The COVID19 Meme Show – The Funniest and Stupidest Memes from COVID19

Event Details

Coronavirus has changed everything. It became a worldwide pandemic, and with any crisis, there is a culture of memes that have developed. A meme is hard to describe because it can take many different shapes and forms. It can be a joke, a cartoon, a GIF, a photo with stupid captions, a short video that someone on the internet created, or a really bad idea… but they all have one thing in common, and that is a deep reflection of culture and humanity. It is usually tied to a compelling insight into the human condition.

We will show some of the funniest memes that have been created over the last few months, and some of the most offensive and politically incorrect ones too. We are not trying to make light of the pandemic and its effect on humanity. The goal is to make people reflect on the life-changing impact of the coronavirus in a way that makes you laugh while allowing you to learn a bit about yourself and cultures from around the world.

We promise to make you laugh, make you cry, and make you hate us. But after what has happened, we feel this is the best way to cope and move forward.

This COVID-19 Meme Show will be hosted by Paul Lin (Chair of the Marketing Committee), John D. Van Fleet (Chair of the Education Committee), and David Allgaier (Chair of the Tax Committee).

Speakers

Paul Lin
Marketing Consultant, Board Member, Advisor
Paul Lin is a Consultant focused on Digital Transformation, Marketing, and Innovation. Paul started his career during Dot Com when the first wave of the Internet was the Wild West and nobody had a business model. He fell in love with technology & the start-up culture and carried that passion to world-class Ad Agencies like DDB, BBDO, Wunderman and Saatchi.

Paul has worked across multiple categories in North America, Asia and Europe for some of the best brands in the world like Unilever, P&G and PepsiCo. He is passionate about the creative and strategic process and specializes in crafting wholistic solutions that solve client’s business problems.

When Paul is not working with clients, he’s helping to drive advocacy and policy in the Industry. He is the ’Chair” of the Marketing & Media Committee at AmCham Shanghai. In addition, he mentors startups at Chinaccelerator, sits on the Board for Ajinja, and is a Strategic Advisor for Xavor.

Paul’s a leader, a collaborator, an advocate for great ideas. He’s lived in the US and Canada, and now calls Shanghai home.
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David Allgaier
Partner, International Tax and M&A at Deloitte
David has a specific background and experience in US federal taxation. He has spent a majority of his career advising clients on matters related to investing into the United States (e.g., from China) including on matters related to capital structure/financing, holding company/withholding tax, profit repatriation and exit. David advises US-parented clients in relation to their overseas operations to ensure due consideration is given to the US tax implications associated with non-US transactions. David has advised a number of real estate clients on structuring, holding, and exit considerations related to investments in US real property. Based in Shanghai since 2008, David has over 20 years of client-serving experience, including more than 17 years serving private equity and other clients in Europe and Asia on US tax matters. David also currently services as the chairperson of the American Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai) Tax Committee.
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John D. Van Fleet
Director, Corporate Globalization of Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Van Fleet’s Asia career spans ten years in Japan (1991- 2000) and eighteen in China (to present). He has extensive experience throughout the region in corporate strategy, business development, marketing and consultancy.

He currently serves as Director, Corporate Globalization, and adjunct faculty, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, a campus where he’s been based since 2003. For nearly a decade through 2017, Van Fleet also served as Assistant Dean, USC Marshall School of Business, and Executive Director, USC-SJTU Global Executive MBA in Shanghai.
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