{"id":"casey-lau","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Casey Lau","hidden":false,"content":"**Casey Lau** is the Head of Asia at Web Summit, Strategic Advisor at Front Collective, and Co-Founder of Startups HK. He hosts live events and podcasts related to tech, startup, [web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) and creative industries. Lau is also known for being the host of [The GM Show](https://iq.wiki/wiki/the-gm-show). [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-i6ruf53gb3p)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-l88d7wxei8e)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-rc6e6yradvp)  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](2iYU4DFzCbI)$$  \n  \n# Career   \n  \nCasey Lau is the Head of Asia at Web Summit Europe’s largest tech conference. He is also the strategic advisor of Frontier Collective, a company based in Vancouver, Canada, advising on Web3, the [metaverse](https://iq.wiki/wiki/metaverse), VR/AR, climate tech, AI, and eSports, and digital arts and culture such as NFTs, VFX, and animation. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  \n  \nLau is also the co-founder of StartupsHK, an organization supporting Hong Kong's internet and mobile start-ups by holding meet-ups, annual conferences and monthly networking events for entrepreneurs, founders, and investors in the tech space. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  \n  \nPreviously, he was an entrepreneur-in-residence and venture partner at Blue Startups. Blue Startups is an accelerator in the United States that focuses on supporting scalable-technology companies, including those in web, software, and mobile industries. It aims to help these companies compete effectively on a global scale. The company holds a role in the entrepreneurial landscape in Hawai‘i and in facilitating connections between Asia and North America. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  \n  \nLau held the position as Community Director at the Asia-Pacific, Global Entrepreneurship Program at IBM. He was also a Senior Community Development Manager of APAC at SoftLayer Technologies, and co-founder of Popcorn Media Network, a Hong-Kong based publisher specializing in luxury shopping, style and lifestyle. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-yzs0no1kkyh)  \n  \n","summary":"Casey Lau is the Head of Asia at Web Summit, Co-Founder of Startups HK, and a strategic advisor at Frontier Collective, specializing in tech innovations.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Entertainment"},{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"i6ruf53gb3p\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseylau/\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1699369500614},{\"id\":\"l88d7wxei8e\",\"url\":\"https://twitter.com/casey_lau\",\"description\":\"Twitter\",\"timestamp\":1699369506914},{\"id\":\"rc6e6yradvp\",\"url\":\"https://superexcited.xyz\",\"description\":\"Superexcited\",\"timestamp\":1699369514313},{\"id\":\"yzs0no1kkyh\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseylau/details/experience/\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn - Experience\",\"timestamp\":1699369581163}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://casey.hatch.one/links"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/casey_lau "},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/caseylau/"}],"user":{"id":"0xfaF91FF28393Cf9292A351DbEa5FA6DCF34538D3"},"author":{"id":""},"media":[{"name":"2iYU4DFzCbI","size":0,"id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iYU4DFzCbI","source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":0,"events":[],"images":[{"id":"QmQGrNXpm856yGeLp8DvmWf9RouDWiuoJWp9vF81iNhgX8","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}