The Speakers

Mr. Chantra BE is the Director of Digital Innovation Center of Institute of Digital Research and Innovation under the Cambodia Academy of Digital Technology (CADT), a public research and education institution specialized in digital technology and innovation. Mr. Chantra has been one of the pioneers of the Tech and Startup community builder. He has also actively involved in various other activities within the Tech and Startup ecosystem such as the Startup Weekend Cambodia, Barcamp Cambodia and Digital Cambodia.

Nguonly Taing has been recently appointed as an executive director of Techo Startup Center, which is a government-funded startup accelerator under the innovation arm of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia. Under the framework of Techo Startup Center, he initiates a concept of API Economy model to accelerate tech startup development in Cambodia.  Besides, he leads a technical team to implement and operate the Cambodia Data Exchange (CamDX) Platform to facilitate a secure data exchange between multiple information systems of both public and private sectors. Data exchange in CamDX is legalized through the sub decree to pave the way for innovation through open data model enabling digitalization on not only public services but also business operations of private sectors. Currently, two services are operating on CamDX---Online Business Registration (OBR) and Validation Application on Payment Guarantee/Invitation (VAPGI).  

He has more than 15 years of working experience in the software industry. Since 2009, he has been also a visiting lecturer on Distributed Systems and Machine Learning at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

He received his B.Sc. in Computer Science from Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, M.Sc. in ICT from Waseda University, Japan, and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Dresden University of Technology, Germany. His research areas are run-time variability, anticipated adaptation, unanticipated adaptation, context-aware application, the programming model for IoT, and software evolution. He is especially interested in applying research and experimental development to explore the source of innovation for startups.

Sopheakmonkol is the co-founder and CEO of Codingate Technology and the Cambodian Young Entrepreneur Smart Technology Award 2016 and Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2017, ASEAN Best Founder of the Year 2017, ASEAN-India Young Leader of the Year 2018, and recently Global Startup Founder Award 2019.

The youngest child in a small family was born in Angkor City, Siem Reap, Cambodia, carries out his personal Mission: Being rooted in truth and knowledge, happiness sets the foundation as the key element of his philosophy. His personal mission is to put good educational principles into practice so that Cambodian youth will find greater levels of happiness and a higher quality of life. 

This mission has guided him to be an inspirational leader in the Cambodian tech community who has the vision to innovate digital technology for the growth and prosperity of business and society. In 2013, his company started with the initial social project "Skills exchange laptop" with the goal to raise laptops for 15 marginal students who studied IT without having computers. That campaign was to get students (engineers) got together to develop technical solutions, not for money but in exchange for laptops. With the success of the initial project, Codingate was established with the mission to continue helping more young students gain employment through his web and mobile development company. He has empowered young talented Cambodians by providing guidance and direction for work teams and is the key business and technical liaison for clients and investors. He possesses a strong foundation in International relations, interpersonal communication, public presentation, and speaking skills, team leadership, management, and motivation, as well as providing the technical skills required to effectively manage and grow the Codingate tech ventures.

For his 10 years in the Technology industry and 8 years of his tech entrepreneurship, together with his team, he has provided technology development services to more than 500 companies across sectors including education, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, NGOs, and F&B.

His dream is to initiate change toward modernizing the educational system of Cambodia, developing new methods of learning through hands-on experience where youth develops the passion and find inspiration in becoming tech leaders.

Mr. Sok Leap, Cambodian technology entrepreneur, CEO of Sala, a local enterprise that contributes to the Cambodian economy, through its business activity and job creation but also by developing products that serve the national and global sustainable development goals (SDGs) of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and decent work & economic growth.

Mr. Vantha KHENG is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Biz Solution which established in 2011. Over 20 years experiences in technology, Mr. Vantha leads Biz Solution to expert in ERP Solution, Mobile Application Development, Web Development, and PC & Mac Application Development to become a leading and innovative team in Cambodia. First Khmer Dictionaries for Symbian, Khmer Keyboard for WM & Android, dictionary with three languages, entrepreneur web and app, school system and other projects that includes business, bank, education, agriculture, government and NGO sectors all are the evidences to proof his innovation and achievements in ITC world.

Mr. Vantha graduated from Royal University of Law and Economics (BA in IT), and Paññsstra University of Cambodia (MBA in Management).