SHANG Tai-Yu

Director at Association of Digital Culture, Taiwan (Moderator)

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Shang Tai-Yu is a senior media professional. Her media career started in 1983 and spanned from television, concert, cable news, programs, production to management. She shifts her focus to new media since 2008 on new applications and development in this digital world. In 2014, She founded Punchline, an online media outlet that covers entertainment industry in Taiwan. She also started Taiwan Beats in 2015 to promote pop music from Taiwan to the world via social networks.

Sach TSUCHIYA

Executive Vice President at Zepp Live Inc.

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Have been working at Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ("SMEJ") for over 30 years with duties ranging from Asia Marketing, product marketing of mainly US music/repertoires in Japan, international marketing of interactive games for Sony's Playstation, and international business affairs. (NOTE: SMEJ is direct subsidary of Sony Corp., independent from "Sony Music Entertainment Inc."). Currently working at SMEJ's affliate Zepp Live Inc. (event organizer, concert promoter, event production, agent) . Also work as EVP of Zepp Hall Network Inc. ("Zepp" branded live hall operation) which is extending its operation into Asia including Taiwan with "Zepp New Taipei" slated to open first half of 2020 (booking slated to start one year prior to opening. )

Sam LEE

General Manager at Da Da Arts Promotion

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Sam Lee is the general manager of Da Da Arts Promotion, 1212Music, and the chief curator for Rock Bandoh! and the RainbowBay Festival. Influenced by western pop and the Taiwanese campus folk growing up, Lee has long since placed performance art as his life long career, and entered Rock Records, the industry leader of pop music at the time, collaborating with artists such as Jonathan Lee, Lo TaYou, Bobby Chen, Chao Chuan, Kay Huang, Sarah Chen, and Michelle Pan.
Having worked in the industry for over 30 years, Lee has introduced full-length opera performance to Taiwan; inviting Latvian National Opera, Ljubljana Slovene National Theatre Opera and Ballet, and Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre from Eastern Europe to perform full-length opera Aida, La traviata, Turandot, and Carmen. Cellist Mischa Maisky and Violinist Salvatore Accardo were also among those Lee has invited to perform in Taiwan. Lee was also the director for the Fong Fei-fei Memorial Concert and 40 Years of Taiwanese Campus Folk Concert Tour (NTU and NCKU), as well as concerts for artists and bands such as Yang Hsien, Yang Fan, Wawa (Jin Zhi-Juan), The Chairman, and Quarterback. Lee has organized close to a thousand concerts for artists and bands including Omara Portuondo and the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, Air Supply, Michael Learns to Rock, Richard Marx, Deep Purple, Secret Garden, Santana, Julio Iglesias, A-mei, Show Lo, Lo TaYou, A-Lin, Faith Yang, Lala Hsu, Waa Wei, William Wei, Rainie Yang, Tiger Huang, Tracy Huang, and Stella Chang.
Lee was also on the panel of judges for the 28th Golden Melody Awards in 2016, and became a board member on the first board of directors for the Maritime Cultural & Popular Music Center in Kaohsiung. Lee has attended the Graduate Institute of Arts and Administration and Management at Taipei University of the Arts, Master’s Program in Communications Management at Shih Hsin University, and the Graduate Institute of Popular Music at National Taiwan Normal University

Steven FOCK

CEO at CHINA MUSIC WORLD (GROUP)

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A graduate from the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston, Steven is the CEO of China Music World (Group) Limited, formerly the Regional Head of Warner/Chappell Music Asia Pacific, General Manager and Regional A&R Director of Universal Music Publishing in Taiwan and COO of Orange Sky Entertainment Group in China. With 20 over years of music production & publishing related experience, Steven had involved in many of the top Chinese artist album productions. As a seasoned Music executive, he is now managing global music events and International IP related businesses, including the music and cultural activities of GRAMMY brands under the Recording Academy in US, as its licensed partner in the greater china region.