Program (Final)
Dates:
Location:
Remarks:
DAY 1

Tuesday-Wednesday, 2-3 April 2019
JW Marriott Hong Kong (JW Marriott Ballroom, Level 3)
Expecting 200-300 attendees, Open to the media except Roundtables on Day 2 afternoon
Morning Plenary Session

09:00-09:10 Welcome Remarks
09:10-09:30 Keynote 1
09:30-09:50 Keynote 2
09:50-10:50 Plenary Panel 1 - How will Capital Markets be Transformed by Technology by 2025?
10:50-11:30 Morning Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Plenary Panel 2 - HBS Customer Value Triangle:
Product Leadership vs Customer Intimacy vs Operational Excellence
12:30-13:30 Buffet Lunch, Networking
13:00-13:30 Lunch and Learn: The Coming ISO 20022 Revolution: Are You Ready Yet?
Markets Stream
Technologies Stream
Operations Stream
Startups
Pitch/Demo
13:30-14:15
13:30-14:15
13:30-14:15
13:40-14:00
Panel M1- Cybersecurity - Are Panel T1- Partnering with
Panel O1 – The Future of
FutureFlow
We On the Right Track?
Fintechs: Lessons Learned
Industry Communication to
14:00-14:20
14:15-15:00
14:15-15:00
Improve Operational
BlueMeg
Panel M2 - The Challenges of Panel T2- Sandboxes - Are
Efficiency
14:20-14:40
Client Onboarding
They Really Helping to
14:15-15:00
Emotics
15:00-15:30
Promote Innovation andPanel O2 - China Challenge –14:40-15:00
Afternoon Coffee BreakClarify Regulatory Obligations? Is there an Opportunity to
FinFabrik
15:30-16:15
15:00-15:30
Leapfrog Legacy Equities
15:00-15:20
Panel M3 - Regulatory
Afternoon Coffee BreakMarkets for Operational
Coffee Break
Implementation: Humans vs. 15:30-16:15
Effectiveness
15:20-15:40
Machines
Panel T3 - AI Governance
15:00-15:30
BlueFire AI
16:15-17:00
16:15-17:00
Afternoon Coffee Break
15:40-16:00
Case Study M4 - Agile
Case Study T4 - HSBC Journey 15:30-16:15
Kristal AI
Transformation and Digitalon Cloud – Strategies andPanel O3 - Alignment to
16:00-16:20
Factory in UBS
Challenges
International Standards inRobotic Online
the Post Trade SpaceIntelligence Ltd
16:15-17:00
16:20-16:40
Panel O4 - Are We Using theTradeteq
Right KPIs and KRIs?
16:40-17:00
Velotrade
17:00 Wrap Up

DAY 2Morning Plenary Session
09:00-09:10 Welcome Remarks
09:10-10:00 Plenary Panel 1 - Data and Risk: The Intersection of Privacy, Data Localization,
Cybersecurity and Third Party Risk Management
10:00-10:30 Morning Coffee Break
10:30-11:15 Fireside Chat: What Does It Take to Create a ‘Digital Industry’ in a ‘Digital City’?
11:15-12:15 Plenary Panel 2 - Workforce of Tomorrow
12:15-13:15 Networking Lunch
Stream A

13:15-14:10
Roundtable A1 - Open Banking
14:10-15:05
Roundtable A2 - DLT: Standards andInteroperability
15:05-16:00
Roundtable A3 - Crypto Custody

Stream B

Stream C

13:15-14:10
Roundtable B1 - Diversity in Tech –Walking the Talk

13:15-14:10
Roundtable C1 - Regional Nuances in
the Post-Trade Space

14:10-15:05
Roundtable B2 – Utilities

14:10-15:05
Roundtable C2 - China Fintech –Disruptors

15:05-16:00
Roundtable B3 - Machine Learning
and Machine-Readable Regulations

15:05-16:00
Roundtable C3 - Data Handling, theCloud and Capital Markets

16:00-17:00 Networking Drinks and Snacks

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DAY 1Morning - Plenary Session
09:00-09:10

Welcome Remarks
 Alain Raes, Chief Executive Officer, APAC and EMEA, SWIFT

09:10-09:30

Keynote 1
 Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, HKSAR
Government

09:30-09:50

Keynote 2 Darryl West, Global Chief Information Officer (GCIO), HSBC

09:50-10:50

Plenary Panel 1: How will Capital Markets be Transformed by Technology by2025?
 Present high level the findings of the GFMA paper on innovation in capital
markets (will be published in March 2019)
 Digital transformation – what does it mean?
 How to deal with legacy systems? Patching or building it in the core?
 Rearchitecting technology risk management
 Predicting the next disruptor in financial services
 The power of incumbents versus disruptors: are the incumbents sitting on anarsenal of weapons and tools that they are set to develop?
 Are the incumbents innovating quick enough to remain relevant?
 Rakesh Vengayil, Deputy CEO of APAC, CEO of Hong Kong, BNP Paribas
Asset Management
 Matt Stauffer, Head of Institutional Trade Processing, DTCC
 Joey Poon, Director, Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited
 Jez Mohideen, Global Head of Wholesale Digital Office, Nomura
 Arvind Swami, Director of FSI Solutions, APAC, Red Hat
 Ilka Vazquez, Partner, Consulting, PwC (Moderator)

10:50-11:30

Morning Coffee BreakPage 3 of 17

DAY 1Morning - Plenary Session (Con’t)
11:30-12:30

Plenary Panel 2: Harvard Business School (HBS) Customer Value
Triangle: Product Leadership vs Customer Intimacy vs Operational Excellence A classic HBS case study maintains that companies need to choose amongst
these three disciplines in their business strategy in order to be effective increating value. Is it impossible to juggle all three?
 Post GFC, the priority for most banks has been to lower costs and to lower
risks, and the focus has been on creating value for customers andshareholders with focus on operational excellence; business and people
strategies have become realigned in pursuit of squeezing costs out of thesystem. Has this strategy worked well?
 However, amidsts tectonic shifts in the industry with geopolitical risks andmarket volatility both on the rise coupled with a market structure
significantly transformed by algos and bots, is the industry prepared for what
appears to be an increasing frequency of black swan events amidst what
appears to be evolution towards a new world order?
 What are the risks and the opportunities? Do banks have the right businessand people strategy in place? Should more focus be directed towards
innovation and product leadership or towards reversing the prior trend of
streamlining client service to save costs? How do you square the circle ofupgrading your technology, evolving your workforce, and managing theregulatory burden while costs pressures intensify and while the customer“wallet” is not getting larger?
 Michael Graham, MD, Head of Emerging Markets Rates Trading, Asia Pacific,
Goldman Sachs
 Stephen Davison, MD, Head of Strategy and Chief of Staff China, J.P. Morgan Cliff Sheng, Partner, Co-Head of China Financial Services, Oliver Wyman Lyndon Chao, MD – Head of Equities, ASIFMA (Moderator)

12:30-13:30

Buffet Networking Lunch

13:00-13:30

Lunch and Learn: The Coming ISO 20022 Revolution: Are You Ready Yet?
 ISO 20022 is approaching rapidly. ISO 20022-based messages are alreadyessential components of new HK real-time gross settlement system, faster
payment services, as well as playing an increasing importance in thetechnological evolution in the capital markets. These initiatives and others
promise to further embed ISO 20022 and to enable innovation in thebusiness processes of corporations and financial institutions. Join us to hearmore about how your institution can create a roadmap to make the most of
ISO 20022.
 Tom Alaerts, Lead Standards Specialist, APAC, SWIFT

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DAY 1Afternoon - Markets Stream
13:30-14:15

Concurrent Panel M1: Cybersecurity – Are We On the Right Track?
 How do firms put in place the proper internal governance frameworks? How
to comply with self-assessment frameworks and international standards?
 How
do
firms
managetherightbalancebetweenprevention/detection/recovery?
 What happens in a real cyberhack scenario – are business continuity plans
followed? Are programs such as Wise / Raffles useful for preparation? How
do they work cross-border? What about mandated recovery times?
 What are the largest challenges related to cybersecurity both domesticallyand globally?
 Is cybersecurity a red herring? Are not the bigger concerns the resiliency ofbusiness’s own technology?
 Can robotics play a role and what is its role?
 How to develop a response to defending the most vulnerable component ofcyber operations: the human operator.
 How to leverage industry collaboration?
 Alexander Boehm, Manager Hong Kong Security & Technology Risk, ANZ
 Florian-Alexandre Bielak, Head of Cybersecurity, Block.one
 Jim Fitzsimmons, Director, Cyber Consulting, Control Risks
 Sam Coco, Head of IS&TR, Asia Pacific, Fidelity International Dicky Wong, Detective Senior Inspector of Police, Cyber Security andTechnology Crime Bureau, Hong Kong Police Force Laurence Van Der Loo, Director – Tech & Ops, ASIFMA (Moderator)

14:15-15:00

Concurrent Panel M2: The Challenges of Client Onboarding What is driving financial crime compliance globally and how are firms
responding? What has been the fall out of the recent penalties leveled at
firms?
 What are the challenges of fragmented KYC/AML regulations in Asia? Are
there solutions?
 Is there a path towards KYC/AML regulation standardization globally andwithin Asia? Or is this a pipe dream? Could we at least set a common
baseline KYC/AML standard?
 Is an industry standard AML utility achievable? Can we learn from the failed
attempt in Singapore to establish a utility? Can a firm rely somewhat on autility to satisfy its regulatory liabilities?
 Can we leverage developing technology to smooth the process?
 Chee Kin Lam, MD, Head Group Legal, Compliance & Secretariat, DBS
 Sharon Wong, APAC Head of FCC, Fidelity International Adrien Daneau, ED, APAC, Regulatory Compliance Solutions, IHS Markit
 Raymond Wong, Director, Intermediaries Supervision, Intermediaries,
Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Wei-Shen Wong, Asia Editor, Waters Technology (Moderator)

15:00-15:30

Afternoon Coffee BreakPage 5 of 17

DAY 1Afternoon - Markets Stream (Con’t)
15:30-16:15

Concurrent Panel M3: Regulatory Implementation: Humans vs. Machines What are the challenges faced by the COOs and CIOs in implementing
regulations across the business including best execution, conduct, front
office control and surveillance, etc.? How do you manage regulatory
implementation workflow and what tools can be used to help? Is the burden
shifting from humans to machines?
 How can technology play an increasing role in making regulatory complianceeasier through for example the use of AI to understand/interpret regulations
in different jurisdictions and identify the highest bar? Or to interpret dataand identify patterns in behavior (eg. Fraud) that can be flagged for further
internal investigation? Or for which the regulator can use directly to do thesame?
 What are pain points that technology could solve or should be focusing on
solving that are better than current manual driven processes?
 What is the future of regulatory reporting? Could we move to a “pull” rather
than “push” environment with globally standardized reporting formats insome sort of utility? Or is this a pipe dream? Is there a middle way?
 Adam Singer, MD, Asia Pacific Core Compliance, J.P. Morgan Urszula McCormack, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons
 Thomas Eitenmueller, Managing Partner, Lucht Probst Associates (LPA) Guy Sheppard, Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Intelligence andInitiatives, Asia Pacific, SWIFT Henri-Christian Hartloff, SVP Business Development, Taiger
 Hannah Cassidy, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) (Moderator)

16:15-17:00

Case Study M4: Agile Transformation and Digital Factory in UBS
 UBS is in the process to transform not just a project or small team, but
thousands of IT staff and hundreds of related business representatives in a
global agile collaboration model. Based on the SAFe™ framework UBS
establishes a common operating model for its global platforms in order toserve its global customer and user base according to their needs. A
continuous improvement culture is in the core of the transformation. The
case study shows the progress that UBS made so far, the challenges along
the way and a specific example of such a transformation. Finally we want towant to present UBS take of how to measure success of this endeavor.
 Christian Bucholdt, Head of IT Digital Factory, UBS

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DAY 1Afternoon - Technologies Stream
13:30-14:15

Concurrent Panel T1: Partnering with Fintechs: Lessons Learned
 What can fintech firms and incumbents learn from each other (e.g.
organization of data centres, core computer technology; credit evaluation;
digital distribution; etc.)?
 Are there good case studies on how this cooperation can work? What werethe lessons learned? How can this be applied in the future?
 How can challengers and incumbents work together – what is the ideal
partnership? How does that work from an operational stand point?
 Fintechs vs banks – who are the real disruptors? What sectors are most ripefor disruption or cooperation or both?
 Albert Lau, Principal, Financial Services Innovation, Alibaba Cloud Rakesh Vengayil, Deputy CEO of APAC, CEO of Hong Kong, BNP Paribas
Asset Management
 Elvie Lahournere, Director of Digital & Innovation, Natixis
 Tyler Aveni, Head of International Partnerships, WeBank Zennon Kapron, MD, Kapronasia (Moderator)

14:15-15:00

Concurrent Panel T2: Sandboxes - Are They Really Helping to Promote
Innovation and Clarify Regulatory Obligations?
 After a period of the invent of sandboxes, where do the major jurisdictions
globally stand on their development?
 There are many different regional/global sandboxes with different
requirements. How can this be bridged? Can GFIN help to address
fragmentation? What is next?
 Are sandboxes helping firms move from the proof of concept (PoC) to the
production stage? Do sandboxes help to clarify the applicable regulatory
requirements and promote innovation? Do they offer anything beyond
individual firms’ own PoC processes?
 James Lloyd, Partner, FinTech Leader, Asia-Pacific, EY
 Vadim Sobolevski, Co-founder, FutureFlow
 Yosha Gupta, Financial Inclusion Consultant, International FinanceCorporation (IFC) Clara Chiu, Head, Fintech Unit, and Director of Licensing, Intermediaries,
Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Philippa Martinelli, FinTech Bridge Advisor, Financial & Professional Services,
Department for International Trade, UK Government
 Musheer Ahmed, General Manager, FinTech Association of Hong Kong
(Moderator)

15:00-15:30

Afternoon Coffee BreakPage 7 of 17

DAY 1Afternoon - Technologies Stream (Con’t)
15:30-16:15

Concurrent Panel T3: AI Governance What is the current role of regulators on AI and is there convergence formingon the regulatory approach to AI globally? Will we get consistency?
 How is the industry approaching the ethical use of AI? Should machines beheld to a higher standard than humans?
 What are the biases in algo’s and data sets?
 What are the legal liability issues and how to address them?
 How to design your AI governance frameworks in a way that is safe, future
proof and does not stifle innovation?
 Huayi Dong, MD, Global Head of Electronic Trading Solutions, Equity, Daiwa
Capital Markets
 Tarrill Baker, Chief Data Officer, ASP, HSBC
 Jason Tu, Co-Founder and CEO, MioTech
 Shameek Kundu, Chief Data Officer, Standard Chartered Megan Pillsbury, ED, Technology Business Development & Innovation,
Morgan Stanley (Moderator)

16:15-17:00

Case Study T4: HSBC Journey on Cloud – Strategies and Challenges
 HSBC has embraced public cloud computing as an enabler of change andinnovation helping them to better serve their customers in nearly 70
countries around the world. Their strategic plan, relying on multiple vendors
and making use of open source technology helps them adopt cloudcomputing without increasing our risk profile. Cloud computing also
increases the security of the bank and its customers thanks to the resilienceand expertise that hyperscale providers bring. But that journey has notalways been easy or smooth. They have worked tirelessly as a business andwith their regulators around the world. They continue to evolve theirapproach and expand their knowledge. In this workshop, HSBC’s Chiefarchitect David Knott will reflect on some of the lessons learned and where
he sees the future of the industry moving forward.
 David Knott, Chief Architect, HSBC Technology

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DAY 1Afternoon - Operations Stream
13:30-14:15

Concurrent Panel O1: The Future of Industry Communication to Improve
Operational Efficiency
 How can chatbots, DLT, and/or messaging platforms improve interbank
communication across the whole value chain?
 What are some of the current use cases that can be learned from? Why did
they succeed while others failed? What needed to be standardized?
 How do you deal with the complexities in coordination across multiple
counterparties and timezones?
 Jon Rout, Business Development Director, Asia Pacific, Digital Asset Cindy Chen, MD, Head of Post Trade Business Development, Hong Kong
Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
 Lisa O’Connor, MD, Securities, Treasury and Standards, Asia Pacific, SWIFT
 Queenie Chan, General Manager, Asia Pacific, Symphony Communication
Services Jame DiBiasio, Co-founder and Editor, DigFin Group (Moderator)

14:15-15:00

Concurrent Panel O2: China Challenge – Is there an Opportunity to Leapfrog
Legacy Equities Markets for Operational Effectiveness What are the biggest pain points supporting clients trading China A shares(ID market, settlement cycle, RMB settlement, regulatory constraints,
channel fungibility etc)? How can custodians identify currencies such as CNY
and CNH in their systems?
 Which opportunities should be prioritized for advocacy to achieve thehighest ROI and deliver better value to investing clients?
 Rather than aligning China to current practice in other markets, are there
opportunities for innovation and alternative approaches to achieve evenhigher levels of efficiency/effectiveness (technology / market structure)?
 Simon Williams, MD, Head of APAC Equity Trading, BlackRock Stuart Jones, Chairman, Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA) Bin Yu, Director of Fintech Department, Shenzhen Securities Information Co
Ltd, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) Gordon Russell, Head of Asia, Torstone Technology
 Kitty Li, Head of APAC Equity Electronic Trading, UBS
 Winnie Khattar, Director, Head of Market Structure, Execution Consulting,
BAML (Moderator)

15:00-15:30

Afternoon Coffee BreakPage 9 of 17

DAY 1Afternoon - Operations Stream (Con’t)
15:30-16:15

Concurrent Panel O3: Alignment to International Standards in the Post TradeSpace What are the macro trends in the region? Are the increasing competitive
pressures forcing alignment to attract capital?
 Settlement Cycles: is T+2 the optimal end state? What has been done in theregion and what remains to be done? How to get there?
 Omnibus vs ID market structures within Emerging Asia: opportunity toproactively propose a happy hybrid? Or leave lying dogs alone?
 Opportunity to leverage new technologies in historically under invested post
trade systems to significantly improve efficiency and effectiveness?
 Opportunity to leverage new and improved data architecture to maintainlocal nuances built on top of a harmonized infrastructure and standards?
 Gary O'Brien, Regional Head of Custody Product, APAC, BNP Paribas
 Koichi Shiroma, Head of ITP Product Management, Asia Pacific, DTCC
 Zhen Wei, ED, Director of China Research, MSCI Kah Som Chan, Deputy General Manager, Institution Supervision
Department, Market & Corporate Supervision, Securities Commission
Malaysia Magdalene Tay, APAC Custody Product Manager, BNY Mellon (Moderator)

16:15-17:00

Concurrent Panel O4: Are We Using the Right KPIs and KRIs?
 How are KPIs and KRIs used by Banks to manage productivity and risks?
 Difficulties of measuring productivity and risk across various business lines.
 Have Bank Operations evolved into a modern day factory assembly line?
 Have costs really gone down? How about price/performance?
 How can KPIs and KRIs be better leveraged to better promote a stronger
ownership mentality and higher productivity? Case studies to share? Howcritical is the human factor? What firm values do they create?
 Are there other intangibles which are not measurable or other long-termvalue creating activities being compromised by a too KPI-focusedenvironment?
 Sridhar Thangavelu, Head of Banking Operations, Avaloq
 James Wang, Director - Head of Operations, Greater China, Barclays
 Greg Thompson, Head of Equities Operations, Asia Pacific, Goldman Sachs
 Lyndon Chao, MD – Head of Equities, ASIFMA (Moderator)

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DAY 1Afternoon – Startups Pitch/Demo Session
Time

Startups

Speakers

Topics13:40-14:00

FutureFlow

Vadim Sobolevski,
Co-Founder

Demonstration of the Cross-bank Transaction Monitoring
Platform that Enables Multiple Banks to Leverage Each
Other’s Transactional Information and Intelligence to Tackle
Money Laundering.

14:00-14:20

BlueMeg Corporate
Services

Paul du Long,Managing
Director (HongKong)

Digitise your corporate processes to eradicate paperwork
and improve client satisfaction — white-labelled software.

14:20-14:40

Emotics

Ray Horan,Founder & CEO

Applications of Facial Micro-expression Analysis in Financefor Compliance Training and Alternative Data

14:40-15:00

FinFabrik

Florian M Spiegl,
Co-Founder &COO

CrossPool – a platform built on fundamental capital
markets concepts to connect asset issuers and investors on
the blockchain, transforming traditionally alternative,
illiquid assets into Digital Asset-Backed Securities.

15:00-15:20

Coffee Break

15:20-15:40

BlueFire AI

Luke Waddington,
CEO, Design &Commercialize

BlueFire AI: Artificial Intelligence applied to the CapitalMarkets. Driving Asset Choice, Strategy Selection & Risk
Management at scale across asset classes.

15:40-16:00

Kristal AI

Vivek Mohindra,
Co-Founder &Responsible
Officer

Technology & Regulation - Drivers of Change in AssetManagement

16:00-16:20

Robotic
OnlineIntelligence
Ltd

Robert Ciemniak,
Founder-CEO

Automated Market Intelligence - Actual Use Cases, Live
Demo and Insights from AI/NLP Applications With Kubro
Search(TM) from Robotic Online Intelligence

16:20-16:40

Tradeteq

Mattia Tomba,
Head of Asia

Tradeteq provides the technological and capital markets
infrastructure to distribute and invest in trade finance.
Tradeteq has also launched the Trade Finance Distribution
Initiative (TDFI).

16:40-17:00

Velotrade

Vittorio De
Angelis, Executive
Chairman & Cofounder

An invoice financing platform which enables corporates toobtain working capital and investors to benefit from highyields by investing in trade receivables

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DAY 2Morning - Plenary Session
09:00-09:10

Welcome Remarks

09:10-10:00

Plenary Panel 1: Data and Risk: The Intersection of Privacy, Data Localization,
Cybersecurity and Third Party Risk Management
 As data is the raw material of all fintech applications, what challenges dofirms face by existing privacy regulations, cybersecurity threats, and themove in Asia to data onshoring? These risks are usually looked at separately.
How do they interact? Are the sum of the risks greater?
 How specifically will data localization requirements impact the use of newtechnology as well as existing systems in the financial sector? Will privacy
regulations make this even more difficult or can they be amended to allow
technology to flourish? Can we draw a distinction between personal andnon-personal data as a way forward? Are trade agreements a possible
solution to all of this?
 Are cybersecurity concerns an impediment to the use of data?
 What will be the cost of all of these new regulations?
 In spite of all of this, how can technology (both developed internally orpurchased externally) drive operational efficiency by better use of data? How
can data governance be internalized? Is the industry moving to data lakes,
creating catalogs, using other technologies? Which are most valuable,
cheapest/easiest to implement, etc?
 David Knott, Chief Architect, HSBC Technology
 Yam Ki Chan, Head of Cloud Public Policy, APAC, Google David Currie, Group Chief Information Security Officer, Hong Kong
Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX)
 Simon Chan, Head of Data Analytics Group, Securities and Futures
Commission (SFC) Lawrence Lu, MD, Tongdun International Philippa Martinelli, FinTech Bridge Advisor, Financial & Professional Services,
Department for International Trade, UK Government (Moderator)

10:00-10:30

Morning Coffee BreakPage 12 of 17

DAY 2Morning - Plenary Session (Con’t)
10:30-11:15

Fireside Chat: What Does It Take to Create a ‘Digital Industry’ in a ‘Digital City’?
 Tim Taylor, Director, APAC CIO of Infrastructure & Global Head of Data
Centres, Deutsche Bank Leonie Valentine, MD, Sales & Operations, Google Witman Hung, The Hong Kong Deputy to 13th National People's Congress(NPC) and Principal Liaison Officer for Hong Kong, Shenzhen Qianhai
Authority Mark Austen, CEO, ASIFMA (Moderator)

11:15-12:15

Plenary Panel 2: Workforce of Tomorrow What will the workforce of tomorrow look like? What jobs will be replacedby technology and which ones will be created? Will our current
organizational hierarchies survive (eg. VPs, EDs, MDs, etc.)? How do we
prepare ourselves to work which machines? Are there use cases to beshared?
 What challenges do firms face in attracting and retaining the right talent inthis highly competitive environment? What are the trends both globally andregionally? How are firms dealing with this? Are millennials changing the way
firm’s do this?
 What are Hong Kong and Singapore doing to develop the right talent in theirmarkets? Are there things to learn from other markets?
 How do we encourage more ownership mentality for higher productivity?
 How do we help develop the right skillset at the regulators?
 Lisa Butler, Global Chief Talent and Diversity Officer, Manulife
 Aleem Jivraj, MD & Global Markets COO, Asia ex-Japan, Nomura
 Vince Natteri, Managing Director, Pinpoint Asia
 Benjamin Quinlan, CEO & Managing Partner, Quinlan & Associates Rajeev Chib, APAC Head of Client Facilitation & Business Unit Management,
Global Markets - Asia Pacific, Citi (Moderator)

12:15-13:15

Buffet Lunch

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DAY 2Afternoon - Stream A Roundtables (Closed to the media)
13:15-14:10

Roundtable A1: Open Banking
 What are the recent case studies of banks working with third party service
providers by leveraging on open APIs? What are the use cases in capital
markets?
 Should regulators mandate open banking or not?
 Should it be extended to Bigtech to level the playing field?
 What are the cybersecurity risks and how can these be tackled?
 Brit Blakeney, Head of Innovation and Ecosystem Head, Hong Kong, DBS
 Bill Genovese, VP, Corporate Strategy Planning, Banking, Financial Services
and IT Services Solutions, Huawei
 Harjeet Baura, Partner, PwC

14:10-15:05

Roundtable A2: DLT: Standards and Interoperability Complexities around moving from current use cases/POC to larger, industrywide interoperable platforms
 How to drive interoperability among DLTs and standards
 Addressing security concerns Jon Rout, Business Development Director, Asia Pacific, Digital Asset Samuel Yim, Foreign Attorney, Kim & Chang Tom Alaerts, Lead Standards Specialist, APAC, SWIFT

15:05-16:00

Roundtable A3: Crypto Custody The lack of independent custody solutions are hampering institutional
investor interest especially as over $2 billion in digital assets were stolen lastyear. What are the custody solutions that exist or will exist in the near
future? And will they address this concern?
 What is the impact of the SFC conceptual framework for digital asset
platforms requiring custody?
 What are the advantages of omnibus accounts vs segregated user accounts
in the crypto space?
 How to deal with custody of private keys?
 Olivier Dang, Global COO, Wholesale Digital Office, Nomura
 Alexandre Kech, CEO, Onchain Custodian Julie Chan, Partner, Consulting, Financial Services, PwC

16:00-17:00

Networking Drinks and Snacks

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DAY 2Afternoon - Stream B Roundtables (Closed to the media)
13:15-14:10

Roundtable B1: Diversity in Tech – Walking the Talk
 Is Fintech a pathway towards achieving gender balance at leadership levels
within the banks?
 How do your firm’s hiring practices support and reflect the commitment fordiversity?
 How important is diversity for investors?
 How do we close the pay gap?
 Keeran J. Mane, ED, Business Development, Lucht Probst Associates (LPA) Stephanie Lau, Co-Founder & Board Member, Women in Tech

14:10-15:05

Roundtable B2: Utilities
 How can banks work together to drive utilitisation of non-core, noncompetitive processes? Or have we missed the opportunities in the 10 years
on from the GFC?
 Are utilities the solution to building better/more efficient infrastructure? Or
is it an outmoded concept that no longer should play a significant role infinancial markets?
 Is there a role for the regulators? Can they help address liability issues orendorse the utility to help bring the industry together?
 What is the appropriate operating model? Profit or non-profit?
 Are there any good examples of recent use cases?
 Oliver Arthey, APAC Head of KYC Projects, Citi
 David Day, MD, IHS Markit
 Rana Datta, Head of KYC Industrial Solution Sales APAC, Refinitiv

15:05-16:00

Roundtable B3: Machine Learning and Machine-Readable Regulations
 Are firms leveraging on the FCA machine-readable regulation?
 What are the challenges for regulators and financial services firms?
 Lapman Lee, Partner, Financial Services Regulatory & Risk Management,
Deloitte
 Jean-Remi Lopez, Director, Government Relations, Asia Pacific, DTCC
 Brian Lam, Senior Manager, Fintech Facilitation Office, Hong Kong Monetary
Authority (HKMA)

16:00-17:00

Networking Drinks and Snacks

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DAY 2Afternoon - Stream C Roundtables (Closed to the media)
13:15-14:10

Roundtable C1: Regional Nuances in the Post-Trade Space Why is harmonization of market structure so difficult?
 What is it that the global firms do not understand about local issues?
 What is it that the local firms do not understand about the bigger picture?
 Gaetan Gosset, Director, Head of Network Management Asia and Middle
East, Euroclear
 Catherine Grant, Asia Pacific Operations Chief of Staff, Goldman Sachs

14:10-15:05

Roundtable C2: China Fintech - Disruptors
 What is happening in China that is relevant to our industry?
 Is China really developing cutting edge technological innovations in thefinancial services sector, or are they just able to take advantage of a
backward local industry by offering scale and customer service?
 Can the Greater Bay Area helped facilitate greater cooperation or is it just a
distraction as the legal and regulatory hurdles are too great?
 Frankie Tam, International Technology Lawyer
 Lawrence Lu, MD, Tongdun International

15:05-16:00

Roundtable C3: Data Handling, the Cloud and Capital Markets
 What are a financial institutions modern data storage practices?
 How do we address regulatory concerns and considerations aroundcybersecurity, encryption, concentration risk, impact on regulators
enforcement powers, data preservation and data portability?
 Is data localization the solution in the region whether we like it or not?
 Otto Lee, Security Assurance Manager APAC, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Bojan Obradovic, Head of Cloud Services, ASP, HSBC Kenneth Lai, Director, Enforcement, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) Gordon Russell, Head of Asia, Torstone Technology

16:00-17:00

Networking Drinks and Snacks

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