Innovation / Digital / Sustainability Committee
In this committee, members discuss anything related to innovation, digital or sustainability that is happening in the Chinese market. This includes artificial intelligence, big data, robotics, IoT, facial recognition and so forth. We will also cover new regulations and laws that govern the use of these innovations in China. The committee organizes closed-door roundtables and open events throughout the year.
Co-chairs:
Upcoming Event:
| Date | Topic | Speaker(s) |
| Date | Topic | Speaker(s) |
| Thursday, September 17, 2020 |
Dr. Siyan Xu, Deputy Director of Smart Industry Research Center of Tencent Research Institute Prof. Dr. Claudio J. Tessone, Assistant Professor for Network Science, Academic Director, UZH Blockchain Center |
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
[Webinar] The Impact on the E-Commerce & B2B Marketing in Post Covid-19 Era |
Jörg Wenzel, Founder and President of W4 Marketing AG &W4 China Samantha Chalmers, Client Manager at 5 Star Plus Retail Design in Shanghai Chai Yin，Leader of Social E-commerce and Live Stream Business at SHIXIAO network Daniela Reinau, General Manager at SwissCham Beijing |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2020 |
Tyler Aveni， Head of International Fintech Partnerships, WeBank Jonas Thürig，Head of F10, FinTech Incubator & Accelerator (Singapore) Dr. Christian Hugo Hoffmann，Deputy Director, Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab, University of Zurich Prof. Dr. Peter Schwendner，Professor, ZHAW School of Management and Law Prof. Michael Sung，Co-Director, Fudan Fanhai Fintech Research Center, FISF, Fudan University |
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| Thursday, November 28, 2019 | Future with 5G & AIoT | Qian Hao, Founder of Taro Software Sergio Medyk, Product Line Manager at Nokia Lucas Rondez, Founder, CEO, and investment manager of niHUB Innovation Center & Startup Accelerator & Incubator |
| Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | The Story of Tik Tok (抖音) – the Potential of Entertainment Marketing | Bokhom Hwang, Manager of Marketing Center, ByteDance |
| Friday, June 21, 2019 | Chat Conference: How to leverage WeChat mini-programs to drive conversion & sales | Cyril Drouin, Chief eCommerce Officer Greater China, Publicis Communications Sharon Wu, Product Manager, Splio Clément Ledormeur, General Manager, 31TEN Cindy Xu, Digital Marketing Director, Santus Larry Feng, Owner, icfrom Michael Renz, Director of Innovation, SAP Chong Wu, Customer Marketing Director, Honeywell James Wang, Project Director, Partner BadAxe Baosheng Gao, Managing Director, 55 China |
| Friday, May 25th, 2018 | Company Visit to Alibaba Group | Quintus Dienst, Senior Operations Specialist of Tmall Global, Alibaba Group |
| Tuesday, June 26th, 2018 | Living with Robots(Member Only) | Rolf Pfeifer, sc. techn. ETH, Scientific Advisor of “Living with Robots” Inc., Visiting Professor, Dept. of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Prof. em. University of Zurich |
| Friday, September 7th, 2018 | Homes of Drones: The Sino-Swiss Drone Night | Yanguang Liu, Head Business Development Center , JDX Lab Drone
Janick Mischler, Project Manager of Development and Innovation, Swiss Post |
| Thursday, October 25th, 2018 | Blockchain Bites – Be part of the “Future of Money” Series | Dr. Peter Georg Picht, LL.M. (Yale)
Dr. Wei (Chris) Cheng |
