Make investments Hong Kong (InvestHK) has unveiled particulars of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022 (HKFW), which can happen in individual and nearly from 31 October to 4 November.
Themed “Pushing Boundaries, Reaping Advantages”, the seventh version of the flagship occasion seeks to steer the event of the trade and ship fintech breakthroughs in several features of monetary companies and past.
A gathering of worldwide leaders in innovation, expertise, and finance
Organised by the Monetary Companies and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and InvestHK, and co-organised by the Hong Kong Financial Authority (HKMA), the Insurance coverage Authority (IA), and the Securities and Futures Fee (SFC), HKFW is ready to draw greater than 20 000 attendees and over 3 million views on-line from over 80 economies.
This yr’s convention will carry collectively world leaders and famend sponsors throughout completely different verticals, alongside world-leading fintech improvements to discover the long run growth of fintech by 4 key themes – world fintech outlook, fintech in Mainland China and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Larger Bay Space, the implementation of rising applied sciences, and digital property.
Over 250 distinguished audio system, 400 sponsors and exhibitors, and greater than 30 worldwide delegations are anticipated to hitch HKFW, with the principle bodily convention going down between 31 October and 1 November.
Different actions of the HKFW will embody a fintech expo, tech demo classes, a pitching competitors, a startup zone, a deal flooring in the principle convention, in addition to over 20 workshops and satellite tv for pc occasions.
Chosen keynote classes will probably be live-streamed through the official HKFW app and YouTube channel, in addition to by Mainland-based tech information platform 36Kr.
InvestHK may also host the ultimate of its pitching competitors for World Quick Observe 2022, a programme connecting fintech companies with company shoppers, buyers and trade companions.
Secretary for Monetary Companies and the Treasury, Christopher Hui
Christopher Hui, the Secretary for Monetary Companies and the Treasury stated,
“At a time when Hong Kong is heading in the direction of a post-pandemic restoration, we’re striving to strengthen worldwide connectivity, and this yr’s Hong Kong Fintech Week is much more significant. With the theme of ‘Pushing Boundaries, Reaping Advantages’, the FSTB and InvestHK because the organisers will be part of arms with co-organisers and the trade to showcase the vitality of our fintech ecosystem to the worldwide markets in progressive methods.
To help the rising applied sciences Web3 and the metaverse as a spotlight of this yr’s occasion, we are going to subject non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the primary time to check their capacity to have interaction members. On the identical time, the federal government will subject a coverage assertion on the event of digital property in Hong Kong, demonstrating to the worldwide digital property group our imaginative and prescient of growing Hong Kong into a world digital property heart.”
Highlighted audio system checklist
Pushing the boundaries of fintech
Thrilling new parts may also function at this yr’s convention reflecting the rise of Web3 and metaverse applied sciences.
Attendees will obtain a limited-edition proof of attendance protocol (POAP) token issued as an NFT, on a first-come, first-served foundation, giving holders unique entry or early registrations to approaching trade occasions and particular reductions for subsequent yr’s HKFW tickets.
The POAP token may also permit holders to create their very own augmented actuality avatar with 3D scanning units on the occasion, offering a brand new expertise for the company.
Stephen Phillips
Stephen Phillips, Director-Basic of Funding Promotion of InvestHK stated,
“Hong Kong Fintech Week is a must-attend occasion for anybody enthusiastic about delving into the boundaries of finance and expertise, and to achieve insights into learn how to reap the advantages. We’re witnessing a elementary shift in how people and companies entry and leverage monetary companies by the facility of fintech.
King Leung
Not solely are we seeing deeper monetary institution-fintech collaborations throughout our ecosystem, however the emergence of recent enterprise fashions and examples of convergence throughout a number of industries. These modern developments are additional elevating Hong Kong’s place as a number one worldwide monetary centre and fintech hub.”
King Leung, Head of Fintech at InvestHK, King Leung added,
“With the unified help throughout private and non-private sectors in Hong Kong, the tempo of fintech adoption and digitisation amongst monetary establishments has accelerated lately.
We’re grateful to all our sponsors, a lot of whom are long-time supporters of Fintech Week.”
Additional info might be discovered on the Hong Kong Fintech Information web site.
