Based out of Hong Kong, Julian is responsible for developing technology strategies and capabilities that support Telstra’s North Asia customers. Julian joined Telstra in 2020 as a Client Technology Executive, providing thought leadership to technology leaders and leading pursuit of large complex opportunities. Julian has 25 years of experience in the ICT sector specialising in Cloud, Networks, Cyber security and Unified Communications, with deep experience leading design, build and run activities on blue chip transformations programs. Julian holds a Bachelor of Computer Information Systems Design degree from the Kingston University, London, as well as numerous qualifications in technology, architecture, Agile methodologies and product management.

Arthur Shek, Managing Partner, Hong Kong, McKinsey & Company

Mark Chen is a highly accomplished executive in the field of collaboration technology, boasting more than a decade of experience across various domains, including startups, telecommunications, and system integration. Currently, he holds the esteemed position of Head of Sales for the Greater China Region at Lark, an all-in-one collaboration superapp developed by Bytedance. As one of the pioneering team members at Lark, Mark played a pivotal role in spearheading business expansion into emerging markets, such as Indonesia and Hong Kong. Mark is renowned for his leadership prowess in guiding companies to seamlessly adapt to the digital-native and mobile-first landscape, thereby ensuring their success in this dynamic era of technology.

Welcome Chan is the Head of IT Security of the Chong Hing Bank Limited. With his capacity, he is responsible for ensuring the Chong Hing Bank’s overall information and cyber security management to ensure the adherence of regulatory and compliance requirements. He also plays a key role on information and cyber security risk matters of the bank and provides security advises to businesses, projects, IT infrastructure and application reviews to alleviate the potential security risks. Prior to joining the Chong Hing Bank, he was the Technology Risk Management Head of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited (ICBCA), Security Management role in CMB Wing Lung Bank, China CITIC Bank International, and also the Information Security Manager of Bank of Communications, Hong Kong Branch, and had held different IT audit management and Security roles of listed companies and manufacturing enterprises. Welcome holds an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science Technology, and a Bachelor Degree of Electronic and Communications Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. Welcome is also a qualification holder of CISA, CISM, CISSP, CSSLP, CGEIT, CRISC, CPDSE, CCNP, CREST CPSA, CRT and IRCA ISO27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS) Principal Auditor and ISO20000 IT Services Management System (ITSMS) Principal Auditor.

Winston Yung is a Partner at McKinsey’s Hong Kong office. He focuses on serving financial institutions across Greater China on a broad range of issues including strategy, performance management, risk management, and corporate finance. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Yung was the CFO of HTC and Shin Kong Financial Holding, has extensive experience as a senior executive, and was elected “Best CFO” by Institutional Investor in 2011. Mr. Yung graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with double majors in Finance and Accounting and was designated Palmer Scholar. Relevant work: • Served major public institutions in Hong Kong; advised on policy issues including digital • Led multiple agile and digital transformations with McKinsey’s banking clients in Hong Kong and Taiwan • Leads McKinsey’s Risk Practice in China; led risk modelling and digital transformations across Great China • Published extensively on the impact of digital on finance and risk 容覺生先生是麥肯錫公司董事。容先生曾服務多家頂尖的本地及國際銀行和金融集團，服務的項目包括業務轉型、戰略規劃、兼併收購、運營整合等多個領域。加入麥肯錫前，容先生曾擔任台灣新光金融控股有限公司及宏達國際電子股份有限公司財務長，並被Institutional Investor雜誌評為2011年科技類別“最佳財務長”。容先生出生於香港，擁有美國賓夕法尼亞大學沃頓學院工商管理碩士（會計和金融學雙學位），並榮獲Palmer學者銜 相關經歷: • 為香港重要公家機構提供政策議題建言，涵蓋包括數位化在內等主題 • 帶領麥肯錫在香港及台灣多家銀行客戶進行敏捷與數位轉型專案 • 麥肯錫大中華區風險諮詢業務領導人; 帶領大中華區風險建模與數位轉型工作 • 發表過多則文章探討數位科技對財務與風險的影響

Wilson Ching is CommScope’s Regional Director, RUCKUS Networks, China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. He is responsible for leading and driving CommScope’s networking sales in these markets. Wilson has more than 25 years of experience in sales management, mainly in the IT sector. Prior to CommScope’s RUCKUS Networks, he spent 10 years in Extreme Networks as Country Manager for Hong Kong and Macau. Before that, he worked in Nortel Networks and Philips in a Sales role, including managing partnerships in Channel Sales. Wilson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Mr. Steven So is responsible for the business development, facility planning, and performance management of data centers operated by NTT in Hong Kong. He is also in charge of business planning, infrastructure design, and project management of the award-winning Hong Kong Financial Data Center (FDCTM) in Tseung Kwan O. Prior to joining the company in 2008, he was the Facility Manager of EC Harris responsible for operation and transition management at the HSBC Data Center. He was also the Senior Administration Manager of APT Satellite Co. Ltd. in charge of the construction and management of APT Telepark in the early 2000s. Mr. So holds a Master of Science degree in Facility Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales.

Stephen Tsang is the Chief Revenue Officer of NTT. He is responsible for the strategic leadership and development of sales and solution initiatives to drive business revenue and accelerate the company’s growth in Hong Kong. As an accomplished management professional in the industry, Mr. Tsang has over 30 years of experience in Asia, Europe and the U.S., and deep industry knowledge across product, sales and solutions. Prior to joining NTT, he held leadership roles at Telstra Global as the Head of Managed Network Services and Enterprise Solution Architects, and most recently the Head of Key Accounts and FSI. He has previously worked as the Director of Corporate Solutions and Business Development at CSI, and held various senior management positions at Nokia. Over the years, Mr. Tsang has demonstrated a successful track record in acquiring new business opportunities, and developing technology solutions for different sectors. In addition to his ICT experience, Mr. Tsang has taken leadership and advisory roles of some successful startup companies and investment. He was the Vice President and General Manager, APAC at Neustar, and the Vice President, APAC for OZ Communications which was acquired by Nokia. He was also the CEO of Trium Partners, a private equity company investing in payment technologies. Mr. Tsang has an honor’s degree in Electronic Engineering, and graduated as Master of Engineering from the University of Surrey in UK.

Maxime has over 25 years sales and business development experience in the IT & Telecommunications industries, helping clients manage the complexity of infrastructure transformation and enable them to deliver tangible outcomes for their businesses.

Max Song is CEO of Carbonbase (carbonbase.co) building Asia’s first blockchain based carbon registry, a Forbes 30u30, HuRun U30, and Tatler Gen T Honoree, Schwarzman Scholar. Carbonbase also leverages data science and blockchain for enterprise solutions for measuring, managing and reducing individual and corporate carbon emissions. In addition, Max is the co-founder of Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol, (the world’s largest ESG sustainability standard for Bitcoin to facilitate institutional adoption), and Project Ark, a sustainable metaverse design studio partnered with WWF. Previously, Max worked in investments for HK family offices, where he invested in TMT, AI, blockchain, and healthcare. Today he is Venture Partner at Pacific Century Group. Max worked as a data scientist in Silicon Valley for Ayasdi, where he helped with data analysis applications for finance, biotech and healthcare. Max received a Masters degree from Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University, and Bachelor of Science from Brown University, where he majored in Applied Math and Computer Science. Max is the co-chair of IEEE Planet Positive 2030 Forestry Committee, and a board director of a Asia virtual banK.

Jasmine Lee is Senior Pre-sales Engineer in the Greater China region of Schneider Electric. She drives the Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software business and advocates the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and big data to achieve energy savings and decarbonization of data centers. Prior to Jasmine’s current role, she was the Senior Sales Engineer at Schneider Electric Hong Kong, leading building management and power quality management opportunities for smart buildings and data centers. Jasmine has more than 9 years of professional experience in building automation. With professional qualifications in both sustainability and data center software solution, Jasmine actively participated in industry events and promoted sustainability in data centers. Jasmine holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Management and Technology and a master's degree in Intelligent Building Technology and Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

"Ir Andrew Young has over 38 years of executive experience, including Chief Commercial Officer of Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation and Director of Partnership Development for The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). He is now an Associate Director (Innovation) for Sino Group with responsibility to explore and identify innovations and technologies for application in the group and explore investment opportunities in technology ventures. He has developed professional working relationships with leading and renowned institutions and innovation nodes around the World. He is a Fellow of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and a Chartered Professional Engineer and member of the Institutions of Engineers Australia. He is an Adjunct Professor with The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and The University of Hong Kong, and serves on various committee of different universities such as Singapore Management University, City University of Hong Kong, PolyU, etc. He also sits on various committee in leading commerce and industry associations, serving as Chairman of Hong Kong Automation Technology Council and AI & Robotics Alliance of Hong Kong, Chairperson of Advisory Committee of Hong Kong Centre for Logistics Robotics, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Startup Council and Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association, member of the Cyberport Investors Network, etc. He is an active member within the start-up and VC community. 楊孟璋工程師 信和集團創新聯席董事 楊孟璋為註冊工程師，擁逾38年高級行政管理人員經驗，涉獵專業範疇包括企業營運管理、培育初創企業孵化計劃及平台、創新科技企業評估與投資、顧問服務和科研商品化等，曾任香港科技園公司首席商務總監及香港理工大學企業合作處總監，現職信和集團創新聯席董事，負責策劃集團的創新科技發展，及探討相關投資機會。此外，他亦致力促進香港與海外知名科研機構及創新中心聯繫，建立密切而共贏的科研合作關係。 楊先生是香港工程師學會資深會員、澳洲工程師協會特許專業工程師及會員、香港科技大學兼任教授、香港大學客座教授、同時亦於多所大學擔任顧問委員會及工作小組委員，包括新加坡管理大學、香港城市大學、香港理工大學等。他亦積極參與推動香港工商業界的發展，現為香港自動化科技協會主席、香港人工智能與機械人聯盟主席、香港物流機械人研究中心諮詢委員會主席、香港初創企業協會副主席、香港醫療及保健器材行業協會副主席及數碼港投資者網絡成員等，並活躍於創業和風險投資界。"

Dr. Ted Suen is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of Lenovo PCCW Solutions (LPS), a technology solutions powerhouse in Asia Pacific formed by Lenovo and PCCW through a strategic partnership in August 2022. Ted works closely with the CEO to spearhead go-to-market and technology solutions offerings to drive business growth in Asia Pacific. Ted is one the best-known technology senior executives in the region. Before joining LPS, he led the cognitive digital mobility strategy and platform design as the Executive Director Digital Mobility and Chief Technology Officer of the Land Mobility sector at NEOM, the mega cognitive city project in Saudi Arabia. Prior to that, he served MTR for 10 years where his last position was Chief Information Officer. During his tenure with MTR, he managed one of the most complex global IT operations in the region, and worked with the Board to formulate corporate digital transformation and cybersecurity strategies; he also led various innovation implementation programs at MTR. Additionally, Ted had years of leadership experience in system integration projects and IT outsourcing services at EDS. In recognition of his contributions to the IT community in the region, Ted has received many prestigious IT awards, including the China Top 5 CIO Award, the China Best Value CIO Award, the Hong Kong Large Enterprise Top CIO Award and the Asia Top CIO Award. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor by the Government of HKSAR in 2020 for his contribution to talent cultivation and development. He was the President of the Hong Kong Computer Society from 2017 to 2021. Ted holds a diverse spectrum of academic qualifications, including Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics and Computer Science from the Australian National University, and a Master’s Degree in Professional Accounting from Charles Sturt University. In 2020, he gained a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from SBS Swiss Business School.

Dr. Ebrahim Al Alkeem is a proven leader in the field of cybersecurity, with over 17 years of experience. He has worked with many technologies in different positions and is currently leading the cybersecurity department. Dr. Ebrahim has published several articles in prestigious journals and has been a speaker and panel member at cybersecurity events and summits. He is an active member of many engineering associations across the world. Dr. Ebrahim's keen insight and creative ideas have helped companies grow their technological capabilities. He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Khalifa University and has received numerous worldwide recognized security certificates.

Brook is Group CEO and Managing Director of Delos Delta. He leads programs and projects for clients at all levels of government across the globe, with specialty in smart cities and regions, innovation, data, and digital programs. An expert in both strategy and project delivery, Brook is recognised as one of the Asia-Pacific’s preeminent smart city practitioners. Brook is the former president of the Australian Smart Communities Association, where he worked with members to improve smart tech, data and innovation capacity, investment, and results. Brook is an experienced economist, public-sector executive, public speaker, change management expert, and policy analyst working with governments across Australia and overseas.

Andre Kwok is currently the Chief of Staff of the global family office Tsangs Group, as well as the Executive Director of Hong Kong Ambassadors Club. In 2016, Andre Kwok founded the Good City Foundation as Chairman and participated in various technology innovation industries through venture building and venture capital. The Foundation has been dedicated in domains such as Public Private Partnership, Urban Innovation and Impact Investing in verticals such as financial inclusion, future of work, food and smart city governance, through initiatives such as “Future City Summit”, public policy research and development programs. Andre is currently also the Fellow in the World Economic Forum for global urban transformation and Director in the HK Social Entrepreneurship Forum. Andre is also the Executive Director for the Hong Kong Ambassadors Club, a public-private initiative founded by the global family office Tsangs Group and The Hon. Jeffrey Lam, Member of the HKSAR Government Executive Council and Legislative Council. In 2023, Andre was also appointed by the HKSAR Government to be the District Youth Development and Civic Education Committee and invited by the HKSAR Government’s Chief Executive's Policy Unit as Co-Investigator in the Public Policy Research Scheme. While Andre was named Li Ka Shing Foundation Scholar for Masters in Public Policy in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and graduated as Bachelor of Social Sciences (Politics and Public Administration) in The University of Hong Kong, he also joined as Student Fellow in the Centre for Liveable Cities in the Ministry of National Development of Singapore. Andre is listed in the Tatler Asia's Gen.T List 2022 and the Forbes China 30 Under 30 as Social Entrepreneur.

Claude Achcar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Actel Consulting, a specialist Tech advisory firm. The company, founded in 2002, differentiates through independent, deep-dive, and hands-on guidance to deliver implementable advisory. Clients include investors, innovators, corporates, telecoms, service providers, and regulators. Claude has over 30 years of ICT experience. He began his career as an AI Research Associate followed by eleven years in various engineering, marketing, and operations roles with Nortel. Prior to Actel Consulting, Claude was Managing Director and VP Asia at Ciena. Claude is an engineer by training, holding B.Eng. & M.Eng. (Speech Recognition) degrees from Ecole Polytechnique, and an MBA from McGill University, both in Montreal, Canada.

Idriss Selhoum is an experienced Cloud Transformation Lead, currently responsible for building and deploying the Cloud Platform for Marks and Spencer. Idriss has held similar positions mainly in the banking and insurance industry for international business. Prior to joining M&S he worked for AXA in Paris leading the Cloud Competency Center for insurance. He is passionate about making Technology the fuel for business performance and still writes code when he can. He has two young children for which he dedicates his life.

Tim Tong is Co-Founder & Director of Mega Power Technology (Group) Limited, which is a leading IT & Engineering solution provider specialized in data center & network infrastructure such as cabling & rack systems. He has nearly twenty years’ sales & marketing development experience in IT & Telecom Industry with numerous customer reference & testimonial ranging from public organizations, multinational corporations and local enterprises in multiple industries. Since 2011, Tim Tong passionately worked with partners and establish his own business, with a vision to create a Smart & Green World Tomorrow, starting from commercial workplace environment. He acted as a leading role in expanding sales & marketing team and developing worldwide strategic partnership with different IT & Smart product brands. Since 2020, Tim Tong thrived for setting up an O2O platform with over 10000 types of IT & SMART living products (www.hkgogomall.com) to transform corporate IT shopping habit and enhance their operation efficiency from offline to online procurement process, and thus, extend business from Offline to Online model at the same time. Apart from work, Tim Tong is a professional emcee, and actively participating in different chamber of commerce’s activities, in order to co-work with people with same vision to encourage HK business environment and serve the community with care.

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Kelly Peilin Chan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Vika Inc. and AITable. Vika, inc. has successfully raised over US$10M+ in funding from prominent investors such as HillHouse Capital, IDG Capital, 5Y Capital, and Eminence Capital. Prior to his current roles, he held the position of CTO and board member at HEYTEA, the leading new milky tea company in China. With a background as a Senior Engineer and Software Architect at Kingsoft Software, Kelly brings extensive industry experience to his leadership positions.

Leo is a leadership expert with strong passion in Technology and Innovation. He is the Group Chief Information Officer at Emperor Group with his 20 years of Technology and Transformation experiences throughout the Investment Banking, Financial Services and Consulting industries. He has worked in HK, the Mainland China, Canada and UK. Leo has Actuarial Science degree from University Of Toronto, Master in Financial Engineering from City University of Hong Kong, and Master of Law in Corporate and Financial Law from University of Hong Kong. He is also CPA (Aust) member, and holds CGEIT (Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT), CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control), CISM (Certified Information Security Manager), Prince2, CSM (Certified Scrum Master).

David Wang brings over 20 years of expertise in Information Technology, satellite communications, and advanced electronic system integration. At PCCW Global, he's been staff in promoting the company's business growth within the Greater Bay Area, spearheading the introduction of cutting-edge technologies for strategic enterprises.

Eddy is the AVP of PCCW Global and leads a team of solution consultants and presales to engage in multidisciplinary and complex technical sales. Eddy has vast experience in the telecommunications infrastructure and international data services business. Eddy graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Technology, Sydney where he earned his BSc in computing science. He also holds MBA from the University of New England in Australia and MSc in e-commerce & Internet computing from The University of Hong Kong. Eddy is a certified CISSP and CCNP.

Tino has immersed himself with his expertise in Building Automation and Integration projects over 10 years of time, including Internet-of-Things spectrum orchestration, for scenarios based of operational advising. The primary role at Schideron is to bring forth Schideron IOT Data Acquisition methodology to be of service to a conglomerate coverage of industrial partners.

Mr. Deacon D.K Wan is the Senior Director Analyst at Gartner Software Engineering Practices, Strategies and Leadership He is an Executive Expert, Digital business transformation champion. Innovator, sought-after speaker, Product manager, Commercial leader with end-to-end technical and marketing strength. Mr. Wan was born in Hong Kong, raised in Canada, and internationally groomed. He is equipped with diversified experience in developing partners, managing global teams and affiliates in Greater China, Europe, Japan, Korea, and U.S. Mr. Wan offered strong product development, operations and business management skills for the Hutchison Whampoa Group of companies from 1994 to 2016, then joined Gartner on September 2016. Deacon also serves as the lead of Gartner Greater China Research Community, and is a Key Initiative Leader of Applications and Software Engineering in China., and a Leaders-as-Teachers Faculty member. With expert advisory from Gartner Research and Advisory, and provides strategic advice to enterprises and technology service providers.

Gee is part of LPS Technology Office, focused on strategizing and delivering digital technologies to help clients achieve tangible business benefits across multiple industries and geographies (e.g., Telecommunications, Technologies manufacturer, Software vendors and Entertainment companies) Prior to joining LPS, Gee held multiple consulting roles with McKinsey, PwC, and Infosys, across multiple geographies ,delivering large scale technology transformation programs and digital strategies for some of the largest telecom and technology companies. Gee holds a BSc. In Applied Physics, with a minor in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo