Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Casey Lau is one of Hong Kong’s tech startup pioneers, having launched one of the first HK-based web design studios; co-founded Hong Kong’s first e-commerce company; a new media development agency and Hong Kong’s first blog network. Casey is currently Head of Asia at Web Summit, hosting some of the largest technology conferences around the world.
He formed StartupsHK – a community of startups, investors and connectors – in 2009 to ignite the tech startup scene in Hong Kong through pitch and networking events as well as a community site that links 10,000+ people to the Hong Kong startup scene from around the world.
In his spare time, Casey writes his original comics book series Super Kaiju Hero Force which he publishes for smartphones only.