Agenda

Registration and networking

Coffee Chat: Startup Opportunities in Southeast Asia

• Darius Cheung, Co-founder at BillPin
• Interviewer: Vanessa Tan, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: Twitter in Southeast Asia
(preview)

• Aliza Knox, Managing Director, Online Sales, Twitter
• Interviewer: Anh-Minh Tran Do, Editor at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: Demystifying Taiwan’s Startup Scene

• Jamie C. Lin, Founding Partner at appWorks Ventures
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Break

Coffee Chat: Rakuten Branches Out to Asia
(preview)

• Shin Hasegawa, Director at Rakuten Global Marketing Office
• Interviewer: Dr. Lim Kuo-Yi, CEO at Infocomm Investments

Coffee Chat: Kakao’s Growth From Startup to a Giant Mobile Platform
(preview)

• Sirgoo Lee,  Co-CEO at Kakao Corporation
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Sharing Session: An Introduction to Korea’s Startup Ecosystem

• James Jung, Founder and CEO at beSUCCESS

Lunch Track: Technology Commercialization Opportunities For Startups

• Tng Tai-Hou, VP at Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, A*STAR’s technology transfer arm
• Venue: Breakthrough Theatrette, Level 4

Coffee Chat: Startup Management: Prioritizing and Scaling
(preview)

• Kee Lock Chua, Group President and CEO at Vertex Venture
• Interviewer: Darius Cheung, Co-founder at Billpin

Coffee Chat: Why Revenue Matters: The Ookbee Story
(preview)

• Moo Natavudh, President Director at OOKBEE
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: What Rakuten Taught Me After We Got Acquired
(preview)

• Pawoot Pongvitayapanu (Pom), Founder at Tarad.com
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Sharing Session: An Introduction to Vietnam’s Startup Ecosystem

• Mike Tran, Founder and CEO at Keewi 

Discussion Panel: Women in startups: Why we need them, and why YOU should care.

• Vanessa Tan, Blogger at Tech in Asia (Moderator)
• Aileen Sim, Co-founder at BillPin
• Alexis Horowitz-Burdick, Founder and CEO at Luxola.com
• Meri Rosich, Founder and CEO at Quality Time Lab
• Gina Romero, Head of The Athena Network, Singapore
• Carmen Benitez, Founder at Fetch Plus Inc

Break

Startup Arena Group 1: List of competing startups will only be unveiled at the conference.

Arena Judges:

• Andrew Collins, CEO at Mailman Ventures
• Jeffrey Paine, founding partner at Golden Gate Ventures
• Nobuaki Kitagawa, CEO at CyberAgent Ventures (Beijing) Co., Ltd
• Yasuhiko Yurimoto founder, president and CEO at Global Brain

Coffee Chat: Rocket Internet on Building Companies in Southeast Asia

• Stefan Jung, Co-founder and Managing Director Rocket Internet Southeast Asia
• Interviewer: Murli Ravi, Head (South Asia) at JAFCO Asia

Coffee Chat: AirBnB’s Plans in Southeast Asia
(preview)

• Jia Jih Chai, Managing director at Airbnb Southeast Asia
• Interviewer: Anh-Minh Tran Do, Editor at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: Gunning for IPO: The PropertyGuru Story
(preview)

• Steve Melhuish, Co-founder at PropertyGuru
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Break

Discussion Panel: The Asia Startup Wave

• Thomas Clayton, CEO and President at Bubble Motion, Inc. (Moderator)
• Jamie Lin, Founding partner at appWorks Ventures
• Nobuaki Kitagawa, CEO at CyberAgent Ventures (Beijing) Co., Ltd
• Chris Evdemon, Partner, Innovation Works (IW)
• Casey Lau, Co-founder at StartupsHK, Community Developer for SoftLayer
• Sangeet Paul Choudary, Venture Advisor, former incubator

Discussion Panel: Mobile Gaming in Southeast Asia

• Anton Soeharyo, Founder at Touchten (Moderator)
• Tetsuya Mori, Managing director at DeNA Asia
• Alvin Yap, Founder at TMG
• Evan Spytma, Regional Director at Popcap Games

Sharing Session: An Introduction to Indonesia’s Startup Ecosystem

• Andy Zain, Executive Director at mig33 and Director at Jakarta Founder Institute

Sharing Session: An Introduction to Thailand’s Startup Ecosystem

• Oranuch Lerdsuwankij, Co-founder and editor at Thumbsup

Coffee Chat: The Nuffnang Founders’ Story and The Lessons They Learned
(preview)

• Ming Shen, Co-founder at Netccentric
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: How E-Commerce King Taobao Is Expanding Out of China

(preview)

• Daphne Lee, Director of overseas business at Taobao
• Interviewer: Steven Millward, Editor at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: The MOL Startup Story
(preview)

• Ganesh Kumar Bangah, founder of MOL
• Interviewer: Willis Wee, Blogger at Tech in Asia

Coffee Chat: The MetroDeal Story: Building a Company With $18 Million Annual Revenue at Age 26

• Ralph Wunsch, Founder at MetroDeal.com
• Interviewer: Anh-Minh Tran Do, Editor at Tech in Asia

Break

Startup Arena Group 2: List of competing startups will only be unveiled at the conference

Arena Judges:

• Andrew Collins, CEO at Mailman Ventures
• Jeffrey Paine, founding partner at Golden Gate Ventures
• Nobuaki Kitagawa, CEO at CyberAgent Ventures (Beijing) Co., Ltd
• Yasuhiko Yurimoto founder, president and CEO at Global Brain

Sharing Session: 10 Shocking Truths about Silicon Valley – Lessons from 100 Startup Founders

• Loo Cheng Chuan, Head, Local life at SingTel’s Group Digital L!fe

Prize presentation and closing remarks