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Hear from over 30 innovative leaders and tech experts including: www.emtechhk.com THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY, TODAY. EmTech Hong Kong is a community, a network, and a meeting place for over 500 business leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and change makers who are passionate about addressing major global issues and turning ideas into solutions. It is the showcase for the emerging technologies with the greatest potential to change our lives and an access point to the most innovative people and companies in the world. It is an opportunity to glimpse the future and understand the technologies that will change the face of business and drive the new global economy. Organised by Visit the website for the full speaker line-up and conference agenda For more information about the event and partnership opportunities, email [email protected] or call +65 6500 6719 Yingrui Li Cofounder and Chief Scientist iCarbonX Former chief scientist of BGI (one of the world's genome sequencing centers) Yingrui cofounded iCarbonX with BGI ex- CEO Wang Jun and Boston Consulting Group ex-partner Chun Wu just last year. Their new venture, iCarbonX, has attained unicorn status in record time, aiming to create an AI health monitoring system able to predict, and prevent, disease. Alvin Graylin China President of Vive HTC Mr. Graylin is the China Regional President of Vive at HTC leading all aspects of the Vive/VR business in the region. He is also currently Vice-Chairman of the 300-member company Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance, President of the $17B Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance and oversees the Vive X VR accelerator in Asia. Host Innovation Partner Johnson Lau CEO & Board Chairman Athenex As Chairman and CEO of Ribapharm, Johnson launched the second largest biotech IPO in US history. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Worldwide R&D for ICN Pharmaceuticals. Johnson also served as the Senior Director of Antiviral Therapy at Schering-Plough. He is currently serving on the Board of Porton Fine Chemicals, and private companies including Avalon Biomedical Management Limited, Avagenex Limited, Aiviva Corporation, and Hong Kong X-tech Startup platform. Alexander Wai Vice President (Research Development) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Prof. Wai’s research interests include optical fiber communications and optical networks and is an active contributor to the technical field, having over 200 refereed international journal publications. He is a fellow of Optical Society of America, an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. He has also been selected for the "National Science and Technology Programmes Expert Database". REGISTER NOW & SAVE Gary Marcus Founding CEO, Geometric Intelligence (Former Head of Uber AI Labs) Gary Marcus, a scientist, best-selling author, and entrepreneur, is a professor of psychology and neural science at NYU and the founder of Geometric Intelligence (acquired by Uber). His research on language, computation, artificial intelligence, and cognitive development has been published widely, in leading journals such as Science and Nature. He is also the author of four books, including The Algebraic Mind, Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind, and the New York Times best-seller Guitar Zero. Donald Sadoway John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry MIT The author of over 160 scientific papers and holder of 24 U.S. patents, Prof Sadoway's research is directed towards rechargeable batteries as well as environmentally sound metals extraction. He is the founder of two companies, Ambri and Boston Electrometallurgical. Ambri is developing grid-scale batteries based on all-liquid active components. Viewed 1,750,000 times, his TED talk is about inventing technology and inventing inventors. In 2012 he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. 6-7 June 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre The conference on the emerging technologies that matter KEY THEMES • New Materials • Cloud, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence • Robotics, Automation, and Industry 4.0 • Virtual Reality, Augmented Life • Healthy Ageing • FinTech and Cybersecurity • Future Cities: Rethinking Urban Environments • and much more…

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Hear from over 30 innovative leaders and tech experts including:

www.emtechhk.com

THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY, TODAY.

EmTech Hong Kong is a community, a network, and a meeting place for over 500 business leaders, innovators, entrepreneurs, and change makers who are passionate about addressing major global issues and turning ideas into solutions. It is the showcase for the emerging technologies with the greatest potential to change our lives and an access point to the most innovative people and companies in the world. It is an opportunity to glimpse the future and understand the technologies that will change the face of business and drive the new global economy.

Organised by

Visit the website for the full speakerline-up and conference agenda

For more information about the event and partnership opportunities,email [email protected] or call +65 6500 6719

Yingrui LiCofounder and Chief ScientistiCarbonXFormer chief scientist of BGI (one of the world's genome sequencing centers) Yingrui cofounded iCarbonX with BGI ex-CEO Wang Jun and Boston Consulting Group ex-partner Chun Wu just last year. Their new venture, iCarbonX, has attained unicorn status in record time, aiming to create an AI health monitoring system able to predict, and prevent, disease.

Alvin GraylinChina President of ViveHTCMr. Graylin is the China Regional President of Vive at HTC leading all aspects of the Vive/VR business in the region. He is also currently Vice-Chairman of the 300-member company Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance, President of the $17B Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance and oversees the Vive X VR accelerator in Asia.

Host Innovation Partner

Johnson LauCEO & Board ChairmanAthenexAs Chairman and CEO of Ribapharm, Johnson launched the second largest biotech IPO in US history. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Worldwide R&D for ICN Pharmaceuticals. Johnson also served as the Senior Director of Antiviral Therapy at Schering-Plough. He is currently serving on the Board of Porton Fine Chemicals, and private companies including Avalon Biomedical Management Limited, Avagenex Limited, Aiviva Corporation, and Hong Kong X-tech Startup platform.

Alexander WaiVice President (Research Development)The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityProf. Wai’s research interests include optical fiber communications and optical networks and is an active contributor to the technical field, having over 200 refereed international journal publications. He is a fellow of Optical Society of America, an IEEE Fellow and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. He has also been selected for the "National Science and Technology Programmes Expert Database".

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Gary MarcusFounding CEO, Geometric Intelligence (Former Head of Uber AI Labs)Gary Marcus, a scientist, best-selling author, and entrepreneur, is a professor of psychology and neural science at NYU and the founder of Geometric Intelligence (acquired by Uber). His research on language, computation, artificial intelligence, and cognitive development has been published widely, in leading journals such as Science and Nature. He is also the author of four books, including The Algebraic Mind, Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind, and the New York Times best-seller Guitar Zero.

Donald SadowayJohn F. Elliott Professor of Materials ChemistryMITThe author of over 160 scientific papers and holder of 24 U.S. patents, Prof Sadoway's research is directed towards rechargeable batteries as well as environmentally sound metals extraction. He is the founder of two companies, Ambri and Boston Electrometallurgical. Ambri is developing grid-scale batteries based on all-liquid active components. Viewed 1,750,000 times, his TED talk is about inventing technology and inventing inventors. In 2012 he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

6-7 June 2017, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

The conference on the emerging technologies that matter

KEY THEMES • New Materials • Cloud, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence • Robotics, Automation, and Industry 4.0 • Virtual Reality, Augmented Life • Healthy Ageing • FinTech and Cybersecurity • Future Cities: Rethinking Urban

Environments • and much more…

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SPEAKER LINE-UP

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Morgan Marquis-BoireDirector of Security, First Look Media / The Intercept

Morgan is a founding member of The Secure Domain Foundation, a non-profit, free, adversary intelligence group. In his previous role at Google, he was an elite security researcher, a hacker known as Morgan Mayhem hunting down the malware used to spy on vulnerable targets like human rights activists and political dissidents.

Jeff GarzikBitcoin Core Developer Co-Founder, Bloq

Jeff Garzik is a futurist, entrepreneur and software engineer.Jeff was once involved in one of the best known open source projects - the Linux kernel, and this led to an extended tenure at Linux leader Red Hat during open source's most formative years. His work is found in every Android phone and data center Linux installation today.

Holistic Innovation Partner

Strategic Partners

Visit the website for the full speakerline-up and conference agenda

For more information about the event and partnership opportunities,email [email protected] or call +65 6500 6719

Kinuko MasakiCEO and CofounderSmartEar

SmartEar is comprised of an “eOS” (ear Operating System) and an AI engine to control the full user experience with their smart assistant. An alumna of MIT, Dr. Masaki previously led R&D efforts at Advanced Bionics and EarLens and created IP for several companies seeking to further hearing and audio technology.

Vivian YamChair Professor, Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy,The University of Hong Kong

Prof. Yam is a trailblazer in the field of materials science. Herresearch deals with organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and her chemistry has enabled much more efficient displays for mobile phones and laptops. She is the recipient of many awards throughout her career.

Kok Wai Cheah Founder of Cathay Photonics Limited(Associate Head and Chair Professor in Physics, Hong Kong Baptist University)

Prof. Kok Wai Cheah became a Fellow of the Institute of Physics in 2013 and received President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Scholarly Work from HKBU in the academic year of 2015-16. He serves as Associate Head of the Department of Physics, as well as Founding Director of Institute of Advanced Materials, HKBU.

Kevin GeigerExecutive Director, International Animation & Virtual Reality Research CentreBeijing Film Academy

Kevin has over 25 years’ experience in the arts and entertainment, including 15 years with Disney in Burbank and Beijing, creating Disney’s first Chinese TV co-production. He is currently the Acting Vice Dean of the Beijing Film Academy's new Digital Media School, and Executive Director of the Beijing Film Academy's International Animation & Virtual Reality Research Centre.

Nii QuaynorChairNetwork Computer Systems & Ghana Dot Com

A Professor of Computer Science at the University of Cape-Coast in Ghana, Dr. Nii Quaynor pioneered Internet development and expansion throughout Africa. Amongst many awards, he received the Internet Society’s prestigious Jonathan Postel Service Award and was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in August 2013.

Noriko AraiProfessor, Information and Society Research DivisionNational Institute of Informatics

In addition to being the program director of an AI challenge “Todai Robot Project”, Prof. Arai is also leading two projects, Netcommons Project and Researchmap Project. NetCommons is the most popular content management system used in Japanese schools. More than 2,500 schools are now using NetCommons as their homepages or groupwares.

Steve LeonardFounding CEOSGInnovate

Formerly Executive Deputy Chairman of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. At SGInnovate, Steve has been chartered to help translate some of the ‘deep-tech’ R&D, for which Singapore has gained a global reputation, into commercial success by working with local and international partners.

Jason PontinEditor in Chief & PublisherMIT Technology Review

As editor in chief, Jason Pontin is responsible for the editorial direction, media platforms, and business strategy of MIT Technology Review, including the rapidly expanding U.S. and international websites, the award-winning print magazine, videos, newsletters, business reports, and live events such as EmTech.

Jason ChiuCEOcherrypicks

With disruptive Online-to-Offline (O2O) solutions and patent-pending product and technology inventions, cherrypicks has represented Hong Kong and China in many world stages and won over 100 local and international awards.

David HaResidentGoogle Brain

David’s research interests include Recurrent Neural Networks, Creative AI, and Evolutionary Computing. Prior to joining Google, he worked at Goldman Sachs as a Managing Director, where he co-ran the fixed-income trading business in Japan.

Premier Innovation Partner

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SPEAKER LINE-UP

Visit the website for the full speakerline-up and conference agenda

For more information about the event and partnership opportunities,email [email protected] or call +65 6500 6719

Jiawei GuCEO & Co-FounderLing Technology

Prior to Ling Technology, Jiawei managed the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) group at Baidu Research Institute of Deep Learning (IDL), and worked as a researcher at Microsoft Research. He holds 22 US invention patents and more than 120 domestic patents.

Wang GangChief ScientistAlibaba AI Labs

Wang Gang’s research interests include AI, deep learning, and computer vision. He is a recipient of the Harriett & Robert Perry Fellowship, CS/AI award, best paper awards from PREMIA and top 10 percent paper awards from MMSP. His technologies have been used by more than 5 international companies.

Angela WuAssistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)Founding Member, Agenovir Corporation

Angela was instrumental in launching Agenovir, which uses genome editing technologies to cure chronic viral infections. Using genome editing technologies to target destruction of viral DNA instead of human DNA, Agenovir’s future products will be able to remove these viruses from the cell, resulting in a permanent cure.

Jongmoon KimCEOToolGen

ToolGen is a genome editing company focused on translating genetic knowledge into transformative products for biomedicine and agriculture. Before joining ToolGen, Jongmoon Kim founded Thrunet, Korea’s first high-speed Internet access service and the first Korean company to be listed on NASDAQ. He brings an innovative managerial perspective to ToolGen, which builds on his shared experiences with IT and biotech.

Tam Hwa-YawChair Professor of Photonics and Head of Department of Electrical EngineeringThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Prof. Tam’s R&D team is building the world’s first city-wide fibre-optic sensing network for condition-based monitoring of metro systems in Hong Kong. He won numerous international awards, and is the Third Prize Winner of the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2014.

Nalin AdvaniCEO – Asia-PacificGreyOrange

GreyOrange designs, manufactures and deploys advancedrobotics and automation systems for warehouses, distributionand fulfilment centres. Founded in 2011, GreyOrange is one of the world's top 50 robotics companies, and has been widely featured in BBC, CNN, Fortune, Forbes, MIT Technology Review and many more.

Qiang YangNew Bright Professor of EngineeringHong Kong University of Science and Technology

Prof. Yang was the founding head of Huawei Noah’s Ark Laband is currently Technical Advisor to WeChat. His focus is onpushing frontiers in the areas of big data, data mining and AI.

Yang XuPostdoctoral ResearcherMIT SENSEable City Lab

Yang’s research interests lie at the intersection of GIScience,Transportation, and Urban Informatics. With pervasive and location-based sensing technologies that change the way we view cities,Yang believes it is important to develop new ideas and methodologies that transform various emerging datasets into actionable insights.

...And many more to be announced

Phil ChenExecutive ChairmanSoul Machines

Hannes SmárasonCEOWuXi NextCODE

Hannes Smarason has twenty years’ experience building businesses that organize, mine and share genomic big data. In 2013, Mr Smarason co-founded NextCODE Health as an IT spinoff from Iceland’s deCODE genetics. Two years later, he led the merger of NextCODE with WuXi AppTec’s Genome Center in Shanghai to create WuXi NextCODE. Mr Smarason served previously as CFO and EVP of Business at deCODE, leading the first U.S. IPO by an Icelandic company.

Winne TangFounder and ChairmanEsri China (Hong Kong) Limited

Dr. Winnie Tang JP is an Honorary Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. Over the years, Dr. Tang has been actively advocating the use of technology and sharing her views on the ICT industry, eHealth, environmental conservation, entrepreneurship and smart city concepts through her services in government and non-government organizations in Hong Kong.

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CONFERENCE RATES

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REGISTRATION

Two Day Conference Pass(6-7 June 2017)

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