CovQ CEO Ralf Hirt will chair the panel discussion “Asia’s Entrepreneurial Dynamism: The New Vanguard” at the Horasis Asia Meeting 2026, taking place in Hengqin and Macau, China, from July 8–10, 2026.

Asia’s entrepreneurial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by capital availability, technological advancement, and increasingly sophisticated innovation ecosystems. A new generation of business leaders is addressing both regional imperatives and global opportunities while developing distinct approaches to building and scaling organizations.

Together, the panel will explore:

• How Asia’s entrepreneurial evolution may reshape global innovation patterns
• The characteristics that distinguish high-performing entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world
• The relationship between intelligence, execution, and long-term value creation

The panel features an accomplished group of leaders:

• Edgar Bullecer, COO, The Paglas Group
• Lise Chew, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Brand AdvantEdg
• Bob Chi, CEO Asia, SATS
• Evelyn Chue, Managing Director, People Psyence
• Dr. Aftab Hasan, Founder and Chairman, Global Association of InsurTech Professionals
• Sebastian Man, Chungmei Industries
• Mark Paul Ramos, CPA, MBA, Quality Assurance Partner, PCMD & Co.

CovQ is committed to supporting collaboration across business ecosystems and sharing insights on intelligence, strategy, execution, and value creation. We are grateful for our longstanding relationship with the global Horasis community and highly appreciative of the vision and leadership of Horasis Chairman Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter.

We look forward to an engaging discussion with leaders from across Asia and worldwide.

About the author:
Ralf Hirt CEO & Founder - CovQ by 8W8
Chief Executive Officer and founder, Ralf Hirt, launched CovQ by 8W8 with a vision to empower business owners, management teams, partners, and investors to achieve their full potential and create compound value. Ralf brings extensive experience from diverse roles across volatile phases in the tech, marketing, and commerce industries, holding operational executive positions worldwide, including Hong Kong/China, Sydney/Australia, London/UK, Munich/Germany, and New York City since 2005. Throughout his career, Ralf has driven growth for tech companies such as Harri, TUNE (acquired by Branch & Constellation Software), MODE, DoubleClick (acquired by Google), fit CRM (acquired by Omnicom), in addition to advising Prion Group from inception to successful sale to Accenture. A 'fun fact': Ralf's global experiences inspired the creation of 8W8, the 'New World Modelling Engine,' introduced in his fiction work "8W8 – Global Space Tribes" in 2007 and expanded in summer 2020. With a background spanning companies of various sizes and mentoring dozens of tech businesses, Ralf consolidated his learnings into CovQ by 8W8 leading to the development of the CovQ Value Creation OS and the briefing paper 'Mastering Value Creation by Centering Strategy and Execution' produced by Harvard Business Review Analytic Services in association with CovQ by 8W8.