Emerge by TechNode

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

What does AI ethics look like in China? How are China tech companies paving the path to increased AI adoption?

CORPORATE INNOVATION

How are companies from traditional sectors harnessing disruption?

DIGITAL MARKETING

How are brands keeping up with the ever-changing digital landscape? How are young consumers connecting with brands and products?

SHIFT TO ENTERPRISE

What are the challenges faced by Chinese big players today and how do they translate those challenges into opportunities?

BLOCKCHAIN

How are blockchain businesses actually making money? How is China government shaping blockchain development?

SLOWING ECONOMY

How will China’s slowing economy affect the tech industry? What are the tech indicators we should be looking at?

EXPANSION TO S.E.A

In the expansion to Southeast Asia, how Chinese companies deal with HR, corporate culture, media and PR in their local markets?

Speakers

Danny Wang

China New IT & AI Managing Director, Accenture
Danny leads Accenture's New IT group in China. The New IT group brings clients Accenture's innovation experience through design thinking, AI, hyper-fast prototyping, microservice, DevOps, IoT, blockchain, and many other cutting-edge technologies and methodologies. He is currently leading many AI projects in the NLP, computer vision, and reinforcement learning areas. The major products from Dann's AI team include botZero, a reinforcement learning based chatbot development platform; Argus, a platform that can recognize virtually any receipts and invoices with little training; xDoc, an advanced document comprehension platform.

Dr. Tim Pan

Senior Outreach Director of Microsoft Research Asia
Dr. Tim Pan is responsible for the lab’s academic collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region. Dr. Tim Pan is also responsible for in-depth technical cooperation between Microsoft Research Asia and various enterprises, investment institutions and government departments. As the leader of Microsoft Research Asia Innovation Partnership, Dr. Tim Pan is committed to developing win-win cooperation strategies with its partners, building a cross-industry communication platform, and exploring the possibilities of achieving common development through technological innovation during this time of digital transformation.

Chris Byrd

Research Fellow, the Centre for the Governance of AI at Oxford University
Chris is a research fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI at Oxford University, and a dual-degree Master's student at Tsinghua University and Johns Hopkins SAIS. He has a background in legal tech and US politics, and acts as a policy advisor to a number of leading technology companies.

Nancy Xu

Co-founder and CEO of Cevolution
Nancy Xu is the Co-founder and CEO of Cevolution, an innovation design company focus on consumer insight discovery and prototype design. As an expert in innovation process, Nancy has experiences developing innovation strategy and offerings for fortune 500 companies, domestic SOEs and startups for both China and international markets.

Elijah Whaley

CMO of PARKLU
Elijah Whaley, CMO of influencer marketing company PARKLU, is a content producer, marketer, and passionate advocate for influencer marketing innovation in China. PARKLU empowers brands with tools necessary to bypasses traditional advertising and marketing limitations by leveraging China’s influencer marketing ethos. He also cofounded the beauty influencer brand Melilim Fu. Melilim Fu’s flamboyant persona and signature style won the hearts of girls across China making her a top 5 ranked beauty influencer in China. Elijah helps brands and key opinion leaders create content that compels audiences to view, share and take action.

Zoe Zhao

Cultural Strategist at Inner Chapter
Zoe Zhao is a seasoned strategist. She works at Inner Chapter, an ideas studio working with brands and start-ups across insights, strategy and innovation. Zoe’s focuses on understanding socio-cultural shifts, emerging trends, and new consumer behaviors to guide clients ranging from local founders to global MNCs.

Remington Ji

Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at Beijing Sijia Food Management Co.
Remington Ji is a marketer, a technologist, an investor and an entrepreneur. He spent 12 years with Ogilvy Beijing and Ogilvy NA offices as COO of Ogilvy RedWorks China, then he moved to the investment side as an investor and portfolio management. Last year, he joined ZhenFund’s portfolio company XiaoHeng Dumplings as partner and CSO.

Maggie Long

Senior Researcher at the E-commerce Center of the Kuaishou Research Institute
Maggie Long is a Senior Researcher at the E-commerce Center of the Kuaishou Research Institute and Director of Global PR & Communications at Kuaishou Technology. On a mission to alleviate poverty and inspire entrepreneurship, the Kuaishou Research Institute investigates how Kuaishou Technology can build and foster e-commerce ecosystems for individuals and small e-commerce businesses operating in China, especially in rural regions. Prior to joining Kuaishou Technology, Maggie got her start in the technology industry as a journalist at Caixin Media and previously worked at Cobo and Cheetah Mobile.

Hillary Han

Director at iResearch
Hillary has been helping over 300 brands understand omni-channel marketing in China since 2017. In 2019, she has been educating brands about content strategy on short video platforms. She has become a KOL in her own right, with over 100k followers.

Michael Norris

Research and Strategy Manager at AgencyChina
Michael Norris is Research & Strategy Manager at AgencyChina, a boutique that helps domestic and foreign B2B and B2C businesses capture and defend market share in China. He's also a TechNode contributor, who closely examines how China's digital giants compete.

Jason Li

Director of Greater China at Branch Metrics
Currently, Jason is heading up and shaping Branch Metrics's Sales and Operations in Greater China. Before that Jason was working in the technology advisory field for Gartner to help C- levels make strategic technology-related decisions. Prior to Gartner, Jason worked for LinkedIn as an evangelist to bring the world’s largest professional network to enter into China. On top of the professional experience, Jason also found his own company- ImOffered.com, a SAAS platform, and DigMe, a professional social network.

François Candelon

Senior Partner and Managing Director at BCG
François Candelon is Senior Partner and Managing Director in the Shanghai office of The Boston Consulting Group and a BCG Fellow. He joined The BCG in 1993. He is a BCG Fellow whose research is centered on the "digital world order"—an investigation into the impact digital will have on wealth distribution, national competitiveness, and social stability. He is a core member of the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications, and Energy practices, and he worked for a year in the London office as part of the BCG Ambassador program.

Jesse Zhang

Director of Software Engineering at Black Lake Technology.
In Black Lake and previously, Jesse has been helping enterprise customers on their digital transformation journey from a wide range of industries such as manufacturing, retail, energy, aviation and etc. By leading the development of IoT, analytics & AI software suites, he served some large IT companies like GE Digital, Cisco Systems, Adobe as well as start-ups. He himself is also an enthusiast and early adopter of advanced methodologies and technologies in software engineering.

Daisy Guo

CMO at Tezign
Daisy Guo holds a Bachelor Degree from Central Academy of Fine Arts in China. Prior to founding Tezign, she has enriched experience in curating art events in many different countries. She was named as a Global Shaper by World Economic Forum in 2014 and the curator of Global Shapers Community Shanghai II Hub in 2017. She was also awarded 2017 “Forbes 30 under 30 Asia, Enterprise Technology”. She focuses on female leadership, sustainable development and other topics, and is always actively speaking at international organizations and conferences such as World Economic Forum Annual Meetings, the Economist, Forbes Under 30, and the Information.

Steven Wang

Chief Analyst and Head of Market Research at Ant Blockchain
Steven Wang, the Chief Analyst and Head of Market Research at Ant Blockchain, is mainly responsible for strategic analysis and partnerships. Before joining Ant Financial, he worked at a major UK bank as an innovation consultant on its blockchain project, and as head of overseas business in a top Chinese blockchain startup.

Sarah Zhang

Founder of Points (PTS)
Sarah Zhang is the founder of Points, blockchain-based data collaboration and secure multi-party computation system for inclusive finance. Prior to Points, she was the ex-COO of Segway Robotics Inc. In addition to founding Points, Sarah is the chair of dCamp, a Beijing-based blockchain developer and investor community. She is also a guest lecturer at Tsinghua University Blockchain Course.

Jerry Yang

Venture Architect / Solution Consultant at Consensys
Jerry is a core member of ConsenSys China Strategic Initiatives and a Venture Architect for the Great China Area. He and his team work on advisory, consulting and venture building, has clients from the Governments and Corporate Enterprises in China. Prior to joining ConsenSys, Jerry had several professional experiences across 3 different continents. He was a VC focused on Blockchain, AI and IOT, and as a consultant for cross border e-commerce platform in China. He had a role as an entrepreneurship Instructor and mentor for one of the largest Pan-African incubators in Ghana. Additionally, he started from being a developer/Engineer in Several tech companies in Canada, such as AMD(Semiconductor), Centro Inc(AdTech), and Freckle(IOT Startup). Jerry holds a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Tyler Aveni

Head of International Partnerships at WeBank
As the Head of International Partnerships at WeBank, Tencent's affiliate digital bank, Tyler is responsible for engaging outside parties and kicking-off strategic partnerships for the development of overseas digital business. This includes the provision of WeBank's newest technologies to partners, including blockchain solutions developed through our contributions to the FISCO BCOS open-source community.

Wendy Min

Director of Ctrip International Affairs, Ctrip Group
Wendy is the Director of Ctrip International Affairs for Ctrip Group, which includes Qunar, Ctrip, Skyscanner and Trip.com. She also works in crisis management and supporting international business development. She worked in sales and marketing for suppliers of Apple and Microsoft in Shanghai prior to her role at Ctrip Group. She was a former journalist at CNBC where along with the team, she was awarded .the New York Festivals Silver World Medal for Current Affairs Program Inside China ‘One Child Policy. She has worked with multiple media outlets such as Al Jazeera, CNN, CCTV etc

Dev Lewis

Researcher at Digital Asia Hub
Dev is a researcher at Digital Asia Hub and Yenching scholar at Peking University. His research focuses on the intersection between technology, politics, and law in China and India. Dev has an international relations degree from Roger Williams University and studied Chinese in Shanghai and Zhengzhou. He frequently writes for several regional publications and think tanks, including a published paper on the expansion of Chinese tech companies in Southeast Asia.

Bella Tu

Investment Director, Gobi Partners
Bella Tu joined Gobi Partners in 2016. She currently focuses on overseas market investment and consumer sector in China. Prior to joining Gobi, Bella held positions at PwC, Bank of China and the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission. She also worked as a Capstone Project Consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank. Bella received her Master's Degree in Public Administration from Columbia University in the US, where she majored in International Finance and Economic Policy.

Dr. Shameen Prashantham

Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at CEIBS
Dr. Shameen Prashantham is Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at CEIBS. His research focuses on new venture internationalization, in particular how start-ups “dance with gorillas” to improve their prospects of innovation and international expansion. His work has been published in California Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of International Business Studies, among other outlets.

Peter Reidl

VP, Head of BMW Group Technology Office China
Peter started his career in China before joining BMW in2006. He held several management positions in Chassis, Powertrain and Electronics divisions with strong focus on bringing innovations to BMW customers. As Head of Tech Office he is shaping the future mobility for China.

Paul Wong

VP of Innovation at Explorium
Paul graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering. After graduation, he joined Oxelis, an early stage startup as a full stack developer in Santa Monica. He later returned to Hong Kong and worked for Morgan Stanley. In 2015, he joined the Explorium, a Fung Group innovation initiative, to build an international and open innovation ecosystem to drive innovation in supply chain and retail.

Ben Hassing

SVP Global Cross Border Trade at Walmart
Ben Hassing leads Walmart’s global cross border trade where he and his team connect sellers and products to Walmart’s E-commerce platforms around the world. Ben has held a number of leadership roles in his 16 years with Walmart. In his last 4 years, he was based in China and led Walmart and Sam’s Club’s E-commerce and Technology divisions.

Elliott Zaagman

Goldenspan Consulting
Elliott Zaagman is a TechNode contributor and co-host of the China Tech Investor Podcast. He has spent the better part of a decade working in and around China's tech landscape, and currently advises Chinese tech firms and founders on overseas expansion, listing, leadership and public relations.

James Hull

Founder of Hullx Capital
James Hull has been in China for 12 years. He has managed his own portfolio since his teenage years. Most recently he worked with JIC Capital (an SOE under CIC)on a New Energy PE fund and overseas M&A. Previously, he has done management consulting, public company IR, financial and investment analysis, and FP & A. He's the Founder of Hullx Capital and co-host of China Tech Investor podcast with Elliot Zaagman through TechNode.

Paul Mozur

Tech Reporter at the New York Times
Paul Mozur is a technology reporter based in Shanghai. Along with writing about Asia's biggest tech companies, he covers cybersecurity, emerging internet cultures, censorship and the intersection of geopolitics and technology in Asia. A Mandarin speaker, he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in China and Taiwan prior to joining The New York Times in 2014. He cut his teeth covering smuggling, wild boars and the courts for The Standard in Hong Kong, and got his start as an editorial assistant at The Far Eastern Economic Review.

Max Penchyonkin

Deep-learning Engineer and Dean at School of AI China
Max Penchyonkin is a machine learning and deep learning engineer open for high-impact opportunities, with a Ph.D in Finance, with multiple projects in his portfolio across a wide range of applications. He is a co-dean of the China School of AI. Max believes that AI and deep learning are shaping the world and everyone should take the effort to understand these technologies.

What is EMERGE?

Emerge was born when we saw that there is an enormous information gap about emergent technology trends in China.We want to empower our community of entrepreneurs and professionals by helping them understand China through expert analysis and insight.Our online content is already recognized as the best out there. Now it’s time to bring that offline.

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A snapshot of the Chinese tech industry that offers objective and in-depth analysis

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Main Stage
Breakout sessions

May 23, 2019 | 09:30 – 17:15 | Shanghai Explorium 利程坊 | #EMERGE.SH2019

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10:00-10:45	Can China achieve ethical AI? Moderator: Nancy Xu, Cevolution Danny Wang, Accenture Tim Pan, Senior Outreach Director, Microsoft Research Asia Danny Wang, Accenture Christopher Byrd, Fellow at Center for the Governance of AI, Future Human Institute
10:45-11:15	Digital marketing: Finding China’s Youth Moderator: Elijah Whaley, CMO of Parklu Maggie Long, Senior Researcher at the E-commerce Center of the Kuaishou Research Institute Hillary Han, Director of iResearch Zoe Zhao, Cultural Strategist at Inner Chapter Remington Ji, Partner and Chief Strategy Officer of Beijing Sijia
11:30 – 12:15	The 2B Shift Moderator: Michael Norris, Research and Strategy Manager at AgencyChina François Candelon, BCG Senior Partner & BCG Henderson Institute Fellow Daisy Guo, CMO of Tezign Jesse Zhang, Director of Software Engineering, Black Lake Technology Jason Li, Director of Greater China, Branch Metrics
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch and Breakout Sessions
14:15 – 15:00	Blockchain dreams: Regulation and rewards Moderator: John Artman, Editor in Chief, TechNode Steven Wang, Chief Analyst and Head of Market Research at Ant Blockchain Tyler Aveni, Head of International Partnerships at WeBank Jerry Yang, Venture Architect / Solution Consultant at Consensys Sarah Zhang, Founder of Points (PTS)
15:00 – 15:30	Telling China’s stories in Southeast Asia and India Moderator: Elliot Zaagmann, TechNode contributor Wendy Min, Director of Ctrip International Affairs, Ctrip Group Bella Tu, Investment Director, Gobi Partners Dev Lewis, Research Associate, Digital Asia Hub
15:45 – 16:30	Corporate innovation: Harnessing China speed Moderator: John Artman, Editor in Chief, TechNode Ben Hassing, SVP Global Cross Border Trade, Walmart Peter Riedl, VP and Head of BMW Group Technology Office China, BMW Dr. Shameen Prashantham, CEIBS Paul Wong, Explorium
16:30 – 17:15	China Tech Investor live podcast recording: The slowing economy and its impact in the tech industry Host: Elliott Zaagman, TechNode contributor Host: James Hull, Founder of Hullx Capital Paul Mozur, Asia Tech Reporter, New York Times

May 23, 2019 | Shanghai Explorium 利程坊 | #EMERGE.SH2019

Emerge breakout sessions feature a mix of lecture and workshop. Featuring in-depth talks from experts and interactive problem-solving, these sessions will be interactive and intimate: Only 40 spots are available for each session.

TIME	TOPIC
12:30-14:00	Session A: A Crash Course in Artificial Intelligence Max Penchyonkin, School of AI China Taught by the School of AI China’s Max Pechyonkin, this is a 90-minute crash course in Artificial Intelligence: What is it? How does it work? How can you use it in your business? This crash course features in-depth instruction for a lay-audience about the technical aspects of AI as well as case studies on how businesses have implemented it for greater efficiency and profit.
12:30-14:00	Session B: Digital Marketing: Finding China’s Youth Elijah Whaley, CMO of Parklu Led by PARKLU CMO, Elijah Whaley, this 90-minute in-depth discussion will unveil the latest techniques to get your brand in front of China’s curious and novelty-seeking youth. Elijah will foster a truly unique experience by exposing the dark underbelly of China’s social networks while problem-solving with attendees. This is a must-attend experience for anyone who is seeking the opportunity to converse with and learn from a group of individuals working in China’s digital trenches.

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TOPIC

12:30-14:00

Session A: A Crash Course in Artificial Intelligence
Max Penchyonkin, School of AI China
Taught by the School of AI China’s Max Pechyonkin, this is a 90-minute crash course in Artificial Intelligence: What is it? How does it work? How can you use it in your business? This crash course features in-depth instruction for a lay-audience about the technical aspects of AI as well as case studies on how businesses have implemented it for greater efficiency and profit.

12:30-14:00

Session B: Digital Marketing: Finding China’s Youth
Elijah Whaley, CMO of Parklu
Led by PARKLU CMO, Elijah Whaley, this 90-minute in-depth discussion will unveil the latest techniques to get your brand in front of China’s curious and novelty-seeking youth. Elijah will foster a truly unique experience by exposing the dark underbelly of China’s social networks while problem-solving with attendees. This is a must-attend experience for anyone who is seeking the opportunity to converse with and learn from a group of individuals working in China’s digital trenches.

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