Dr. Charm has amassed over three decades of experience in the innovation and technology industry. He previously served as the Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport and held senior executive positions at leading multinational, Chinese, and Hong Kong enterprises such as IBM, Oracle, HSBC, Jardine Pacific, and Kingdee. Dr. Charm specializes in digital strategy and transformation, corporate innovation, intrapreneurship, and start-up cultivation. He possesses technical expertise in areas such as big data, AI, fintech, blockchain, and e-commerce. Currently, Dr. Charm holds the position of Chairman and Principal Advisor at several elite Asia-based start-ups, including OpenCertHub Academy, Wizpresso, Buyandship, Posify, HairCoSys, and more. He provides digital transformation and data monetization advisory services to leading enterprises such as Transunion, HSBC, foodpanda, Hong Kong Airport Authority. Dr. Charm is an associate director and professor (EMBA) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has designed and delivered executive courses to influential enterprises in Asia such as Chow Tai Fook, Harbour City, AIA, Bank of East Asia, ICBC, CCB. Dr. Charm’s Engagement in the Innovation and Technology Ecosystem Dr. Charm has been an active contributor to the innovation and technology ecosystem in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and ASEAN. In 2022, he founded the Data Literacy Association. Since 2019, he has been the Chief Judge of HKICT Awards (FinTech) and, since 2022, Chair Judge of Business GoVirtual Tech Awards (Digital Transformation). Dr. Charm is also an advisor to several influential organizations, including HKSTP, Cyberport, GS1 HK, ASTRI, HKPC, Hong Kong Institute of Bankers (FinTech), Federation of Hong Kong Industries (Startup Council), CityU (Tech 300), and Hong Kong Consumer Council (Digital Economy Committee). In 2020, Dr. Charm published his book ""Digital Power-Up《數碼力大提升》"" and, in 2021, his international business case ""HSBC – Embracing Open Innovation for SMEs"" on Ivey Publishing. He received the School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award (2019) and Outstanding Doctor of Business Administration Alumni Award (2018) from the City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Charm has completed senior leadership and digital transformation training from several prestigious institutions, including MIT, Harvard, UC-Berkeley, Oxford, and CEIBS. For more information about Dr. Charm, please visit his LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/toacharm/.

Wilson heads PwC’s global technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry practice. He is also the TMT industry leader for the firm’s Mainland China and Hong Kong practice. Wilson is based in PwC China’s Shenzhen office. Emerging technologies and digital deployment are redefining all industries and businesses. They also lead to rapid growth and developments of companies in the TMT industry. Wilson has been leading and supporting the PwC global network across all lines of service - Assurance, Taxation and Advisory - to provide one-stop professional solutions and services to companies in the TMT industry, as well as to clients looking for reinventing themselves through digital transformations. Wilson has been working in the public accounting practice in Mainland China and Hong Kong for more than 30 years. He has extensive experience in providing assurance and advisory services to companies in the TMT industry, ranging from start-ups to global tech giants, for capital market transactions, assurance engagements, systems and controls advisory, and deals. He is a practising member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Accountants, China Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Wilson is also an adviser to the Internet Advertising Board of Hong Kong.

Ted Suh is a co-founding member of S2W and initially joined as a darkweb intelligence analyst, leveraging his expertise to uncover insights within the clandestine corners of the internet. He has now transitioned into the role of Director of Business Center, responsible for navigating long term growth strategy. He is a respected speaker in the field of darkweb intelligence and cybersecurity. He has been invited to share his knowledge at various conferences, including Chainalysis Trace DC 2023, where he delivered DarkBERT: an AI model for combating cybercrimes at Washington DC, US. Ted also spoke at NetSec-KR 2021, shedding light on the analysis of the cybercriminal ecosystem within the deep and darkweb. Furthermore, he addressed the audience at K-CTI 2021, exploring the potential for security enhancement through darkweb intelligence. In 2020, Ted shared his insights on tracking and analyzing cyber crimes on the darkweb at FISCON. Ted holds a BS degree from the University College London (UCL) in the UK, then pursued his academic journey at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Korea, obtaining a master's degree in information security.

Robert (Rob) Speers is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Hong Kong office and co-lead of the global Insurance Practice. He provides executive search and leadership consulting services to his clients. Rob has more than 25 years of experience in Asia across various disciplines and markets within the financial services industry. Before Heidrick & Struggles, he was in a senior regional role in the insurance consulting and technology practice of Willis Towers Watson based in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for business development and key deliveries. While at Willis Towers Watson, Rob led an advisory project for a large retail bank, securing one of the most profitable life insurance distribution agreements in that market, and advised many insurance companies on distribution channel optimization and numerous buy and sell-side M&A transactions. He worked extensively with insurers on corporate strategy initiatives and developed a high volume of market research reports. Previously, Rob held senior management roles in strategy and distribution, assisting in MetLife’s Southeast Asia market entries, and was the first chief distribution officer of MetLife’s Vietnam joint venture. Before that, he held senior business development roles with American Express in Singapore. Education Aalto University, Executive MBA University of Waterloo, Bachelor’s Degree, Applied Human Sciences

Group Head of Data under New World Group - An experienced data management and technology leader with in-depth delivery and corporate exposures in data governance, architecture & engineering across 4 major industries - Telecom, Banking, Insurance and Property for over 11 countries in Asia Pacific (including China, HK, Japan and SEA)

Jin-Woo Chung is a dedicated specialist with expertise in natural language processing and artificial intelligence. He currently holds the position of Head of AI at S2W's Core Tech Center. Having earned both a PhD and MS from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), his research is primarily centered around the adaptation of AI and NLP techniques for domain-specific applications, including areas such as the dark web, cybersecurity, scientific literature, and daily conversation. His particular research interests encompass language models, question answering, text mining, and information extraction. Previously, he served as a staff researcher at the AI & SW Research Center of Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. His recent accomplishments include the publication of papers at prestigious AI and NLP conferences, notably ACL and NAACL, covering subjects like domain-specific language models and document classification. Noteworthy among his achievements is the impactful work on the dark web language model ""DarkBERT,"" which has gained international recognition and has been featured in esteemed media outlets such as Forbes, Tom's Hardware, Help Net Security, Interesting Engineering, and ITmedia.

Dr. Tsougenis is a highly experienced full-stack A.I. specialist with over a decade of experience in the field. He has held various positions ranging from machine learning and product development to management and governance. His diverse background allows him to effectively bridge the gap between A.I. engineers, C-level executives, and academics, while promoting innovation and embracing agile transformation. Following the completion of his PhD in 2013, he has been involved in numerous AI projects across several domains, including financial services, healthcare, and smart city. Additionally, he has published several deep learning articles in top conferences and journals, and currently serves as an Honorary Lecturer for HKU.

Chak Wong is a Managing Director within J.P. Morgan’s Machine Learning Center of Excellence, responsible for the Time Series and Reinforcement Learning group. He is also Professor of Science Practice in the Mathematics department of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Prior to JP Morgan, Chak worked in Goldman Sachs’ trading rate and FX division as well as at Morgan Stanley in the credit and EM group in London. He also ran UBS’ non-vanilla trading for Asia, IBD structuring for Barclays Asia, FI and Sovereign Sales for Société Générale. Previously he served as a full-time professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Chak earned a PhD in Economics from Oxford.

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.

Melissa is the Head of Business Product Marketing for Greater China Region at Meta. She has been with Meta for more than four years and leads go-to-market and feedback for monetization, including direct response, brand, commerce, video, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and business integrity products. Prior to that, she was with Yahoo for 10 years, where she oversaw Asia Pacific product marketing accountabilities and program management aspects for online display advertising platforms (demand and supply sides), order-to-cash systems and programmatic advertising.

Pradip is a Partner at PwC, Hong Kong and leads the Regtech Practice. He specialises in Regtech, Generative AI and financial crime compliance transformation and has in-depth expertise and practical experience helping his clients across the following areas: •Building end-to-end Regtech solutions that; reduce false positive alert generation, improve true alert conversion rates, risk prioritise alerts and bulk close low risk alerts, optimise parameters/thresholds and customer segmentation tiers and enhance fuzzy matching logic. •Designing and implementing Generative AI solutions that challenge conventional ways of working and address specific pain points across front-to-back office functions to ensure tangible and quantifiable benefits are realised. •Conducting financial crime compliance transformation projects that redesign operating models, improve customer experience and enhance compliance with regulatory obligations, through the use of advanced analytics, machine learning, intelligent automation and natural language processing. •Enhancing compliance and anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing ("AML/CTF") systems, governance frameworks and controls in place. •Designing cost optimisation strategies that result in sustainable cost reduction and process efficiencies, to reflect new ways of working and changing customer expectations.