ChinICT explained

CHINICT - Tech Stars in China
Type:	Private
Foundation:	2005
Founder:	Franck Nazikian
Location City:	Beijing
Location Country:	China
Industry:	Tech Conference

CHINICT (Simplified Chinese: 科技明星在中国 - literally meaning "Tech Stars In China") is a conference^{[1] [2]} including a Hackathon^{[3] [4] [5]} focused on the China tech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.^{[6] [7]} CHINICT takes place once a year at the end of May in Beijing at Tsinghua University Science Park.

Since 2005, CHINICT has been featuring policy-makers, financiers, entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists both from China and the West.^{[8] [9] [10]}

CHINICT was acquired by GSMA.^[11]

Franck Nazikian

The conference was founded in 2005 by Franck Nazikian (Simplified Chinese: 方克纳),^{[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]} a tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the CEO & co-founder of WowTune, a company focused on creating VR singing and spoken voices, and several other Web3 enterprises.^[18] Together with Renaud Laplanche, Franck co-founded TripleHop Technologies, acquired by Oracle.^[19] Franck also served as a managing director at Gemplus International, making venture capital investments in tech companies, and runs DEVELOPNEUR,^[20] a series of pitch competitions & hackathons^[21] which he created in 2011.^[22]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010-05-20 . CHINICT: China's largest tech conference will be livestreaming on TechCrunch . 2023-04-18 . TechCrunch . en-US.
2. http://chinict.tumblr.com/post/57643307377/chinict-chinas-1-tech-conference CHINICT on
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObYvPh4nSo Feature Report on CHINICT - China's largest tech conference.
4. Web site: 2013-04-25 . Hackathon + "DEVELOPNEUR" = Best Seed-Stage Investment Opportunities? . 2023-04-18 . HuffPost . en.
5. http://www.cncworld.tv/news/v_show/33774_China%E2%80%99s_innovation_challenge.shtml China's innovation challenge.
6. Web site: Silicon Valley really is here and now - Chinadaily.com.cn . 2023-04-18 . www.chinadaily.com.cn.
7. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/02/startup-dropout-the-china-tech-ipo-boom-is-only-beginning/ Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning.
8. Web site: 2010-05-27 . CHINICT: China's biggest tech conference, streaming right here on TechCrunch . 2023-04-18 . TechCrunch . en-US.
9. http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/225200096 CHINICT China Technology Live On TechWeb TV.
10. http://it.people.com.cn/GB/119390/118340/151032/index.html PEOPLE'S DAILY live coverage of CHINICT.
11. Web site: ChinICT . 26 July 2022.
12. http://www.lesechos.fr/entreprises-secteurs/tech-medias/actu/0202017387984-franck-nazikian-la-chine-est-devenue-une-nouvelle-silicon-valley-313772.php Franck Nazikian : « La Chine est devenue une nouvelle Silicon Valley ».
13. http://www.forbeschina.com/review/201205/0017020.shtml 中国互联网备军国际化.
14. Web site: If you can make it in China, you can make it anywhere - Chinadaily.com.cn . 2023-04-18 . www.chinadaily.com.cn.
15. Web site: 2010-05-20 . CHINICT: China's largest tech conference will be livestreaming on TechCrunch . 2023-04-18 . TechCrunch . en-US.
16. Web site: Silicon Valley really is here and now - Chinadaily.com.cn . 2023-04-18 . www.chinadaily.com.cn.
17. http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/06/02/startup-dropout-the-china-tech-ipo-boom-is-only-beginning Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning.
18. Web site: Franck Nazikian HuffPost . 2023-04-18 . www.huffpost.com . en.
19. http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/Acquisitions/TripleHop/index.html Oracle and TripleHop.
20. Web site: 2013-04-25 . Hackathon + "DEVELOPNEUR" = Best Seed-Stage Investment Opportunities? . 2023-04-18 . HuffPost . en.
21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oMs8MXn3K8 Developers, Entrepreneurs, Executives & Investors Talk About DEVELOPNEUR.
22. http://www.developneur.org DEVELOPNEUR Official Website.