Eliot Gattegno is an entrepreneur, musician, and a professor at NYU Shanghai, where he is part of the Program on Creativity and Innovation. Previously, he was the director and founder of the Center for Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Center for Innovation, Design & Entrepreneurship and a professor at the CUHK Business School, where he worked with all Colleges and Schools to train the next generation of entrepreneurial-minded science, technology, and business innovators, to catalyze the commercialization of university discoveries, and to bridge the gap between academia and the private sector. He has also been a visiting professor at ShanghaiTech University School of Entrepreneurship and Management and an artist-in-residence at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and UC Berkeley. Professor Gattegno was a Fellow at Harvard University, holds a doctorate from UC San Diego, and also studied at Interlochen Arts Academy, New England Conservatory of Music and Stanford University School of Engineering and Graduate School of Business. He is an advisor, consultant and mentor to accelerators and companies throughout China, the Middle East and USA, and is on the Board of Directors for Hong Kong New Music.