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

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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).