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Rashid Alimov
Secretary-General at Shanghai Cooperation OrganisationRashid Alimov graduated from Tajik State University in 1975 and from the Academy of Social Sciences at the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) Central Committee in 1989. Doctor of Political Sciences. Fluent in Tajik, Russian and English.
Mr. Alimov worked previously as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, Permanent Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the UN, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the People's Republic of China, Permanent Ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). He is the SCO Secretary-General since 1 January 2016. He holds the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He is an author of 13 books and over 50 articles on international relations published in academic journals in China, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Mr. Alimov received the state orders Friendship of Nations and Sharaf, as well as medals and other awards of the Republic of Tajikistan. He is a winner of the Silk Road — Humanitarian Cooperation International prize and gold medal for special contribution to humanitarian cooperation between SCO member states.
Sergey Kanavsky
Executive Secretary at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Business CouncilSergey Vadimovich Kanavsky was born in 1961 in Moscow. From 1994 to 2004 Mr. Kanavsky was a diplomatic worker in the representative offices of Russia in the Scandinavian countries. From 2006 to 2009 he was an adviser of the Vise-Chair of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, where he was responsible for the international aspects of cooperation. In 2007 he was elected as an Executive Secretary of the Business Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Victoria Khu
Co-founder & President of SCOLARVictoria Khu is a Russian born Chinese graduate student from Tsinghua University. She is passionate about building communities that can make a lasting impact across regions and countries. She co-founded the Russian Student Association (RSA) in 2015 and the SCO Countries Youth League (SCOLAR) in 2017 which were supported by the Russian Embassy to China and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat respectively.
Professionally, she has been devoted to working as a founding member of a boutique consulting firm - Octoplus Advisory, focusing on projects on the Belt and Road countries. Victoria is also a member of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum.
Evgeny Kosolapov
Representative at SKOLKOVO Foundation in ChinaMr. Kosolapov graduated from Novosibirsk State University with a degree in Economic Cybernetics and a diploma in International Integration processes. Since 1997, he has been closely involved with Asia within the framework of the public student organization AIESEC and opened a representative office of the organization in China. Afterwards, he trained in Singapore at the Asian Headquarters of DHL and he was appointed the head of products in the Russian-Eastern European region. He was then invited to lead the international business of UFT – mobile technologies, where he developed the business in Europe and USA. Since 2011, he returned to China to lead the Asian units (Chinese and Indian) holding i-Free – software products in the field of Telecom and brought in a Chinese office of China Telecom's top 3 partners in 2013. A regular speaker at industry conferences and events, he is highly engaged in the Russian-speaking community in China, for which he was awarded the gratitude of the Government of Moscow and the Russian Embassy in China. Since 2016, he joined the SKOLKOVO Foundation, becoming a permanent representative in China.
Tim Luan
Director of Beijing Z-Innoway Technology Services Co.,LtdBeijing Z-Innoway Technology Services Co.,Ltd, Global Innovation Platform, Z-open Innovation Large Entrepreneur Alliance.
A total of 15 years of overseas work experience, including 9 years in Europe and 6 years in Canada. Has also been in a number of well-known domestic and foreign entrepreneurship contests as mentors and judges, including Slush Finland Station Entrepreneurship Contest, the Central Youth League Final Youth Contest finals and more. He has worked in the Business Improvement Bureau of the North American Government. After returning to China, he took up the positions of the FTA Management Committee, 36 krypton senior executives, and contacted a large number of overseas and Chinese start-ups. Senior researchers in the field of cross-border e-commerce help international entrepreneurship projects to achieve China's landing; major practitioners of innovation, upgrading and transformation of large enterprises.
Innoway Street is the heart of the startup eco-system in China located at Zhongguancun in Beijing. It is home to a total of 45 incubator, accelerators, investment organizations, other innovation and entrepreneurship agencies providing a range of services. From 1,791 incubated startups, among them 600 were incubated in Innoway.
Yamo Yang
Founder of Molin Energy and Lonteng SteelMr. Yang founded its own trading company in metallurgical commodity at age of 18. For more than a decade he has been fighting daily with the market seasonality’s taking in considerations every day of the market offer and demand relationship; political, commercial, financial and logistical risks; currency trends and future market factors, which provided a strong and complete preparation for Mr. Yang that had the chance, with the highest leverage possible, took over the biggest steel manufacturing plants in Thailand, that currently has 68% of the Thai flat steel market shares.
In the last years, with the global green energy strong development, Mr. Yang also invested massively into renewable energy business with the listed company in Hong Kong stock market, which currently owns the biggest single site of solar power plant both in Asia located in Myanmar, and in Europe located in Portugal. Mr. Yang is aiming to develop his independent power producing company among all countries under the Belt & Road Initiative, by providing strong investments, financing and engineering from China, and bringing clean energy for a better green world.
Yixuan Wang
Business Cooperation Director of Weidong Cloud Education GroupYixuan Wang is a Business Cooperation Director from Weidong Cloud Education Group. As the strategic partner of SCO and UNESCO, Weidong Cloud Education Group focusing on the digital transformation in Education, providing nation-wide LMS solution, smart education solution, quality educational content and digital training/learning devices to the government/enterprises. The business of Weidong Cloud Education has spread in 46 cities of 17 provinces across China, and it has set up branches in 16 countries and regions in the globe.
Olim Alimov
Co-founder & CEO of Octoplus Advisory, Co-founder of SCOLAROlim Alimov is the CEO and founder of Octoplus Advisory, and an investor of Black Gold Company Ltd. He is also the co-founder of SCOLAR (SCO Countries Youth League).
Biman Najika Liyanage
CEO & Co-Founder of Wonder TechnologyBiman Najika Liyanage is a researcher, innovator and an entrepreneur who has co-founded several technology ventures in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, that focus on Mobile Internet Technology and smart material-based wearable technologies. Biman has also co-founded the Yi-Qi data lab, that focuses on the affective computing by conducting sentiment analysis through voice and developing a novel on-demand deep learning interface software for continuous learning. Biman was also a nominee of Forbes 30 under 30 & Forbes China 2017. He also cooperated with several Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft, Intel, Tencent, Porsche, Baidu, and Xinhua and was featured in national and international media including CRI, CCTV, The Nation, Forbes, TEDx Beijing.
Furuzonfar Zehni
Senior Investment Associate at Fresco CapitalFuruzonfar is an entrepreneur, investor and connector. Creating and connecting local ecosystems to global ones where the influx of diversity, new knowledge and ultimately value can be magnified. Currently at Fresco Capital, a global venture capital firm, Furuzonfar is involved in all aspects of investment and operations. With a portfolio of 60 promising technology companies transforming education, healthcare, and the future of work, Fresco’s core mission is building global ecosystems.
Prior to Fresco Capital, Furuzonfar built and scaled businesses in data analytics, wealth management and investment advisory. Prior to that, he was with Ernst & Young.
Furuzonfar graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BA in Economics and Finance (with Honours). He is a TEDx license holder, a mentor for the Laudato Si Challenge, a mentor for the Founder Institute, and is an active member of the Hong Kong University and St. John’s College Alumni Club. With the Shahidi Foundation, Furuzonfar is passionate about economic and cultural empowerment.
Yingying Li
Founder of Yingfluence, Inc.Yingying is the founder of Yingfluence, Inc. a Silicon Valley-based startup which empowers professionals to connect and lead their brands cross-culturally. Clients include Forbes billionaires and executives from Google, Facebook, LinkedIn and Cisco etc. She is also COO of Skiveit, an AI chip company which makes robots that can feel. Yingying has over a decade of experience as a cross-cultural management consultant in countries like the U.S., China, Brazil, India, and Turkey. She is a Certified Communication Coach at a U.S. leadership development company- Own The Room, a trilingual correspondent of Caixin Media, and a mentor at Founders Space. She is fluent in Chinese, English & Portuguese and was elected to be an AACYF "30 under 30” Chinese entrepreneur in the U.S. Most recently, she is the co-producer and co-host of “How China Works” daily podcast show, which has already organically reached over 37 countries.
Moaaz Awan
Co-founder&Business Development Manager of Global Silk Route EnterprisesMoaaz Awan is a dynamic youth from the SCO member country of Pakistan. He is a researcher at the Tianjin University. Hiis research interests include Belt & Road Initiative, China Pakistan Economic Corridor and SCO. He is also an entrepreneur working on introducing Pakistani Gemstones and Handicrafts to the Chinese Market through his Company called the Global Silk Route Enterprises. As an entrepreneur he is working hard to reduce the trade gap existing between the two countries. He is also an opinion-ed contributor to CGTN and Modern Diplomacy.
Abraham Sorock
CEO of Atlas ChinaAbraham Sorock’s firm Atlas China helps SMEs and multinationals in China find talent and grow revenues through recruitment, events, and strategy. His community leadership experience includes leading the Tech& Innovation Initiative pre-launch "Stealth Team" with the American Chamber of Commerce in China, the Jewish cultural Moishe House, and the Global Shapers Community in Beijing.