This panel is co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing.

Event Time

July 19, 2022 | Tuesday
7:00 am - 8:30 am Eastern Standard Time (EST)
July 19, 2022 | Tuesday
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm China Standard Time (CST)

Participation Format

Registration is required to obtain a ZOOM Conference access link, which will be sent to your registration email or phone shortly. Please enter the ZOOM room 15 minutes before the starting time. When the room is full, latecomers will not be able to access the ZOOM conference.

Registration

Please click “HERE” to register.

Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems.

Ticket
Free

LANGUAGE

The language of the event will be Chinese.

The Event

On July 19, the Yale community in Beijing has convened experts at the cutting edge of NFT to discuss how to leverage blockchain technology and NFT (non-fungible token) to create a new ecosystem for co-creation, co-ownership, and monetization of art and culture in China and beyond.

The Speakers

Peng Jin
Secretary General, China Cultural Industry Association

Zijun Jiang
CTO, Artron Art Group
CEO, Artron.net

Zijun Jiang is the thought leader of Artron Art’s Metaverse endeavor. He is one of the earliest and core contributors on Metaverse in China’s culture industry. Previously, Mr. Jiang held important positions in Alibaba and Tencent. He was a core member of the Alibaba Group's Commercial Product Technology Committee.

Feng Liu
Partner, BODL Ventures
Former Editor-in-Chief, ChainNews

Feng Liu is a partner of BODL Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in next-generation networks and decentralized applications. He was Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ChainNews, one of the largest crypto news outlets in China. Previously, Feng was editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg Businessweek Chinese edition. He led a team to launch Bloomberg Businessweek Chinese edition in 2011 and grew the publication to one of largest business media in China.

Xavier Lee
Founder, MUNDUS Labs

Xavier Lee founded MUNDUS Labs in November, 2020, the main project of which is Treasureland. Treasureland focuses on building infrastructure for multi-chain NFT marketplace.

Xavier is a serial entrepreneur, an angel investor, and an early and core contributor to DEGO (Binance IEO). In 2015, he founded a community-based social App similar to the NYSE listed company NextDoor. In 2019, Xavier served as the general advisor for the Foundation (in Singapore) of an A-share listed company, where he was in charge of tokenomics.

Adrian Jiao
Founder, 2M

Adrian Jiao is the founder of 2M, an NFT marketplace focusing on digital collections of Chinese art works. Previously, Mr. Jiao was Co-Founder of VIVA, where he has built cross-cultural communities in more than 30 countries around the world, involving tens of millions of people. VIVA was working closely with international organizations such as the United Nations, APEC, and G20.

The Moderator

Jingjie Long MBA '13
Advisor, HashKey Capital

Ms. Long is an advisor at HashKey Capital, a crypto venture capital fund, and a serial fintech entrepreneur. She has built credit business for small and micro businesses nationwide, covering 70 cities across the country, with a focus on online and offline, data-driven credit solutions. She has served as the COO and Executive Director of a HK Exchange listed company. Before 2015, Ms. Long worked at Boston Consulting Group.