(As of 15 October 2024)
| Guest of Honour | Ir. Tony Wong, JP Commissioner for Digital Policy The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China |
 | As the Commissioner for Digital Policy, Mr Tony WONG leads the Digital Policy Office in the formulation of data-driven, user-centric and outcome-based policies and measures that steer government bureaux and departments in accelerating the development of digital government to enhance efficiency and quality of government services for the benefits of citizens and businesses. He also oversees the overall policies, strategies and initiatives on digital government, data governance and information technology, as well as driving the development of local digital infrastructure and digital industry, strengthening governance of government IT projects and cybersecurity. Furthermore, Mr WONG devises strategic plans for the promotion and implementation of digital transformation in public services, promotes the adoption of IT in the community and across various industries as well as coordinating efforts to close the digital divide. Mr WONG is dedicated to fostering closer IT collaboration with the Mainland, in particular the Greater Bay Area, and supporting the better integration of Hong Kong into the overall national development. Mr WONG oversees the Government’s budget for administrative computer projects, its procurement of IT products and services, and formulates the long-term human resources and professional development planning for the government IT and management services professionals. |
| Guest Speaker | Mr. Galen Townson PMI Board of Directors; Strategy Oversight Committee Chair Project Management Institute |
 | Galen is a compassionate systems leader with over 30 years in strategy execution, change programs, and PMOs across diverse sectors. He is a PMP, PMI-ACP and Disciplined Agile instructor and coach, has taught MBA project management, and speaks regularly at conferences. A PMI member since 2000 and volunteer from 2009, Galen serves the PMI global community as a chartered director on PMI’s Board of Director and its Strategy Oversight Committee chair. |
| Topic | Our Emerging Future as Project Managers: PMI’s Vision for Project Success and Impact in the Age of AI |
| Guest Speaker | Mr. Justin Yau, JP (New Zealand) Founder of StoryBites |
 | Born in Christchurch, New Zealand, to parents of Chinese Malaysian Hakka descent, I inherited an opportunistic spirit from a young age. After graduating from the University of Canterbury with a Bachelor of Commerce, I pursued a Master’s in Audiology, practicing in rural parts of the country for five years. In March 2021, I founded StoryBites, New Zealand’s rapidly growing digital food network. With a focus on celebrating local producers, chefs, and restaurateurs, our team of seven is deployed across the country to facilitate relationships, film documentaries, and distribute narrative pieces to our dedicated following of 65,000 on Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify. The greatest privilege is not transactional but fostered through relational compassion. It is only with the support of incredible volunteers and brand sponsors that we are able to do what we do at no cost to the talented chefs we work with. We are excited to continue growing this network into Australia this year with scheduled projects in Indonesia, China, and France. |
| Topic | The Art of Curious Collaboration |
| Guest Speaker | Mr. Kok Tin Gan Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited |
 | Kok-Tin is a Partner in PwC’s Cyber Security & Privacy practice with over 17 years of experience. Kok Tin is also the founder of PwC’s Darklab, Hackaday and Hackbot. Kok Tin is currently the Vice Chairman of ITSMf HK Chapter and the member of security committee of Fintech Association of HK. Kok-Tin’s key areas of expertise and experience include Cyber security strategy, framework, IT security framework (ISO27001, NIST, Multi Level Protection), application security (OWASP, OWASP Mobile) and data security (e.g., PCI DSS), secure development life cycle, DevSecOps, Cloud security, IT risk, security / technology architecture and white hat hacking. Kok-Tin has co-authored a number of cyber security and technology risk related guidelines for the Regulators in the Asia Pacific Region. Kok-Tin has led ~300 small to large size of security assessment / transformation engagements and has worked across different continents including, Asia, America, Europe and Africa. Kok Tin is a TED talk speaker and he also founded a dot.com company during his early days of his career. |
| Topic | Update of cyber threat landscape and AI Security |
| Guest Speaker Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Team | Mr. Amir Bennegadi Head of IOC insight & innovation Mr. Ken Tong Application Development Manager Mr. Anderson Wong Associate Data Scientist |
| Topic | Transformation Journey of Cathay Pacifics’ Integrated Operations Centre |
| Guest Speaker | Mr. Andy Chun Professor of Practice The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| Guest Speaker | Mr. Paul Li General Manager of Greater China Banking Circle |
| Toipc | Future Economics driven by AI + Blockchain |