Fintech Day 2022: Roundtable on Developing Hong Kong as an International Virtual Asset Centre – the Road Ahead

This event took place on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 4:30 PM UTC.

Location: Academic Conference Room In the city where crypto pioneers such as Block.one, FTX and Crypto.com were born and four universities were recently named by CoinDesk as the Top 20 Universities with the Biggest Impact on Blockchain, the new administration is working to position Hong Kong as an international virtual asset centre. How will Hong Kong achieve this? Join this roundtable of seasoned experts as they discuss the new policy announcements to be made by the Financial Secretary at the launch of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022, and the road ahead. This roundtable is chaired by Brian Tang, Founding Executive Director of LITE Lab@HKU and Board Member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong, speakers include: Sean Lee (Co-founder, Odsy Network; former CEO of Algorand Foundation), Ben El-Baz (Head of Ecosystems, Hashkey Group), Neil Tan (Chair, FTAHK; CEO, Neptune Digital), Samson Lee (Founder & CEO of Coinstreet Partners), Emil Chan (Co-chair, Hong Kong Digital Finance Association), Victor Yim (Head of Fintech, Cyberport), Nathan Simmons (Chief Compliance Officer, Victory Fintech; former CCO at OSL), Louie Lee (Co-founder and managing director, Prosynergy Consulting), Henry Yu (Principal Partner, L&Y Law Office in association with Henry Yu & Associates), Frankie Tam (Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland), Hoi Tak Leung (Counsel, Ashurst)