A TECH TOUR TO ASIA FOR AUSSIES
SINGAPORE-CHINA PROGRAM SEPTEMBER 5-12th, 2015
8 Days - 3 Cities - 15 People
AsiaRecon is a program set up to help foster, develop, and build Australia’s engagement across the technology, innovation and entrepreneurial sector within Asia by promoting the transfer of people, ideas and capital.
Like a real reconnaissance mission, the goal is to take the best representatives from Australia, to visit the most exciting technology and innovation hubs across Asia.
The AsiaRecon concept is an interactive program developed for Australian entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and other ecosystem contributors.
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Highlights from AsiaRecon 2015
 Startup Spaze - SingaporeAsiaRecon at Startup Spaze, an incubator and community that provides funding, mentorship and co-working for startups and entrepreneurs. |  Innovation Works - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon meeting with Ms. Puyu Li, Chief Financial Officer at Innovation Works, a Beijing-based incubator and venture capital firm dedicated to nurturing Chinese startups. |  Sequoia Capital (India) - SingaporeAsiaRecon hear from Mr. Yinglan Tan, Venture Partner from Sequoia Capital (India) based out of Singapore. |
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 BASH - SingaporeGetting ready for a presentation with Mr. Parin Mehta Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Google APAC, headquartered out of Singapore. |  BASH - SingaporeAsiaRecon getting the tour of Singapore's biggest all-in-one startup facility, an initiative by the Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd (IIPL), the investment arm of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). |  BASH - SingaporeAsiaRecon and Infocomm Investments staff at BASH |
 Garage Cafe - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon delegates visit Garage Cafe, a startup hotbed located in the Zhongguancun ,an area often dubbed the Silicon Valley of China. |  K&W Mallesons - Shanghai, ChinaHearing from Mr. David Olsson China Practice Consultant and former Managing Partner at King & Wood Mallesons on the importance of Asia engagement. |  Fudan University - Shanghai, ChinaAsiaRecon and staff with Ms Yang Qiuping from Fudan University Software Park Innovation Base. |
 Fudan University - Shanghai, ChinaAsiaRecon delegates hear from Ms Yang Qiuping General Manager at Fudan University Software Park. |  Fudan University - Shanghai, ChinaAsiaRecon delegates hear from Ms Yang Qiuping General Manager at Fudan University Software Park. |  Tezign - Shanghai, ChinaAsiaRecon being pitched by local startup Tezign, Technology + Design, aims to provide a simple and precise service matching clients with the best designers precisely and simply. |
 Tezign - Shanghai, ChinaAsiaRecon with the team from Tezign. |  Baidu - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon with Mr Kaiser Kuo Director of International Communications at Baidu. |  Baidu - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon gets a rare opportunity to get the campus tour at Baidu with Mr Kaiser Kuo Director of International Communications at Baidu. |
 Binggo Cafe - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon learns about how Binggo Cafe functions, an incubator service that had helped over 400 startups as of the end of 2014. There are over 20 such incubators in the same street at InnoWay. |  Binggo Cafe - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon delegates with guests, and panelists from the earlier fireside chat "perspectives of doing a startup in China". |  Bingo Cafe - Beijing, ChinaHearing our first fireside chat of the evening with Joanna Wei from Makerspace and Coco from Tech Temple shared their thoughts on the foreigner’s perspective of doing a startup in China. This chat was moderated by Cate Cadell from TechNode. |
 Cadwalader - Beijing, ChinaAsiaRecon hear from Rocky Lee Asia Managing Partner and Corporate Practice Head Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. |  People Squared - Shanghai, China.People Squared is a co-working space that allows small businesses and individuals to work in a friendly and comfortable environment. At People Squared, you have the best elements of a coffee shop (social, comfortable) and a workspace (quiet, productive) combined in one space. |  Alibaba - Shanghai, ChinaHearing from Qian Yi, International Marketing and Business Development Director at Alibaba |
 muru-D - SingaporeGroup photo with muru-D team at our first community event |  muru-D - SingaporeCommunity event at muru-D - Singapore with distinguished speakers from Google, Temasek, muru-D, Golden Gate Ventures and Analyse Asia. |  muru-D - SingaporeOur first community event at muru-D in Singapore. |
 muru-D - SingaporeOur first community event at muru-D in Singapore. |  The Great Wall - Mutianyu, ChinaSome of the delegates pose for a group photo |  The Great Wall - Mutianyu, ChinaCo-Founders Mathew Benjamin and Jason Lim hanging out on The Great Wall at Mutianyu, China. |
 Pre-departure briefing, SydneyCo-founder Jason Lim opening up the pre-departure debrief session at ATP Innovations in Sydney, Australia. |
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Shanghai
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Singapore-China Program 2015
The first AsiaRecon Tour aims to take a group of delegates on a 8-day tour to 3 key Asian tech start-up hubs, Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing in September 2015. The tour will take delegates to visit tech company offices, start-up offices, innovation labs, incubators and accelerators, co-working spaces and tech parks within each buzzing city.
From entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, accelerators and incubator managers, government representatives & policy advisors, universities and research institutions, delegates will be exposed to a wide range of perspectives.
The delegates will spend 2-3 days in each city meeting some of Asia’s most influential entrepreneurs, investors and their advisors to learn what is really going on in the world’s most exciting region.
Some of the confirmed host partners include: Innovation Works, a US$500 Million investment fund and the most prestigious incubator in China; Baidu, China’s s answer to Google; Innovation X, a global innovation platform backed by the CocaCola Company; and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), the Singaporean government agency responsible for setting the stage for Singapore to be the World’s First Smart Nation.
The team will ensure that delegates do not get worn out too easily, so they have included time for delegates to enjoy the local Asian culture, food and the local sights with their new Asia Recon friends. To wrap up the program, the tour will finish by visiting the Great Wall of China.
Each delegate for the inaugural Singapore China Program 2015 has been selected through a competitive application process.