Summit Speaker: Gang Lu

Founder
Technode.com, OpenWebAsia

China

Gang Lu is the founder & chief-editor of TechNode.com, an independent tech blog written in English and Chinese. It is one of the most influential Chinese startup-focused media blogs, covering the latest news in the China/Asia web industry and rates number one in English tech media blogging. He is also co-founder of the OpenWebAsia workgroup and conferences, the first truly pan-Asia web technology event.

Gang Lu was the Asia Business Development Director of Netvibes.com and the first to introduce Widget economy and Open Platform into the Asian market. Prior to joining Netvibes, he was in charge of research and development of Multimedia Messaging Service platform and 3G applications in Dialogue Communications Ltd., a leading MMS provider in the UK. Gang Lu is also the initiator of ChinaBang Awards, an annual event rewarding the best startups in the Chinese local Internet industry.

As an independent industry observer, technology and social media expert, Gang Lu has been invited to deliver keynote speeches and panel discussion at diverse international events/conference ranging from TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing, APEC SME Summit, SXSW Technology Summit, and many more. Gang Lu was awarded TOP10 Best Expert of 2008 by iResearch, the leading Internet consulting company in China.