ChinICT
Chinese tech conference
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CHINICT (Simplified Chinese: 科技明星在中国 - literally meaning "Tech Stars In China") is a tech conference[1][2] that includes a Hackathon[3][4][5] and focuses 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.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tech Conference |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Founder | Franck Nazikian |
| Headquarters | , |
| Website | www |
Since 2005, CHINICT has been featuring policymakers, financiers, entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists from both China and the West.[8][9][10]
Franck Nazikian
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 and 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 and hackathons[20] which he created in 2011.[21]
