Mobility is About People, Not Just Devices

PARIS, July 1, 2016

Dedicated to fostering open innovation and collaboration between large companies and startups. Viva Technology Paris is the largeset global tech event, bringing together more than 30,000 visitors, including 5,000 startups, hundreds of top leading investors and the most innovative global companies, to share their vision of tomorrow's innovations for economic development.

Being a global entrepreneur, technology evangelist and digital economy opinion leader who has witnessed the incredible changes brought about by the rapid growth of the digital economy, SY Lau was invited to share stories and insights regarding his experience with the massive mobile innovation that has occurred in China, thus providing guidance to startups while explaining the methods by which established corporations can embrace an innovative mindset.

In SY Lau's view, customer-centric is evolving into customer-obsessive. Lines between apps, e-commerce and social are getting blurred, the B2B and B2C sectors are beginning to look increasingly similar, and entertainment increasingly goes mobile.

"Knowing when and when not to apply technology is key to innovation. Innovation demands that we reflect upon the mobile products and services we are creating and judge them by whether or not they provide significant positive change to help connect people," SY emphasized.

"Whereas cooperation can be mutually beneficial, co-opetition reigns," he continued. "Successful entrepreneurs are those that are capable of channeling their values towards building an eco-system of cooperation alongside the rivalry of competition."

In closing, SY Lau encouraged business leaders to foster a forward-looking culture that is customer-centric, and techno-driven, to not only cope with, but to embrace opportunities.