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.

Richard Yi Da Xu is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). His research fields are Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and his recent research interests include Bayeisan Nonparametric and (machine) Learning Theory. Richard has published papers at many top international conferences, including ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, ECAI, ECCV, AI-STATS and ICDM, and many top IEEE Transactions: IEEE-(TNNLS, TIP, TSP, TKDE, MC and T-Cybernetics). Since 2009, he has created more than 2,000 slides of free machine learning online doctoral training materials and online machine learning videos. During his employment in Australia, his team has collaborated with many Australian industries in finance, e-commerce, government, transport, utilities, defence, agricultural, communication and legal sectors. He established a Deep Learning Sydney meetup which has 4700+ members, one of the largest of its kind in Australia. He was representing Australia to attend ISO JTC1 SC42 (Artificial Intelligence)’s first plenary.

Prof. Andy Chun is a renowned AI pioneer and global tech visionary who has been driving digital innovation for nearly four decades across various industries. He is widely regarded as the leading AI figure in Hong Kong. He is currently the Regional Director of Technology Innovation at Prudential plc, where he is a global evangelist for the adoption of cutting-edge technologies to improve customer health and wealth. Prior to Prudential, he was the CEO of several tech startups and a Computer Science professor and the CIO at City University of Hong Kong. Prof. Chun is actively involved in community service and is an AI advisor and former Vice-President of the Hong Kong Computer Society, an honorary Adjunct Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and a senior advisor to various Hong Kong Government bodies. He has been recognized as Hong Kong’s top CIO and one of Greater China’s top five CIOs. He has also received numerous international AI awards for his work. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has completed technology executive MBA training from Boston University.

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.

An accomplished GTM, product management and business development leader with a unique combination of skills. Have two decades of solid sales/marketing experience in the enterprise technology space covering Poly Unified communication solutions for Microsoft Teams and Azure. Managed Microsoft product portfolios such as Windows client and various online Microsoft consumer properties. Possess extensive experience in driving GTMs and translating overall business objectives into high growth business results. Energetic and determined, drawing on strong personal values of integrity and transparency to develop mutually beneficial partner ecosystems with internal and external stakeholders. Niko has been active in APAC for close to 20 years, of which 18 years based in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and 3 years in Melbourne.

Naresh offers over 23 years of leadership in IT and Cybersecurity. He has also successfully led a number of strategic programmes to transform corporate IT and elevate cybersecurity posture. His notable work includes data centres and cloud transformations, migration of legacy apps, service transitions, IT automation, IT risk management and leading organisations to comply with various cybersecurity and compliance frameworks including PCI DSS and ISO27001:2022 ISMS. Naresh works extensively with Data Privacy Officers, Corporate IT Auditors, Risk Compliance teams. He also represents Cathay in multiple technology, cyber and risk committees. He believes that for organisations to gain a competitive edge and succeed, a matured cyber posture is critical. Naresh is equipped with a Master’s degree in Management (Finance and Marketing) and has earned various professional and technical certifications like CNE, CLP, PMP, Project Leadership and Risk Management, ITIL, CRISC, CISM, CISA and CIPP/E. Outside of work, he enjoys mentoring U15 & U17 cricket teams for a non-profit club.

Juni Yan is the Former Managing Director of Openhive -- a technology brand embracing the vision to co-create a new data era by unleashing the power of data and providing enterprise-grade solutions on multi-parties data collaboration, AI and privacy computing. Being the flagship solution, Openhive Federated Learning (OHFL), is a breakthrough machine learning technology allowing multiple organizations to collaborate in AI model training while keeping their respective proprietary data at source to safeguard data privacy. Under Juni’s leadership, Openhive FL has been successfully deployed by multiple financial institutions to achieve various use cases and business value through modelling with alternative data. Juni is a high-tech industry veteran with 29 years of experience. Prior to Openhive, Juni had served various leadership roles, including Global VP of the Transport, Logistics and Automotive Industries and VP of Security in Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) in BT Global Services; Managing Director for Hong Kong and Taiwan at F5 Networks; as well as different sales leadership roles in the SaaS and Application Business Units during her 15 years of tenure in Oracle. Earlier in her career, Juni worked in the Strategy Consultancy at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting advising clients on strategic decisions, ranging from China entry strategy, product and marketing strategy, to e-business strategy.

Jet Li has over 15 years of overseas management and expansion experience in large-scale technology companies in overseas markets, including Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Shenzhen. He has led teams to serve enterprises and partners in the Greater Bay Area and Southeast Asia. Currently, he serves as the Director of International Ecological Expansion at Tencent Cloud, primarily responsible for business expansion in cloud computing, big data, and AI-related fields. From 2019 to 2022, he assisted Alibaba Cloud in its international expansion, successfully leading teams to implement hybrid cloud benchmark projects in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Malaysia. In the past year, he also served as the Chief Operating Officer of a high-tech certified enterprise in Shenzhen, China. His responsibilities included corporate strategic planning, team building, investment and financing coordination, partner collaboration, enterprise sales, product strategy, and brand operation. During this time, he successfully completed a multi-million angel round financing. Jet holds dual master's degrees from the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 李永杰拥有超过15年的海外，港澳台和深圳大型科技公司的管理和拓展经验，多年带领团队服务大湾区和东南亚企业和合作伙伴。目前担任腾讯云国际生态拓展总监，主要负责云，大数据和AI相关的业务拓展。2019-2022年期间协助阿里云走向国际， 成功带领的团队落地香港，澳门，新加坡和马来西亚的混合云标杆项目。过去一年，也曾担任一家中国深圳的高新认定企业首席运营官，职责包括企业战略规划, 团队建设, 投融资对接，伙伴合作， 企业销售，产品策略和品牌运营等工作， 期间顺利完成数千万天使轮融合资。李永杰是香港大学和香港科技大学的双硕士生， 早年曾获得清华大学奖学金邀请入读MBA。

Isaac heads digital business & transformation in DBS retail & wealth management segment, responsible for driving digital tech initiatives and delivery to market at pace. He oversees both online and offline end to end digitalization, including products, channels, frontline sales tool/CRM and related backend and operation systems. Isaac also leads Innovation & Project Portfolio Management team to deploy latest fintech solutions to our consumer banking & wealth management business.
Demonstrated history of experience across APAC, Isaac is passionate in bringing customer experience by marrying business and technology, to design seamless customer financial journey. Customer & employee experience & design thinking obsession is always the core value in his career. 
Prior to DBS, Isaac was formerly a B2B ecommerce platform & marketing global lead and a founding member of product retail start-up.

Ian Lee is the General Manager of the Asia Fintech Center and the Regional Head of Commercial for ZA Tech Global based out of Singapore. He joined ZhongAn Technologies International Group 5 years ago as Strategy Director and founding team member supporting ZA Group affiliates with particular focus on ZA Insure as Health Product Director. He then shifted full-time into ZA Tech Global with various roles including setting up the Customer Success function and now responsible for the innovation lab, Asia Fintech Center and related commercial activities. Prior to ZA, Ian was with Accenture Strategy for 7+ years advising banking and insurance clients on digital strategy and business models. Ian has also worked in AIA’s Group Strategy team driving digital strategy, health and wellness agendas. Prior to careers in strategy, Ian earned a masters of bioengineering, co-authored biomedical research papers and patented a stem cell delivery device.

Dr Crystal Fok is currently the Head of STP Platform at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP). She is mainly responsible for various Innovation and Technology related initiatives in Science Park to drive technology adoption in industries, especially in Real Estate, Logistics, Banking & Finance and Healthcare sectors. Prior to HKSTP, Dr Fok was a Manager at ASTRI, managing a diverse project portfolio, such as market analysis, feasibility studies, product development and technology commercialization. She was also a Consultant at the Hong Kong Productivity Council, managing the optical design team and providing consultancy service on precision manufacturing. Dr Fok received her PhD degree in Mechanical and Automation Engineering from the CUHK and her research interests include A.I., Robotics, MEMs and micro-optics. 霍露明博士現為香港科技園公司STP Platform總監。專責香港科技園內有關於創新科技的新方案，旨在推動各行業的科技應用，特別是在建築、物流、金融和醫療行業等領域。 加盟香港科技園公司前，霍博士曾擔任香港應用科技研究院經理，主責進行市場分析、可行性研究、產品開發和技術商品化的多元化專案組合。她亦曾擔任香港生產力促進局的顧問，管理光學設計團隊，為精密製造的行業提供諮詢服務。 霍博士於香港中文大學取得機械與自動化工程學博士學位，研究領域涵蓋人工智能、機器人技術、微機電和微光學。

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.

Bence leads the Telstra Cybersecurity team, which consists of deep subject matter experts based in-region, and offshore managed services delivery capabilities in the Telstra Security Service Center (TSSC). He has over 15 years of experience helping clients in the critical infrastructure, telecommunications and financial services industries raise their cyber maturity and resilience. His focus is on intelligence-led services, and outsourced security operations. Prior to joining Telstra, he has worked for global consulting and service providers across EMEIA and the Americas.

o Ben is an accomplished Fintech executive with over 15 years of experience in Fintech, blockchain, strategy, technology, and derivatives trading. He is currently Head of Ecosystems at HashKey Group, a regulated digital assets company, where he was one of the company’s founding employees and has led the Group’s strategic projects and partnerships for the exchange, tokenization, and blockchain applications businesses. Ben also led HashKey’s trade finance blockchain partnerships with the Singapore Government and Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and worked closely on HashKey’s successful SFC Type 1 and Type 7 Virtual Asset Trading Platform Operator license application. o Ben is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned his Master’s degree in Management, led Stanford’s largest blockchain working group, and co-authored Stanford’s first published research on blockchain-based social impact applications.

Angelina Kwan, CPA, CA ANZ Angelina is Senior Advisor to IMC Asia Pacific, a leading global market making and proprietary trading firm. She has previously held Senior Management and Directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, HKEX, Cantor Fitzgerald, the SFC, and other global financial services companies. She is also the Managing Director of Stratford Finance Limited, a consulting company focused on dealing with regulatory and operational issues in the financial services and digital assets sectors and advises brokerages, fund managers, and technology providers. Angelina is currently the Chair of The Women’s Foundation and serves on a number of Hong Kong Government appointed Boards and charities, including the New Business Committee of the Financial Services Development Council, Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, the Ebenezer School for the Blind, the University of Wollongong and is an Honorary Adjunct Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Accounting and Finance. Angelina is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand and is a graduate of the University of Southern California. Her MBA is from Pepperdine University, LLB from HKU/Manchester Metropolitan University, and LLM from Harvard Law School.

Andrew Otremba is the head of the Hong Kong office at fifty-five with years of experience in data strategy, data analysis and project management. He helps clients with efficient and future-proof digital strategies allowing them to achieve impactful outcomes. Andrew graduates from the University of Nottingham, with a strong background in engineering and business consultation. He has previously held a business development & project manager role at iClick interactive before joining fifty-five.

Global Senior Executive with 25 years’ (re)insurance experience with 14 years’ holding chief underwriting operating officer positions within top-class organisations, deploying underwriting, operational and reinsurance propositions, establishing strategic partnerships and managing risk. Recognised (Ultra) HNW UW specialist, proven global digital acceleration leader, recently relocated from Bermuda based in Asia and underwriting global HNW business, as well as traditional Life and Health. International experience covers the Americas, UK & Ireland, Europe, South Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific.

Alex is the founder and CEO of Theos Cyber, a leader in cyber defense and offense services in Asia. He is the former CISO of a crypto currency exchange and Security Architect for several multinationals and governments globally. He is also a CISSP and CCSP Trainer.

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

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.

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.

Megha Chaddah is a broadcast journalist with over a decade of experience in newsrooms in Hong Kong and India. She’s been a keen follower of the global financial markets and has closely monitored its vagaries from the time she kick-started her career, a little before the Great Financial Crisis. Megha has been immersed in the world of blockchain technology and crypto currencies for almost 2 years - from the highs of US$3 trillion in crypto market capitalisation in November 2021 to it all unravelling a few short months later, from the collapse of algorithmic stablecoins to the demise of one of the biggest crypto exchanges, it’s been quite the ride. But she firmly believes we are at the cusp of a new financial revolution, one driven by blockchain technology. And as the ecosystem builders battle the crypto chill, we will possibly see the foundation of a new alternative financial architecture being established - one that lets people control their own financial destiny. In the most simple of terms, we are at the early days of a new financial revolution, a time where products, apps and technology that have never been seen or possible before, will all become a reality.

Mr. Nixon Chau is the Managing Director and General Manager of SenseTime Hong Kong. He has over 20 years of experience in business development across Canada, Singapore, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan markets. Nixon is currently responsible for the overall thought leadership, go-to-market strategy and building C-suit client relationships with key accounts in Hong Kong. Prior to joining SenseTime, Nixon worked at Pivotal, SAP and Oracle. Apart from his business endeavors, Nixon is passionate about building Hong Kong start-up ecosystem. He is the advisory board member of the CUHK Alumni Entrepreneurs Association (CUAEA) and fully supports the development of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Nixon holds an Executive MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia in Canada. He also participated Technology & Innovation Management Program at UC Berkeley. He is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

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.

Chris has over 10 years of experience in IT infrastructure consulting roles in the technology industry. He has extensive experiences in architecting complex IT infrastructure environment and developing business continuity and disaster recovery plans for different enterprises. Prior to Veeam, he served as Senior Systems Engineer for Nutanix and Solution Architect in Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Chris received his bachelor degree in engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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