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CKGSB and Founders Forum Partner to Bring Dozens of CEOs to Stellar Event
June 11, 2018
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 |
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