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- Opening Remark
Alan Beebe
Alan Beebe
President at AmCham ChinaAlan Beebe is President of the American Chamber of Commerce in China based in Beijing. He has over twenty-five years of business experience in Asia, including seventeen years in mainland China.
More information about speaker
As President, Alan oversees all advocacy, programs, partnerships and insights provided by the Chamber to support the business growth of nearly 900 foreign corporations operating in China, including most of the U.S. Fortune 500. He leads major advocacy initiatives related to trade tariffs, market access, cybersecurity, Made in China 2025, China’s NGO law and structural imbalances in U.S. – China trade and investment.
In 2018, he launched AmCham China’s Technology & Innovation Initiative, focused on the business and policy implications of disruptive digital technologies - such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and cloud computing – for U.S. companies in China.
Prior to joining AmCham China, Alan held various senior executive positions in China with EY, IBM, and management consulting firms AT Kearney and PRTM. He also led a Beijing based start-up for five years, the China Greentech Initiative, which merged in 2014 with the Paulson Institute, founded by Hank Paulson.
Alan has advised a wide range of corporations and global investors on investing and operating in China. His clients have included global private equity firms, high technology companies, energy related companies, and major state-owned and private Chinese enterprises.
He holds a Master’s degree from Yale University in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the U.S. He is a Board of Advisor of the Yale Club of Beijing and in that capacity promotes academic and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China. He is a fluent speaker of mandarin Chinese, and reads and writes Chinese. Alan was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Keynote Speech: Digital transformation empowering MNC’s to drive innovation and generate new value in China
Alain CrozierWe are experiencing a paradigm shift, where localized computing together with a connective and responsive cloud is making it possible to do things that were simply never possible before. Streams of data, when captured and harnessed with applied intelligence are enabling better decisions and transformative processes so organizations can do things differently, create new experiences, enable new ways of working and generate new business value. Multinational organizations are applying this new breed of digital technologies in China, experimenting with new products, services and business models in China, for China, and ultimately for their ecosystems of customers, partners, employees and other stakeholders around the world.
Alain Crozier
Corporate Vice President, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Greater China Region at Microsoft
- CXO Dialogue • Paving the Way for Corporate Transformation
Alan Beebe•Scott Zhang•Freya Peng•Qing WeiHow to build the culture, strategy, management, incentive system, lean model and other mechanisms to encourage innovation and digitalization internally and externally for multinational companies
Alan Beebe
President at AmCham China
Scott Zhang
President at Honeywell Technology Solutions
Freya Peng
Head of China Digital Innovation Center at Mars Asia Pacific
Qing Wei
CTO at Microsoft China
- Keynote Speech: Now We Are Living in A Startup Economy
Peter XuHow to co-build a ultimate innovation ecosystem?
Peter Xu
CEO, Managing Partner of Plug and Play China
- Keynote Speech: From MuleChain to TurboChains • A perspective on building a blockchain start-up amid the changing crypto industry landscape
Ralph LiuThe speech will cover the real life experience in building a blockchain startup during the fast moving crypto market sentiments and the developing regulatory framework, lessons to be learned and advice going forward.
Ralph Liu
Founder and CEO of MuleChain and TurboChains
- Coffee Break
Location: Ballroom Foyer (2nd Floor)
- Parallel Industry Panel 1: Digital Healthcare
Sophie Sun•Yongqin Zeng•William Zhang•John Schaeffler
Sophie Sun
VP, Head of Strategy and Transformation, Head of Innovation Hub at Merck
Yongqin Zeng
Senior Director and Innovation Lead of Philips HealthWorks
William Zhang
Partner at PwC Strategy&
John Schaeffler
Executive Global Government Relations Leader at General Electric/GE Healthcare
- Lunch (Buffet)
Location: Chaoyang Nan (2nd Floor)
- Tech Startup Shark Tank – Powered by Plug and Play China
Scott Zhang•Sophie Sun•Charles Zhang•Brent Young•Chao Luo•Richard RobinsonWitness six outstanding tech startups pitch their innovative solutions for sectors such as digital healthcare, smart manufacturing, and new retail! As our panel of industry experts and entrepreneurial advisors comment on each startup, learn useful tips and insights on business growth and cutting-edge tech applications.
Visit the "Startup Shark Tank" tab on the event page for more details about each company, and click below for our advisors' profile.Scott Zhang
President at Honeywell Technology SolutionsSophie Sun
VP, Head of Strategy and Transformation, Head of Innovation Hub at Merck
Charles Zhang
Associate Partner at Lightspeed China Partners
Brent Young
Vice President and Director of the China Corporate Strategy Office at Intel
Chao Luo
Vice President at GGV Capital
Richard Robinson
Founding Partner at WhipWham Ventures
- Coffee Break
Location: Ballroom Foyer (2nd Floor)
- Parallel Personal Skill Workshop 1 • Design Thinking Bootcamp
Richard RobinsonComing up with an idea is easy. Coming up with the right one takes work. With design thinking, throwing out what you think you know and starting from scratch opens up all kinds of possibilities. Apple, Google, Samsung and GE, have already adopted the Design Thinking approach. Design Thinking is being taught at leading universities around the world, including d.school, Stanford, Harvard and MIT. But do you know what Design Thinking is? And why it’s so popular? Join this workshop to get a taste of DT and how it can be relevant for your company and your career.
In this hour and half session, Peking University Adjunct Professor and serial entrepreneur, Richard Robinson, will lead the group through a high-energy and insightful crash course with fun, hands-on and interactive prototyping.Richard Robinson
Founding Partner at WhipWham Ventures
- Closing Remark
Alan BeebeAlan Beebe
President at AmCham ChinaAlan Beebe is President of the American Chamber of Commerce in China based in Beijing. He has over twenty-five years of business experience in Asia, including seventeen years in mainland China.
More information about speaker
As President, Alan oversees all advocacy, programs, partnerships and insights provided by the Chamber to support the business growth of nearly 900 foreign corporations operating in China, including most of the U.S. Fortune 500. He leads major advocacy initiatives related to trade tariffs, market access, cybersecurity, Made in China 2025, China’s NGO law and structural imbalances in U.S. – China trade and investment.
In 2018, he launched AmCham China’s Technology & Innovation Initiative, focused on the business and policy implications of disruptive digital technologies - such as artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and cloud computing – for U.S. companies in China.
Prior to joining AmCham China, Alan held various senior executive positions in China with EY, IBM, and management consulting firms AT Kearney and PRTM. He also led a Beijing based start-up for five years, the China Greentech Initiative, which merged in 2014 with the Paulson Institute, founded by Hank Paulson.
Alan has advised a wide range of corporations and global investors on investing and operating in China. His clients have included global private equity firms, high technology companies, energy related companies, and major state-owned and private Chinese enterprises.
He holds a Master’s degree from Yale University in International Relations and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the U.S. He is a Board of Advisor of the Yale Club of Beijing and in that capacity promotes academic and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China. He is a fluent speaker of mandarin Chinese, and reads and writes Chinese. Alan was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Networking over Cocktails
Location: Ballroom Foyer (2nd Floor)
