Connected Cities Conference by KPMG
06 July 2020 (Mon) | 12:00 – 19:00 HKT
| Time | Opening Sessions | |
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| 12:00 | Opening Remarks |
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| 12:15 | Future HK 2030 – Report Overview + Panel Discussion |
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| Live Chats | ||
| 13:00 | The Impact of 5G and why should we innovate? |
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| 13:20 | Tackling the Transport Challenge |
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| 13:40 | Digital Twin – Creating Cities of the Future |
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| 14:00 | Towards a Zero Carbon City |
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| Panel Discussions | ||
| 14:20 |
The Great Debate: What is the future of Tech? Anson Bailey, Head of Consumer & Retail, ASPAC |
Team A Team B |
| 15:20 | Keynote Speech | |
| 15:15 | Becoming a World Smart City |
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| Time | Panel Discussions | |
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| 15:30 |
City of Opportunities: ASEAN (Hosted by Pomeroy Studio) Prof. Jason Pomeroy, Founding Principal – Pomeroy Studio [Moderator] Maria Vassilakou, Deputy Mayor and Executive City Councillor –Vienna, Austria Tim Stonor, Managing Director – Space Syntax, London, United Kingdom |
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| Deep Dives 25 mins each | ||
| 15:35 |
Smart City Blueprint 2.0 (Hosted by SCC)
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| 16:00 |
Stop Dreaming, Start Making with low and no code (Hosted by Siemens)
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| 16:15 |
Braving the Epidemic – Innovation in the New Normal Peter Yan, CEO – Cyberport [Moderator]
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| Deep Dives 25 mins each | ||
| 16:25 |
Customer Journey Towards A Smarter and Greener Future (Hosted by CLP) (Conducted in Cantonese)
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| 16:55 |
Inclusive Growth – creating partnerships on SDGs
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| 17:00 |
Smart City Developments around the World [To discuss examples of leading smart cities] Marcos Chow, Partner, Smart City Group – KPMG China [Moderator]
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| Deep Dives 30 mins each | ||
| 17:30 |
The Future of Work
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| 18:00 |
Human Capital Equation Dr. Marta Dowejko, Research Assistant Professor – Hong Kong Baptist University [Moderator]
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| Closing Session | ||
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| 18:00 | Changing for the better, hope for the future |
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| 18:15 | Postcard from Shanghai – China Smart City Strategy |
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| 18:30 | Closing Keynote: The 4th Dimension of Happiness |
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| 19:00 | End of Conference | Virtual networking in the Start-up Village |
Agenda Subject to Change
Speakers
Anson Bailey
Head of Consumer & Retail, ASPAC; Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms, Hong Kong at KPMG China
Anson Bailey
Head of Consumer & Retail, ASPAC; Head of Technology, Media & Telecoms, Hong Kong at KPMG China
Anson joined KPMG in Hong Kong in 1999 and is currently a Partner based in the Hong Kong office heading up the Consumer & Retail Practice in the ASPAC region. He is part of the KPMG Global Consumer & Retail Steering Group as well as being a member of the Global Technology Innovation Centre and the Cluster Leader for the Technology, Media & Telecoms Practice based in Hong Kong.
Anson has been active in driving a number of thought leadership reports and executive briefings for senior executives covering innovation and consumers in China and across Asia. He has worked with many corporates to understand the complex markets we live in and current levels of disruption being seen with recent reports including Global Mobile Payments, Consumers & Convergence, Mobilizing Innovation: The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies, The Rise of the Digital Multi-tasker, Be a Smarter Start-up, MNCs in China, Made in China 2025, China's Connected Consumers, Global Connected Consumers, Connecting Hong Kong – Perspectives on our future as a smart city, Connected Cities – insights across the ASPAC region and The Changing Face of Commerce series.
Today, he not only mentors the next generation of go-to-market professionals at KPMG but continues to work with a growing number of C-level executives as a trusted advisor in providing the best in client innovation whilst acting as the Lead Partner for a number of strategic accounts in both the consumer and technology arena across the Asia Pacific region.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences and events around the globe and has completed his Executive Masters in Technology & Innovation with the Poly University as well as the MIT Executive Leadership & Innovation Program.
Eric Chan
Chief Public Mission Officer at Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
Eric Chan
Chief Public Mission Officer at Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
Ir. Eric Chan is the Chief Public Mission Officer of the Hong Kong Cyberport. Ir. Chan is in charge of building the ecosystem of nurturing start-ups from inspiring the next generation, through nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit, to empowering global ambition, by providing comprehensive entrepreneurship programmes and early stage funding.
Ir. Chan has 32 years of experience in the ICT industry, a chartered engineer, a chartered marketer and a fellow of Institution of Engineering & Technology (UK). Prior to joining Cyberport, Chan was a Director of HGC Global Communication; and had held various senior positions in global telecom and IT services companies including PCCW, PCCW Consulting Services, Cable & Wireless HKT. Ir. Chan has been active in public services, especially in education and industrial training, professional bodies and charitable organisations. Ir. Chan is the Chairman of Knowledge Management Development Center, Vice Chairman of Industrial Training Advisory Committee (ICT) and a member of Curriculum Development Council. He also serves as advisor and mentor at the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Ir. Chan holds a BSc. (Hon) degree in Engineering from University of London, a Master degree in Business Administration from Manchester Business School, and received Executive Education from INSEAD and IESE business schools.
Alfred Sit, JP
Secretary for Innovation and Technology at Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Alfred Sit, JP
Secretary for Innovation and Technology at Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
https://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirector...
Mr Alfred Sit joined the Government as Assistant Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 1984 and was promoted to Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2001, to Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2007, to Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in 2011. He was Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services and Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading Fund General Manager since October 2017. On 22 April 2020, Mr Sit was appointed Secretary for Innovation and Technology.
Mr Sit is an electrical engineer by profession and has over 30 years’ experience in public administration. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was the President of the Hong Kong Institution of Facility Management and Chairman of the Biomedical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.
Mr Sit holds the Associateship in Electrical Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and a master degree in Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also attended the Harvard Business School.
Jayne Chan
Head of StartmeupHK at InvestHK
Jayne Chan
Head of StartmeupHK at InvestHK
Jayne is Head of StartmeupHK at InvestHK, the government department responsible for attracting and retaining Foreign Direct Investment into Hong Kong. StartmeupHK is InvestHK’s startup division established in 2014, aimed at attracting innovative startups, investors and other stakeholders to Hong Kong, provide a one-stop service platform to support these companies setting up in the city, promote Hong Kong as a premier startup destination and help build our ecosystem to transform the city into a global hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.
The StartmeupHK Festival is one of the key platforms organised by the team to attract international startup communities to Hong Kong, to share and network with local innovators, corporates and showcase the city’s success stories. The annual event in January 20198 attracted over 176,000 participants, and representation from over 5040 countries, with events in key sectors where Hong Kong has distinct competitive advantages, namely financial technology (fintech), Internet of things (IOT), health technology, retail technology and smart city.
Prior to joining InvestHK, Jayne was Executive Director at the HK chapter of TiE, a global non-profit network focused on fostering entrepreneurship in the markets in which they operate, and management roles at advertising & digital agencies, startup incubator, management consulting and manufacturing companies.
Andy Wong
Head of Innovation and Technology at InvestHK
Andy Wong
Head of Innovation and Technology at InvestHK
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aharonaharo...
Mr. Andy Wong is the Head of Innovation and Technology at InvestHK. Mr. Wong leads a team of technology specialists with a major focus on attracting and facilitating overseas investments for setting up and/or expanding their operations in Hong Kong.
Mr. Wong has a wealth strategy consulting and business development experience in advising startups, SME and corporate in connection to business transformation with the applications of technologies.
Mr. Wong experience spans across corporate strategy, business planning, market entry analysis, due diligence and regulatory advisory for telecom and technology sector including various Smart City projects.
Charles Chau
Senior Account Manager at CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd
Charles Chau
Senior Account Manager at CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd
Mr. Charles Chau is the Senior Account Manager of CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. He holds a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master degree in Environmental Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He got the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP) qualification from AEE, US in 2009 and 2018 respectively. He became a BEAM Professional from the HKGBC in 2011 and Corporate Member in HKIE in Energy Discipline in 2014. He worked in the building services field for over 20 years and has rich experience in building services engineering field, specializing in intelligent building management system, power & energy management system and other smart building management systems. He has fulfilled many energy conservation and carbon footprint reduction solutions for prestigious commercial buildings, hotels, hospitals, data centers as well as large shopping complexes in Hong Kong.
Keith Cheng
Head of Digital Hub, Siemens Advanta Solutions at Siemens Limited
Keith Cheng
Head of Digital Hub, Siemens Advanta Solutions at Siemens Limited
Since 2017, Keith has been leading innovation and technology development in Smart City Digital Hub. During his 18 years with Siemens, he focused on Mobility for railway projects for managing project, bids, innovation and people development. Before joining Siemens Hong Kong in 2000, he worked for Optus-Singtel in Sydney as a telecommunication specialist for Network Capacity planning and building co-location hubs in Melbourne Victoria.
Honnus Cheung
Co-Founder of Mojodomo Group
Honnus Cheung
Co-Founder of Mojodomo Group
https://www.linkedin.com/in/honnuscheun...
Honnus got 20 years’ start up and finance experience in the high-tech, on-line media, e-commerce and travel industries. She is currently the Co-Founder of Mojodomo Group and the Founder of Twenty20 Limited. She is also the INED and Audit Committee Chairman for Iclick (NASDAQ:ICLK) which is China’s largest independent online marketing technology platform. She is the mentor of she1K which is the world's first corporate executive angel syndicate with 80% female representation that empowers and funds early stage startups. She was the CFO, Asia and General Manager, China for Travelzoo (NASDAQ:TZOO) and she was the Founding Senior Executive.
Prior to Travelzoo, Honnus worked as the Regional Finance Director for Yahoo Asia for nine years and she was the founding member for Yahoo Asia. At that time, she was heavily involved in setting up the Asia operation and dealing with mergers and acquisitions, including the strategic investment with Alibaba. She has also held various professional positions with American Standard Inc and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Honnus has a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Queensland, Australia and an MBA from Northwestern University, United States. Ms. Cheung is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Certified Public Accountants of Hong Kong (FCPA); the Certified Practising Accountants of Australia (FCPA); and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors (FHKIoD). She is She frequently contributes to leading professional publications and a frequent speaker in the startup and finance community.
Dr. Eric Chong
President & CEO of Siemens Hong Kong & Macao
Dr. Eric Chong
President & CEO of Siemens Hong Kong & Macao
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-chong-...
Dr. Eric Chong currently serves as President & CEO of Siemens Ltd., leading the overall strategy in the areas of electrification, automation and digitalization and delivering sustainable solutions for infrastructure and industry in Hong Kong and Macao.
Siemens is a global technology powerhouse with 170+ years of history. Siemens is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries.
Dr. Chong is currently the deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Business Environment Council (BEC) and is serving as the Chair of Climate Change Business Forum Advisory Group under BEC dedicated to promoting the awareness of Climate Change among businesses. He also serves as the Board Member of the Construction Innovation and Technology Application Centre (CITAC), the member of Cyberport Advisory Panel (CAP) as well as the member of the Product Promotion Programme Committee (PPPC) of Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Dr. Chong received his tertiary education in Electronics Engineering and Business Administration. He holds an MBA from Henley Management College in UK and a DBA from City University of Hong Kong.
Marcos Chow
Partner and Head of Technology Enablement, Hong Kong at KPMG China
Marcos Chow
Partner and Head of Technology Enablement, Hong Kong at KPMG China
Marcos is the Head of Technology Enablement practice and Head of Emerging Technology industry in Hong Kong. He and his team helps organisations accelerate their digital transformation journey. He takes an interest in the development of China’s Greater Bay Area and Smarter Cities.
He has over 19 years of experience as an executive in technology leadership roles across Australia, ASEAN. Greater China and the USA. He was also part of a Cloud/Software as a Service start-up in 2005, where the start-up raised USD 26M. His prior experience also includes being the General Manager of a Global Delivery Center in Shenzhen with over 2500 staff.
Marcos represents KPMG in a number of associations such as Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association, Australian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong) , Fintech Association of Hong Kong, and Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong & Macau).
Vincent Chow
Head of Marketing at Smart Energy Connect
Vincent Chow
Head of Marketing at Smart Energy Connect
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-cho...
Vincent is currently the head of marketing for digital product team in CLP Innovation. Born in Hong Kong, obtained a master’s degree in Engineering Business Management at The University of Warwick, England. Vincent worked in ABB, Schnieder Electric and Philips before joining CLP, gained extensive knowledge in both consumer and professional businesses in Lighting and Electrical Engineering industries having product and marketing roles in Hong Kong, China as well as Asia Pacific.
Fan Ho
Asia Pacific Head of Strategy & Chief of Staff at Lenovo
Fan Ho
Asia Pacific Head of Strategy & Chief of Staff at Lenovo
Fan joined Lenovo, a global technology company, in 2018. She is responsible for Strategy and Planning for Lenovo Asia Pacific. Specifically, she devotes significant amount of her energy in driving Lenovo’s vision in leading and enabling intelligent transformation, and accelerating the company’s transition to a customer centric organization.
Before this role, she spent years with Telstra, the largest telecommunications company in Australia, driving its transformation and international strategies, as well as years with McKinsey & Company in Asia Pacific and the United States, serving clients mainly in the TMT sector.
Daniel Chun
Chairman at SCC Research and Blueprint Committee and SCC Blueprint 2.0 Advisory Paper Organising Committee
Daniel Chun
Chairman at SCC Research and Blueprint Committee and SCC Blueprint 2.0 Advisory Paper Organising Committee
Daniel Chun is currently the General Manager and EVP of Market Innovations at Remotec Technology Limited – a 25-year old pre-IPO company based in Hong Kong, which focused in smart controls, home automation and the emerging opportunities in the Internet of Things (IoT) market. Before this appointment, Daniel had served in leadership in the third sector bringing in various innovative products and services to the charity sector.
Daniel currently serves as an Executive Committee member for the Hong Kong Electronics Technologies Associatio (www.hketa.org.hk) and leads the Green Committee to develop advocacy programmes in creating social and environmental impact around the development
and use of technologies. Daniel is also currently the chairman for the Blueprint SIG at Smart City Consortium (www.smartcity.org.hk)
At Remotec Technology Limited, he invented and founded a product concept that led to winning Hong Kong Institution of Engineer’s first ever Smart City IoT product competition
beating other competitive entries. SmartAirCon is the name of the project and advocates the smart use of air conditioning to reduce carbon foot print and reduce the consumption of electricity. He strongly believes that mobile operators could become a major contributor in creating environmental impact in this context.
Daniel is a co-founder of a ICT startup company (Art Group Limited) and received incubation from Hong Kong Cyberport which has revolutionized the way how charities handle fundraising at gala dinners and events - by enhancing patrons participation and engagement through the use of OpenHeart’s mobile technologies. In 2015 alone, OpenHeart has supported over 30 charities and helped raised over HK$80M for these charities and causes.
Daniel started off his career as a programmer at Hutchsion Mobile Data in 1990 and had launched CompuServe HK. Since Hutchison, Daniel had been a business development professional in telecom and Internet businesses in Asia Pacific (Taiwan Mobile, Iridium, Wharf T&T). During the dotcom era, he became a resident-entrepreneur at a venture capital fund in Europe based in Malta. He later immigrated to Canada after 9/11 where he started up his own
brick and mortar toy store. He sold the toy business in 2008 and joined a Canadian toy manufacturer and became involved in invention, licensing and product innovations.
Daniel is a Blue Ocean Strategy trainer and also a part-time lecturer at City University and HKUSPACE in IT and Corporate Communications. Daniel has invented a few product concepts and currently own a few patent pending for these inventions. In the past four years, Daniel served as the Vice President (Elect) for The Entrepreneurs’ Network (TEN) association in Hong Kong that promotes entrepreneurship.
Daniel received a degree in Master of Research focused in E-research and Technology - Enhanced Learning from Lancaster University, a MBA (Distinction) from Sunderland University, a Master in IT from Charles Sturt University and a computer science degree from Deakin University.
Jaewon Peter Chun
Founder & CEO of XnTREE (New York, London) / ARK-i Labs
Jaewon Peter Chun
Founder & CEO of XnTREE (New York, London) / ARK-i Labs
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaewon-pete...
Mr. Jaewon Peter Chun has built up his career in investment and tech accelerator in New York, London and Tel Aviv for the last 15 years. He is co-founder of XnTREE, an in-house global accelerator of 'Level39', which is the largest open tech cluster in Europe. XnTREE has nurtured more than 300 startups around the world in the field of blockchain, fintech, AI, Data Analytics and Smart City solution. In 2015, he also participated in the 'Cognicity Challenge' project, a smart city project applied in Canary Wharf financial district, the Europe’s financial hub, located in East London. He also runs XnTREE in New York City to enhance the American innovation ecosystem.
Mr. Chun is President of World Smart Cities Forum(WSCF), a non-profit organization based in London, UK, which assists the municipalities, projects and NGOs to build and develop credible smart cities around the world. In 2018, he established a masterplan of National Smart City project of Republic of Korea as Master
planner, and, in particular, led the masterplan of Busan Eco Delta City. In this regard, Mr. Chun founded ARK-i Labs to invest in several Smart City projects in Vietnam, Ukraine, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Dr. Marta Dowejko
Research Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University
Dr. Marta Dowejko
Research Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University
Dr. Marta Dowejko is both an academic researcher and practitioner. In addition to co-founding an online business in Hong Kong in 2007, she teaches, coaches, speaks, and writes articles about how entrepreneurs can leverage their social and creative resources to uncover new opportunities for growth. She has gained her academic and industry experience in consulting from Poland, Belgium, and Hong Kong. Dr. Dowejko received her doctoral degree from the University of Hong Kong and currently serves as Research Assistant Professor in entrepreneurship at the Hong Kong Baptist University. Cited by 130+ international outlets, including The Economist, her most recent policy research on the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Hong Kong was well received by policymakers and industry associations of Hong Kong.
Travis Kan
General Manager – Energy Management at CLPe Solutions Limited
Travis Kan
General Manager - Energy Management at CLPe Solutions Limited
Travis Kan is the General Manager - Energy Management of CLPe Solutions, responsible for driving business growth via strategic initiatives, smart solutioning, marketing and customer engagement programs. Travis work closely with consultants and key end-users, bringing latest innovation & technology of energy management to the market.
As a strong business development professional, Travis possesses a wealth of experience in the energy industry with various roles, from Engineering to Sales & Marketing, Business Development to General Management. Prior to re-joining CLP in 2018, Travis worked with global leading companies e.g. General Electric (GE), and Schneider Electric, acquiring a comprehensive pool of solid experience in power generation, transmission & distribution, control & automation solutions, building energy management business.
NiQ Lai
Co-Owner and CEO of HKBN Group
Dorothy Lam
Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst of Dream Impact
Dorothy Lam
Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst of Dream Impact
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorothy-lam...
With a multi-dimensional background and experience in emerging technology, social innovation and community arts in New York City, Hong Kong, Berlin & Abu Dhabi, she leads with new perspectives of how businesses can integrate creative and alternative solutions to solve today’s social issues. She has worked with the UNICEF Office of Innovation, New York University and founded other ventures prior to Dream Impact.
Sunnie Lau
Director of Smart City Research and Industry Collaborations at MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Sunnie Lau
Director of Smart City Research and Industry Collaborations at MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnielau?o...
Ms. Sunnie Sing Yeung. Lau, Director of Smart City Research and Industry Collaboration at the MIT HK Innovation Node of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Also served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture. Born and raised in Hong Kong, graduated with a B.A in Architecture from University of California, Berkeley; and later on obtained her M.Arch , and Certificate in Urban Design from M.I.T. Her international experiences begun with renowned architectural practices prior to postgraduate study at the M.I.T.; she worked with Morphosis Architects L.A., MVRDV Rotterdam, on international competitions, cultural projects and large scale urban developments. She also participated in the presentation drawings for the West Kowloon Cultural Competition when she was working at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA Asia) – Hong Kong. Recent experience covered TFP Farrell and Herzog de Meuron - in the design development of the M Plus Museum.
Her academic study focuses on Smart City, urban masterplanning, urban mobility and infrastructure, architectural typologies with an interest in creative and innovative sustainable design strategies. She believes firmly in bridging professional and academia by active teaching engagements (concurrent appointment from HKU DoA & DUPAD) such as HKU M.Arch Design Studio, M.Arch thesis, Master of Urban Design Thesis, Urban research-oriented design seminar – “Urban Mobility and Smart Infrastructure”, and the MIT B.S. Arch. Undergraduate Design Studio. More recently, she has been a regular design critic besides instructor at the architecture and urban design programs at local and Mainland Schools (HKU, CUHK, Tsinghua University, China Academy of Art, Tongji University, etc).
In 2017, She was invited to be the Co-Curator & Exhibitor of the Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale Of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong).
Her current research-oriented practice - SOSArchitecture Urban Design Studio Ltd. covers a wide range of works; which includes but not limited to smart urban furniture (Infrastructures), urban place-making (with community engagements), masterplanning, adaptive reuse and urban regeneration projects in Hong Kong, Mainland China.
Timothy Mak
General Manager at Signify
Timothy Mak
General Manager at Signify
Mr Timothy Mak is currently the market leader for Signify (formerly known as Philips Lighting) in Hong Kong and Macau, obtained a bachelor’s degree of Computer Science in University of London and has accumulated over 30 years of experience in the corporate communication system and information technology industry. He also entitled with management positions in Korea and Mainland China in his early years and has years of management experience across Asia Pacific regional. His last position was general manager of Avaya Hong Kong, which he was responsible for Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Mr. Timothy Mak expects Signify to be able to uphold the innovative concept and improve the lives of the public with innovative products under his leadership. Smart cities will become a general trend in the foreseeable future and Signify is expecting to establish a blueprint from this direction, and vigorously develops intelligent technologies into the public which makes a big step forward in the innovation lighting industry.
Jean Baptiste Monnier
Senior VP Strategic Partners at Bentley Systems
Jean Baptiste Monnier
Senior VP Strategic Partners at Bentley Systems
JB Monnier joined Bentley in 1994, with locations in the US, in China, in France and now in Hong Kong where he now serves as Senior VP Strategic Partners.
Dr Monnier holds a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Prof. Mee Kam Ng
Professor, Department Vice-Chairman, Director, Urban Studies Programme of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Mee Kam Ng
Professor, Department Vice-Chairman, Director, Urban Studies Programme of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
https://hk.linkedin.com/in/mee-kam-ng-b...
Professor Mee Kam Ng is Vice-chairman of the Department of Geography and Resource Management, the Director of the Urban Studies Programme and Associate Director of the Institute of Future Cities at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) and academic advisor of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design. She was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom in 2016. She has completed over 30 research projects and published widely on planning, governance and sustainability issues in Pacific Asia. Her publications have earned her six HKIP Awards and the 2015 Association of European Schools of Planning Best Published Paper Award. The Urban Studies Programme she directed is an Associate Member of the UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign, promoting the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.
Moon Park
Partner, Head of KPMG Digital Innovation Center at KPMG
Moon Park
Partner, Head of KPMG Digital Innovation Center at KPMG
Moon Park is the Head of KPMG Digital Innovation Center, a leading the innovative data-based digital solutions drafting economic efficiency globally. He and his team provide smart eco system with our professional Smart X master plans. With the accumulated digital data, we provide advisory service on architecture, performance and operation strategies for new businesses and digital eco system that correspond to the disruptive innovation era of Business Process Reengineering, increasing value and capitalization of digital data.
He participates in the design and establishment of new society and economic structure in the digital era for the Ministry of economy and finance(MOEF), and the Ministry of trade, industry and energy(MOTIE). He serves to establish digital ecosystem through smart city master plan combining data and behavioral science for Suwon and Seongnam City, which is called as Asia Silicone Valley, to design Smart X platform architecture and business processes. He also served as an advisory on smart factory, smart farm projects, creating operation and business models on platforms, of both public and private sectors virtually.
Prior to his role at Digital Innovation Center in KPMG, He was in the international trade consulting with experience in manufacturing compliance, cost analysis and cost structure optimization in manufacturing industry for 18 years. He is currently an advisory on the trade remedies and global value chain for public and private sectors.
Matt Phelan
Head of Global Happiness at The Happiness Index
Matt Phelan
Head of Global Happiness at The Happiness Index
Matt is the self-appointed Head of Global Happiness. This means he’s responsible for global expansion. Alongside Chris Hyland, he founded a global data and digital marketing agency before leaving the business after a trade sale and focussing entirely on The Happiness Index. His passion is to understand how people experience happiness and his vision is to use data to visualise culture in a similar way to how Google Maps visualises the world.
Prof. Jason Pomeroy
Founding Principal at Pomeroy Studio
Prof. Jason Pomeroy
Founding Principal at Pomeroy Studio
Jason Pomeroy is an award-winning architect, academic, author and TV presenter, regarded as one of the world's thought leaders in sustainable design. He gained bachelor and master degrees from the Canterbury School ofArchitecture and the University of Cambridge; and his PhD from the University of Westminster. He is the founder of Singapore-based interdisciplinary design and research firm Pomeroy Studio, and sustainable education provider, Pomeroy Academy. Pomeroy has edited Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation (2020), and authored Pod Off-Grid: Explorations in Low Energy Waterborne Communities (2016), The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the Urban Habitat (2014) and Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today (2011). He continues to raise cultural awareness of cities through his critically acclaimed TV series 'Smart Cities 2.0', 'City Time Traveller' and 'City Redesign'.
Waltraut Ritter
Managing Partner and Research Director of Knowledge Dialogues
Waltraut Ritter
Managing Partner and Research Director of Knowledge Dialogues
https://www.linkedin.com/in/knowledgedi...
Waltraut Ritter is principal of Knowledge Dialogues, specialising in applied research and advisory services relating to societal issues around information, knowledge, and intellectual capital across the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. She works on projects at the intersection between universities, government, business and civil society.
Current projects include: Open Science data, citizen-driven smart city development in Asia and Europe, and data governance in digital economies. She regularly contributes to UNESCAP, UNESCO and OECD working groups around sustainable development and information/data economies.
She is adjunct faculty in the M.Sc. in Innovation Management Programme at the Singapore Management University and in the HK Polytechnic University Executive Master in Digital Leadership programme. She holds an MA in Information Science and Sociology from the Free University of Berlin and an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
She is a founding member of the New Club of Paris, a knowledge-economy think tank and a member of APSTN (Asia Pacific Science, Technology and Society Network). Ritter has been serving on the Digital21 Strategy Advisory Committee of the HKSAR government between 2010-2017. She also serves on the Information and Communication Technology committee of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau.
Charleston Sin
Executive Director of MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Charleston Sin
Executive Director of MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleston-...
As Executive Director of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, Charleston Sin leads the effort to organize, champion, and advocate for innovation in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. As a 25-year veteran of the Information technology and telecommunications industry, he now unites his passion for education with innovation & technology, encouraging disruptive application of new technology in the local community and beyond.
Prior to joining MIT, Sin held executive positions in Research & Development, Product Management, and Sales & Marketing at VMware, Cisco Systems, and Nortel Networks in United States, Canada, Asia Pacific, and Greater China. His primary interests lie in key market transition trends, including Fintech, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Mobility, IOT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and new business models.
Sin received his PhD in Management Sciences at The University of Waterloo. He also holds a master’s degree in Investment Management at the HKUST. Currently, he is member of the board of director of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company.
Matthew Smith
Managing Director of Digital Insights
Matthew Smith
Managing Director of Digital Insights
Matt Smith is Managing Director of the Boutique Management Consultancy, Digital Insights (HK) Limited, whose focus is on designing executable digitization strategies. His primary focus is working with Multi-National organizations and Start-up companies in creating co-innovation opportunities.
Prior to establishing Digital Insights, Matt was an 18-year veteran of Cisco.
Up until October 2018, he led Cisco’s Global Market Development team for the Internet of Things. Here he designed, built and led the ‘Global Sales Organisation Customer Co-Innovation Program’. In this role he established partnerships between Cisco’s customers and start-up companies to create new digital solutions to strengthen Cisco’s Go-To-Market strategies.
Other experiences within his time at Cisco included:
• Creating new business models for Infrastructure finance. Here he worked with Dutch pension fund APG to align funding with outcome-based models for digital technologies in physical infrastructure/smart cities.
• Leading a CEO initiative to create Digital Strategies for Engaging in Emerging Countries
• General Manager for Cisco’s US$350m Saudi Arabian business based in Riyadh;
Prior to Cisco, Matt had a varied career starting as an aircrew officer in the Royal Navy, he also served as an Inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police and worked for a Big Four Accounting firm.
Nigel Smith
Managing Director of Colliers
Nigel Smith
Managing Director of Colliers
Nigel Smith, a property and real estate industry veteran with 30 years’ experience, is the Managing Director for Colliers International Hong Kong; where he oversees the development and growth of the company and its people. Since his arrival at Colliers in 2015 he has reinforced its enterprising culture by improving its research capabilities, implementing learning and development programmes, expanding the business and its service lines and strengthening the Colliers’ brand.
Nigel qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in London before moving to Hong Kong in 1990. Over the past 30 years, he has been responsible for office leasing teams in Hong Kong and Asia and is a thought leader and expert in designing, marketing and leasing office buildings and mixed-use projects across Asia, having worked on over 100 Grade A office towers. He has extensive regional and local operations exposure in the industry and a reputable network and always aims to deliver client-centric insights and solutions.
Jessica So
General Manager – Digital Initiatives at Wilson Group Limited
Jessica So
General Manager – Digital Initiatives at Wilson Group Limited
Jessica is the General Manager of Let’s Park, a new startup business with the mission to make parking more efficient and seamless in the community. Its digital parking solutions meant to take forward Hong Kong’s smart mobility journey through connecting space owners and parkers for maximum utilization of limited parking real estate, enhancing parking convenience, and raising additional revenue.
She has over 13 years of experiences in the transport infrastructure industry, in various roles throughout Digital Innovation, Service Design, Branding, Customer Acquisitions & Engagement. She and her team is committed to help organization accelerate their parking innovation journey and has been instrumental in pioneering the digital Car Park Booking Portal for Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port.
Previously, she has worked for Nestle and GlaxoSmithKline, and hold a MBA in Bradford University, UK. Jessica is a Boston-qualified marathon runner, always look for challenge and adventure.
Max Song
Founder and President of Global Solutions Foundation
Max Song
Founder and President of Global Solutions Foundation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/songmax
Max Song is a tech and social impact entrepreneur in Hong Kong. He was formerly a data scientist in Silicon Valley, Paris, and New York, where he helped perform analysis for a Fortune 10 financial institution to satisfy regulatory requirements. He was the youngest Teaching Fellow at Singularity University, founded the startup accelerator at Brown University. He received his ScB in Applied Maths and was the first class of the Schwarzman Scholars (at Tsinghua University) created by Steve Schwarzman of Blackstone, where he wrote his thesis on US/China green investments. He worked briefly for the US-China Green Fund, before coming to HK and working for Nan Fung Group (where he looked at late-stage investment in healthcare, real estate), and another family office where he invested in TMT, AI and blockchain. He is currently working on fintech and smart city solutions to help citizens and businesses plan and execute sustainability strategies.
A shortlist of Max’s recent development
- Published the book “ Data Science Handbook ”, featured on Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2015/05/29/you-can-earn-as-much-or-more-from-a-pay-what-youwant-model-as-from-a-fixed-price-model/
- Organized Climate Change and Technology session at Digital Week, an online conference with 5000+ participants https://digitalweek.online/
- Worked at two HK family offices investing in new technologies in medical devices, biological sciences, AI and machine learning, and blockchain technologies
Tim Stonor
Managing Director of Space Syntax, London, Unitied Kingdom
Tim Stonor
Managing Director of Space Syntax, London, Unitied Kingdom
Tim Stonor is an architect and urban planner who has devoted his career to the analysis and design of human behaviour patterns — the ways in which people move, interact and transact in buildings and urban places. He is recognised internationally for his work in the design of spatial layouts and, in particular, the role of space in the generation of social, economic and environmental value. Stonor is the Managing Director of Space Syntax, an urban planning and design company created at University College London in 1989 to develop and apply predictive design technologies. He is a Director of The Academy of Urbanism, a Visiting Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, a Harvard Loeb Fellow and Deputy Chair of the UK Design Council.
Other experiences within his time at Cisco included:
• Creating new business models for Infrastructure finance. Here he worked with Dutch pension fund APG to align funding with outcome-based models for digital technologies in physical infrastructure/smart cities.
• Leading a CEO initiative to create Digital Strategies for Engaging in Emerging Countries
• General Manager for Cisco’s US$350m Saudi Arabian business based in Riyadh;
Prior to Cisco, Matt had a varied career starting as an aircrew officer in the Royal Navy, he also served as an Inspector in the Royal Hong Kong Police and worked for a Big Four Accounting firm.
Sam Tan
CIO at HKBN Group
Sam Tan
CIO at HKBN Group
As a consummate IT professional, Sam is passionate about using his expertise to improve in-house efficiencies, as well as help customers reap the full benefits of automation. He brings more than 34 years of experience in operations, administration, consulting and business management, with nearly three decades involved in the field of information technology. In addition, Sam also served 5 years in Singapore’s military. Before joining HKBN in January 2020, he was the APAC CIO for AECOM. Prior to that, Sam held various leadership roles in multinationals such as Liz Claiborne, UPS Supply Chain Solutions and Hewlett-Packard, where he served as Vice President of Asia MIS, Head of IT and Solution Director respectively. He also spent 14 years with FedEx with the last 6 years as IT Director for Greater China and APAC IT Infrastructure, serving functions that included IT, Industrial Engineering, Operations and Customer Automation. Sam holds a Master of Business Administration Degree (Marketing) from the University of Leicester. He also holds multiple certifications in both management and information technology disciplines.
Ellie Tang
Head of Sustainability at New World Development Company Limited
Ellie Tang
Head of Sustainability at New World Development Company Limited
Ellie Tang is currently Head of Sustainability at New World Development Company Limited and General Manager – Sustainability at K11 Concepts Limited, where she formulated and drives the “New World Sustainability Vision 2030” across the Group’s businesses in Hong Kong and mainland China, supports environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management and disclosure, leads green financing initiatives, and standardises sustainable building practices. She is also an appointed member of the Environmental Campaign Committee of the HKSAR Government.
Ellie’s experience covers sustainability strategy and planning, environmental management, ESG reporting, carbon credit project development, sustainable finance, and investor engagement. She was previously the Asia Pacific Coordinator of the “HSBC Water Programme” – a global USD100m partnership with governments and NGOs to improve access to fresh water and sanitation, relevant policy support, and community livelihoods.
Ellie holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University, U.S. A holistic sustainability practitioner, Ellie is also a certified health coach and a WELL Building Standard® Accredited Professional.
Prof. Sasu Tarkoma
Professor of Computer Science, Head of Department, Department of Computer Science at University of Helsinki
Amen Tong
General Manager at Airport Authority
Amen Tong
General Manager at Airport Authority
Amen Y K Tong, General Manager (Technical Services) of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, is responsible for maintenance management of the Authority’s assets at the Hong Kong International Airport, and for planning and implementing of improvement and enhancement works. Amen Tong is a Chartered Surveyor and Chartered Builder with more than 30 years of experience, within which over 20 years are on the planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of airport infrastructure, facilities and systems. Amen Tong has been taken up other senior positions including head of Procurement Department and General Manager of Property Development with the Authority.
Eunice Tse
Manager – Transport & Logistics at Google Cloud
Eunice Tse
Manager – Transport & Logistics at Google Cloud
Eunice Tse is responsible for the Travel & Logistics vertical in Google Cloud. Dedicated to customer’s success in adopting technologies in their business from driving innovation culture, operational efficiency, AI & ML adoption to strategic partnership for digital transformation.
Eunice has been walking the technology journey with clients from Travel & Logistics, Financial Services, Retail and Government in the past 15+ years. In Google Cloud, Eunice is one of the key member in Travel Industry Global Workgroup, which drives technology innovation & collaboration within Google across the globe.
David Turkington
Head of Technology, APAC at GSMA
David Turkington
Head of Technology, APAC at GSMA
David has worked in mobile networks engineering for over 30 years, his experience includes standards, rollout and optimization, networking and security, analytics and machine learning.
He began at the Mobile Systems Division, British Telecom Research Laboratories in Martlesham Heath, UK. He represented BT on ETSI standards committees and later he was seconded to Cellular One in New York as Microcell Engineering Manager.
David has been in Hong Kong for 25 years, specializing in network engineering for network operators, system integrators and equipment vendors, most recently as Director of Technology for Pixel Networks, an IoT solution provider of IoT solutions to many industrial and commercial organizations in APAC.
At GSMA he is responsible for coordinating various mobile industry technology initiatives, including 5G and IoT in the APAC region.
Maria Vassilakou
Deputy Mayor and Executive City Councillor at Vienna, Austria
Maria Vassilakou
Deputy Mayor and Executive City Councillor at Vienna, Austria
Maria Vassilakou started her political career as Secretary General of the Austrian Students’ Union. In November 1996 she became Member of the Vienna Provincial Parliament. From November 2010 until July 2019 she served as Deputy Mayor of Vienna and Executive City Councillor for Urban Planning, Traffic & Transport, Climate Protection, Energy and Public Participation. She is also the first Executive City Councillor with a migration background. She was born in Greece and migrated to Austria as a student in the mid ’80s. She studied Linguistics and Psychology at the University of Vienna (Magister degree, 1994) and acquired an MSc degree (2019) from the London School of Economics (LSE Cities Programme). In her nine years serving as Deputy Mayor she was responsible for a vast transformation agenda comprising numerous innovative projects. She is currently sharing her know-how and experience with cities working worldwide as an independent consultant.
Julian Vella
Co-Head, China – Global Infrastructure Advisory at KPMG China
Julian Vella
Co-Head, China - Global Infrastructure Advisory at KPMG China
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianpvell...
Julian is based in Hong Kong and is the Co-Head, China for KPMG’s Global Infrastructure Practice. Until recently he was also the Asia Pacific Regional Leader for 10 years and is a member of KPMG’s Global Infrastructure Board. Julian also previously developed and led KPMG Australia’s infrastructure practice and was a Board member of KPMG Australia for 6 years.
In his current role, Julian travels widely throughout Asia Pacific working with governments and the private sector to develop and advise on infrastructure programs, projects and assets. He is an active public speaker in international and Chinese forums on a range of topics around infrastructure, smart cities and city planning.
He has extensive experience as a lead adviser on a large range of commercial transactions, particularly in the transport and industrial markets sectors. Julian’s advice to Government organisations and corporations includes advice in respect of: infrastructure projects and financing (including Public Private Partnerships), privatisation, corporate strategy, corporate/debt restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, divestments, and business valuations.
Julian is currently leading the delivery of a major project to develop ways to facilitate greater application of commercial investment and financing to Chinese infrastructure projects in third country markets.
Sankar Villupuram
Associate Director, Regional Digital Services & Products Leader (East Asia) of Arup
Sankar Villupuram
Associate Director, Regional Digital Services & Products Leader (East Asia) of Arup
Mr Villupuram holds the responsibility of leading Digital Services for Arup in East Asia. It involves creating Software as a Service & digital solutions apart from advising our clients around the integration of data silos in built environment.
He has over 20 years of experience in design and implementation of transformational smart operational solutions leveraging Internet of Things (IoT) and data analytics across various domains viz. construction, public security, gaming, property, supply chain/logistics etc. He has managed several landmark projects in Hong Kong and gained extensive multidisciplinary experience in bid to strategic delivery. His pro-bono work includes board of director position at the Hong Kong Internet of Things Alliance and serving Project Management Institute (Hong Kong Chapter Board).
Mr Villupuram holds MBA (HKUST) with a bachelor’s in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. He is a professionally qualified CPIT (Project Director), PMP, CISA & CISM. He has recently completed the executive course from MIT on Innovation & Leadership. He was awarded CXO of the year under “Value Creation” category in the program hosted by INSEAD & judged by IDC, HPE & Intel.
Karen Wang
Director of Global Solutions Foundation
Karen Wang
Director of Global Solutions Foundation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanyuanwang/
Originally from China, Karen is a tech and social impact entrepreneur based in Hong Kong. Professional wise, She worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Microsoft ( Data & AI Tech Solutions). Back in college, She was part of the team that started Felesbio , A Boston & Hong Kong-based synthetic biotech startup that featured on Kickstarter in 2019. Currently, she is leading the initiative of Global Solutions Foundation in Hong Kong and China, a Tsinghua University born non-profit seeking to address the most pressing issues in areas of education, digital revolution, healthcare, poverty, and environment. https://www.globalsolutionsfestival.org/
A shortlist of Karen’s recent development
● “2050 Technology Unconference” started by the Founder of Alibaba Cloud, Dr.Wang Jian, to build connections to foster new ideas and innovations from all over the world. Karen organized an
HK-Hangzhou Youth Tech Exchange Program and “Smart City Conference” in 2019 during 2050
https://2050.org.cn/en/ .
Supporting Partners: Hong Kong Liaison Office; Science Park; Hangzhou United Front Work Department; Smart City Consortium (SCC)
Featured Speaker: Dr Winnie Tang JP, Founder and Honorary President of SCC
● Organized and moderated a “Women in Data Science” online conference with Stanford University WiDS, attracted more than 2500 audiences. https://www.wids-shanghai.org/
Supporting Partners: BCG, UNDP, SAP, Google, 4Paradigm, WeWork, HSBC
Featured on HSBC https://tech.hsbc/en/news-room/2020/big-tech-big-bank
Lucy Werner
Head of Cloud, Hong Kong at Google Cloud
Lucy Werner
Head of Cloud, Hong Kong at Google Cloud
Lucy Werner is responsible for leading Google Cloud’s business in Hong Kong focused on helping enterprise customers with their digital transformation strategies and accelerating innovation. Her prior role at Google was leading Finance and Travel strategies for pan Asian clients based in Hong Kong.
Lucy joined Google in January 2015. Her career prior to Google included leadership roles at Kenshoo across Asia Pacific and in the USA at Spruce Media where Lucy was the Chief Operating Officer (a Facebook PMD partner) and at adBrite where she served as the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Business Development where she built the largest independent ad exchange globally.
Lucy has also held several leadership roles in Finance at JP Morgan, Merill Lynch and Deloitte.
Lucy holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School a Bachelor of Commerce and CPA certification from the University of Cape Town.
Charles Wong
Founder and CEO of R&B Technology
Charles Wong
Founder and CEO of R&B Technology
Mr. Charles Wong, founder and CEO of The R&B Technology Group, responsible for fund procurement, strategic and marketing development, quickly made a mark in leading the group as the pioneer of providing one stop service for integrating artificial intelligence & vertical industrial applications.
With abundant business network and management experience, Charles’ career has spanned the gamut as he is also currently the Executive Director of Vaford Group of Companies since 1997 which provides contracting and project management services to high quality worldwide commercial projects.
Having studied Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in addition to the above roles, Charles previously also held the position of legal representative and the co-founder / CEO of Weldtech Technology Co Ltd.
Peter Yan
Chief Executive Officer at Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
Peter Yan
Chief Executive Officer at Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-yan-9...
Mr Peter Yan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited. As the CEO of Cyberport, Mr Yan leads the digital technology flagship to focus on fostering industry development, enterprise transformation and talent cultivation to realise Cyberport’s vision to create new impetus for Hong Kong’s new economy through digital technology.
Mr Yan has 34 years of experience in the information technology industry and is a fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society. Prior to joining Cyberport, Mr Yan was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of SUNeVision Holdings Limited; and had held various senior management positions in large consulting and information technology services companies including Accenture, Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited, and Computer and Technologies Holdings Limited. Mr Yan has been active in public services especially in the areas of talent development and digital technology industry development, serving as advisors to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong, as well as the Board of Cyberport from 2011 to 2017.
Mr Yan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and received Executive Education from the Harvard Business School.
Nancy Yip
Territory General Manager, Hong Kong and Taiwan at WeWork
Nancy Yip
Territory General Manager, Hong Kong and Taiwan at WeWork
Nancy Yip currently serves as the Territory General Manager, Hong Kong and Taiwan at WeWork. In this capacity, she oversees all aspects of WeWork’s business in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including P&L management, go-to-market strategy, general management and sales leadership.
As an industry veteran, Yip brings to WeWork a proven track record of business development and sales strategy, as well as over 20 years of experience in the workplace and technology sector. Yip has extensive leadership experience in navigating diverse business partnerships, from global private and listed corporations, international technology companies to government organizations. Over the years, she has created value for stakeholders by devising digitization, real estate and workplace strategies that meet the business needs of the ever-changing landscape.
Prior to joining WeWork, Yip was the Country Manager of Hong Kong at a global workplace company and was responsible for the overall P&L performance of all Hong Kong locations operating under different brand names. During her tenure, Yip led the team to drive business growth with her goal-oriented mindset and innate ability to connect customer desires with business needs. She previously held senior positions at international technology companies, including Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.
Jimalyn Yao
Strategy and Business Development Manager at Siemens
Jimalyn Yao
Strategy and Business Development Manager at Siemens
Jimalyn has been in the buildings industry for ten years, in roles ranging from strategy, marketing, sales and solutions development.
Her work has cut across energy efficiency, product development and business strategy for the built environment in multiple cities.
Currently, Jimalyn serves as a Digital Solutions Developer, creating progressive solutions for customers by harnessing the power of their data. Having worked in Taiwan, ASEAN and most recently Hong Kong, Jimalyn has a macro-view of the smart city technology trends and adoption levels across Asia Pacific.
Jimalyn has a degree in Science & Technology Policy from Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
Arthur Lam
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director of Negawatt Utility
Arthur Lam
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Director of Negawatt Utility
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-lam-...
Mr. Lam Arthur, is the Co-CEO and a Director of Negawatt Utility Limited. He is responsible for overseas development and research and development of the Company. Mr. Lam is also the Vice Chairman of the Board, an executive Director and one of the substantial shareholders of Synergy Group Holdings International Limited (Stock Code: 1539). In addition, Mr Lam is also a director of Synergy Lighting Limited and Synergy Group WorldwideLimited, both are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, and a director of various subsidiaries of Negawatt Utility Limited and Synergy Group Holdings International Limited. Mr. Lam graduated from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, the United States, with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in May 2008. Before joining our Group, Mr. Lam was an Associate (Trade Support and Risk Management) in Myo Capital Advisers Limited from November 2008 to June 2009. Mr. Lam is a certified Carbon Audit Professional and a certified Energy Manager of The Association of Energy Engineers (Hong Kong Chapter).
Dr. Saraansh Dave
Head of New Business Development at CLP Holdings Limited
Dr. Saraansh Dave
Head of New Business Development at CLP Holdings Limited
Saraansh is Head of New Business Development for CLP Holdings where he is responsible for developing new opportunities across all of CLP’s regions in Asia-Pacific. This includes; new business models, project development, partnerships, accelerators and joint-ventures.
Prior to CLP, Saraansh worked for SSE Plc in the UK within their commercial division where he held a number of roles from strategy to business development which included areas such as electric vehicles, storage, and energy services.
Saraansh also worked for Toshiba Corporate Research & Development where he focused on Smart Grid projects across Europe.
He holds a first class masters degree in Engineering from the University of Oxford and an Engineering Doctorate from the University of Bristol.
Shanan Liu
Student at King George V School
Shanan Liu
Student at King George V School
My name is Shanan Noya Liu, I was born in the US, grew up in Beijing and here I am now in Hong Kong. As an environmentalist with a multicultural background, I have always focused on achieving a sustainable lifestyle for tomorrow and influenced my peers on the topic. I am proud to be a member of the generation of change, and I am thrilled for the amazing content in this conference.
Riccardo Caiulo
Student at King George V School
Riccardo Caiulo
Student at King George V School
My name is Riccardo Caiulo and I am a recently graduated student from King George V School. My past experiences with startup and entrepreneurship competitions have led me to develop a keen interest in young minds' place in the present and future business landscapes and how education can help prepare these minds for what is to come. In such a fast paced world we need an educational system that can adapt to the niches of modern enterprise.
Jayesh Chhatlani
Student at King George V School
Jayesh Chhatlani
Student at King George V School
My name is Jayesh Chatlani, I am a student born in Hong Kong who studied at KGV. Along my educational journey I developed a passion for entrepreneurship and noticed its ever-growing culture present in our modern society and developed programs to assist students along the way. I believe that now is the perfect time to enable the change we all want to see in the world.
Ivan Ng
Chief Executive Officer at Time Creation Limited (“FindDoc”)
Ivan Ng
Chief Executive Officer at Time Creation Limited ("FindDoc")
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-ng-220...
The brains. Ivan is the ultra positive driver, and it’s handy that he is also technologically brilliant. Prior to founding Finddoc, he was founder of MoMa International, a leader in mobile marketing in Hong Kong. Ever the entrepreneur, Ivan also founded Azure Creations, an innovative startup focused on developing consumer mobile telecommunications and internet applications such as Ring-back Tone Platform and Bandwidth Policy Deduction. Ivan graduated with honors with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
Chelsea Miu
Brand Director of MAD Gaze
Chelsea Miu
Brand Director of MAD Gaze
6 years with the Company, Chelsea is one of the founding member of MAD Gaze and the in-charge of brand management and product development. Chelsea truly believes that mixed reality smart glasses are the next biggest thing which will soon become the new replacement of tablets and laptops. She is also very motivated by the challenges of building a complete ecosystem of augmented reality.
Chelsea is always an enthusiast of art and technology since her teenage. With her insights and leadership, she has successfully helped the startup to attract a wide range of audience and expand the Company’s reach with her global connections.
Eva Chu
Co-Founder of iSTEM Limited
Ramesh Daryanani
Vice President, Global Sales, Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China) at Marriott International
Ramesh Daryanani
Vice President, Global Sales, Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China) at Marriott International
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshdarya...
A key member of Marriott International’s Global Sales Organization and Asia Pacific Sales & Marketing leadership team, Ramesh is responsible for providing strategic sales leadership to Marriott’s Global Sales Organization in APEC and B2B Marketing & Events team for APAC based in Hong Kong.
The Global Sales Organization (GSO) focuses on Marriott’s high value customers & partners globally which include a mix of corporations, associations, and intermediaries. The GSO leads the strategic direction for all Marriott brands, both managed and franchised with these complex, high value customers. They are responsible for all revenue streams (business transient, group and extended stay) and work in partnership the B2B Marketing & Events experts to grow customer preference across all digital, social and face to face platforms.
Ramesh began his career with Marriott International in Sydney in 2007. During his tenure he has held various leadership positions including: Regional Director of Global Sales – India; Area Director of Sales & Marketing, South Asia from 2013-2015 where he provided leadership to 27 hotels, as well as India’s national sales, cluster marketing and e-commerce organization.
Originally from Darjeeling, India, Ramesh holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce & Accounting and a Master’s Degree in Marketing Management.