Tommie is the Founder and CEO of Preface, a technology training company that empowers enterprises and individuals worldwide to stay ahead in today's tech-driven world. Preface operates globally, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Singapore, and Tokyo. Their AI-powered training programmes provide fast and relevant content to help learners future-proof their businesses and careers. Tommie has always aspired to be a disruptor of traditional education. Throughout the years, he has led Preface to re-engineer tech and coding education, and re-design the classroom experience through a decentralised learning model. He also demonstrated his bold approach in Preface Coffee & Wine, a unique space that promotes lifestyle learning and aims to become the go-to place for the latest tech knowledge and edutainment experiences. Tommie's innovative and inspirational approach has touched the hearts of many, from aspiring kid coders and curious learners, to digital-transforming enterprises and educational institutions. Achievement & Background Highlights: Global Panel, MIT Technology Review Advisory Council, Harvard Business Review UNESCO and TedX Talk Speaker UCLA - Undergrad - Economics and Mathematics LSE - PhD dropout in Economics

A seasoned professional with two decades of experience across diverse industries, Olivia Lee is a pioneer in the world of Web3 and digital fashion. An unexpected encounter with a metaverse investment deck ignited Lee's journey into the digital realm, leading her to embrace crypto, acquire NFTs, and explore the metaverse. She is the Co-Founder of a Web3 and Metaverse Consultancy LIVVIUM. LIVVIUM bridges the digital frontier, guiding brands through immersive commerce, metaverse exploration, and Web3 thought leadership to thrive in tomorrow's connected world. Her hands-on approach as a metaverse explorer empowers her to help clients navigate the digital landscape effectively. She has explored over 20+ metaverse platforms and over 60+ worlds. With her rich tapestry of experiences and deep understanding of the Web3 space, Lee is shaping the future of the fashion industry within the digital realm. Her unique blend of experiences has equipped her to excel in the ideation stage of projects and economy design. Lee leverages this expertise in her role as Head of Digital Fashion at AllStarsWomen, where she has been instrumental in crafting the platform's intricate economic design. Her contributions to the platform not only align with her passion for supporting women-led initiatives but also further her commitment to bridging the gender and As a thought leader in the Web3 space, Lee shares her knowledge through her LinkedIn series, LIVVIUM Top10 (#livviumtop10) and LIVVIUM DEEP DIVE (#livviumdeepdive), and is regularly sought after for expert commentary. Olivia Lee has been recognized as a key figure in the Web3 space, featured in the "Top 100 Global Women of the Future of Emerging Tech Vol. 2" in 2023. This recognition is a testament to her pioneering work and influence in the technology industry. Website: livvium.com (launching soon) Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/olivialee3 Twitter: @livvium

Louis Mah joined Maxim’s Group as Director of Information Technology since June 2015, overseeing the Group’s information technology activities and management for over 70 brands and 1,900 outlets across Hong Kong, Mainland China and Southeast Asia. Supervising a team of over 100 employees, he is responsible for managing IT operations and formulating strategy to support business growth. He was recently awarded the Outstanding Performance of IT Excellence Award by e-zone for his unwavering commitment to innovation, coupled with his exceptional leadership skills. His proficiency in AI and forward-thinking approach have catapulted the Group to the leading edge of tech evolution.

Born and raised in the heart of Asia's tech hub, Lewis is a native trilingual and seasoned creative technologist experienced across diverse brands, industries, and cultures. A pivotal member of a multi-disciplinary team at Shadow Factory, Lewis connects creativity with technology to deliver innovative problem-solving solutions for global brands to enable, elevate, and enhance extraordinary immersive experiences for consumers. Currently Chief Metaverse Officer to Shadow Factory, he works closely with industry-leaders and stakeholders in strategy and utility of emergent frontier technologies to deliver on KPIs and drive results. With over 5 years of success in digital strategy, design thinking, and frontier technologies, Lewis is driven by a passion for an innovative, collaborative, and sustainable future.

Kevin boasts 17 years in business and product development, navigating Fortune 500 companies and agile start-ups. With key management roles at 9GAG and BC Group, he has proven successful in helping companies with digital transformation into Web3 and digital assets. A graduate of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Waterloo, Kevin merges corporate strategy with start-up dynamism. Fortified by a Project Management certification, his leadership consistently drives growth and innovation.

Justin leads UXUI at AIA Group. He is responsible for UXUI quality, culture, process in 18 markets across Pan-Asia. He works with his team to continuously enhance user experience for customers, agents and partners on digital platforms and enable efficient delivery via AIA’s design system. Previously, he held a position at Meta, where he led product design and drove revenue and efficiency for clients in Greater China, one of the company’s largest markets globally. And he managed UX at Accenture HK, delivering end-to-end digital products from proposition, roadmap to implementation and scale.

Jaslin had deep and broad commercial, digital and customer experience across various sectors such as banking/finance, hospitality and retail by holding senior management positions in both client, management and consulting positions across North Asia, Asia Pacific and Greater China. She is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of PayMe by HSBC based in Hong Kong. In this fintech startup within HSBC, she leads the Marketing, User Design and Customer Experience functions. She spearheaded the commercialisation of the payment applications, design engaging in-apps user journeys, foster strong partnership collaborations and raise the profile of the brand to lead the growth of customer base and usage programs. She is also an active speaker at various marketing, digital and customer experience forums in Asia Pacific, Greater China region. She is also honoured to be one of the awardees for Women to Watch (Campaign Asia) in 2022, Distinguished Marketing Leadership Awards HKMA 2022.

Isla is the subject matter expert in CX and research programs for Qualtrics in Greater China. As a certified XM Professional, she works with companies across Greater China and South East Asia, providing thought leadership to help them set out and achieve their strategy and vision for their experience management program. Isla brings in a decade of experience working in customer experience and insights roles. Prior to joining Qualtrics, Isla has shaped the customer insights programme for Cathay Pacific to drive better experience design, and enable customer-centric decisions across commercial, product and marketing teams. She also drove digital experience transformation, customer engagement and insights generation for the Sun Hung Kai Group across its businesses in properties, retail, telecomms, hospitality and facility management.

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.

Daniel Hulme (PhD) is a globally recognised expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and investor in Emerging Technologies. He's the CEO of Satalia, an award-winning company that provides AI products and solutions for global companies such as Tesco and PwC. Satalia exited to the world's largest marketing company in 2021, WPP, where Daniel is now the Chief AI Officer; helping define, identify, curate and promote AI capability and new opportunities for the benefit of the wider group and society. He is co-Founder of Faculty AI as well as advisor to responsible AI and AI assurance startups such as Holistic AI. Daniel has over 20 years academic experience with AI. Having received a Masters and Doctorate in AI at UCL, Daniel was previously Director of UCL’s Applied AI MSc (Business Analytics), where he is now UCL’s Computer Science Entrepreneur-in-Residence and a lecturer at LSE's Marshall Institute, focused on using AI to solve business and social problems. Daniel is also an Impact Board Member of St Andrew’s University Computer Science department. Passionate about how technology can be used to govern organisations and bring positive social impact, Daniel is a popular keynote speaker specialising in the topics of AI, ethics, metaverse, emerging technology, innovation, decentralization and organisational design. He is a serial speaker for Google and TEDx, holds an international Kauffman Global Entrepreneur Scholarship, and is a faculty member of Singularity University. Daniel is a contributor to numerous books, podcasts and articles on AI and the future of work. His mission is to create a world where everyone has the freedom to spawn and contribute to innovations, and have those innovations become free to everyone. He has advisory and executive positions across companies and governments, and actively promotes purposeful entrepreneurship and technology innovation across the globe.

Axel Winter is the CEO and a board member of Pivot Digital, a company at the forefront of digital transformation, specializing in RetailTech and FinTech. He also is CEO at XPONENTIAL, a joint venture with Siam Piwat Group, reinventing Retail and Property Industries – before this he served as Chief Digital Officer at Siam Piwat Group, launching the new ONE SIAM SUPERAPP Luxury App. With a career steeped in leadership roles at renowned global organizations, including GE Capital, Standard Chartered, Cisco Systems, and Central Group, Axel brings a wealth of experience and unique perspectives to the table. His strategic direction and commitment to innovation have been instrumental in fostering Pivot Digital's growth and building its reputation as a leader in the tech industry.

Edward Malinowski is a seasoned technology and business leader with 25+ years of experience, specializing in innovation, transformation, strategy, and growth. He has served as an advisory board member for Hospitality Technology Next Generation (HTNG) and the China Hospitality Technology Alliance (CHTA). Previously, he held key positions in the food and beverage and hospitality industries, including Chief Information Officer for Great Wolf Resorts and Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Chief Architect for Hyatt Hotels worldwide, and Head of Group Technology at Jardine Matheson.As the newly appointed Chief Technology Officer at KIN, Edward is responsible for implementing technology systems to empower KIN's mission to change the way consumers eat. He is passionate about improving the lives of everyone from farmers to customers and the wellbeing of the world around us.

Ernest has extensive experience in the media and entertainment industry, playing a key role in launching one of Southeast Asia's largest OTT platforms, transforming the way people consume content in the region. As Head of UX/UI Design Cathay Pacific, his expertise lies in delivering exceptional premium experiences for customers. This is especially important in the resurgence of demand for travel as the world reopens post pandemic. He believes in taking a collaborative approach, working closely with stakeholders to ensure that the user's needs are at the forefront of every design decision

Howard Kwong has more than 20 years of experience in information technology and digital transformation for Fortune 500 as well as entrepreneurship in America and Asia. Howard is the Chief Digital Officer at Prudential Hong Kong, responsible for the overall digital and technology strategy, to transform Prudential to a digital enterprise and foster widespread innovation. Prior to Prudential, Howard led innovation transformation for large enterprises in Hong Kong and Taiwan as part of the professional services team at Amazon Web Services. Prior to Amazon, Howard played a number of senior leadership roles at homegrown startups in Hong Kong across different industries: COO at Stakk, a leading millennial-focused video content and product platform in Hong Kong. CTO at Delivery Republic, the online-to-offline service provider that operates the biggest delivery network coverage in Hong Kong and CTO at Handheld Culture, a popular e-commerce platform for Chinese-language ebooks. Howard was the Assistant Director of Technology for SCMP Group where he led the technology and business transform to push the publisher of South China Morning Post into the digital-native and mobile-first era.

Matt Reid – Global Entrepreneur, Creative Disrupter and Restauranteur A serial entrepreneur, creative disruptor and restauranteur, Matt Reid has founded numerous successful businesses all held under Steelhead Group. These include Maximal Concepts, KIN - Food Change, Far North Productions, Plastic Conscious and Disruption Labs. Based in Hong Kong, with an international focus, Matt has been at the forefront of pushing the boundaries of the Asia restaurant scene with Maximal Concepts. Particularly with the creation of Mott 32, the Group’s flagship restaurant brand. Mott 32 is redefining luxury Chinese cuisine and expanding rapidly with locations in Hong Kong, Vegas, Vancouver, Toronto, Dubai, Singapore, Seoul, Cebu and Bangkok. KIN is his latest enterprise. Its mission is to change the way we eat, to combat the climate crisis. We believe ingredient change is the solution. KIN is bringing a systemic solution to the catering and grocery sectors. KIN will empower companies, and consumers, to understand their food supply chain and make carbon reductive decisions.

Susan Zhang is a high-energy businessperson and serial entrepreneur. Susan's career has taken her to Australia, China, and the United Kingdom. She effectively brings a combination of technical prowess and commercial acumen in her roles at Google, later for ByteDance (TikTok), Amazon and currently Canva. In 2014, Susan joined Google Sydney and quickly advanced to the role of Business Development for Google Arts & Culture. Susan was promoted to Google UK as a lead creative technologist and made an international name for herself crafting innovative data-driven solutions and global award-winning campaigns utilising advanced AI technologies. Susan resigned from Google in 2018 to join a startup company in China, ByteDance. She led the company’s international expansion and monetisation, contributing to its success. Susan is an author, an inspirational speaker in international forums including TEDx, Vivid Sydney and the London Business School Asia Business Forum, and a mentor for young entrepreneurs. In 2019, the Australia China Alumni Association named Susan the Young Australia China Alumni of the Year, and in 2022, Susan received a Judges’ Commendation in the Australian Ambassador's Award for Women in Leadership. Susan holds a dual B.A. in Computer Science from Zhengzhou University and the University of Wollongong, and a Master of Information and Communication Technology from UOW. While transitioning her career from Software Engineer to Corporate leadership roles, Susan completed her Executive MBA degree jointly offered by Columbia University, London Business School and the University of Hong Kong. Currently, she is pursuing a PhD in Information Technology at UOW with a focus on educational key opinion leaders at the intersection of e-learning technology and pedagogy transformation.

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.

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.

James is responsible for leading Google’s relationship with global travel partners, where he marries his passion for new and exciting technologies and marketing to help partners build brands and drive profitable growth. James is currently advising a number of partners on how Google AI can transform their businesses across Ads and Cloud, bringing together his deep understanding of digital marketing and Google’s technologies to help them navigate the Generative AI landscape. James has just celebrated his 12th year at Google and previously held roles in London and New York across the Google Analytics and Platforms businesses. James lives in Hong Kong with his wife and daughter. During his free time, you will find him making the most of Hong Kong’s beautiful hikes and beaches.