As Co-Founder and Group CEO of Catcha Group, Patrick Grove is one of the leading entrepreneurs in the APAC region. He founded and took 5 companies from startup to IPO, recently selling iProperty Group for US$534m, making it one of the largest internet exits in ASEAN history.

He is Co-Founder and Chairman of iflix, the leading SVoD service for emerging markets; Co-Founder and Director of iCar Asia, ASEAN’s No. 1 network of digital automotive portals; and Co-Founder of Frontier Digital Ventures, a leading operator of online classifieds in frontier markets.

Patrick has received numerous international awards, including: Global Leader of Tomorrow and New Asian Leader by the World Economic Forum; Asia’s Best Young Entrepreneur by Bloomberg Business. 

Achmad is the founder and ex-CEO of Bukalapak, Indonesia’s largest online marketplace. One of just four unicorns in the country, Bukalapak processes millions of orders every day. The company gained US$50m in funding from the Mirae Asset-Naver Asia Growth Fund in early 2019.

Zaky gained his bachelor’s degree in information Technology with honors (cum laude) from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), one of the most distinguished university in Indonesia.

In 2016, Achmad Zaky has recently received the Satyalancana Wira Karya badge of honor which were awarded and pinned by the Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the badge signifies the country’s attestation to a person’s key contribution and services towards the country, allowing him to become an exemplary figure.

We are the Largest Marketplace in Southeast Asia and the Newest Unicorn in Indonesia!

We were founded with the singular mission of empowering Indonesia through digital technology. We believe that within each of our millions of transaction, there are hope and happiness that transcends millions of dreams and brought them closer to reality.

As we become the largest e-marketplace in Indonesia, with tens of millions of visitors and several Trillion IDRs in monthly transactions, and as we start to grow our technological impact beyond e-commerce, we remain staunchly focused on our spirit of empowerment.

We are looking for like-minded talents to join our growing family. Talents who feel the yearn to make a positive impact for Indonesia. Talents who want to inspire millions of Indonesians with amazing technology products. Talents who share the same dream of helping Indonesia unlock its potentials.

OVO is the leading digital payment, rewards and financial services platform in Indonesia. Now, OVO is present in 115 million devices and accepted in more than 354 cities in Indonesia. Our platform can be used to access payments, transfers, top-up, and withdrawals, as well as asset and investment management. We have enabled digital payments across more than 500,000 modern merchants and SMEs.

OVO has grown exponentially and has firmly established itself as the #1 fin-tech platform and the unicorn of Indonesia. Asan Indonesian company, at our core, OVO is here to crack the problems faced by the community, specifically equal access to financial services to support the growth of the middle economy. Our open ecosystem tailored to build partnerships, where the most important spending habits of Indonesia’s growing middle economy.

About Allianz in Indonesia         

Allianz started its operations in Indonesia with a representative office in 1981. In 1989, Allianz established PT Asuransi Allianz Utama Indonesia, a general insurance company. Furthermore, Allianz entered the Indonesian life and health insurance market, as well as pension fund by opening PT Asuransi Allianz Life Indonesia in 1996.

In 2006, Allianz Utama and Allianz Life started sharia insurance business.

Supported by more than 1,300 employees and a network of more than 20,000 sales professionals as well as bank partners and other distribution channels. Today, Allianz in Indonesia is one of the leading insurance groups in the market trusted to protect more than 7 million insured.

About Allianz in Asia     

Asia is one of the core growth regions for Allianz, characterized by a rich diversity of cultures, languages and customs. Allianz has been present in the region since 1910, when it first provided fire and marine insurance in the coastal cities of China. Today, Allianz is active in 14 markets in the region, offering its core businesses of property and casualty insurance, life, protection and health solutions, as well as asset management. With its more than 32,000 staff, Allianz serves the needs of over 18 million customers in the region across multiple distribution channels and digital platforms.

About Allianz   

The Allianz Group is one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers with more than 92 million retail and corporate customers. Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of personal and corporate insurance services, ranging from property, life and health insurance to assistance services to credit insurance and global business insurance. Allianz is one of the world’s largest investors, managing over 673 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers. Furthermore our asset managers PIMCO and Allianz Global Investors manage an additional 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. Thanks to our systematic integration of ecological and social criteria in our business processes and investment decisions, we hold the leading position for insurers in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. In 2018, over 142,000 employees in more than 80 countries achieved total revenues of 130.6 billion euros and an operating profit of 11.5 billion euros for the group.

Dr. Jeffrey Chi is a Managing Director of Vickers Venture Partners, Vice Chairman of Vickers Capital Group and a member of its Investment Committee. He is also former Chairman and currently Ambassador of the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association. Dr. Chi also sits on the advisory panels of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the commercialization arm of A*Star and the National University of Singapore Division of Engineering and Technology Management. Based out of Shanghai, Dr. Chi heads Vickers Venture’s investments in Asia and has investments in artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, education, e-commerce, healthcare/wellness and financial services (including fintech).

Formerly a corporate finance specialist with and Executive Director at Pegasus Capital, he has managed engagements for large and small clients in both the public and private sectors. Prior to Pegasus Capital, Dr. Chi was a senior consultant with the Monitor Group. Dr. Chi's operational background includes seven years on the management team of an engineering group with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and Indonesia. As its Managing Director, he led the group into the Enterprise 50 in 1997 in Singapore.

Dr. Chi is a C.F.A. Charter holder and graduated from Cambridge University with 1st Class Honours in Engineering. He earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in organizational knowledge and information technology.

Vickers Venture Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage and growth capital. The firm prefers to invest digital media, new-media, financial services innovations, healthcare, life science, communications, internet, mobile internet, clean energy and pharmaceutical businesses. It focuses on investments in China, South East Asia and USA.

The firm was founded by Finian Tan, Khalil Binebine, Jeffrey Chi, Damian Tan, and Linda Li in 2005 and has offices in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, San Diego, New York and San Francisco.

It seeks to invest between USD1 million (SGD1.42 million) and USD10 million (SGD14.27 million). The firm’s portfolio covers life sciences, technology, media, and telecommunications as well as consumer and financial services. Some of its clients include Baidu.com, Focus Media, Kongzhong Corp, Cambridge Real Estate Investment Trust, Sunfun Info Co., Asian Food Channel, UUCUN, TWG Tea, RTG Asia, and JJE as well as Samumed.

Pradeep is a seasoned Big Data and AI professional. He has more than 15 years of experience in this domain and has a proven track record of helping organizations to transform through the application of Big Data and AI technologies.

Currently, Pradeep leads the Big Data and AI Solutions at Alibaba Cloud across APAC. In this role, he consults clients to be more data-driven and realize the value of data by the practical application of Big Data and AI technologies.

Before joining Alibaba, Pradeep was Advanced Analytics and AI Architect with Microsoft where he spearheaded the creation of Advanced Analytics and AI strategy for focus customers.

Pradeep holds a Masters Degree in Analytics from NYU Stern and an MBA from Strathclyde Business School. He is an also a distinguished speaker and has given various talks on the topics on Big Data and AI.

As a business unit of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), Alibaba Cloud provides a comprehensive suite of global cloud computing services to power both our international customers’ online businesses and Alibaba Group’s own e-commerce ecosystem. In January 2017, Alibaba Cloud became the official Cloud Services Partner of the International Olympic Committee.

John Lim serves as a Vice President at Pegasus Tech Ventures and helps manage investments and operations. He also manages operations of Startup World Cup, a platform that creates innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for startup ecosystems all over the world.

Previously, John worked at a government organization, providing international business development support for SMEs. He has also worked at a startup, in finance and fundraising roles.

John holds a B.S. in Finance from Washington University in St.Louis.

Pegasus Tech Ventures is a global venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, investing in exceptional emerging technology companies around the world. Pegasus offers a unique Venture Capital-as-a-Service (VCaaS) model for global corporations that wish to partner with cutting-edge technology startups. Leveraging its extensive global network, the firm vets investment opportunities for its corporate partners, manages the investments, and connects portfolio companies to its ecosystem of global corporate partners to accelerate growth.  Pegasus is stage agnostic and invests into diverse domains, such as IT, Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Robotics, Big Data, Quantum Computing, FinTech, and other Next Generation Technologies.

Pegasus also founded and sponsors Startup World Cup, one of the biggest and richest startup competitions in the world. Startup World Cup extends to over 50 countries across six continents, with a Grand Finale in Silicon Valley featuring a $1 Million investment prize.

Alan Hellawell has been intimately involved in the Asian internet and e-commerce space since 1995. He has served both in key operational roles at archetypal companies such as Netscape Communications and Lucent Technologies, and more recently at Sea Group, Southeast Asia’s first NYSE-listed internet company.

Alan most recently served as Sea’s Chief Strategy Officer, with responsibilities for key partnerships, in-bound and outbound investment and M&A, investor relations and other areas. Sea operates Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform (Shopee), and the region’s largest gaming business (Garena) and payments platform (AirPay.) Alan has worked regularly with management across other leading global platforms such as Tencent, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Paypal; in addition to the region’s leading PE, VC and investment banking firms. Alan prior to this managed Deutsche Bank's Asia TMT research group for 11 years. Alan supported many of China's largest internet companies from their early, private stages through IPO and beyond. He maintains long running “CxO-level” relationships with dozens of leading names in the space; including Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, Vipshop, Grab, GO-JEK, Tokopedia, Traveloka and JD.com.

He commonly forged C-suite relationships well prior to a company’s IPO; when he can render advice around strategy, positioning and basic messaging to the aspiring entrepreneur. Alan published many key thought-leading pieces on the China internet space as an analyst, from two 100+ page reports on the China cloud opportunity, to a 50-page deep-dive review of digital ad exchanges in China. Alan has throughout helped cultivate the careers of many of the industry’s leading sell-side analysts and buy-side investors.

Alpha JWC Ventures is a Southeast Asia venture capital firm with an Indonesia+ angle and a focused value-add approach.

Who we are:

1. Indonesia-focused with top-tier experienced local team Nobody knows Indonesian tech market better than we do. With a world-class local on-the-ground team and our strategic local and global network, we are the best partner for businesses operating in or entering Indonesia.
2. Deep expertise in FinTech and Sustainable Consumer sector We have developed expertise in FinTech and Sustainable Consumer sector as we believe they have big potential in Indonesia. In addition, as a technology-focused investor, we continue to look for the next waves of innovation.
3. Commitment to value creation and social impact We are an independent and institutional firm that believes in investing in a disciplined manner combined with active portfolio management approach.

We take a long-term perspective to create a positive social impact when we partner with entrepreneurs in line with our capital partners of high-quality institutional investors in Asia, US and Europe. If you are in Indonesia, think of us as your local partner with the hands-on experience and international network to build and scale your business. If you are from outside of Indonesia, think of us as your trusted partner with deep local network and on-the-ground know-how to enter Indonesia successfully.

Established in 2015, ADVANCE.AI is a data driven technology company, helping our clients to be "empowered by AI" to transform their business across Asia Pacific.

At present, the company employs over 1,000 employees and has served hundreds of corporate customers, impacting millions of people. Our company has presence across several regions, with offices in China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam and other cities. ADVANCE.AI is committed to the vision of using technology to enhance data application capabilities, helping enterprises develop, and promote social development and progress across regions.

Hari Sungkari is known as the Secretary General for Indonesia Digital Creative Industry Society (MIKTI) and advisor for Indonesia ICT (Information Communication and Telecommunication) Award.

He pursued his Architecture degree from Institute of Technology Bandung in 1984, and in the same year started his career in IBM Indonesia until 1994 with his last position as Manager of System Integration and Professional Services.

In 2004, he graduated from University of Padjadjaran for his Master of Business Law degree. Then, in 2010 he gained his Doctoral Degree from University of Padjadjaran in Business Law, specializing in Intellectual Property Right. He is actively giving lectures in Bina Nusantara University and IPMI Business School and is also serving as a business mentor in Bandung Digital Valley and Wirausaha Muda Mandiri program.

In 1994 he co-founded PT Mitra Mandiri Informatika (MMI) http://mitramandiri.co.id/, an Information Technology Company focusing in their own developed Electronic Procurement Licensed Software named ProMISE. MMI also provided selected value-added services in data management beside being an authorized IBM and Oracle Business Partner. Their customer base are big enterprises in Indonesia. (ProMISE is copyright of PT Mitra Mandiri Informatika).

Indonesia become one of the countries in the world that have the greatest economic performance. In 2015, we recorded a growth of 4.79% Gross Domestic Product (GDP), higher than global economic growth which is estimated to only reach 2.4%. This positive climate is certainly the right moment for the government to strengthen the foundations of the economy, especially in the real sector.

One of the real sectors that deserves to be a priority is the creative economy. President Joko Widodo is optimistic that the creative economy will become the backbone of the Indonesian economy. In contrast to other sectors that are highly dependent on the exploitation of natural resources, the strength of the creative economy rests more on the superiority of human resources. Artwork, architecture, books, technological innovation, and animation come from creative ideas of human thought.

To realize this effort, on January 20, 2015, through Presidential Regulation of the Republic of Indonesia Number 6 of 2015 concerning the Creative Economy Agency, President Joko Widodo formed a new non-ministerial institution called the Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf). This agency is responsible for the development of the creative economy in Indonesia. Bekraf is tasked with assisting the president in formulating, establishing, coordinating and synchronizing policies in the creative economy.

The regulation also explained that Bekraf was appointed by the head of the agency assisted by a deputy, main secretary, and deputies. Bekraf has six deputies. They are the Deputy for Research, Education and Development; Deputy for Capital Access; Deputy for Infrastructure; Marketing Deputy; Deputy of Intellectual Property and Facilitation; and Deputy for Inter-Institutional and Regional Relations.

Bekraf has a vision to develop Indonesia as one of the world economic forces in the creative economy in 2030. To achieve this vision, Bekraf designed six major missions, namely:

1. Bringing together all of Indonesia's creative assets and potential to achieve an independent creative economy.
2. Creating a conducive climate for the development of creative industries.
3. Encouraging innovation in creative fields that have added value and competitiveness in the international world.
4. Open the public's insight and appreciation of all aspects related to the creative economy.
5. Build awareness and appreciation of intellectual property rights, including legal protection of copyright.
6. Design and implement specific strategies to place Indonesia in the world creative economy map.

Bekraf also stipulates that there are 16 sub-sectors of the creative industries which are the focus for management and development. Each deputy then translates the vision and mission above through various excellent programs that can be implemented in the context of the 16 subsectors. The formation of Bekraf is the government's optimism that the creative economy will definitely be the backbone of the national economy. This is the beginning of a new milestone in Indonesia's creative economy. 

After being a business development veteran in Asia Pacific region for two decades, Andy Li has a strong determination to empower banks to transform financial services landscape with artificial intelligence and big data things to better serve their customers. That is a start of Silot in March 2017.

Andy has a fruitful experience in global expansion sector for listed Internet giant firms. He was Baidu Global Payment’s former Deputy General Manager and Baidu’s regional representative in Southeast Asia. Besides, he once held significant positions at Kingsoft, Changyou.com and Sea Group (formerly known as Garena).

Founded in 2017, Silot is an award-winning FinTech company based in Southeast Asia.

Our headquarter is located in Singapore, with offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, and Jakarta.

Silot specializes in using cutting-edge artificial intelligence and knowledge graph technology to work with banks around Southeast Asia, radically transforming these institutions to be smarter and more efficient.

Our solutions go beyond task automation or rote processing. We aim to empower banks with unprecedented discovery and decision-making ability using AI that can learn, with the ultimate goal of helping banks transcend into a new era of intelligent banking. 

Netcore Solutions is a global Marketing Technology company that offers solutions to help brands and enterprises in customer acquisition, engagement, and retention. The first and leading Marketing Automation, Analytics and AI/ ML solutions provider in India, Netcore was established in 1997 by Rajesh Jain, an Internet pioneer. Netcore’s product suite includes Smartech and Pepipost. Smartech is an AI-powered growth marketing platform. Pepipost is an API based Email delivery platform.

Netcore serves a strong base of 5000+ enterprises across industry verticals, like Thomas Cook, Go Air, Cleartrip, HDFC, Kotak, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, MakeMyTrip, Lenskart, Swiggy, Myntra, BabyChakra, Dream11, Reliance, Vodafone, ITC, OLA, Pfizer along with International brands PizzaHut Malaysia, Malindo Air, Philippine Airlines, Seek Asia, Tokopedia, Blibli, Standard Chartered, FCMB, GT Bank and many more. Netcore with its innovative marketing technology, delivers 8+ Billion emails & 3+ Billion SMSs a month, creating 11+ Billion Customer Connects monthly and handles 30+ Billion Events a month. Netcore is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in SEA, USA, MEA and an employee base of 500+.

Mr Shailesh Naik is founder and CEO of MatchMove Pay (www.matchmove.com), one of the world’s fastest growing and most disruptive fintech companies in digital payments and next-generation banking.

MatchMove’s proprietary Banking Wallet OSTM enables 'Banking-as-a-Service' with Spend, Send, LendTM capabilities within any app. The operating system allows businesses and their customers to pay online and offline simply and securely, perform P2P domestic transfers, cross-border remittances, P2M and mass disbursements to global recipients. MatchMove platform further extends to Lend where credit scores are assigned based on customers’ spending and sending patterns to offer customized lending solutions.

MatchMove has been recognized with international awards for being a promising and innovative organization, as well as a preferred employer.

An entrepreneur with a successful track record in high-tech and new media sectors across China, India, Korea and Southeast Asia, Shailesh also made several successful investments in online entertainment and e-commerce companies across Asia and the US. He served on the iN2015 committees to develop Singapore’s new national IT master plan and is a Founding Investor in Aavishkaar, a Singapore-based social venture fund focused on start-ups in India and Southeast Asia.

MatchMove is one of the world’s fastest growing and most disruptive fintech companies in digital payments and next-generation banking.

MatchMove’s proprietary Banking Wallet OS enables 'Banking As A Service'​ and the capabilities of Spend, Send, Lend within any app. The platform empowers businesses and their customers to Spend both online and offline easily and safely, via instantly issued prepaid cards on major card networks. Its Send capabilities include P2P domestic transfers, cross-border remittances, P2M and mass disbursements to global recipients. MatchMove platform further extends to Lend, where credit scores are assigned based on customers’ spending and sending patterns to offer customised lending solutions.

Envisioning a financially inclusive world as it wages war on cash, MatchMove’s solutions help enterprise clients digitise payments and give the financially underserved segments the empowerment to move their money anytime and anywhere.

MatchMove is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and authorised by leading card networks to issue virtual and physical cards directly to users in approved jurisdictions, or anywhere else in the world with partner banks.

The company has been recognised with international awards for being a promising and an innovative organisation, as well as for being a preferred employer. 

MatchMove is headquartered in Singapore with offices in India, Indonesia, Vietnam and The Philippines.

Johnny Li ( Li Haifu) is the co-founder of SuperAtom and has more than 10 years of “Going Overseas” experiences on Mobile Internet. He founded global teams which played very important roll in the globalization strategy of two world leading US listed companies.  

In Cheetah Mobile(NYSE: CMCM), Johnny built 10 country local offices from scratch. His IBD team signed deal with more than 70 global mobile phone providers including Samsung and Huawei within 2 years and brought 200 Million+ new installs of Cheetah apps.

To meet with Cheetah content strategy, his monetization IBD team quickly developed more than 5000 global content providers within one year. Also, his team established many strategic ties with global giants like Google and Facebook.

Prior to SuperAtom, Johnny also managed global sales and monetization team from 12 countries and contributed great profit to Cheetah Mobile.

SuperAtom is a FinTech startup incubated within Cheetah Mobile that is targeting to help give more people in Southeast Asia equal access to financial services using the power of technology. After launching the first FinTech lending app, UangMe, in Indonesia in early 2018, the company’s platform has now accumulated nearly five million downloads in the most populated country in the region.

The company is striving to fulfill its ambition of becoming a top-tier FinTech company in Southeast Asia with its values of “Customer-First”, “Data-Driven”, “An Open Mind” and “Growth Thinking”.

Norhizam Abdul Kadir (or Hizam) brings with him almost 20 years’ experience in multi-market technology and energy industries in various markets across Asia Pacific. He was with Intel, Microsoft and Ballard Power System before joining MDEC as Vice President in 2015.  He has wide experience in corporate marketing, end-customer sales, business development, communications and channel marketing and enablement. 

At MDEC, currently, together with his team, he is championing the growth of tech startup ecosystem in Malaysia.  Initiatives such as:

• Malaysia Digital Hub, a program that recognizes startup ecosystem development in co-working spaces
• Malaysia Tech Entrepreneur Program (MTEP), a tech founders visa program and
• Malaysia Innovation Policy Council, an industry led committee to work with government to create conducive regulatory environment
• are some of the interventions to make Malaysia a more conducive country for tech startups and the communities. 

Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) is the lead agency in driving the digital economy in Malaysia. Our role is to build a vibrant digital economy and ensure that Malaysia plays a leading part in the global digital revolution. We are passionate about digital technology and its potential to transform the future of our nation and the world.

MDEC’s implementations and efforts are centred on building awareness on digital economy, creating credible talents for the industry, and encouraging digital technology adoption among the people (rakyat) and businesses. MDEC is also the agency entrusted to nurture the growth of the technology industry in Malaysia including the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

On the global front, MDEC is responsible to ensure that Malaysia plays an integral part in digital revolution around the world, while attracting participation from global ICT companies to invest and develop cutting edge digital and creative solutions in the country.

Devin is mainly responsible for the investment of overseas startups in the SEA and India market, focusing on TMT, entertainment and consumer fields. Involved investment cases including Habby Network, HOLLA, Shoplazza, NewsBreak, etc.

GVC is a cross-border fund which is rooted in Shanghai, China and Silicon Valley, US. We do investments in Mobile internet industry, typically seeking Seed, PreA and A round projects. GVC has more than 30 portfolios in US, South Asia, India and China.

GVC was founded by Wei in 2016. With the comprehensive resources and investing ability, GVC became the first fund in China which particularly focuses on Go-overseas investment. 

Ilya Kravtsov is the CEO and Co-Founder of the leading cashless payment and brand activation company in Asia for events and attractions (PouchNATION). Ilya Kravtsov is passionate about entrepreneurship and technology and is currently mentoring several tech startups in Indonesia as part of Plug and Play Silicon Valley accelerator. Previously in his career, Ilya Kravtsov was Head of Strategy for one of the largest Telcos in South East Asia (XL- Axiata) and also a management consultant in the technology space.

PouchNATION is a leading offline-to-online solution for events and recreational venues space in Asia with offices in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. PouchNATION provides clients across Asia with a simple, speedy, and secure way to manage crowds, process payments and collect data in an offline environment. In doing so PouchNATION uses its proprietary NFC technology that is most commonly recognizable by the NFC wristband form factor.

Ankit is the Director of Technology (APAC) at Branch, the leading cross-platform linking and attribution platform, unifying user experiences and powering cross-platform measurement for over 50,000 apps. He currently leads the partner success, support and sales engineering teams in APAC, and works closely with customers and partners to help drive the next wave of revolution in the mobile space.

Branch provides the leading cross-platform linking and attribution platform, offering solutions that unify user experience and measurement across devices and channels. Branch powers mobile links and cross-platform measurement to more than 3 billion monthly users across the globe, and is a trusted cross-platform marketing, engagement, and measurement solution for over 50,000 apps - including Tokopedia, BuzzFeed, Yelp, Bukalapak, and many more. 

Datuk Yasmin Mahmood, the Managing Director of FutureReady Consulting Sdn Bhd, is a much sought-after global thought leader in Digital Economy Transformation, Consultancy and Implementation throughout the ASEAN region.

She started her career as an analyst programmer with a local bank after graduating with a double-major in Computer Science and Mathematics. She subsequently worked her way up to become General Manager of Hewlett Packard Malaysia’s Commercial Channels Organisation. She then took on the dual-role of General Manager and Regional Corporate Director of Dell Malaysia.

Yasmin moved on to become Microsoft Malaysia’s Managing Director in 2006 and became known for her “Malaysianising Microsoft” mantra and for aligning the strengths of what was then the world’s most powerful software company with Malaysia’s national and development agenda.

In September 2014, she took on the much-coveted post of CEO of Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) Sdn Bhd; to make a difference and to utilise her expertise and experience for the betterment of the nation.

This was achieved on the back of Yasmin spearheading the MDEC team to continuously bring in FDIs into Malaysia, while spearheading strategic nation-building initiatives such as the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ), and nurturing the local technology ecosystem including start-ups and local companies to be world-class and citizen-centric programs to drive digital inclusivity.

Building on her successful tenure at MDEC, Datuk Yasmin then moved into a wider arena when in early 2019, Malaysia's national postal service Pos Malaysia Berhad welcomed her as its Chairman to guide the organisation, which dates back to the early 1800s, further along the digital transformational path.

In tandem with this move, Datuk Yasmin has also been appointed as an Advisor of Skymind, Inc., a US company specialising in the development of business intelligence and enterprise software using deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) technology. 

Skymind is an open-source, enterprise deep-learning provider based in San Francisco, California. We help large corporate teams build deep-learning applications for media, images and sound and time series data for finance, healthcare, telecommunications and the Internet of Things.

We're a team of deep-learning specialists and Java engineers, and the proud creators of the world's first open-source, distributed, commercial-grade deep-learning framework: Deeplearning4j.org.

Kirill is a seasoned marketing professional, passionate about innovation and technology. His experience spans across multiple industries and sectors from FMCG to Consumer Goods to high-technology sectors like Telecoms and Internet of This, including start-up roles where he was responsible for building a brand from scratch.

Prior to joining ADA, Kirill held several senior management positions in Axiata group companies, including Chief Sales and Chief Marketing Officer roles. Before joining Axiata, Kirill held senior positions in several multinational companies such as Samsung, Philips and Siemens. He has a master’s degree in Business Administration from Judge Business School of Cambridge University (UK) and bachelor’s degree from Belarusian State Economic University.

Kirill is an open-minded and curious person. He has lived 5 different countries on 3 continents and speaks 4 language. He enjoys traveling and photography. Also, Kirill is a caring husband and a happy father of 2 wonderful daughters. 

ADA (Part of Axiata Group; Pronounced as A-D-A) is the largest company in Asia that integrates data, insight, media, and content to deliver business outcomes. Part data science, part agency, part consultancy – our eclectic and diverse talent come together to make sure our customers always emerge winners.

ADA is a rebrand of different go-to-market brands (AdParlor, AdReach, Digital Reach). Shareholders are Axiata Group Berhad and Sumitomo Corporation. Our business is anchored on 3 main pillars and powered by our deep data assets with 280 million unique profiles and >200 raw and derived attributes:

• Integrated Planning & Delivery (Media Planning, Digital Creatives, Ad Operations, Growth Hacking)
• Deep Media Integration (Facebook, Google, Telco, AVOD)
• Merged Analytics (Data Consulting, Data Enrichment, Audience Center)

Mr Xiao is RWDC's President for Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he spent 14 years in Capital Markets at major investment banks, including JP Morgan, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, and ANZ. He was last Global Head of Commodities Trading, with experience trading in energy and agricultural products (derivatives and physical), exotic options, and correlation. He was also a Venture Partner with WI Harper, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in the US and Greater China that was founded in 1993. Zhaotan holds a BSc from the London School of Economics.

RWDC Industries is on a mission to replace petroleum-based, single-use plastics with safe, sustainable materials.

Based in Singapore and the United States, RWDC Industries is a biotech company that harnesses nature to produce the materials we use in our daily lives.

Eng has over 12 years of investment experience across private and public equities across Asia and has also founded a fintech company. Prior to Openspace Ventures, Eng was part of the founding member of BCA Global Fintech Fund, venture arm of Indonesia largest bank. He was also the CEO and co-founder of an invoice financing platform in Indonesia after 8 years of investing in the Financial Institutions sector at Macquarie Principal Investment and JPMorgan in London and Daiwa SB Investments Singapore. Eng holds a BSc Economics from University of Bath, United Kingdom.

Openspace Ventures is a Southeast Asia venture capital firm that makes investments in early-stage technology companies, primarily in Series A/B. With over US$225 million assets under management, we have made over 27 investments across the region and were early backers of Gojek, Halodoc, FinAccel, Sweet Escape and Tanihub in Indonesia. 

Migo has built disruptive technology that radically drops the cost of distributing digital content to the mass market, unlocking a $150 billion global revenue opportunity. The company has invested tens of millions of dollars to develop an end-to-end solution with a cost structure 500x cheaper than existing technologies and extremely compelling unit-level economics.

Migo’s first product is sachet (pre-paid, small denomination) movies-to-go where consumers can download content via Migo Download Stations (MDS) hosted at convenient retail locations.

Felix oversees MagicWe Technologies’ Southeast Asia operations in Jakarta and Bangkok. MagicWe is an E-commerce media and technology pioneer in China and Southeast Asia. They have received awards and accolades from ECI, ADMEN, GMIC, and TechCrunch.

A leading company expertized in content driving consumer decision-making, a revolutionary e-commerce media and technology pioneer in China and SEA.

Our head office is in Chengdu, which located in the southwest of China. We also have branches in Hangzhou, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta and Bangkok. The team has 130 full-time employees, most of them are digital marketing experts.

MagicWe is good at influencing consumer decision-making by social media and e-commerce marketplaces since we have deep research on consumer psychology & behavioral science, data technologies and mobile experience.

In 2014, MagicWe launched an e-commerce mobile app in China (called Miaohui). It has been rated as the most beautiful mobile commerce app with best customer experience. In later 2015, Alibaba group invited MagicWe to provide product selecting optimization and content producing services. During 2016 to 2018, MagicWe helped Taobao, Tmall, JD.com and some other industry giants finished transforming from searching prioritized mode to rich media mode.

Nowadays the main e-commerce marketplaces in China already have the most advanced media ecosystem in the world. 50,000 consumer brands benefit from this transformation. We directly helped 400+ top brands to deploy content marketing matrix. These transaction-oriented media methods brought avg. 120% increase of their online shops.

We think Big, Out-of-the-box, but always Down-to-the-earth!

Dylan Damsma is a marketing-automation expert turned entrepreneur. Having worked & lived all over the world, he's not unfamiliar with the pains or ease of starting a company in a country. From the most bureaucratic experiences to the most pleasant digital experiences such as in Estonia, Dylan has experience opening companies & bank accounts for his companies all over the world. Most recently, when he needed to set-up his business in Malaysia, he turned a frustration into a business opportunity and started Foundingbird.com together with Antonin Ribeaud. Foundingbird takes the hassle out of company incorporation & administration in Malaysia and through it, Dylan wants to help entrepreneurs focus on what really matters; Delighting their customers.

Foundingbird is a digital company secretary in Malaysia. Foundingbird helps entrepreneurs incorporate their company digitally and lets them handle their administration hassle-free via a dedicated dashboard for their company. Entrepreneurs spend a significant amount of resources on business strategies and operations, entrepreneurs are required to fulfil legal compliance, from company registration, accounting and bookkeeping, to other business administration which can be a hassle involving a lot of paperwork and going to-and-fro between different entities. These procedures should be stepping stones for a business to get moving rather than taking up a big part of the attention of the entrepreneurs when there are better things to do, such as growing the business. Foundingbird has set out to change the way how companies in Malaysia are incorporated and how their business administration is handled, making it a completely digital experience. Through the Foundingbird website, you can go through the required procedures to start your company in about 15min. After you've registered your company with SSM successfully, your business will get its own dedicated dashboard to manage the companies administration. Opening a bank account, requesting a CTC, accessing your Superforms and handling your team's payroll; all easily done through the Foundingbird app.

Nicko Widjaja is the CEO of BRI Ventures, a venture arm of Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI), the country’s largest bank by assets.

An early tech investment pioneer, he has a career spans over 15 years in venture capital, corporate transformation, and startup ecosystem. He was formerly the CEO of MDI Ventures, a Telkom Indonesia backed venture capital, with investment in over 10 countries. Under his leadership, MDI Ventures become one of the most profitable venture capital firms in the region with two international IPOs (ASX and TSE) and four trade exits in just four years since inception.

Prior to MDI Ventures, he launched one of the first Indonesia venture funds in 2010 called Systec Ventures. He joined Telkom Indonesia’s Indigo Creative Nation as Managing Director before he co-wrote the investment thesis for MDI Ventures in 2014. He also works closely with various state-owned, advising on digital transformation initiatives across different sectors and industries.

His vast experience was complemented by his role at Indofood, the largest FMCG company in Indonesia, where he took on corporate transformation and organizational change. His exposure to startup ecosystem was provided by his beginner’s years in Silicon Valley (1999 - 2003) where he worked at multiple early stage startups.

He is also an adjunct professor at UPH Business School since 2010, where he is involved in the design of entrepreneurship and venture capital curriculum.

Throughout his career, he’s invested in more than 100 startups globally. 

TR is a global (Silicon Valley/China/SEA) multilingual serial founder with 25+ yr. experience in marcom, technology, bizdev and product. He leads Growth and Mentor engagement at MOX.

Prior to MOX, TR led Darwin Marketing as CEO and Co-Founder (Shanghai, China) until a 2016 exit to iProspect/Dentsu. He is a Visiting Professor at CEIBS and completed his MBA at UVA’s Darden school.

SOSV is "The Accelerator VC"​. We run the world's leading accelerator programs in hardware, life sciences, cross-border internet/mobile in Asia, food, and blockchain. SOSV has >$525M in assets under management and provides seed, venture, and growth-stage funding to startups. Our market-specific accelerator programs are located in the US, Asia, and Europe. The firm has a staff of over 90 worldwide, and 620+ global mentors. SOSV is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey with offices in San Francisco, New York, Cork, Boston, Shenzhen, Shanghai, London and Taipei. Over the past 20 years the firm has funded well over 600 startups and currently to fund over 150 startups per year. All startups are funded initially through SOSV accelerators. Since 2010, SOSV has developed seven key accelerator programs across 3 continents (HAX, IndieBio, RebelBio, Chinaccelerator, FOOD-X, MOX, and dLab). SOSV invests substantial effort in social innovation and transformation in various fields, especially in education and computing, where the company and its staff have supported or founded such initiatives as Coderdojo, Open Ireland, Mathletes, Khan Academy, WeForest and more.

Manzur is Director for Marketing, Customer Experience, and Innovation at Axiata Digital Capital. He has spent 7 years at Axiata in various roles and markets, including Chief Digital Services Officer in Bangladesh, FinTech Project Director in Indonesia, and Head of Ignition Labs in Malaysia.  Previously, Manzur served as Deputy CMO and Director for Strategic Planning at Telenor, and as Commercial Attaché at the French Ministry for Foreign Trade.

As one of the leading telecommunications groups in Asia in pursuit of a vision to be the New Generation Digital Champion by 2022, Axiata has transformed itself from a holding entity with a portfolio of pure-play mobile assets into a Triple Core Strategy-driven business focusing on Digital Telco, Digital Businesses and Infrastructure.

As leaders in the telecom industry, we strive to provide world-class communication services using the most advanced technology available. And our ambition doesn’t stop there. With a strong presence all across the region, Axiata is also committed to improving lives in our operating countries.

We are advancing Asia, one step a time.