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Date
Day 1 - 24
th
November 2015 (Tuesday)
Session
Session 1: ‘Online-to-Offline Revolution"’
Time
12:05-12:25
Format
Individual Presentation
Topic
Global Opportunities in O2O Retail
Speaker
Mr. Jason Chiu
Chief Executive Officer, cherrypicks
Jason is the founder and CEO of cherrypicks, a leading mobile technology and
mobile commerce innovator in the Asia-Pacific region. Jason is an industry icon in
Hong Kong well known for his successful entrepreneurial experience in mobile
innovation and technology. With disruptive Online-to-Offline (O2O) solutions and
patent-pending products and technology inventions, the company is well recognized
as the industry leader in both Information, Communications and Technology (ICT)
and Digital Marketing industry and has represented Hong Kong and China in many
world stages. cherrypicks has won over 100 local and global awards and
recognitions in the past four years. The early entrepreneurial journey of the
company was also featured as a Harvard Business School case study (#N9-807-
106). cherrypicks has applied for over 20 patents in mobile and O2O technologies
and innovations. In June 2014, cherrypicks announced a strategic merger of its
solution business with NetDragon Websoft Inc. while keeping its product business.
After the merger, Jason continues to lead both units of the company to reach greater
heights. Prior to founding cherrypicks in 2000, Jason was a Director for Global High
Tech and Telecom Practice at Deloitte Consulting in Toronto and Hong Kong. Jason
holds a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree from the University of Waterloo. Jason
was named “Young Industrialist of Hong Kong 2014” by Federation of Hong Kong
Industries (FHKI) and “Outstanding IT Person of the Year 2014” by eZone. He is the
Chairman of Group 30 "Creative Industries" of FHKI, a member of Innovation and
Technology Fund - General Support Programme Vetting Committee and Small
Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme Project Assessment Panel, the
Task Force on Industry Facilitation of OGCIO Digital 21 Strategy Advisory
Committee, the General Committee of FHKI, the Design and Technology Committee
of the Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council, the Honorary Advisory Council of
Hong Kong Computer Society, and the Departmental Advisory Committee for
Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong. He is also a
mentor, an advisor and an investor for a number of startups, incubators and co-
working spaces in Hong Kong.