Hall of fame

Brian Wong

Vice President at Alibaba Group

Brian is vice-president and director of Alibaba Global Leadership Academy. Brian originally joined the company as its 52nd employee and is presently responsible for executive leadership development and globalization initiatives.

Siok Siok Tan

Filmmaker & CEO at Kinetic ONE

Siok is an entrepreneur who has built Kinetic ONE, a social video platform in China with channels focused on youth culture, fashion and lifestyle as well as parenting & pregnancy.

Ji Zhaojia

Representative of WildAid Shanghai

Ji is the leading volunteer for WildAid in Shanghai. Ever since then, she has been in charge of recruiting volunteers, arranging local activities and supporting other related tasks assigned by WildAid's headquarters.

Celine Fablet

Co-Founder of Reg'Art

Céline Fablet lives in China since 11 years. After various work assignments, the last having lasted 7 years for the Bolloré Group, she has decided to stop working and spend more time for her family and also to intensely study Chinese.

Raymond James

Director of Tech & Talent Development

Graduated at The H.S. Of Design and Cum Laude Graduate of The School of Visual Arts. Starting Booking.com as a UX Designer and move towards management where his new focus enables employees to work in innovative ways.

Crystal Zhang

Marketing Analytics

Chrystal's career has largely been focused on data analytics and digital marketing within rapidly scaling teams and startups. At heart, she's a storyteller who believes that quantitative datasets make the best skeletons for a compelling narrative.

Zhang Shu

CEO and founder

Winner of the CES 2017 INNOVATION AWARDS, Zhang Shu and his team developed the first home-smart-beer-brewing machine, that enables you to brew beer with your own recipes, by the touch of a mobile app.

Luanna Li

CEO and Founder of Artrvl

Met a hotelier randomly, get hosted for free and offered her graffiti artwork in exchange. the base Luanna started her company called Artrvl. An art exchange platform for artist-in-residence art lovers to exchange creations with hospitality.

Lalita

Food scientist

Born and raised in Thailand, Lalita lived all around the world. as a Master in food science she atarted working for world's largest ice cream brand. As no other, Lalita knows that combining ingredients requires more than just trying, it requires science!

Filippo

Pizza & Pasta Chef Expert

Graduated as Master from the famous "Accademia Pizzaioli" and winner of the 2016 World Championship of Pizza Gourmet, Filippo worked as the chef in Verona's top restaurant "La Pergol".

Raffaella Gallo

Founder of ArtCaffè

Art collector from the age of 16, Raffaella Gallo has curated several exhibitions, both in China and Italy. In 2012 she founded ArtCaffè, a new concept of meetings and a platform to activate debate among people that have passion or curiosity about Art.

David Hong

Cocktail bar owner

David Hong, Joined the cocktail industry since 2011. He worked The Curtain Club in The Ritz-Carlton Berlin. David won multiple awards: China MONIN Cup 2014: 3rd. China Diplomatico Competition: 2nd.

Purple Gao

Sommelier & founder of Purperry

Officially certified as Sommelier and travelled around the world to find the best wines, Purple is managing Purperry Exchange Ltd. that provides educational services such as WSET CSW and FWS sommelier certificate courses.

Sophie Ong

Creative Illustrator & author

Sophie travelled to China to study the world of her family. She didn't expect to discover that her great grand uncle was the only photographer in 1900s in Sichuan. She is putting all of her story and reflections into a comic book.

Chen Xu

Founder of NoNoFineArt

Graduated from University of Southampton Winchester School Of Art and her major was FineArt. She set up a studio with other Artists and Designers, and they hope they can share art with different children.

Lucy Li

Executive Director @ Shoubai Art

Lucy strives to protect the legacy that her father, Li Shoubai, has dedicated his whole life to specifically, the preservation and proliferation of haipai culture. the local culture of Shanghai that emerged in the late 19th century.

Sarah Ali

founder of Beyond The Bund

Sarah is defined by a plethora of experiments and projects across several countries. Her journey in understanding and penetrating the aging demographic in China to build bridges between the elderly generation and the expats.

Amey Kandalgaonkar

Architect and Photographer

An architect and photographer based in Shanghai. Graduated with Master's degree in Architectural Design from University College London, Amey brings architecture, history, design and photography together through his work.

Emily Cheung

Travel Blogger & Co-founder of SCC

Emily Cheung is a seasoned traveller with over 10 years of backpacking experience and over 13,000 fans across her social media platforms that connect and engage with her everyday. Aside she started MADNESS by SCC

Weina Li

Photographer & Founder of JW Studio

Weina Li is graduated from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, master of visual communication. She has been working with national and international magazine as photographer and writer.

Zoey Zuo

54Traveler Travel Co-Founder

Zoey wanted to see more of the World and choose Pakistan as her first destination. These trips inspired her to start a travel agency. She wants to inspire people by travelling and started 54Traveler Travel Co.

Angie Wu

Jewellery Designer & Founder of AWÜ

Angie, a Canadian design artist founded AWÜ in 2014. AWÜ is a contemporary fine jewellery brand. Angie’s work consists of concept driven collections of wearable jewelleries and custom made unique pieces.

Hadas Zucker

Creative Director & Creator of Blasé

With 15+ years experience Hadas has being defining and building global brands in fashion, lifestyle and communication. Her work in the creative sphere has been recognized in worldwide magazines like Forbes & Vogue.

Fan Zhang

Creative curator & founder of Mozzos

Fan is a social innovationist and software architect. He founded Mozzos in 2015, building a hub to connect between innovative communities in China.

Federico Bacher

Visual Artist and Art Professor

Federico Bacher is a visual artist studied in UNA and then did a master in Florence, Italy. Now he is chairman teacher in UNA. He does all visual art fields from model drawing to technology sculpture and architecture.

Arthur Limpens

Co-founder of Allocacoc and DesignNest

Hailing from a background in industrial design, Arthur Limpens is the Co-Founder of Allocacoc who currently specializes in the design of fun and multifunctional powercubes.

Alec Walker

Director of Inly Innovation Co

A former MBA graduate from Stanford University, Alec is now the Director of Inly; an innovation-consulting firm with bases in both Silicon Valley and Shanghai. He has engaged in consulting projects for multinationals.

Sara Zhou

Co-founder of SWM Visual Studio

Sara started her career as a photographer from taking photos for families and children. After more than 5 years of photography, she published a collection of her children’s portraits titled “The Shadow of Time” in 2014.

Lucas Brennan

Founder of CNCREATE and artist

Artist and photographer Lucas Brennan is the brainchild behind CNCREATE. His platform CNCREATE aims to showcase the best of the Art Scene in China to the rest of the world. Exploring exciting Chinese and China based artists.

Misha Maruma

Co-founder of CNCREATE & Designer

Misha Maruma dedicates his time to spread awareness around the Chinese art scene. Together they will shed light on identifying gaps in the market & carving out your own niche.

Karlen Chang

Cofounder and of mixMotion

Karlen isCreative Director of mixMotion, a design firm that specializes in creating physical interactive experiences for experiential marketing. Karlen is an artist and designer passionate about physical interactive experiences.

Robert Vicencio

Producer at W Squared Entertainment’s

After several years of diligent research on the Chinese Musical industry Robert Vicencio and a group of Chinese locals have created an original musical called “Rock Scissors Paper.”

JT Singh

Director of JT Singh

JT Singh is a digital platform architect, media artist and innovation strategist focused on the urban sphere. JT has explored hundreds of emerging cities with eyes wide open and advises government leaders in the US, Asia, and Europe.

George Budiman

Chairman/Founder of ACIA

George is the Founder & Chairman of ACIA. He has as main objective promoting Asia/China emerging creative industries and talents to global and he is one of the curators of shanghai and Singapore Design week.

Gabriel Gomera

Interior designer & Artist

Gabriel works on projects in different creative areas, moving between architecture, design and art. He focus at sustainable design. Projects like the “Scene House” or “MM headquarters” have been awarded and published internationally.

Celia Bernardo

Fashion designer & founder of CeliaB

Channeling her love for travel and her passion for handcrafted pieces, she collects textiles, patterns and inspiration from all over the world. She is on a mission to bring laughter and pleasure to all who wear her creations.

Paul Iglesia

Digital Transformation Analyst

Paul’s life is a never-ending race from one idea to another. A digital intelligence philosophy enables him to be in a continuous state of technology and surrounding ecosystem analysis.

Ruinan Li

Co-founder of iEnergy

Ruinan Li is a visionair in sustainability, he even spoke at the UN about it! Moreover he founded iEnergy, which promotes green and sustainable lifestyle. He will present his vision & mission of this promising platform.

Markovich Nebojsa

Co-founder of iEnergy

Markovich cofounded iEnergy. He organizes bamboo bike workshops where you build your own bike out of bamboo. During the workshop Markovich provides help and coaching, but the end result is yours!

Ariel Margalith

Founder of ARMA Media

Ariel Margalith, initiated the campaign ‘Xiexie Shanghai’. The video features a wide range of Israelis who are thanking Shanghai and the Chinese people for their friendship and hospitality during WWII, 20.000 Jews found shelter.

Yilei Wu

Co-Founder of XINLELU.COM

XINLELU.COM, an omni-channel women's fashion retailer that brings independent labels to the young professionals in this city. Her vision is to 'discover new designers' and redefine 'Shanghai girls' to create a community.

Fo Liu

Creative Director in Brand experience

Fo is creative director for DontBelieveInStyle. Fo has done projects for the launch of new Nike sneakers in HK but also provided 4D cultural experience for opera and theatre.

Tiffany Pattinson

Fashion Designer

Tiffany Pattinson is a famous designer that uses recycled fabric from factories for her designs. This GenFluxer has an amazing view on the world, and her brand philosophy is enriching to all of us.

Nigel Reading

An architect & Design Director

Hong Kong-Australian raised, London-educated, ARB-UK-registered Eurasian bilingual Senior Architect and Interior Designer with substantial Masterplanning and Landscape design expertise.

Salvo Pastorello

Italian Artist

His paintings are abstract, but they never let the images disappear. These images including symbols, objects, signs, characters, men and women that he met during his journey.

Endy Fung

Story Barista, Creative Director

Endy worked in 2 agencies as Executive Creative Director in 20 years of advertising career. Endy served many big brands and won a few recognitions. He has the honor to participate in different judging panels.

Chris Jones

Co-Founder, Creative Partner & Author

For decades, Chris has been creating award-winning advertising and marketing campaigns for some of the world’s leading brands. In 2016 he published his first book – The UX of ME: Career Optimization through Design Thinking.

Kenneth Tan

Founder of Shanghaiist

Kenneth has brought Shanghaiist from a small platform up to 4 million followers nowadays. His humor has stolen many expat hearts and taking the platform to a next level with his entrepreneurial skills.

Robert van der Hilst

Photographer

Robert is a Dutch photographer who has traveled in more than 70 countries to shoot for large European, American and Japanese magazines.

Rogier Bikker

Ronald Paredes

Artist and Graphic Designer

An artist curious about our relationship with life. Ronald Paredes has been sketching with his father since a very early age. His work has a peculiar characteristic, the use of a single and continuous line which, according to the artist, represents life.

Yuan Chongyin

Artist

A Shanghai based Artist with a special relationship with the city. His Art expresses his conflicting emotions about a city that has always been in transformation, playing with modernization, tradition and internationalization.

Zoé Vayssières

Artist

As photographers do photography, Zoé Vayssieres does objectography. She collects and casts in bronze disappearing everyday objects, to make them timeless and capture the object’s memory. As Shanghai is ridding itself of the old to embrace modernity, she currently pulls inspiration from this ever-changing city.

Tina Fu

Founder and Chief fashion designer

Tina is a talented fashion designer who founded her own high-end fashion brand aimed at wedding and evening dresses. Currently she even participate an fashion shows and has become a definition in Shanghai.