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Co-Founder of the Handshake 302 Art Space

Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology

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Artist-Ethnographer Mary Ann O’Donnell has sought alternative ways of inhabiting Shenzhen, the flagship of China’s post Mao economic reforms. O'Donnell creates and contributes to projects that reconfigure and repurpose shared spaces, where our worlds mingle and collide, sometimes collapse, and often implode. Ongoing projects include her blog, "Shenzhen Noted" and the Handshake 302 Art Space in Baishizhou. In January 2017, the University of Chicago Press published Learning from Shenzhen: China’s Post Mao Experiment from Special Zone to Model City, which she co-edited with Winnie Wong and Jonathan Bach. Her research has been published in positions: east asian cultures critique, TDR: The Drama Review, and the Hong Kong Journal of Cultural Studies. O'Donnell curated the “Migrations: Home and Elsewhere” exhibition at the P+V Gallery for the seventh edition of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture. Shenzhen Economic Daily recognized as one of Shenzhen’s top ten creatives in 2018.

COO of Handshake 302

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Since 2014, Wu Dan has been the project manager at Handshake 302, consistently finding the balance point in complex art projects. She is a graphic designer and project implementor, with a focus on urbanization, its challenges and the quality of human life in cities. Wu Dan is committed to using the power of creativity and design to communicate and improve the world we live in. She played a key role in the success of the 2017 Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture Longhua (Dalang) Sub-Venue and has helped organize and curate the 2013 and 2014 Shenzhen Public Sculpture Exhibitions. Her rich experience in public art and her concern for urban environments inform her work.

Co-founder of Handshake 302

Event Producer of Handshake 302

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Since 2013, Liu He has focused on event planning at Handshake 302, using this role to explore the artistic possibilities of curation and the educational potential of games. As a freelancer, Liu He has designed classes, curated exhibitions, managed large-scale exhibitions, and organized art volunteers throughout the city. Form 2011-2015, Liu He was responsible for venue management at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture, as well as taking an active role in developing the Biennale’s public education and outreach.

Founder of UniMaker

CTO of Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab

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Yang Yang is the Founder of UniMaker and now work as CTO of SZOIL (Shenzhen Open Innovation Lab).

He graduated from Engineering Systems in University of Warwick, involved in Low Volume Manufacturing and customisation. He worked as a designer for ThyssenKrupp Accessibility (UK) Ltd. After 11 year in the UK, he returned to Shenzhen and had his own startup to build up 3D printers and 3D printing education in 2012, created 3D printing brand UniMaker. He work with many makerspaces and incubators all over China. After years in the manufacturing supply chain, Yang is managing World Maker Group (WMG) to help hardware startups bring their prototype into production all over the world, including many succeeded Kickstarter projects manufactured in China. He Joined HNA Quantum Intelligence (a HNA Technology Group company) for Smart Containers and Autonomous Delivery Vehicles in 2017 to 2018. His entrepreneurial story has been reported on EETimes, CCTV and the BBC.

Expert Advisor for Internationalization, Nanshan Education Bureau

School Inspector, Education Supervision Office for the People’s Government of Nanshan District

Foreign Vice Principal, Qianhai Harbour School & Yucai Number 4 Primary School

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Joseph Strzempka currently serves as an Expert Advisor, School Inspector, and Foreign Vice Principal for Internationalization and Reform in the Nanshan Education Bureau, Shenzhen, China. He works closely with local government officials, administrators, principals, and teachers to cultivate community and international partnerships, reform school inspection criteria, advance student-centered pedagogies, and develop interdisciplinary curricula. One of his signature projects has been facilitating a collaboration between the United Nations’ World’s Largest Lesson and the Shenzhen Municipal Government “Good Curriculum” development program to author a Chinese language textbook, Introduction to Global Literacies for Sustainable Development, to engage public school students in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. In support of this work, Joseph was awarded a fellowship from the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies for Sustainability (UNU-IAS) and the Network for Promotion of Sustainability in Post-Graduate Education Research (ProSPER.Net) in Melbourne, Australia in Leadership for Urban Sustainable Development.

ESG Officer

Director of Global Human Resources - d.light design inc.

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Harry now serves the leading social enterprise d.light as the ESG Officer, Group HR Director and Director of the firm’s Great China Division. Before that, Harry worked for BP and E&Y.

Since Jul 2009, Harry leads the efforts of building capability for d.light in both product innovation & supply chain management, as well as driving strategic initiatives, including: organizational development, process re-engineering and talent development. Partnering the Executive team as a business advisor, he had supported the company in building sales and marketing forces in major markets across the globe. In addition, Harry also developed unique approaches to drive the value and culture alignments of the company across very diverse cultural background of teams around the world.

Harry‘s rich experience growing tech-startups has made him a very unique HR professional and a true business partner with deep insights in product innovation and business development.  Harry is also mastered in designing/deploying people strategy for companies in different phases as strategic management consultants.

Harry holds a Bachelor Degree of HRM from Beijing Normal University, also a certified consultant for the Birkman Method.

Co-founder, Maker Collider

Initiator, Intel(China) Maker Movement & Intel Mass-Maker Accelerator

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Li Honggang helps create Intel Mass Maker Accelerator Program(IMMA).

He was responsible for a series of Edison projects, Robot projects and IoT projects based on Intel technologies. He leads the development of open source software “SmartNode/AI”, and designs the Intel Smart Hardware Package, which includes a suite of smart hardware kits.

He served Intel from the year of 2007 to 2015 and filed more than 50 international patents.