Date: March 7th, 15:00-16:30 GMT+8 (Beijing Time)
Platform: Zoom

Moderator
Steven White
Associate Professor at Tsinghua SEM
Founding Associate Academic Director at Tsinghua's X-lab

Dr. Steven White is an Associate Professor in the Department of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management, where he focuses on issues related to creativity and innovation, entrepreneurship, and internationalization. He has served as the founding Associate Academic Director of Tsinghua University's X-lab, a resource platform and ecosystem hub that brings together students, alumni, faculty and executives and develops their entrepreneurial capabilities as team members for new ventures. He is also an angel investor and provides strategic advice to new business ventures.

His current research projects focus on the role of entrepreneurship in the emergence of new industries, competition between ecosystems, China's national innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and the management of cooperation in alliances; he has been recognized as one of the top 20 China-based management scholars. Before joining Tsinghua, Dr. White taught at INSEAD and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has received his Ph.D. from MIT's Sloan School of Management, MA from the International University of Japan, and BS from Duke University.

Panelists
Stewart Johnson
Tsinghua SEM (2011)
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at Alpha Partners Education, Beijing, China

Stewart is a British entrepreneur and co-founder of two Chinese companies in secondary education and restaurant incubation, respectively. After winning the prestigious Chinese Bridge (汉语桥) competition in front of 300 million viewers watching him on a Chinese TV in 2010, Stewart traded in his legal career in London for a full scholarship at Tsinghua University, where he met his Chinese co-founders. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Beijing, Alpha Partners Education is a leading provider of international secondary education programs in China.

Alpha Partners Education: https://alpha-edu.co/

Hatchery (restaurant incubator): Details linked on his LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnsonstewart/

Fabien Martin
Co-Founder & Head of AI at Founders Lair, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Fabien is a French entrepreneur based in Chengdu, Sichuan. He has been working in the technology sector for the past five years, developing and deploying web, computer vision and natural language processing applications for his clients both in China and abroad. He is also a co-founder of and venture builder at Gradients.tech. Before founding his companies, he worked as a VC analyst for Catcha Group, one of the most successful venture builders in South East Asia, with exits such as iFlix and iProperty.

Founders Lair: https://founderslair.com/

Uradee Kunkiratiyut
Director at Lunique Real Estate Co., Ltd, Pattaya, Thailand

Uradee is a Thai entrepreneur and has years of experience in developing real estate projects and other ventures. The Lunique Real Estate was established in 2016, focusing on real estate development. LUNIQUE REAL ESTATE CO., LTD (LUNIQUE) and BANYAN TREE GROUP (through its subsidiary Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts) have signed a joint agreement for the development of a new project - Skypark Lucean Jomtien Pattaya. Located at Jomtien 2nd Road, Pattaya City, Chonburi, Thailand, the property resides in a tranquil district. It features 899 units with a total investment value of over 4,500 million THB.

Lunique Real Estate: https://luniquerealestate.com/

Source: Tsinghua SEM
Editors: Guo Lili, Sangeet Sangroula