Andre Shen is the founder and CEO of Bridge Consulting, a global health communications firm based in Beijing. A seasoned consulting professional and social entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in promoting health and wellbeing through communications and education efforts, Andre is passionate about developing innovative, impactful partnerships that enable China to play a larger role in global health and development.

Dr Biao Xiang is the director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, one of the world’s leading centres for research in socio-cultural anthropology. His research addresses various types of migration and mobility in China and other parts of Asia and examines a wide range of political and economic issues, such as state-society relations, labor, social reproduction, and mobility governance.

Manila-based culture writer, consumer researcher, and content strategist, Angel Martinez runs a weekly column with PhilSTAR Life, where she initiates conversations around Gen Z behaviours and issues. Her pieces on identity, the internet, and their intersections have been published in Vice, i-D, Vox, Dazed, and Business Insider, and commissioned by think-tanks including Crowd DNA and Forge Futures. Outside of work, she can be found reading her book of the week in any cafe that serves iced matcha lattes.