Conference Poster
Conference Programme, video record and abstract
| 24 March 2021 | The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg |
| 9:00am-10:00am | Opening Session Participation in Person: Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Research Complex, RLG 502 (computer lab), RHB502 (Big data Lab). |
| 9:00am-9:05am | Opening of the Conference (Thomas YUEN, PI of the IIDS project) |
| Keynote 9:05am HK time 12:05noon Sydney time | AI, FinTech and Big Data: Landscape and Applications Prof Longbing CAO Abstract PPT Video Record |
| 10:00am -11:00noon | Session 1 Video record |
| Chair: Thomas YUEN | The Economics Behind the Evolution of the FinTech Industry David YEUNG, Cynthia ZHANG and Thomas YUEN Abstract |
| Live Streaming E-Commerce as a business start-up option for Hong Kong youngsters. Lubanski LAM and Monica LAW Abstract | |
| Changing contexts of Entrepreneurial Development in Hong Kong Mark NG Abstract | |
| 11:00pm – 12:00noon | Session 2 Video Record |
| Chair: Thomas YUEN | A Way Forward for Logistics Industry: Post COVID-19 Chi Kin AU, Yui yip LAU and Simon WONG Abstract |
| Evidence of price convergence within the Greater Bay Area in China using nonparametric tests. Kai Yin WOO and Shu Kam LEE Abstract | |
| The Two pathways in FinTech Development Wan Ling CHU and Thomas YUEN Abstract | |
| Google mobility data in Hong Kong And Daily COVID-19 cases: An investigation using Machine learning algorithmic. Thomas YUEN and Wan Ling CHU Abstract | |
| 12:00noon -1:00pm | Session 3 Video record |
| Chair: Edward TANG | Factors influencing Continuance Intention towards Mobile Banking Services in China Brian WONG, Monica LAW and Jinyan QI Abstract |
| Virtual banks and financial inclusion in Hong Kong: a regulatory perspective Samuel LAW and Davyd WONG Abstract | |
| Speculate a lot Edward TANG Abstract | |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | LUNCH |
| 2:15pm -3:30pm | Panel Discussion (Invited Speakers) Video Record |
| Chair: Samuel LAW | Human Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence? A supplement or A complement? Insights from industry practitioners |
| Digital Transformation and Cultural Shifts, which comes first? Brit Blakeney Anghelakis, Executive Director, Innovation and Ecosystems, Consumer Banking Group, DBS Bank (HK) Ltd | |
| Document possessing through AI Solution: The current state and the way forward. Cheney Cheng, Managing Partner, Altive Group; Chairman, Apoidea Group | |
| How does, and Could, Technical intelligence replace human intelligence? An insight from using Traslateral RegTech in conducting stronger AML/CFT Control Eric Shun-Kuen, CHAN, Deputy CEO, CNBCB (HK) Capital Ltd Andre LEUNG, CEO, Aereve | |
| 3:45pm to 5:00pm | RoundTable Discussion (Invited Speakers) Vidoe Record |
| Chair: Lubanski LAM | The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship |
| Percy CHAN, CEO & Partner, Jiyan Investment Management (HK) Co. Ltd Rono KWONG, Group Chairman, Asia Interactive Content Holding Limited Gordon LAM, Chairman, Sino-Future Group Limited | |
| 5:00pm to 6:00pm | Closing Session |
| Keynote 5:00pm HK time 10:00am Central European Time | Blockchain in Banking: Possible Use Cases and Benefits Dr. Oriol Caudevilla Agenda PPT Video record |
| 6:00pm to 6:05pm | Closing of the Conference (Thomas YUEN, PI of the IIDS project) |
Session 1, 2 and 3
Chairs and presenters should enter the ZOOM meeting 10 minutes before the scheduled start time. Oral presentations should be no more than 15 minutes for each presenter. This will leave roughly 15-20 minutes for questions at the end of each session.
Panel Discussion
Chairs and invited speakers should enter the ZOOM meeting 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. Oral presentations should be no more than 20 minutes for each topic. This will leave roughly 15 minutes for questions and discussion at the end of each session.
Roundtable discussion
Chairs and invited speakers should enter the ZOOM meeting 5 minutes before the scheduled start time. Chair should drive the discussion to ensure that all invited speakers have equal time to express their view.
This conference is part of the INTER-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IIDS) which are fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (RGC Ref. No.: UGC/IIDS15/B01/19
Hong Kong Shue Yan University 50th Anniversary Celebration
Panel Discussion (Invited Speakers)
Human Intelligence Artificial Intelligence: A supplement or A complement for compliance Work? Insights from industry practitioners
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Ms. Brit Blakeney Anghelakis, Mr. Eric Shun-Kuen Chan, Mr. Andre Leung and Mr. Cheney Cheng for being the invited speakers of the panel discussion session in IIDS International conference : The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg.
Invited Speakers:
Ms. Brit Blakeney Anghelakis, DBS Bank (HK) Ltd
Mr. Cheney Cheng, Managing Partner, Altive Group; Chairman, Apoidea Group
Mr. Eric Shun-Kuen Chan, CNBCB (HK) Capital Ltd
Mr. Andre Leung, Aereve
Time:
2:15PM – 3:30PM
Topic 1
Digital Transformation and Cultural Shifts, which comes first?
Speaker: Brit Blakeney Anghelakis, Executive Director, Innovation and Ecosystems, Consumer Banking Group, DBS Bank (HK) Ltd
Brit is Executive Director, Innovation and Ecosystems, Consumer Banking Group. Brit is a digital executive with over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining DBS, Brit was a Director at Dun & Bradstreet, leading its digital transformation. She has also held senior positions at major media and internet companies, such as AOL and Univision, and helped launch and run several successful internet and financial startups.
Brit holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and also studied at the University of Grenoble in France. She is on the digital banking committee of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, a member of Women in Tech Hong Kong, and is a regular speaker at industry events across Asia.
Topic 2
Document possessing through AI Solution: The current state and the way forward.
Speaker: Mr. Cheney Cheng, Managing Partner, Altive Group; Chairman, Apoidea Group
Mr. Cheney Cheng is the Managing Partner of Altive and Chairman of Apoidea Group. Altive is an Asset Management company offering Alternative Investment to Private investors; whilst Apoidea offers AI solution to Financial institutions. Cheney started his career at Goldman Sachs and had been focused on the venture capital investment and M&A in the technology sector.
Cheney is passionate in education and children’s wellbeing. Cheney is a co-founder of “Teach For Hong Kong”, a tax-exempt charity which supplies diversified young talents to the education industry by offering non-education degree fresh graduates a one-year teaching leadership program at underprivileged schools. Cheney is also a co-founder of DotKids, a domain registry of .kids to provide safe internet for children. Cheney obtained a BBA in Global Business and Economics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, during the time he was a visiting student in Harvard University and Peking University.
Topic 3
How does, and Could, Technical replace human intelligence? An insight from using Traslateral RegTech in conducting stronger AML/CFT Control
Speaker: Mr. Eric Shun-Kuen Chan, Deputy CEO of CNBCB (HK) Capital Ltd
Mr. Eric Shun-Kuen Chan has spent more than 30 years in the finance industry. He used to work in Price Waterhouse with special focus on business assurance, IPO, M&A, insolvency and then in a private equity fund house as the technical director to oversee technical aspects of PE investments. He is now Deputy CEO of CNBCB (HK) Capital Ltd. Overseeing and managing the Type 1, 4, 6, 9 licensed regulated activities. CNCB (HK) Capital Ltd. Is an investment arm of China state-owned CITIC Bank active in iBanking activities for cross-border transactions throughout trans-Pacific region and Hong Kong.
Mr. Chan graduated from Macquarie University in Australia with a degree of B. Econ. In 1985 and from University of New South Wales in Australia with a degree of M. Comm. In 1987. He was also awarded the degree of LL.B. from University of Wolverhampton in England in 1995. Eric is a Certified Public Accountant in Australia since 1991 and a member of HKICPA since 1992.
Speaker: Mr. Andre Leung, CEO of Aereve
Mr. Andre Leung is a Regtech and Suptech expert with international financial services experience based in London, New York, San Francisco, Hong Kong and Singapore from Computer Associates, Accenture, Moody’s Analytics and Thomson Reuters. He is a professional consultant providing AML/CFT expertise to Licensed Corporations and Regulators from developed economics. He is CEO of Aereve, a Regtech and Suptech company, specializing in AML/CFT regulatory effectiveness.
Andre holds MA and BA in Mathematics from Oxford University, United Kingdom and Executive MBA from Kellogg -HKUST EMBA program, USA. Andre is the co-founder and general manager of Sports for Hope Foundation, a charitable organization to boost funding to young highly-talented underprivileged athletes in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Shue Yan University 50th Anniversary Celebration
Conference Keynote Speakers
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Prof LongBing CAO and Dr. Oriol CAUDEVILLA for being the keynote speakers of the IIDS International conference : The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg.
International conference : The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg
Date: 24 March 2021 (ZOOM)
Opening Session: Keynote
Prof Longbing Cao (The Data Science Lab: www.datasciences.org) is a professor and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow (at professorial level) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Prof CAO holds a PhD in Computing Science and another PhD in Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems. Some 300 publications, four monographs, and four edited books have been published on his research on data science and analytics, and AI and their enterprise applications with dozens sole/first-authored. He initiated areas including actionable knowledge discovery, non-IID learning, behavior informatics (behavior computing), and agent mining, in addition to general interest in artificial intelligence, machine learning, knowledge discovery, and recommender systems. He established the data science lab in 2007, a university’s research institute Advanced Analytics Institute and the degrees Master of Analytics (Research) and PhD in Analytics in 2011, the IEEE Conference on Data Science and Advanced Analytics (DSAA) in 2014, and the International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (JDSA) with Springer in 2015. His enterprise data science innovations have been widely transformed government and business organizations in over 10 domains, resulting in billions of dollars in savings and special mentions in government, industry, media and OECD reports. He received a Eureka Prize in Australia for excellence in data science.
International conference : The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg
Date: 24 March 2021 (ZOOM)
Closing Session: Keynote
Dr. Oriol CAUDEVILLA is the fellow at the Digital Euro Association (D€A) in Germany. He is a FinTech Advisor, Consultant and Researcher (in Digital Banking and Finance, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Blockchain and Crypto).
DR. ORIOL CAUDEVILLA is the fellow at the Digital Euro Association (D€A) in Germany and at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). He is the consultant of Blockchain Trade finance project, Qatar University, Doha. Recently he gave seminars on Blockchain and Central Bank Digital Currencies at the City University of Macau and Saint Joseph University. He participated in the UAE/Israel Week as a guest speaker as well as the Future of FinTech event in Saudi Arabia. He publishes articles in several media, including China Daily (both the Global and Hong Kong Edition) and Macau Business. He has given talks and seminars on the Chinese Financial System, Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Digital Yuan in several universities , as well as in international conferences, like the recent MENA Future of Fintech 2021 and London FinTech Conference 2021.
Hong Kong Shue Yan University 50th Anniversary Celebration
RoundTable Discussion (Invited Speakers)
The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Rono KWONG, Percy CHAN and Gordon LAM for being the invited speakers of the roundtable discussion session in IIDS International conference : The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg.
Invited Speakers:
Time: 3:45pm to 5:00pm
Rono KWONG, Group Chairman, Asia Interactive Content Holding Limited
Mr. Rono Kwong is the founder of Best Video Limited, Best Event Limited, Gimmick Box Limited (4As) and Life Protection Technology Limited. As the pioneer of business HD multimedia content production, Mr. Kwong has proven outstanding and continuous achievements in HK’s creative industry. In 2020, Rono started his e-commerce business and established a new e-commerce platform “Gimmick Easy”.
Over the years, Rono spent significant effort and time to support other young entrepreneurs. In 2015, with the sponsorship of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, Rono founded Hong Kong General Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs (HKGCYE) with over 150 young entrepreneurs. Rono is the Chairman of HKGCYE which is one of the most recognized young entrepreneur chambers in the region. For community service, Rono has over 10 years volunteer work experience. He also found Lions Club of Hong Kong Sun as the charter President in 2009. The club provides a variety of volunteer services for teenagers, elderly, antidrug and new immigrants in HK over the years.
- Young Industrialist Awards (2017)
- Ten Outstanding Young Persons (2015)
- Charter President of HK General Chamber of Young Entrepreneurs
- Charter President of Lions Club of HK Sun
Percy CHAN, CEO & Partner, Jiyan Investment Management (HK) Co. Ltd
Mr. Percy Chan has over 20 years of investment experience. He worked as a CEO, GM, fund manager and other important roles in well known financial institutions such as HSBC Investment Bank Asia (Wardley), Citibank, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management , Standard Chartered , Bank of East Asia (China) etc.
Mr. Chan was often interviewed by various medias including Forbes, China Securities Journal, China-CBN, RTHK, etc. He is also a distinguished professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Mr. Percy Chan has won various awards such as “Most Influential Economist” and “Best Forecast Market Figure of the Year”.
Gordon LAM, Chairman, Sino-Future Group Limited
Mr. Lam is the Executive Director of Bonjour Holdings Limited (0653.HK) in 2020. He has extensive experience in global supply chain management, e-commerce, technology incubation and investments. Mr Lam is an Adjunct Professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School, Renmin University Business School in Beijing, and Zhejiang University School of Management in Hangzhou, and a joint Adjunct Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) School of Management & Economics, UBC Sauder Business School & Copenhagen Business School, respectively.
Mr, Lam worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong in 2003. Then he joined Li & Fung Group (one of the world’s largest consumer supply chain management company) and worked until 2015 as the Chief Representative and General Manager of Southern China of the Group. He became the Chairman of Compass Innovation Alliance, one of the leading Greater Bay Area technology & innovation platform of Fortune 500 Corporate Ventures in Hong Kong. He was the recipient of the ‘2019 Greater China Outstanding Youth Entrepreneur Award’ presented by the Hong Kong Commercial Daily, as well as the ‘2020 Most Outstanding Youth Entrepreneur of the Greater Bay Area Award’ presented by the Guangdong-HK-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Union. Since 2010, Mr Lam has been a guest speaker for 76 Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC)’s forums and events. He is well-known to all departments of the HKTDC, and he has joined various HKTDC’s business delegations to Mainland China, ASEAN countries, USA, Germany, France, Israel and Russia etc. since 2015. He is currently a committee member of HKTDC’s China Mainland Business Advisory Committee. Mr. Lam is a member of the Twelfth Guangdong Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a member of the Expert Committee to the Second Ministry of Commerce Advisory Committee for Economic & Trade Policy, Vice Chairman of the Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation and Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Guangdong Youth Association. Mr. Lam served as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit of the Government of Hong Kong from 2011 to 2012, and is currently serving as an advisory committee of the Sustainable Agricultural Development Fund of the Government of Hong Kong, a committee member of the Appeal Panel (Housing) of the Government of Hong Kong.
Conference Committee
Conference Advisory Committees
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. David YEUNG | Head of Department Economics and Finance, Distinguished Research Professor and Director of SRS Consortium for Advanced Study |
| Dr. Mark NG | Assistant Academic Vice-President, and Assistant Professor of Department of Business Administration, IIDS project Co-Investigators |
| Dr. Monica LAW | Head of Department of Business Administration, Associate Professor, and Programme Director (MScMCP) |
| Dr. LUI Chit-Ying, Wendy | Head of Department of Law and Business, Assistant Professor, IIDS project Co-Investigators |
Conference committee
| Dr. YUEN Wai Kee, Thomas | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, IIDS project Principal Investigator |
| Dr. Lubanski LAM | Associate Head of Department of Business Administration, Assistant Professor, Programme Coordinator (CGRM), and i-Entrepreneurship Concentration Coordinator |
| Dr. TANG Chi Ho, Edward | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance |
| Mr. LAW Sau-Wai, Samuel | Senior Lecturer, Department of Law and Business |
| Ms. CHU Wan Ling | Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Finance |
Contact Person: Dr. YUEN Wai Kee, Thomas
Email: wkyuen@hksyu.edu
This INTER-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IIDS) is fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (RGC Ref. No.: UGC/IIDS15/B01/19
International Conference : The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg
The conference is part of the INTER-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IIDS), “The Evolution of Digital Entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg“ which is fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Hong Kong Shue Yan University 50th Anniversary Celebration
Date: March 24, 2021
Mode: Virtual (ZOOM)
Venue: Hong Kong Shue Yan University / Virtual: ZOOM
The one-day virtual international conference will provide an opportunity for participants (colleagues, researchers, students, industrial experts, and academics) to present and discuss their research/experience on the evolution of digital entrepreneurship, FinTech and FinReg.
AI in Legal Services
 Prof John ARMOUR Professor of Law and Finance at Oxford University and a Fellow of the British Academy and the European Corporate Governance Institute Presentation: Augmented Lawyering | IIDS Zoom Seminar: AI in Legal Service Date: Thur, 5 Nov, 2020 Afternoon Session: 17:00 to 18:15 Free Online Registration  |
- AI mainly augments legal skills, rather than substitutes for them
- AI deployment pipelines require multi disciplinary teams (MDTs)
- Organizational form is a relevant factor in MDT establishment
- Traditional law firm partnerships face challenge
- Entry of “law companies”; restructuring of law firms as ABS
- Legal human capital deployed in MDTs (non advisory work) raises issues about boundaries of legal profession
FinTech and Disruptive Innovation: A New Era of Regulation
 Prof Ross BUCKLEY The KPMG Law — King & Wood Mallesons Professor of Disruptive Innovation, and a Scientia Professor, at UNSW Sydney. Presentation: FinTech and Disruptive Innovation: A New Era of Regulation | IIDS Zoom Seminar: FinTech and Disruptive Innovation: A New Era of Regulation Date: Thur, 12 Nov, 2020 Morning Session: 11:00 to 12:15 Free Online Registration |
Zetzsche, Birdthistle, Arner & Buckley, “Digital Finance Platforms: Towards a New Regulatory Paradigm”, forthcoming (2020) U of Pennsylvania Jnl of Business Law.
Zetzsche, Buckley & Arner, “Regulating Libra”, forthcoming Oxford Jnl of Legal Studies.
Buckley, Arner, Zetzsche & Selga, “TechRisk”, [2020] Singapore Jnl of Legal Studies 35.
Zetzsche, Arner, Buckley & Weber, “The Evolution and Future of Data-Driven Finance in the E.U.”, (2020) 57 Common Market Law Review 331-360
Zetzsche, Buckley, Arner & Fohr, “The ICO Gold Rush: It’s a Scam, It’s a Bubble, It’s a Super Challenge for Regulators“, (2019) Harvard International Law Journal, in press.
Zetzsche, Buckley & Arner, “The Distributed Liability of Distributed Ledgers: Legal Risks of Blockchain”, (2018) University of Illinois Law Review, in press.
Zetzsche, Buckley, Arner & Barberis, “From FinTech to TechFin: The Regulatory Challenges of Data-Driven Finance”, (2018) Vol 14 (2) New York University Jnl of Law & Business, 393-446.
Arner, Barberis & Buckley, “The Evolution of FinTech: A New Post Crisis Paradigm?”, (2016) Georgetown Journal of International Law, 1271-1319.
Zhou, Arner & Buckley, “Regulation of Digital Financial Services in China: Last Mover Advantage” (2015) 8 (1) Tsinghua China Law Review 25-62.
FinReg Seminars (Zoom) in Nov 2020
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Prof Ross BUCKLEY and Prof John ARMOUR for being the speaker for the IIDS FinReg seminar. There are over 150 registrations oversea and local universities such as HKU, HKBU, HKCityU, HKLU, OUHK and UOWCHK for the seminars. Their presentations are extremely informative, and the active participation illustrated the importance of the topic to our colleagues and students.
The INTER-INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME (IIDS) Seminars are fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (RGC Ref. No.: UGC/IIDS15/B01/19
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| IIDS Zoom Seminar: FinTech and Disruptive Innovation: A New Era of Regulation | IIDS Zoom Seminar: AI in Legal Service |
| Morning Session: 11:00 to 12:15 | Afternoon Session: 17:00 to 18:15 |
| Date: Thur, 12 Nov, 2020 | Date: Thur, 5 Nov, 2020 |
| Speaker: Prof Ross BUCKLEY King & Wood Mallesons Professor of Disruptive Innovation, and a Scientia Professor, at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. | Speaker: Prof John ARMOUR Professor of Law and Finance at Oxford University and a Fellow of the British Academy and the European Corporate Governance Institute |