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.

CHINICT - Tech Stars in China
Company typePrivate
IndustryTech Conference
Founded2005
FounderFranck Nazikian
Headquarters,
Websitewww.chinict.org
CHINICT's Stars, Rising Stars & Hackathon Award Winners

Since 2005, CHINICT has been featuring policy-makers, financiers, entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists both from China and the West.[8][9][10]

CHINICT was acquired by GSMA.[11]

Franck Nazikian

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The conference was founded in 2005 by Franck Nazikian (Simplified Chinese: 方克纳),[12][13][14][15][16][17] a tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the CEO & co-founder of WowTune, a company focused on creating VR singing and spoken voices, and several other Web3 enterprises.[18] Together with Renaud Laplanche, Franck co-founded TripleHop Technologies, acquired by Oracle.[19] Franck also served as a managing director at Gemplus International, making venture capital investments in tech companies, and runs DEVELOPNEUR,[4] a series of pitch competitions & hackathons[20] which he created in 2011.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "CHINICT: China's largest tech conference will be livestreaming on TechCrunch". TechCrunch. 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  2. ^ CHINICT on Tumblr. Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Feature Report on CHINICT - China's largest tech conference. CNC World
  4. ^ a b "Hackathon + "DEVELOPNEUR" = Best Seed-Stage Investment Opportunities?". HuffPost. 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  5. ^ China's innovation challenge. CNC World Archived 2013-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Silicon Valley really is here and now - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  7. ^ Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning. Fortune (magazine)
  8. ^ "CHINICT: China's biggest tech conference, streaming right here on TechCrunch". TechCrunch. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  9. ^ CHINICT China Technology Live On TechWeb TV. InformationWeek
  10. ^ PEOPLE'S DAILY live coverage of CHINICT. People's Daily
  11. ^ "ChinICT". Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  12. ^ Franck Nazikian  : « La Chine est devenue une nouvelle Silicon Valley ». Les Échos (France)
  13. ^ 中国互联网备军国际化. Forbes Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "If you can make it in China, you can make it anywhere - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  15. ^ "CHINICT: China's largest tech conference will be livestreaming on TechCrunch". TechCrunch. 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  16. ^ "Silicon Valley really is here and now - Chinadaily.com.cn". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  17. ^ Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning. Fortune (magazine)
  18. ^ "Franck Nazikian | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  19. ^ Oracle and TripleHop. Oracle
  20. ^ Developers, Entrepreneurs, Executives & Investors Talk About DEVELOPNEUR.
  21. ^ DEVELOPNEUR Official Website.
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