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Managing Director, Brookstone Howard Chen is managing director of the Asian Division of Brookstone – one of North America’s largest catalog and specialty retailers. He has held management positions with multinational companies including Kenner Parker Toys, Tradepower Ltd. , Elan Electronics and Uniden Electronics. Howard has a total of 25 years experience sourcing and product development from Asia. He graduated from Taiwan University in 1974 with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Director of Strategic Programs, Indiegogo Ben Bateman is Indiegogo's Director of Strategic Programs, and currently leads Indiegogo's China efforts. He has been a key player in building Indiegogo's hardware category, and now focuses on helping Asia-based companies launch products internationally through Indiegogo. He is passionate about making hardware entrepreneurship more accessible. He has worked with some of Indiegogo's largest campaigns including the Ubuntu Edge, JIBO and more.

Regional Director, Head of Edge AIA Originally a commercial pilot, Steve has held a number of senior corporate and banking roles in product, marketing, operations and general management. He has worked for a number of leading corporations and financial institutions including Dell, Compaq, Citigroup, OCBC, Shinsei and DBS Bank. Throughout his career, Steve has specialized in introducing new business models, businesses and products in all major markets in Asia and has filed 6 patents.

Senior Editor, Engadget Over the last six and a half years, Richard witnessed the boom of Chinese smartphone brands and, more recently, hardware startups in this part of the world. He was one of the first international reporters to reach out to local companies such as Meizu, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, OnePlus, Nubia and Smartisan well before they drew worldwide attention.

Partner, KPMG Irene is a Partner of KPMG China, specialized in the technology, media and telecommunications sector. She is also the Head of High Growth Technology and Innovation Group in Hong Kong. Irene has many years of experience in serving multinational and Chinese companies in the technology sector including software, media, telecommunications, e-Commerce, electronic components, and consumer markets on audit and advisory projects.

Global Vice President, Misfit Wearables Kai Liu, Global VP & General Manager in Greater China of Misfit, has over 12 years of experience in sales management, business development and project management. Prior to joining Misfit, Kai worked for Apple in building corporate gifting and reward business from scratch in China market. Previously lead enterprise marketing solution sales in IBM China and business development in Silicon Core Technology.

Director and Founding partner, Blocks Fred is a founding Partner of Blocks Wearables. He is an experienced Project Director who created some of the most award winning product launch in the world. Collected over 30 awards including Reddot best of the best award, Yellow pencil, Webby awards, LA movie awards, Creative circle Gold and more. Fred worked with brands such as Adobe, AT&T, Calvin Klein, Converse, Google, HP, IBM, Intel, JaegerLeCoultre, Microsoft, Samsung and Sony.

Principal Liaison Officer for HK,Qianhai Authority Dr Witman Hung is the Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai Authority and the President of iProA and the Executive Chairman of Chinese Big Data Society as well as an for technology start-ups. A well-known figure in the industry, Witman has worked in the computer industry for almost 30 years with extensive experience in management consulting, project management and outsourcing services.