2015/09/14-16Beijing, China

Global Innovator Conference 2015

Future Life

Innovators Create A Better Future

What is GIC?

Where greatness evolves



The 2015 Global Innovator Conference will bring together the world’s most adventurous thinkers – pioneers working at the edge of imagination. Over three packed days, participants will get ample opportunity to engage with the hottest innovators of today and tomorrow.

Join us for networking, learning and collaboration at the Yintelligence Center, a purpose restored hub for startups in a 1950s’ granary in Beijing.

The conference is co-hosted by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and APEC China Business Council (ACBC) and Yintelligence Innovator Community.

About APEC China Business Council

The APEC China Business Council (ACBC) is a non-profit organization co-founded by the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) China members and influential Chinese business leaders. The Council is supported by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), and guided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China.

ACBC facilitates the Chinese private sector's input to the APEC process to achieve free and open trade and investment, and to create platforms and channels that engage the Chinese private sector.

About Yintelligence Innovator Community

Yintelligence is a global network that fosters innovative minds from technology, science, design and arts, and to ignite collaborations between local and global innovators.

Yintelligence aims to help build a high impact, high performing entrepreneurial community through the Yintelligence Initiative. The iconic 1950’s granary will be transformed into the Yintelligence Innovator Community - a full-service incubation center complete with residential living spaces for startups and entrepreneurs. GIC 2015 will be held in the granary and serves as the grand opening of Yintelligence Innovator Community in Beijing, more incubators will be opened in major cities across China to facilitate more startups, innovative companies and individuals.

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Where great mind encounters



Dirk Ahlborn

Dirk Ahlborn

CEO, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Edmund Phelps

Edmund Phelps

Dean of Newhuadu Business School

Jerome C. Glenn

Jerome C. Glenn

Co-founder & Director, The Millennium Project

Jeremy Rifkin

Jeremy Rifkin

President, the Foundation on Economic Trends

Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff

Film Director

Andrew Siemion

Andrew Siemion

Director, Berkeley SETI Research Center, University of California

Masayuki Kurokawa

Masayuki Kurokawa

Industrial Designer, Architect

Liang Xinjun

Liang Xinjun

CEO, Fosun Group

Xu Jinghong

Xu Jinghong

Chairman, Tsinghua Holding

Fang Wenshan

Fang Wenshan

Director, Lyricist

Gerald Jay Sanders

Gerald Jay Sanders

CEO, SkyTran Inc.

Martin Tajmar

Martin Tajmar

Director, Institute of Aerospace Engineering, Dresden University of Technology

Nathan Kaiser

Nathan Kaiser

Founding Partner, Space Angels Network

Barry Lee Myers

Barry Lee Myers

CEO, AccuWeather

Cao Yundong

Cao Yundong

Founder,Xueersi

Jack Aw Yong

Jack Aw Yong

Executive Chef, Park Hyatt Beijing

Sara Roversi

Sara Roversi

Founder, The Future Food Institute

Dave Jones

Dave Jones

President, SPD Silicon Valley Bank

Vicente Guallart

Vicente Guallart

Chief Architect of Barcelona

Wilfred Wong Ying-Wai

Wilfred Wong Ying-Wai

PBEC Chairman

Xiang Bing

Xiang Bing

Founding Dean, CKGSB

Nobu Okada

Nobu Okada

Founder, Astroscale

Qu Quanli

Qu Quanli

Taiwan 3D Film Director

Lu Wei

Lu Wei

Executive Producer, Monkey King: Hero is Back

Kenn Ross

Kenn Ross

Managing Director, AsiaPacific, Minerva

Li Jing

Li Jing

Founder, Fleet Entertainment Group

Pietro Ventani

Pietro Ventani

Film Producer

Kong Lingqi

Kong Lingqi

Musician Entrepreneur

Xiangli Chen

Xiangli Chen

General Manager, GE China Technology Center

Simin Zhou

Simin Zhou

Global Vice President, Digital Manufacturing Technologies, UL

Wang Xiaopeng

Wang Xiaopeng

Founder, EyeSmart Technology Ltd.

Dai Ruoli

Dai Ruoli

Co-Founder, Noitom

Joe Landolina

Joe Landolina

Founder, VetiGel

Ibraheem Khan

Ibraheem Khan

CEO, Smarter Alloys

Cesar Harada

Cesar Harada

Founder, Scoutbots

Chloé Rutzerveld

Chloé Rutzerveld

Founder, Edible Growth

Deb Verhoeven

Deb Verhoeven

Professor, Deakin University

Li Min

Li Min

Founder, Huxiu

Liu Chengcheng

Liu Chengcheng

Founder, 36Kr

Zhang Peng

Zhang Peng

Founder, Geekpark

Wu Sheng

Wu Sheng

Co-Founder, Luojisiwei

Shi Danqing

Shi Danqing

Digital Artist, Lecturer of Tsinghua University

Ji Shisan

Ji Shisan

Founder, Guokr

Wei Kunlin

Wei Kunlin

Professor of Psychology, Peking University

Xu Zhiyuan

Xu Zhiyuan

Founder, One-way Street Library

Qin Jingyan

Qin Jingyan

Interactive Information Designer

Archie Ravishankar

Archie Ravishankar

CEO & Co-founder, Bizbaze

Liu Jianhong

Liu Jianhong

Chief Content Officer, LeTV

Xu Kai

Xu Kai

Professor, Nanjing University

Gloria Ai

Gloria Ai

Founder, iAsk Media

Zhou Wei

Zhou Wei

Managing Partner at KPCB

Landy Chang

Landy Chang

Well-known Taiwaness musician, Founder of Neutron Innovation StreetVoice & The Simple Life Festival

Schedule



Gerald Jay Sanders
Vicente Guallart
Barry Lee Myers
Sara Roversi
Chloe Rutzerveld
Jack Aw Yong
Liang Xinjun
Xu Jinghong
Cesar Minoru Harada
Deb Verhoeven
Xu Zhiyuan
Joe Landolina
Wei Kunlin
Charlie Chu
Akira Asano
Shi Danqing

Future-Makers are those young people who are being recognized by their peers as having the potential to significantly impact the future in their chosen field. Future-Maker Award as part of the GIC is a professional mentorship initiative that is dedicated to encourage and inspire the next generation of our future global innovators. GIC will leverage its global network to promote the search for this year’s FMA applicants. The honorees of the awards will be presented and celebrated during the Awards Ceremony.

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Location

  • Event Location: No.14, Jiangtai Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
  • louyanxin@y-int.com
  • (86) 010-6554 2128
  • 9:00 - 18:00