Ian received his MBA in The University of Hong Kong and his Bachelor Degree in The Polytechnic University (PolyU). He worked in Parsons Brinckerhoff, CLP Power, CLP Engineering before joining Schneider Electric as the Director of Project Execution Center. Ian is also the advisor for the I-Charge Solution International Company for years, helping on the design and development of the EV charging system. Ian is now the Solution Director focusing on developing innovative and sustainable solutions for the customers, with special emphasis on applying IoT solutions. Ian has been a part-time lecturer for the PolyU, Victoria University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Continuous and Professional Studies; and helped the CIBSE Hong Kong Branch as committee member. Recently he is the committee member of the HKIE Electrical Division.

Mr Kinsen Lee is a data scientist, solution architect, business consulting and project management veteran with more than 20 years of experience in various industry domains. With the ex-Accenture, ex-Jardine, and ex-COO experience in a HK leading marketing SaaS platform, Kinsen contributed to a number of large scale initiatives in digital transformation, A.I., IoT and Smart Living, such as enterprise-wide A.I. solution design and implementation, Smart Living Strategy and Implementation Roadmap Consultancy for major property developer, Advanced Smart Home Planning and Implementation, as well as Turnkey Smart Health solutions architecting and solution provisioning. Kinsen is currently the Managing Director of SparkLink Technology Limited, Vice President of HKIOTA (Hong Kong Internet of Things Alliance), Assessment Panel Member of ESS (Enterprise Support Scheme) by the Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR Government, and ERP (Expert Review Panel) member of the Government backed LSCM (Logistics and Supply Chain Management R&D Centre).

Jase Leung, Founder and CEO of Blockchain Solutions Ltd. He has more than ten years of practical experience in the IT field. These include projects from the HKSAR government and universities focusing on blockchain applications. He is committed to solving the pain points of various industries and assisting enterprises in carrying out digital transformation. At the same time, he aims to integrate blockchain into the general public and become an application required in daily life.

Chris Au Young leads a number of innovative developments to transform the Hong Kong International Airport into an airport of the future. He actively engaged airlines, ACI, IATA, technology leaders, universities and research institutions to shape the future travel experience and drive for operational excellence. Joined the Airport Authority since 2006, Chris has extensive experience in airport management including airfield, baggage, terminal systems, airport flow and runway capacity. Prior to that, he was the Regional Project Manager in North East Asia at TNT Express. He also spent 10 years at Accenture., a world leading management and IT consultancy firm, and delivered a number of business transformational projects for Fortune 500 companies. Chris served as a Board Member of the Zhuhai Airport Management Company (2014-2018). He is the representative of HKIA in the ACI World Airport IT Standing Committee, former member of the Expert Review Panel in the Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (LSCM), and a member of the HKIE in Logistics & Transportation Discipline. He holds an MBA degree and a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering.

Benson Ng is a Partner with EY Consulting in Hong Kong. He lead EY’s Hong Kong Business Consulting which combine EY’s world class talent from business transformation and innovation, finance, enterprise risk, financial service risk, supply chain & operations and technology risk. He specialize in business transformation and innovation aiming to help client to transforming business through the power of people, technology and innovation. He is a seasoned consulting professional with 22 years of global experiences in business transformation and digital business consulting (big data analytics, experience-led transformation, innovation as a service, digital operation optimization). Benson has advised life science, telecom, government, retail, transportation, multinational and technology and companies around the world. Benson lead EY’s innovation and growth center (wavespace) at Shanghai and had welcomed more than 3,000+ guest across 90+ innovation sessions with clients from all industry. Benson has been a regular speaker and participant with various universities, industry seminars and conferences, and client events. Benson is a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors and has been Selection Consultant to Directors of the Year Awards. Benson graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor degree and a Master degree on topic of artificial intelligence. Distinguished Alumni Award – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Engineering

John Liu serves as Head of Digital Service at Schneider Electric. He processes 20+ years of experience in telecommunications, IoT, property, health, emerging technologies and robotic solutions. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, John worked at HKBN Enterprise Solutions and his last position was Associate Director – Digital Transformation (IoT). As a founder of the IoT Department, John was responsible for HKBN Group's IoT service development and offerings in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China.

Being an experienced professional in IT sector, my tenacious and proactive approach resulted in numerous compliments received the last 10 years with assignments in different IT management projects and various industry associations. My excellent networking skills and ability to develop client relationships have also earned myself opportunities in every segment that I have involved. With my dedication and professional manner at work, I utilize my meticulous attention to detail in each project.

Dr. Wong is a seasoned professional with multi-disciplinary working experiences covering corporate strategy, business transformation, new growth business and investment, engineering and technology as well as project management. He is currently the General Manager – MTR Lab responsible for leading and managing the development and operation of new growth business anchored on innovation and technology in the areas of smart city, smart mobility, railway technology and green tech supporting ESG. He is also overseeing a corporate venture arm specializing on technology investment. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of Corporate Strategy of MTR Corporation responsible for formulation of business strategy of the group, and took part in and managed the execution of a corporate-wide transformation programme. Henry is also a chartered civil engineering possessing 12+ years working experience on mega infrastructure project management, civil engineering design and R&D in the field of engineering.

Mr. Zeng Xingyun is the president of Huawei Cloud APAC. Mr. Zeng joined Huawei in 1998. He has 27 years ICT industry experience and 18 years management experience.

Ghislain is the Co-Founder and CTO of Sparkmate. He’s always had a knack and passion for building with technology and engineering, with an expertise in Software and Cloud Computing. Since 2016, he’s built and led over +60 projects from 0-1, and aims to create a global tribe of engineers who are building exciting, fulfilling lives with Sparkmate.

Dan Wong is an expert in the fields of digital transformation and product innovation – with over 20 years of experience in Greater China and Silicon Valley. Dan is currently GM of Global Innovation at MTR Corporation, where he and his team are tasked with building new businesses and enhancing the core business with technology and partnerships. MTR is one of the most respected transport operators in the world, with operations in Stockholm, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau, and of course Hong Kong. MTR is at the nexus of “new mobility” (new modes of transport, O2O, urbanization, smart city, and public private partnerships). There are few companies with the unique expertise and resources to capture the emerging changes before us. Previous to MTR, Dan was a mentor and advisor to several startups in the artificial intelligence, converged retail, and smart home industries. As CEO of artificial intelligence startup Rokid, Dan and his team brought to market a cutting-edge home AI product that captured numerous industry accolades, including CES Innovation Award 2016 and 2017. This was a “full-stack” product involving the development of Rokid’s own voice recognition technology as well as customized hardware, software, and materials. Previous to Rokid, Dan was Vice President of Media Solution Center at Samsung, where he was responsible for the software and services on Samsung mobile phones, tablets, smart TVs and wearables in China. Before that, he ran one of China’s largest mobile ad networks as Chief Operating Officer of Madhouse. At Nokia, Dan launched and built NSeries into a $1.9B USD business across Greater China (covering China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan). While at Nokia, he was also responsible for the company’s Ovi internet services – launching multiple consumer services (app store, games, music, and maps) and establishing the joint-venture company that served as the basis for these services. Under Mr. Wong’s leadership, Nokia became the first foreign entity to obtain an Online Maps license in China’s tightly regulated market. In Silicon Valley, Dan has held various management positions with industry pioneering companies such as Openwave (WAP and mobile internet) and Excite@Home (broadband internet services and portal).

Estyn Chung is the General Manager of Uber for Hong Kong, overseeing local operation and is responsible for growing the business in Hong Kong. Estyn believes that efficient point to point mobility coupled with technology and innovation is not only beneficial to riders in Hong Kong, but is also an integral step to fulfilling Hong Kong’s smart city ambition. Prior to Uber, Estyn spent over a decade in Investment Banking in Asia and Australia with UBS, a Swiss Bank. He then went on to become a Co-Founder and CEO of CANOPY, a career platform for millennials headquartered in Hong Kong. Estyn led CANOPY’s efforts to become a leading career portal for next generation talent, which included overall responsibility for the strategy, product roadmap, team development and customer acquisition. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne.

Mr. Nick Poon is currently the Country Sales Manager of Poly Hong Kong office, a global leader in the industry driving cutting edge Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) and Modern Workplace solutions. Started from a technical background specific in his UC&C field and he has uplifted himself to a business leader driving the industry and solutions. He is a subject matter expert in the fields and has helped hundreds of global firms transforming their work environments before and during the pandemic. Nick is passionate about driving people to further adopt of remote communication and hybrid work environment. He believes workplace isn’t a location but a tool.

Hide Sato is a veteran international businessman with over 30 years of rich experience and achievements in global technology business development: SaaS, Cloud platform, IT hardware, software, services He pursued various leadership management roles at major multinational corporations: General Manager - Sales, at Nortel Networks (Canada), Director - Professional Services at Motorola (USA), Sr. Director - Sales at AXA Technology Services (France), and Director - Business Strategy at Novell (USA). Hide holds Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Economics from Trent University, Canada.

Love travel, culture and history in each country. Places I visited in Asia region; Hong Kong, Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam

Tristan Braud an Assistant Professor in the Division of Integrative Systems and Design at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Tristan got his PhD from Université Grenoble Alpes, France in 2016. Before that, he received an MSC from both the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Grenoble INP, France. His primary research focus is Augmented and Virtual Reality, with a specific interest on the human-specific issues in immersive environments, from the impact of lower-level technological decisions to application-level user experience. More recently, his work has expanded to the development of large-scale augmented reality experiences towards a city-scale metaverse.

Miss Mercy Liu is the Head of Global Industrial Business at SmartMore. Working closely with the General Manager, Mercy facilitates channel development, growth strategies & partnerships across different industrial applications of smart manufacturing. She is a experienced business development manager with 8 years experience in strategies, business planning, as well as building and maintaining collaborations with institutional partners ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to SMEs across industries in APAC.

Mr. Daniel Weitze (Head of Digital Mobility) is helping the world moving forward. Aiming to increase the quality of life for human beings in smart cities. Since August 2018 – after gaining 15 years of experience in transportation around the globe (Europe, North and South America, Asia) in several positions* – Mr. Weitze is leading the Digital Mobility department of Siemens Mobility Ltd. in Hong Kong. His open mind for new solutions and business models, combined with a broad experience in business management, R&D, product management, operations, sales and consultancy, is setting the foundation for exciting discussions and sharing of results around human centric business. *In 2003 he joined Siemens AG in Germany, apprenticeship and study in the area of information technology, engineering and customer service management. September 2011 to January 2013, Operations Manager Software as a Service and Credit Card Clearing.

Mr. Samson SUEN is a General Manager of Smart Manufacturing Division in Hong Kong Productivity Council. After graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Manufacturing Engineering, he had worked in the local household products manufacturers for a few years. Afterwards, he joined the Council and performed various roles in the field of consultancy and advanced technology development. In an early stage, Mr. SUEN is mainly responsible to supervise a team of consultants, engineers and technical officers to develop the new material, advanced processing and machinery related projects. Apart from the development works, he offers consultancy services in improving the manufacturing process and techniques to the local manufacturers who engaged in precision machining, plastics, metal, fashion and garment, tooling and machinery manufacturing, etc. Afterwards, he started to lead the business units in exploring new technology areas and promoted I4.0 & digitization to various foundation industries. He is also responsible for the operation of Composite Technology Centre, Smart Wearable, Watch and Clock Technology Centre, aiming to enhance the competitiveness of the local industry through the provision of professional consultancy services and training in innovation process, technology, management and information. Besides, he also actively participates in Trade Associations and Professional Institutes in the past twenty years including Federation of HK Industries (Mould and Die Council), Hong Kong Plastic Machinery Association, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Manufacturing, Industrial & Systems Division. Mr. SUEN has a Master Degree in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Honors Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, a Bachelor Degree in Laws and a Bachelor Degree of Science in Economic & Management.

o Dr. Wong responsible for the Mobile Network Architecture Design, Spectrum Planning, and Network Transformation to 5G. Dr. Wong oversees the 5G Technology development for Smart Cities and Vertical Industries like C-V2X for smart mobility, AR/VR for media & entertainment, tele-medicine for smart healthcare, and AI research projects. o Dr. Wong awarded by CAHK the Gold Award of the “Smart City” in 2019, Gold Award of the “Best 5G Application” in 2020, and Medal Awards of the “Best 5G Application” and “Best 5G Connected Arena” in 2021. o Dr. Wong has over 30 years of experience in mobile industry. He is the Board Members of NGMN Alliance and achieved the BSc (Hons) in Computer Engineering from the University of Manchester in UK, PhD in Mobile Radio Telecommunications from the University of Southampton, and MBA from the University of Hull.

Joe has 20+ years of experience in Telecom sector and he has a proven track record of business development and successfully defining new strategy and generating new revenue. Before Thinxtra, Joe worked at CSL and heading CSL's mobile solutions development team and focused on delivering innovative IOT solutions for enterprise customers. Joe has a strong belief that IOT is a game changer. By joining Thinxtra, the exclusive Sigfox operator in Hong Kong, his mission is to bring in world class IOT solutions to Hong Kong enterprise customers and to further consolidate Hong Kong as an IOT hub not only in Asia but also the world.

Mr. Paul Chan obtained the Bachelor Degree in Electronics Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1995 and received the Master Degree in Computing Engineering with distinction from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2018. He has over 27 years in Research & Development and Engineering field in which 24 years in railway control system and project management at Roctec Technology Ltd. As an experienced Railway Control System designer and engineer involving in various railway projects in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore, Paul has been leading the software and hardware team to design, develop and complete different telecommunication systems successfully. Between 2012 and 2016, Paul took the role of Chief Design Manager and led a team of over 40 engineers to manage the design, development, implementation, interface and testing for 8 telecommunication systems, including Passenger Information Display System (PIDS), Public Address System (PAS), Closed-Circuit Television System (CCTV), etc and 15 Interface Parties for South Island Line (East) project that commenced the operation in Dec 2016. Since 2016, Paul has led a software team to work with MTR for developing different Internet of Thing (IoT) projects including i) the Speed and Position Supervision System in Light Rail Trains by using on the technology of passive RFID and GPS, and ii) Tunnel Positioning System based on iBeacon devices and mobile App, and iii) Cloud-based Smart Toilet System based on Long Range (LoRa) sensors and public cloud platform. i) Speed and Position Supervision System is an innovative project by integrating the Global Positioning System (GPS) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to enhance the railway safety standard and requirement. The System provide various functions on speed supervision, turnout management, platform duty management and inter-vehicle distance monitoring in Light Rail. The System was accredited the Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 standard. ii) Tunnel Positioning System aimed to enhance the workers’ safety in trackside and tunnel works during the non-traffic hours (NTH). The positioning feature was realized by using Bluetooth-low-energy (BLE) iBeacons in tunnel sections while using Global Positioning System (GPS) in open sections along the track. The tailor-made mobile app for both IOS and Android Smartphone will detect the iBeacons installed in the tunnel and feedback its chainage location information to backend server hosted in public cloud platform. iii) Smart Toilet System with various types of Long Range (LoRa) sensors and display devices can alert the station staff for passengers’ health and safety, can provide environmental and air condition information to station staff and can provide the cleanliness and consumable usage information to cleaner staff.

Jeff Au belongs to the early generation of innovatove force in e-business, e-content and mobile technology when the Internet and telecommunication boom started in the exciting 90’s. He is involved in the development and advocacy of some of the pioneer digital products and services in Internet’s earliest stage, including Internet content portal, e-commerce, search engine, push technology platform, digital community, mobile gaming, mobile office tools and other novel digital services in the period of deep integration of tech and real world business solution. He participates in the development and operation of various digital products and services in Chinese Books Cyber Store (one of the earliest online shops in Asia), China Dotcom (First HK based Internet company listed in Nasdaq), Hongkong Dotcom (listed company in HK), Taiwan Dotcom, AOL Hong Kong, Cable & Wireless-Hong Kong Telecom Interactive Media Service, YesMobile’s mobile application products, HKGoodJobs, CoolJobz, CoolJobzHRM, etc. He is passionate in tech and creative startup incubation since the mobile startup and social media startup surge, through his management in developing a large volume of entrepreneurship campaigns and innovation incubation activities, involvement in startup and founder mentorship, and various startup and entrepreneurship platforms such as Marketplace Consulting, Incu-Lab, Betatron, etc. Jeff is also the Member of Executive Committee of HKIOTA (Hong Kong Internet of Things Alliance), Committee Member of Asia CEO, and Assessment Panel Member of HK ICT Award's Smart Mobility Award, HKSAR. He is also involved in corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, community service and public policy formulation, including social service provision, community art, life story-telling campaign for underprivileged people, citizen engagement, community education, counseling and coaching. His life goal is to evangelize people about the significance of fulfilling human needs with initiatives and projects that can integrate innovation and services embedded with humanistic elements, thus creating holistic solution with human touch.