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(Hong Kong) How Industry Leaders Transform in the Digital Age

By Samson Lai 8th June 2020

It is a challenging time for any industry leaders in the #DigitalAge when they are competing with new digital leaders instead of traditional rivals.

How to transform a 90 years old company to sustain their industry #leadership & seize the emerging opportunities from the #DigitalEconomy was the main theme that 80+ senior managers across different regions & functions of #ChowTaiFook #Jewellery Group https://lnkd.in/eAxk8iV & I discussed through both Zoom and in person today.

Chow Tai Fook has a great #culture of #innovation in the #NewRetail industry such as award winning #TMark, #SmartTray, etc. but we all agreed that a lot more can be learned from the #techgiants, #unicorns #startups and other industry #innovators. We explored several potential #businessmodels that could bring in asset-light businesses driven by #platform and #bigdata to the group. We also talked about the best practices of corporate #intrapreneurship such as #LeanStartup, #OpenInnovation, etc.

Appreciate that the participants actively engaged & shared their views. We did have a fruitful discussion. I learned a lot from all of them as well. Thanks for the leadership from MD Kent Wong https://lnkd.in/e2kJmHS & Bobby Liu Quentin Wong Flora Ho Jessica Tam Vicky Chiu & all who participated today.

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(Nov 2020) Competing in the Digital Economy: The Power Duo of AI & Big Data

By Samson Lai 15th May 2020

Digital Leadership Training Series:
The Power Duo of AI & Big Data

數字領導力培訓系列：
「數字經濟的雙引擎：人工智能與大數據」課程

WHAT IS THE POWER DUO OF AI & BIG DATA?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is only possible with big data, because we need a tremendous amount of data to “teach” or “train” AI systems. As its name suggests, AI has a form of intelligence of its own. It figures out which rules to follow based on the data that we feed them.

An AI application doesn’t just do what it’s been programmed to do. AI can go further than that. It responds to changing information and makes adjustment based on what it learns as it goes along. AI differs from supercomputers and other systems with powerful computing capabilities in one important way. AI systems are capable of not just computing, but actual learning — machine learning. The more data you give these machine learning networks and the more computational capability you give them, the better the result becomes because the results of previous machine-learning exercises can be fed back into the algorithms.

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(Oct 2020) Competing in the Digital Economy: Platform Revolution & Breakthrough

By Samson Lai 15th May 2020

Digital Leadership Training Series:
Competing in the Digital Economy: Platform Revolution & Breakthrough Training Programme

數字領導力培訓系列：
「數碼經濟的核心策略：平台革新與突破」課程

What is a platform?

What do these top companies like Alibaba, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Tencent and Ctrip have in common? Apart from being the world’s highest valuated businesses, they are the world’s most influential platforms.

Source: https://www.launchworks.co/platform-strategy-illustrated/

By operating as open ecosystems, companies match suppliers of products, services, or content to consumers, and gain enormous value and market share. These companies, known as multilateral platforms, act as intermediaries, connecting service providers and users to serve users of different needs.

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(Aug 2020) Global FinTech Innovation and Industry Best Practices Training Program for Macau

By Samson Lai 4th May 2020

Global FinTech Innovation and Industry Best Practices
Training Program for Macau

「全球金融科技創新與行業最佳實踐」
培訓課程（澳門班）

中文版本

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

This “Global FinTech Innovation and Industry Best Practices Program for Macau” aims to explore the following 4 key questions with the participants, prepare and empower participants to take on the FinTech wave and seize the opportunities in the Greater Bay, South East Asia and key markets globally.

What does the latest development of FinTech worldwide mean to financial services incumbents, start-ups, investors, regulators, governments, universities and students in the Greater Bay Area especially Macau?
How to get the most out of this inevitable revolution to the financial services industry, especially in the Greater Bay Area and the SE Asia markets?
How to innovate new business models for financial services with emerging technologies such as, AI, Big Data, Blockchain, Cryptography, API, IoT and AR/VR?
What is the implication of the latest development of FinTech worldwide to Macau’s “Specialised Financial Services” strategy?

Dr. Toa Charm is the chief architect of this program. He has over 30 years of experience in leading financial services incumbents, technology giants and innovative start-ups. When he was the Public Mission Officer of Cyberport Hong Kong, he nurtured more than 300 FinTech start-ups, including TNG, WeLab, QFPay, Zhongan, Bowtie, OneDegree, Covergo, etc. Dr. Charm has teamed up with a group of experienced and passionate leaders from vibrant Fintech start-ups and global leading financial enterprises to design and create this program. All the trainers have in-depth industry experience from the world’s leading fintech hubs, including Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

Global FinTech Innovation and Industry Best Practices Program is designed to empower participants with practical fintech knowledge, including the latest business models, technologies, innovative mindset and culture, to take up the FinTech wave and seize the opportunities in the world.

The course will explore the following key topics with the participants:

Core FinTech Concepts and Technologies
Innovative Business Models of FinTech Unicorns
FinTech Strategies of Financial Services Incumbents
Values of Fintech Ecosystem to Financial Institutions and FinTech Start-ups
FinTech Intrapreneurship and Corporate Innovation Management
Future Trend and Development of Fintech

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

Management and executives in financial services companies
Management and executives in innovation and technology companies
Management and executives in FinTech and Tech start-ups
Government officials, regulators and policy makers
Academia, researchers and university students

Remarks: No pre-requisite is required

KEY TRAINERS

DR. TOA CHARM

DR. TOA CHARM 湛家揚博士

Associate Professor, CUHK Business School
Chairman of Dr. Charm & Co. and OpenCertHub
Former Chief Public Mission Officer, Cyberport Hong Kong
Former Executive: HSBC, IBM, Oracle and Jardine Pacific
Chief Judge, 2020 & 2019 HK ICT Awards – FinTech
FinTech Advisory Panel, Hong Kong Institute of Bankers

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MR. MICHAEL LEUNG

MR. MICHAEL LEUNG 梁建文先生

Group CEO, BOA Financial Group
The Medal of HonourHong Kong SAR Government
Former CIO and COO, China CITIC Bank International
Former Deputy Chief Executive, China Construction Bank (Asia)
Doctor of Business Administration (candidate, CityU)

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DR. DUNCAN WONG

DR. DUNCAN WONG 王世松博士

Founder and CEO, CryptoBLK
Former VP, Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)
PHD, Northeastern University, US

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DR. WING CHEUNG

DR. WING CHEUNG 張嶸博士

CEO and Chief Science Officer (CSO), Lattice
Former Head of Portfolio Analytics at Lehman Brothers
Former Head of Portfolio Analytics at Nomura (London)
PHD, Cambridge University, UK

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MR. ALVIN KWOCK

MR. ALVIN KWOCK 郭彥麟先生

Founder & CEO, OneDegree
Head of Research, Asia-Pacific Head of Emerging Technology and TaiwanJP Morgan
MA degree in Social Science and a BA degree in Economics, the University of Chicago

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MR. KEN LO

MR. KEN LO 盧廷匡先生

Founding Member, ZhongAn International
Former Consultant, Mckinsey and E&Y
Former Management Trainee, HSBC
Master of Finance, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

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DR. DAVID MA

DR. DAVID MA 馬志偉博士

Co-founder and Chief Risk Officer, RTL Limited
Co-Founder & Advisor of Elite FinTech Startups in China
Former Head of Data Science, AIG, AIA, Citi Group and Bank of America
PHD, Yale University, USA

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MR. JACOB WAI

MR. JACOB WAI 韋達人先生

Founder & Managing Director, Toppix Holdings
Former CDO and CRO, MoneySQ
Former Executives of China CITIC Bank International, UBS AG and HSBC
Doctor of BA (candidate, University of Wales Trinity Saint David)

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MR. EMIL CHAN

MR. EMIL CHAN 陳家豪先生

Chairman, Smart City Consortium Fintech Committee
Founder and Hon. Chairman, StartHK
Former Executive, Credit Suisse and BayernLB
MBA, University of Northern Iowa

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PROGRAM DETAILS

Date and Time

August 22,29; September 5, 12 & October 3, 2020

Program Duration and Structure

The program contains 10 half-day modules and is conducted in 5 days:

Morning

Afternoon

Day One

Module 1:

Global FinTech Trends & Ecosystem

Module 2:

Payment & Remittance

Day Two

Module 3:

WealthTech and Robo-Advisory

Module 4:

Lending & Alternate Financing

Day Three

Module 5:

Virtual Banking and Open Banking

Module 6:

AI, Machine Learning & Big Data

Day Four

Module 7:

InsurTech

Module 8:

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

Day Five

Module 9:

RegTech, Compliance, Data Privacy and Cybersecurity

Module 10:

FinTech Intrapreneurship and Corporate Innovation

Program Venue

Macau Institute of Financial Services

Language of Training Delivery

The class will be delivered in Cantonese and Putonghua.
The training materials are primarily in English.

Assessment and Certification

Certification will be issued by Macau Institute of Financial Services to those participants who have successfully met all the following criteria.

Completed no less than 8 modules of the program
Obtained a Grade C or above on the assessment test of each participated module
Completed the final project of the program and obtained a Grade C or above

Program Fee

The program fee is 15,000 MOP per student.

Remarks: Only exceptional case will be granted for participants to attend individual module(s); the program fee for individual module is 2,500 MOP per student .