DAY ONE

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8:30 am

 

Registration

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9:00 am

 

Opening Remarks

 

Juwan Lee – CEO, NexChange

Mr. Herman Lam  – CEO, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

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9:30 am

 

Keynote Address

Asset Management and Digital Disruption: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Disruption is the name of the game, but what does it mean for asset management?

 

Andrew Economos – Former Capital Group / JP Morgan

 

10:00 am

 

RegTech: Another Brick in the Wall

Global, regional, and local regulations are changing but understanding them can work to your

advantage.

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Mushtaq Kapasi - Head of ICMA Asia-Pacific, moderator
Philippa Allen – CEO, Compliance Asia
Lapman Lee - Managing Director, Duff & Phelps and FSBC, European Chamber of Commerce

Edmund John Lowell - Founder, KYC-Chain

Ian Wood - Partner, Simmons and Simmons

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10:45 am

 

Coffee break

 

11:15 am

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Bringing Traditional Finance and Fintech Together: Can’t Fight This Feeling

Traditional finance and fintech don’t need to constantly be at odds. Can’t we all just get along?

 

Jouko Ahvenainen - Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Grow VC Group 

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12:00 pm

 

Networking Lunch

 

1:00 pm

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Cross Border Fintech Opportunities with the U.S., U.K., and China: We are the World

How can APAC fintech startups expand globally, and what opportunities lie for overseas fintech in Asia? 

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Henri Arslanian – Adjunct Associate Professor, Hong Kong University, moderator

Karena Belin – Co founder, W-Hub

James McKeogh - Partner, KPMG

Travis Lundy - Advisor at Smartkarma

Jo Hawley - Director, Department for International Trade, Hong Kong and Macau, British Consulate-General

Jonathan Ha - CEO, Red Pulse

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1:50 pm

 

Asset Management: Don’t You Forget About Me
It may not be as sexy as payment apps, but fintech in asset management has a wealth of potential.

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Bernie Lo - Anchor, CNBC, moderator

Joanne Murphy – Managing director, CAIA
Wing Cheung – CEO, Lattice Limited
Philip Yoon – Managing Director, Phinary Advisors Limited

Sebastien Chaker – Head of Asia, Calastone

 

2:40 pm

 

Coffee break

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3:15 pm

 

Blockchain: We Built This City

Blockchain is the unavoidable fintech panel, but here we’ll look beyond the buzzword to tangible implementation.

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Leonhard Weese – President, Bitcoin Association, moderator

Alex Medana – CEO, FinFabrik
Maxine Ryan– Co-Founder & COO, Bitspark Limited

Jack C. Liu - CSO, OKCoin & OKLink

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4:00 pm

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Adapting to an Efficient Investment World: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now

Financial services firms need to understand how using smart tools will create a critical advantage.

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Chris Ryan – Head of APAC, MSCI

 

4:30 pm

 

Closing remarks

 

4:45 pm

 

Networking Cocktails

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DAY TWO

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9:00 am

 

Opening Remarks

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9:10 am

 

InsurTech: We Didn’t Start the Fire

Insurers give an inside look at how fintech is affecting their industry.

 

Lapman Lee - European Chamber of Commerce FinTech committee member, moderator

John Brisco - CIO & COO, Manulife Asia

 

9:50 am

 

Customer Engagement and Gamification in Trading: Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car

New technology is great, but the key is getting people to actually use it.

 

Isabella Carvalho - Manager, Asia Pacific Transaction Advisory Services, EY, moderator

Wladimir Huber – Co Founder & managing director, SwipeStox

Benjamin Bilski – CEO, SwipeStox

 

10:30 am

 

Payments: Material Girl

There’s a slew of payments companies and apps now, and it’s time to start picking the winning business models from the losers.

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David Daoud - Principal Consultant, Maltem Consulting Group, moderator

Ajmal Samuel - CEO, Octo3

Paul Tomes – Co-Founder and CEO, Passkit

Shao Li Robert Liu - CEO & Founding Partner, Yintran Group

David Rosa – Co-Founder, NEAT

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11:10 am

 

Coffee break

 

11:40 am

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Cybersecurity: I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

Security threats are around every corner. Can fintech help or are we just constantly playing catchup?

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Emily Tan - Asia Pacific Reporter, CNBC, moderator

Cedric Jeannot – Phd, CEO, Aprivacy

Carolyn Bigg – Of Counsel, DLA Piper

Duncan Wong – Director, security and data sciences, Astri

Eric Meyer – CEO, Apvera

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12:20 pm

 

Closing Remarks

 

12:30 pm

 

Networking Lunch

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2:00 pm

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Event Ends