8:30 - 9:00 

Registration

 

 

9:00 – 9:30 

Opening Remarks

 

Juwan Lee - CEO, NexChange

Herman Lam - CEO, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

 

9:30 – 9:45 

Keynote Address 

 

What can Hong Kong learn from China Fintech?

Edward Tse - Founder & CEO, Gao Feng Advisory Company

 

9:45 - 10:30

How to Attract Talent

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Fintech Industry is growing rapidly, but where will the talent come from and what can entrepreneurs and employees expect?

Karena Belin - Co-founder, W-Hub, Moderator

Angus Washington - Managing Partner, Wellesley Associates Limited

Polly Chan - Co-founder & Director, GTP Talent Search

Karl Franzmann - Talent Director, ex Michael Page, Renaissance Capital & Barclays

Jerrell Bravo - Senior Partner, RPO Global

 

10:30 – 11:15

What attracts VC?

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Fintech in Asia is still in its early stage. What is the state of funding and how is that different compared to global trends? Who's doling out the money?

Nina Zhou - Managing Director, Creditease Wealth Management, Moderator

Jay Sala - Managing Director, Integrity Partners

James Savage - Chairman of the Venture Committee, HK Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Paul Scibetta - Former CEO, JP Morgan Private Bank Asia Pacific

Zig Wronsky - Investor, Hendale Capital Limited

 

11:15 – 11:45

Networking coffee break

 

11:45 – 12:30

Inside the Brain of a Fintech Entrepreneur

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Starting a fintech company requires guts, ambition and smarts. Talk to real practitioners as they go through their journey.

Henri Arslanian - Adjunct Associate Professor, Hong Kong University, Moderator

Alex Medana - CEO, FInFabrik

Aurelien Menant - Founder and CEO, Gatecoin

Edmund J. Lowell - Founder, KYC-Chain

Rajah Chaudhry - Founder and CEO, Paycelerate

Justin Ling - CEO, EquitySim

 

12:30 – 14:00 

Lunch

 

14:00 – 14:45 

Education

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Fintech journey starts early. How are the universities and educational platform aiding in the process?

Lapman Lee - Managing Director, Duff & Phelps and FSBC, European Chamber of Commerce, Moderator

Francis Lau - Associate Dean, HKU Computer Science

David Toh - Director and CTO, Ntuitive, subsidiary of Nanyang Technological University

Stephen Watt - Dean of Mathematics, University of Waterloo

Joanne Murphy - Managing Director, Asia Pacific, CAIA

 

14:45 – 15:30

Start up Infrastructure, Technology and Services

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Examining the available resources, technologies and services to aid growth for Fintech companies.

Charles d'Haussy - Head of Fintech, InvestHK, Moderator

Andrew Young - Chief Commercial Officer, HK Science & Technology Parks Corporation

Stephane Dubois - CEO and Founder, Xignite

Toa Charm - Chief Public Mission Officer, Cyberport

Jeff Tijssen - Head of FinTech & Digital Partnerships, Capco

 

 

15:30 – 16:00

Networking Coffee Break

 

16:00 – 16:15 

Speaking Slot

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Diagnosing HK's Fintech Ecosystem

Paul Schulte - Founder and Editor, Schulte Research

Diagnosing HK's Fintech Ecosystem

 

16:15 – 17:00 

Fintech for Asset Managers

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No other industry is so impacted by the Fintech revolution, hear from the disruptors and the industry leaders.

Paul Schulte - Founder and Editor, Schulte Research, Moderator

Andrew Economos - Chief Strategy Officer, NexChange

Jean Paul Eulaers - Principal Consultant, eBroker Systems

Paul McCulloch - CEO, Helm Solutions, Inc.

Eric Ben-Artzi - Head of Risk Analytics, BondIT

 

17:00 – 17:15

Keynote Address

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Feridun Hamdullahpur - President and vice-chancellor, University of Waterloo

 

17:15- 18:00

Global Fintech Companies

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Growth opportunities and changes from different global perspectives.

David Daoud - Principal Consultant - FinTech, Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence, Maltem Consulting Group, Founder & CEO Elearn2Grow, Moderator

William Probert - Senior Consultant, Sovereign Group

Florian Matthaeus Spiegl - Founding Partner & COO, FinFabrik

Ryan Liew - Director - Strategy and Business Development, Call Levels

Andy Burwell - Director for Inward Investment, Department for International Trade of UK Government

 

18:00- 18:45

Blockchain Focus: The State of the Chain

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How large-scale enterprises are using Blockchain.

Jehan Chu - Partner, Jen Advisors, Moderator

James Slazas - CFO, ConsenSys

Bob Crozier - Associate Director, AIA Edge

 

18:45 - 19:00

Wrap up / Conference Conclusion

 

19:00 - 20:00

Cocktail Networking

 

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