David Lee
Chairman, Professor at Global Fintech Institute (GFI), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)Prof David LEE Kuo Chuen is also the external advisor to Stanford University’s Distributed Trust Initiative, a 2015 Stanford Fulbright Scholar, Vice President of the Economic Society of Singapore, and council member of the British Blockchain Association.
Before joining SUSS in 2016, he was the Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at the Singapore Management University, and he was the Group Managing Director of OUE and Auric Pacific. He founded and managed Ferrell hedge funds from 1998-2012 and was the property developer for Ferrell Residences. He has assisted regulators and investment associations in several capacities including the design of the framework for risk and complexity of investment products, allocation of financial research funding (Financial Research Council), Blockchain Standards (ISO) and Technology RoadMap of Singapore (AI, Big Data and Blockchain for Services & Digital Economy). He has more than 60 cited articles with nine books on Asian economics, digital currency (award-winning), blockchain, inclusive fintech, and AI. He has conducted many courses in Chinese and English on AI, Blockchain, and Big Data for Inclusion for IMF, World Bank, UNDP, Asia and PRC Regulators, and many Chinese policymakers. He has been invited speakers for Blockchain and FinTech for Singapore FinTech Festival, Afro-Asia FinTech Festival, ADB, Korean Government Functions, and many others in house training programmes.
He is an Independent Director for Lu International and Member of the Technical Advisory Board for OneConnect (both are subsidiaries of Ping An Insurance). Lu International is a licensed FinTech company. And OneConnect commercialises Ping An Technology to serve thousands of corporated including smart cities. He is also the ID of HLH Limited that specialises in Solar and Renewable Energy in developing countries.
He graduated with BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in Econometrics in the 1980s. His current interest is in technology for financial inclusion, distribution of trust and privacy protection.
新加坡全球金融科技学院创始主席、联合创始人；新加坡社科大学金融科技与区块链教授、上海财经大学特聘教授；新加坡经济学学会副会长；亚洲开发银行央行数字货币专项顾问；Journal of Fintech 和 Annual Review of Fintech 期刊主编和副主编；英国区块链协会理事会理事；新加坡多家上市公司董事和独立董事.
Di Yao
Head of Legal at Google ShanghaiDi Yao is now acting as Head of Legal in Google’s Shanghai office. Before Google, Di worked as Head of Legal and Business Development - APAC for GoPro and Managing Associate in King & Wood Mallesons. Di graduated from SISU Law School and received his Masters of Laws in Stanford Law School. Di also acts as Chair of Legal Committee in AmCham Shanghai.
姚迪现任谷歌上海办公室法务负责人。在加入谷歌之前，他曾担任美国上市公司GoPro亚太区法律和商业发展负责人，在金杜律师事务所上海分所担任主办律师。姚律师本科毕业于上海外国语大学法学院，在斯坦福大学法学院获得硕士学位。姚律师亦担任上海美商会法律委员会的主席。
Prof Otthein Herzog
Professor at Tongji University & Fellow of acatechDr. Herzog received his PhD from the University of Dortmund in Computer Science in 1976. He worked from 1977 to 1993 for IBM Germany in software product development where he also founded and directed the first Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Europe in 1985. From 1993-2009, he held the position of the chaired professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bremen, Germany, where he founded and directed the Informatics Technology Center with more than 160 full-time researchers from 1995 to 2009. During his tenure, he developed AI systems for Industrie 4.0 and Logistics 4.0 and other application areas such as multimedia analysis and generation.
From 2000-2002, he served as the CTO of Lenze AG, one of the internationally known German hidden champions for automation system components.
From 2010 until 2019, he held the position of the Wisdom Professor of Visual Information Technologies at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany.
Since 2015, he holds the position of a Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Tongji University, Shanghai, where he develops Decision Support Systems for Urban and Rural Planning including also Industrie 4.0 and logistics concepts using AI methods such as Big Data Analytics, Deep and Machine Learning, Digital Twins, and Large Language Models. In 2021, he received the Honorary Professorship from Tongji University, and the Magnolia Silver Award from the city of Shanghai in recognition of his eminent contributions to Shanghai’s development and international cooperation.
Dr. Herzog is a Fellow of acatech – German National Academy of Science and Engineering since 2006, a Fellow of the German Informatics Association since 2008, and an International Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering since 2021. In 2019, he was elected as one of the "Top Ten most influential people in German Artificial Intelligence" by an independent jury. In 2024, he received the Chinese Government Friendship Award.
He has (co-)authored, (co)-edited and contributed to more than 300 refereed international publications including four patents and 45 books and book contributions.
Manda MEI
Secretary General at Tech4SDG Alliance ExecutiveManda MEI holds a master's degree in International Political Economy from Keio University in Japan. After graduation, she joined the Volkswagen Group's China headquarters. She is currently working in the Legal Department of SenseTime Group, where she also serves as the Secretariat of the Group's AI Ethics and Governance Committee. Additionally, she is the Executive Secretary-General of the Technology For Sustainable Development Goals Alliance in Aisa (Tech4SDG).
梅莹，硕士毕业于日本庆应义塾大学，主修国际政治经济学。毕业后，曾加入大众汽车集团中国区总部。现任职于商汤集团法务部，同时负责集团AI伦理与治理委员会秘书处工作，并兼任亚洲科技促进可持续发展联盟（Tech4SDG）执行秘书长一职。
Salome Chen
Co-founder, Partner of China ESG Alliance, Upperview Capital
Stephane Monsallier
CEO of System in MotionTechnology expert who began coding at 10, founded Shanghai-based technology consulting firm System in Motion after graduating from CentraleSupelec. An influential figure in Shanghai’s entrepreneurial community, he mentors at Orbit Ventures, advises startups, launched the EO Accelerator program, and co-founded La French Tech Shanghai. Currently focused on Generative AI, his expertise and eloquent keynotes make him a sought-after speaker and mentor.
Fabrizio Ulivi
Managing Partner at SBA - Shi Bisset & AssociatesFabrizio is the current Chair of BritCham Shanghai’s SME Committee and Managing Partner at SB&A – Shi Bisset & Associates, a People Strategy and Organisational Development advisory firm founded in Shanghai in 1982. Having worked in the Organisational Development and people Strategy fields in China for a decade, Fabrizio is a specialised consultant and an advisor to businesses ranging from Small and Medium Enterprises to Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations in China, Asia, and globally. Over the years, he has developed and deployed solutions for international clients such as Alibaba Group, BP, Boston Scientific, Chanel, Diageo, Eaton Corporation, IDEO, JLR, and Sabic among others.
Samuel Tan
China CIO at BoschSamuel studied Accounting and Finance in Australia before switching career to iT in 2001. Started of aspart of the Managed Services business in Hewlett Packard serving MNCs in the ASEAN region and focusingon account recovery, before changing to internal iT leading one of the biggest iT Transformation of itstime in the APAC region.
Now with Robert Bosch china since 2013 as the Regional President of iT (china) leading the data strategyand iT direction of the organization known as Bosch Digital, with a team of more than 500 associates inthe region.
Business and Client focused iT professional with proven record of improving the bottom line throughOperational Excellence, whilst advocating Mindset Change and Digital Transformation to increase the topline. Well versed in creating new business models, developing KPls and execute central strategies.
Understanding trends to bridge people and technology so to relieve pain points, increase productivity andbusiness revenue.
Understanding different culture to develop relevant local strategies. To develop, mentor and coach thenext generation of talents with fuling careers in highly engaged teams. Also, a professional in Al ethicsand governance.
Dr. James Ong
Founder & MD, Adjunct Prof of AIII, SUTDand Al Mega CentreDr. James Ong has 38+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, tech executive, venture builder, author and professor and enjoys his journey of ecosystem building for impactful outcomes, bridging scientific research, startups, and impact investment.
He founded Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), a think tank advocating Sustainable AI for Humanity and is co-author of “AI for Humanity: Building A Sustainable AI for the Future” (ISBN: 9781394180301), to be published by Wiley.
He is CEO of Origami Frontiers, a venture building firm, Venture Partner at Delight Capital, Partner at Hashtaqs and Adjunct Professor at SUTD and AI Mega Centre. He received his PhD from University of Texas at Austin specializing in AI for Governance and Business Process Automation.