CHINICT
(Simplified Chinese: 科技明星在中国 - literally meaning "Tech Stars In
China") is a conference[1][2] including a Hackathon[3][4][5] focused on
the China tech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.[6][7] CHINICT takes
place once a year at the end of May in Beijing at Tsinghua University Science
Park.
Since 2005, CHINICT
has been featuring policy-makers, financiers, entrepreneurs, innovators and
technologists both from China and the West - including Eduardo
Saverin,[8][9][10] Christine Lagarde,[11][12] Kai-Fu Lee,[13] Victor Koo,[14]
Dave McClure,[15] Kaiser Kuo,[16] Tim Draper,[17] Mark Suster,[18] Daniel
Wu[19] - as well as key executives from Google,[20] Microsoft,[21]
Baidu,[22][23][24] Alibaba,[25] Yahoo,[26] Youku,[27] BlackBerry,[28]
Tencent,[29] [30] Sina,[31] AngelList,[32] Aigo,[33] Linkedin,[34] Zhongguancun
Science Park,[35][36] Nokia,[37] Kaixin001,[38] Qunar[39] Viadeo,[40]
PPLive,[41] Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,[42] Nasdaq,[43] London Stock
Exchange,[44] the United Nations,[45] Intel Capital,[46] Steamboat
Ventures,[47] Silicon Valley Bank,[48] Softbank,[49] Playfish,[50]
Kongzhong,[51] Phoenix Television,[52] Beijing University,[53] Qihoo,[54] China
E-Commerce Association,[55] Tsinghua University.[56]
The CHINICT
conference is also live-streamed throughout major media such as TechCrunch,[57]
InformationWeek,[58] Les Echos,[59][60] Sina,[61] Tencent,[62] Sohu,[63]
Netease,[64] Xinhua News Agency,[65] People's Daily.[66]
Franck Nazikian
Franck Nazikian (Simplified Chinese: 方克纳）is the founder &
president[67][68][69] of CHINICT[70][71][72]
- he has been running since 2005.[73][74] Franck is also the founder of
DEVELOPNEUR[75] - a series of pitch competitions & hackathons[76] - he
created in 2011.[77]
In 2012, Franck Nazikian was invited by Liu Qi, member of
the CPC Politburo and former President[78] of the Beijing Olympics Organizing
Committee, and Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of China, as a
distinguished guest at the Great Hall of the People.[79]
Prior to CHINICT
[80] and DEVELOPNEUR, together with Renaud Laplanche, Franck co-founded
TripleHop Technologies, acquired by Oracle.[81] Franck also served as a
managing director at Gemplus International, making venture capital investments
in tech companies.
Franck is supporting different charity organizations -
including the United Nations's World Food Programme.[82]
