Michael is the Co-founder and CEO of Radiant Intel, an agentic artificial intelligence platform that uses complex global data to provide expertise in geopolitical and macro risk. He was previously a Senior Fellow at the Wadhwani Center for AI and Advanced Technologies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. His research focuses on the international aspects of AI governance and regulation, and the trade, economic and geopolitical dynamics of AI. Michael also worked as a public policy analyst with The Economist Intelligence Unit in Hong Kong, where he focused on the economic impact of emergent technologies (AI, 5G, IoT), international influence in tech-sector policymaking (tax, privacy, competition), and the US-China trade war and technological decoupling.

George Chen is a Partner and Chair of Digital Practice at The Asia Group (TAG), advising Fortune 500 clients on geopolitics and complex regulatory issues. In this role, George leads TAG’s Hong Kong and Taiwan offices and coordinates with TAG headquarters in Washington, DC on business development, client servicing, and new strategic initiatives in the broad Indo-Pacific region.

Concurrently, George is also a Senior Fellow of Centre for Civil Society and Governance at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. George teaches “Digital Society and Governance” for Master students at HKU and Schwarzman.

Prior to joining TAG, George was Meta’s first and most senior policy leader for Greater China, Mongolia, and Central Asia for more than seven years. Earlier in his career, George held various editorial and management positions for media organizations including the South China Morning Post, Reuters, and Dow Jones for over a decade.

An influential scholar with focus on the intersection between technologies and public policy, George has been named a Salzburg Global Fellow (2024), Visiting Scholar at National Chengchi University in Taipei (2023), an alumnus of U.S. State Department International Visitor Leadership Program (2015), Yale World Fellow at Yale University (2014) and an Asia 21 Young Leadership Fellow of the Asia Society (2007). In 2022, George was awarded the “Medal of Friendship” by the President of Mongolia, one of the country’s highest honors for foreigners, for his contributions to Mongolia’s information technology industry development.

An author of four books about business and politics in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, George received his Master’s degree of international and public affairs with distinction from HKU, where he remains a doctoral candidate for his research on disinformation. George has been on the Board of American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong since 2019. He also sits on the Advisory Board of National Chenchi University in Taipei and NYU Shanghai. George speaks Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Shanghai dialect, and English.

In his leisure time, George is a street photographer and collects Leica cameras.

Erik Walenza is the CEO of IoT ONE Inc., the Chair of the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) Smart Factory Task Group (SFTG), and the Shanghai Director of Startup Grind. IoT ONE is a leading source of information and insight regarding Industrial Internet of Things vendors and solutions. Companies work with IoT ONE to develop their customer bases, partner ecosystems, and innovation strategies. As Chair of the IIC SFTG, Erik works with IIC members to reduce the risk for early adopters of Industrial IoT technologies in manufacturing. Through Startup Grind Erik supports the development of Shanghai's innovation ecosystem.