, Hong Kong International School Ben Hart Upper Primary School Principal, Hong Kong International School |
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| 12:45 – 13:15 |
Cybersecurity and Demand for Digital Forensics Karena Belin Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Hima Bindu Veeramachaneni Co-Founder, Cyberpsy |
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| 13:15 – 14:00 |
Digital Banking around the world Medhy Souidi Head of FinTech & StartupXchange, DBS Bank Javier Hasbun Managing Partner, Digital Ventures |
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| 14:00 – 14:50 |
How entrepreneurs navigate innovation with sustainable impact? Ankit Sethi Growth, Community & Strategy, Circular City Chinwe Okoli Founder, Grand Africa Initiative |
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| 15:15 – 16:00 |
Israel: Startup Nation or R&D powerhouse Karen Contet Co-Founder, WHub & AngelHub Cecile Blilious Head of Impact & Sustainability, Pitango Venture Capital Ariel Sacerdoti Founding Partner, The Founders Kitchen Itai Green Founder & CEO, Innovate Israel Barak Singer CEO, Trendlines Incubators Israel |
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| 16:00 – 16:40 |
COVID-19 was a Sustainability Mirage. We Need Real Envrionmental Systems Change Vince Siu Co-Founder & CEO, SUSTAINHK Nate Maynard Research Associate, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research |
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| 17:00 – 17:45 |
Startup Mindset, Global Connectedness Tracy Wong Founder & CEO, Voor Nikki Elbaz Email Copywriter, Nikki Elbaz Joyce Zhang CEO & Co-Founder, Alariss Global |
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| 18:00 – 18:45 |
The Ultimate Growth Story: How Linktree scored over 3 million users in three years Jessica Volbrecht COO, GrowthMentor Alex Zaccaria Co-Founder and Managing Director, Linktree |
Agenda Subject to Change
