Humanities: The collision of Blockchain with Art and Fashion retail - Round Table & Networking

Guest Speakers:

Wai Zhu

-Blockchain, artificial intelligence evangelist, growth hacker -Founded Simpo IT Consulting company, the earliest enterprise engaged in blockchain technology consulting in China -Served as chief architect of Qihoo 360 WiFi business, technical director of DeNA China, presided over the R&D management of billion-level user products -A pioneer in technological innovation, who advocates the reconstruction of the Internet infrastructure from the protocol layer. He has in-depth research and unique insights on blockchain, distributed computing, event traceability, Turing computing, deep learning and other theories.

Jenny Guo

-Virtual reality producer, curator, mixed reality art collector, top 5 most influential XR women -2018 Forbes Asia Under 30 Elite List -Her work has won the best VR panoramic film award in the Lumiere Awards of AIS, the highest honor in North America, and the Advanced Motion Picture Gold Award of the Hong Kong International Film Festival. As the only Chinese residency project, her work was selected into most important film festivals and museums such as Sundance New Frontier Laboratory, Sundance, Berlin, Beijing International Film Festival, South by Southwest, X Museum, etc. -Her latest production work was selected in the Busan Biennale, Tribeca, Sandbox Immersive Video Festival which won the International Emmy Youth Creative Award -She Has participated in many famous interviews and academic lectures including Harvard University School of Design, Wharton School of Business, Christie's, J.P Morgan Young Leaders Conference, TEDxBohaiBay speech, and was invited to participate in the academic research of Harvard Vision Lab in 2020.

Lili Shi

-Fashion designer, space designer, artist, founder of fashion brand LiliShe and Cochians  -Her works have been exhibited in New York Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, Columbus Fashion Week, etc., and were reported by Instyle Vogue WWD and other well-known media -Her works also selected into the French Hyères and American Supima design competition laboratory, and won the prize. As the only fashion designer representing FIT, Lili participated in the 2018 National Fashion Design Competition and won the 1st prize.

-Lili is the designated artist by the Norwalk City Government of Connecticut and created the 800-foot-long public art sculpture which becomes the permanent sculpture of Norwalk, Connecticut -Lili is also well-known for comprehensive space design for many residential and commercial buildings of customers from United States