Designed for startup founders and technical staff, the AWS Startup Day Hong Kong is a free full-day event focused on delivering technology education to enable and accelerate startup innovation and growth.
You can choose your learning path from a combination of sessions focused on product innovation, technology applications, and the business of startups. There'll be opportunities to speak one-on-one with AWS experts, learn more from our partners and get introduced to AWS go-to-market programs specifically designed for startups. You'll also get to hear from fellow entrepreneurs and challenger brands around how they've been addressing customer needs through use of the AWS platform.
So whether you're a new startup looking to launch, or an existing startup looking for ways to scale and grow your business, we'll provide the knowledge and learning opportunities to inspire you to take action.
AWS Activate is a program designed to provide startups with the resources needed to get started on AWS. Join some of the fastest-growing startups in the world and build your business using AWS. Activate currently has custom Portfolio and Portfolio Plus packages for startups in select accelerators, incubators, Seed/VC Funds, and startup-enabling organizations.
- Startup business and technical founders, and developers who are eager to learn how to run lean and scale fast to build their next big thing.
- Development teams, engineers, architects and system administrators from startups who are eager to learn how to deploy applications in highly available, scalable architectures.
Keyvan Peymani is a veteran senior executive and thought leader working in the intersection of technology, media, and venture capital, and serves as Head of Startup Marketing at Amazon Web Services, overseeing the global marketing strategy for this segment. Prior to joining AWS, Mr. Peymani was Senior Advisor and Venture Partner at Touchdown Ventures, a leading venture capital and advisory firm in the corporate venture industry, and held senior executive or C-suite roles at ICM Partners, Netflix, Warner Brothers, Disney and Nettwerk Music Group, where he led several industry first initiatives in content creation, distribution, and mobile applications. Mr. Peymani has led the deployment of over 80 mobile games and applications that have been downloaded by over 200M users. He has led venture deals with over 30 startups and as an advisor, Mr. Peymani has assisted companies that have been accepted into top-tier incubators and accelerators, including Y Combinator and 500 Startups, and have been backed by leading venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, and Breyer Capital. He began his career leading his own startup and has advised Fortune 100 companies and governments around the world. In addition, he serves on the faculty of USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, covering media, technology, and emerging business models.
Hawk Yan has over 20 years of experience about system integration, consulting, cloud computing, IT operations, product development and program management in IT and Telecom industry. Before joining Ayla Networks, Hawk worked for IBM for 8 years and delivered many complex international IT service and cloud computing programs. In his career he also played various roles like IT manager, senior R&D program manager, operation director from start-up company to global communication technology enterprise, including an online education company founded by him.
Hawk loves travel and published 4 books with his wife about their trips world wide.
Philippe is a Senior Manager at New World Development, and is experienced in Talent Management, Learning & Development and Organization Development for over 18 years. He helps Enterprises in Hong Kong to develop innovative, systematic and comprehensive framework to transform and adopt in this innovative era.
Breakout sessions are structured around 2 learning paths:
- Business
- Architecture
Friday, 26 October 2018
10:00am – 5:00pm (Registration starts at 9:15am sharp)
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel
20 Nathan Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Peng T. Ong is one of the most successful technology entrepreneurs from Singapore. He was the founder and CEO of Interwoven, which had a successful IPO on NASDAQ. Prior to Interwoven, he was co-founder of Match.com (acquired by IAC). After Interwoven, Peng founded Encentuate (acquired by IBM), the leader in enterprise identity management. The three businesses he started now generate annual revenues that total more than $1 billion. Most recently, Peng was a Partner at GSR Ventures, a leading VCs in China and also served as Chairman of both early-stage VC funds Jungle Ventures and Infocomm Investments. Peng has also served on many boards, including SingTel, Ele.me, and YY.com. Peng earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.
As CTO of HARA, Imron leads the technical direction of the company by herding a talented pack of nerds, data scientists, and data engineers. Imron leverages his interests and expertise in mathematics, physics, analytics, and big data technology to continuously advance the company’s unique capabilities and technology solutions. Previously, Imron was the youngest person to hold a director position at one of Indosat’s subsidiaries.
Jonathan Sudharta has over 15 years of professional experiences in healthcare industry, mostly in Indonesia and also abroad. Before establishing Halodoc, Jonathan held several key positions in Mensa Group, one of the leading pharmaceutical company in Indonesia. Graduated as Bachelor of Commerce majoring in e-Commerce from Curtin University in Perth Australia, he began his career in sales management and has grown through the rank in the commercial side of the organization. He started as sales representative to Commercial Director in Mensa Group to get deep understanding about the sales cycle of the business, then move up to key positions Business Development Director to lead the commercial initiatives of the group.
Born in a healthcare group family, Jonathan was grown up with a lot of awareness about serving people to maintain their wellness and helping Indonesian people for better living through better health. That is the main reason why he decided to establish Halodoc, with its main mission to simplify access to healthcare through the use of technology.As CTO of HARA, Imron leads the technical direction of the company by herding a talented pack of nerds, data scientists, and data engineers. Imron leverages his interests and expertise in mathematics, physics, analytics, and big data technology to continuously advance the company’s unique capabilities and technology solutions. Previously, Imron was the youngest person to hold a director position at one of Indosat’s subsidiaries.
David Soukhasing is the Director of ANGIN, the most active Angel Investment Network in Indonesia which gathers 75 Angels and 33 portfolio companies in Indonesia. He is also the Managing Partner of ANGIN Women Fund, which pioneered the field of gender lens investing in Indonesia. He was previously Investment Manager in charge of Indonesia for LGT VP, a global impact investor supporting organizations with social and environmental impact. Prior to that, David concentrated his work in the Private Equity industry before jumping himself in entrepreneurship. David is also a mentor and Consultant for several organizations in Indonesia: Founder Institute, Ashoka, BEKRAF, Unltd Indonesia, Plug & Play.
