What happened in TechFest — Vietnam Frontier Tech Summit 2019

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5 min readDec 6, 2019

TechFest — Vietnam Frontier Tech Summit 2019 curated by YellowBlocks has come to a great end, thanks for your participation and support

HIGHLIGHTS:

🔸Engaged directly and learned from top global speakers about the power of frontier tech, the ABCD (AI — Blockchain — Cloud — Data), Smart Cities, Digital Transformation as well as the future trends of the innovative startup ecosystem in Vietnam and Asia.
🔸With our strategic partners our key advisors David Lang, Tony Wheeler explored why Southeast Asia (especially Vietnam) is looked as a highly prospective alternative destination for investment capital
🔸Joined the VVIP Discussion with more than 100 VVIPs from government and investors/ VC / across the region for idea-sharing and relationship-building to broaden the impacts on the innovation and startup ecosystem in Vietnam
🔸North Ridge Partners x YellowBlocks announced the Vietnamese version of 2019 SEA Internet Trends: http://bit.ly/yb1912

On behalf of the event organizers, we would like to send a sincerely thank you to our beloved partners: DealRoom (platform for event matchmaking, networking and beyond), ImprintCS, AeSA, XnTree, North Ridge Partners, SGInnovate, Momentum Works, CIO Academy Asia, ImagineX Ventures and media partners Krasia, Nhip Cau Dau Tu, The Face, ABCD Tech. Thank you for your contribution and hope to meet you all again soon 😘

Now, let’s bring back the great moments and feel free to spread them out!

Check out the full album at http://bit.ly/fullyb20

It’s our honor to join #TechFest 2019 — Day 0 VIP events with more than 100 VVIPs from government and investors/ VC / across the region and by invitation only.

Ms. Doan Kieu My — YellowBlocks’ founder and Mr. Peter Chun — the President of World Smart Cities Forum (WSCF) had a discussion session with Mr. Tran Van Tung — Deputy Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology Vietnam (MOST).

Then, Mr. Chris Tran — Head of Corporate Finance Asia of North Ridge Partners — YellowBlocks’ partner and Mr. Tony Wheeler — YellowBlocks’ advisor were sharing their expert views on Vietnam Startup and Investment Ecosystem in 2025.

As other events of YellowBlocks, we started with a cozy networking time

In the strategic partnerships between North Ridge Partners and YellowBlocks, we announced the Vietnamese version of 2019 SEA Internet Trends

👉Read now on Issuu: http://bit.ly/yb1912
👉This report is available in ENGLISH: http://bit.ly/yb19e

We enjoyed Techfest moments

Mr. David Lang, CEO, ImprintCS and Advisor, AT&T, Fortune 100 and YellowBlocks kicked off the event with his opening Keynote: The Power of ABCDs in unleashing multi-billion revenue stream for enterprises (AI-Blockchain-Cloud-Data

Then, Mr. Peter Chun, President, World Smart Cities Forum (WSCF) and Founder, XnTree came on stage and shared his insightful keynote: How Smart cities initiatives can raise more Unicorns for Vietnam?

Mr. Chris Tran, Head of Corporate Finance Asia, North Ridge Partners came on stage and shared the highlights of 2019 Southeast Asia Internet Trends.

And in the strategic partnerships between North Ridge Partners and YellowBlocks, we announced the Vietnamese version of 2019 SEA Internet Trends

👉Read now on Issuu: http://bit.ly/yb1912
👉This report is available in ENGLISH: http://bit.ly/yb19e

Our founder Doan Kieu My came on stage and shared her sharp-witted views on a keynote: Vietnam — The Destination of Emerging Tech?

Before the break-time, we had a nice panel discussion with these savvy tech geeks.

Panel discussion: How to unleash potentials of Vietnam through ecosystem building strategies

Moderator: Kimiko Doan, Founder, YellowBlocks
Panelists:
1. Chris Tran, Head of Corporate Finance Asia, North Ridge Partners
2. Tony Wheeler, Founder & CEO, ImagineX Ventures
3. Tuan Nguyen, Deputy Director, SGInnovate

Back to the second part of the event, we were inspired with the keynote: Smart Cities in Asia — How could countries and cities learn from each other — from Ms. Yorlin Ng, COO, Momentum Works

Then, Mr. Aik Lim Low, Director, CIO Academy Asia brought to us the profound insights about Smart Cities and Digital Transformation in Singapore.

Last but not least, Mr. Tuan Nguyen, Deputy Director, SGInnovate completed the TechFest — Vietnam Frontier Tech Summit 2019 with his inspiring keynote: How to harness the power of Deep Tech, AI & Data for Good

TechFest — Vietnam Frontier Tech Summit 2019 curated by YellowBlocks has come to a great end, thanks for your participation and support!

🔸TechFest is the biggest annual tech & innovation event organized by The Ministry of Science & Technology of Vietnam. TechFest 2019 will present the overall picture of the innovative startup ecosystem in Vietnamese through a series of exciting events.

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