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Join us this Mar 8 to learn more about Metaverse through the lenses of VC, startup founder, technology and brand.


Key Topics:

• Early adopters of metaverse and their success stories

• Navigating China unique opportunities and challenges in the metaverse space

• Best practices from a panel of metaverse experts

Agenda

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Check-in & Networking
5:00 PM - 5:05 PM
Kick-Off SOSV Introduction
5:05 PM - 6:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Speakers

  • Oscar Ramos (Partner & Managing Director of Chinaccelerator & MOX)

    Oscar Ramos

    Partner & Managing Director of Chinaccelerator & MOX

    Oscar, Partner at Chinaccelerator &MOX and Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, is a “Full stack Innovator” with expertise ranging from Product Development to corporate strategy. He has experience as an entrepreneur, Management consultant and early stage investor.

    Telecom MEng and Biomedical PhD dropout, began his career 14 years ago as an R&D engineer working in Reseach Center for Ericsson and Telefonica and after discovering Business Model Innovation transitioned to the world of startups. After several years working for a MedTech Startup moved to China in early 2008. Since his arrival to China has been involved in Innovation: product launches, go-to market strategies, Venture Capital financing and M&As for startups and multinationals.
    Regular speaker in conferences worldwide about Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Learning facilitator in MBA programs about entrepreneurial.

    SOSV began supplying start-ups with rocket fuel 20 years ago. We are now a global fund with >$250M assets under management and a staff of nearly 50 operating world-renowned accelerators in the areas of hardware, software, biology, food, robotics, medical devices, transportation, green energy, and beyond. We have over 400 companies in our portfolio, and graduate over 150 start-ups from our accelerator programs each year., Innovation and Venture Capital.

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  • Alvin Wang Graylin (China President at HTC)

    Alvin Wang Graylin

    China President at HTC

    Mr. Graylin is the China President at HTC, leading all aspects of the Vive/VR (VIVE.com) and the Smartphone businesses in the region. He is also currently Vice-Chairman of the Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance (IVRA.com) with 300+ company members, President of the $18B Virtual Reality Venture Capital Alliance (VRVCA.com) and oversees the Vive X VR Accelerators (VIVEX.co) in Beijing, Shenzhen and Tel Aviv.

    Mr. Graylin has over two dozen years of business management experience in the tech industry, including 18 years in Greater China. Prior to HTC, he was a serial entrepreneur, having founded four venture-backed startups in the mobile and internet spaces, covering mobile social, AD tech, search, big data and digital media. Additionally, he has held $100+ million P&L roles at major corporations such as Intel, Trend Micro and WatchGuard Technologies.


    Mr. Graylin is a sought after speaker at numerous international conferences around the world, has been featured on CCTV, BBC, ABC, CNN and regularly writes for leading publications on topics ranging from virtual reality, mobile internet, china business, digital marketing and entrepreneurship.


    Mr. Graylin was born in China and educated in the US. He received his MS in computer science from MIT and MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Mr. Graylin graduated top of his department with a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Washington, where he had specialized in VR and AI over two decades ago. Mr. Graylin is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese.

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  • Hasan Boylu (Head of Regional Product Creation & Creative ASIA at Converse LT)

    Hasan Boylu

    Head of Regional Product Creation & Creative ASIA at Converse LT

    Hasan Boylu is a Global Citizen, Shaper, and Dad.

    He holds two Master degrees from Germany, looks back at 20+ years of business experience with majority of that period spent at Nike.inc within Product Innovation and Consumer & Marketplace. Setting up and running startups, mentoring as well as supporting various communities. He lived and worked in major Geographies around the world making him a true global citizen.

    Hasan’s motto is: “Innovation is oxygen. I strive for lighter, faster, bigger, smarter, smaller, more efficient, more sustainable innovation. Performance meets style and creating unique consumer experiences. Anything meaningful to us is either rooted in knowledge aka education or has an emotional trigger. When these two areas fuse-it becomes something very powerful!”

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  • Yifan He (CEO of Red Date Technology)

    Yifan He

    CEO of Red Date Technology

    Yifan He, the founder and CEO of Red Date Tech which is the architect firm behind BSN, is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Mr. He founded his first internet company when he was in college in 1998 in the U.S. and spent more than 10 years in private equity and finance in China. Mr. He graduated from SUNY at Stony Brook with a computer science degree, and a MBA degree from M.I.T.

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  • Hrish Lotlikar (Co-Founder & CEO of SuperWorld)

    Hrish Lotlikar

    Co-Founder & CEO of SuperWorld

    Hrish is a Co-founder and CEO at SuperWorld. Previously, he co-founded Rogue Initiative Studios, a Hollywood film, TV, gaming, and immersive entertainment studio. He was also the founding Managing Partner of Eastlabs, an early-stage VC fund based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Previously, Hrish was a Senior Business Developer and Global Evangelist at Toptal (backed by Andreessen Horowitz, the Rockefellers & the co-founders of Facebook and Zynga), a venture capital investor at Spencer Trask Ventures, and an investment banker at both UBS Investment Bank and HSBC Securities, where he specialized in public finance, corporate finance, and M&A. He also was an Associate in the Global Business Development Group at management consulting firm Hewitt Associates.

    Hrish was born in India and grew up in the United States. He also has spent many years living around the world in Europe, Asia, and South America. He has a close connection to the people and cultures in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Spain, France, Vietnam, China, Colombia, Bali, and Thailand.

    Hrish holds a BA in Political Science from Rice University and both an MBA and MPH from University of Illinois at Chicago. In his free time, he enjoys working out, fashion photography, and traveling the world.

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Tickets

*Spotlight Sessions are sponsored marketing events. Event sponsors have the right to cancel registrations at any time and to determine who may attend the session.  

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Registration

To register for this event, please RSVP online. For more information, please contact Zoe Zhang at (+86 21) 6169-3011 or email zoe.zhang@amcham-shanghai.org.


Interested in introducing your products or services to AmCham Shanghai members through Spotlight Session? Please contact Zoe Zhang at (+86 21) 6169-3011 or email zoe.zhang@amcham-shanghai.org for detailed information.


What is a Spotlight Session? A Spotlight Session is a promotional platform for companies to introduce products and services to interested AmCham Shanghai members. The sessions are conveniently held at AmCham Shanghai's offices and attendance is FREE.

Venue

Hero Center

Level 1, Building 3, West Entrance, No.28 East Yuyuan Rd., Jing’An District
China

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