MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum
Sunday, November 17, 2013 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST)
Cambridge, MA
Seminar Series: Opportunities and Challenges of Environmental Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China
Co-hosted by MIT-CHIEF and CIF
Date: Sunday, November 17, 2013
Time: 2PM-4PM
Working Language: Chinese
Location: MIT 32-124
Want to know how social and environmental responsibilities and aspirations are translated to the realities in China? Interested in being connected to the social and environmental entrepreneurs and impact investor from China? We are excited to announce that China Impact Fund (CIF) (中国影响力基金) of Dao Ventures and MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) (麻省理工学院中国创新与创业论坛) will co-host its very first symposium on Nov. 17th, 2013 Sunday from 14:00 at MIT 32-123. The symposium will dive deep into environmental and social issues in China and the speakers will share their environmental/social entrepreneurial experiences in China from both an entrepreneurial and impact investor perspective.
Speakers:
Tao Zhang 张涛
Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Impact Fund (CIF) of Dao Ventures
Tao Zhang is Co-Founder and Managing Director of China Impact Fund (CIF) of Dao Ventures, China’s first impact fund that is focused on supporting and financing SMEs providing environmentally friendly products and services as well as start-up companies with an environmental value proposition for the country’s Base of Pyramid (BoP). Tao is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ACBridge Global Advisors (formerly ACBridge Capital Advisors), a cross-border Sino-US government and investment consultancy firm where he led a team in advising private equity and venture capital investors, SMEs and multinational companies in the telecom, technology and clean energy fields.
Prior to this, Tao served as Global Chief Operating Officer of New Ventures, an impact investing and business accelerator housed at the World Resources Institute that helped environmentally-focused SMEs in six key emerging markets compete in a global economy. In this role, Tao managed New Ventures’ Global Hub in Washington, DC and its Global Network of six Local Centers in Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia and Mexico. During this time, he led the Global Network to nearly double investments into New Ventures companies to nearly $400 million (including two IPOs).
Tao received a BA from Beijing Foreign Studies University, an MBA from Wake Forest University, and an MPA from Harvard University as a Mason Fellow. He also completed an executive education program in private equity and venture capital at the Harvard Business School. Tao currently writes for the Wall Street Journal Chinese as a columnist, with a focus on impact investing and enterprise solutions to environmental and social issues.
李昊谦
上海冠伯生物科技股份有限公司董事长，河北德谦生物科技有限公司董事长。
他此前曾协助中国宁夏金沙湾生态农业基地利用西班牙政府贷款引进节水灌溉技术，协助黑龙江省伊春市利用法国政府贷款引进粉煤灰综合利用技术，还参与欧盟小项目便捷基金项目策划出版双语版《中国海洋文化》一书。目前在国内致力于推广利用林业剪枝及林木加工废材进行物理法活性炭生产，以尽可能的替代中国高污染、高耗能的化学法工艺生产模式。
其自主创新研发的林业废弃生物质资源物理法生产活性炭工艺已经正式投产，改变了中国传统物理法工艺的高耗能、低效率特点，生产每吨活性炭比传统化学法工艺可节约用水45吨、燃煤2吨。在推广物理法活性炭低排放生产工艺的同时，积极开发生物质废弃物替代优质木材及煤炭作为活性炭的生产原料，减少开采煤炭、森林对自然环境的破坏。
MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum