2017 Overseas Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Week
Boston, USA
Guidance Unit:
Organizing Committee of the 2017 National Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Activity Week
Implementing Units:
National Technology Transfer Eastern Center
Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC)
[About the Event]
In response to the 2017 Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation Activity led by the National Development and Reform Commission, BCIC will host the Boston regional event. The theme focuses on current technology innovation hotspots, covering artificial intelligence, big data, biomedical, blockchain, fintech, and other areas. The event will be promoted in partnership with multiple Chinese and international media platforms and innovation organizations.
[Call for Startups]
We invite you to bring your project to this event. Startup projects at any stage are welcome to showcase on our innovation-week platform. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to fully present their companies, gain exposure across multiple media platforms, and access potential opportunities to land in China or secure financing through BCIC's and the implementing units' capital and resource networks.
The event is currently scheduled for September 9, US Eastern Time. If your company is interested in presenting, please respond as soon as possible with a project introduction and business plan, and send the materials to roadshow@bcicglobal.org. If you miss the deadline, you can still contact us — BCIC's venture platform is continually collecting projects with no upper limit on financing scale or stage, and regularly hosts entrepreneurship roundtables and roadshows.
[Agenda]
Venue: MIT E25-111.
1:00pm – 5:00pm: Biomedical session — keynote speeches and startup showcases
5:00pm – 6:00pm: Dinner & networking
6:00pm – 9:00pm: AI and Fintech session — keynote speeches and startup showcases
Final agenda will follow the conference brochure on the day: Brochure
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-china-mass-entrepreneurship-and-innovation-forum-boston-tickets-37358214425
[Speakers]
Confirmed keynote speakers include:
Frank Hu, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director, Harvard Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer Center, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Shen Luan, Ph.D.
Director of Regulated Products and Interim Director of BRIMS Center at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Shuqi Chen
Founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of IQuum, Inc
Ari Eisenstat
Co-Executive Director of the UN Global Sustainability Index Institute
Peter Luo
CTO of Wanxiang Blockchain
[Implementing Units]
National Technology Transfer Eastern Center
The National Technology Transfer Eastern Center is a national-level regional technology-transfer platform jointly promoted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, guided by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission and coordinated by the Shanghai Technology Innovation Center. It was inaugurated on April 23, 2015 and is located in the Yangpu sub-park of the Zhangjiang National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone.
As a builder of the international technology transfer functional cluster of the Zhangjiang Demonstration Zone and an initiator of the China Technology Transfer Alliance, the Center provides full-chain services for technology trading, technology finance, and industry incubation, opening pathways for the transfer of scientific achievements among universities, research institutions, and companies. It builds a fourth-party platform that is platform-based, international, market-oriented, capital-driven, and professional, fostering an innovation ecosystem for technology commercialization to support Shanghai's effort to build a "globally influential center for science and innovation."
Boston Chinese Investment Club (BCIC)
BCIC, formerly the Boston Chapter of the Chinese Finance Association of North America, aims to facilitate exchange and discussion among Chinese finance and investment professionals, build a platform connecting US-China capital and projects, and provide investment, financing, career, and networking services to its over 2,000 members through roadshows, seminars, and events. Members work at well-known banks, hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity, and venture capital firms.
The association has hosted many successful events with guests including former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, former SEC Vice Chairman Michael S. Piwowar, and FengRui Capital founding partner Feng Li. BCIC has organized many roadshows, lectures, and discussions across blockchain, fintech, AI, and biotech, facilitating connections between US and Chinese venture projects. BCIC maintains close relationships with leading capital firms in both countries and strategic cooperation agreements with multiple US and China incubators, including TechCode, one of the world's top 10 incubators.
[Sponsors]
Eastern Link Capital: (http://www.easternlinkcapital.com/)
Insigma Hengtian Software: (http://www.hengtiansoft.com/)
Mass Ave Capital
[Partners]
Media and innovation organization partners for this event include TechCode, Guigu Mitan, LiaoYuan, YiChuangTou, KuaJing TianShi, GuiHang Capital, Boston International Media Consulting, Liepin North America, World Journal, Qiaobao, and various Chinese professional associations. We welcome additional entrepreneurship-related organizations and media to partner with us. For collaboration inquiries, contact info@bcicglobal.org.
