Expertise:
Macroeconomics, International Finance, FinTech

The speaker is a Ph.D. in Economics from Taipei University, and is currently an associate researcher and the director of Research Division VI of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research. Driven by his striving interest in economics, he makes unique observations and provides insights in current economic trends and developments of the international economy, general finance, and early-stage investment. Many well-known newspapers and magazines have published his articles related to the general economy, financial technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. He is often invited to universities and major enterprises to give speeches, and also does interviews with mainstream media. In his leisure time, he likes reading, playing basketball and running. He is a truly determined, unstoppable economist.

Expertise:
Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Startup Investment, Emerging Technologies

Ping-Hang (Eric) Fan is the Deputy Director of Div. VI at Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), and the director of two venture funds, AppWorks Fund II and Harbinger Venture Fund VI. TIER was established in 1976 by Dr. Chen-Fu Koo as the first and by far the largest private independent economic think tank in Taiwan.
Eric also leads several government projects, which aim to promote early-stage investment and startup ecosystem in Taiwan. He is responsible for conducting the early-stage investment database, research analysis, and startup fundraising events. In addition, he covers the research of emerging technologies, innovation and entrepreneurship policies, and angel/venture capital investment.

Expertise:

Enterprise Organization

• Operation Management, and Strategic Planning
• Organization reengineering and Innovation
• Channel Business
• Execution, Decision-Making, and Communication Skills
• Team Motivation

Angel Investment

• Business Model
• Fund Raising and Management
• Team Pre-scream & Due Diligence

Psychological Counseling

• Focus Solutions
• Communication Mode. NLP, Hypnotherapy
• Self-exploration and awareness

Ivy has held 20 years of senior executive positions in Microsoft, Autodesk, and Check Point and has expertise in strategic management and sales, operational strategy planning and execution. She has outstanding performance in the workplace and repeated recognition.
After that, Ivy founded the first angel investment company in Taiwan, and has successfully invested in 21 new start-up companies over the past 10 years within the technology and medical biotechnology industries.
Currently, Ivy serves as a General Partner and Director of Taipei Angels Investment Co. and is responsible for strategic investing. Ivy is also an entrepreneurial consultant at the TAcc+ accelerator under the ITRI; and one of the members of the SITI / GISA Review Committee of Department of Economic Development, Taipei City Government. Aside from listed profession, Ivy is also dedicated to mental health, and serves as a qualified counselor.

Jason joined Darwin Venture in January, 2020, in charge of investment in digital economy, data, software, and automotive related industry. The investment range from seed to series B stage. Since 2022, Jason serves as partner of Darwin Angel Investment fund. Due to the endeavor in digital economy, Jason also serves as the Director of Taiwan Digital Media Association.
From 2012 to 2019, Jason served as the manager of Garage+ incubator and liaison office of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) at Epoch Foundation. He was responsible of portfolio management, investor and corporate partnership. He had supported more than 350+ start-ups, including 150 international start-ups, in AI, BigData, IoT, Digital Health, and lifestyle fields. The average funding rate reach to 75%. Prior to Garage+, Jason used to work at YFY Group (Yuen Foong Yu) for new business development from 2005 to 2007. Jason also joined 3 start-ups in mobile and telecom industries between 2007 and 2010. He also served as advisor and mentor in several universities, companies, and government projects in recent years.
Jason received his MBA degree from National Chiao Tung University in 2009 and BBA from National Taiwan University in 2007. He had participated in Ph.D programs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship from University of Nottingham in 2018 and Strategy Management from National Taiwan University in 2010.

Expertise:

• Startup Fundraising
• Food & Beverage Industry
• AgriFood Tech Global Investment Trends

Victor is the founder & CEO of Foodland Ventures - the first AgriFood tech VC & accelerator in Taiwan. He’s a serial entrepreneur in both the food and tech industries. With extensive experience in entrepreneurship and community building, he connects AgriFood tech founders to global industry resources.

During his tenure at Wistron, Eric served as product manager and business executive, as well as the special assistant to the Chairman. He also served as president, and business unit president of Wistron's subsidiary, Wistron Optronics. He is currently in-charge of the corporate early-stage investment and accelerator-related projects.
In his more than 30 years of career, he has focused on electronic manufacturing strategy and corporate development in the early years, and in the last decade, he has devoted himself to the new venture community in Taiwan. With the support of Chairman Simon, the Corporate Investment Office was established in early 2021 and the Wistron Accelerator Program was launched, dedicated to establishing a new operating model for CVCs in Taiwan and adding friendly seeds to the entrepreneurial environment.
He enjoys reading, traveling, walking, and thinking, and he often says that "it's all about learning from new ideas".

Expertise:
Soft-landing services, Space management, Employment Gold Card

Jonathan has been a key supporter of the Taiwan startup ecosystem with a focus on overseas entrepreneurs coming into Taiwan.
After returning from the US and the UK in 2010, he co-founded FutureWard Coworking space in 2016, and was the Operations Director at Taiwan Tech Arena from 2018 to February of 2022. Since 2020, he is the Director of the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office, responsible for the Gold Card work and resident visa program under National Development Council.
Jonathan is also an angel investor with diverse investments in solar energy, software services, blockchain applications, as well as being involved in multiple Taiwan VC funds. His collective experiences span many industries of which he is happy to share with others.

Expertise:

• Business Plan
• Startup Incubation
• Venture Capital

Rosita has worked in VC industry and Startup incubation for many years. She is currently the Project Director of The Business Angel Investment Program, NDF and Huatung Investment Program, SMEA, MOEA.

Expertise:
Business Model, From Vision to Action

Experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Skilled in Business Planning, Sales Management, Strategic Partnerships, and Start-ups. Strong consulting professional with semiconductor industry field experience.

Expertise:

• Build connections with industries and investors
• Operate the incubator program
• Integrate the startup resources

Since joining the Epoch Foundation in 2013, Ms. Yang has been operating the Garage+ incubator program, facilitating startups and building connections between Garage+ and industries.
Garage+ is a global NPO incubator in the Asia Pacific region. With the mission of supporting altruism-driven technology startups to better the world, Garage+ is supported by 30 top-notch leading companies. Also, Garage+ is the only overseas incubator partner of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), the most extensive lab at MIT.
Garage+ is well-known in the global startup community. Since 2015, Garage+ received 2,100 applications from 73 countries except for Taiwan and has facilitated 425 international and Taiwan startups and reached a 75% successful funding rate.