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Join us for the next Startup Weekend Shanghai - Environment Edition soon to arrive in Shanghai. Meet like-minded people who are crazy about entrepreneurship and have the drive to work on ideas that might actually save the planet!

In Shanghai, a city with over 24 million inhabitants, we see the pressure humanity is putting on the environment every day. At SWSH Environment, participants will work on innovative tech solutions to address these environmental challenges.

Whether it is eco-friendly, resource-saving ideas to improve your local community or global ones, anything goes in this special environment edition.

With the guidance of industry mentors, participants have access to tools and frameworks to build prototypes and effectively create a new startup.

So if you are a developer, a designer, or an entrepreneur who understands that the environment and any type of advancement go hand in hand, join us at SWSH Environment for a high-energy weekend you won't forget.

Startup Weekend Shanghai Environment: No talk, all action!

*The first 20 sign-ups enjoy an Early-Bird Discount! Hurry and get your ticket today!
About Startup Weekend
"Remember, we don't inherit the earth from our fathers, we borrow it from our children."
Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations.  

Participants create working startups during the event and are able to collaborate with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks. All teams hear talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from localentrepreneurials. 

The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education.  Whether you are looking for feedback on an idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute, Startup Weekends are the perfect environment in which to test your idea and take the first steps towards launching your own startup.  
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The hardest part of starting up is starting out.
Connect

Connect with people driven to build something new. Rich and diverse talent is a Startup Weekend staple.
Are you ready to meet your next (cofounder) (friend) (mentor) (investor)?
Discover

Discover where you are on the Entrepreneur's Journey.
Find the resources available near you.
Leave knowing the next steps you need to take on your road to success.
Learn

Learn what it really takes to start a company.
No book, panel, speaker, or blog post will teach you what you need to know.
The only way to learn is the experience of trying.
Start

It’s that simple. Startup Weekend is designed to get you going, FAST.
Your local Organizers will set up the ideal environment for you to be successful and learn as much as possible in just 54 hours.

Agenda

  • Aug 25, 2017

  • Aug 26, 2017

  • Aug 27, 2017

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Registration
7:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Dinner and Networking
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Welcome & Speakers
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pitches Start
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Form Teams
10:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Begin Work

Mentors and Judges

  • Allan Chou (Judge) (Chief Marketing Officer at HNA Rocket Space, Inc. (China))

    Allan Chou (Judge)

    Chief Marketing Officer at HNA Rocket Space, Inc. (China)

    http://www.rocketspace.com

    Allan Chou (周立玮) is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at HNA Rocket Space, Inc. (China), a joint venture between the HNA Group, one of the fastest growing private conglomerates in China and RocketSpace, Inc. (USA), a Silicon Valley TMT Accelerator based in San Francisco which helped to grow tech unicorns such as UBER and Spotify.
 As CMO of this the first of its kind cross border venture, Mr. Chou is in charge of setting up the marketing strategy and branding operation for the Global expansion of RocketSpace, Inc (USA) in China.

    Mr. Chou has a degree in political science and is currently a mentor in the Mayor's International Business Programme for the City of London; also mentors two business leadership programs at the Shanghai Advance Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

    He is also an advisor to Born2Global, a major Korean government agency under the Ministry of Science in helping to select over 100 startups with high potential for entering the global market.

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  • Jonathan Cruysberghs (Mentor) (Industrial Business Solution Manager at SUEZ)

    Jonathan Cruysberghs (Mentor)

    Industrial Business Solution Manager at SUEZ

    Jonathan is a 34 year-old Belgian and a self-made tech guy with business background, who arrived in Shanghai in 2007.

    He is currently leading IT R&D projects for a world-leading waste and water treatment company and is also co-founder of a startup offering an on-demand waste collection service in Shanghai. At Shanghai University, Jonathan coaches engineering students on more than 17 industrial and startup projects.

    Before arriving in Shanghai, he worked at an R&D laboratory for environmental F&B technologies, using pressurized containers with natural gases (principally air and nitrogen).

    He is also a freestyle mountain-biker, PADI rescue diver and passionate about mechanical watches.

    Jonathan’s favorite things : Helping and Creating.

    What gets him out of bed every morning? Coaching innovators and movers.

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  • Yuan Yuan Zhang (Judge)

    Yuan Yuan Zhang (Judge)

    Passionate about women equality and the role technology can play in this changing landscape.

    After starting the ArcheClub last year, Yuan Yuan has now turned her attention to building a healthy, sustainable lifestyle platform with advanced digital technology. Before founding her startup, she led a product team on developing O2O/CRM in the commercial real estate market in Shanghai.

    Prior to these roles, she undertook consultancy roles with the United Nations, the Clinton Foundation, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Environment Defense Fund in New York.

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  • Jeremy Chan (Judge) (Co-Founder of Impact Hub Shanghai)

    Jeremy Chan (Judge)

    Co-Founder of Impact Hub Shanghai

    http://www.impacthub.net/

    资深天使投资人,西班牙蒙德拉贡学院创始人。参与中国第一个联合办公空间新单位的建立。有丰富的团队教练经验。 他曾在2011-2012年,几次组织大学生筹办在上海和杭州举行的Startup Weekend。

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  • Thibault Genaitay (Mentor) (Founder of Le Wagon China)

    Thibault Genaitay (Mentor)

    Founder of Le Wagon China

    http://www.lewagon.com/shanghai

    Thibault is a digital marketing practitioner and self-taught software developer with a huge passion for technology and everything connected. He founded Le Wagon China, a coding school for creative entrepreneurs in Shanghai and Chengdu.

    Thibault teaches front-end development and product design at Le Wagon. He has also been invited to lecture and run workshops at multiple universities and training centers, including: Shanghai University UTSEUS, Tongji university College of Design, Jiaotong university - Antai School of Economics, ESSCA Shanghai and Condé Nast Center.

    You can also find Thibault on social media, where he often shares nerdy articles on WeChat, Medium and Linkedin.

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  • Camilo Parra Palacio (Mentor) (Winner (edu+) at Startup Weekend 2014)

    Camilo Parra Palacio (Mentor)

    Winner (edu+) at Startup Weekend 2014

    Camilo Parra Palacio is a Colombian, who has been living in Shanghai for over 3 years. Working as an Industrial designer for Bestway inflatables, but he didn't just settle for a job, his passion for robots and toys makes him very curious about 3D printing and electronics, so after playing around with robots at Xinchejian hacker space, he decided to create Otto DIY; an interactive robot that anyone can make! Truly open source hardware, closing the gap for people without technical knowledge to learn to build their own robots with affordable off-the-shelf standard components.

    Camilo was a winner of Startup Weekend in 2014, coming up with “edu+”. An idea related to tracking education for Chinese students and their parents.

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  • Patrik Sandin (Mentor) (Executive Director of The Natural Step China)

    Patrik Sandin (Mentor)

    Executive Director of The Natural Step China

    Patrik Sandin is a serial entrepreneur, strategist and changemaker who is passionate about developing business models for, and assisting companies to profitably manage the transition to, a sustainable and abundant future.

    Patrik is the founder of the Greater China offices of the international sustainability advisory non-profit The Natural Step, and CEO of its Shanghai based innovation arm, Thrive Together Ltd (T2L). He is also a founding member of Impact Hub Shanghai

    He has over 20 years of experience as strategy and management consultant in the areas of performance improvement, change management, strategy, M&A and sustainability. He has a BSc. degree from International University of Monaco, a certificate in Strategy from London School of Economics and has attended several programs at Singularity University. Patrik is also a member of the global ExO network of exponential organizations consultants.

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  • Branda Wang (Mentor) (Chief Editor at Social Entrepreneurs)

    Branda Wang (Mentor)

    Chief Editor at Social Entrepreneurs

    管理咨询顾问、培训师、商业领域跨行业连续创业者

    英国诺丁汉大学 管理心理学硕士,获英国 Coaching Academy 培训资格

    加入社会创业领域后,担任恩派高级经理、社会创业咨询事业群顾问、[社会创业家]全媒体主编.

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  • Alex Zhu (Mentor) (Founder of 志君合)

    Alex Zhu (Mentor)

    Founder of 志君合

     创业十年
    上海中期期货市场总监
    天润博茂资产CEO
    上海显德投资总监

     MTA MINN master创新学硕士
    MONDRAGON team academy international executive master program in entrepreneurship and open innovation

     Imcore Capital
    联合创始人 移动互联网孵化投资机构

     志君合教育(筹)创始人
    聚志君者,探索完善平衡人生之路
    你的技能服务商
    聚牛X的人一起同频共振

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Tickets

Ticket price includes food for the entire weekend (3 dinners, 2 lunches and 2 light breakfasts) as well as water. Make sure to attend the entire event as your team will need you until the end!
Sunday Spectator ticket only provides attendance to the Sunday night final presentations. 

No refunds will be granted within 7 days of the event if food and drink have already been ordered. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
Regular

With this ticket, come from Friday 7pm until Sunday 9pm (but you go back home for the nights!) and attend the full Startup Weekend!

Standard Price RMB 300
Students

With this ticket, come from Friday 7pm until Sunday 9pm (but you go back home for the nights!) and attend the full Startup Weekend! Please bring your student ID!

Standard Price RMB 230
Sunday Observers

Come on Sunday at 4:30pm to watch the final pitches!

Standard Price RMB 90