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ATEC: The Preeminent University Alumni Club-Led
Technology Conference ​& Startup Competition in Asia. ​


The Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference (ATEC) is the largest university alumni club-led technology conference and startup competition in Asia. Founded by the Hong Kong and South China university and business school alumni clubs of Harvard, Columbia, MIT and Stanford, ATEC's events are designed to foster active engagement of our alumni with the broader startup ecosystem in Asia, as either founders, mentors or investors.

ATEC believes that technology and entrepreneurship are key pillars in creating long-term value, with these principles being deeply rooted in the reputations of the universities represented by our founding alumni clubs. ATEC's goal is to spur innovation across Asia by delivering events that highlight the most creative minds and promising startups, including those affiliated with our alumni club organizers, that are successfully executing on their regional and global ambitions.

ATEC was created as a merger of two highly successful startup ecosystem events: the Harvard Business School Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) Annual Startup Competition series (founded in 2015) and the Columbia University Asia Technology Conference (founded in 2018). The inaugural ATEC2019 was a landmark event and drew well over 400 attendees.

ATEC is a non-profit organization and all net proceeds from the event go towards the annual prize money for the Startup Competition.

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ATEC Committee
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Steering Committee

Alice Au
 (Harvard), VC Co-Chair
Frank Au (Harvard, Columbia), Steering Chair
Michelle Bang (Harvard), Impact Co-Chair
Connie Cheung (MIT), Tech Co-Chair
Ed Chan (Harvard), Media Co-Chair
Jolie Chow (Harvard), VC Co-Chair
Vicky Chui (Harvard), Program Co-Chair
Olivier Cotard (Harvard), Competition Co-Chair
Chris Fisher* (Columbia), Marketing Co-Chair
Veronica Ge (Stanford), Competition Co-Chair
Shirley Hsu (Columbia), Impact Co-Chair
​Kelvin Lam (Harvard), Sponsorship Co-Chair
John Lin (Columbia), Sponsorship Co-Chair
Song Li (Columbia), Marketing Co-Chair
Voon Siang Lee (Harvard), Program Co-Chair
Debra Mao (Harvard), Media Co-Chair
Eric Poon (Harvard), VC Co-Chair
Chibo Tang* (Harvard), Competition Co-Chair
Henry Tan* (MIT), Competition/Tech Co-Chair
Louisa Zhang* (Columbia), Program Co-Chair
Yan Zhao 
(Stanford), Sponsorship Co-Chair

*Semi-Finalist Selection Committee Member

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Advisory Council

Daniel Auerbach (Harvard), Eight Roads
Jimmy Chang (MIT), Jeneration Capital
Max Chen (Harvard), Primavera
Anna Fang (Columbia), ZhenFund
Danny Lee (Columbia), Blue Pool Capital
Gabriel Li (Stanford), Orchid Asia
Judith Li (Harvard), Lilly Asia Ventures
Nick Nash (Stanford), Asia Partners
Richard Song (Columbia), Altos Ventures
Chibo Tang (Harvard), Gobi Partners


Organizing Committee

Eran Benichou (Harvard)
Ran Cao (MIT)
​Damian Chan (MIT)
Brian Chen (Columbia)
Flora Chiu (MIT)
Emi Fong (Harvard / MIT)

Aayesha Ghanekar (Harvard)
Damien Horth (Harvard)
​KY Kwan (Columbia)
Chase Lin (Cornell)
Kelly Liang (MIT)

Yanjun Ma (Harvard)
Tom Sze (Harvard)
Kingsley Wong (Harvard)
Haining Yin (Harvard)


​Special Contributors

Philo Alto 
Lawrence Lee 
Emma Cheung
Ethan Lin
About ATEC
The Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference (ATEC) is the largest university alumni-club led technology conference and startup competition in Asia.  Founded by the Hong Kong and South China university and business school alumni clubs of Harvard, Columbia, MIT and Stanford, ATEC's events are designed to foster active engagement of our alumni with the broader startup ecosystem in Asia, as either founders, mentors or investors.
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