Xiaochen Z.

At the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance we study alternative finance, including financial channels and instruments that emerge outside of the traditional financial system.

The Digital Currency Global Initiative will provide an open and neutral platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing and research on the applications of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and other digital currency implementations. It will pursue the dialogue and research initiated by ITU-T Focus Group on Digital Currency including Digital Fiat Currency (FG DFC) on pilot implementations, use cases and developing specifications for technical standards.

OMFIF, the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, is an independent forum for central banking, economic policy and public investment. Digital Money Institute is where the public and private sectors meet to shape the digital future of finance.

Open Banking Expo has partnered with American Express to launch Women in Open Banking to:
Lead the change in gender parity in Open Banking and Open Finance;
Offer insights, skills and inspiration to supercharge women’s careers in the sector;
Accelerate professional development through impactful mentoring relationships;
Build a more diverse pool of role models and leaders from diverse backgrounds;
Showcase diversity of talent and thought and unlock creativity and innovative… Show more

Open Banking Expo has partnered with American Express to launch Women in Open Banking to:
Lead the change in gender parity in Open Banking and Open Finance;
Offer insights, skills and inspiration to supercharge women’s careers in the sector;
Accelerate professional development through impactful mentoring relationships;
Build a more diverse pool of role models and leaders from diverse backgrounds;
Showcase diversity of talent and thought and unlock creativity and innovative learning;
Be the industry of choice for future female leaders and change makers.
I will serve as a mentor for women leaders selected by this program and support their professional growth. Show less

Today, the Marketplace Risk Platform is the most comprehensive source of education, networking and information exchange for marketplace, sharing, gig, peer-to-peer and collaborative economy startups to learn risk management, trust & safety, compliance and legal strategy necessary to successfully launch, grow and exit.

The program works with entrepreneurs building blockchain technology and tokenisation protocols driving towards the decentralised future. Mentor founders of the following companies: Barterchain -A peer-to-peer barterplace where members can swap or tokenize their skills and services

BigFan - Reinventing sports collectibles with officially licensed NFTs that provide access to Metaverse-driven fan experiences.

CrowdClass - A web3 protocol for online teachers to better monetize their… Show more

The program works with entrepreneurs building blockchain technology and tokenisation protocols driving towards the decentralised future. Mentor founders of the following companies: Barterchain -A peer-to-peer barterplace where members can swap or tokenize their skills and services

BigFan - Reinventing sports collectibles with officially licensed NFTs that provide access to Metaverse-driven fan experiences.

CrowdClass - A web3 protocol for online teachers to better monetize their courses and reward student engagement

DAOventures - A secured, compliant and easy to use DeFi platform for crypto investors

Eczodex - The next generation of financial products powered by tokenised data assets for institutions and individuals

LiveDuel - DeFi-powered digital sports markets and live fan engagement

MegaFans - Mobile esports platform bridging web2 to web3 for gamers and enabling game developers to increase their player lifetime value

Staxe - Enabling music and creative productions’ economies in web3

Vyper Protocol - Risk management for DeFi applications on Solana

Your Diamonds - Enabling the diamond industry to solve old world problems through digital technologies and web3 Show less

The OS-Climate is applying the Community-Based Open Source approach that has enabled breakthroughs in Life Sciences and Tech to tackle the data and analytics challenges required for rapidly scaling investment to achieve Paris Climate Accord goals.

The UCL BCT’s world-leading academic expertise allows it to produce cutting-edge Blockchain solutions for industry, start-ups and regulators across a variety of sectors.
http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/user/xzhang/

Under the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) provides practical solutions to challenges faced by airport industry practitioners. However, not all challenges lend themselves to applied research or to published solutions due to their dynamic or unsettled nature, lack of maturity, or because the state of knowledge or practice is still evolving. Nonetheless, the airport industry would benefit from a broader and deeper understanding and dialogue on many… Show more

Under the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) provides practical solutions to challenges faced by airport industry practitioners. However, not all challenges lend themselves to applied research or to published solutions due to their dynamic or unsettled nature, lack of maturity, or because the state of knowledge or practice is still evolving. Nonetheless, the airport industry would benefit from a broader and deeper understanding and dialogue on many of these challenges even if an immediate solution is not practical.
ACRP is an industry-driven, applied research program that develops near-term, practical solutions to problems faced by airport operators. ACRP is managed by TRB and is sponsored by the Federal Aviation Administration. The research is conducted by contractors who are selected on the basis of competitive proposals
Conference proceedings: Introduction to Blockchain and Airport Operations in a COVID-19 Environment http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/181598.aspx
Project Panel for the following project: https://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4619 Show less

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s “Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship” programme, is a five-year initiative funded by the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada, aimed at addressing three key overarching barriers faced by women entrepreneurs: (1) enabling policy environment and regulatory challenges, (2) access to finance, and (3) use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by women entrepreneurs. Overall, the project aims to… Show more

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s “Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship” programme, is a five-year initiative funded by the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada, aimed at addressing three key overarching barriers faced by women entrepreneurs: (1) enabling policy environment and regulatory challenges, (2) access to finance, and (3) use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by women entrepreneurs. Overall, the project aims to crowd-in investment capital, competition and innovation, and increase the range and reach of services supporting women entrepreneurs. Show less

Served as the Assistant Secretary General to assist the SG for strategic planning and implementation of YAS's mission; Provided trainings to African entrepreneurs on fund raising skills and crowdfunding

To help in shaping the organization’ strategic direction for the next years to come;
To provide insights for enhancing the organization’s visibility, increasing capital endowment, and improving programs and platforms’ efficiency such as the African Women’s Program for Leadership, The Youths’ Professional Development Program

The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) was formed in 2004 as a non-profit organization to provide a forum for knowledge-sharing and collaboration on matters of interest to all stakeholders in currency production and distribution cycle.

The Erasmus Mundus Association (EMA) is a network for students and alumni of all Erasmus Mundus Joint Degrees (EMJMDs) and Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJDs). EMA was established in 2006 as an initiative of the European Commission. The European Commission remains the main funding body of the Association.

The CFO mentoring program, a platform, which current CFO/Finance Director helps other finance professionals to be excellent CFO/Finance Directors. This program will be run in every 6 months.

Hack4Climate is part of the United Nation's Climate Change Conference COP23 in Bonn. Blockchain Hackathon for climate change. 20,000 NUMBER OF DELEGATES AT COP23 international delegates, e.g. high-level government, NGO, university, business representatives 200 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT COP23 from A..Afghanistan to Z..Zimbabwe 100HACK4CLIMATE PARTICIPANTS You and 99 new friends from all over the world
75,000 EUR PRIZES For challenge and overall winners

The 5th Element Innovation Supercluster is a brain trust consortium that brings together the greatest minds in evolutionary and revolutionary thinking to direct capital toward long-term solutions of our world's most seemingly intractable problems.

The Innovation Supercluster provides a level of interconnectivity that fosters gender equity and collective collaboration toward rapid and resilient positive impact across physical and non-physical borders.

At the heart of the… Show more

The 5th Element Innovation Supercluster is a brain trust consortium that brings together the greatest minds in evolutionary and revolutionary thinking to direct capital toward long-term solutions of our world's most seemingly intractable problems.

The Innovation Supercluster provides a level of interconnectivity that fosters gender equity and collective collaboration toward rapid and resilient positive impact across physical and non-physical borders.

At the heart of the Innovation Supercluster is the understanding that a transition to the Fifth Industrial Revolution and a values-based economy is well underway. The Fifth Industrial Revolution is a paradigm shift from a “zero-sum” geopolitical and socio-economic focus of winners and losers and centralized control to a purpose-driven understanding of “OmniWin” principles and decentralized abundance for all people and our planet. Show less

Mitigation Token — universal exchange vehicle for multiple green finance assets. Designed to unite green finance markets across the globe.
We have developed blockchain- based protocol creating global green finance market mobilizing funds for environmental and climate change mitigation.
We will reach it by helping every market player benefit from blockhainization features.

THE HUNT INSTITUTE seeks to intersect innovative research with practical application to counter the effects of local and global poverty.

The Institute holds a unique advantage as an action-oriented group in a theory-oriented environment. It draws members and practices from both the professional and academic sectors to propose and test well-researched and contextualized solutions to problems faced by impoverished communities. It strives to promote dignity-based disruption, tackling… Show more

THE HUNT INSTITUTE seeks to intersect innovative research with practical application to counter the effects of local and global poverty.

The Institute holds a unique advantage as an action-oriented group in a theory-oriented environment. It draws members and practices from both the professional and academic sectors to propose and test well-researched and contextualized solutions to problems faced by impoverished communities. It strives to promote dignity-based disruption, tackling systems from the bottom up, and encourages solutions that promote local resilience and improve quality of life. Show less

Blockchain Advisory Board at IIB Council

• Identify opportunities where the application of ideas, people and capital formation will benefit the organization and society in significant and measurable ways.
• Develop innovative programs leading to practical, sustainable solutions that are widely accepted and implemented globally.
• Partner with others to leverage our resources and capabilities while avoiding the creation of dependency.

Israeli Blockchain Association facilitates business leaders, educators, policy-makers and citizens in using of globally accepted, industry-leading knowledge and practices for blockchain technologies.

Funded by DoD, NASA and the private sector, FedTech is a premiere startup studio where it builds ventures with founders and inventors of the world's most advanced tech.
As a mentor, I work with the startups closely on their venture building process and support the selected entrepreneurs to build successful ventures.

We have entered an exciting but challenging “Digital Era,” where the rules that have governed how we have lived and operated for the past 150 years will be changing in front of us, and create many new opportunities that reshape our future of sustainability.

Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute (APDEI) aims to create a center of excellence, leadership, and partnership to incubate new thinking and innovation in practice; advance thought-leadership; generate new growth opportunities;… Show more

We have entered an exciting but challenging “Digital Era,” where the rules that have governed how we have lived and operated for the past 150 years will be changing in front of us, and create many new opportunities that reshape our future of sustainability.

Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute (APDEI) aims to create a center of excellence, leadership, and partnership to incubate new thinking and innovation in practice; advance thought-leadership; generate new growth opportunities; enhance the competitiveness and productivity of business; and cultivate talents to accelerate digital economy. Show less

Coinstreet Partners is enabling the next generation “decentralized & fully integrated investment bank”, enabling the business eco-system in the new era of Token-Economy.
Being a leading player in the Fintech and Blockchain areas, Coinstreet Partners currently operates in 6 business segments including Token Finance Consultancy, Crypto Asset & Wealth Management (including blocktrade), Crypto Exchange and Token Generation Platform, Investor Relations & Marketing, Media & Events and DTL… Show more

Coinstreet Partners is enabling the next generation “decentralized & fully integrated investment bank”, enabling the business eco-system in the new era of Token-Economy.
Being a leading player in the Fintech and Blockchain areas, Coinstreet Partners currently operates in 6 business segments including Token Finance Consultancy, Crypto Asset & Wealth Management (including blocktrade), Crypto Exchange and Token Generation Platform, Investor Relations & Marketing, Media & Events and DTL Technology Solutions.
Coinstreet Partners has advised and funded over 20 utility token / blockchain projects including Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange, KODAKone, B21, WOM Tokens, Kodak Coin, Patron, Opet, Play2Live, Blockchip, Skrumble Network, Traceto, EnergiMine, QASH, UpToken, FuzeX, Universa, and DarcMatter; and more to come. We are now getting ready to the next big wave for Security Token Offering (STO), stay tuned. Show less

The Fintech in China Show brings you in-depth interviews with people involved in some of the most exciting developments in financial technology in China. The Fintech in China Show is brought to you by Luke Deer and Xiaochen Zhang, founder of Fintech4Good and the Blockchain Frontier Group. Listen in to get the inside stories of how fintech is changing the financial landscape inside China and increasingly across borders. Subscribe to get the stories behind the numbers from key people in fintech… Show more

The Fintech in China Show brings you in-depth interviews with people involved in some of the most exciting developments in financial technology in China. The Fintech in China Show is brought to you by Luke Deer and Xiaochen Zhang, founder of Fintech4Good and the Blockchain Frontier Group. Listen in to get the inside stories of how fintech is changing the financial landscape inside China and increasingly across borders. Subscribe to get the stories behind the numbers from key people in fintech in China. Show less

Advise the Alliance on cross-border impact investment and international partnership

Sinwattana is the name of the trusted CrowdFunding platform in Thailand, we aims to serve millions globally. Our platform includes full-fledged offerings: Donation, Reward, Equity, Lending, and Hybrid-based. To advocate and enroll global adoption, we catered software-as-a-service and developer’s edition for anyone who aspire to serve the crowd.

PowerLab is China’s first non-profit clean energy incubator which provides employs cutting edge knowledge and tested models in accelerating the great energy transition in China and beyond.

China's leading Big Data FinTech Award

Greeneum is a decentralized platform that rewards you for supporting an eco-friendly future.

Advise graduate students on FinTech and Blockchain;
Teach seminars on FinTech and Blockchain

Deliver guest lectures on FinTech, Blockchain, Business Communications and Leadership

Contribute to the CCTV America Show, "Heat", "Global Business" on FinTech, Clean Tech, and Innovation
https://america.cgtn.com/2017/01/05/the-heat-yir-technology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icu_4EPKbxw

Consisting of executives and representatives of leading businesses in a wide range of industries and sectors from across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) is set up to drive businesses in working towards the 2030 Sustainable Agenda and associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Members of the ESBN consist of business leaders, CEOs, representatives, and experts from or operating in regional and associate member countries/economies of… Show more

Consisting of executives and representatives of leading businesses in a wide range of industries and sectors from across the Asia-Pacific region, the United Nations ESCAP Sustainable Business Network (ESBN) is set up to drive businesses in working towards the 2030 Sustainable Agenda and associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Members of the ESBN consist of business leaders, CEOs, representatives, and experts from or operating in regional and associate member countries/economies of ESCAP. All members conform to and promote ethical and responsible business practices, and fully subscribe to the United Nations principles and norms.
(a) Oversee and provide direction to the work of ESBN in consultation with the ESCAP secretariat.
(b) Represent the business sector and provide business perspectives on development issues in the Asia-Pacific region at meetings of the legislative bodies of ESCAP, i.e. the Commission and its Committees, and other intergovernmental meetings upon request, including the annual Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development.
(c) Provide advice to the ESCAP secretariat on its programmes.
(d) Provide guidance, direction and overall support to the Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF). Show less

Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) is a financial hub for Central Asia, the Caucasus, EAEU, the Middle East, West China, Mongolia and Europe. The Centre will be situated within EXPO-2017 and supported by modern infrastructure & the latest technology.
The AIFC’s Advisory Council on FinTech (“Advisory Council”) has been established by the Order of the Governor of the AIFC dated November 10, 2017 No.28 to assist the AIFC with developing and maintaining healthy ecosystem for FinTech… Show more

Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) is a financial hub for Central Asia, the Caucasus, EAEU, the Middle East, West China, Mongolia and Europe. The Centre will be situated within EXPO-2017 and supported by modern infrastructure & the latest technology.
The AIFC’s Advisory Council on FinTech (“Advisory Council”) has been established by the Order of the Governor of the AIFC dated November 10, 2017 No.28 to assist the AIFC with developing and maintaining healthy ecosystem for FinTech which addresses the needs of startups as well as incumbent companies in terms of funding, skills, mentors, accelerators, and an innovation friendly regulatory environment. Show less

The Alchemist Accelerator (550+ startups accelerated $2.1b total funding) is a venture-backed initiative focused on accelerating the development of early-stage ventures that monetize from enterprises.

This comprehensive mentorship program is thoughtfully designed for Exec Club members of all genders and career levels. It allows participants to cultivate connections significantly contributing to their professional growth and leadership skills.