SYNC 2013: Be Lean to Disrupt

We’re thrilled to talk about what you will build next to disrupt in a lean but smart way!

SYNC is PingWest's annual flagship conference that focuses on building a smarter, leaner but truly disruptive startup. The conference is gathering the sharpest minds in the world – those entrepreneurs who are looking ahead to syncing ideas and products over platforms and geographical boundaries from day one, to achieve a global user base with a disruptive ambition.

Join us along with 500+ visionaries from global entrepreneurs to investors into a whole day of high-quality panel discussions, demos and networking sessions. Register early, as seats are limited.

Time:

Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 9:00AM to 8:30PM

Address:

One Ferry Plaza (behind the Ferry Building) San Francisco, CA 94111

Speakers

Raj Singh Micha Benoliel Chiris Hulls Co-Founder & CEO at Tempo

Co-founder & CEO at
OpenGarden

Founder & CEO at Life360 Kent Lindstrom Nick Gammell Zak Holdsworth

COO at Nuzzel

Former CEO at Friendster

Founder & CEO at GainFitness Founder & CEO at Hint Health Steven Eidelman Soujanya Bhumkar Norio Fujikawa Co-founder at Whistle Co-founder & CEO at Cooliris

Creative Director at ASTRO
Designer of Nike Fuel

Ai-hui Ong Francis Pedraza Chia-Lin Simmon Founder & CEO at LoveWithFood Co-founder & CEO at Everest VP at Harman International Nick Adams Shirley Lin Mario Tapia

Managing Diector at
AME Cloud Ventures

Managing Director at 800Birds Founder at Momentum
Jessie Horvath Eugene Zhang Winston Choe

CPO at Cubit

Fouding Partner at InnoSpring

Founding Mentor at PlugandPlay

Yifan Zhang Xiao Wang Ronghui Li Founder & CEO at GymPact Venture Partner at InnoSpring Writer at PingWest Thomas Luo Co-founder & Managing Editor
at PingWest

Agenda：

9:30am-10:00am Registration

10:00am-10:10am Opening Remarks

10:10am-10:40am Fireside chat: Location Based Service 2.0

Speaker: Chris Hulls, Co-founder &CEO at Life360

Moderator: Thomas Luo, Co-founder and Managing Editor at PingWest

10:40am-11:10am Discussion: How can “Get Things Done” apps as the next big thing?

Speaker: Francis Pedraza, Founder and CEO at Everrest

Raj Singh, Co-founder & CEO at Tempo

Moderator: Mario Tapia, founder of Momentum

11:10am-11:40am Discussion: Quantify yourself with a better experience

Speaker: Nick Gammel, Founder at Gain Fitness

Zak Holdsworth, Founder & CEO at Hint Health

Yifan Zhang, Founder & CEO at GymPact

Moderator: Shirley Lin, Managing Director at 800Birds

11:40am-12:10pm Fireside chat: When social meets reading

Speaker: Kent Lindstrom, COO at Nuzzel, former CEO at Friendster

Moderator: Thomas Luo, Co-founder& Managing Editor at PingWest

12:10pm-1:10pm Lunch sponsored by InnoSpring & TEEC Angel Fund

1:10pm-1:40pm Discussion: Create new ways of connectivity

Speaker: Micha Benoliel, Co-founder and CEO at Open Garden

Chia-Lin Simmons, VP at Harman International

Moderator: Thomas Luo, Co-founder and Managing Editor at PingWest

1:40pm-2:10pm Discussion: Designed to be wearable

Speaker: Norio Fujikawa, Creative Director at Astro, designer of Nike Fuel

Steven Eidelman, Co-founder and Product leader at Whistle

Jessie Horvath, CPO at Cubit

Moderator: Ronghui Li, Writer at PingWest

2:10pm-2:40pm Fireside chat: Socialize your photos with a global greed

Speaker: Soujanya Bhumkar, Co-founder and CEO at Cooliris

Moderator: Thomas Luo, Co-founder and Managing Editor at PingWest

2:40pm-3:10pm Discussion: Growth Hacking Really Matters

Speaker: Ai-hui Ong, Founder & Chief Hustler at LoveWithFood

Moderator: Ronghui Li, Writer at PingWest

3:10pm-3:30pm Break & Networking

3:30pm-4:10pm Investors panel: Disruptive mindsets from a global perspective

Speaker: Nick Adams, Managing Director atAME Cloud Ventures

Eugene Zhang, Founding partner at InnoSpring

Winston Choe, Founding Advisor at Founder Insititute

Moderator: Shirley Lin, Managing Director at 800Birds

4:10pm-5:50pm Global Startup Showcase

(12 startups, 8 minutes each for demo and questions.）

5:50pm- 6:00pm Global Startup Showcase final winner announcement, Closing remarks

6:00pm-8:30pm After Party

Partners:

Organizer:

PingWest (www.pingwest.com) is a leading online tech media targets audiences in Greater China Region, including China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Our mission is to enable tech entrepreneurs and investors in the Greater China region to connect and interact closely with cutting-edge innovation around the globe.

InnoSpring（www.innospring.net）is Silicon Valley’s first US-China technology start-up incubator. Its focus is on encouraging startups to expand beyond their home countries to lead huge market opportunities in the US and China. Founded in 2012, InnoSpring is a joint project between Tsinghua University Science Park (TusPark), Shui On Group (Shui On), Northern Light Venture Capital and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).