Panel Discussion

Feida ZHU

Associate Professor of Computer Science, SMU; Associate Dean at SMU

Prof. Feida Zhu is currently a tenured Associate Professor and Associate Dean at Singapore Management University. His research interests include large-scale data mining and machine learning, blockchain and privacy-enhancing technologies, AI, and data asset governance.

Anndy Lian

Advisor, Bybit

Anndy Lian is an all-rounded business strategist in Asia. He has provided advisory across a variety of industries for local, international, public listed companies and governments. He is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur, book author, investor, board member and keynote speaker. He was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. He also played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region. Anndy was part of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Blockchain Special Committee, Government of Republic Korea, together with industry experts help the province to grow using blockchain technologies. In 2022, he was awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree by the Academic Council of Ulaanbaatar Erdem University in recognition of his contribution to the development of productivity science in Mongolia.

Haidong Chen 

Director of Solution Architect, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence

Haidong Chen is the AIGC Industry Lead Solution Architect of Alibaba Cloud and the Former Director of Infrastructure of Daraz. He specializes in e-commerce industry solutions and compliance, fraud risk, cloud-native, and data and AI solutions. He migrated Daraz from AWS to Alibaba Cloud and extends gitops to MLops with the PAI platform.

Thomas Yu

Founder, KNN3

Thomas Yu, as the founder of KNN3 Network, dedicates his expertise to exploring cutting-edge solutions for crypto infrastructure and the application of blockchain data. He has been in the crypto and blockchain area since 2015, previously worked for BTCChina, Fundamental Lab, and DevRel. He also worked as Solution Architect at Chainlink before.

Wilson Wu 

Asia Growth Lead, Ava Labs

Wilson serves as Asia Growth Lead of Ava Labs. Wilson was the Asia Head of FBG leading the sales & trading team. Prior to joining FBG, Wilson founded a fintech startup provide fixed income asset management SAAS services to top financial institutions. Mr. Wu was the first few to dive into institutional grade of micro lending via Trust - FOTIC, a subsidiary of Sinochem, as a business director, he managed fixed income portfolio over $500mil. Mr. Wu also leads the global trading team at China International Futures. And he gained his accounting knowledge from Ernst&Young back in Singapore.

Martha Zhang 

Founder, StarryNift

Martha Zhang is the visionary founder of StarryNift, a groundbreaking Metaverse platform that seamlessly integrates Web2 and Web3 experiences. With $10 million in funding from esteemed investors like SIG and Binance, StarryNift is poised for remarkable growth. Martha holds double master's degrees from Peking University and Hong Kong University. With a strong background in finance and blockchain, she has contributed her insights as a former MA at Temasek and as a founding partner of Bitmain. Driven by a genuine passion for innovation, Martha strategically invests in and consults on web3 and AI projects, dedicated to advancing the digital landscape.