Speakers
Meet the keynote speaker for DVS 2024.
Keynote Speakers 2024
Opening Session
Thursday, October 24, 2024
10-11 am GMT + 8
Professor Simon See
Professor - Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professor (Adjunct) - KMUTT, NTU (Singapore)
Professor Simon See is the Solution Architecture and Engineering Director, Chief Solution Architect, and Global Head for NVIDIA AI Technology Center, NVIDIA Corporation.
Professor See leads AI initiatives in Asia Pacific and serves on the Steering Committee for NSCC’s Supercomputing Asia Conference. He has been appointed as the Executive Director of the ASEAN Applied Research Centre (AARC). With a focus on high-performance computing, big data, AI, machine learning, and computational science, he has published over 200 papers and received numerous awards.
His previous roles include positions at SGI, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Oracle. He is a Fellow of the IET and holds advisory roles in prestigious institutions. Professor See earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and numerical analysis from the University of Salford (UK).
Opening Session
Angelina Kwan
Senior Advisor, IMC Asia Pacific
Friday, October 25, 2024
10-11 am GMT + 8
Angelina is a highly accomplished professional with a distinguished career spanning the financial services industry and a deep commitment to social causes. Angelina is the Managing Director of Stratford Finance Limited and has previously held Senior Management and Directorate positions with international digital asset exchanges, HKEX, Cantor Fitzgerald, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), and other global financial services companies.
Additionally, Angelina serves on various boards and charities, and is the Chair of The Women’s Foundation.
DVS 2024 Speakers
Professor Simon See
Professor (Adjunct) KMUTT, NTU (Singapore) and Universitas Indonesia
World Leading AI Expert
Angelina Kwan
Senior Advisor
IMC Asia Pacific
Yannick Mahe
Head of Business Engineering & Growth Engineering, Greater China Region
Meta
Alvin Chia
Head of Digital Assets Innovation for Asia Pacific
Northern Trust
Gordon Tsui
Managing Director & Head of Fixed Income
Ping An Asset Management
Lareina Wang
Executive Director; Head of Digital Innovation
DBS
Bojie Sun
APAC Solution Engineer Lead
BytePlus
Dr. Juergen Rahmel
AI Lead & Head of Digital and Innovation, Chief Digital Office
HSBC
Courtney Wei
Head of Investment
China Life Insurance (Overseas)
Professor Darren Thayre
Head of Innovation, Global Strategic Initiatives
Steve Zeng
Managing Director
Futu Group
Lucy Wong
Advisor
Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub
Walter Jennings
CEO, Co-Founder
Asia Insight Circle, Perception Counsel
David Friedland
Regional Head & Managing Director
Interactive Brokers Group
Stratos Pourzitakis, PhD
Head of Digital Policy APAC, Group Public Affairs
HSBC
Jonathan Chan
Head, Global Innovation
Bank Julius Baer
Haiping Choo
Digital Assets APAC Lead
Citi Markets, Citi
Dr Rocky Tung
Director & Head of Policy Research
Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council
Bugra Celik
Director, Digital Assets, Global Private Banking & Wealth
HSBC
Maryann Tseng
Senior Managing Director of Strategic Investments
SenseTime
Clare He
Managing Director
1kx
Giselle Lai
Associate Investment Director, Digital Assets
Fidelity International
Adrian Clevenot
Associate Director, Fintech & Crypto
PWC
Felix Tsui
Chief Strategy Officer
HKT Digital Ventures
Jing Yang
Asia Bureau Chief
The Information
John Cahill
Chief Operating Officer
Galaxy Digital
Brian Tang
Founding Executive Director
LITE Lab @ HKU
Jonathan Muthana
Senior Legal Counsel, GB & CB
Standard Chartered Bank
Jame DiBiasio
Founder & Editor
DigFin
Howard Kwong
Chief Officer, MarTech and Digital
Prudential Plc
Filip Ziolek
Co-Chairman of the Digital Innovation Council
The European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
Sharnie Wong, CA
Senior Research Analyst - Diversified Financials
Bloomberg Intelligence
Cheney Cheng
Chief Executive Officer
Arbor
