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Anita Varshney
Vice President at Strategy and Innovation, SAP Next-GenPassionate about change and transformation, working with global communities who are actively driving citizen agendas with focus on achieving sustainable global goals.
Started my journey working with some of the top SAP customers in APAC region, supporting them on integrating their company-wide business processes, performance improvement projects including platform roll-outs and change management. Thereafter, I have been working with SAP Next-Gen team, leading strategy for our team members spread across the globe. While we started our collaboration with our academic network to bring innovations to SAP customers, we soon expanded to also work with growing ecosystem of investors, accelerators, incubators and start-ups. Empowering women leaders, supporting young women to pursue STEM education and gain skills as next-generation purpose-driven innovators also became an integral part of our program.
More recently, our focus on driving innovation with purpose has brought us closer to other tech community partners including purpose driven partners, venture firms, futurists including NGOs and government. Purpose led campaigns, impact investing, global sustainable projects and 2030 Agenda excite, motivate me to do more with our global innovation community.
Edwin Keh
CEO of Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and ApparelMr Keh is the CEO of The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel. He is also on Faculty at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology where he teaches supply chain operations.
Until April 2010 Edwin was the SVP COO of Wal-Mart Global Procurement. Prior to Wal-Mart Edwin managed a consulting group that has done work for companies on supply chain, manufacturing, and product design. The practice also did work for non-profit organizations and charities. Edwin co-founded the Consortium For Operational Excellence in Greater China (COER GC). The Consortium is sponsored by the Wharton School and Tsinghua University.
Edwin had a career as senior executive with several US consumer goods and retail companies. He was the Managing Director of Payless Shoesource International, Donna Karan International, and Country Road Australia. He also worked for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Edwin serves on multiple industry and educational boards. He advises several other social enterprises.
Edwin is the 2011 recipient of the Production and Operations Management Society’s Martin K. Starr Excellence in Production and Operations Management Practice Award, and is on the Debrett’s Hong Kong 100 as one of the most influential people in Technology and Digital sector.
Amita Haylock
Counsel at Mayer BrownAmita Kaur Haylock is a counsel in the IP & TMT group of Mayer Brown in Hong Kong. Amita’s practice focuses on litigating intellectual property, competition and commercial disputes across a broad range of industries. Amita also advises on telecommunications, broadcasting and information technology matters.
Amita advises both plaintiffs and defendants in relation to a broad range of commercial and intellectual property disputes including breach of a variety of commercial contracts and licensing agreements, infringement of intellectual property rights and for breach of confidence. In the litigation context, Amita has represented clients before the Telecommunications (Competition Provisions) Appeal Board, High Court, Court of Appeal, Court of Final Appeal and Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). Her experience also includes the representation of applicants and respondents in high-profile judicial reviews concerning broadcasting and telecommunication issues.
Amita is a strong advocate of pro-bono work and was the recipient of the Individual Gold Award at the Law Society Pro Bono and Community Service Awards 2018, in recognition of having contributed over 100 hours to pro-bono work, of which a significant portion was spent handling an arbitration case for a well-known charity.