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East Meets West will be returning on February 1-2, 2018! Don't miss out on this event as there will amazing speakers, activities, networking opportunities, and pitches! Register Today for Early Bird Pricing! Check out the video from our 2017 event - you won't want to miss this in 2018! East Meets West is the startup event of the year in Hawaii – bringing together investors and entrepreneurs
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Hawai`i and North America. EMW features amazing international speakers, deep-dive learning opportunities, and ample networking in a tropical Startup Paradise. |  Joyce Kim Managing Partner, SparkChain Capital | Joyce Kim co-founded Stellar, a digital currency payments platform that increases interoperability between diverse financial systems and currencies, both fiat and crypto. Stellar was the first cryptocurrency platform to focus on improving financial inclusion in the developing world by utilizing the efficiencies of crypto-currency platforms to create lower-cost financial services. An expert in the cryptocurrency space, she has presented on cryptocurrency platforms for banks, governmental organizations, the UN and the Bank and has advised numerous crypto-related projects and ICOs. She also serves as a Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. Prior to Stellar, Joyce was a venture capitalist at Freestyle Capital as well as an entrepreneur. She was also a corporate and M&A attorney and dedicated pro bono time at Sanctuary for Families representing immigrant women who were victims of domestic violence and the Innocence Project working on DNA exonerations. Joyce graduated from Cornell University at the age of 19, followed by graduate school at Harvard University and Columbia Law School. |  Edith Yeung Head of 500 Startups Greater China | Selected by Inc's Magazine as one of the Silicon Valley investors you must know, Edith Yeung is the head of 500 Startups Greater China and partner of 500 Mobile Collective Fund. She has invested in over 40 mobile, VR, AR, AI and machine learning startups including Hooked - #1 reading app for millennium, DayDayCook - #1 Asian Cooking media and platform, Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), AISense, Penrose, Cryworks, SIlk Labs, Piper, Apptopia, Mobile Action, Andy OS, Quickly, Powercore, Pack, Ingrain, Switch, Bento, DayDayCook, Palantir, etc. Before 500, Edith ran marketing for Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, Oracle, AMS, AT&T Wireless and Autodesk. You can also find some of her work on BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS , NPR, Techcrunch, Next Web, Mashable, Read Write Web, Fora, etc. She frequently speaks on China & Silicon Valley investment landscape. |  Covadonga Baselga Senior Investment Consultant, Amadeus Ventures | Due to her role in Amadeus Ventures, Cova works closely with startups around the world to identify collaboration opportunities with Amadeus which will transform the way we travel. Amadeus Ventures is a corporate venture fund investing in early-stage startups sitting at the crossroads of travel and technology. Amadeus Ventures has invested in startups in the fields of artificial intelligence, internet of things and ground transportation, among others. Before joining Amadeus Ventures, Cova held different positions in Amadeus Corporate Strategy department in Bangkok and Madrid. Previously, she worked in the Spanish Commercial Office in Germany advising Spanish companies in their internationalization process. |  Rahul Sood Founder and CEO of Unikrn | Rahul is the CEO and founder of Unikrn, a gaming and eSports company based in Seattle. He was also the founder of luxury computer creator VoodooPC (est 1991), Voodoo was acquired by Hewlett-Packard. Rahul spent 18 years as an entrepreneur before joining Microsoft. At Microsoft he worked with startups and entrepreneurs, and created and lead Microsoft Ventures. Rahul resigned from Microsoft in November 2014 to build Unikrn, an esports company with offices in Berlin, Seattle, Sydney and soon to be Las Vegas … Unikrn is now the Planet’s Best Bookmaker for Gamers. Unikrn is a stakeholder in Maingear PC, and the company recently acquired LEET. |  Allison Wagner Olympic Gold Medalist | Allison Wagner is a former American competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist, and world record-holder. She won the gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley and the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley at the 1993 FINA Short Course World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. In addition to being a proponent of clean sport, Allison is also a founding member of AOTO and the Al Oerter Foundation – both organizations of Olympians and Paralympians who promote the Olympic Ideals – integrity, character, respect, honor, and work ethic – through educational programs. |  Mark De Groh Principal, Re:public Good | An internationally recognized urban innovation strategist and organizational design and growth expert, Mark has been in the cities and climate vanguard for nearly two decades. He specializes in finding solutions to complex systems challenges while connecting people, ideas, and opportunities. Mark counts senior posts in management, community development, and fundraising among his past positions–at such leading organizations as the U.S. Green Building Council and the University of California at Davis. In addition to having established and led a portfolio of award-winning national urban design and education initiatives, Mark has a track record for building strategic partnerships and also for securing six- and seven-figure grants. During his career, Mark has engaged directly with community leaders from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. He has also worked abroad extensively, on projects ranging from the organization of a global ecocities summit for the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development to the founding of an energy research and training institute in southern India. Mark is a member of the Aspen Institute family as a past Ideas Festival scholar, and in 2016 the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union and its partners recognized him for his expertise on IoT issues with an ongoing appointment to the World Smart City Forum. An urban historian and spatial theorist by training, Mark holds advanced degrees from Ohio State and Princeton with a specialization in phenomenology and place-based identity. | EMW'18 Conference will be held at the East West Center on February 2. The focus for EMW'18 will be on Blockchain, TravelTech and Global Impact technologies and we will be bringing out exciting speakers from Uber, Klook, TenX, CoinCircle, The Vatican and more from the world to talk about these exciting advances in these technologies. |  Blockchain |  Travel Tech |  Global Impact | | | East Meets West Summit is an intimate pre-event limited to 100 participants that includes all the speakers and VIP guests for East Meets West 2018 at Kualoa Ranch. Participants will take part in Hawaiian activities, roundtable discussions, and deep-dive learning opportunities. Roundtable discussions will be led by experts in their fields - with no more than 25 participants in each discussion. Transportation to and from Waikiki will be provided. Summit tickets include complimentary registration at the EMW'18 Conference on February 2. | WetWare Wednesday November 29 featuring Oceanit! It's almost the end of 2017! Come join HTDC for November's WetWare Wednesday, brought to you by Oceanit at their newly renovated office space. If you missed their last event, don't miss this one. Oceanit will be highlighting their latest in tech R&D as well as showcasing Barracuda and their latest in cybersecurity. Register Now! | HVCA Luncheon November 30 Join HVCA Thursday, November 30, 2017, for a panel discussion on an annual topic - the upcoming 2018 legislative agenda. Find out about the programs and initiatives that affect the future of the innovation economy in Hawaii. After the panel, they will host an open discussion on what strategies are needed to continue gaining support for the innovation community. | Holiday Tech Job Fair December 28 It's time to put the 18th Annual Holiday Tech Job Fair on your calendar! FREE resume evaluations, FREE headshots, FREE appetizers at the great networking event after. You don't want to miss it! If you're an employer, sign up for a table soon. Space is limited! | | |
