WELCOME TO THE HONG KONG CHAPTER OF THE GLOBAL ASSOCIATION FOR VR AND AR

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NEWS

THE TEAM

 Chapter President: 

 Chapter VP: Amy Law hk@thevrara.com

Amy Law is co-founder of XReality Limited, a new consulting and advisory joint venture company helping startup in Reality technology in Hong Kong. Amy has over 20 years of experience in PR & publicity, media and event management industry serving global sportswear, lifestyle & consumer brands in Hong Kong with boutique PR firm Six Degrees.  She has organized events for clients from press conference, brand launch to public exhibitions with over thousands of participants, with celebrities, athletes and influencers in different fields. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree in business-major in Marketing from University of Alberta, Canada.

Chapter Vice President: Carvin Chan

Carvin Chan is co-founder of XReality Limited, a consulting and advisory company helping startup in Reality technology in Hong Kong. He has 10+ years of experience in the entertainment and event management industry serving at C-level positions for different global brands in Hong Kong. Carvin has also been active in bringing global event IP and various entertainment projects to Asia these years. Currently Carvin is the consultant of Impact Entertainment (International) Limited that has grown to be one of the reputable event/concerts organisers in Asia. Carvin holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from University of Hong Kong.  

Director Strategic Partnerships: Dewey Yee

Dewey is Head of Asia for Trivver – an industry leader in XR 3D Smart Object technology. Dewey has a US legal background and over three decades of experience in Hong Kong and Singapore in Aviation Finance, Leasing, and Investments. He previously served for five years on the Hong Kong Economic Development Commission and currently lectures at Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Aerospace Finance and Technology.

Chapter Advisory Board

Michael Tam is a storyteller and creative at heart. He is the Global Associate Design Director at IBM iX, the experience design consulting arm of IBM. Michael designs smarter businesses through progressive strategy, enterprise experience, and transformational technology. He believes placing humans at the centre is the key to impactful business results at scale. An Enterprise Design Thinking Leader, Michael lives every day as a prototype.

Nellie Chan leads the Google Customer Solutions business for Google in HK. Nellie has over 20 years of commercial experience, of which the last 15 years has been dedicated to digital and social. She advises businesses on how to apply digital and social into their business and marketing strategies and everyday operations to drive results. She has built and launched multiple digital media businesses across the APAC region. And acted as a change agent to disrupt the way traditional media businesses operate, from go-to-market and sales strategy to talent acquisition. While developing businesses, she is passionate about developing talents.”

Dr. Gino Yu received his BS and PhD at the University of California at Berkeley in 1987 and 1993 respectively. After receiving his PhD, he taught at the University of Southern California and worked to establish multimedia initiatives including the Integrated Media Systems Center. From 1995 to 1997, he taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where he helped to establish the Center for Enhanced Learning Technologies. In 1999, he established the Multimedia Innovation Centre at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), a leading edge think tank and research centre on digital entertainment. He is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Digital Entertainment and Game Development in the School of Design at PolyU where he founded M-Lab, a commercial digital entertainment entity that provides consulting, research, instruction and new ideas for the industry. His main area research interests involve the application of media technologies to cultivate creativity and promote enlightened consciousness.  Dr. Yu also founded the Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association, the Consciousness, Science, Technology Conference, and Society and Asia Consciousness Festival. He hosted many events including TEDxHongKong, Wikimania, Toward a Science of Consciousness, and Meaningful Media. Additionally, Gino is a sought-after speaker on Blockchain and other emergent technologies and serves as an advisor to several leading-edge endeavors including SingularityNET, RIO, Plutus.vc, and Hanson Robotics.