Dan Stone
Dan is the Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Merger Management at Lenovo. He leads the development and implementation of global corporate strategy, sourcing and evaluation of technology investments, partnerships, alliances and M&A opportunities, as well as managing post-merger integrations. Previously, Dan worked for McKinsey & Company and Monitor Company, serving high-tech and telecom clients in North America, Europe and the Middle-East.

IU Kim
IU is the President of Adata Technology (US$1.3B revenue memory module manufacturer) in Taiwan. He is also a consultant to the CEO of Anobit and a board member of Clubs Choice Holding Co. (Canada). Previously, IU was a Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics Co., General Manager Sales and Marketing for the Memory Business, Senior Researcher at Samsung Semiconductor R&D center and Senior Researcher at Pritzker Institute of Medical Engineering, Chicago, USA. IU holds a Ph.D. in Material Sciences from Illinois Institute of Technology.

Avner Goren
Avner Goren is the General Manager, OMAP Strategy and Differentiation for Texas Instruments’ OMAP Platforms business unit. In this role, Avner is responsible for identifying market trends and requirements, shaping the OMAP long term roadmap, technology roadmap and IP selection. Avner holds 10 patents for chip architectures and communication systems. Prior to joining Texas Instruments  in 2002, Avner spent two years as Vice President Marketing and Applications for Lenslet. Prior to that, Avner spent 13 years at Motorola, where he held a number of progressively responsible positions in DSP management. Avner graduated from The Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology in Haifa where he majored in Electrical and Computer Engineering.