The Judges
Cristina Ventura
Founder, LUXARITY
Cristina has been working in Luxury and Technology for the past 20 years and is currently Chief Catalyst Officer at The Lane Crawford Joyce Group, the iconic luxury and retail Group in Asia. She is responsible to forge connections with thought leaders, disruptors and game changers, to bring knowledge and create a diverse network stimulating ideas and new ways to invest and to partner. She is leading new businesses, thecage.io Ignition Program and LUXARITY, the Social Initiative of the Group.
She brings an international understanding of Luxury, Creativity and Innovation. Her previous expertise includes leading Apple’s Team in HK & South China, Regional Retail Director at Prada being involved its IPO, Operations Director for Gucci Europe & Middle East, and several positions in LVMH in Europe and Asia.
Cristina studied at Harvard Business School, Stanford, Insead, Tsinghua & CEIBS and is teaching at university. She founded LUXARITY.com and sold it to LCJG, started siliconbali.io decelerator, and is and active angel investor and advisor of start-ups related to education, lifestyle and technology. She is a yoga and meditation teacher, reiki master and speaks fluent English, Spanish and Italian.
Yijing Wang
Director, Strategic Partnerships, China Alliance of Social Value Investment (CASVI)
Yijing Wang is the director of strategic partnerships at CASVI, the first licensed non-profit platform in China specialised in SDG Financing/ Impact Investing. Yijing was awarded Forbes 2018 "30 Under 30" and is passionate about supporting business that does good.
Currently Yijing focuses on bringing together investors, tech communities and public sectors to better support the community of doing-good-entrepreneurs, and to incubate the next-gen "social unicorns". Feel free to reach out!
Jason Sun
Director of Internal Operations, Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform / X Technology Fund孫健
內部運營總監,香港X科技創業平台/ X 科技基金
香港大學博士(計算化學),南開大學學士(化學)及碩士(化學工程),在計算化學、計算生物學及材料模擬等領域有著豐富的經驗。曾在香港大學擔任專職研究員(Research Officer)及香港特區卓越學科領域項目“新興電子器件的理論、模型和模擬”(資助金額約1.5億港元)的項目經理(Project Manager)。
2016年加入香港X科技創業平台,参与了平台的筹备及启动,负责平台的运营及技术类项目的评估及筛选。曾担任香港大学DreamCatchers 100K大赛评委及导师、港科大百万奖金国际创业赛评委、她爱科技创业大赛导师、“互联网+”大学生创新创业大赛评委。
其专长领域包括大健康、生物医药、先进材料、电子器件、AI等。
附:个人近照
PhD of HKU (Computational Chemistry), Master and Bachelor of Nankai University, experienced in computational chemistry/biology and material simulations. Worked in HKU as Research Officer and the Project Manager of Area of Excellence on “Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Emerging Electronics” (funding: 150M HKD)
He joined Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform in 2016 and worked on the preparation and kick-off of the platform. He is in charging of the internal operations and the evaluation of technology projects. He acted as the judge and mentor of HKU DreamCatchers 100K Program, the judge of HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition, the mentor of She Loves Tech., and the Judge of “Internet +”Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.
His is experienced in Big Health, Bio-Medicine, Advanced Materials, Electronic Devices, and AI.
Vahid Toosi
Co-Founder & CEO, EOS sw/eden
Vahid Toosi is a well traveled serial entrepreneur with a passion for doing things differently and loves a good challenge. He started his first company when he was 17 and has been on that path ever since. Now a total of 9 different ventures ranging from online charity to blockchain farming, currently deeply involved in the EOS community. Founding member of the Blockchain security & Infrastructure team “Ghostbusters”.
Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics.
Jon Lewis
Product Design Lead, ConsenSys
Awarded the App of the Year in over 40 countries by Apple, Jon Lewis is a design entrepreneur with a laser focus on solving problems that most people tend to avoid. He is the co-founder of political data company Circa Victor where he designs and builds tools for political professionals and journalists to track how money moves through American elections. Jon also leads product design at ConsenSys Social Impact where his team leverages blockchain technology to improve the quality of life for the most vulnerable people on the planet. His work has been recognized by the clever folks at The Atlantic, Fast Company, Apple, Bloomberg, and more.
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