CEO, The ICEHOUSE (Auckland)

Andrew Hamilton was the founding CEO of The ICEHOUSE in 2001. The ICEHOUSE is a business growth centre that creates learning environments for entrepreneurial firms to enable them to significantly grow their companies. It is a charitable trust founded in New Zealand by the University of Auckland Business School and some well known New Zealand and International Companies – BNZ, The Boston Consulting Group, Ernst & Young, HP, Microsoft, Minter Ellison ...

Head of Studios at Disney Mobile; co-founder of iphone apps company Tapulous (Palo Alto)

Andrew Lacy is Senior Vice President and Head of Studios for Disney Mobile, a division of the Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG). Andrew was the COO and Co-Founder of Tapulous, a Palo Alto-based start-up company acquired by DIMG in July 2010. As COO, Andrew managed all business operations and drove the strategic vision and execution behind product development and monetization of social games and apps for the iPhone, most notably Tap...

New Media Researcher, Consultant and Technology Author (Beijing)

After a decade in academia as a professor of journalism and media studies, he has spent two years researching and writing the book The Wikipedia Revolution: How a bunch of nobodies created the world’s greatest encyclopedia, (Hyperion 2009) the only nonfiction narrative account about the online community that has created one of the most influential Web sites in the world. After founding one of...

Founder and Director, Inspidea (Kuala Lumpur)

Andrew Ooi is the Founder and Director of Inspidea where he is responsible for developing the company’s animation properties, including all aspects of production. His previous producer credits include Johan the Young Scientist, three seasons of Mustang Mama, Mat Kacau and Boo & Me. All these programmes have been accepted by international agencies and networks including Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Al Jazeera Children’s Channel, the BBC, Astro...

Director of Business Development, Gowalla (New York)

Born with the gift of gab, raised with an overdeveloped self esteem, Andy Ellwood works hard to connect Good People with Great Opportunities.  He has been privileged to work with high calibre individuals throughout his career and brings his broad skill set, global network, and unbridled determination to Gowalla as the Director of Business Development. Gowalla is a social network inspiring people to discover and share amazing places with...

Managing Director of Red Pagoda Resources LLC and Organiser at Startup Weekend Beijing (Beijing)

Andy is the founder of Red Pagoda Resources, a talent acquisition business that helps VC-backed companies in China identify and hire exceptional talent.   He has lived in Greater China for more than seven years, working primarily in private equity where he conducted operational and financial due diligence on acquisition candidates in health care, media and real estate for a prominent Hong Kong family. Andy also helped set up and...

Producer - Hungry Beast (Sydney)

Andy Nehl is the series producer of Hungry Beast, a multi-platform hybrid-current affairs program for ABC TV Australia. Hungry Beast screens on TV, the web, mobile and third party sites. It integrates audience produced content on TV and the website, and makes...

Co-founder, Wikia.com; Chair, Advisory Board, Wikimedia Foundation (Sydney)

Angela Beesley is a groundbreaking Internet entrepreneur. In 2004, Angela created Wikia.com with Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.  Wikia has since become the number one destination for community-created wiki sites, hosting 12,000 public wikis in 100 different languages and reaching 30 million people per month.  Wikia hosts the world’s largest community-created wikis including encyclopedias of Star Wars, Star Trek, the Marvel Database Project, and guides to the world...

Founder of 360 Fashion (London, Beijing)

Anina is an international model with a passion for technology. Her most recent work is visible in DEdiCate magazine, shot by Andrea Giacobbe, and Russian Harper's Bazaar, shot by Iris Brosch. She is about to travel to new york city for the fashion week in order to launch her new mobile game, ANINA DRESS UP. She will be followed during the fashion week by a team from PBS TELEVISION,...

Innovation Consultant, Co-Founder of We Are ULTRA, World leader in Eco-Fashion (Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai, Sydney)

Anita is an Innovation Consultant at How to Impact; Founder of the award winning ‘We Are ULTRA’ sustainable collective, ‘ENTER’ performance art experiment and ‘SHE EATS HERE’ online and offline platform. Anita has experience across China, South East Asia, the US, Australia, Afghanistan and Europe with clients that include Nike, the Red Cross, Nokia, GAP, BMW, Canon, Converse, Westfield, Bayer, UHCR, LOHAS, MATRADE and...