DAY 29.03
MAIN STAGE:
WEB3 ADOPTION, REGULATIONS, FUTURE OF INTERNET
10:00
ORGANISING/HOSTING TEAM ENTRY SPEECH ABOUT WHAT IS WOW AND THIS CHAPTER’S MAIN FOCUS OF THE EVENT: WEB3 ADOPTION HERE & NOW: TIME IS WOW!
10:05
GUEST OF HONOR SPEECH BY HKSAR
Speaker: Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury The Government of Hong Kong SAR
10:15
HK TOURISM BOARD – OPENING REMARK
10:25
KEYNOTE
Speaker: Stephen Philips (InvestHK)
10:35
KEYNOTE: OKX BANKING THE UNBANKED WITH WEB3 TECHNOLOGY
Speaker: Lennix Lai (MD at OKX)
10:50
PANEL: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN CAPITAL MARKETS: BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR SECURE CUSTODY
Raagulan Pathy, Vice President, Asia Pacific (Circle)
Amy Zhang, VP Of Sales, Asia (Fireblocks)
Steve Bowman, Managing Director, Head Of APAC (BITGO)
Andrew Leelarthaepin, General Manager (Ledger)
Moderator: Brian Tang, Founding Executive Director (The University of Hong Kong)
11:30
PANEL: LAYING THE LEGAL FOUNDATION FOR TRUSTED WEB3 ADOPTION ACROSS JURISDICTIONS
Sean Lee, Co-Founder And Executive Director (Odsy Foundation)
Urszula McCormack, Partner (King & Wood Mallesons)
Angelina Kwan, Chief Executive Officer (Stratford Finance Limited)
Professor Binghao Zhao, Professor Binghao Zhao, Dean Of Law & Fintech Institute
Moderator: Megha Chaddah (Forkast.News)
12:10
1ON1 FIRESIDE-CHAT: NFT INVESTMENTS IN THE AGE OF FINANCIAL REVOLUTION
WhaleShark, Founder (WHALE And E1337)
Moderator: Bowie Lau, Founder (MaGE Group)
12:30
INTRO TO HONG KONG AMBASSADORS CLUB
Speaker: Patrick Tsang, Chairman (Tsang’s Group)
12:35
PANEL: INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CENTRALIZED EXCHANGES AND TRADING PLATFORMS IN THE DIGITAL ASSET ARENA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCED INVESTMENT AND THE RISE OF CRYPTO MATURITY
Ruptus Rothenhäuser, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO At BitMEX)
Alessio Quaglini, CEO & Co-Founder (HexTrust)
Adam Cai, CEO (Virgo)
Alicia Kao, Managing Director (Kucoin)
Moderator: Kate Levchuk, Futurist at KateGoesTech & Institutional Sales at CEX.IO
13:00
LUNCH BREAK
14:00
KEYNOTE
Speaker: pending
14:20
PANEL: THE FUSION OF BLOCKCHAIN AND AI/ML: CUTTING-EDGE PROJECTS DISCUSSION
Karena Belin, Co-Founder, CEO (Whub)
Carter Weng, Founder (TRU3T)
Jay Zhao, Managing Partner (Leonis Capital)
Satheesh Kumar, Founder And CEO (Kratos)
Moderator: Julian Gordon, VP APAC (Hyperledger)
15:00
KEYNOTE: EMPOWERING VIRTUAL WORLDS & METAVERSES WITH THE INNOVATIVE POWER OF NFTS
Speaker: Yat Siu, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman (Animoca Brands)
15:20
PANEL: UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: TOKENIZING REAL-WORLD ASSETS
David Bachelier, CEO APAC (Flowdesk)
Lawrance Chu, Chairman (VSFG)
Lucy Gazmararian, Founder & Managing Partner (Tokenbay Capital)
Rafik Fellal, Founder And CEO (Mimo)
Moderator: Jame DiBiasio, Founder & Editor (Dig Fin Group)
16:00
PANEL: FROM TRADITIONAL FINANCE TO DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: EXPLORING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN DIGITAL ASSETS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Michael Lau (Bullish)
Vincent Chok (First Digital)
Josh Du (Animoca Brands)
Vincent Xiong (Antalpha)
Moderator: Joel Flynn, Chief Correspondent (Forkast News)
16:40
PANEL: FASHION MEETS NFTS: A CLOSER LOOK AT THEIR IMPACT ON THE LUXURY INDUSTRY
Simon Je, Founder & Chairman (HKIBFA)
Akina Ho, Co-Founder And Lead Ambassador AsiaPacific (AllStarsWomen DAO)
Anina Ho, Chief Operating Officer (Qonbay)
Samson Lee, Founder & CEO (Coinstreet)
Moderator: Cermain Cheung, Consultant (OLN Law)
17:15
PANEL: DECENTRALIZATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET: WEB3 VS WEB2
Patrick Tsang, Chairman (Tsang’s Group)
Minh Do, Co-Chief Operating Officer (Animoca Brands)
Fred Sun (Tencent Cloud)
Wen Dai (AWS)
Moderator: Kevin Loo, Managing Director, Investments (IDEG)
17:50
PANEL: FROM BLOCKCHAIN SECURITY TO SMART COMPLIANCE: AML & KYC SOLUTIONS IN DEFI
Will Corkin (Mantra)
Victor Yim (Cyberport)
Moderator: Jesse Coghlan (Cointelegraph)
DAY 30.03
SECONDARY STAGE:
INVESTOR & CORPORATE TALKS + STARTUP BATTLE.
11:00
FIRE-SIDE CHAT: DECENTRALIZING THE METAVERSE: EXPLORING THE MULTI-TRILLION DOLLAR MARKET POTENTIAL
Dr. Ken Ip
Cindy Zhang (Gobi.VC)
Moderator: Patrice Poujol, CEO (Lumiere)
11:25
PANEL: EXPLORING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF ACCELERATORS FOR STARTUP GROWTH. Jason Choi (Cointelegraph)
Manav Gupta, Founder And CEO (BRINC)
Tobias Bauer (BlockchainFF)
Edith Yeung (Race Capital)
Moderator: Jeffrey Broer (Graviton)
12:00
PANEL: COMPARING THE LIQUIDITY LANDSCAPE: TOKEN VS EQUITY INVESTING FOR START-UP SUCCESS
Jong Wan Brian Lee, Principal (Orbit Startups)
Annabelle Huang (Amber Group)
Jamii Quoc (Animoca Brands)
Adrian Wang (Metalpha)
Moderator: TBC
12:40
KEYNOTE
Speaker: Dominic Law (N.D.)
13:00
FIRE-SIDE CHAT: THE GREAT WEB3 DEBATE: ADOPTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES
Duncan Wong (Crypto BLK)
Moderator: Ethan Pierse
13:40
PANEL: EQUITY AND TOKEN INVESTMENTS IN 2023’S EMERGING MARKETS
Alan Li (Dawan Assets)
Florian Matthaeus Spiegl, Founder & CEO (EVIDENT)
Jaden Chan, Investor (Flow Traders)
Sky Lai (J17 Capital)
Moderator: Karnika Yashwant (Cryptopolitan)
14:20
LUNCH BREAK
15:00
PANEL: WHOM TO TARGET AT YOUR SEED ROUND? Carney Mak (FXHB)
Calvin Plutus, General Partner (PLUTUS.VC)
Noah Hyams (WEVE Accelerator)
Rodrigo Benez (Helion VC)
Moderator: Anna Wong (FEW)
15:30
KEYNOTE: INVESTMENT OVERVIEW INTO CRYPTO FINTECH COMPANIES
Speaker: Mike Fez (MMPro)
15:00
FIRE-SIDE CHAT: BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE: HR STRATEGIES IN THE WORLD OF WEB3
Hugues Hallot
Carrie Law (WOW Impact Group)
Moderator: Arina Kogalenok
15:25
PANEL: BLOCKCHAIN MARKETING: SHAKING UP THE GAME WITH TRENDING STRATEGIES! Julia Chen (Soully)
Brett Hornung (Accenture)
Kathy Livne, Product Marketing Lead, Ecosystem And Global Expansion (Consensys)
Moderator: Ethan Pierse (Cryptoassets Institute)
16:00
STARTUP BATTLE
