Charles Mok, Executive Director of Computancy Limited
(moderator)
Charles Mok (http://www.charlesmok.hk) is the executive
director of Computancy Limited, a leading new media and Internet
consulting company. Previously, Mr Mok was the Deputy Managing
Director and a co-founder of HKNet Company Limited, one of Hong
Kong’s earliest Internet service providers, that was acquired by
NTT Communications of Japan in 1999.
Mr Charles Mok is the Vice Chairman of The Professional Commons,
the first cross-sector professional think tank focusing on issues of
public interest in Hong Kong. He is also the Chairman of Internet
Society, Hong Kong (ISOC-HK), Honorary President of the Hong Kong
Information Technology Federation (HKITF), chairman of the Health
Information Technology Special Interest Division of the Hong Kong
Computer Society, and a committee member of Engineers Without Borders
(EWB). He was also a past chairman and a co-founder of the Hong Kong
Internet Service Providers Association (HKISPA).
Mr Mok is a member of several key Hong Kong government statutory
bodies or advisory committees, including the Hospital Authority,
Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority,
and CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee. Previously, Mr Mok was a
part-time member of the Central Policy Unit, and a member of the
Consumer Council, Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee, Transport
Advisory Committee, Committee on Economic Development and Economic
Cooperation with the Mainland of the Commission on Strategic
Development, and Trade and Industry Advisory Board. Mr Mok was elected
as a member of the First (1998), Second (2000) and Third (2005)
Election Committees in the IT Subsector.
Mr. Mok graduated from Purdue University in the United States with
Bachelor of Science in Computer and Electrical Engineering and Master
of Science in Electrical Engineering, and worked in the United States
with SunSoft Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation. In 1999, he was
awarded as one of Hong Kong’s "Ten Outstanding Young Digi
Persons”. He also writes extensively on technology, management
and public policy, appearing regularly in the Hong Kong Economic
Journal and Apple Daily. He is also an active blogger since 2004. In
2008 he published his first Chinese book, entitled “Hong Kong 2.0.”
Yuan Li / Managing Editor for cn.WSJ.com, Chinese online
edition of The Wall Street Journal
Li Yuan is the managing editor of cn.wsj.com, the Chinese online
edition of The Wall Street Journal.
A native of China, Ms. Yuan has been with the Journal since 2004,
most recently as a columnist with WSJ.com and before that as a
reporter covering the U.S. telecom industry. She moved back to Beijing
to head the Chinese WSJ website in 2008. Before joining the Journal,
Ms. Yuan was a reporter with Xinhua News Agency, covering events in
Thailand, Laos and Afghanistan, and an editor with Xinhua in Beijing.
She holds a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University,
and a master's in international policy and practice from George
Washington University. Ms Yuan is an avid Sina Weibo twitterer. You
can follow her on http://t.sina.com.cn/cwsj.
Launched in January 2002 and redesigned in December 2008,
Chinese.WSJ.com draws on the editorial resources of Dow Jones’
global news network, while addressing the needs of local readers
through the efforts of a dedicated bilingual team. The website
features the latest in global business and financial news, and is
updated around-the-clock every international business day. Chinese
WSJ.com has more than 1.1 million registered users and is the only
foreign Web site to rank (6th) in the top 10 business and finance
sites in China. (Source: iwebChoice.com/iresearch.cn). The website has
about 450,000 followers on Renren.com and more than 130,000 followers
on Sina Weibo.
Maggie Chiu, China Fashion Blogger
A member of http://www.styleblogger.cn/, which is a group of
style bloggers from across China. Most of the bloggers are
reporters/journalists/editors of top luxury/fashion for publications
in China.
Maggie Chiu started
blogging in 2006, covering topics around fashion and style. Maggie
studied fashion at Parsons, The New York School for Design and learned
publishing & Internet marketing at New York University. She is
currently freelancing for Cosmopolitan, Grazia, International Herald
Tribune, WAY, Elle website, Sina, YOKA, and others.
Blog: YueStyle.com
Weibo: t.sina.com.cn/yuestyle
