Mr. Ted Zhang is co-founder and CEO of DerbySoft with more than seventeen years of experience in travel distribution as well as years of engineering experience in Silicon Valley. In December 2002, Ted and his partner Mr. Feng Ou founded DerbySoft, a leading technology company enables travel companies to work together through technology and innovation. DerbySoft is the leading provider of high-performance distribution and digital marketing services for the hotel industry.

Shiwei Zhou is the Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Development at Trip.com. He leads the company’s strategic merger & acquisition activity. The projects he was involved with include the merger of Tongcheng & eLong and its subsequent Hong Kong IPO， the MakeMyTrip/Ctrip share swap transaction with Naspers, and the acquisition of Trip.com. Previously, he also led Trip.com’s investor relations department, which was recognized by Institutional Investor’s 2017 All-Asia Executive Team Ranking as one of the best investor relations programs in the Internet category. Before joining Trip.com, he worked in equity research on both the buy side and the sell side in the US, covering technology, real estate, and hospitality stocks. Prior to that, he worked in a private investment fund, investing in US real estate assets. Mr. Zhou received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California, a Master of Science from Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Tongji University. He is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA).

Darren Qiu is CIO of Spring Group. He has extensive experience in enterprise informatization construction for nearly 20 years. Since joining Spring International Travel Service in 2003, he has had 18 years' experience in aviation and tourism informatization. He is familiar with the structure, design, IT technology structure and software development and management process of airlines and travel agencies informatization products and projects. Since 2005, he has been responsible for the self-service research and development of Spring Airlines PSS (Passenger Service System), including reservation system, distribution system, settlement system, order system, departure system, auxiliary product system, membership system, flight management subsystems. Responsible for the establishment of Spring Airlines e-commerce system. He has been appointed CIO of Spring Group since 2017.

Mr. Tony Jiang is a co-founder and partner at Ocean Link, a private equity firm with a focus on travel and consumer related industries. He currently serves on the board of several Ocean Link portfolio companies, including Mafengwo, New Century Kaiyuan Hotels, Ruby Hotels & Resorts, Yitiao, and eHi Car Rental. Prior to founding Ocean Link, Mr. Jiang was with The Carlyle Group from 2006 to 2016 focused on private equity investments in Asia. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jiang worked in the investment banking division of Deutsche Bank. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.

Mr. Michael Zhu is Vice President at New Century Hotels & Resorts. He is responsible for strategic cooperation, start-up incubation, quality control, product R&D and management optimization. Prior to New Century Hotels & Resorts, Michael was SVP at Huazhu, COO of WeHotel at Jinjiang, VP at Interstate China, GM of IT at Wanda, as well as CIO at Jinling. Michael was also responsible for 6 sigma & IT management at Starwood. With more than 20 years’ experience in hospitality industry, Michael is also a Guest Mentor at Nankai University, and Columnist for TravelDaily, Reader & Review, etc.

Mr. Jay You is the founder of J&R Capital and has been served for 7 years as the lead partner of consumer sector for Yuantai Investment Partners Evergreen Fund. Mr. Jay You has 20 years of professional experience spanning over management consulting, IT services, and investment banking with a special focus on online travel market.

Chen is currently spearheading Plug and Play Tech Center's startup accelerator and investment activities in China. He manages a team that are specialized in both growing local technology startups and helping cutting edge global companies enter into and expand their businesses in China market. Since 2015, Plug and Play China has been in operation in 8 cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, etc.), and Chen’s led and participated in investment and cross-border acceleration of over 100 startups in both China and the U.S., including Hexaflake AIGPU, Flexiv Robotics, ZifiSense, Authing, Xpower，Archifiction, Zhen Robotics, Yours Robotics, NRJ Nano Tech，King Weather, Woobo, AutoX, etc. Prior to Plug and Play, Chen worked as the team lead and Sr. Software Engineer at Investment Technology Group (NYSE:ITG), where he led a development team in designing and implementing various Equity and Foreign Exchange trading analytics applications for institutional investment firms. Chen holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management, MS from USC and BS from Beihang University in Computer Science.