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(Hong Kong) Vetting Committee of Cyberport Incubation Programme

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Glad to be back to #Cyberport and joined the vetting committee of the Cyberport #Incubation Programme #CIP. The committee has reviewed a series of presentations from the shortlisted applicants through Zoom. Impressive innovations from the applicants.

Very pleased to see that the programme has been improved a lot from the time that I was leading it in the capacity of the Chief Public Mission Officer there. Thanks for the leadership from Eric Chan, Alice So and the effort from her team. This programme has nurtured quite a few elite #startups in Hong Kong like #GoGoX (#GoGoVan) #Klook #Shopline #Lynk #TNG #Origami #FindSolutionsAI #Toby and more.

Cyberport selects over 100 start-ups per year to join its incubation programme. Mentoring, funding, customers, investors and partners matching, marketing, professional services, mainland and overseas expansion, and more are some of the key values that the incubatees can gain from the programme. Find out more here https://lnkd.in/gStQQ9P

Happy to see and partner with good friends Charleston Sin, Raymond Wing Fung CHAN, CFT® Stephen Lau and LM Chow to help Cyberport to cultivate the next generation of #entrepreneurs for Hong Kong. I also shared my book #數碼力大提升 with them. Thank you guys.

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(Hong Kong) FinTech diploma Series in 2021 Started by HKUSPACE

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#FinTech is very critical for Hong Kong as one of the world’s leading financial centres. #HKUSPACE has started a comprehensive FinTech diploma course in 2021 with aim to cultivating more FinTech talents for Hong Kong. It is amazing to see that we have a full range of FinTech training now from PhD, Master’s Bachelor’s to Diploma, Certificate & MOOC from all major universities here. We had none of these 5 years ago.

Calvin Cheng, CFA, the CEO of #Wizpresso Wizpresso, is the key designer and instructor of this course. Calvin invited me as his first guest speaker for the class. I shared about my experience on FinTech, FinTech ecosystem and open innovation. Calvin’s students were very eager to learn and asked quite a few good questions.

Glad to see that young professionals from financial services and non financial services industries have such a drive to learn more about FinTech. The class is on every Friday evening for many weeks. It is not easy obviously. I am so respectful to Calvin and all his students to spend time and effort to learn. Great learning attitude👍🙏. 加油💪👊!

Appreciate Calvin and hkuspace programme leader Ringo Chan for their effort to put together such a practical and timely FinTech programme for Hong Kong. Find out more here https://lnkd.in/gvP_TCR

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(Hong Kong) Sharing: How Traditional Enterprises has a Data-driven Transformation (Invited by Esquel Group)

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You may have heard #data is the oil, electricity or soil of the enterprises in the digital economy. Data is the most valuable resource according to the #Economists. However, how many of today’s traditional enterprises are treating it seriously?

#Esquel, a leading Hong Kong-based textile & apparel manufacturer, has set a great example to take data seriously. I was invited by Esquel Group to share my experience on big data with their employees across all departments. It is a workshop to empower their colleagues to prepare for an internal #hackathon.

Margie Yang, Esquel Group’s Chairman, aims to encourage their employees across the company to make use of data to create values for their company, customers & partners. Her vision aligns well with my belief – that is to democratize the power of #bigdata to everyone in the company. Really appreciate her leadership and set an example on what a data-driven enterprise is and should be.

Thanks for my mentor & friend Daniel Lai to invite me to share my experience. Appreciate Esquel colleagues’ active participation and passion to learn. Thanks for Bessie Chong and her team for their excellent arrangement.

Grateful to be one of the judges for their hackathon with Charleston Sin and look forward to see more data innovation.

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(Hong Kong) A busy start of the year of 2021

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#Covid19 cannot slow down HK people to keep flourishing & moving forward. I was engaged in 6 amazing events organized by key HK partners in 1 single week. #Accounting #HR #FinTech #OpenSource #BIGDATA #EMBA. What a way to start 2021!

Really pleased to see healthy & happy friends online & f2f. Appreciate the efforts & passion of the organizers to make these happened. Thank you & keep it going. That is #HongKongSpirit, that is us.

Congratulate to all the awardees & thank to the forum participants.

Judge: 2020 #CTgoodjobs Best HR Awards Presentation on Jan 15
https://lnkd.in/e4G6d2T

Judge: 2020 #ETNET FinTech Awards Presentation on Jan 12
https://lnkd.in/ePKxHAZ

Keynote Speaker: Democratize Big Data through Open Source Technologies
Annual #PostgreSQL Conference #Guangzhou on Jan 15
https://lnkd.in/ejuc9Y9

Speaker: The Most Valuable Accountant in the Digital Economy
#HKiCPA #CPD Forum #Shanghai on Jan 14
https://lnkd.in/ebuCdYk

Speaker: Winning with Digital Leadership
#CUHK #EMBA #CUHKEMBA Forum on Jan 13
https://lnkd.in/eVHp-Pc

Chief Advisor: 2020 #B4B Challenge #Shanghai on Jan 14
https://lnkd.in/e3auUpz

Cindy Chan Ada Chow Reo Lam Emil Chan Pong Yuen, Howard Lam Catherine Chan Catherine Leung Chun So Susanna Chiu Happy Lee

Exhausted.Weekend is coming😅😃

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(Mainland China) PostgreSQL China Technology Conference on Jan 15

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Will #PostgreSQL replace #Oracle to become the world’s leading #database in the #DigitalEconomy? What is PostgreSQL? Why should corporate leaders (not just IT) care about it?

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that uses & extends the #SQL language combined with many features that safely store & scale the most complicated data workloads. It originated from the POSTGRES project at the University of California at #Berkeley 30 years ago.

For years, PostgreSQL has been on the rise, even as Oracle & #MySQL (its open source database) have faded. PostgreSQL is now a strong fourth place, with #MongoDB right behind it. Its popularity is not just because of codes sharing and cheap, but also its functionality & scalability.

The mission of #OpenCertHub is to empower business & IT executives with #DataLiteracy & #OpenSource technologies as they are the crucial competence for entreprises & individuals in the Digital Age. As Chairman of OpenCertHub & Chairman of the Open Sources Development Committee (#OSDC) HK, I will give a keynote speech in the annual PostgreSQL Conference in GZ China on Jan 15-16. OSDC will empower HK community to learn and use PostgreSQL. Thanks Emil Chan Happy Lee Andy Kwok.

Info & register here:
https://lnkd.in/g5CAz_6

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(Hong Kong) Judging Panel of Best HR Awards 2020 organized by CYgoodjobs

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Really like the award categories of the Best HR Awards 2020 #BestHRAwards2020 organized by #CTgoodjobs. They are innovative and inspiring. In particular, I like these categories:

Best GenZ Attraction Award
Best HR Analytics Strategy Award
Best in HR Digitalisation Award
Best Innovative HR Initiative Award
Best L&D Technology Implementation Award

I am pleased to see that these categories were all encouraging #HR to leverage more on #innovation and #technology to empower their companies, colleagues and even partners. It is an excellent direction towards the #DigitalEconomy.

I was so honoured to join the judging panel with all top HR leaders and professionals. I enjoyed to contribute my experience on innovation and technology to select the award winners this year. Learnt a lot from the award judges and the participating teams. Thank you.

Congrats to all of the winners like #DBSHK, #BOCHK, #ChowTaiFook, #ChinaEverBrightBank, #KPMG, #OneDegree, #SunLife, #HKPC, #ZungFu, just name a few. Well done. The trophies are just BEAUTIFUL. Find out more about the awardees and the categories here:
https://lnkd.in/e4G6d2T

Special thank to CTgoodjobs team William Ho, Sherman Chat, Cindy Chan, Reo Lam, Regina Tam Natalie Fong Suky Cheung more.. Well done. Keep it going. 辛苦了，加油!

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(Mainland China) How Data Literacy skill up professionals in Accounting, Auditing and Finance?

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#BillGates said, “Banking is necessary, banks are not”. Have we thought about “Accounting is necessary, accountants are not”?

#Accounting, #Auditing and #Finance professionals are used to have a peace of mind in earning secured income and having great prosperity. However, another #NewNORMAL has come to them in this decade and they have to respond well to keep flourishing for their career.

While these professions are still very important to us, many of them are in high risks of losing their jobs to #AI and #BigData in this decade.

According to PWC, 30% of our current jobs will be automated by AI by 2030. Accounting and Finance is ranked as the top tier of the list. How should the professionals and students in the profession prepare themselves for this tsunami? The answer is #DataLiteracy.

On behalf of #OpenCertHub, I will share our view on this hot topic together with #EY and #Kornerstone in Shanghai on Jan 14, 2021. Thanks to the support from Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. If you are interested, just scan the QR code below or contact #HKiCPA #HongKong or #Shanghai for more information.
https://lnkd.in/g4daTPR

#Accountant #Auditor #Finance #Accounting #CPA #AI #BigData #OpenSource #Reskill #Upskill #Talent Catherine Chan Catherine Leung

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(Hong Kong) 8 secret weapons of the digital leaders

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A brand new year is coming. Let’s have a great start. My first open talk in 2021 will be on Jan 13. The theme of my sharing session is “Winning with #DigitalLeadership“.

In today’s digital age, every leader needs to be a digital leader. It is not just the job of #TECH guys but also a crucial competence that every leader of large to small companies should possess to seize the emerging opportunities in the digital economy, and keep your companies and yourselves relevant and competitive.

I will talk about 8 secret weapons of the digital leaders and their digital talent strategy in the session.

This forum is organized by #CUHKEMBA where we are providing a number of #CUHK #EMBA and #ExecutiveEducation courses on #CorporateInnovation, #Entrepreneurship and #DigitalTransformation to cultivate the next generation of leaders in the #DigitalEconomy. I will talk about it as well.

If you are interested, please register here. See you then.

Hong Kong
https://lnkd.in/gs-FjZJ

#Macau
https://lnkd.in/gH2GRSA

Thanks to 2 of my great mentors
Pong Yuen, Howard Lam and Andrew Chan who have made our EMBA program impactful to many today’s top leaders in Hong Kong. We are proud of both of you. Happy New Year!

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(Hong Kong) CEO Interview: Seize the opportunities in the Greater Bay Area

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Glad to share my view on the opportunities & challenges in #GBA with 2 passionate, innovative & elite #CEOs of two #Tech #startups, Andy Kwok #OpenCertHub and Wiva Wei #MatrixSense from Hong Kong today. We were interviewed by CTgoodjobs on the theme of preparing talents to seize the opportunities and manage challenges in the #GreaterBayArea.

#GBA is a new market to many startups. It has its own uniqueness & challenges but at the same time it has huge market potential. Whenever we enter into a new market, we will have these issues. GBA has no difference. Hong Kong talents can go after this market gradually. From knowing the market, building the people networks, identifying product-market fit to engaging with the right partners and investors.

In terms of skills, apart from Putonghua, Cantonese and English, the young talents need to pick up another important language called #DataLiteracy. Enterprises in GBA badly need not just IT staff but also non-IT staff to master data literacy to sharpen their competitiveness locally and globally.

Appreciate Cindy Chan and Regina Tam Natalie Fong from #CTgoodjobs for the interviews. Will share the contents once it is published. Stay tuned.

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(Hong Kong) College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award 2019

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What a way to wrap up my year of 2020! I have received my College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award 2019 (香港城市大學商學院傑出校友獎) from two great mentors of mine in the City University of Hong Kong #CityU yesterday FINALLY.

I have waited to receive this award for over a year but could not get it due to the social unrest and Covid-19. Finally, I got it yesterday in person.

Thank you Professor Frank Chen, Dean, College of Business, and Muammer Ozer, Director, Doctor of Business Administration #DBA at City University of Hong Kong for presenting this award to me. My true honour.

I would also like to thank my family, teachers, mentors, friends, clients, partners, colleagues, entrepreneurs, investors, students and many more who have contributed to my learning and career journey. I am so grateful to knowing you in my life. Thank you.

Let’s have a great and healthy year in 2021. Mentally positive but physically negative for Covid-19 tests. Cheers.

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