2019 Speakers


Guest of Honor : Dr. George Lam, BBS

“Responsible Professional Management in the Digital Era : Golden Opportunities in the Greater Bay Area”

Speaker Profile

Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Ltd

Non-Executive Chairman – Hong Kong and ASEAN Region and Chief Adviser to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Asia

Executive Committee / Board Member / Advisory Roles for HKSAR Government, HKTDC, General Chamber of Commerce on Innovation, Technology, Reindustrialization, Belt & Road and Greater Bay Area.

Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong
Fellow of Certified Management Accountants (CMA) Australia
Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Directors


Guest Speaker : Prof. CK Chan

“Technology Adoption in Financial Services”

Speaker Profile

Professor of Practice in FinTech, CUHK
Programme Director , MSc FinTech Programme

28+ years professional experience in Financial Technology

Former CIO, Retail Banking & Wealth Management, HSBC
Global Head of Digital Mobile and Channels Engineering, HSBC

Recipient of numerous Innovation Awards by IDC, Asian Bankers

B.Sc (Engineering) (Univ. Hong Kong), MBA (CUHK), DBA (City Univ.)


Guest Speaker : Dr. Andy Chun

“Can Artificial Intelligence be Managed?”

Speaker Profile

Director of Professional & Career Development, Convenor of AI Specialist Group, Hong Kong Computer Society

30+ years technology innovation experience across multiple industries

Global Technology visionary and leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) pioneer in Hong Kong

Recipient 2012 HK CIO Award


Guest Speaker : Mr. David Davies

“Technology’s role in addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”

Speaker Profile

Founder & CEO, AgUnity

AgUnity is a philanthropic venture applying blockchain and smartphone technology to improve the lives of small farmer cooperatives in developing countries.

FAC Global Agripreneur of the Year 2018

Former Background : Senior Roles at at global investment banks Goldman Sachs, Lehman, Nomura & SCB and was the founder of successful startups in FinTech SaaS and mobile technology.


Guest Speaker : Mr. Deniz Güven

The Brave New Bank

Speaker Profile

CEO, Standard Chartered Digital


Guest Speaker : Ms. Akina Ho

“What Should a Chief Digital Officer Do to Drive Effective Change?”

Speaker Profile

Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Great Eagle Group

20 years of experience in innovative technology, consulting, finance, hospitality and global sales operations management experience starting from the Silicon Valley to worldwide.

Guest speaker, panel specialist and guest professor at various summits globally, plus media appearances on Bloomberg & Fox International for the past ten years touching on various topics and technologies trends, Digital Transformation.

Co-Host of Inaugural Propteq Asia Hackathon Hong Kong 2018.

GE MBA (USC) & Bachelor’s degree from UCLA.


Guest Speaker : Mr. Andrew Ling

“Entreprise Strategy for Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0”

Speaker Profile

Advisor to Management Board, OpenCertHub
Professional IT Partner and Advisor to Top Management on Driving Digital Strategy & Transformation

15+ years CIO Experience with Esquel Group & Bossini Group

Extensive Digital Transformation Strategy & Experience leveraging latest digital technologies e.g. AI, RPA, Robotics, IoT

Broad Experience & coverage in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Warehouse & Logistic, Apparel Retail & eCommerce, Shipping, Oil, Healthcare Industries and Industrial Tourism Ecological Park.

CIO 100 Award, 2008 & 2014 [CIO Asia], China Top CIO, 2009 M. Management (HK Polytechnic University)


Guest Speaker : Mr. Albert Su Yau-On

“Go Beyond our Imagination, Exploration of Education Data Analysis”

Speaker Profile

Chief Executive, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs)

Oversees the planning, development and operation of the medical, education, community service, cultural & heritage conservation, property services and funding raising.

Former Assistant Commissioner for Transport , HKSAR

Executive Committee on Commission on Poverty
Action Committee Against Narcotics cum Sub-Committee on Preventive Education and Publicity of the HKSAR Government

Recipient of Medal of Honour Award in July 2019. 

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong


Guest Speaker : Ms. Zoe Wong

“Empowered – How to Successfully Bring Strategies to Life”

Speaker Profile

Strategy & Operations Manager – North Asia, Treasury Wine Estates

Strategy Professional with strong experience across Australia and China. Instrumental role in the development & implementation of growth strategies for Asia wine market.

Previous professional experience working across variety of industries on M&A and strategy projects

Director on Board of Global Consulting Group (Non for Profit organisation providing pro-bono consulting services to Charities such as United Nations ESCAP and St Vincent de Paul

Bachelor Law / Bachelor Commerce, Univ. Melbourne