{"id":25602,"date":"2017-10-26T10:21:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/?p=25602"},"modified":"2017-10-26T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T10:21:53","slug":"global-tech-advocates-launch-shanghai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/global-tech-advocates-launch-shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Tech Advocates Launches in Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Seven Hills\u00a0was today proud to support the launch of Tech Shanghai Advocates in China.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">In the heart of Pudong, the city\u2019s finance district, more than 400 people gathered to celebrate the arrival of the group, which connects tech hubs around the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Speaking at the event, Global Tech Advocates founder Russ Shaw shared his vision for stronger collaboration between China and British tech companies. He was joined by John Zai, founder of Cocoon Networks and lead of Tech Shanghai Networks, who explained the principles on which the\u00a0group will run: connection, exploration, transformation and collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Other speakers included\u00a0British Consul General Tony Clemson and representatives from SoftBank, ARM, the Chinese government and an array of tech entrepreneurs, investors and academics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Shanghainese journalists were eager to cover the event, with a busy schedule of interviews from outlets including China Daily, TechCrunch and Caixin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia',serif; color: #333333;\">Tech Shanghai Advocates is the eighth organisation to launch under the Global Tech Advocates brand. 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