Blockchain: Shaping the Future of Business

As demand for mobile payment services increases, blockchain provides a platform on which enterprises can create new business models in a trust-free environment. Blockchain systems comprise a decentralized ledger recording cryptocurrency transactions; records are constantly synchronized and available to other participants on a peer-to-peer network. Mass adoption of Blockchain technologies in different industries is becoming inevitable. This event will examine the impact of blockchain in business, and how it will help businesses boost their revenue. Beyond blockchain, what will the next revolution be?

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Panelists

Mr. David w.y. Koh

Regional Head, Transaction Banking,

Greater China and North Asia, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Mr. Yew Kiat Phang

Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chong Sing Holdings FinTech Group Limited

Yew Kiat Phang is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chong Sing Holdings FinTech Group Limited (CSF). CSF is a leading publicly listed (stock code: 8207.HK) Fintech group in Asia. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the company successfully established a fully-integrated Fintech ecosystem, providing efficient intelligent financial lifestyle services via internet & mobile internet channels.

Phang began his career with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) in 1994. Over his 17 years career in banking, he held various management roles across SCB's corporate and consumer banking businesses, including the appointment as Chief Financial Officer for Indonesia & General Manager for Small Medium Enterprises, Singapore & Malaysia. In 2005, Phang was seconded to China to build a brand new national joint-stock bank in Tianjin, China Bohai Bank, and he served as an Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the consumer banking business. He also served as DBS’s Group Head of Strategic Planning.

Phang also serves as the Chairman of Remuneration Committee & Independent Non-executive Director and of Chuan Holdings Limited (stock code: 1420.HK). Among the non-profit organizations, he serves as the Chairman to United Nation-Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Business Advisory Council Task Force on Digital Economy, and the founding Executive Director of Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).

Phang has a Bachelor degree in Microelectronic Systems Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of Bristol.  

Mr. Pindar Wong

Chairmam, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Limited

Pindar Wong is the Chairman of VeriFi (Hong Kong) Limited, a discrete Internet Financial Infrastructure consultancy. Pindar is an Internet pioneer, who co-founded the first licensed Internet Service Provider in HK and leads the 'Belt and Road Blockchain Consortium'. In 2015, he helped organise Asia's first Blockchainworkshops.org, ScalingBitcoin.org (I, II, III) and sponsored the Hong Kong Bitcoin Roundtable.  In 2016 he established a global blockchain research network the bsafe.network to promote applied academic research in blockchain technologies. He chairs the Internet Society's Blockchain Special Interest Group and serves on the Advisory Board of Coindesk.

Pindar also serves on the Hong Kong Government's Committee on Innovation, Technology and Re-industrialisation , and as a Director of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI). He also serves on the  HK Trade Development Council ICT Services advisory committee and the HKUST School of Engineering Advisory Committee. Previously, he was the first Vice-Chairman of ICANN, Chairman of the Asia Pacific Internet Association, alternate Chairman of Asia Pacific Network Information Center, Co-Public Lead of Creative Commons Hong Kong, Chairman of APRICOT, Commissioner on the Global Commission on Internet Governance and elected Trustee of the Internet Society.

Moderator

Prof. Yanchun Yang

Editor-in-Chief, TechIDEAL

Yanchun is currently leading the TechIDEAL.  She had held previous media positions as Deputy and Executive Editor in Chief of the Oriental Business, the bilingual Hong Kong Business Herald est. in 1947, and Resident Economic Commentary Author for Economic Daily of the Mainland based in the United Nations in New York City.

Before her media roles, Yanchun had worked in higher education and multinational technology firm as tenure associate professor and in charge of Innovation Services respectively and authored IBM White Papers on ERP and financial risk management.

In her media role, Yanchun has interviewed various Nobel Laureate economists, global 100 flagship CEOs, national leaders and the former Secretary General of the United Nations. She was also invited as speaker of the 2010 San Diego WTC Annual Conference on Global Economic Outlook, the quadrennial 2016 Global Forum for Media Development, and the 2017 ICTPI, the International Conference on Technology Policy & Innovation.

Yanchun co-founded a Tech startup company in 2018, which owns six national and overseas blockchain technology related patents.

AGENDA

*Programme is subject to change

*Floor language will be English and Simultaneous Interpretation Service will not be provided

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China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable

The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable is a by-invitation network of movers and shakers in Asia providing platforms for focused dialogue, issue investigation, and possible collective action on strategic issues relating to economic, business and social development in Asia. Its aim is to enhance communication and increase mutual understanding between China, Asian and Western countries.

The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable was created as a result of the success of the China Daily CEO Roundtable ( established in 2004) and with the support of the Asia News Network, an alliance of 24 leading newspapers from 19 Asian countries and regions.