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Guests of Honour
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Mr. Joseph H. L. CHAN, JP

Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, The Government of Hong Kong SAR

Ms. Lillian CHEONG, JP

Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, The Government of Hong Kong SAR

Prof. Hon Ki TSANG

Dean of Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Guests of Honor - Representatives of the Sponsors
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Mr. Edward AU

Deloitte China Southern Region Managing Partner

Ms. Mimi POON

General Manager, IBM China/Hong Kong Limited

Keynote Speaker

Mr. Michael LAW

Senior Fintech Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

Featured Speakers
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Dr. Nan SHI

Lead AI Engineer & Client Engineering Manager, IBM HK

Ms. Elizabeth WONG

Director and Head of Fintech unit, Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)

Panel Discussion 1
The Promise and Pitfalls of Tokenization in Developing Useful Digital Assets
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Moderator

Prof. Seen Meng CHEW

Associate Professor of Practice in Finance, CUHK Business School

Panelists

Ms. Anna GATES

Head of Compliance APAC, Galaxy Digital

Mr. Sean LEE

Co-Founder of IDA and Senior Advisor of Crypto Council for Innovation

Dr. Florian SPIEGL

Founder, Evident Capital

Ms. Kristi SWARTZ

Partner & Head of IP & Technology Hong Kong, DLA Piper

Panel Discussion 2
Potential Application of Stablecoin in Cross Border Trade Finance & Considerations
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Moderator

Prof. Kyson HO

Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Financial Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Panelists

Prof. Nan CHEN

Professor, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mr. Michael HUANG

Associate Director, Financial Institutions Ratings, S&P Global Ratings

Mr. Peter KWON

Partner, RPC

Mr. Robert LUI

Hong Kong Digital Asset Leader, Deloitte China

Mr. Charles SONG

Founder, Board Chairman & CEO, Linklogis Inc.

Panel Discussion 3
Making Sense of Recent Regulatory Developments
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Moderator

Prof. Robin HUANG

Professor, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Panelists

Mr. Alex CHENG

Chief Compliance Officer & Compliance Solution Director, Beosin Technology Limited

Prof. Evan GIBSON

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mr. Philip NG

Vice Chairman, Green Development Institute

Mr. Zhexin WAN

Founder, Unified Ventures

Project Presentation by the Awardees of CEFAR Annual Awards Competition 2024-25
(in alphabetical order of the last name)

Mr. Keyi LIU

Diamond Award Recipient & Graduate of CUHK MSc FinTech Pogramme (2024-25)

Ms. Yicheng XING

Gold Award Recipient & Graduate of CUHK MSc FinTech Pogramme (2024-25)

Closing Remarks

Prof. C.K. CHAN

Co-chair of the Organizing Committee of 2025 CUHK Conference on Financial Technology