Andrew is the founder and CEO of Grata, a company helping businesses run customer service and sales on WeChat. Grata is a 500 Startups-backed company honored as Web in Travel’s Startup of the Year.
Co-founder of WeChat consulting and development agency WalktheChat. Thomas builds innovative WeChat marketing strategies and technical solutions for clients including Nestle and the American NFL.
William is an Investment Partner at SOSV and the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator. William joined SOSV from SingTel Innov8 where he was the Managing Director supporting China investment activities. While at Innov8 he led investments in Yodo1 (mobile games), Gmobi (Android platform), Lekan (childrens video platform), and Massive Impact (mobile advertising) among others. Previously William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, an early stage venture capital firm backed by Softbank of Japan and Cisco.
Kim Leitzes is CEO and founder of ParkLU, a marketplace connecting consumer brands with China KOLs. Her career started in New York, working exclusively with luxury, retail & consumer brands on strategy, M&A and investing. After moving to China in 2010, Kim began working with global e-commerce companies, including ASOS, Shopbop (owned by Amazon) and YOOX Net-a-porter Group on digital and influencer marketing strategies. In 2015, ParkLU launched its web and mobile platform, which has since enabled independent and global brands, including H&M, Abercrombie & Fitch, Macy's and Swire Properties, to collaborate with KOLs.
Alexis is the Co-Founder of CuriosityChina, digital and tech company operating in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong-Kong and Paris. CuriosityChina received several awards for their innovative approach serving today +50 international brands across various industries.
Founder & CEO of Juplus Interactive Technology. Sheng has extensive experience in digital creativity, digital media, SEO, SEM, Social media marketing. He delivers work for clients including Mercedes Benz, Porsche and Unilever.
Panel host Alvin Foo is the Head of Airwave China and a co-Founder of AppBoost, a performance-based mobile marketing agency based in Shanghai. Prior to this role, he had taken up senior executive positions at Google, Nokia and Velti.
Aaron is CEO and founder of JINGdigital which builds technology that helps leading brands create personal connection with their consumers on WeChat. His career began in advertising in New York with McCann Erickson where he worked in direct marketing before he found his true calling in the web during the dot com boom in Seattle. Aaron moved to Shanghai in 2006, founding ACHANG webdev, a web development agency and has worked with many brands and startups. In 2013 he launched JINGdigital to focus on the unique challenges of marketing in China and developed JINGsocial, a WeChat marketing automation and analytics platform used by innovative multi-national brands.
38 year career at C-Level positions in SME’s and publicly-listed companies across the advertising, digital media, eCommerce, marketing, recruitment and traditional media sectors in China, Asia-Pacific, the UK and Ireland.
Through cofounding the 31Ten digital agency, Joseph has combined his experience as a corporate strategy consultant for fortune 500 companies with his passion for digital and entrepreneurship. He now helps businesses to grow and scale on the Chinese market through digital transformation, by constantly exploring the latest opportunities, tools, and frameworks emerging technologies can offer.
Operational and pragmatic senior executive with broad experience in aspects of Customer Contact, Messaging, eCommerce, Customer Service and CRM/ERP environments.
A digital veteran with over 15 years of e-Business experience across Europe and Asia Pacific (China, Japan & South Korea). During the last 10 years in Asia, Patrice consulted for numerous companies such as L’Oreal, LVMH, Richemont, Lane Crawford, Galeries Lafayette, Lagardère, Converse, Christian Louboutin, Hermes, Yves Saint-Laurent, Dior, Kering or Puma among others.
Jim is the Founder and Managing Director of Relay. He specializes in creating stunning pieces of video content, both for large technology brands and disruptive startup businesses. His work has gained millions of views in China for clients such as Baidu, Tencent and Lenovo.
Founder of Shanghai software service company System in Motion in 2003, Stephane has built a loyal global customer base. He is also a Chinaccelerator mentor, the ambassador of French Founders in Shanghai, managing the EO Accelerator program in the Shanghai Chapter of Entrepreneur Organisation.
Augustin Missoffe has been working in China's consulting industry for 6 years holding strong expertise in Digital, Mobiile & New Technologies. Augustin is currently leading the Mobile & Digital Agency PHOCEIS in Asia focusing on “Drive to Store” (Mobile APP, WeChat, Geoloc, Geofencing, etc) & "Digital in Store" (iBeacons, Weacons, Digitalisation of the POS, etc). Augustin has led more than 70 Mobile projects for companies such has Auchan, Accors Hotels, City Week-End, Club Med,, Décathlon, JCDecaux, Lancôme, Oney, etc.
With almost a decade of practical hands on China business experience, Shenzhen based Michael is host of the well established 'Global From Asia' and 'China BusinessCast' podcasts. He is the author of 'Hong Kong Business Supercharged' and 'Destination China: Entrepreneur's Journey From Wall Street to Business in China'. Michael is the organizer of the 'Shenzhen Cross Border Summit' and previously worked as the China faciliator for the Google sponsored 'Startup Weekend' program.
Maximilian runs the #MBADMB that educates young Chinese and Europeans in becoming digital natives of the future. Bridging the gap between Europe and China, the programme focuses on the digital transformation of business models and best practices in digital marketing. Specialising on Eurasian macro-econmic cooperation, Maximilian is affiliated with the ESSCA EU*Asia Institute, Renmin University of China, and Free University of Berlin. Maximilian previously worked for the Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe where he implemented the Understanding China programme and for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Through the European SMEs Rafael offers advice for developing practical market entry strategies in China. He has extensive experience in the F&B and ICT industries.
A high-tech entrepreneur, who is courageous and passionate with his life & work. He have deep insight on How to convert WeChat fans to purchased clients and 12+ years digital marketing experience.
Alex: Product lead for KAWO. Originally from the UK, he has a passion for UX, frontend development and cycling.
Shanghai based Zijie is in charge of marketing campagins, social media promotion and cross-branding promotion for KEYS.
Gregoire is a self-taught web designer, developer and hacker. After several years practicing and experimenting in multiple agencies, working on major brands projects and organisations' platforms, he co-founded the digital consulting agency 31Ten as CTO. Grégoire focuses his work on exploring how to leverage the ever-changing tech environment in China to help companies solve their business challenges in the most efficient way.
Mikey Chee is WeChat crazy and comes from a background of customer experience and consulting. His passion for mobile photography and O2O services helped kickstart the photo printing craze that is Fresh Prints.
Originally from the US, Edaan is a co-founder and leads content and operations at RIKAI Labs where he builds chatbots that teach, learn and engage their users.
Co-founder of WalktheChat, a WeChat cross-border e-commerce platform. Previously is the founder of EatwithChef and TeaWalks.
Salim is a creative and organized professional who enjoys bringing technology stories to life and using marketing messages that resonate with clients. He communicates effectively across departments to develop campaigns and promotions. Also, he can take the lead at managing company events aimed to gain public attention through media. Overall, Salim is a digital enthusiast, eager to learn and connect with like-minded individuals interested in tackling new and exciting projects from discovery to fruition.
Ben is the Creative Director at 5:IT Digital. He loves technology and social media, and enjoys exploring ways to creatively implement technology into daily life. As a WeChat enthusiast he is also interested in innovative ways to use it for business, convenience, and entertainment.
Faye is in charge of digital communication at Club Med GC, selling the French dream to a booming Chinese travel market. She previously worked for Ctrip.com's international business unit marketing to expats in China.
Gosia is Founder of ShanghaiCityGirl, a platform for finding good deals, tips for cooking or learning Chinese, and interviews with successful women from all over the world. She is also Co-Editor of the Wechat blog ShanghaiHunter and Co-Founder of Polish food brand pierogiladies.com.
Jean-Baptiste Le Blan, Director of Marketing with over 12 years experience in sales and marketing.
Antonio Carriero is the Digital Service Director at Richemont International SA. He has over 15 years of senior-level experience in Digital across geographies: Europe, US, China and Japan; combining strategy and operational execution with experience in start-ups and highly complex matrix organizations.
Frank DESVIGNES, Founder of the AXA Lab Asia and Global Digital Transformation Director for Asia at AXA.
Bob started growing social expertise at the dawn of Weibo’s bloom in early 2009, and currently heads social business for OgilvyOne Shanghai. After being rewarded with a Gold Lion with Great Chinese Names to Great Britain campaign in Cannes 2015, Bob has moved from Beijing to Shanghai, also moved from content-silo social work to data, CRM and commerce enabled social and digital solutions.
Christopher believes in innovative ideas and technology. As Business Director at Beijing and Shanghai based agency BBDO Interone China, part of BBDO worldwide, he heads the digital department and develops digital strategies and marketing experiences for international brands such as BMW, Rolls-Royce, Michelin and Bosch. Just to name a few.
Run is the product director of Social CRM software, in charge of product design and developement.The social CRM software is designed to enable thousands brands to do marketing on the Wechat.We focus on fulfilling business requirements include helping the brand to accquire Wehcat followers, and activate them continuously with data-driven tools.Many famous brands like Unilever, Mars, Nestle etc, are our clients.
Peter Petermann is a seasoned strategist with a proven track record of strategic thinking and innovation. With over 25 years of advertising and strategic planning experience at agencies including Leo Burnett, Dentsu Amsterdam and Loew/Lintas and Carat Germany, Peter joined MediaCom China early in 2016 as CSO.
Cyril is a regular well-respected speaker and trainer at various digital and eCommerce conferences. He hosts high-level training sessions about the Chinese eCommerce ecosystem in China and around the world. Cyril is teaching eCommerce and Digital Marketing in MBA as well.
Adam is a Co-founder of WeChat based App Spoonhunt, China's largest restaurant search tool for foreigners. Adam gained deep insights into WeChat App behaviour through single-handedly growing Spoonhunt's user base from 0 to tens of thousands of foreigners all around China.
Event Host Matthew works closely with foreign businesses helping to form and implement their strategy for WeChat. He has years of experience leading teams in creating products for the China market. Matthew has extensive experience in public speaking, delivery of online/offline training and rich multimedia content.
Event Host Nichole holds extensive knowledge of the WeChat ecosystem and marketing best practices. She regularly helps deliver workshops and trainings which enpower foreign businesses to form the correct strategy for WeChat.