As the timeline to archive global climate targets gets shorter and shorter (nearly 97% of companies have felt negative impacts from a changing climate), sustainability has become not just a corporate responsibility but a necessity and the pinnacle of what makes a business successful. Through the help of cloud-based / AI-driven process optimisation, carbon data transparency and enhanced data sharing ecosystems, technology can act as a major accelerant bringing positive impacts on environmental, social and governance goals.
Join us to explore how technology can be a strategic business enabler to speed the journey to Net Zero, while meeting customer demands and achieve cost saving for greater profitability.
Cities like Hong Kong are rapidly evolving, driven by governments, talents in the cities and more and more importantly, technology. Where does the future of Hong Kong as a global city look like in the future? How will technology and innovation reshape the way Hong Kong is structured? Joining us with the insightful dialogue about our paveway to revive Hong Kong with energy, technology and future-proof city map. A discussion between Google, Microsoft, AWS and IBM. "With great power comes great responsibility", when it comes to driving sustainability in the technology industries, tech giants are bearing higher expectations from regulators, consumers and peers to act more and act faster, as their commitments will potentially result in enormous impacts. What are they doing to lead this green transformation? Artificial intelligence requiring large amounts of data processing has driven high performance computing servers (HPC) to be increasingly popular while consuming huge amounts of power. The IT infrastructure for hosting such applications is expected to be more reliable and powerful than ever. The session will cover how our expertise in both E&M and IT area, to design the greenest and edge datacenters to be used in conjunction with our high density HPC datacenter solutions. We will share case highlights on the application of these technologies. Finally, we will showcase how the latest DCIM software maximizes the utility of IoT sensors, to monitor and manage these facilities. As digital transformation accelerates, data centre capacity continues to boom to keep up with the ever-increasing demand. At the same time, climate change and corporate social responsibility are now driving a mandate for data centre operators. There is mounting pressure from regulators, investors, and customers for data centre operators to act for sustainability. In this panel, our speakers will discuss how companies can leverage new technologies to respond to the sustainability drivers with a holistic framework, from data centre design, construction to operation. The panel will also share their views on the future of data centres in the context of sustainability. Silicon Valley showed us that technology has the power to change our world. As Hong Kong strives to become a leading international innovation and technology hub, can we go one-step further to become a Silicon Valley of Social Impact - or an “Impact Valley” that can change our global citizen’s lives for the better? Programme
This panel discussion features four practitioners from the social impact and technology space, to collectively explore and share their experiences on the power of purpose in unleashing technology for social good while growing business value.
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Travis Kan possesses over 20+ years’ experience in the energy industry with various roles, from Engineering to Sales & Marketing, Strategy & Business Development to General Management. With the vision to empower the development of a more sustainable city in Hong Kong, Travis drives digitization and decarbonization development via strategic initiatives and partnership. Being the trusted partner to deliver energy & infrastructure solutions for a sustainable future, Travis work closely with end-users, consultants, and suppliers, deploying latest innovation & technology to Hong Kong. Prior to re-joining CLP, Travis worked with global leading companies e.g. General Electric, and Schneider Electric, acquiring a comprehensive pool of solid experience in power generation, transmission & distribution, control & automation, energy management, Internet-of-things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.
Josh is Reuters' Hong Kong-based tech correspondent who covers anything from emerging local startups to international Big Tech companies. Previously Josh was a tech reporter for the South China Morning Post for nearly six years. He has a philosophy degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a law degree from University of Hong Kong.
Mark Arel heads the AWS Professional Services team. He specialises in financial services and is based in Hong Kong. Previously, he was Practice Manager of AWS Global Financial Services in New York. Prior to AWS, Mark was Director and Divisional Chief Architect for Risk, Finance and Data at Capital One. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry and has held a number of senior technology executive leadership roles, including Vice-President and Chief Technology Innovation Officer at PNC Bank; Executive Director at UBS Investment Bank; Executive Director at CIBC World Market and Vice-President at Greenwich Capital Markets.
Michael has over 30 years of experience in IT, in particular Internet, eCommerce, and TravelTech. Other areas of expertise include web usability, computer security, public key infrastructure and database technologies. He has developed and managed systems for several organizations across the APAC region, including Asia Miles, Caltex, Cathay Pacific Airways, the HKSAR Government, Hutchison eCommerce, HKICPA, Priceline, SingTel and Tradelink. Michael holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. As one of the Cloud Security Alliance Hong Kong and Macau Chapter founding members, Michael is now serving the chapter as Past Chairman. In addition, he is also the Past President of ISACA China Hong Kong Chapter, which focuses on IT Governance and Risk Assessment.
Peter Lee, Chief Technology Officer & Distinguished Engineer, IBM China / Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Lee has over 25 years of IT experience leading technical sales and architect to develop solution addressing customers pain points and to promote IBM Technology Group offerings, covering Infrastructure, Cognitive and Cloud Software, Security Software for Hong Kong and Macau region. Mr. Lee is a veteran in IBM Systems who led technical communities and made outstanding contributions to business and industry via number of large scale project implemented, e.g. Banking Card Infrastructure at China Union Pay; Banking solutions deployment at countrywide Banks & RCCB in PRC; AI solution deployment in GCG region; ERP Infrastructure deployment at Fortune500 companies; TOP500 High Performance Computing projects at China Meteorological Administration & Taiwan Central Weather Bureau etc. Mr. Lee has recently played Technical Advisor role to IBM China Standards Council, helping IBM China to monitor, feedback and comply with many evolving China Regulations and facilitate clients to better understand China Regulations and to land their business in China with IBM as their Trusted Technology Partner. With that, Peter Lee has been appointed to be the first Distinguished Engineer of IBM Systems in IBM Greater China Group since 2014.