BóLè Forum, 8th March 2019 

Featuring early investors of Airbnb, Alibaba, Bilibili, Ctrip, Dianping, Grab, JD Finance, Meitu, NXP, Uber, Xiaomi, and others.

John Tsang, the longest-serving Financial Secretary of HKSAR and Founder of Esperanza, to speak on The Roles and Responsibilities of New Economy Businesses.

Discuss and debate with awarding-winning entrepreneurship experts and practitioners, and experience what happens when "theory meets practice, when East meets West".  

AGENDA:
(Subject to change with additional speakers)

1:00pm   Networking Lunch and Registration

2:00pm   Welcome from Chicago Booth Angels Network

2:15pm   Keynote by Bala Srinivasan, PhD ‘95, Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, Chief International Officer, Deputy Provost, and Interim Head of the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago

Moderator: Angie Lau, Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Forkast.News 

2:45pm   Founders Speak Up: Selecting and Managing Investors

Featuring:
Lavine Hamlani, AB '15, Gen T 2018: CEO and Co-Founder, Xccelerate
Kelvin Lam, Best Grand Lifestyle Award 2017: CEO and Co-Founder, FeedMe Guru
Danny Yeung, SCMP/DHL Business Award 2018: CEO and Co-Founder, Prenetics
Moderator: Lee Williamson, Editor of Generation T, Asia Tatler

3:30pm   Networking and Refreshments

4:00pm   Keynote by Teck Loon Goh, Head of Investor Relations, GGV Capital

4:20pm   Back-to-School with Waverly Deutsch, Clinical Professor and Academic Director of University-wide Entrepreneurship Content, University of Chicago

4:45pm   Chicago Booth All-Star Investor Series: From Theory to Practice

Featuring:
Dave Chenn, MBA ‘00, Top 10 Reformer of China’s Growth 2017: Founder, CEO and Managing Partner, Oceanpine Capital
JP Gan, MBA ‘99, #8 Forbes Midas List 2018: Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners
Sean Lu, MBA ‘00, President, China Momentum Fund, Fosun Group

Moderator: Waverly Deutsch, Clinical Professor and Academic Director of University-wide Entrepreneurship Content, University of Chicago

5:30pm   Keynote by John Tsang, Founder, Esperanza, and Former Financial Secretary, HKSAR 
5:50pm   Sunset Happy Hour 

The Story of BóLè (伯樂相馬):

The Forum's name, BóLè, is inspired by an old Chinese idiom. It signifies visionary who possesses sharp eyes for talent (before anyone else) and who empowers such talent with the guidance and the opportunities to flourish — qualities that we want to find, celebrate and harness at the Chicago Booth Angels Network. At the inaugural BóLè Forum, we have invited an exclusive group of BóLè from around the world to Hong Kong this spring. 
 

What Makes the BóLè Forum Unique:

Winner's Blessings - Award-winning speakers and experts candidly speak about their successes and lessons learned in their years of battles.
Theory + Practice - How and to what extent practitioners apply investment and entrepreneurship theories in the real world to stand out as “best-in-class”.
East Meets West - Similarities and differences among China, US and Europe investors, and their impact on cross- border innovations.