Keynote Speaker

Luncheon Speaker

Special Guest Speaker

Dialogue Speakers

Dialogue Moderators

Edith Yeung
Vice-president,
Marketing/Business Development,
Dolphin Browser

Ada WONG, JP
Convenor of Make A Difference
Convenor & Director of
The Good Lab
Supervisor, HKICC Lee Shau Kee
School of Creativity

Alan Lam
Co-founder, Sengital Ltd.

Allen Fung
Executive Director
Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited

Antony Leung
Group Chief Executive,
Nan Fung Group

James Boon
Founder, Elephant Branded

John Tsang

Jordan McRae
Founder, Octo23 Technologies

Professor Paul Cheung
Associate Vice-President
(Research)
The University of Hong Kong

Tan Yinglan
Venture Partner,
Sequoia Capital India
Singapore

DR. VICTOR K. FUNG
Chairman, Victor and William
Fung Foundation
Group Chairman, Fung Group

Victor Wong
Visual Effects Director,
VFXNova Digital Production Ltd

David Yeung
Co-founder, Green Monday

Zhang Lijuan, (Juan Zi)
Founder of Green Tomato

CHEN DI
CEO & Founder, Youmi

Vincent Wong
Founder of Solution-On-Wheels

Eric Chen
Founder
Vitargent(International)
Biotechnology Ltd.

Liu Zihong
Chairman and CEO
Royole Corporation

Mr. Zhang Bei
Director General
Authority of the Qianhai
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service
Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen

Edith Yeung is VP of marketing/business development at Dolphin Browser, a backed mobile browser with over 100 million installs worldwide (http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/15/dolphin-labs/). She also founded RightVentures (http://rightventures.com)- seed stage investment firm focusing on mobile and consumer internet companies. Some of her investments include Fleksy, Mighty Text, Pack, Bounce.io etc. She is also an advisor to Strikingly. You can also find some of her work on CNBC, CBS , NPR, Techcrunch, Next Web, Mashable, Read Write Web, Fora and others. She frequently speaks on mobile, women and international entrepreneurship. And she loves dogs.

Ada Wong has led a varied career as solicitor, educator and social entrepreneur. She is a staunch advocate of social innovation, creative education and cultural development.

Ada founded the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC), a unique non-profit organization whose mission is education innovation and a creative civil society. Among other projects, HKICC founded Hong Kong's only "art high school", the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity and Ada is the School's supervisor.

She also founded the Make A Difference (MaD) initiative (www.mad.asia), a continuing platform to groom the next generation of creative leaders and innovative changemakers in Asia. Ada's latest social venture is The Good Lab (www.goodlab.hk), an inspiring co-working space and a collaborative community for social innovation and entrepreneurship development in Hong Kong.

Ada was an elected member of the Urban Council and Wan Chai District Council between 1995 and 2008 with the last four years as Chairperson of the Wan Chai District Council. Ada received her BA (Hons) from Pomona College, California, USA and M Ed from the University of Hong Kong. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Lingnan University and Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Dr. Lam is a young entrepreneur with over 10 years startup operation experience. He is one of the founders of Sengital Ltd. and is currently working as the Chief Executive Officer. He led Sengital Ltd. to join Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubation program successfully and moved to Science Park in Sept 2004. Under his leadership and management, Sengital Limited has received numerous industry awards including Gold Award of 2014 HKICT Awards – Best Mobile Apps (Mobile Information) Award, Merit of Application Tools & Platforms Category – APICTA Awards 2013, Technological Achievement & Innovation and Creativity Award of 2013 Hong Kong Awards for Industries etc. Sengital Ltd. is now a market leader in different technology areas and product development. Dr. Lam is also active in academic in Hong Kong and has supervised over 300 students over the past 10 years. He is an external programme board member of the Shatin IVE Electronic and Information Engineering Department, Adjunct Professor and Advisory Board Member of the Department of Electronic Engineering of the City University of Hong Kong, Member of Electronics and Telecommunications Training Board, Vocational Training Council and Pre-Incubation Centre Advisory Board of Chinese University of Hong Kong etc. He is a recipient of a number of business competitions and has been a judge of E-Challenge business plan competition organized by the Young Entrepreneurs Development Council since 2005. In terms of industrial achievements, he is the ITSP Assessment Panel of Communications and Technology, Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Trade Development Council Electronics/Electrical Appliance Industries and Innovation and Technology, Honorable Advisor of ISM-PRD, ECE/IC Design Group Assessment Panel of ASTRI and Steering Committee Member of HKPKIF etc.

Dr. Fung is an executive director and a member of the Board at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. He is also the chief executive officer of the Group’s non-property businesses. He is a non-executive director of several listed entities, including SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited, Transport International Holdings, SUNeVision Holdings Limited and Roadshow Holdings Limited. Before Sun Hung Kai, Dr. Fung was a global director of McKinsey and Company and was for many years its managing partner for Hong Kong. He was also the head partner for recruiting in Asia for McKinsey

Dr. Fung obtained an undergraduate degree (Modern History) from Oxford University and holds a doctoral degree in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University. He was a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. Mr. Fung was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University in 1993-1994 and a visiting Assistant Professor of History at Brown University in 1996-1997.

Dr. Fung is the chairman of the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children, a council member of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups and The Hong Kong Management Association, and a member of the executive committee of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service. He is also an advisory member of the Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong.

Antony Leung joined the Nan Fung Group in February 2014 as Group Chief Executive, based in Hong Kong. The Nan Fung Group is a leading regional conglomerate focusing on property & investment businesses. Prior to this, he was Senior Managing Director, Chairman of Greater China and a member of the Executive Committee of Blackstone.Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Leung was the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 2001 to 2003. Prior to his appointment as Hong Kong's Financial Secretary, Mr. Leung had 28 years of financial services experience. He was the Chairman of Asia for JP Morgan Chase based in Hong Kong. Before that he worked for Citi in Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila and New York for 23 years in various positions including Country Corporate Officer for China and Hong Kong, Regional Treasurer for North Asia, etc.

Mr. Leung graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1973, and attended Harvard Business School's Program for Management Development and Advanced Management Program. For his public service in Hong Kong, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Government and an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He was conferred an honorary Doctor of Law by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.Mr. Leung is currently also Senior Advisor and Member of International Advisory Board of Blackstone, Non-Executive Vice Chairman of China Merchants Capital, Chairman of Harvard Business School Association of Hong Kong and Chairman of Heifer International Hong Kong.

James Boon is an architecture graduate from Bath University and the founder of startup Elephant Branded. He got the idea for the brand after working in Africa and Asia where he had been shocked by the lack of basic school equipment. James decided to make a positive impact in the world and Elephant Branded was then established.

Elephant Branded is on a mission to help people get rid of poverty. They work with villagers in Cambodia and pay them in advance of sales of the Elephant Branded products they are producing, such as recycled bags, purses, beanies and pencil cases. They pay a fair, competitive wage to local villagers who make the bag out of locally sourced, recycled materials. Not only do local villagers get a fair, reasonable wage but they also have the opportunity to learn valuable skills that allow them to have a sustainable, effective way to get rid of poverty. For each product they sell, a donation is made in the form of a school bag and kit equipped with the necessary tools for learning to a child in Africa or Asia. With only two years, Elephant Branded has become well-known and popular around the world.

James also sit on the Directors Board for UnLtd in Hong Kong, a social investment organization that provides funding and ongoing support to individuals with innovative ideas that tackle economic and social inequality in the community. He has been named one of the Google's 'Zeitgeist Young Minds' in 2012; Elephant Branded also ranked in Top 20 UK Start-ups 2012 as well as being voted the 18th most ethical business in Britain in 2013. They even received praises from Bill Clinton, former US President and Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group. Elephant Branded is currently working with new communities across the world to help spread the message and help more people.

Jordan McRae, founder of Octo23 Technologies, began his engineering career with Lockheed Martin Space Systems as an Algorithms Engineer on a distributed space robotics platform. In 2008, Jordan moved to Hong Kong to establish an R&D facility for Humdinger Wind Energy. As Humdinger's Lead Aerospace Engineer Jordan also led the research and design of the Windcell Panel, a modular non-turbine wind energy generator. More recently, as the co-inventor of B-Squares and a Founder of B-Squares Electrics, Jordan has used his strong background in modular electronic systems to lead the B-Squares product and business development. Inspired by inventors such as Jacques Cousteau, Leonardo De Vinci, Nicolas Tesla, etc. Jordan is continuously intrigued by the convergence of invention, engineering, art, and philosophy. Jordan is currently based in Paris France where he is focused on the development of underwater robotics and communication for ocean conservation.

Jordan received his B.S. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. at Stanford University, both in the field of Astronautical Engineering with a focus in Robotics.

Professor Paul Cheung is currently the Associate Vice-President (Research) and concurrently Director of the Technology Transfer Office, Associate Director of the Knowledge Exchange Office of the University of Hong Kong. He is also a Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering and Programme Director of the Master of Science in E-Commerce and Internet Computing at the University. He was Dean of Engineering at the University from 1994-2000.

After his deanship, Professor Cheung joined PCCW as Corporate Senior Vice-President of Technology for two years. He was seconded from the University to the Hong Kong Government as Policy Advisor of the Innovation and Technology Commission from 2002-04.

Professor Cheung received his B.Sc. (Eng) degree with First Class Honours and Ph.D. degree from the Imperial College, University of London, both in Electrical Engineering in 1973 and 1977, respectively.

Professor Cheung is active in serving the professional community, and was the IEEE Asia Pacific Director from 1995-96 and IEEE Secretary in 1997. Since 2007, he has been a Director of the IEEE Foundation and is currently Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Foundation. He was also the Chair of the IEEE Medal of Honor Selection Committee from 2009-12, and Chair of the IEEE Awards Board from 2007-08.

Yinglan is a Venture Partner with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to joining the firm, Yinglan headed the National Framework for Innovation and Enterprise, investing in high-tech growth ventures in the Prime Minister's Office in Singapore. Earlier, he had been the founding Director of 3i Venturelab China and an entrepreneur in the digital media industry. Yinglan had also been the Senior Assistant Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore.

Yinglan received an MS in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. 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. Yinglan is the author of The Way Of the VC: Having Top Venture Capitalists On Your Board(Wiley, 2009), Chinnovation – How Chinese Innovators are Changing the World (Wiley 2010) and New Venture Creation – Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century – An Asian Perspective (Mcgraw Hill 2011). His book, The Way Of The VC, is used as a teaching text at various business schools and selected by Forbes columnist Marc Kramer as amongst the World's Best Business Books. Chinnovation has been ranked #1 bestseller on Amazon.com in the Business & Management category.

Yinglan is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University. He has also taught at the UC Berkeley-Nanyang Advanced Management Programme, NTU- Tsinghua Executive Programme and guest lectures at Fudan and Tsinghua University. He has conducted customized executive programs for executives in Apple, Cisco, Haier, Tencent, Nokia Siemens, 3i, UBS, Metersbonwe, the World Bank and for senior government officials in many countries including China, Switzerland, Denmark and Finland.

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 played a leading role in driving the development of the supply chain infrastructure at Li & Fung Limited, which has enabled it to become the leading consumer goods design, development, sourcing, and logistics company for major retailers and brands around the world.

Dr. Fung holds independent non-executive Directorships with China Petrochemical Corporation (People's Republic of China), 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).

Through the philanthropic Victor and William Fung Foundation, Dr. Fung is Founding Chairman of the Fung Global Institute, an independent, non-profit think-tank based in Hong Kong that generates and disseminates innovative thinking and business-relevant research on global issues from Asian perspectives. The Foundation also promotes leadership development through scholarship programmes with universities and education institutes.

On the Chinese Mainland, Dr. Fung is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice-Chairman of China Centre for International Economic Exchanges, a member of the International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Beijing, 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.

Internationally, Dr. Fung has played a leadership role since 2007 in the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce, of which he was Chairman from 2008 to 2010. He is a member of its G20 Advisory Group and chairs its World Trade Agenda Initiative. 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.

Victor Wong, Hong Kong’s TenMost Outstanding Young Personin 2005, isa pioneer in Computer Visual Effectsfor over two decades. Early in 1990, Victor produced Hong Kong’s 1stComputer Animated TV Commercial “Epro Paging”. For years, Victor received numerous International Awards including Hong Kong Film Academy Awards, Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, Japan JIAA Advertising Awards, France IMAGINA Awards, US SIGGRAPH Awards, New York Festival Awards, Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Awards, Hong Kong Kam Fan Advertising Awards, etc…

Victor involved in visual effects creation for over 80 movies and 800 TV commercials including movies MIB3, IRONMAN, DIE HARD 4, CZ123D, CJ7, INITIAL D, OUT OF INFERNO 3D, NIGHTFALL, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, THE LAST TYCOON, ICEMAN 3D and LET THE BULLETS FLIES,etc…

Recently, Victor put his passion in creating3D Ink painting. His wish is to transform traditional Chinese ink painting, this ancient art that youth is now considering as old-fashioned, into a new visual form. He wanted to inherit traditional but yet to give it a new life form.

Early 2014, Victor produced a TV commercial for The Hong Kong Jockey Clubtransforming renowned Chinese ink painting master Xu’s Running Horsesinto 3D ink painting animations. This TV commercial won the Hong Kong Digital Entertainment AwardsandApple Daily Digital Creative Awards.

David Yeung is the co-founder of Green Monday, a Hong Kong-based social enterprise group that promotes and enables green, healthy and sustainable living. Through his vegetarian promotion and food rescue initiatives, Green Monday has become a leading platform that enables corporations, restaurants, schools, and individuals to join efforts in reducing our carbon footprint and performing our social and environmental responsibilities.

Mr. Yeung was selected by The Purpose Economy as “Asia 100 Pioneers,” as well as “Men of 2013,” “Local Heroes 2013,” “Best Idea of 2013,”and“Award for Marketing Excellence” by local media. Mr. Yeung is the author of best-selling books《Go Green餐廳88間》, 《開工正能量》 and《棟篤禪》, a regular columnist on East Week, U Magazine, etnet, Metro Newspaper, and Buddhist Compassion, as well as a radio program host on Metro Radio.

Mr. Yeung is the Managing Director of Fortune Park Holdings, Chairman of retail groups Visual Culture and Shine*. He is also a Director of Hong Kong AIDS Foundation and Hong Kong Buddhist Association.

Zhang Lijuan, (Juan Zi), founder of Green Tomato. Concern for social innovation, she devoted to promoting reading industry via internet technology application. By combining library with internet and originality, she established the largest Chinese on-line real book library in the world (www.qingfanqie.com), promoting national reading in a creative way with her young team.Now, Juan Zi and her team are committed to In-Library Project, which is providing free books for public places, such as cafes, to transform a public place into a reading corner. When you stand in the doorway of a cafe, "WIFI" signs is to tell you there is free wireless Internet, while the “IN LIBRARY” logo is to tell you a free library is also available here.

CHEN DI, noted mobile Internet entrepreneur, CEO and Founder of Youmi. Just before graduation from colleague, CHEN DI launch Youmi Ad Platform on April 1st, 2010. and it is the first Mobile ad platform in China. In 2013, CHEN DI had been named on the list of Top 30 Enterpreneurs under Age 30, published on the Chinese Edition of Forbe (March). In 2014, Youmi finished its 3rd round of Financing and received capital up to CNY 100,000,000. Youmi ad revenue reach up tp CNY 200,000,000 in the first half of 2014, and it expends branches in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Vincent Wong is the founder of Solution-On-Wheels, a social enterprise dedicated to promoting solutions journalism in Asia. He is currently the Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Social Enterprise Summit, and also the board director of "The Good Lab", a co-working space and an incubator for young social entrepreneurs. He got an MBA and an LL.B. from the Cambridge University and University of London respectively. Between 2002 and 2006, he worked for APCO Consulting in its policy research arm. By 2007, Vincent was appointed as the Director of Strategic Planning of HK Commercial Broadcasting. After leaving the company in 2012 to start his own social enterprise, Vincent is invited back to Commercial Radio host its new show, "Our Way Out" -- a program dedicated to promote Solutions Journalism.

Mr. Eric Chen is the founder and director of Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Ltd. Established in 2010, Vitargent aims to be a world leading platform to provide innovative testing solutions to enhance the safety of everyday consumer products (e.g food, drink, cosmetics) and to protect the environment. The first successful innovation is patented transgenic fish that can light up in green florescence while detecting toxins. It can save up to 60% time and cost compared to the traditional testing method. It has been endorsed by the global cosmetics groups, F&B conglomerates and leading testing labs. With the firm support of these groups, the technology/protocol is being developed as regional and international standards. Vitargent is selected as one of six most successful high-tech companies in the last decade by HK government.

He also serves as the strategic advisors of a number of international companies and VC Funds including Heliant Ventures(Israel-Focused VC fund), iNetwork Ltd( Israel-Focused VC fund), Sanguine Biosciences Inc (an US Healthcare/IT company), and PurifyMe Co Ltd. (a local leading skincare company).

He graduated from City University of Hong Kong with a first class degree in MEEM and minor in Marketing, graduated from the “Economic and Finance Training Program” at the Columbia University (NYC), and earned his Master of Economics at the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Chen is a HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards (Asian) winner and a Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholar. Mr. Chen is an enthusiast in sports - he had played baseball for China and is now playing badminton for a leading club in China.

Dr. Zihong (Bill) Liu was born in 1983. He is the Chairman and CEO of Royole Corporation. Bill founded Royole with several of his Stanford alumni friends with the mission to define the future of information display. The company has grown rapidly and secured series funding from premier international VC firms and investors since its inception.

Royole develops novel display technologies and related electronic products. Most recently, Royole successfully develops world’s thinnest 0.01-mm full-color AMOLED flexible displays integrated with smartphones, which may soon revolutionize the display and electronics industry. Royole operates globally with offices in Silicon Valley, California, Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, and has many international talents from top research institutes and high-tech companies.

Prior to founding Royole, Bill worked at IBM Corporation in New York. He holds a Ph.D. degree (2009) in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, CA and B.S./M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing. In recognition of his achievements in founding and leading Royole to thrive in the industry, he received the “Best Entrepreneur of the Year” Award at the Donews Annual Award Ceremony in December 2013. He is frequently interviewed and reported by renowned media for his achievements in technology innovation and entrepreneurship.

ZHANG Bei, a native of Nantong in Jiangsu Province in China, Doctor of Management Sciences by Wuhan University, Director-General of the Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Co-operation Zone (the Administration of Qianhai Bay Bonded Port) since April 2013. He is also a Party Leadership Group Member of the Shenzhen Municipal Government and the Secretary of its Party Leadership. He was appointed to serve in a number of posts including the Deputy Inspector, the First Bureau of Secretaries of the General Office of the State Council of People's Republic of China in October 2006, Deputy Secretary-General for Shenzhen Municipal Committee in November 2006, Shenzhen Longgang District Governor in March 2007 and Shenzhen Bao'an District Governor in November 2010.

13 October 2014