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CHINICT is an international conference hosted in Beijing. Founded by Frank Nazikian a few years ago, this conference aims at gathering people around sharing that entrepreneurship state of mind and create synergies between all of them.

Here is a short part of an interview of Frank Nazikian, in december, in which he explains how he came up with that amazing idea of CHINICT :

[…] I quickly understood that I didn’t understand anything.  I didn’t understand the country, the culture, I had no network.   I didn’t know “who was who.”  In China, relationships are important.  This is not that unique to China.  In all countries I’ve worked in, it is very important to know who you can trust or not trust.

My conclusion was that I needed to get connected to the main players in the field.  I proceeded to organize an event that I would have wanted to go to, with the right players in six key categories:

• Government
• Media
• Venture capital
• Stock exchange
• Service providers (lawyers/accountants)
• Fortune 100 sized Information Technology companies

Great idea, isn’t it?

This year, CHINICT 2009 will see some of these stars:

• Gary Locke, US Secretary of Commerce
• Zhao Fengtong, Vice Mayor, Beijing Municipal Government
• Michael Barbalas President, American Chamber of Commerce
• Serge Abou, EU Ambassador to China
• Steve Ballmer - Microsoft CEO (video intervention)
• Nigel Burton - Microsoft General Manager Evangelism
• John Spelich, VP International Corporate Affairs - Alibaba
• Cheng Bing Hao, CEO - Kaixin001
• James Liu, COO of Oak Pacific Interactive - Xiaonei
• Andy Yao, VP - 51
• ZhiKang Dai - Discuz / Manyou
• Victor Koo, CEO - Youku
• Gary Wang, CEO - Tudou
• Michael Chi, CEO - Perfect World
• Inga Han, Deputy Director - Nyse-Euronext
• Simon Zhang, Managing Director - London Stock Exchange / AIM
• Guang Xun Xu - Managing Director Nasdaq
• Kejian Chao, Managing Director - Shanghai Stock Exchange
• Ren Guang Ming - Managing Director - Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder of Wikipedia
• Andrew Lih, Author

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