2026演講嘉賓

Fred is the Co-Founder & Director of Bowtie Life Insurance Company, a mission-driven life and health insurer in Hong Kong.

Fred believes insurance is fundamentally a force for good and that healthcare protection should be accessible to everyone. With a mission to close the health protection gap in Hong Kong, he co-founded Bowtie, Hong Kong’s first virtual life insurer, to challenge the traditional insurance model and provide simple and affordable insurance to everyone through modern technology.

Bowtie has delivered HK$150 billion in protection coverage and secured HK$1.0 billion in funding from esteemed investors, including Sun Life and Mitsui & Co. It proudly leads Hong Kong’s direct insurance channel with a customer base of approximately 150,000.

Fred is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for innovation and disruption. Before launching Bowtie, he also co-founded Coherent Capital Advisors and Seasonalife. He previously practiced in Chicago, London, Toronto, and Hong Kong as a consulting actuary for over 10 years at reputable global advisory firms.

Fred is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), Honorary Fellow of the Financial Technologists (FFT), a Member of the Insurance Authority’s Future Task Force and a Member of the Market Development Committee of the Financial Services Development Council (FSDC).

Gabriel j pan leads global partnership and global expansion at PhotonPay. he spearheads the group’s global funding network — banks, clearing and settlement partners wired together so money actually moves across markets.

Ganesh Rengaswamy is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Quona Capital, one of the leading fintech-focused venture funds investing in the intersection of developed and developing markets. Based in Singapore, he leads Quona's India and Southeast Asia investment strategy and has spent over two decades backing financial inclusion and fintech innovation across the region.

Before co-founding Quona, Ganesh led Accion Frontier Investments' Asia work and served as General Partner at Lok Capital, a venture growth fund focused on financial inclusion and social enterprises. Earlier in his career, he led Greylock Partners' entry into the Indian market, directed Unitus Inc.'s Asia operations, and co-founded Travelguru.com, which was acquired by Travelocity. He began his career at Infosys, driving growth engagements for Fortune 1000 clients.

His investment track record spans category-defining companies including IndiaMart (IPO), Coins.ph (acquired by Go-Jek), and Shubham (acquired by Premji Invest), as well as institutions such as Ujjivan, Equitas, Bandhan, and IFMR/NorthernArc. Ganesh is a frequent speaker at Singapore Fintech Festival, SuperReturn, the Asia Investment Conference, GIIN, and LendIt, and has been featured in Bloomberg, CNBC, The Economic Times, and Mint.

Gary Liu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Terminal 3, a deep tech company building cryptographic solutions for some of the world’s most pressing privacy and security challenges. Terminal 3 powers cross-border identity verification, secure data computation, and privacy and governance for AI agents.

Gary is also Chair of W3H, Hong Kong’s Digital Economy Association, and Co-chair of GDF’s APAC Committee. Both organizations work toward the responsible growth of blockchain and digital assets. He sits on the Technology and Digital Innovation Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and serves on a subcommittee of the Hong Kong Government’s Web3 Task Force.

Before Terminal 3, Gary was CEO of the South China Morning Post. There he led a major transformation of the century-old publisher: he grew its global audience, built new revenue streams, and made SCMP Asia’s leading news media company. Earlier, he was CEO of Digg and Head of Labs at Spotify, and he also worked at AOL and Google.

Gary is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and an Aspen Institute Global Fellow. He previously chaired the WAN-IFRA Asia Pacific Committee and sat on INMA’s global board. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, The Business Times, and Nikkei Asian Review, and Tatler Asia has named him one of the region’s most influential leaders.

Born in the United States, Gary grew up in Taiwan and New Zealand, then spent 20 years living and working in America. He now lives in Hong Kong with his wife and sons. He holds an Economics degree from Harvard University.

Gavin is the Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of SNZ Holding and SNZ Capital, based in Hong Kong. He also serves as a subcommittee member of the Hong Kong Government’s Web3.0 Task Force, OAT Board Member of Arbitrum DAO, Senior Advisor to FUTU (Nasdaq) and leads Chainlink ecosystem investment.

With over a decade of experience across blockchain and fintech, Gavin has built an extensive network in both Web2 and Web3 industries. Gavin has completed more than 200 deals (from angel investment to IPO and M&A) and the total transaction value is more than 20bn USD.

Prior to SNZ, Gavin was Director of Business Development and Strategic Investment at FUTU, Great China Business Lead of UBS Private Capital Markets, and Vice President of EOSVC at Block.one.

Gavin holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Law from Tsinghua University.

Geoff Kot is responsible for developing digital platforms for the Corporate and Investment Bank, as well as leading innovation initiatives in AI across the Group.

In September 2022 Georgina joined the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) as Managing Director, Head of FinTech and Digitalisation. In line with ICMA’s mission to promote well-functioning cross-border capital markets, essential to funding sustainable economic growth, promoting resilient and well-functioning international debt capital markets, Georgina’s role is to oversee and provide guidance on all of ICMA’s work and engagement on FinTech and Digitalisation topics Globally.  The team supports market stability and consistency whilst driving the safe and secure adoption of innovative and transformational technologies such as AI and DLT. Georgina works in close conjunction with the regulatory and legal communities and strives to design and deliver common and open standards supporting data and lifecycle events in order to encourage interoperability and efficiency across the primary, secondary, repo and collateral markets. ICMA also provides education on all of these topics which is offered to ICMA’s membership and the wider Global community.

Prior to ICMA Georgina worked for HSBC for 17.5 years (16 years as an internal member of staff and 1.5 years as a consultant) running large scale transformation programmes in Global Markets (building a new Equity Prime Services business) and then delivering all change for the Global Banking and Markets business (a budget of $1.2Bn a year). She spent 4 years transforming the Global HR function, building the HSBC University and driving the wholesale transformation of the function putting the technology platforms into the cloud across 64 countries and 285,000 staff Globally. This was one of the biggest ever undertakings of its type, and certainly the only one ever delivered in the Financial Services industry at this scale. Her final role before leaving HSBC was to lead the Transformation, Digital and Innovation team for the Group’s Private Banking business covering regulatory change, Business growth and cost reduction initiatives as well as the pivot to digitalisation.

Prior to HSBC Georgina spent 13 years with Accenture as a Management Consultant joining the technology division as a graduate and working across a range of different industries before moving into Financial Services in 1997.

Georgina holds a BSc Honours in Ergonomics and an MSc in Information Technology. She is a fully qualified NED and has held several school Governor and trustee positions and is currently a NED on the Board of the Blind Veterans UK Charity.

Mr. Gilbert Ting brings over a decade of cross-domain expertise spanning energy digitalisation, telecommunications infrastructure and industrial finance, with a proven track record of turning AI, blockchain and IoT technologies into deployable, scalable and fundable industry infrastructure. As Deputy General Manager of the New Energy and Trusted Industry Business Unit at Ant Digital Technology, he leads energy AI product solutions covering the EnergyTS time-series foundation model, the Agentar power-trading agent, an energy-and-carbon digital workforce platform, and a new energy asset tokenisation framework, serving power generators, retail electricity companies, grid operators and zero-carbon parks.

As the technical lead for Ant Digital Technology's new energy RWA initiatives, Mr. Ting drove the technical implementation of three landmark projects: Longshine charging-pile asset tokenisation, GCL solar asset tokenisation, and Xunying Group battery-swap asset tokenisation, establishing an end-to-end pathway from asset confirmation, on-chain registration and credit enhancement to cross-border financing.

Prior to joining Ant Digital Technology, Mr. Ting worked at Huawei in the energy communications business and at Ping An Group in IDC and smart city finance, building deep expertise at the intersection of energy and finance.

Glenn Hou is a Founding Partner at China Insights Consultancy (CIC), a leading Industry Consulting and Expert Network company. Glenn oversees CIC's overall operations and business development. He leads CIC’s consulting services, commercial due diligence, financing and IPO advisory services.

Mr. Hou possesses 20 years of consulting experience, having managed and participated in over 1,000 consulting projects. As an experienced industry consultant, Mr. Hou has indepth insights into the high growth industry sectors in China. Glenn also maintains strong collaborative relationships and close communication with stock exchanges around the world.

Mr. Hou serves as an independent Director for two listed companies:  OBIO (688238.SH) on the STAR Market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange and  Hualan New Pharmaceutical Material (301093.SZ) on the ChiNext Board. Glenn is also a Member of the Academic Committee of the China Association for Public Companies.

Yung is the Head of Global Payments Solutions at Hang Seng Bank, bringing over 20 years of extensive experience in corporate and transaction banking. Her expertise spans a diverse range of clientele, including Large Corporates, Middle Market, SMEs, and Financial Institutions, focusing on their digital transaction banking needs.

Yung holds a Master of Science in Accounting from Monash University and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Hong Kong Baptist University. She is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and a member of CPA Australia. Additionally, Yung has earned the International Cash Management Certificate from The Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Grace Cheung is General Manager Sustainability at Cathay. Leading the Group Sustainability Department, Grace oversees sustainability strategy and ESG performance of the whole Cathay Group. Under Grace’s leadership, sustainability has changed from a standalone specialist function to an integrated strategic and operational imperative in the airline group.

During Grace’s tenure, Cathay Pacific has committed for its net zero carbon emissions goal by 2050, supported by its mid-term target for using 10% sustainable aviation fuel and 12% carbon intensity improvement by 2030. The airline has also launched the first major Corporate Sustainable Aviation Fuel Programme in Asia in 2022.

Grace has also led Cathay’s effort in circular economy, reducing its environmental footprint on materials and waste. The airline has reduced its customer-facing single-use plastic items from an average of 7.7 pieces per passenger in 2019 down to 3.1 in 2023. A new target is set to bring it down further to 1.5 pieces per passenger by 2025, supported by additional targets on recycled plastics usage and recycling rate.

Grace represents Cathay in a number of industry working groups advocating for supportive policies and best practices sharing for further development of sustainability in the airline industry. Grace was the Chair of the Environment & Sustainability Board at the oneworld alliance and the Vice Chair of the Sustainability & Environment Advisory Council at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and currently the members.

Grace Shao is an analyst and writer covering AI and technology, with a focus on Asia-Pacific and China. She publishes AI Proem, an independent subscription research publication read by thousands (13k+) of investors, executives, and industry professionals worldwide. Drawing on a decade of experience across tech journalism and strategy, including roles at CNBC and Alibaba, and advisory work with PayPal and Kuaishou. She provides in-depth analysis on how AI is reshaping companies, industries, competition, and society.

Gracy Chen is the Chief Executive Officer of Bitget, the world’s largest universal exchange, a category she helped define. Bitget serves more than 125 million users globally. Appointed CEO in 2024 following two years as the company's first Managing Director,  she has overseen Bitget’s expansion into a broader financial ecosystem integrating crypto assets, tokenized equities, commodities, and AI-native trading infrastructure.

Under Gracy’s leadership, Bitget has become one of the industry’s fastest-growing platforms, with strong institutional growth across futures liquidity, tokenized assets, and automated trading technologies. She is particularly focused on the convergence of AI, decentralized finance, and traditional capital markets and coined the term “Universal Exchange” to describe Bitget’s ambition to offer tokenized access to any asset class in the world. In parallel, Gracy serves as a lecturer at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), where she teaches Crypto Finance to graduate students and researchers. Her course explores Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, stablecoins, RWAs, institutional adoption, and AI-driven crypto protocols through practical market case studies and strategic analysis. She is also a columnist for Forbes where she publishes articles on blockchain and digital finance. She was also named a WEF Global Shaper in 2015. Gracy founded the #Blockchain4Her and #Blockchain4Youth initiatives, programmes aimed at advancing gender equality and access to blockchain education.

Guillermo Ginesta is Managing Partner, Asia Pacific at Brinc, a Hong Kong-headquartered global venture accelerator and investor backing founders solving major challenges through technology. Based in Hong Kong, Guillermo leads Brinc's APAC operations across venture acceleration, corporate innovation, portfolio development, partnerships and investment activity. He works with startups, corporates, government partners and investors to move emerging technologies from pilot to adoption, with a focus spanning AI, climate and sustainability, clean energy and mobility, hardware and robotics, and impact-led venture building.

Guillermo has over a decade of experience in startup investing, accelerator operations and corporate innovation, including work with multinational companies across automotive, luxury, consumer electronics, food technology and financial services. At Brinc, he has helped build and run programs supporting startups from markets across Asia and globally. He is also an active angel investor with two exits and a regular speaker, host and moderator across Hong Kong's innovation ecosystem, including Asia Health Innovation Summit, StartmeupHK Festival, LEAP East Hong Kong and Hong Kong FinTech Week.

His perspective for HKFTW x StartmeupHK sits at the intersection of fintech, venture capital, AI and real-world technology adoption: how founders can access capital, corporate partners and cross-border pathways to scale from Asia to global markets.

Hangyu is an award-winning senior financial journalist and television host, serving as Hong Kong Bureau Chief and Chief Correspondent of Yicai Media Group. Specializing in international reporting, she has covered top global agendas including the World Economic Forum in Davos and Abu Dhabi Finance Week.

Her interviews have included senior officials from international financial institutions and influential policymakers and business leaders. She created and hosts Global Bourse Talks, China's first professional dialogue programme focused on chief executives of global exchanges, and has moderated numerous top-tier international conferences.

Hanna Raftell is a fintech and digital finance investor, advisor and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of international experience across banking, capital markets, fintech and emerging financial infrastructure.

Based in Stockholm, Hanna is Founding Partner of Stratum 3 Ventures, where she works with early-stage companies building the infrastructure connecting traditional finance with the next generation of digital financial markets. Her focus spans tokenisation, digital assets, digital identity, payments, compliance and the evolving infrastructure underpinning institutional adoption of digital finance.

Hanna spent a decade in London and a decade in Hong Kong, holding senior roles across investment banking, capital markets and financial information businesses, including Citigroup and Copal Partners. She subsequently moved into fintech entrepreneurship, including as Co-founder and CEO of Fimento, where she built a B2B embedded-finance platform connecting financial services and technology.

She is a Board Member of Blockchain Sweden Association, contributing to discussions around digital assets, regulation and the development of Sweden and Europe's digital financial ecosystem, and Senior Advisor to Trust Anchor Group, which develops infrastructure for tokenisation, digital identity and payments.
Hanna combines deep institutional finance experience with hands-on experience in fintech and digital assets, giving her a practical perspective on how traditional financial institutions can navigate—and participate in—the transition toward more programmable, interoperable and digitally native financial markets.

Harald Eltvedt is an Operating Partner at SC Ventures, a dynamic division of Standard Chartered launched in March 2018. SC Ventures spearheads innovation, invests in disruptive fintech companies and pioneers groundbreaking business models.

SC Ventures has made strategic investments in over 25 companies, including unicorns like Instabase and Ripple. The team has also incubated more than 30 ventures, such as Mox and Trust (the world's fastest-growing digital bank), Solv, Olea, Zodia and Libeara.

A serial entrepreneur and investor, Harald brings over two decades of unparalleled experience in building and scaling technology startups from the ground up to successful exits. Before joining Standard Chartered, he served as Managing Director at Havas and co-founded RevSquare (acquired by Pentalog, NYSE: GLOB) and healthme (acquired by WMD - Internet Brands).

Harald holds a MBA from INSEAD and is deeply passionate about swimming and sustainability, driving forward-thinking initiatives that harmonize with his personal and professional values.

Hassan joined Allianz Trade in 2010 and has held several leadership roles across the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Most recently, he was based in Paris as Global Head of Broker Management and Partnerships, where he played a key role in shaping global broker strategies, accelerating growth, and strengthening global business partnership, including close collaboration with various Allianz entities.

As of October 1st, Hassan serves as CEO for Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea. Currently based in Hong Kong, he brings global expertise and extensive leadership experience.

Chief Executive's Policy Unit (CEPU) Expert Group Economic Advancement Expert Group
Member of FSTB Working Group on Promoting Gold Market Development
Members of the HKTDC Belt and Road & Greater Bay Area Committee

Helen Chen is the Chief Strategy Officer of FGA Trust, with many years of experience in traditional and digital finance. Her expertise includes licensing business, brand promotion, marketing, fundraising and investor relations, payment solutions, and strategic partnership building. Chen also has 8 years of experience in financial auditing and consulting, including regulatory consulting, risk management, and tax consulting. She has provided auditing and consulting services to banks, asset management companies, public and private equity, MPF, and hedge funds, and has experience in taxation and listing of cross-border enterprises.

Henry Chen 現任 SNZ Holding 首席商務官（CBO）及 BlockUnion 合夥人，擁有逾16年金融及金融科技行業經驗，過去8年專注於數字資產機構化、Web3 大規模應用，以及傳統金融與鏈上金融的融合發展。他長期連接傳統資本市場、金融科技與數字資產生態，在現實世界資產（RWA）、穩定幣、機構級區塊鏈基礎設施及鏈上金融創新等領域，積累了豐富的產業、投資及生態合作經驗。

目前，Henry 在 SNZ 負責生態合作及金融機構創新業務，同時亦為 Web3 業務生態平台 BlockUnion 的合夥人。2026年4月，他牽頭 BlockUnion 與以太坊基金會在香港合作落地亞洲首個線下以太坊社區中心及孵化基地——Ethereum HK Hub，致力於推動香港及亞洲地區開發者、創業者、機構與全球以太坊生態之間的深度連接，並支持中國創新企業拓展海外市場。

加入 SNZ 前，Henry 曾任職於瑞銀及高盛資本市場部，其後曾擔任一家金融科技私募基金的管理合夥人，以及一家全球領先加密資產交易所的資本市場負責人。憑藉橫跨傳統金融、金融科技、數字資產及 Web3 生態的行業經驗，Henry 持續推動傳統金融機構與鏈上生態在戰略投資、基礎設施、產品創新及市場協同等方面的合作。

黃一耕，現任佳都科技集團股份有限公司副總裁、公共事務中心總經理。擁有北京大學英國語言文學及國際政治與外交學雙學士學位、英國謝菲爾德大學國際政治學碩士學位及香港中文大學工商管理碩士（MBA）學位。目前，他全面主導公司政府關係、政策對接、公共事務體系及市場品牌建設，透過構建高效的政企溝通機制與整合品牌傳播體系，為公司在人工智能、智慧大交通等核心賽道爭取到關鍵政策與產業資源，並持續提升公司行業影響力和品牌知名度。

黃一耕同時擔任廣東省外商投資企業協會理事及青年企業家工作委員會副主任、廣州市海珠區政協委員，致力於組織粵港澳青年企業家交流活動，促進內外資企業融合發展，為優化區域營商環境持續貢獻力量。同時擔任香港中文大學（深圳）校外導師，熱心投身教育事業，為學生提供職業規劃與行業實踐指導，積極推動校企聯合人才培養。

Henry Zhang is the Founder and Group CEO of DigiFT, a licensed digital asset platform focused on institutional-grade tokenized real-world assets. He brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience across global banking, financial technology, and regulated market infrastructure.

Before founding DigiFT, Henry held senior executive roles at major international financial institutions, including Deputy CEO of China at Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank, and CEO of Greater China at East West Bank. His career spans banking leadership, risk management, franchise development, cross-border finance, and financial technology innovation.

In 2020, Henry founded DigiFT in Singapore to build regulated infrastructure for the tokenization, issuance, distribution, and trading of real-world assets. Under his leadership, DigiFT became the first on-chain RWA exchange to be licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, with its Hong Kong entity licensed by the SFC for Type 1 and Type 4 regulated activities. The platform supports institutional-grade tokenized assets across money market funds, fixed income, private credit, real estate, gold, and other real-world asset strategies.

Today, Henry works closely with regulators, asset managers, banks, and Web3 ecosystem partners to advance the adoption of compliant tokenized finance. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on the convergence of traditional finance and digital asset infrastructure, with a focus on how blockchain can improve distribution, settlement, transparency, and access within regulated financial markets.

Dr. Hongjuan Liu is the Chief AI & Data Officer for Hong Kong and Macau at Manulife (International) Limited. As a member of Manulife Hong Kong’s senior management team, Dr. Liu plays a key role in advancing the company’s AI and data agenda. He leads Manulife Hong Kong and Macau’s cross‑functional AI & Data team, driving the development and execution of advanced analytics, AI deployment, and data platform strategies, while ensuring strong governance and operational excellence. He also represents Manulife Hong Kong and Macau in external AI and data‑related forums and industry dialogues.

Dr. Liu brings over 20 years of experience in AI, data strategy, analytics, and digital transformation across multiple industries and geographies. Before joining Manulife, he served as Vice President, Data at McDonald’s China, and previously held senior data and analytics leadership roles at a few global technology and automotive organizations. He also has extensive experience in the insurance industry, having served in data, CRM, and analytics leadership roles at major insurers such as Ping An Insurance, Ageas, Cigna, and Prudential.

Dr. Liu holds a PhD in Management Science and a Master of Science in Operational Research from Lancaster University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from South China Normal University.

向宏，長期從事抗量子計算密碼（PQC）應用研究。作為核心科研骨幹參與了兩項科技部重點研發計劃，聚焦我國銀行業抗量子密碼遷移的框架，以及與國際金融業抗量子密碼遷移工作的銜接。我國在該領域的研究得到了國際金融銀行業的高度重視。本次演講將介紹此方面的典型成果。

張弘現任 PayPal 大中華區執行長, PayPal 中國持牌機構貝寶支付董事長、總經理, 全面統籌 PayPal 在大中華區的整體策略規劃、業務創新拓展及日常營運管理,帶領團隊推動 PayPal 在大中華區市場的長期發展。

張弘女士於 2023 年加入 PayPal,擔任 PayPal 全球副總裁,負責多項全球重點專案在華落地。她擁有近 30 年的國際金融市場從業及高階管理經驗,深刻理解中國政策環境與產業發展趨勢。

加入 PayPal 之前,張弘女士曾擔任中國投資有限責任公司資深董事總經理、紐約代表處首席代表,長期統籌企業策略、跨國投資、公司治理及海外業務拓展等工作,在中國及北美市場沉澱了成熟的跨區域管理與實務經驗。

張弘女士擁有美國哥倫比亞大學法學碩士學位和對外經濟貿易大學的法學學士、法學碩士學位。

Honnus Cheung is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of On-us, an agentic incentive intelligence platform driving scalable customer engagement through FinTech and AI-powered hyper-personalized rewards.

With more than 20 years of experience building and scaling technology ventures across Asia, Honnus was a founding executive behind Yahoo’s and Travelzoo’s expansion across the region, contributing to the growth of both businesses into multi-billion-dollar enterprises.

Honnus holds an MBA from Kellogg-HKUST and is a Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA) and a member of HKICPA. She also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hong Kong-listed companies and as a Visiting Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

楊樺，現任廣東興發鋁業有限公司集團副總，是興發鋁業數字化轉型與產業生態構建的核心推動者。他擁有清華大學學士學位與華南理工大學碩士學位，兼具深厚的學術素養與跨行業管理經驗。加入興發鋁業之前，他曾任中國平安集團副總、平安智慧醫療事業部總經理，碧桂園集團ITDT委員會主任，及IBM中國電信與媒體事業部CTO，在數字化轉型領域積澱深厚。

在興發鋁業，楊樺將過往的數字化經驗注入鋁型材製造場景，主導建設了工業+AI互聯網，以AI垂類模型作為工業大腦，凝聚百年工藝與生產要素知識，大幅提升產能與質量。他的視野不止步於工廠內部，更著眼於興發鋁業作為廣東省「鏈主」企業的生態角色，推動構建產業互聯服務平台，目標是實現交易、供應鏈、生產、物流等「七鏈融合」，帶動產業鏈上下游數百家中小企業從「物理扎堆」走向「數字協同」。他提出興發鋁業要從「製造商」進化為「產業服務商」，並規劃以AI驅動智能工業控制，探索「全球協同」的數字化路徑。楊樺正以其跨界視野，推動一家傳統製造龍頭在產業生態層面構築新的競爭力。

Mr. Xu is the Executive Director & CEO of AInnovation Technology Group（02121.HK）. He has nearly 30 years of experience in sales, customer service, technology and corporate management, and has held executive positions at Fortune 500 companies – Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Wanda. He was former vice president at Microsoft Greater China, former vice president of SAP Greater China, former general manager of IBM Greater China Finance Unit and Global Information Service Unit, former vice president of Wanda Internet Technology Group. Mr. Xu has served multiple industries, including manufacturing, financial service, retail, telecom, health care, education and public service, and has in-depth knowledge and understanding to a variety of industries in China.

Mr. Xu founded AInnovation in February 2018, and led the company to successfully listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on January 27, 2022, becoming the first "AI+ manufacturing" stock in China.

Mr. Xu graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and holds an EMBA degree from Peking University. Mr. Xu has extensive industry connections. He actively participates in public benefit activities such as education and charity. He is a corporate mentor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, and the School of Management of Fudan University. Mr. Xu has served as an independent director of Honma Golf, a leading global golf brand and a Hong Kong listed company, since June 2016. At present, Mr. Xu serves as the chairman of the Frost & Sullivan LeadLeo Expert Committee on Innovation.

牛虎先生，清華大學管理碩士，中國社會科學院財經策略研究院經濟學博士，北京交通大學（曾用名：北方交通大學）
交通運輸&系統工程本碩，商業獎學金西班牙馬德里理工大學
（Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM）工業工程學院高速鐵路技術系統研究中心訪問研修。

牛虎先生具有大型央國企業、頭部 AMC 資產管理公司、管理顧問公司及商學院、投資銀行、知名上市公司等國際國內業務連結經驗及高階主管經歷，也曾是多家企業與政府的策略發展顧問。牛虎先生也參與社會活動及公益，致力於促進中外友好交流。

Hyunsu Jung is Chief Executive Officer of Hyperion DeFi, the NASDAQ-listed DeFi company building institutional products and services on the Hyperliquid blockchain. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager at DARMA Capital, a $1B+ asset manager registered with the CFTC and NFA. Hyunsu started his career as Consultant at EY-Parthenon where he led Finance and Digital Transformation for major enterprise M&A deals.

Ian Wallis is a director within Baillie Gifford’s Digital Assets team, bringing more than 25 years of experience across technology, financial infrastructure and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, he held senior leadership roles at Consensys, where he helped launch and scale blockchain networks and worked with exchanges, custodians, wallet providers and financial infrastructure firms to bring new products and services to market. Earlier in his career, Ian held senior technology and leadership roles at Oracle and Accenture.

Inès Gafsi is an impact entrepreneur and ecosystem builder who has spent more than a decade connecting founders, corporates and investors to turn ambition into action and mobilise capital for impact.

She is Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer of Blissmi Health, an AI-powered preventive health company scaling across Asia-Pacific through partnerships with employers and insurers. From 2025 to 2026, she consulted on the EQT x SCMP Impact Challenge, a deep-tech competition for climate, nature and health ventures offering €100,000 in investment and access to EQT’s global network. She led startup recruitment and prepared founders to engage investors.

As Chapter Chair and CEO of Inspiring Girls Hong Kong, Inès created SolveHers, a challenge-led innovation programme connecting corporate priorities with the next generation of problem-solvers. Corporate partners set real business challenges, engage employees as mentors and fund student teams through micro-grants to prototype AI-powered solutions spanning climate, food security and digital inclusion. The programme is designed to move beyond sponsorship towards real-world adoption, with corporate partners able to identify and implement promising ideas. Since 2020, she has helped expand the charity’s reach to more than 6,000 secondary school students, mobilised 2,500 industry role models and raised over HK$2 million annually from global financial institutions and listed companies.

Previously, Inès co-founded Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide and spent a decade growing it into a community of 20,000 founders, supported by more than 300 corporate and institutional partnerships and an annual ESG-focused accelerator.

Irene is a cross‑disciplinary financial executive with over 20 years of experience covering fintech, web3, regulatory governance and family‑office practice. Currently Head of Securities and Structured Investment Division at Bank of China (Hong Kong), she spearheaded the end‑to‑end build‑out and scaling of BOCHK’s retail digital equity business. By adopting innovative approaches for the retail equity business and partnering with fintech and market ecosystem players, she expanded retail stock trading, broad‑based ETF distribution and investor‑centric structured product suites for mass‑affluent clients.

Drawing on her hands‑on family‑office experience, Irene uniquely bridges commercial business ambitions with regulatory opportunities. She focuses on unlocking fintech and digital‑asset potential, translating regulatory requirements into practical market‑ready solutions for retail, institutional and ultra‑high‑net‑worth clients.

She previously held senior compliance leadership roles at UBS and Huatai Financial Holdings, specialising in private wealth, regtech roll‑out and cross‑border Greater Bay Area supervision. This gives her dual, ground‑level perspectives on business delivery and multi‑jurisdictional risk oversight.

Appointed to the HKSAR Hong Kong‑Shenzhen Financial Cooperation Committee, she contributes to GBA fintech policy‑making and industry standards. Irene frequently speaks at global summits, sharing actionable insights on growing compliant retail digital finance and reconciling market innovation with robust investor protection.

Jack Collier is chief growth officer at io.net, one of the largest decentralised compute (depin) networks, which pools global gpu supply into a marketplace built as an alternative to the centralised cloud giants.

He has spent close to a decade bringing decentralised technology to the forefront, as marketing chief across some of the most influential names in digital finance. at circle (2016-2018) he was there in the early days, helping build the real infrastructure behind digital dollars. at natwest (2018-2021) he launched a disruptive digital-banking brand from inside one of the uk's largest incumbents. at near (2021-2024) he led marketing for a leading layer-1 blockchain ecosystem. jack now drives growth at io.net, where web3 and ai infrastructure collide. he also advises ai companies on growth and strategy.

What runs through all of it is a simple conviction: this technology should put power, and privacy, back in people's hands, rather than concentrate it in a few big platforms. based in auckland, jack brings a candid, builder's eye to digital assets and ai, less interested in what a technology promises than in where the real value, and the real bottlenecks, actually sit.

Mr. Jacky Yuen is the Investment Director of qonvolv Ventures. He leads venture capital investments and partnerships focused on driving sustainability within the industrial sector. Leveraging the group’s extensive background in sustainable and smart manufacturing, qonvolv Ventures collaborates globally with founders, industry partners and academia to foster innovations in manufacturing excellence, digital value chains, climate action and the future workforce.

Before his current position, Jacky served as Chief of Staff to the Chairman of Esquel Group and a general management talent at Swire Group. He holds a Master’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Jacqueline Teoh is a Technology & Transformation Partner at Deloitte Southeast Asia and leads the firm's Wealth Management services across the region. With more than 30 years of experience across Europe (EMEA) and Asia Pacific (AP), including 18 years in Switzerland, she advises boards and senior executives on business transformation, core banking modernization, digital wealth platforms, and AI-driven innovation. A recognized leader in wealth management, Jacqueline has helped leading financial institutions across EMEA and AP navigate growth, transformation, and operating model change in an increasingly digital and competitive landscape.

Ms. Zhang is a Partner and Investment Committee member at HOPU Investments.

At HOPU, Ms. Zhang is deeply involved in the sourcing and execution of HOPU's investments, specializing in complex structures and negotiations, playing an important role in a broad range of investments such as Ceva Santé Animale, FWD Insurance, Xiaomi, Full Truck Alliance, Sensetime, among others.

Ms. Zhang started her career at the investment banking division at Morgan Stanley in New York, following which she served as Vice President at TPG, where she led multiple investment projects in the technology and consumer sectors. Ms. Zhang currently serves on the boards of directors for the HOPU ARM Innovation Fund and a number of HOPU portfolio companies.

Ms. Zhang holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from Yale College (cum laude).

Jade Lu is the Wealth CEO & CEO of International Region at Alpha Ladder Group, an international fintech group, where she leads the group's expansion across Hong Kong, the Middle East, Europe, the United States and Latin America, with a focus on wealth management, cross-border financial services and fintech innovation.

Prior to Alpha Ladder, Jade served as President and Executive Director of Shanghai Innovation Bank, and concurrently as President of Silicon Valley Bank Asia from 2020 to 2023, playing a leading role in China's innovation finance ecosystem by providing full lifecycle financial services to high-growth innovation companies and venture capital institutions. She brings over 20 years of international banking experience, with senior leadership roles at Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank.

Jade holds a Bachelor of Economics from Fudan University and an International MBA (IMBA) from the University of Hong Kong, and served as a member of the first Sci-Tech Innovation Advisory Committee of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Jake Xu is a Director at Monitor Deloitte focusing on life sciences and healthcare industry. He has 10+ years of consulting experience working with world leading medtech, pharma, and life sciences companies. His project experiences cover corporate strategy, growth strategy, go-to-market strategy, market research and M&A.​

Jake holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from McGill University, Canada​

Jame DiBiasio is a media entrepreneur, board director, author, podcaster, and fintech writer.

He is editor the The JDB Report, “tech+money, retold”, a newsletter and video platform providing insight and conversations in digital finance (visit https://www.jdibiasio.com). He was previously founder of DigFin, a media company he sold, and founding editor of AsianInvestor, a publication covering asset management that is part of UK publisher Haymarket. He also served as editorial director for all of Haymarket’s financial titles.

His latest book is ARABIAN CRYPTO: UAE EDITION, about digital-asset success stories in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. His other business books include PLANET VC, COWRIES TO CRYPTO, and BLOCK KONG. He has also written books on Southeast Asian history, as well as fiction.

Jame currently chairman of the Fintech & DeFi Committee of Financial Executives Club, and previously served on the board of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong.

丘建棟，教授級資深工程師，深城交國際公司董事長。他在多模式交通建模模擬、智慧網聯汽車等領域有17年工作經驗。負責開發多個系統平台，包括交通建模軟體TransPlan、大數據運算平台TransPaaS、低碳交通系統EmissionModel等，已成功在沙烏地阿拉伯首都Riyadh、Dammam、阿聯酋及深圳、上海、重慶等20餘座大城市落地應用示範。曾多次獲得部會級、省級科技進步一等獎，主筆交通類專著5部，發表論文50篇，為科技部重點研發專案評審專家。 2015年面向全球建立「未來交通實驗室」。獲評為深圳市國資系統「十大青年工匠」、深圳市高層專業領軍人才。

Janti Tahawokh is an industrial designer, inventor, and Founder & Director of Earocam Science & Technology Co. Ltd, a Hong Kong-based AI hardware and wearable technology company.

He holds a Master’s degree in Product Design, a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, and a Diploma in Jewellery Design and Manufacturing. With more than 22 years of professional experience, his design journey includes projects connected to Mercedes-Benz, Panasonic, Sony Music, and the German Museum of Technology.

Combining his passion for industrial design and jewellery craftsmanship, Janti has focused on developing wearable technologies that integrate naturally into everyday life.

Through Earocam, he is pursuing a vision of screen-independent, human-centered AI wearables that bring voice interaction, visual context, and intelligent assistance closer to the user. His broader PAC vision — Personal AI Companion — explores how personalized AI could support productivity, accessibility, independent living, and everyday safety while prioritizing privacy and user control.

After years of developing inventions alongside his professional career, Janti decided in 2026 to dedicate himself fully to his entrepreneurial ambitions.

With encouragement and guidance from InvestHK Berlin, he discovered Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem and its connections to the Greater Bay Area. He established Earocam in Hong Kong and has explored potential R&D collaborations through the Hong Kong Science Park ecosystem and ASTRI.

He sees Hong Kong as a strategic bridge connecting international innovation, applied research, entrepreneurship, and advanced manufacturing opportunities.

Jiang Yu​ is a seasoned technology executive with over two decades of cross-industry expertise spanning banking, insurance, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. His career bridges Greater China and global markets, combining deep technical foundations with strategic leadership in financial services innovation.

He began his career at IBM China, where he spent several years in software development, solution architecture, and technical consulting. In this role, he partnered closely with leading domestic banks to advance distributed systems adoption and drive large-scale digital transformation initiatives, establishing a strong reputation for translating complex technologies into business outcomes.

He later joined Anbang Insurance Group, where he led overseas technology strategy and post-investment technology management. His mandate covered cross-border integration, technology due diligence, and the alignment of global technology portfolios with corporate growth objectives—work that demanded both diplomatic acumen and rigorous technical oversight.

Jiang Yu subsequently held strategic roles at Huawei​ and Tencent, focusing on digital transformation for the financial services industry (FSI). He advised top-tier banks, insurers, and securities firms on cloud adoption, platform modernisation, and ecosystem strategies, helping clients navigate the intersection of legacy infrastructure and next-generation technologies.

Prior to his current role, he served as Chief Architect of HSBC China, responsible for infrastructure technology strategy, core banking system architecture, and AI architecture design. He played a pivotal role in modernising HSBC’s China technology stack.

Currently, Jiang Yu serves as General Manager of Tencent Cloud, leading efforts to deliver cloud and AI solutions to financial institutions across Hong Kong and Macau. He is committed to advancing the digital capabilities of the financial sector in the Greater Bay Area, fostering innovation while ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence.

Mr. Jay M. Dizon is the Head of the Payments and Settlements Department (PSD) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The PSD administers the operation of the Peso Real-time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system, which is a Systemically Important Payment System (SIPS) in the Philippines. Mr. Dizon is the BSP Representative to the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures Community of Practice on Central Bank-operated Payment Systems (CPMI-CoPS).

Mr. Dizon was one of the BSP officers who pursued the establishment of the country’s National Retail Payment System (NRPS), which is a regulatory framework that enabled interoperability among banks and other payment service providers.

Mr. Dizon was a bank supervisor with extensive experience in policy development and examination of various areas of banking operations, including treasury, derivatives, and information technology.  

He obtained a master’s degree in finance from Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA where he also served as a teaching assistant. In 2022, he finished the Global Bankers Program of the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.  Mr. Dizon is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Information Systems Auditor.

Jaylen is a repeat entrepreneur whose path has spanned continents. Raised in Zimbabwe, he moved to the United States to study Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. He went on to found a California prop-tech startup providing SaaS for real estate property management, which grew to more than $150 million in assets under management, and joined Y Combinator in 2019. He has also built businesses in consumer products and real estate. In 2023–2024, he and his team deployed and fine-tuned open-source large language models for the European headquarters of a Fortune 500 company, hands-on work that shaped his view of where AI was heading.

That work led to a more fundamental question: if AI can increasingly understand and perform knowledge work, why should people still spend so much of their time operating computers themselves?

Jean-Luc Gustave is an international financial services executive specializing in building strategic partnerships, opening new markets, and connecting financial ecosystems across Europe and Asia.

Combining deep expertise in traditional banking with a forward-looking perspective on digital finance, he operates at the intersection of financial innovation, regulation, and commercial strategy.

At Qivalis, he leads strategic partnerships, market development, and distribution across Asia, building the institutional network and commercial partnerships needed to drive adoption of a regulated euro stablecoin.

His focus is on turning emerging financial technologies into scalable business opportunities, particularly in cross-border payments, institutional liquidity, trade finance, and tokenized capital markets.

Jeff is the China Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm managing over $2 billion in assets. In this role, he oversees startup investments, fundraising, growth strategies, and corporate partnerships in China, Hong Kong, Asia, and Australia/New Zealand. He also leads Pegasus’ China network, bridging the gap between global companies seeking opportunities in these regions and local companies aiming for worldwide expansion.

Prior to joining Pegasus, Jeff co-founded High-Cloud, a pioneering cloud computing company that he guided from inception to its acquisition by DCSS Technology (837072) in 2016. Earlier in his career, he served as Managing Director at Boku (LON: BOKU) and worked with tech giants such as Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and IBM.

Jeff is an alumnus of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and also holds Master of Science degrees from the University of Oxford and HEC Paris.

Jennifer Cheng Lo is the Founder & Chair of NewChic Capital Family Office and the Founding Partner, CMO & Head of Investor Relations at Ace Investment Management, a private fund providing bespoke asset management solutions to a highly curated group of family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Across her portfolio, Jennifer leads strategic capital formation, institutional partnerships, investor relations, and global alliances within the private equity and alternative investment sectors, with a focus on supporting visionary founders, fund managers, and emerging technologies.

An award-winning investor and entrepreneur, Jennifer has contributed to more than $500 million in capital raises, over $3.9 billion in aggregate revenue generation, and more than 20 IPO and M&A transactions, including multiple unicorn exits. She previously served as Honorary Co-Chair of the U.S. Consulate Trade Mission for Hong Kong, Macau, and Greater China, an initiative that engaged more than 100 LPs, where she also performed as a concert pianist.

Beyond her investment activities, Jennifer holds strategic C-suite and board leadership roles across her portfolio companies, including as Founding Partner & Chief Strategy Officer of BeyondMood AI Mental Fitness and Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Fortix Cybersecurity Vault & Messaging.

An internationally recognized speaker, concert pianist, cultural ambassador, and entrepreneur, Jennifer has delivered several hundred keynote talks across more than 50 cities worldwide on AI, Blockchain, Deep Tech, Family Offices, Women's Leadership, next-generation entrepreneurship, legacy, and impact.

Jenny Au is the Founder & CEO of FundFluent and a serial entrepreneur working at the intersection of AI and financial inclusion. Previously at BCG Digital Ventures, she launched 10+ corporate-backed startups across the US, Australia, China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia before focusing her expertise on the businesses most underserved by the funding system: small businesses and startups.

FundFluent is building an AI-first Funding Operating System that turns the slow, fragmented work of accessing funding into a repeatable, largely automated workflow. It is built on over a decade of deep expertise helping small businesses and startups genuinely secure capital and scale, expertise productised into structured knowledge that compounds. By turning hard-won judgment into a system that scales, FundFluent can serve more businesses, faster, and make funding fundamentally more inclusive.

Chat to her about: AI-first operating systems, B2B fintech, small businesses & startups, generative AI, AI workforces, financial inclusion, and alternative data.

Jens-Peter is an expert in the transportation sector for 30 years and a Fellow of IET.

He has degrees in electrical engineering and economic psychology, because for him, technology and people belong together, especially when it comes to digital transformation and the application of artificial intelligence.

By living and working throughout Europe, America and Asia, he became passionate about diversity and leveraging cultural synergies for the development of disruptive innovations.

As the CEO of Siemens Mobility in Hong Kong, he is working with his team and local partners to turn Hong Kong into a sustainable and smart city.

Holding patents by himself, he is always looking for bright ideas and supports talents and their visions. And still today he is dealing with latest technologies and is using AI for developing apps by himself, just for fun.

歷任騰訊、快手廣告商業化行業負責人，深藍保、叫叫核心高管， 14 年互聯網商業化經驗。

當前在來畫負責產品和運營兩個板塊，統籌 AI 軟件、AI智能硬件與海外電商落地，拉通「流量 → 商機 → 銷售」全鏈路。

Jess Cheng is the Co-Founder and Head of Hong Kong at CHARGESPOT. As part of the team that founded CHARGESPOT in 2017, she led it to become the world's first transnational power bank sharing service provider with over 6,000 spots in Hong Kong and over 96,000 spots worldwide. She has played a pivotal role in establishing CHARGESPOT as the market leader in Hong Kong and spearheaded its expansion across APAC, including Japan, Mainland China, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom and Italy, as well as its acquisition by INFORICH.

Jess holds a degree in Marketing and Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), graduating in 2005. Her career began with the Management Trainee Program at L'Oréal Hong Kong, where she excelled in sales and marketing for the Japanese beauty brand Shu Uemura. Driven by a passion for new challenges and innovation, she seamlessly transitioned between roles and industries, from managing advertising and promotions for Columbia Sportswear at Swire Resources, to leading the launch of the luxury French beauty brand La Biosthetique in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Currently, Jess is dedicated to powering new possibilities for the business, innovating CHARGESPOT's products, services and delivery to meet the ever-changing needs of society and businesses, and expanding its partner network to create new and exciting touchpoints to support more customers around the world.

Jessica is the Co-Founder and CEO at Planto, as well as the Hong Kong Lead and Executive Committee Member of Global Women in AI and ex board member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. Planto operates at the intersection of open finance and artificial intelligence. Planto's technologies have been adopted by multiple financial institutions, including global banks, lenders, fintech startups, and wealth management firms.

Jessica regularly speaks at major finance and technology events, such as Hong Kong FinTech Week, Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Leap East, Dubai Fintech Summit and Money20/20. In her role as a board member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong, she co-leads the GBA Work Group and serves as a board sponsor for quantum computing and cybersecurity. Additionally, she serves as the ambassador for the MENA Fintech Association. Jessica has lived and worked in Singapore, the UK, and Hong Kong. She was also the lead singer in a post-rock band.

Jess Ng is a banking executive and strategic leader in consumer finance and SME lending. She has strong track record of driving product innovation, digital transformation as well as green finance development in banking.

Jess currently serves as Assistant General Manager, Head of Unsecured Lending Division at Bank of China (Hong Kong). Her work sits at the intersection of product, credit, digital journey and green finance. She has led to launch key fintech projects including Interbank Account Data Sharing (IADS) and Cross-boundary Credit Referencing (CBCR) which is the first-in-market on personal lending use cases.

Jess also possesses solid experience in green finance areas including launch of new green finance products, education campaign to raise ESG and green finance awareness, and partnered with a university on a joint research which shed lights on future green finance development.

Prior to joining Bank of China (Hong Kong), Jess was the product head of Hang Seng Bank for Secured and Unsecured Loan Products as well as the Director of Hang Seng Finance Limited. She is committed to using digital infrastructure to scale access to credit and green products to support Hong Kong’s low-carbon transition.

Jia Hang is a seasoned global payments leader with more than 20 years of experience driving innovation across financial services, digital commerce, and payment infrastructure. As Executive Chairman of DCS Group, he leads the Group's strategic vision to build trusted payments infrastructure that bridges traditional finance with next-generation digital payment ecosystems. With deep expertise in global payments, corporate strategy, business development, and international market expansion, he has led multicultural teams and scaled payment businesses across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

Prior to joining DCS Group, Jia Hang served as Global Head of Payment and Financial Services at Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, where he led payment and financial services strategies across Alibaba's international businesses, including AliExpress, Alibaba.com, Lazada, Daraz, Trendyol and Miravia. Earlier at Ant Group, he held several senior leadership positions, including Regional General Manager for Southeast Asia and Europe, and General Manager for Alipay+ Global Partnerships, where he played a key role in expanding the company's international payments ecosystem. He began his career at China UnionPay and UnionPay International, where he led the expansion of UnionPay across the Americas and established UnionPay USA in 2009. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University.

北京大學數學學士，北京大學計算機碩士

擁有15年以上的國內量化投資實戰經驗與管理經驗

曾任職於搜狐、騰訊，從事網路大數據探勘研究，精通機器學習、統計學習等演算法理論。

自2009年開始投入量化投資領域，分別於博時基金及中信證券從事量化投資研究工作，管理客戶資金、自營資金。

2015年創立平方和投資。

喻傑博士是超維動力聯合創始人兼CEO，致力於開發創新的具身智能技術並商用服務於社會。此前喻博士曾任華為商用車自動駕駛總經理及首席科學家。他曾在多個世界500強公司負責人工智能系統研發，具有組建及管理跨國技術團隊，研發創新產品，以及主導演算法落地與商業成功的豐富經驗。

作為國際知名的人工智能技術專家，喻博士從事計算機視覺，機器學習/深度學習，自然語言處理，及數據挖掘等方向研究超過 20 年。他在這些領域的多個頂級國際會議及期刊發表超過40篇學術文獻，申請超過20個美國及國際專利，並多次獲得重大國際學術獎項。

Li jing is chief strategy officer of stepfun, leading corporate strategy and ecosystem development. he drives ai applications across intelligent agents, finance and content creation, with deep experience scaling innovative products from concept to commercialization.

韓晶昀先生，現任中興通訊副總裁，負責中興通訊海外市場運營商及政企解決方案營銷，以及海外品牌推廣工作。

2006年獲西安電子科技大學碩士學位並加入中興通訊，曾擔任歐洲區、海外綜合解決方案部部長等職位，擁有近20年海外市場營銷及業務拓展經驗，曾負責多個全球重要運營商及政企項目，業務遍及亞洲、歐洲、南美和非洲等，為多個全球頂尖客戶的業務轉型和創新提供極具商業價值和競爭力的解決方案，對行業發展，技術創新和業務轉型有深入洞察和豐富實踐經驗。

Joanne Hon joined Equinix in 2024 as Managing Director of Equinix Hong Kong, leading the company’s business strategy in the market. She focuses on expanding the company’s capacity and digital services to accelerate customers’ digital transformation.

Ms. Hon brings to Equinix more than 25 years of extensive financial technology, investment, insurance, legal and professional services experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to her role at Equinix, she has held leadership positions at several publicly listed multinational companies and private equity-backed technology firms, including Thomson Reuters, Mercer, Dealogic, CPA Global and Broadridge.

Ms. Hon holds a master’s degree in Financial Management from the University of London, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia. She also serves on the boards of several NGOs, including The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association and Child Development Centre.

Joe Bonanno is the Head of Wealth Intelligence at Citi Wealth where he leads Wealth’s strategy across data, artificial intelligence, and client and advisor experience. In this role, he is responsible for transforming Citi Wealth into an AI-powered, intelligence-driven platform -integrating data foundations, advanced analytics, and next-generation digital experiences to redefine how wealth management engages and operates. He is the leader of OneWealth, Citi’s unified data and intelligence ecosystem, which connects client, account, and investment data to power real-time decisioning and personalized engagement at scale. This foundation enables capabilities such as Advisor Insights, Ask Wealth, Citi Scribe, and Citi Sky -Citi’s next-generation AI interface designed to deliver conversational, intelligent experiences for both advisors and clients.

Joe is also driving strategic partnerships with leading technology firms, including Google and Palantir, to accelerate the adoption of generative AI, agentic workflows, and large-scale data intelligence across the platform. Prior to this role, he led Data, Digital & Innovation for Citi’s Securities Services business, where he drove cloud transformation, AI/ML adoption, and digital asset innovation. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, where he built enterprise data platforms, advanced analytics capabilities, and next-best-action engines supporting millions of clients.

Johannes Kern is the Managing Director of the Frankencoin Association, the Swiss non-profit supporting Frankencoin (ZCHF), the largest decentralised Swiss franc stablecoin. He leads the association, building the connections that bring Swiss franc payments, savings and lending into everyday use. His work spans decentralised finance, tokenised assets and financial infrastructure, with a focus on sound incentives and long-term monetary stability.

John is HSBC’s Managing Director of Digital Assets & Currencies, CIB, responsible for the bank’s activity in digital assets, asset tokenisation, CBDCs, and other forms of digital money. John has led the creation of HSBC Orion, the digital assets platform that is now live in Hong Kong and Luxembourg. John has more than 20 years of experience in financial markets. Prior to joining HSBC, he held various leadership roles at ICE Futures Europe (previously the London International Financial Futures Exchange – LIFFE), finally becoming head of the FICC business.

Mr Johnson Chui joined HKEX as Managing Director and Head of Global Issuer Services in September 2024.

In his role, Mr Chui leads HKEX’s Global Issuer Services teams based in Hong Kong, Mainland China, London and Singapore, driving the Group’s efforts to further diversify and expand its listed issuer base.

Mr Chui has more than 25 years of experience working in international capital markets. Prior to joining HKEX, he held senior positions at Nomura, where he was Managing Director, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking and Head of Equity Capital Markets, Asia ex-Japan.

Prior to Nomura, Mr Chui spent nearly 18 years at Credit Suisse, where he was Head of Equity Capital Markets for Asia-Pacific and a member of the Operating Committees for Global Equity Capital Markets and Asia Pacific Investment Banking & Capital Markets. He has also held senior investment banking roles at Citigroup and Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong.

Mr Chui holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degrees from the University of New South Wales in Australia.