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CIS STARTUP CONFERENCE

SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2016 . CHINESE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL . HONG KONG
CREATED BY STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS.

 

WHAT IS THE CONFERENCE ABOUT?

CONFERENCE MADE BY TEENAGERS FOR TEENAGERS!

The conference will bring together a select group of about 60 secondary school students (13-18) to innovate new ideas. There is a great lineup of speakers, who will inspire the participants to create their own startup idea. Students will learn about entrepreneurship, and learn about product development and customer marketing. Students will also have the time to plan and create their own startup company and pitch it to a panel of expert judges!

About
Guests

 

SPEAKERS & MENTORS

 

Keith Rumjahn, Founder & CEO of Coachbase

KEITH RUMJAHN

Founder & CEO of Coachbase

NEIL SHEN

#7 Forbes Midas List

Founder of Sequioa Capital

DOWSON TONG

President of Social Network

Group at Tencent

JAMES MITCHELL

Chief Strategy Officer

at Tencent

LILY CHENG

President, Asia Pacific

at TripAdvisor

CATHERINE TAN

Co-Founder of

Notey

MICHELLE LAM

Founder & Managing Director of Spoilt

ANTHONY BERNARDO

Founder & CEO of

Teachers-to-GO!

ANN YANG

Managing Director, Private

Equity at CITIC Securities

REN RAPI

Founder & Global CEO of

Paradigm Group Ltd.

TED FAUNCE Ph.D

Headmaster of Chinese

International School

MICHELLE SUN

Co-Founder & CEO of

First Code Academy

HILLARY SZYMUJKO

Head of Program at

Brinc.io

PRIZES

 

PRIZES

 

All Participants will have access to CIS Communities Development Lab, which is product development mentorship for any local secondary student

DJI will offer the winning team placement in their Summer Programme,  Robot BootCamp, a tour of the DJI campus, and a chance to meet and interact with their engineers!

Uber will be offering 5 sets of Uber Coupons for a ride-along with technology entrepreneurs as well as executives!

Brinc will offer lunch with one of their Founders, as well as office hours alongside some of their senior leadership. You will also have the opportunity to present your idea to Brinc Founders.

Cocoon will be offering 10 hours of mentorship through their network and TWO WEEKS of workspace!

Fresco will be offering 10 hours of mentorship through their network and 4 weekends of workspace for the winning EdTech Company!

Paperclip will be offering 1 free pass for a hot desk to a winning team. The pass is valid for 5 sessions. Winners will have access to their space.

Blueprint will be offering the winning team a direct invitation to the Seedcamp sprint week programme.

 

THE

 

CONFERENCE

 

WHEN

WHERE

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Registration:  8:30am

Conference Start: 9:00am

Chinese International School

1 Hau Yuen Path, Braemar Hill

North Point, Hong Kong 

Details

 

GETTING

 

THERE

 

 

TRANSPORTATION

The 25 minibus main terminus is right outside the school and comes up from Causeway Bay. The 39m minibus also stops right outside the school and comes up from Tin Hau.

NOTE

There is no other way to get up to the school besides from bus, taxi or car. The two closest MTR stations (that still require a trip by bus) is Tin Hau and Causeway Bay.

Getting There

PROGRAM

8:00 - 9:00

 

 

 

9:00 - 10:00

 

 

10:00 - 12:30

 

 

 

12:30 - 13:30

 

13:30 - 15:00

 

 

15:00 - 17:00

 

17:00 - 17:15

Registration

Socialising

Technology Fair

 

Welcome 

Keynote

 

Build Your Team! + Pitch Work

Industry Knowledge Workshops w/ Speakers

 

WorkingLunch

 

Group Work on a Startup Idea w/ Mentors!

 

Pitch in front of Famous Investors

 

Awards Ceremony

Thanks

Program

 

CONTACT US

 

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