Speakers / Moderators

Graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008, Stephen is the Co-founder of advertising agency ‘Secret Tour Hong Kong’ and travel startup ‘Breakup Tours’ , the Head of Creative of InsurTech startup ‘One Degree’ and the Marketing Advisor of community management platform ‘Juven’. Stephen has experiences in planning and organizing marketing campaigns for Expedia, Nike, HKExpress and the election campaign of Mr. John Tsang Chun-Wah in 2017 Chief Execute Election. Stephen was also the guest lecturer of advertising in the Hong Kong Shue Yan University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a TedX speaker.

Leatrice Eiseman is a color specialist and consultant who has been called “the international color guru.” In fact, her color expertise is recognized worldwide, especially as a prime consultant to Pantone®. She has helped many companies make the best and most educated choice of color for product development, logos and identification, brand imaging, web sites, packaging, marketing, interior/exterior design or any other application where color choice is critical to the success of the product, promotion, company image or environment.

Lee heads the Eiseman Center for Color Information and Training and is also Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute™. She is the author of ten books on color.

Fortune Magazine named Lee as one of the ten “Top Decision Makers” for her work in color. She conducts many color / design seminars at trade shows and universities, delivers in-house color training and is widely quoted in consumer and trade publications.

Her academic background includes a degree in psychology from Antioch as well as advanced studies and counseling specialist certification from UCLA. She has studied both fashion and interior design and has taught in both areas. She is a member of the international forecasting group for the PANTONEVIEW Colour Planner and develops a home forecast yearly. She also heads the committee for naming Pantone Color of the Year and twice a year assists in identifying the top ten fashion colors.

She shares her expertise in a color/design program held once yearly on Bainbridge Island, WA. located near Seattle.

Ms Margaret Fong is the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) since 1 October 2014. With a global network of 50 offices, Ms Fong heads this international team whose mission is to create and facilitate opportunities in global trade for Hong Kong-based companies. She joined the HKTDC in 2010 as Deputy Executive Director, responsible for the international promotion of Hong Kong’s product and service industries and the Council’s office network worldwide.

Ms Fong has worked in a variety of public service posts, beginning her career as an Administrative Officer with the Hong Kong Government. From 1997 to 1999, she served as Deputy Director-General in the Washington Economic and Trade Office of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

She was Deputy Secretary for Transport from 1999 to 2004, Director-General of the Washington Economic and Trade Office from 2004 to 2006, and Commissioner for Economic and Trade Affairs, USA, from 2006 to 2008, representing the Hong Kong SAR Government in the United States. Before joining the HKTDC, Ms Fong was the Commissioner for Tourism from November 2008 to December 2009. She is a graduate of the University of Hong Kong.

Ms Fong is a member of the Aviation Development and Three-runway System Advisory Committee, the Film Development Council, the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council and the Hong Kong Tourism Board.

Katsuyoshi Fukazawa is the Chief Marketing Officer of Nissin Foods Holdings, overseeing the global brand strategy of its signature brands such as CUP NOODLES. Prior to joining Nissin Foods, Katsuyoshi spent over 30 years as a Marketer at Kao Corporation. At Kao, not only did he launch major hair care brands such as “Segreta” and “Asience”, but also the first concentrated liquid detergent product in the fabric care category, “Attack Neo”. This resulted to their social contribution through reduced package size. After mastering the “science” of Marketing at Kao, Katsuyoshi joined Nissin Foods as Director of Marketing, where he acquired the “art” of Marketing though Nissin’s crazy campaigns. Uniting the art and science of Marketing, Katsuyoshi now leads the new era for Nissin’s global Marketing team. Also serves as Permanent Director of the Japanese Marketing Association.

teamLab (f. 2001) is an international art collective, an interdisciplinary group of various specialists such as artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects whose collaborative practice seeks to navigate the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world.

teamLab aims to explore the relationship between the self and the world and new perceptions through art. In order to understand the world around them, people separate it into independent entities with perceived boundaries between them. teamLab seeks to transcend these boundaries in our perception of the world, of the relationship between the self and the world, and of the continuity of time. Everything exists in a long, fragile yet miraculous, borderless continuity of life.

teamLab is represented by Pace Gallery.

Being a Gen-Y and a father of two children, Garrick aspires to bring happiness and fulfillment to the future generations. He believes it is fundamental for every individual and every business to do good and create shared values for the community.

Garrick’s experience covers social innovation, intrapreneurship, hospitality and real estate asset management, youth development, talent acquisition and employer branding.

Garrick currently manages assets valued over HK$2bn, alongside with charitable foundations supporting youth development and incubation programs supporting social innovators, all aiming to demonstrate and advocate the Creating Shared Value (CSV) model to the business world.

Prior to his role at New World, Garrick was the CEO of a charitable organization that runs the largest teenage entrepreneurship education program in Hong Kong. He has also been advising organizations (including Google, Bank of China, Esquel, HKUST etc.) on youth engagement and intrapreneurship.

Garrick graduated with his bachelor and master degree from the University of Hong Kong and received senior executive training from the Stanford University.

A musician turned adman, Rudi’s 27+ years advertising career began as a copywriter, then a creative director and digital/social media specialist. He worked at an array of international 4As agencies including Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, Bates, TBWA\HK, Carat, AGENDA/Wunderman, and DDB Tribal. He was the digital chairman of HK4As between 2012-2014. In 2014, HKAIM Media Convergence Awards elected Rudi as Digital Marketer Of The Year.

Wallace is a Product Marketing Manager based in Hong Kong. He joined Facebook in 2015 as 1st Technical Partner Manager in APAC to cover Facebook Marketing Partnerships. With his passion and expertise on products, he joined Product Marketing in 2017 to drive business growth in Greater China with current focus on Hong Kong and Taiwan markets; via optimal products/solutions from Facebook family of apps and services. Blessed with 2 baby girls, Wallace is a Hong Kong born Canadian who loves basketball and world travels. Prior to Facebook, Wallace had various product and program management experiences internationally. He has worked in multiple MNCs across the globe, such as Microsoft, AMD/ATI and Telstra. He holds a Master Degree of Engineering at Cornell University.

Master Li Kui-ming, renowned internationally and highly respected in the Chinese communities, graduated in Hong Kong Baptist University, major in Journalism. He commenced his career in journalist media and film productions as promotion manager and script writer for years. Since the mid-1980’s, he has devoted fully in the research and practice of a variety of Chinese divination, BaZi, Feng-shui, I-Ching techniques learned from a number of famous practitioners. Moreover, he has also commenced Buddhist education since the mid-1990’s. Master Li used his profound understanding of I-Ching and divinations to serve the world, and his contributions have been well recognized, however, his practices cling to be scientific and against superstitions. Master Li has had a deep-rooted love for Cantonese Opera, he wrote and produced 34 original Cantonese Operas, such as “Cantonese opera on Mao Zedong” and “Trump on Show”, aims to revive audiences’ passion in this intangible cultural heritage.

Clare Lui is Vice President, Media at Nielsen Hong Kong and currently manages the media business for the market.

Bringing with her over 20 years of expertise, Ms. Lui is an experienced market research professional who is passionate to work in the brands, media, technology and advertising space. Having worked in the United States as well as Hong Kong, and having spent part of her career working for research consultancies as well as on the client side, she brings a portfolio of experience essential to cope with the ever-changing media landscape and digital evolution. Prior to joining Nielsen, Ms. Lui had worked for Wall Street Journal Asia and Time Inc. International.

Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. Joining Nielsen allowed Ms. Lui to wonderfully continue her journey on digital exploration.

Ms. Lui holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and Finance from The University of Hawaii at Manoa, and an MBA from Hawaii Pacific University.

Asher Rapkin is the Director, Global Business Marketing – Messenger and Emerging Platforms for Facebook. Asher and his team look after global business to business marketing for Messenger as well as Facebook’s emerging platforms: SparkAR, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Prior to taking on this role, Asher was the Product Marketing Communications Lead for Platforms and SMB on Facebook’s Global Business Marketing team. Before coming to Facebook, Asher was the Global Head of Channel Marketing for iAd, a division of Apple, where he oversaw the verbal and visual articulation of the brand and managed the platform’s PR, events, and thought leadership work. Before shifting into tech, Asher spent eight years in television, working in Integrated Marketing for Current TV, NBCUniversal and MTV. Asher holds a BA from Oberlin College in Theater and lives with his family in Ventura, CA.

He was born in 1969 in Barcelona, Spain. After getting his degree in Economics and Business Administration at the UAB, he began working at the international audit group, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC). After two years as an auditor of PWC, he joined the team of the Internal Audit Department of the Roca Group.

Carlos Velazquez has worked for Roca during more than twenty-six years and during all this time he has held different positions in several countries: Internal Auditor in the headquarters (Barcelona), Controller in Roca Maroc (Morocco), Administrative Director of Roca Torneiras (Portugal) and CFO in the subsidiary of the Roca Group in the USA. Later, after three years in the USA, he came back to Barcelona to lead the Corporate Controlling Department until he was transferred to Bulgaria in 2005 as Managing Director of Roca Bulgaria, from where he returned to the headquarters in Barcelona in 2008, to lead the creation and further development of the Corporate Marketing Department of the Roca Group.

In addition to his responsibilities in the Roca Group, Carlos Velazquez is a member of the Board of Trustees of the We Are Water Foundation, Patron of the Barcelona School of Design and Engineering (ELISAVA) and President of the European Association for the Taps and Valves Industry (CEIR).