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Si Chen
Head of Al Strategy at TencentSi is the Head of Strategy, Partnerships and Operations at Tencent Artificial Intelligence Lab, based in Shenzhen, China. Tencent is one of the leading technology companies in the world and Tencent AI Lab is the leading enterprise research lab in China.
Si is responsible for the advancement of fundamental research in the areas of Computer Vision, Speech Recognition, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, as well as the application of AI across Gaming, Content, Agriculture, Energy, and other key industry sectors.
Key projects:
1.Established AI Health industry vertical, initially focused on AI for medical imaging and diagnosis. Today, AI+Health solutions have been launched in >100 hospitals across China
2.Worked with Chief eXploration Officer David Wallerstein to set up AI for FEW (Food, Energy and Water), developing AI solutions to solve global sustainability challenges. Autonomous Greenhouse AIoT solution iGrow is now used to optimise the growing environment, maximising production while minimising resource consumption, achieving 15% productivity improvement
3.Developed the strategic roadmap for Game AI, including AI applications for game design, in-game NPCs and game operations. Over 44 million players participated in the Wukong AI bot challenge, making it one of the most popular gaming modes in Honor of Kings.
4.Managed the Digital Human project team, developing multi-model 2D/3D digital humans, which have now been launched in many industries including education, finance, live streaming, advertising.
Si was raised in Australia and is bilingual in English and Mandarin. She has been a keynote, speaker and panelist in events such as top AI conference CVPR, top gaming conference GDC, Ladies Who Tech, Sydney AI & Machine Learning Summit and various Australia-China technology and innovation events. She is an alumnus of the Asialink Business Leaders program (2016) and Australia China Youth Dialogue (2017).
William Lin
Senior Commercial Representative at AustradeWilliam joined Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)/Australian Consulate- General (Hong Kong and Macau) in December 1996, he has been promoting Australian exports and attracting Chinese outbound investments for Australia since; William has undertaken various Austrade industry team leadership roles at post and North East Asia regional level in the past 20 years, he worked in various Austrade key posts including Hong Kong, New York, Beijing and is now in Shenzhen.
Before joining Austrade, William was a consultant for Australian and European large corporate clients on investment and trade projects in both Hong Kong and Mainland China.
William was born in Guangzhou, where he obtained his Architectural Engineering qualification, he then went further study in Australia and successfully completed Bachelor Degree of Business at Monash University in Melbourne. William is a Fellow Member of CPA Australia (FCPA).
林怀李是澳大利亚贸易投资委员会(澳贸委)深圳办公室的首席商务代表，负责推动澳大利亚与深圳 和华南大湾区在经贸与投资全方位的合作。
在深圳履新之前，林怀李是澳大利亚驻华大使馆商务部/澳大利亚贸易和投资委员会华北地区的高 级投资总监, 他参与带领澳贸委华北投资团队专责协助中国主要的国企和民企赴澳投资。在此之前 他在澳洲驻香港及澳门总领事馆商务署负责同类的工作超过 15 年。
林怀李出生于广州，毕业于澳洲莫纳殊大学(Monash University)，在澳大利亚留学和工作多年。加 入澳洲商务署(香港及澳门)之前，他负责了多家欧洲和澳洲大型跨国企业在大中华地区的贸易和 投资顾问工作。他拥有澳大利亚注册会计师公会高级会员专业资格(FCPA)。
Susie Liu
Brand Director of RobloxSusie graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Economics, and was a former investment banker before joining Huawei to help lead the expansion of the tech giant’s sub-brand Honor in Western Europe and South East Asia. She then headed global marketing and strategy at OnePlus, one of the world’s top premium smartphone brands. Susie is currently Brand Director at Roblox, an online platform that enables millions of users to create, share, and participate in immersive 3D experiences and one of the companies at the forefront of building the metaverse. Susie oversees Roblox’s brand expansion and strategic partnerships in China.
Susie is also the Director of Ladies Who Tech Shenzhen, as well as a contributing writer at Hacker Noon, an independent tech publication with over 8 million monthly readers. Some of her past articles include:
• https://hackernoon.com/what-netflix-should-consider-before-diving-into-gaming-vr2i34c
• https://hackernoon.com/the-reddit-rollercoaster-underlines-the-changing-nature-of-social-media-xh2k33pi
Alex Wyatt
CEO of August RoboticsAlex Wyatt is founder and CEO of August Robotics, an international company which develops robots to perform "dirty, dangerous and dull" tasks across the economy. Alex was formerly a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, and was also co-founder and CEO of Climate Bridge, a successful clean energy company headquartered in Shanghai. Alex holds degrees in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) and Law from Melbourne University and also has an MPhil and an MBA from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar