HKU FinTech Day 2018 (Programme)

HKU FinTech Day

as part of the 2018 FinTech Education Series @ Hong Kong FinTech Week 

www.hkufintech.com 

29 October 2018 (Monday), 12:30pm – 5:30pm Large Moot Court, 2/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower The University of Hong Kong 

       Programme

12:30 – 13:00	Registration
13:00 – 13:10	Welcome Remarks Professor Christopher Chao, Dean, HKU Faculty of Engineering
13:10 – 14:00	Panel Discussion: The Future is Now: Understanding and Preparing for the Implications of Artificial Intelligence Gary Meggitt, Director, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, HKU Soujit Ghosh, Co-Founder, Squared-S Artificial Intelligence Kevin Pereira, Managing Director, blu Artificial Intelligence Kane Wu, Co-Founder of ThinkCol and Chairman of Hong Kong Data Science Society David S. Lee, Senior Lecturer, HKU Faculty of Business & Economics
14:00 – 14:15	Special Announcement: Introducing the New FinTech MOOCs Professor Douglas Arner, HKU Faculty of Law Professor David Bishop, HKU Faculty of Business & Economics Professor S.M. Yiu, HKU Department of Computer Science HKU TELI (Technology Enriched Learning Initiative) Jen Lee, HKU Faculty of Law Jon Pederson, HKU Faculty of Business & Economics
14:15 – 14:25 14:25 – 14:30	Special Announcement: Introducing BASc in FinTech Professor S.M. Yiu, HKU Department of Computer Science Dr Alan Kwan, HKU Faculty of Business & Economics Special Announcement: Introducing LITE Professor Michael Hor, Dean, HKU Faculty of Law Brian Tang, Founding Executive Director of Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (LITE) Programme, HKU Faculty of Law
14:30 – 15:00	Be Future Ready in the new Era of ABC: AI, Big Data and Cloud Maria Hui, HR Director, Microsoft Bess Chung, Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft
15:00 – 15:10 15:10 – 15:40 15:40 – 16:20	Education for Emerging Cohort of Fintech Entrepreneurs Maria Pennanen, CEO, Santiment Deutschland Panel Discussion: Blockchain Fever: How to Cure This Mystery Affliction Bowie Lau, Founder, MaGESpire Professor Pedro Eloy, Head of BusinessLab, HKU MBA, Faculty of Business & Economics, CEO of Pelham Grey Avril Parkin, Co-Chair for the Big Data Committee, FinTech Association of Hong Kong Maria Pennanen, CEO, Santiment Deutschland Anil Kudalkar, Co-Founder, MaGESpire Partners Fintech Startup Fireside Pitches: Planto and MediConCen Laurence Tang, iDendron Judging panel of industry experts
16:20 – 17:20	Panel Discussion: Global Leadership in Digital Banking – RegTech as a Secret Sauce Huiya Yao, Head of FinTech Innovation, WeBank Max Yevdokimov, Chief Digital CX Officer, Tinkoff Bank Alex Kong, Founder and CEO, TNG Brian Tang, Founding Executive Director of LITE Programme, HKU Faculty of Law and Founder of ACMI
17:20 – 17:30	Closing Remarks Syed Musheer Ahmed, General Manager, FinTech Association of Hong Kong
17:30 – 18:30	Networking in the 1/F foyer of Cheng Yu Tung Tower

HKU FinTech Research and Teaching Showcase will be held in the 1/F foyer

Reserve your seat here 

Enquiries: Flora Leung at fkleung@hku.hk

Asia’s First Interdisciplinary FinTech Professional Certificate Program @ HKU

HKU presents Asia’s first interdisciplinary Professional Certificate Program in FinTech on edX platform starting on  15 May 2018. 

     FinTech – short for Financial Technology – is transforming the world of finance, especially in Asia at a rate never seen before. It is essential that professionals working in finance, technology, regulation or FinTech and students studying related subjects are equipped with in-demand FinTech knowledge and skills in today’s world of finance. 

     The FinTech Certificate Program compiles a series of three courses providing students with the tools to understand the interaction of finance and technology across the financial system as well as insight into the major technologies involved and the emerging business models and players in the industry. The first course Introduction to FinTech commences on May 15 and will be followed by two courses, FinTech Ethics and Risks and Blockchain and FinTech: Basics, Applications and Limitations, which will open over the coming year. 

     Each course brings together leading experts in FinTech from a range of backgrounds, including professors, market professionals and entrepreneurs. Designed by leading academics from a range of disciplines with input from industry leaders including among others SuperCharger, the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship, Microsoft, PwC, the Asia Capital Markets Institute, the Standard Chartered Bank, Thompson Reuters, and other partners in financial services, FinTech startups and Techfins sectors. In each course, you will gain greater understanding of the key trends in finance, technology and regulation, to better prepare for not only the opportunities but also the risks and challenges, including to traditional financial institutions and business models and those working in them.

     Courses in HKU FinTech Professional Certificate Program

• Introduction to FinTech (6 Week Course offered by HKU Faculty of Law) Starts on May 15 2018 (Enroll NOW) 
• FinTech Ethics and Risks (6 Week Course offered by HKU Faculty of Business and Economics) Commences on May 2019 
• Blockchain and FinTech: Basics, Applications and Limitations (6 Week Course offered by HKU Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Engineering) Commences on May 2019 

     Course trailer: https://youtu.be/dV9bih05Xk8

Introduction to FinTech is a 6-week online course. In the course, you will learn about the major areas of FinTech including Money and Payment, Digital Finance and Alternative Finance. You will be introduced to major technological trends: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, AI and Big Data and see how they impact economies, markets, companies, and individuals. You will examine the role of Regulation and the implication of RegTech in the new world of data driven finance.

     Register at: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-fintech (Registrations are free with a paying option for a course certificate.)  More details: https://www.hkufintech.com.  For enquiries, please contact at enquiry@teli.hku.hk.

Enrol in HKU's Free "Introduction to FinTech" MOOC

HKU's Introduction to FinTech MOOC

Free HKU Online Course – HKU brings you Asia’s 1st FinTech MOOC – Introduction to FinTech on edX platform starting May 15, 2018.

• View course trailer: https://youtu.be/dV9bih05Xk8

• Introduction to FinTech is a 6-week online course created by HKU with the support of SuperCharger, the Centre for Finance, Technology and Education, UNSW Sydney, Microsoft, the Standard Chartered Bank and other industry leaders.

In the course, you will learn about the major areas of FinTech including Money and Payment, Digital Finance and Alternative Finance from a team of renowned academics and practitioners in international business, finance, law and technology. You will be introduced to major technological trends: Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain, AI and Big Data and see how they impact economies, markets, companies, and individuals. You will examine the role of Regulation and the implication of RegTech in the new world of data driven finance.

The key instructors of the course include:

• Douglas Arner, Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, The University of Hong Kong (Course Director and Chief Instructor)
• Janos Barberis, Founder, SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator
• Huy Nguyen Tran, CEO of The Disruptive Group & Co-founder of CFTE, Center for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship
• Ross Buckley, Professor of International Finance Law, University of New South Wales
• Brian Tang, Managing Director, Asia Capital Markets Institute (ACMI)
• Henri Arslanian, FinTech & RegTech Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - China & HK

Keep up-to-date on “industry knowledge”.  Don’t miss out on potential opportunities. Enroll NOW! Register at: https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-fintech (Registrations are free with a paying option for a course certificate.) More details: https://www.hkufintech.com. For enquiries, please contact enquiry@teli.hku.hk.