With keynote speeches from CKGSB professors Gan Jie and Zhang Weining, this forum will convene approximately 200 founders and C-suite executives from around the world for a discussion on innovative businesses. Topics addressed will range from the Growth of China’s Tech Firms and China’s Technology-driven Business Models to Health-Tech and the Future of Blockchain.
Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) is delighted to join the Founders Forum for a high-level event in Hong Kong on March 20. This private forum will convene approximately 200 founders and C-suite executives from around the world for a discussion on innovative businesses. Topics addressed will range from the Growth of China’s Tech Firms and China’s Technology-driven Business Models to Health-Tech and the Future of Blockchain.
CKGSB is co-organizing this event together with the Founders Forum, an invitation-only network of 5,000+ successful companies worldwide. The event will feature a delegation of members from the Founders Forum who will be joining from Europe, mainland China and Hong Kong.
| AGENDA | |
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome Remarks from CKGSB and Founders Forum |
| 09:10-09:20 | Growth of Tech Firms in China Gan Jie, Professor of Finance, Director of Center on Finance and Economic Growth, CKGSB |
| 09:20-09:30 | China’s Technology-Driven Business Models Zhang Weining, Professor of Accounting, CKGSB |
| 09:30-09:45 | What Can Machines Learn: Implication on the Workforce Erik Brynsjolffson, Professor, MIT |
| 09:45-10:05 | How to Build and Scale a Unicorn in Asia Fritz Demopoulos, Founder, Queen’s Road Capital Victor Chu, Founder, First Eastern Investment Group Christina Gaw, Founder, Gaw Capital Moderator: Yun-Hee Kim, Senior Editor, Wall Street Journal |
| 10:05-10:25 | Health-Tech: rebuilding ourselves in software: future of decoding human health & disease Dr. Jack Kreindler, Co-Founder, CHHP Jun Wang, Co-Founder, iCarbonX Moderator: Louise Lucas, Technology Correspondent, Financial Times |
| 10:25-10:50 | Future of Blockchain Joyce Kim, Founder, Sparkchain Capital Kathleen Breitman, Founder, Tezos Vivek Ramachandran, Global Head of Innovation, HSBC David Schwartz, Founder, Ripple Chief Cryptographer |
| 10:50-11:10 | Coffee Break |
| 11:10-11:30 | Disruptors/Rising Stars Jeff Lyndon, President and Co-founder, iDreamsky Ovidiu Oliea, Founder, Valoot Patrick Ngan, Founder, QFPay Demet Mutlu, Founder, E-commerce Norma Chu, Founder, DayDay Cook Winston Cheng, President of International, JD.com Reeve Kwan, Founder, GoGoVan Eric Gnock Fah, Founder, Klook |
| 11:30-11:55 | Media Session Xie Yafang, TV Host, Phoenix TV Neeraj Roy, Founder, Hungama Joe Hyrkin, Founder, Issuu Lilian Leong, Founder, 9Gag Shaul Olmert, Founder, Playbuzz |
| 11:55-12:20 | How To Partner in Asia Frank Tang, CEO and Managing Partner, FountainVest Partners, CKGSB Alumni Harish Bahl, Founder, Smile Group Moderator: Zuraidah Ibrahim, Correspondent, South China Morning Post |
| 12:20-12:30 | Exits and “Dancing with Elephants: How startups should relate to Big Companies” Bradley Horowitz, Vice President, Google |
| 12:30-12:35 | Closing Remarks |
