World's First SME & StartUp Global Virtual Exhibition
Pelham Grey partnered with the first World Virtual Business Exhibition as event organizer & platform developer: partnering with local organizations to enable Startups & SMEs from Asia-Pacific to exhibit at the first business-focused virtual fair.
The Business Virtual Fair is an immersive 3D virtual reality platform enabling businesses and organizations to connect to their audience on a virtual and realistic-like world and exhibitors to reach investors, clients and partners at a significant lower cost and resources than on traditional fairs.
The VR Platform works as a stand alone windows application on each of the visitor’s personal computer. This application communicates via Internet with a VR Fair server that holds information about the fair and exhibitors assets such as branding, presentations and videos.
The Business Virtual Fair is an immersive 3D virtual reality platform enabling businesses and organizations to connect to their audience on a virtual and realistic-like world and exhibitors to reach investors, clients and partners at a significant lower cost and resources than on traditional fairs.
The VR Platform works as a stand alone windows application on each of the visitor’s personal computer. This application communicates via Internet with a VR Fair server that holds information about the fair and exhibitors assets such as branding, presentations and videos.
EXHIBITION THEMES
SMART CITIES |
ENVIRONMENT
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TECHNOLOGY
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SDGs |
MEDIA |
The first Global Virtual Fair connecting StartUps and SME's to Global Markets
A by-invitation only event for exhibitors and free-to-join for all visitors.
For Exhibitors
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For Visitors
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Exhibition Highlights
What Can I do at the Exhibition?
- Visitors can walk seamlessly through the fair and connect with exhibitors as well as engage in other activities such as viewing conferences, networking with other visitors as well as search for specific sector information about what’s happening in the event
- Exhibitors can select and configure exhibitor stands via a web based back-office. Exhibitors assets such as logos, counters, walls, backdrops and roll ups can be easily uploaded. Complex data such as presentations, flyers, visit cards, videos and virtual assistant behaviour can also be configured with this tool.
- A back-office area to configures information related with the Fair, such as advertising, conferences, maps, and other fair configurations
- The Virtual Fair Platform also maps interaction within the virtual environment. General statistics of the overall event will be available as well as specific metrics centered around exhibitors and visitants. Exhibitors will be able to know how many visitors viewed and visited their stands, how many interactions and contacts were made. This info will also be cross matched with visitant profile and interests.
21 Scheduled LiveCasts
From 18 June to 30 June 2018 at the Conference Arena
LiveCast Schedule
Monday 18 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Vittorio De Angelis, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Velotrade
“Web-based invoice finance marketplace bringing together businesses willing to sell their trade receivables, to investors willing to advance funds”
Tuesday 19 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Pritish Sanyal, Co-Founder of IndiaTech HK
“Invest, expand and grow in Asia Pacific. Bootstrapping entrepreneurship: from idea to execution”
Wednesday 20 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Raymond Mak, Co-Founder & COO of Farmacy HK
“Next generation technology allows for an unparalleled selection of colorful rare herbs & edible flowers. Trendsetting chefs are eagerly waiting for the chance to feel our textures & taste our flavours. Hyperlocal recipe ideas are about to go viral.”
Thursday 21 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Amy Pan, Co-Founder and CEO of Natives
“Starting up a language-focused business. My entrepreneurial journey, from corporate to startup.”
Friday 22 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Patrick Davies, General Manager at Soap Cycling
“Every day thousands of children die from diseases that can be largely prevented simply by washing with soap. Soap Cycling aims to recover that soap and put it in the hands of those who need it most”
Saturday 23 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Bass Chiu, Marketing Manager at Instarem
“Cross border payments company enabling consumers, small and medium enterprises and financial institutions to make international money transfers at a low cost.”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
United Nations ESCAP, ESBN Taskforce on Youth & Women Entrepreneurship Youth rebroadcast
“Dialogue on youth and digital economy - realizing the growth potential of young entrepreneurs for sustainable development covering the topics: 1) Young Digital Entrepreneurs in Asia Pacific, 2) Improving Access to Finance for Young Entrepreneurs and 3) Enabling the Growth of Young Digital Entrepreneurs."
Sunday 24 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys, inspiring UN ESCAP APBF2018 keynote rebroadcast
"Economic transformation through innovation and technology"
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
UN ESCAP APBF 2018 Entrepreneurship Impact - leapfrogging into the innovative future and nurturing AP-based entrepreneurial ecosystems
“Discussing the impact of entrepreneurship and convening entrepreneurs and experts in the field that are actively contributing to the Asia-Pacific impact entrepreneurial ecosystems.”
Monday 25 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Noel Shih Co-Founder & Strategy Planning, Simon Kung Co-Founder Finance and Operations,
Ryan Mann Co-Founder & Business Development at 3BEEBOX
“Bringing product sampling of food, snacks, beverage, make-up, skin care and household into a new dimension”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Ron kwok, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft
“Closing the gap between corporations and entrepreneurial communities and understanding the impact of collaboration programs on students and young professionals."
Tuesday 26 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Joseph Sung, CEO and Co-Founder of Hobabike
“The challenges of leading a bicycle-sharing startup in Asia-Pacific, from sourcing to local policy ”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Andre brito, lecturer and videographer and Garrath Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Industrial/Product Design at Lougborough design school
“In today’s competitive world the quality of the user experience offered to customers is increasingly a key differentiator in the marketplace. Customer behavior is changing and businesses are built upon stereotypes of ordinary people and their everyday lives/ambitions. A limited understanding of the experience that customers aim towards when interacting with products or services can lead to market failure or slow growth.”
Wednesday 27 June:
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Tommy Tse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Media and Culture) at HKU Department of Sociology, Florin Serban, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer and Research Associate at Hong Kong Baptist University, Wong Chi Ping Desmond (BEng in Computer Engineering) and Wong Kwong Yat Felix (BEng in Computer Engineering) at HKU
“Inspiring students to broaden their interest and understanding of globalization and to articulate the impact of technology on human endeavors whilst reflecting on how technologies can be used to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Natalie Fong, Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer of Wesurance
“Bringing insurance to the digital age and creating a new digital-insurance customer-centric experience that is fast, affordable
and hassle-free”
Thursday 28 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Professor Gray Kochhar-Lindgren PhD, Director of the Common Core at HKU
"The importance of #interdisciplinary and #interactive learning to address the demands of the 21st century workforce and to developed a set of “core competencies” such as communication, critical thinking, #collaboration, and #creativity. The Core exposes students to important cross-disciplinary knowledge that connects topics across differences instead of narrowing them to ever greater degrees of #specialization whilst providing the opportunity to deepen one’s informed ethical responsiveness to the profound #challenges the world faces at present."
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Paul Turner Director for East Asia at IIE
“The impact and benefits of studying abroad from the perspectives of students, professionals, corporations and local ecosystems. Global scholarships are of paramount importance and IIE manages many of the world's most prestigious ones. Through a wide variety of educational programs sponsored by the U.S. government, corporations, foundations and foreign governments, IIE annually works with thousands of U.S. and international educational institutions and more than 27,000 students, scholars and professionals
around the globe”
Friday 29 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Serge Kisin and Ji Yeon Kwoon (Gemma), Co-founders of A Kissing Tree
“When Serge was a kid growing up in Yugoslavia, now Serbia, he always plucked berries with his friends from the bushes growing near the family home. A Kissing Tree was setup in 2017, with a plan to bring the same high-quality berries Serge grew up eating to Asia. There isn’t a berry out there they tried that matches the natural quality, taste and fragrance”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Lazzat Baitoksan, Marketing Officer at Link Pro CPA
“Supporting the Startups & SME ecosystem in Hong Kong”
Saturday 30 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
“Understanding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Pedro Eloy, CEO Pelham Grey & Chairman of the ESBN Youth & Women
Entrepreneurship Taskforce
“Supercharging entrepreneurship in the 53 ESCAP Asia-Pacific countries”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Vittorio De Angelis, Executive Chairman & Co-Founder of Velotrade
“Web-based invoice finance marketplace bringing together businesses willing to sell their trade receivables, to investors willing to advance funds”
Tuesday 19 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Pritish Sanyal, Co-Founder of IndiaTech HK
“Invest, expand and grow in Asia Pacific. Bootstrapping entrepreneurship: from idea to execution”
Wednesday 20 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Raymond Mak, Co-Founder & COO of Farmacy HK
“Next generation technology allows for an unparalleled selection of colorful rare herbs & edible flowers. Trendsetting chefs are eagerly waiting for the chance to feel our textures & taste our flavours. Hyperlocal recipe ideas are about to go viral.”
Thursday 21 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Amy Pan, Co-Founder and CEO of Natives
“Starting up a language-focused business. My entrepreneurial journey, from corporate to startup.”
Friday 22 June
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Patrick Davies, General Manager at Soap Cycling
“Every day thousands of children die from diseases that can be largely prevented simply by washing with soap. Soap Cycling aims to recover that soap and put it in the hands of those who need it most”
Saturday 23 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Bass Chiu, Marketing Manager at Instarem
“Cross border payments company enabling consumers, small and medium enterprises and financial institutions to make international money transfers at a low cost.”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
United Nations ESCAP, ESBN Taskforce on Youth & Women Entrepreneurship Youth rebroadcast
“Dialogue on youth and digital economy - realizing the growth potential of young entrepreneurs for sustainable development covering the topics: 1) Young Digital Entrepreneurs in Asia Pacific, 2) Improving Access to Finance for Young Entrepreneurs and 3) Enabling the Growth of Young Digital Entrepreneurs."
Sunday 24 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Mr N.R. Narayana Murthy, Founder of Infosys, inspiring UN ESCAP APBF2018 keynote rebroadcast
"Economic transformation through innovation and technology"
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
UN ESCAP APBF 2018 Entrepreneurship Impact - leapfrogging into the innovative future and nurturing AP-based entrepreneurial ecosystems
“Discussing the impact of entrepreneurship and convening entrepreneurs and experts in the field that are actively contributing to the Asia-Pacific impact entrepreneurial ecosystems.”
Monday 25 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Noel Shih Co-Founder & Strategy Planning, Simon Kung Co-Founder Finance and Operations,
Ryan Mann Co-Founder & Business Development at 3BEEBOX
“Bringing product sampling of food, snacks, beverage, make-up, skin care and household into a new dimension”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Ron kwok, Partner Development Manager at Microsoft
“Closing the gap between corporations and entrepreneurial communities and understanding the impact of collaboration programs on students and young professionals."
Tuesday 26 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Joseph Sung, CEO and Co-Founder of Hobabike
“The challenges of leading a bicycle-sharing startup in Asia-Pacific, from sourcing to local policy ”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Andre brito, lecturer and videographer and Garrath Wilson PhD, Lecturer in Industrial/Product Design at Lougborough design school
“In today’s competitive world the quality of the user experience offered to customers is increasingly a key differentiator in the marketplace. Customer behavior is changing and businesses are built upon stereotypes of ordinary people and their everyday lives/ambitions. A limited understanding of the experience that customers aim towards when interacting with products or services can lead to market failure or slow growth.”
Wednesday 27 June:
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Tommy Tse, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Media and Culture) at HKU Department of Sociology, Florin Serban, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer and Research Associate at Hong Kong Baptist University, Wong Chi Ping Desmond (BEng in Computer Engineering) and Wong Kwong Yat Felix (BEng in Computer Engineering) at HKU
“Inspiring students to broaden their interest and understanding of globalization and to articulate the impact of technology on human endeavors whilst reflecting on how technologies can be used to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs).”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Natalie Fong, Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer of Wesurance
“Bringing insurance to the digital age and creating a new digital-insurance customer-centric experience that is fast, affordable
and hassle-free”
Thursday 28 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Professor Gray Kochhar-Lindgren PhD, Director of the Common Core at HKU
"The importance of #interdisciplinary and #interactive learning to address the demands of the 21st century workforce and to developed a set of “core competencies” such as communication, critical thinking, #collaboration, and #creativity. The Core exposes students to important cross-disciplinary knowledge that connects topics across differences instead of narrowing them to ever greater degrees of #specialization whilst providing the opportunity to deepen one’s informed ethical responsiveness to the profound #challenges the world faces at present."
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Paul Turner Director for East Asia at IIE
“The impact and benefits of studying abroad from the perspectives of students, professionals, corporations and local ecosystems. Global scholarships are of paramount importance and IIE manages many of the world's most prestigious ones. Through a wide variety of educational programs sponsored by the U.S. government, corporations, foundations and foreign governments, IIE annually works with thousands of U.S. and international educational institutions and more than 27,000 students, scholars and professionals
around the globe”
Friday 29 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Serge Kisin and Ji Yeon Kwoon (Gemma), Co-founders of A Kissing Tree
“When Serge was a kid growing up in Yugoslavia, now Serbia, he always plucked berries with his friends from the bushes growing near the family home. A Kissing Tree was setup in 2017, with a plan to bring the same high-quality berries Serge grew up eating to Asia. There isn’t a berry out there they tried that matches the natural quality, taste and fragrance”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Lazzat Baitoksan, Marketing Officer at Link Pro CPA
“Supporting the Startups & SME ecosystem in Hong Kong”
Saturday 30 June
8PM HK Time/1PM UK Time/8AM NY Eastern Standard Time
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
“Understanding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)”
9PM HK Time/2PM UK Time/9AM NY Eastern Standard Time
Pedro Eloy, CEO Pelham Grey & Chairman of the ESBN Youth & Women
Entrepreneurship Taskforce
“Supercharging entrepreneurship in the 53 ESCAP Asia-Pacific countries”
Livecast Behind-the-Scenes Highlights
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How to Access the Exhibition LiveCasts
- If this is your first contact with the Global Virtual Fair, register for a visitor pass (exhibitors please use same user credentials to login) and install App on your computer (PC only for this release).
- Navigate the exhibition using the AWSD keys (keyboard) to move and the mouse (or trackpad) to look around. You can Interact with the exhibitors ((videos, computers, kiosks, cards, brochures and catalogues).) using the left mouse button. In the map kiosk, located at the exhibition entry, it's possible to search and browse all company booths.
- The conferences arena is located near the centre of the exhibition
- In the kiosk located at the left side of the conference area, you have a list of all available conferences.
- Use the kiosk to select a conference and press play to start the video. The video may take a few seconds to appear. It depends on your internet connection.
- To watch the conference in full screen, you can sit in any chair in the conferences area.
- At any time you can stop watching the conference, by stopping the video in the kiosk or leaving the conference area. Please note that if you leave the conference area, the video will automatically stop and it will start from the beginning.
GLOBAL VIRTUAL FAIR QUICK FACTS
The Global Virtual Fair works on a PC with a standard mouse and keyborad.
Virtual Reality Interfaces will be added still in 2018i
Virtual Reality Interfaces will be added still in 2018i
120+ individual
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45.000 SqM
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6+ Exhibition Themes |
5+ Participating Countries |
Raising the Awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals
To Raise the awareness of the SDGs in the Asia-Pacific region and globally, the SDG's will be placed on a center booth where exhibitors and visitors can learn more about the Goals, alongside viewing further information, videos and case studies on how StartUps, SMEs and businesses worldwide are incorporating and supporting the goals for social and business purposes