WOW SUMMIT GenDA
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!UEST 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
Speaker: Dane Cheng, Executive Director Hong Kong Tourism Board
10:25 OPENING REMARK FROM INVESTHK: DISCOVER BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN HONG KONG
Speaker: Stephen Philips, Director-General of Investment Promotion Invest Hong Kong
10:35 KEYNOTE: OKX BANKING THE UNBANKED WITH WEB3 TECHNOLOGY
Speaker: Lennix Lai, Managing Director of Global Institutional, OKX
10:50 PANEL: THE NEXT FRONTIER IN CAPITAL MARKETS: BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR SECURE CUSTODY
- Raagulan Pathy, Vice President Asia Pacific, Circle
- Andrew Leelarthaepin, General Manager, Ledger
- Amy Zhang, VP Of Sales, Asia, Fireblocks
- Steve Bowman, Managing Director Head Of APAC, BITGO
Moderator: Brian Tang, LITE Lab Founding Executive Director (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, Dean Of Law & Fintech Institute
Moderator: Megha Chaddah, Senior Producer, 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
13:15 PANEL: FROM BLOCKCHAIN SECURITY TO SMART COMPLIANCE: AML & KYC SOLUTIONS IN DEFI
- Dyma Budorin, CEO & Co-Founder, Hacken
- Victor Yim, Head Of Fintech, Cyberport
- Alexander Scheer, Founder, ZkMe
Moderator: Jesse Coghlan, Deputy Editor, Cointelegraph
13:45 KEYNOTE: DISCOVER BUSINESS IN DUBAI: D33, WEB3, AND AI
Speaker: Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, Strategic Advisor, Digital Dubai
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
- Claude Equienta, 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, Senior Vice President And Global Head Of Sales, Bullish
- Vincent Chok, CEO, First Digital
- Josh Du, Head Of Digital Asset Portfolios, Animoca Brands
- Vincent Xiong, Manager, Antalpha
Moderator: Joel Flynn, Chief Correspondent, Forkast.News
16:40 PANEL: HOW NFT CAN BE THE NEW DRIVER FOR REAL LUXURY GOOD BUSINESS?
- Simon Je, Founder & Chairman, Hong Kong International Family Office Association
- Akina Ho, Co-Founder And Lead Ambassador AsiaPacific, The AllStarsWomen DAO
- Anina Ho, Chief Operating Officer, Qonbay
- Samson Lee, Founder & CEO, Coinstreet
Moderator: Cermain Cheung, Consultantl, 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, Head Of Strategy, Tencent Cloud International
- Wen Dai, Head Of Solutions Architecture, Greater China Region, Amazon Web Service
Moderator: Kevin Loo, Managing Director, Investments, IDEG Limited
SECONDARY STAGE:
INVESTOR & CORPORATE TALKS + STARTUP COMPETITION.
11:00 PANEL: DECENTRALIZING THE METAVERSE: EXPLORING THE MULTI- TRILLION DOLLAR MARKET POTENTIAL
- Dr. Ken Ip, Chairman, Asia MarTech Society
- Alena Yudina, Managing Director, Quantum Leap Strategy
- Cindy Zhang, Executive Director, Gobi Partners
- Leung Vincent, Global Head Of Digital Brand Marketing, Lenzing Group
Moderator: Dr. Frederik Hetsch, Ph.D., Finance Director, Lumiere
11:30 PANEL: EXPLORING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF ACCELERATORS FOR STARTUP GROWTH.
- Jason Choi, Head Of Strategy, Cointelegraph
- Manav Gupta, Founder And CEO, Brinc.Io
- Jeffrey Broer, Program Director, Graviton Accelerator
- Edith Yeung, General Partner, Race Capital
Moderator: Tobias Bauer, Partner, Blockchain Founders Fund
12:00 PANEL: COMPARING THE LIQUIDITY LANDSCAPE: TOKEN VS EQUITY INVESTING FOR START-UP SUCCESS
- Jong Wan Brian Lee, Principal, Orbit Startups
- Vivien Khoo, Chairman At Asia Crypto Alliance
- Jamii Quoc, Head Of Legal, Animoca Brands
- Adrian Wang, CEO, Metalpha
Moderator: Kelvin Koh, Co-Founder and CIO of Spartan Group
12:40 KEYNOTE: DRIVING WEB3 ADOPTION WITH A FUN GAME
Speaker: Dominic Law, Chief Metaverse Officer, Neopets Metaverse
12:55 FIRE-SIDE CHAT: THE GREAT WEB3 DEBATE: ADOPTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF DECENTRALIZED TECHNOLOGIES
- Duncan Wong, CEO And Co-Founder, Crypto BLK
- Kevin Loo, Managing Director, Investments, IDEG Limited
Moderator: Ethan Pierse, Co-Founder at NFT Factory
13:25 PANEL: EQUITY AND TOKEN INVESTMENTS IN 2023’S EMERGING MARKETS
- Alan Li, Director, Da Wan Asset Management
- Florian Matthaeus Spiegl, Founder & CEO, EVIDENT
- Jaden Chan, Investor, Flow Traders
- Sky Lai, Web3 Investor At Family Office
Moderator: Karnika Yashwant, Founder, KEY Difference Media & Forward Protocol
14:05 PANEL: BLOCKCHAIN MARKETING: SHAKING UP THE GAME WITH TRENDING STRATEGIES!
- Julia Chen, Co-Founder, Soully
- Brett Hornung, Web3 Lead, Accenture
- Cathy Livne, Product Marketing Lead, Ecosystem And Global Expansion, Consensys
- Paul Moukhin, Partner, BDC Consulting
Moderator: Ethan Pierse, Director, Cryptoassets Institute
14:50 PANEL: WHOM TO TARGET AT YOUR SEED ROUND?
- Carney Mak, Head Of Investment – Fintech, FXHB Asset Management Pte Ltd
- Calvin Ng, General Partner, PLUTUS.VC
- Dovey Wan, Founding Partner, Primitive Ventures
- Rodrigo Barakat, Partner, Helion VC
Moderator: Anna Wong, CEO & Co-founder, Female Entrepreneurs Worldwide
15:30 KEYNOTE: INVESTMENT OVERVIEW INTO CRYPTO FINTECH COMPANIES
Speaker: Mike Fez, Partner, Market Making Pro
15:50 PANEL: BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE: HR STRATEGIES IN THE WORLD OF WEB3
- Hugues Hallot, Project Director, UMA Ventures
- Carrie Law, Founder, WOW Impact Group
- Bo-Yeon Beon, Partner At Kyber Ventures
Moderator: Arina Kogalenok, HR Director, BE[IN]CRYPTO
16:25 STARTUP BATTLE
DAY 30.03
MAIN STAGE:
GAMING, NFT & ART PROJECTS SPONSORED PRESENTATIONS.
10:00 KEYNOTE: EMPOWERING BUSINESSES WITH BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
Speaker: Tin Bin Ru, Deputy CEO cum COO, ChainUp
10:20 FIRESIDE CHAT: BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
- Ronald Yu, Director, Arctic Aurora Advisory Services
- Tin Bin Ru, Deputy CEO Cum COO, ChainUp
Moderator: Padraig Walsh, Partner, Tanner De Witt
10:50 PANEL: DIGITAL ASSETS: POLICIES & THE ROAD AHEAD
- Professor Douglas Arner, HKU
- Alexandra Sasha, Danish Politician, Adviser
- COMMISSIONER KELVIN LESTER K. LEE, Securities And Exchange, Commission Philippines
- Tamar Latsabidze, National Bank Of Georgia
Moderator: Malik Khan Kotadia, Co-founder and Chairman, Finnovation Labs
11:30 PANEL: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE DIGITAL ASSET MARKET – INVESTORS’ PERSPECTIVES
- Luc Froehlich, Global Head Of Digital Assets Solutions, Fidelity
- Dave Chapman, Executive Director, BC Group
- Jehan Chu, Founder, Kenetic
Moderator: Priscilla Adams, Director of Compliance, Bullish
12:10 FIRESIDE CHAT: STATUS QUO OR AN INTERPLAY BETWEEN CBDCS AND THE EVOLVING FINANCIAL LANDSCAPE
- Vincent Lau, HSBC
- John Ho, Head, Legal, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank
Moderator: King Leung, Head of Fintech, Invest Hong Kong
12:40 KEYNOTE: WEB 3.0: HYPE OR HOPE?
Speaker: Malik Khan Kotadia, Co-founder and Chairman, Finnovation Labs Private Limited
13:00 PANEL: THE LATEST TRENDS OF CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION ON THE WEB3
- Erich Wong, Head Of Growth (HK), The Sandbox
- Jaeson Ma, OP3N.World
- Cyrus Ip, Partner, Newman Cap
Moderator: Casey Lau, Co-founder, HKG DAO
13:35 KEYNOTE: AWS FOR WEB3 INFRASTRUCTURE
Speaker: Wen Dai, Head of Solutions Architecture, Greater China Region, Amazon Web Service
13:50 FIRESIDE CHAT: THE NEXT TRILLION WILL BE GREEN: HONG KONG’S OPPORTUNITY AS ASIA’S GREEN DIGITAL FINANCE CENTER
- Julien Martin, Co-Founder, Digital Climate Group
- Norbert Ling, Portfolio Manager, Invesco
Moderator: Max Song, CEO, Co-founder, Carbonbase, Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol
14:25 KEYNOTE: SELF-PERPETUATING WILL OF THE NETMORTAL
Speaker: Nick Spanos, Founder, CryptOS.com
14:40 KEYNOTE: THE NEW GENERATION OF CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGES. ATTRACTING LIQUIDITY THROUGH THE RETAIL SECTOR
Andriy Velykyy, Co-Founder, Allbridge.io
15:00 FIRESIDE CHAT: P2E AS A TOOL FOR CREATING NEW REVENUE STREAMS AND BUSINESS MODELS
- Michael Chou, Executive Producer, PS Esports
- Tina Kharaishvili, Head Of Partnerships, GAMEE
Moderator: Yamilette Cano, Founder. CEO. Author, LOUDER GLOBAL
15:30 KEYNOTE: CHINESE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR WEB3 AND THE METAVERSE
- Kevin Shang Guan, General Manager, ZQ Game
- Carrie Law , Founder, WOW IMPACT GROUP
15:50 PANEL: NFTS IN THE ART WORLD AND HOW THEY ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT OWNERSHIP AND VALUE.
- Victoria Chan, Director Of Communications, Gusto Collective
- Gillian Howard, Founder & Fair Director, Digital Art Fair
- Carman Chan, Founder And Managing Partner, Click Ventures
- Geo Merchant, Web3 Marketing And Partnerships, LiveArt
Moderator: Doris Fong, Head of Creative Industries, Invest Hong Kong
16:30 1ON1 FIRESIDE CHAT: DECENTRALISED GAMING PLATFORMS AND HOW IT INFLUENCES TRENDS IN GAME DEVELOPMENT.
- Sebastien Borget, COO & Co-Founder, The Sandbox
Moderator: Bowie Lau, Founder, MaGE Group
17:00 FIRESIDE CHAT: THE FUTURE OF IN-GAME ECONOMIES AND VIRTUAL OWNERSHIP.
- Michael Tong, CEO, Xterio
- Evan Auyang, Group President, Animoca Brands
Moderator: Yanni Collins, PR Director, OZ Living
17:30 FIRESIDE CHAT: STREAMLINING PAYMENTS: BRINGING CONVENIENCE & EFFICIENCY FOR BUSINESSES & CONSUMERS
- Daren Guo, Co-Founder, Reap
- William Bao Bean, Managing Director, Orbit Startups
Moderator: Raphael Jansa, General Manager, FinTech Association of Hong Kong
SECONDARY STAGE:
TECH TALKS & DEV WORKSHOP
10:00 PANEL: DEFI TOOLS THAT HELP WITH SEED ROUND FUNDRAISING.
- Aleksandr Shedogubov, Genesis Member, DAO Envelop
- Sergio Argento, Chief Strategist / Co-Founder, APOLLO42 / IMPACTA LAB
- Jason French, Head Of Business, Blockpour
Moderator: Kishor Mirchumal Mansinghani, CEO, CrowdfundJunction
10:35 PANEL: EMPOWERING PLAYERS: REVOLUTIONIZING GAME MONETIZATION THROUGH TOKENIZATION OF IN-GAME ASSETS
- Charu Sethi, Chief Marketing Officer, Unique Network
- Tanya Aggrawal, Independent Media Strategist And Content Creator
Moderator: Naama O. Pozniak, CEO/Founder, Paz Holding, Inc. dba RightPlan.com
11:05 PRESENTATION: WEB3 GAMING REVOLUTION: SPOTTING CRITICAL GAMEPLAY PILLARS ARE NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS.
11:15 FIRE-SIDE CHAT: DIGITAL ASSETS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: DEFI REVOLUTION
- Cindy Amar, Co-Founder | Ex Matrixport | Ex Natixis, GLASS SLIPPER VENTURES
- Alice Chen, Co-Founder COO/General Counsel, InvestaX
- Khai Lin Sng, Co-Founder And CIO, Alta Group
Moderator: Marlene Ronstedt, Director of Communications, Hyper Oracle
11:45 PANEL: INTEROPERABILITY: CONNECTING DIFFERENT BLOCKCHAIN PLATFORMS
- Alex Belets, CEO, Unilayer Network
- Matthew Liu, CSO & Partner, Synfutures
- Yanislav Malahov, Founder, Aeternity
- Laura Shi, Director, Asia Strategy, Consensys
Moderator: Alexandra Korneva, Co-Founder, Rubic
12:20 PANEL: USING BLOCKCHAIN FOR CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY
- Jin Gonzalez, Founder And Chief Architect, Oz Living
- Gregor Hans Schoener, CEO, Arcartera
- Neil Tan, FinTech Association Of Hong Kong
- Oliver Von Wolf, Co-Founder And CEO, Helion Ventures
Moderator: Noelle Gahan, CMO Cranium Ventures
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 KEYNOTE: REGULATIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET; HOW JAPANESE USERS SURVIVED THE FTX SHOCK
Speaker: Makoto Aoki, Founder of WebX, CoinPost
14:15 PANEL: THE USE OF AI IN DEVELOPER’S WORKFLOW.
- Christian St.Louis, Co-Founder And CEO, Component.Fi
- Arsenii Dugin, CTO, Marketmaking.Pro
- Connie Lam, Head Of Solution Architect, CERTIK
Moderator: Kailash Ahirwar, Co-Founder and CEO, Raven Protocol
14:45 PANEL: DISCOVERING HIDDEN FORTUNES WITH ASSET TOKENIZATION
- Evan Luthra, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, Startup Studio
- Phong Dao, CEO & Co-Founder, IVE.ONE Ltd
- Jason Fernandes, Co-Founder, AdLunam
- Yoon Kim, CMO, Elysia
Moderator: Jorge Sebastiao, Co-Founder, EcoX
15:30 PANEL: SPEEDING INTO THE FUTURE: ELEVATING DIGITAL ASSET TRADING WITH INNOVATIVE LAYER 2 SOLUTIONS
- Hank Shin, CPO, Flynt Finance
- Shawn Lim, APAC Head Of Business Development, Floating Point Group
- Will Corkin, Co-Founder At MANTRA & SOMA.Finance
Moderator: Marc Antoine Schwyn, Founder & CEO, Cyrator
16:00 STARTUP PITCHING SESSION
- Satoshi Airlines
- Enecuum
- Spark
- Sastanaqqam
- Chapter X
- Helion
- Elite Fun Club
- Bot Factory
17:00 PANEL: LIVEART + METAGATE + CHARITY KISS
