OCTOBER

2015

THE SPIRIT OF THE EAST

WELCOME For years we’ve looked to the West, in search of the next disruptive frontier. But this time, our heading is to the East, to explore and sample the next wave of disruptive thinking. It is curious how our perception of Asia in terms of technology has evolved over the last decades. We all remember when our perception of Asia was based on cost, Asia was perceived as the main low-cost manufacturing region. ‘Made in Taiwan’ or ‘Made in China’ was seen as a means to find cheap solutions, not innovative answers. The second wave of perception of Asia focused on quality. Companies like Sony and Toyota paved the way to change the perception of the world that Asia clearly stood for unmatched quality, in a wide range of products ranging from cameras to automotive, from home electronics to telecommunications. The famous tagline of Apple products is ‘Designed in

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California, made in China’, to reassure us that the quality of the iPhones would be top notch. Today are clearly in the third wave of Asian perception, where Asia is showing globally that this is where the innovation happens. Samsung is no longer the manufacturer of ‘follower’ technologies, but is bringing products to market that are more advanced, more user friendly and more innovative than anything that comes out of Silicon Valley. This journey will take us to the two hot-beds of technology innovation in Asia: Shanghai and Singapore. We want to understand what makes the region accelerate their innovative edge, we want to feel the vibes of Asian innovation and entrepreneurship, and we we want to comprehend the reasons why Asia is leading the innovation space today. Our program offers a mix of start-ups, VCs, big leading companies and a number of keynote speakers. We are really looking forward to discover the Spirit of the East with all of you. See you in Shanghai, Peter & Steven

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DETAILED PROGRAM

Sunday October 18 07.00am

Flight arrival + pick up at airport

10.00am – 02.00pm

Shanghai tour Lunch @ Dishuidong

02.00pm - 03.00pm

Check-in @ Mandarin Oriental Shanghai

03.00pm - 03.30pm

Welcome by Steven and Peter @ Daffodil Room

03.30pm – 05.00pm

Keynote speech by prof Dr. Filip Caeldries

05.00pm - 07.30pm

Welcome dinner (outdoor area 58 Grill restaurant)

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Lunch Venue: Dishuidong, 5 Dongping Lu, Xuhui Shanghai

Keynote speech The decade which started in 2010 has already been referred to as ‘the turbulent teens’. Obviously, China constitutes a major source of global turbulence. Starting in 1978, China’s economic and political reforms have dramatically changed the global competitive landscape. China’s renaissance has intensified the level of competition in a variety of industries. Many Western firms now find themselves competing head-to-head with China’s “dragons”. Traditional sources of competitive advantage are being eroded by nimble, fast-moving, cost-efficient and increasingly innovative Chinese firms. From a macro-economic perspective, China needs to innovate. But can it? In this session, we will take a closer look at China’s innovation imperative, the role of the government, SOEs as well as private firms. We will reflect on how Chinese firms have transformed themselves from traditional cost-innovation players to world-class innovators. We will also explore the various approaches Chinese firms have used to remedy the technology deficit (e.g. use of the ‘demand wedge’). For Western firms, the Chinese market offers an unrivalled learning and innovation platform. We will explore some of the best practices (e.g. reverse innovation) which have enabled some Western firms to leverage the unique features of the Chinese on a global scale. Speaker: Filip Caeldries Professor of Strategy and Organization at TIAS School for Business and Society at Tilburg University (The Netherlands). For many years, Filip Caeldries has been teaching the “Competing in Emerging Markets” course in a variety of executive MBA programs in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin). His specific research interest focuses on the competitive strategies of Western and Chinese firms.In addition, Caeldries has been working

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with various companies in the APAC region (China, India, Singapore, ...). Professor Caeldries obtained his PhD in strategic management from Purdue University (Krannert School of Management, USA). In addition, he studied international comparative antitrust law at New York University (NYU) Law School. Filip has extensive experience as a trainer and instructor in strategic management programs for various corporations in Europe and the US. He regularly facilitates strategy development workshops with executive boards and senior leadership teams. At Tilburg University, he was the Associate Dean Company-specific Programs (1997-2013). In this capacity, he held academic responsibility for all company-specific executive development programs. While at Tilburg, he has directed and/or taught in executive development programs in more than 20 countries for client companies such as Abbott, Bekaert, Barco, Canon, Capgemini, CSM, Darling, Fresenius Medical Care, Gambro, ING, Océ, Randstad (EU, US), Rabobank, Royal Haskoning/DHV, Nestlé, and Norske Skog. At present, he is the Academic Director for the Global Executive MBA program (IMM). He previously taught at New York University (Stern School of Business). He was also a visiting professor at the Helsinki School of Economics and the Swedish Management Institute (IFL). From 1992 to 1999, he was a member of the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal. From 2006-2008, he was a member of the Advisory Board of CSC (Netherlands). Professor Caeldries’ research and teaching interests focus on strategic management (competitive strategy and strategic change), organization development, and competition in emerging/transition markets. His research has been published in Advances in Strategic Management, the Journal of Product Innovation Management, and the Journal of Socio-Economics. He is a co-author of the book Financial Services Marketing. Throughout his academic career, he has received 16 Best Teaching Awards (TIAS School for Business and Society, Rochester-Bern Executive MBA (Switzerland), Purdue University IMM Global Executive MBA (USA), ING Masters of Marketing Program).

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Monday October 19 08.00am - 09.00am Breakfast @ Mandarin Oriental hotel 09.00am - 10.30am 21Brains - Philippe Theunissen 11.00am -12.30pm

Alcatel-Lucent - Paul Ross

01.00pm - 02.00pm Lunch @ Flying Fox 02.30pm - 04.00pm Aihehuo - Yuchen (YC) Zhang 04.30pm - 06.00pm Pin3D - Douglas Wang 06.30pm -

Dinner @ Hakkasan

21Brains 21Brains optimizes sourcing, sales, and purchasing processes. Our software helps to get rid of Excel, email, and skype in the whole sourcing and sales flow. We help retailers and traders to work faster, do automatic project management, and make better decisions. Speaker: Philippe Theunissen, Founder & CEO 21Brains Philippe is a serial entrepreneur in the fields of internet and artificial intelligence. He started his first company, Flep-Tech Intelligence in 2001 while studying and hadn’t stopped since. His professional interests are as diverse as the countries he operates in. He started companies in The Netherlands, Russia, Hong Kong and China operating in a range of industries including AI, retail, design, and international trade and sourcing. Philippe holds a Master in Artificial Intelligence from Maastricht University

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and Master in Management from Solvay Brussels School. He is fluent in Dutch, English, German and Chinese. Topic: Big clients vs. Mass market - when to pivot Venue: 21Brains, 495 Jiangning rd.

Alcatel-Lucent Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell is Alcatel-Lucent’s flagship company in China. The company delivers end-to-end telecommunications solutions and highquality services, covering wireless and wireline, optical access, end-to-end LTE, optics, IP, core network and applications, network management and services. Its key areas of operation include R&D, world-class manufacturing platform, global supply chain, and information technology support centers and its sales and service networks cover all the provinces in China as well as more than 50 countries worldwide. Speaker: Paul Ross, Vice-President of International Marketing and Strategic Alliances. Previously, Paul was Head of Marketing at Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. He also has held the position of Director of Marketing and Communications at Bell Labs and Director of Corporate Communications for Alcatel-Lucent in the Asia Pacific Region. Paul began his career at AT&T in the U.S. and has nearly 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Paul has written widely for industry publications such as the Red Herring, Wireless Week, and Telecom Asia and has been quoted in BusinessWeek and the New York Times. Paul holds B.A. and MBA degrees from Columbia University and a Master’s Degree

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from Princeton University. He speaks Mandarin Chinese, German, French and English. Visit will include tour at the demo center and presentation. Topic: Approaching 1 Billion: The Chinese telecommunications market’s revolution in progress Venue: Alcatel-Lucent, 388 Ningqiao rd.

Lunch Venue: Flying Fox, 225 Hongfeng Rd, Pudong, Shanghai, China

Aihehuo Aihehuo is a platform designed to help entrepreneurs find co-founders and key partners. Based in Shanghai, we are kept busy building our platform and expanding our user base as we target a community with over 5000 entrepreneurs and investors. As part of our marketing efforts, we organize weekly events called Founder Dating — a speed dating event for entrepreneurs.

Speaker: Yuchen (YC) Zhang, Founder & CEO Aihehuo Yuchen is an entrepreneur and people connector who travels around the world and builds startup networks in different regions. Having spent the last decade of his life in the Netherlands and Silicon Valley, YC managed to bring the western entrepreneurial mindset and knowledge to Shanghai, and bring locals and expats closer together. YC holds a doctorate title in Engineering.

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Topic: Evolution of the startup scene in Shanghai and international opportunities. Venue: Aihehuo, 496 Zhonghua Xin rd.

Pin3D Pin3D helps users to easily create and share 3D images to ecommerce market, new media, and social networks of the Internet. Over the past decades, smart phone users had developed the habit of sharing their photos as a new way of presenting themselves and ideas.Pin3D leverage this phenomenon and move story telling into a 3D experience. For consumers, it distinguishes itself from the rest of 3D tools by allowing users to simply take photos, comment and share three-dimensional experiences without being constrained to construct 3D models from scratch. For businesses, adopting Pin3D images will reinvent the frontier of any product demos and concepts. Speaker: Douglas Wang, Founder & CEO Pin3D With about 20 years of design and management experiences, Douglas now focuses on design innovation with a balance with emerging technology. His practices and studies in graphic design, multimedia, industrial design and architecture converge as a very interesting vision into the future life style. Since the year 2002, Douglas has spent time innovating the future interface between 3D data and human being. In the summer of 2010, Douglas started his first startup, Pleasantuser Design & Technology Ltd. PleasantUser develops the middle-ware and system integration with a strong focus in delivering the best 3D experiences. Prior to PleasantUser, Douglas has been an active design professional working for multi-international enterprises.

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Beside his day job, Douglas is also actively involved in various design associations, such as Registered Graphic Designer Association (Ontario, Canada), WACA (World Association of Chinese Architects), Shanghai Industrial Design Association and IxDA (Interaction Design Association). In 2009, Douglas was the primary founder of Design for the Disadvantaged, which leverages the design and innovation talents via a user-centered approach to improve the quality of life, productivity and self-improvement for the disadvantaged groups in China. Topic: The 3D revolution Venue: Pin3D, 700 South Huangpi rd.

Dinner Venue: Hakkasan, Zhongshan East 1st Rd, 18, Bund Eighteen 5th floor China, Shanghai, Huangpu www.hakkasan.com/locations/hakkasan-shanghai

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Tuesday October 20 07.30am - 08-30am Breakfast @ Mandarin Oriental hotel 09.00am - 11.00am

Philips R&D site - David Zhuang

11.00am - 12.00am

Microsoft Innovation in China - Shoshanna Budzianowski

12.30am – 02.30pm

Belgian CEO lunch @ Fu

03.00pm - 04.30pm

Youku Tudou - Edward Su (Li Su), Jim Lerch

05.00pm - 06.30pm SOSventures / Chinaccelerator - William Bao Bean 07.00pm - 08.00pm

We Are Social China: social networks in China

08.15pm -

Closing dinner Shanghai @ Mr & Mrs Bund

Philips R&D site Microsoft Innovation in China With three major development centers, research facilities, cloud data centers, sales and support organizations and hardware manufacturing, Microsoft has committed to China for the long game. In session, I’ll review some of the most innovative new products coming from the China development organizations, and I’ll share some of the challenges building and selling software for China businesses and consumers.

Speaker: Shoshanna Budzianowski , Microsoft Head of R&D China Shoshanna Budzianowski is a General Manager at Microsoft in the SharePoint organization. She is on assignment in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in China where she is building software engineering capabilities and

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capacity for the quickly expanding Microsoft site. A twenty year Microsoft veteran, Shoshanna has been responsible for creating many of the most popular tools and frameworks used by professional software developers to build enterprise solutions for clients and for the cloud, such as tools for big data, metadata repositories, and Office programmability. In 2011, and in partnership with the European Environment Agency and Esri, Shoshanna lead the development of the Eye on Earth Network - an open, self-service platform for exchanging environmental information. The platform was recognized in the The Future We Want: Outcome Document adopted at Rio+20 Climate Summit in 2012 as part of the infrastructure necessary for developing global environmental observing systems. In her spare time, Shoshanna is a mentor for the Stanford Graduate School of Business Ignite program in Beijing. Her experience in the software industry prior to joining Microsoft includes developing diagram-driven data mining systems, visual programming languages, and content authoring systems. Shoshanna has a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science. Venue: Phillips

Belgian CEO lunch Venue: Fu, 1015 Yuyuan Road, Changning District, Shanghai After lunch, we are meeting up with a number of Belgian CEO’s with a rich experience in China. Speaker: Etienne Charlier Etienne Charlier first came in China in 1988. He is working in the country since 1996. He started with several executive positions for Alcatel, a large international group providing telecommunication solutions. During those

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years, Etienne has been instrumental in the development of the broadband business in China. In his last position of Vice President and General Manager, he led the ramp up of both business and production ramp up to an annual volume of 10 million lines. He also created a new R&D center that developed several new products for the worldwide market. While working for Alcatel, he realized that many companies could greatly benefits from using the vast pool of resources in China and he created procurAsia, in order to assist Western companies in sourcing industrial equipment, renewable energy equipment and professional electronic products from China. Today, procurAsia is a dynamic and growing company with clients in Benelux, Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Scandinavia, Switzerland, UK, Middle East, South Africa and US. More recently, recognizing the fast evolution of the Chinese market, he created Pinchuang Energy, focusing on energy efficiency solutions for Chinese commercial and industrial buildings. Pinchuang Energy is partnering with Western European SME’s to bring their solution into China. A first partnership with the company Dapesco is currently operational. Finally, he is a partner in ChESS China, a consulting firm providing a professional platform to European and Chinese companies to access each other’s market, find reliable and effective business partners and targets for acquisition or joint venture. CheSS China consists of a solid core of Chinese and European professionals with both operational and M&A experience. Each partner has an extensive network in both China and Europe. Etienne Charlier is a member of the Advisory Board of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China, a non-profit organization aiming at supporting enterprises from the Benelux based in China. He graduated from MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA) and Université Catholique de Louvain (electrical engineer – ingénieur civil électricien). He lives in Shanghai with his family.

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Speaker: Pascal Coppens

In 2009 Pascal founded Letsface to build the first offline digital community platform. His vision is to help people who are connected to a brand or organization meet similar members more efficiently. Letsface delivers this vision through the use of exciting technology and creative engineering to develop event data management and entertainment products that are now used in Asia and Europe. Prior to Letsface, he worked for over 15 years in the software industry including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, China and Europe including Wind River Systems, a main division of Intel. To feed his entrepreneurial passion, he co-founded PolyCore software in Silicon Valley and in August 2004 and decided to set-up a company in Hong Kong to run many ventures as CEO, including Sundance Asia Ltd. until 2010. For 20+ years, his passion has been China, a country where change is the only constant, forming the ideal foundation for achieving his purpose on a larger scale. His education includes a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Engineering from the Business school of Solvay at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium and a Master degree in Oriental studies from the University of Ghent, Belgium. Now as the CEO of Letsface, he strives to educate and change the event industry to become fully digitized and adopt smart technology to optimize events.

Youku Tudou Inc. Youku Tudou Inc. (NYSE: YOKU) is China’s leading Internet television company. Its Internet television platform enables users to search, view and share high-quality video content quickly and easily across multiple devices. Youku Tudou is home to China’s two largest online video and television platforms,

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Youku.com and Tudou.com, and reaches a combined 80% of Chinese Internet users, with a total of 500 million+ unique viewers every month.

Speaker: Edward Su (Li Su), COO Youku Tudou

Edward Su has 19 years experiences in 4A agencies plus 3 years in finance investment industry. The first mainland Chinese to head a multinational communication agency group in China. Edward joined Youku Tudou at the beginning of 2015 as COO, in charge of developing and managing all the Sales team & Integrated marketing team. He joined Havas Worldwide from Jan 2009 as CEO, China Group. Running a multinational agency group in China with about 400 staffs and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, services incl. brand consulting, advertising, digital & CRM, event marketing and healthcare communication. Member of Havas Worldwide Global Executive Committee. He has worked at Grey, D’arcy, Saatchi & Saatchi and Ogilvy, before joined Havas Worldwide. Edward has an EMBA degree from CEIBS, a Master degree on Philosophy, and a Bachelor degree on Linguistics.

Speaker: Jim Lerch, Director of Business Development Youku Tudou

Jim previously worked for a Seqouia Capital funded IT start-up focused on IPTV ad-sales in China, and prior to that in media planning for media buying agencies in New York. Jim also has several years’ experience in the public sector working for U.S. Department of State and the United Nations. Topic: Engaging Users on China’s #1 Digital Video Platform Venue: Youku Tudou, 1 Hongqiao rd. Ganghui bldg

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SOSventures / Chinaccelerator SOSventures is a USD235m evergreen fund known as the “Accelerator VC” with five partners running five accelerator programs: HAX for hardware in Shenzhen, Indie.bio for biotech in San Francisco and Ireland, Food-X for food in New York and Chinaccelerator for Internet in Shanghai. SOSventures invests in over 120 companies per year and has a 36% IRR net of fees on realized gains putting it in the top 3% of VCs in the world. Chinaccelerator invests in two batches of 10 startups per year in the Spring and Fall. The focus is on Internet, helping companies from China and across Asia attack the global market and companies from across the world enter China and SE Asia.

Speaker: William Bao Bean, Investment Partner at SOSventures

William Bao Bean is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator. William joined SOSventures from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was Managing Director supporting China investments. Previously, William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a VC firm backed by Softbank and Cisco. William spent 11 years as an equity research analyst most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for Internet and Telecom Equipment in Asia and China technology, media and telecom. William is an active angel investor with 39 investments between 2004 and 2014. In 2006 he was ranked #3 All-Asia analyst for Technology/Software and IT Services by Institutional Investor Magazine Asia. In 2005, he was ranked #1 stock picker in Technology, Media and Telecom, and #3 overall for Hong Kong/ China by Forbes/SCMP/Starmine. He currently sits on the boards of advisors/ directors for a number of companies including Neonan, Yodo1, GMobi, Silk Road Telecom, Massive Impact, Socbay, iTalki, kineticOne as well as organizations including Angelvest, the largest and most active angel investing group in China,

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Angelcrunch, AAMA Shanghai and the Techyizu, Beijing Hive, Digital Matters and AdTech: China events. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College. Topic: China Market Entry Venue: SOSventures / Chinaccelerator, 28 East Yuyuan rd.

We Are Social China Speaker: Pete Lin

Pete Lin is a 17 year veteran in digital marketing and has deep experiences in both US and Asian markets. He founded the China office for We Are Social in 2015 and has already won clients such as Esprit, Juventus FC, and Beats by Dre. He believes that creativity is the nexus of all effective marketing campaigns and speaks frequently at events and conferences on the subject. Pete has 2 MBA’s, one from UC Berkeley and another from Columbia Business School. Topic: “Key Differences in Digital Marketing Between China and the West”

Closing Shanghai Dinner Venue: Mr& Mrs Bund, China, Shanghai, Huangpu, Zhongshan East 1st Rd, 18, Bund Eighteen 6th floor

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Wednesday October 21 05.00am - 05.30am Check-out of the Mandarin Oriental hotel 08.05am - 01.25pm Flight Shanghai – Singapore 04.30pm - 05.30pm Fatfish - Kin-Wai, Lau 06:00pm - 07.00pm The Audience Motivation Company 07.30pm - 08.00pm Check-in @ Marina Bay Sands 08.00pm - 09.00pm Pre-dinner @ Marina Bay Sands - Tower 2 Flight Outdoor Bar 09.00pm-

Dinner @ Marina Bay Sands - Tower 1 Sky on 57

Fatfish Speaker: Kin-Wai, Lau, CEO & Managing Director of Fatfish

Kin Wai is a well recognised technology entrepreneur in Southeast Asia and founded his first technology company when he was 23. Since then he has taken three technology companies public. Mr Lau began his career as the co-founder and Managing Director of Viztel Solutions Berhad, a telecom and mobile Internet software startup. By the age of 28 Kin Wai had led Viztel to IPO and was one of the youngest Managing Directors of a public company in Southeast Asia. In 2009 Kin Wai led a takeover of the Oriented Media Group Berhad (Omedia), a publicly traded digital media company in Malaysia, of which he was later appointed its Executive Chairman. In 2007 Mr Lau co-founded Cellsafe Biotech Group, a regional biotechnology business group focusing on non-controversial technologies for harvesting and cryogenic preservation

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of stem cells. Cellsafe is now a leading stem cell bank network in Southeast Asia, with operations across four countries. Kin Wai was a scholar of a Malaysian government-controlled corporation and graduated first class honors in engineering from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He was also faculty research staff and a PhD candidate at the Imperial College, London. Kin Wai frequently supports entrepreneurial campaigns in colleges and universities and is a regular judge at innovation and startup competitions in Singapore. Venue: Fatfish, 71 Ayer Rajah Cresent #02-15, Singapore 139951 www.fatfish.co

The Audience Motivation Company The Audience Motivation Company. They are an event-management and marketing strategy organisation with seven offices across Asia and Middle East. Their annual revenue in excess of $40m annually. They will share their journey from birth till current, including innovative technology developed.

Coctails in hotel + standing dinner Venue: Marina Bay Sands Hotel 10 Bayfront Avenue Singapore 018956

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Thursday October 22 07.30am - 08.30am Breakfast @ Marina Bay Sands 09.00am - 10.00am PropertyGuru Group - Steve Melhuish 10.30am - 12.00am Ace - Joshua Soh 12.30am - 02.00pm NTUintive - Michel Birnbaum 02.30pm - 03.30pm Ninja Van - Lai Chang Wen 04.00pm - 05.30pm PlayMoolah - Audrey Tan 07.00pm -

Dinner @ Bacchanalia

PropertyGuru Group PropertyGuru Group is Asia’s leading online property portal group used by more than 11 million property buyers, viewing over 104 million property pages and generating over 500,000 enquiries for real estate developer and agent advertisers – every month – across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. The Group has developed and launched 15 mobile applications in four countries and three languages. At present, the Group recorded more than 2.5 million downloaded mobile apps, resulting in a slew of three MOBEX awards sweep. Headquartered in Singapore, PropertyGuru was founded in 2006 by two entrepreneurs with a vision to simplify the property search process and help buyers, sellers and investors make better property decisions faster. Taking advantage of Asia’s growing affluence, property demand and online explosion, the company is market leader in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. The Group received S$175million investment - the largest in the technology sector in Southeast Asia this year - to support its innovation, marketing and further expansion in the region.

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PropertyGuru was also the first to integrate its website with social media, first to launch Singapore’s only dedicated property newspaper – read by more than 100,000 readers island-wide every month – and it has also developed a property events platform, with approximately 20 shows held annually across four countries, addressing 20,000 potential property buyers on the ground.

Speaker: Steve Melhuish, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Steve is an award-winning entrepreneur. In the last two decades, he built profitable companies throughout Asia and Europe. He co-founded PropertyGuru due to his personal frustrations at trying to find a new home in 2006. Today, PropertyGuru is the leading online property group in South East Asia used by over 11 million property seekers and 31,000 property advertisers every month. Prior to Steve’s current role, he held advised various firms including Skype, AOL, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Extreme Media, iPass and Ariadne Capital. He also led global teams and a US$500 million turnover business unit for Cable & Wireless. In 2007, Steve was awarded the Spirit of Enterprise Award in recognition of his contributions to entrepreneurship in Singapore. Steve has invested in 4 digital media firms and is passionate about Asia + Digital. Venue: PropertyGuru Office, Boardroom, 17-01 51 Goldhill Plaza, Singapore 308900

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Ace ACE is a movement by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. The Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) was launched in 26 May 2003 as a national effort to foster Singapore into a creative and entrepreneurial nation where innovation and enterprise can be translated into wealth creation and where diversity of ideas thrives. Entrepreneurship is a key pillar in strengthening Singapore’s competitiveness while creating a more robust and resilient economy. With its relaunch as a private-led entity in September 2014, ACE Ltd takes on three main thrusts to focus on strengthening the entrepreneurial scene by, (I) working with the community to engage and support promising entrepreneurs through resources, networks and mentorship, (II) advocating on behalf of entrepreneurs for relevant policy changes, and (III) engaging schools and inspiring youths towards entrepreneurship as an alternative path to success. ACE Ltd is guided by a board of directors with significant participation from the private sector, while being supported by SPRING Singapore and Minister of State, Mr Teo Ser Luck as Patron. The board of directors are experienced entrepreneurs themselves and are well immersed in the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Speaker: Mr Joshua Soh, Executive Director, Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Joshua oversees the ACE Executive Team to help aspiring entrepreneurs start up by building a vibrant community and connecting them to resources, people and knowledge. Joshua has almost 20 years of experience in the technology industry, with both senior management and functional roles in the private sector. Prior to joining ACE, Joshua was the Managing Director

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for Singapore and Brunei at Cisco Systems. Before Cisco, he spent 12 years in IBM as the Head of Global Technology Services in Vietnam and the Country Manager of Integrated Technology in Singapore. Venue: Ace Ideation Centreh Crescent #01-13, 79 Ayer Rajah Crescent #01-13, Singapore, 139955

NTUintive The Nanyang Technological University (the “University”) has taken a pro-active approach in its strategy on innovation and entrepreneurship across the campus, bringing innovation to the heart of the University’s activities and as an equal partner to the more traditional activities of teaching and research. Nanyang Technological University-NTUitive Pte Ltd (“NTUitive” for short) is the University’s innovation and enterprise company. NTUitive supports the University’s mission to develop an innovative ecosystem to encourage innovation, foster entrepreneurship and facilitate the commercialisation of research. NTUitive’s challenge is to create an environment where there is a shared vision of innovation and academic entrepreneurship; where faculty and students are encouraged to explore opportunities, take measured risks, learn from failure and challenge long-held assumptions. NTUitive is responsible for managing the intellectual property assets of the University and to help take technology from the lab to the marketplace. Its activities are intended to translate the outcome of research efforts into economic benefits and improve people’s lives. At the same time it supports the University’s mission to make innovation and entrepreneurship a defining

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feature of the University’s brand of education. These efforts are expected to lead to the creation of the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and new business ventures.

Speaker: Michel Birnbaum, Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Michel grew up and lived in US before becoming a Globe Trotter. He is a General Electric Edison graduate and worked for GE Military, qualif project engineer of Apache/Blackhawk power plant as well as other Defense projects. Michel is Former Dir Investment Banking Hambrecht&Quist Europe; led over 40 tech and Life Sciences transactions, IPOs, M&A and Private Placements. He was the CEO of listed VC firm in London for restructuration. Expert at the EU in Framework 6 Priority3 (nanotech, tech transfer..). Michel worked with several Universities and R&D centers on innovation and tech transfer advisory and models. Michel is responsible at NTUintive for commercialisation and spinoffs across segments. Working with students, faculty, alumni & external entrepreneurs to create commercial opportunities leveraging NTU’s IP & resources. Venue: NTUintive, 16 Nanyang Drive, #02-215, Innovation Centre, Singapore, 637722

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Ninja Van Ninja Van is the logistics partner of choice for e-commerce businesses, providing a fully integrated online to offline solution to last mile delivery. Founded in April 2014, Ninja Van is the region’s fastest growing startup in the logistics space with a strong client base of more than 500 partners in Singapore and Malaysia, including Qoo10, Lazada and other major marketplaces, Charles&Keith, Guardian and Nespresso.

Speaker: Lai Chang Wen, co-founder Marcella Custom

Mr Lai Chang Wen is the co-founder of custom apparel retailer Marcella Custom. It initially ventured onto the retail scene in 2010 with a brickand-mortar store at The Cathay shopping centre. It has five outlets in Singapore and one in New York, and has previously held pop-up stores in London, Sydney and Melbourne. To future expand its presence both offline and online, Marcella launched its online sales platform in April 2011. This experience in ecommerce brought about the realisation that a large gap exists between the promise of ecommerce and the actual deliveries. In an effort to bridge the gap, Mr Lai founded Ninja Logistics in 2014, with a vision to enable efficient transportation. Ninja Logistics differentiates itself with its concentration on ecommerce, particularly its ability to optimize vehicle routes that allows cheaper and more reliable service. Prior to entering retail scene, Mr Lai was an investment banker with Deutsche Bank. He studied business finance in Singapore Management University and was previously an NDF Trader with Barclays Capital. Venue: Ninja Van 30 Jalan Kilang Barat, Singapore 159363.

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PlayMoolah Speaker: Audrey Tan, Co-Founder, Dreams Architect

Audrey pioneers PlayMoolah’s vision, business and market strategy. PlayMoolah combines games, technology and community experiences that enables adults to build a positive relationship to money for a purposeful life and a flourishing world. She rallied product marketing at Silicon Valley’s startup Qik.com, prior to starting PlayMoolah. Audrey studied Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford University; she also completed her Honours Thesis in Persuasive Technology and Games for Savings and Money Management m at the National University of Singapore. In her free time, she meditates, rides the waves, flies the skies and is a fond inquirer of Theology! PlayMoolah’s vision is to inspire mindful money for a meaningful life, creating a flourishing and equitable world. PlayMoolah brings the vision to life by challenging the mindset of scarcity - where money is never enough - to broaden the definitions of wealth that goes beyond deriving happiness from our bank balances. By combining technology, the power of play and community engagement in our online and offline experiences, PlayMoolah seeks to inspire small steps in every day money decisions for young adults, youths and children. In Singapore, PlayMoolah works closely with educational, governmental, and financial institutions. With a growing database of users hailing from beyond Singapore, in the U.S., UK, Brazil, and other parts of Asia, PlayMoolah invites collaborations to fulfill the mission. Venue: Playmoolah, Blk 71, Ayer Rajah Crescent #02-01.

Dinner Venue: Bacchanalia, 39 Hongkong St, Singapore 059678

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Friday October 23 07.30am - 08.30 am Breakfast @ Marina Bay Sands 09.00am - 12.00am Singtel 09.00am - 09.15am Welcome and opening: Bill Chang (if available) 09.15am - 09.30am Overview and Innovation story: Richard Koh 09.30am - 10.45am Singtel BSC tour: Richard Koh Geo Analytics Brand Intelligence Video and Wifi Analytics IoT/M2M Safe & Smart Cities 10.45am - 12.00am ASOC (Advanced Security Operations Centre) tour 12.00am - 02.00pm Lunch 02.00pm - 05.00pm Katoen Natie - Koen Cardon 06.00pm - 08.00pm Closing drinks with Belgian CEO’s 11.55pm

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Singtel The Singtel Group is Asia’s leading communications group. We provide a diverse range of services including fixed. mobile, data, internet, TV and infocomms technology {ICT) as well as digital solutions. Our main operations are in Sinapore and Australia. Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has more than 130 years of operating experience and has played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major

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communications hub. Today, we continue to lead and shape the local consumer and enterprise market. Our Australian arm, Optus, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services. We are a major communications player in Asia and Africa through our strategic investments in our regional mobile associates, including Telkomsel (lndonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines), Advanced Info Service (Thailand). The Group also has investments in Bharti Airtel (India}, which has significant presence in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Africa. As a long term strategic investor, we work closely with our associates to grew the business by leverraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience. The Group serves over 550 million mobile customers around the world. Singtel is the Iargest Iisted Singapore company on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation. To serve the needs of multinationaI corporations, Singtel has a vast network of offices in countries and territories throughout Asia Pacific, in Europe and the USA, while Optus has a network of offices around Australia. The Group employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.

Speaker: Mr. Bill Chang, CEO, Group Enterprise

MrChang, 48, was appointed CEO, Group Enterpriseon 16July 2012. He is responsible for providing ICT solutions to serve the Group’s enterprise customers, offering innovative and comprehensive IT and telecommunications solutions across multiple geographies. Mr Chang also assumed the position of Country Chief Officer Singapore on 1October 2014, where he is the principal liaison with local and regulatory bodies. Mr Chang was previously Managing Director, Business Group, and joined Singtel in November 2005 as Executive Vice President of Corporate Business. Before joining Singtel, he was the Managing Director of Cisco

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Systems’ Advanced Services Group in Asia Pacific. His earlier career included roles at various multinational technology companies. In 2014, Mr Chang was conferred the honorary Fellow of the Singapore Computer Society in recognition of his pivotal role in advancing the Infocomm Industry in Singapore. He is the Chairman of the Singapore Polytechnic Board of Governors and a Boardmember of Singapore Post, serving in their Compensation and Technology Committees. Mr Chang graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University, Australia.

Speaker: Mr. Richard Koh, Director, Emerging Businesses

Richard is the Director of Emerging Businesses at Singtel, a role he has undertaken since 2013. He leads a diverse team of professionals focused on cloud (Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Software-as-a-Service), machine-to-machine, and Intrapreneur services. Richard is responsible for catalysing new, strategic technology business opportunities, as well as optimising existing business models to drive continual growth for the company. Prior to his role in Singtel, Richard spent 20 years in Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard involved in areas such as R&D, IT, Product Management and Marketing, Business Development, and Sales Operations. He has deep, proven domain knowledge of Emerging Markets entry strategies, commercialising cloud services, and large-scale project management abilities. Richard lives fortaking on tough and audacious business challenges and breaking new ground in products and markets. Always passionate about what promises the Internet & Cloud Computing bring and with a keen eye

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on business strategies, product development and marketing, Richard loves to work with passionate people who want to change the world for the better. Venue: 31 Exeter Road, #02-00 Singtel Comcentre, Singapore 239732.

Katoen Natie Katoen Natie supplies logistics and semi-industrial services to various industries and port services for the shipping companies. Sustainable customer relations Katoen Natie achieves great added value for its customers in the services it provides. The outstanding quality of the service and the continuous cost monitoring form the basis for sustainable customer relations. Katoen Natie consists of 400 operational units, with 150 terminals and logistics platforms, employing over 10,000 people and active in all parts of the world. Katoen Natie is a private company and is not listed on the stock exchange so decisions can be made as part of a long-term vision. Due to the short lines of decisionmaking, management can very quickly decide in the interests of the customer.

Speaker: Koen Cardon, CEO Katoen Natie Singapore

Koen Cardon has been living and working in Asia for over 20 years. As a business manager for a leading marine construction company he was overlooking Port Development Projects in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. In 1996, Koen Cardon joined the Katoen Natie group to develop their business in South East Asia. Today, Katoen Natie Asia is a leading logistics company

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in Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam with a total workforce of approximately 2,000 people. Over the last 10 years, the privately owned company invested over 300 million S$ in South East Asia and now group owns and operates five large logistics terminals in the region. He remains actively involved in some academic programs at various Business Schools and he is a regular speaker at chemical conferences to share his know how in Asia logistics. Koen Cardon is an active member of the Belgium Luxembourg Business Group ( BLBG ) where he has served as President and Vice President. He is appointed by the Belgium Minister of Foreign Affairs as Advisor in Economic Diplomacy to advise the Belgium Embassy representatives on Economic, Social and Foreign Trade relations for Singapore and the region. Koen Cardon is married with three kids and calls Singapore his home.

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Hotels We have booked a room for you at the following hotels:

Mandarin Oriental, Shanghai 111 Pudong Road (S), Pudong, Shanghai 200120, China

Marina Bay Sands Hotel 10 Bayfront Avenue Singapore 018956

Check-in: Sunday October 18 Check-out: Wednesday October 21

Check-in: Wednesday October 21 Check-out: Friday October 23

Dress code: smart casual

Free internet. Minibar and other personal expenses are at your own charge.

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Logistics ARRIVAL IN SHANGHAI

DEPARTURE FROM SINGAPORE

Group flying from Brussels to Zurich on Saturday October 17 with LX 787 From 09.55am till 11.10am

Group flying from Singapore to Zurich on Friday October 23 with LX 179 From 11.55pm till 06.10am

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from Zurich to Shanghai on Saturday October 17 with LX 188 From 01:05pm till 07.05am

from Zurich to Brussels on Saturday October 24 with LX 786 From 07.35am till 08.55am

You will be welcomed at the airport of Shanghai and you will be brought to the Mandarin Oriental Shanghai hotel by an autocar. People who are already there or choose another flight, can take a taxi to the hotel.

You will be brought to the airport by autocar, in time for your flights.

FLIGHT FROM SHANGHAI TO SINGAPORE Group flying from Shanghai to Singapore on Wednesday October 21 with SQ827 From 08.05am till 01.25pm

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The flight from Shanghai to Singapore and the transportation to the hotels, restaurants and companies in town have been taken care of.

Hospitality on site STEVEN VAN BELLEGHEM Connected Visions Asia Organizer and Tour Leader M. +32 497 473 444

PETER HINSSEN Connected Visions Asia Organizer and Tour Leader

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