ChinICT

CHINICT - Tech Stars in China

Type	Private
Industry	Tech Conference
Founded	2005
Founder	Franck Nazikian
Headquarters	Beijing, China
Website	www.chinict.org

Facebook's co-founder Eduardo Saverin interview with CHINICT's founder Franck Nazikian at the CHINICT conference

International Monetary Fund President Christine Lagarde and CHINICT's founder Franck Nazikian at the CHINICT conference

Movie Star & Tech Entrepreneur Daniel Wu with CHINICT's founder Franck Nazikian at the CHINICT conference

CHINICT's Stars, Rising Stars & Hackathon Award Winners

CHINICT's founder Franck Nazikian and 500 Startups's founder Dave McClure at the CHINICT conference

CHINICT's founder Franck Nazikian at the Great Hall of the People jointly with Chinese State Leaders Liu Qi and Wan Gang

Franck Nazikian at DEVELOPNEUR Europe's Award ceremony in Paris at the Hôtel de Charost - with French Minister Fleur Pellerin, British Telecom's Chairman Sir Michael Rake, UK Ambassador to France Sir Peter Ricketts, Universal Music France's CEO Pascal Nègre

CHINICT's founder Franck Nazikian & Innovation-Works' founder Kaifu Lee at the CHINICT conference

CHINICT (Simplified Chinese: 科技明星在中国 - literally meaning "Tech Stars In China") is a conference^[1][2] including a Hackathon^[3][4][5] focused on the China tech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.^[6][7] CHINICT takes place once a year at the end of May in Beijing at Tsinghua University Science Park.

Since 2005, CHINICT has been featuring policy-makers, financiers, entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists both from China and the West - including Eduardo Saverin,^[8][9][10] Christine Lagarde,^[11][12] Kai-Fu Lee,^[13] Victor Koo,^[14] Dave McClure,^[15] Kaiser Kuo,^[16] Tim Draper,^[17] Mark Suster,^[18] Daniel Wu^[19] - as well as key executives from Google,^[20] Microsoft,^[21] Baidu,^[22][23][24] Alibaba,^[25] Yahoo,^[26] Youku,^[27] BlackBerry,^[28] Tencent,^{[29] [30]} Sina,^[31] AngelList,^[32] Aigo,^[33] Linkedin,^[34] Zhongguancun Science Park,^[35][36] Nokia,^[37] Kaixin001,^[38] Qunar^[39] Viadeo,^[40] PPLive,^[41] Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,^[42] Nasdaq,^[43] London Stock Exchange,^[44] the United Nations,^[45] Intel Capital,^[46] Steamboat Ventures,^[47] Silicon Valley Bank,^[48] Softbank,^[49] Playfish,^[50] Kongzhong,^[51] Phoenix Television,^[52] Beijing University,^[53] Qihoo,^[54] China E-Commerce Association,^[55] Tsinghua University.^[56]

The CHINICT conference is also live-streamed throughout major media such as TechCrunch,^[57] InformationWeek,^[58] Les Echos,^[59][60] Sina,^[61] Tencent,^[62] Sohu,^[63] Netease,^[64] Xinhua News Agency,^[65] People's Daily.^[66]

Franck Nazikian

Franck Nazikian (Simplified Chinese: 方克纳) is a tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the CEO & co-founder of WowTune, a company focused on creating VR singing and spoken voices. He is also the founder of Tempo2 Ventures, and PROFETERNITY - a blockchain company and a bitcoin fund. ^[67]

Previously, he was president^[68][69][70] of CHINICT^[71][72][73] - he founded in 2005,^[74][75] and also run DEVELOPNEUR^[76] - a series of pitch competitions & hackathons^[77] - he created in 2011.^[78]

In 2012, Franck Nazikian was invited by Liu Qi, member of the CPC Politburo and former President^[79] of the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee, and Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China, as a distinguished guest at the Great Hall of the People.^[80]

Prior to CHINICT^[81] and DEVELOPNEUR, together with Renaud Laplanche, Franck co-founded TripleHop Technologies, acquired by Oracle.^[82] Franck also served as a managing director at Gemplus International, making venture capital investments in tech companies.

Franck is supporting different charity organizations - including the United Nations's World Food Programme.^[83]

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