ChinICT
{{Short description|Chinese tech conference}}
{{Infobox company
| name = CHINICT - Tech Stars in China
| logo = CHINICT-Logo.jpg
| type = Private
| foundation = 2005
| founder = Franck Nazikian
| location_city = Beijing
| location_country = China
| industry = Tech Conference
| homepage = {{URL|www.chinict.org}}
CHINICT (Simplified Chinese: 科技明星在中国 - literally meaning "Tech Stars In China") is a conference{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-05-20 |title=CHINICT: China's largest tech conference will be livestreaming on TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/20/chinict-livestream-on-techcrunch/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}[http://chinict.tumblr.com/post/57643307377/chinict-chinas-1-tech-conference CHINICT on] Tumblr. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503082055/http://chinict.tumblr.com/post/57643307377/chinict-chinas-1-tech-conference |date=2014-05-03 }} including a Hackathon[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bObYvPh4nSo Feature Report on CHINICT - China's largest tech conference.] CNC World{{Cite web |date=2013-04-25 |title=Hackathon + "DEVELOPNEUR" = Best Seed-Stage Investment Opportunities? |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hackathon-developneur-bes_b_3136415 |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}[http://www.cncworld.tv/news/v_show/33774_China%E2%80%99s_innovation_challenge.shtml China's innovation challenge. ]CNC World {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810194644/http://www.cncworld.tv/news/v_show/33774_China%E2%80%99s_innovation_challenge.shtml |date=2013-08-10 }} focused on the China tech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.{{Cite web |title=Silicon Valley really is here and now - Chinadaily.com.cn |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-05/26/content_9892585.htm |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}[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.] Fortune (magazine) 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.{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-05-27 |title=CHINICT: China's biggest tech conference, streaming right here on TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/26/chinict-chinas-biggest-tech-conference-streaming-right-here-on-techcrunch/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}[http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/web2.0/225200096 CHINICT China Technology Live On TechWeb TV.] InformationWeek[http://it.people.com.cn/GB/119390/118340/151032/index.html PEOPLE'S DAILY live coverage of CHINICT.] People's Daily
CHINICT was acquired by GSMA.{{cite web |title=ChinICT |url=http://www.chinict.org/ |access-date=26 July 2022}}
Franck Nazikian
The conference was founded in 2005 by Franck Nazikian (Simplified Chinese: 方克纳),[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 ».] Les Échos (France)[http://www.forbeschina.com/review/201205/0017020.shtml 中国互联网备军国际化.] Forbes {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113181833/http://www.forbeschina.com/review/201205/0017020.shtml|date=2012-11-13}}{{Cite web |title=If you can make it in China, you can make it anywhere - Chinadaily.com.cn |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-04/11/content_15018037.htm |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-05-20 |title=CHINICT: China's largest tech conference will be livestreaming on TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/05/20/chinict-livestream-on-techcrunch/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Silicon Valley really is here and now - Chinadaily.com.cn |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-05/26/content_9892585.htm |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}}[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.] Fortune (magazine) a tech entrepreneur and investor. He is the CEO and co-founder of WowTune, a company focused on creating VR singing and spoken voices, and several other Web3 enterprises.{{Cite web |title=Franck Nazikian {{!}} HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/franck-nazikian |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=www.huffpost.com |language=en}} Together with Renaud Laplanche, Franck co-founded TripleHop Technologies, acquired by Oracle.[http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/Acquisitions/TripleHop/index.html Oracle and TripleHop.] Oracle Franck also served as a managing director at Gemplus International, making venture capital investments in tech companies, and runs DEVELOPNEUR, a series of pitch competitions and hackathons[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oMs8MXn3K8 Developers, Entrepreneurs, Executives & Investors Talk About DEVELOPNEUR.] which he created in 2011.[http://www.developneur.org DEVELOPNEUR Official Website.]
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