Agenda
Day 1 | 8 September
10am to 10pm (HKT)
Time
Agenda
Speakers
Status
10:00 AM
Opening remark by InvestHK
InvestHK
Live / Physical
10:15 AM
Keynote: The Opportunity for Asia and the Metaverse
Yat Siu, Chairman, Animoca Brands
Hybrid
10:30 AM
Fireside Chat: From Dream to Destiny - The Animoca Origin Story
Yat Siu, Chairman, Animoca Brands & Bowie Lau, Founder, MaGEHold & MaGESpire, Partner - True Global Ventures
Hybrid
11:00 AM
Fireside Chat: Investments Strategies and Concerns in the Digiverse
Panellist
Benedict Nolans, Head of BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, Bank for International Settlements Alessio Quaglini, CEO, HexTrust
Moderator: Mae Wang, Investor, Alternative Assets
Live / Physical
11:40 AM
Panel: Investing in Enablers in Web 3
Panellists:
Queenie Wong, VP, BPEA
Dina Shin, Head of BD, Asia Investments, Westcap
Marshal Gu, Vice President, Private Equity, Macquarie Group
Moderator: Bowie Lau, Founder - MaGEHold/MaGESpire, Partner - True Global Ventures
Live / Physical
12:20 PM
The Increasing Convergence Between Brands with Gaming. Arts. Music. Entertainment (GAME) in Web 3/Metaverse
Panellists:
Becky Yeung, Regional Head of Brand Partnership, Warner Music Asia
Christine So, COO, Artbat Live
Lucas Cheung, Managing Partner, Gusto Collective HK
Moderator: Doris Fong, Head of Creative Industries, InvestHK
Live / Physical
Lunch & Networking
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Panel: The Power of Web 3 and Future of GAME (Gaming, Art, Music & Entertainment)
Panellists:
Charlie Hu, Managing Partner, LucidBlue Ventures
WhaleShark, Founder, WHALE
Ilgi Evecan, Chief Metaverse Officer, Picture This
Moderator: Max Yakubowski, former head of OpEd at Cointelegraph
Hybrid
2:40 PM
Keynote presented by Tencent Cloud: How Cloud Technologies enable the Metaverse
Ming Xu, Head of Technology, Tencent Cloud
Hybrid
3:00 PM
Panel: How to Succeed in GameFi and Web3
Panellist:
Ray Wong, Founder, Asymmetry Capital
Germaine Wong, Project Director, Pangu by PANGU by Kenal
Moderator: Adrian Clevenot, Associate Director, PwC
Live / Physical
3:40 PM
Panel: Problems with NFT - Scams & IP Infringement
Panellist:
Monin Ung, Managing Partner, Mung
Fred L.H. Chan, Director, Co-designer, tarid.io
Frankie Tam, Technology Lawyer, Eversheds Sutherland
Moderator: Padriag Walsh, Partner, Tanner De Witt
Live / Physical
4:20 PM
Fireside Chat: The Future of Blockchain & Metaverse
Jason Brink, President of Blockchain, Gala & Bowie Lau, Founder, MaGEHold/MaGESpire, Partner - True Global Ventures
Hybrid
4:45 PM
Keynote: Music NFTs: Access, Community, Experiences
Andrew Antar, CEO, Tune.FM
Hybrid
4:55 PM
Panel: DAO & Successful Governance Use Case
Panellists:
Charles d'Haussy, MD, APAC, ConsenSys
Joni Pirovich, Principal, Blockchain & Digital Assets – Services + Law (BADASL)
Moderator: Akina Ho, The Global Head of Business Consultancy & Lead Ambassador for Asia at The AllStarsWomen NFT Club and DAO
Hybrid
5:30 PM
Panel: How Esports & Gaming Are Bringing Crypto to the Masses
Panellists:
Lawrence Lin, Director, Blockchain in Razer
Sean Zhang, CEO and Cofounder at Talon Esports
Moderator: Mark Chew, CEO, Team Flash
Hybrid
7:00 PM
GAME Pitch Competition
Judge: Akina Ho, The Global Head of Business Consultancy & Lead Ambassador for Asia at The AllStarsWomen NFT Club and DAO
Judge: Charlie Hu, Managing Director, Lucid Blue Ventures
Judge: Queenie Wong, Vice President, HK Growth Fund at BPEA (Baring Private Equity Asia)
Judge: Nicola Santoni, Principal, Lemniscap
Judge: Amit Goel Country Head, India &
Vice-President, Prove
Live / Virtual
Day 2 | 9 September
10:00am to 6pm (HKT)
Time
Agenda
Speakers
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:55 AM
Keynote presented by WHALE: State of the (NFT) Nation Address: Analysis and Insights on the NFT market
Nytmare, Community Marketing Manager, WHALE
Hybrid
Panel: Esports Gaming on Blockchain in the Web 3.0 Era
Panellists:
Prasanna Lohar, CEO Block Stack, President India Blockchain Forum
Frank A. Sliwka, COO Epulze
Ivan Yeo, Chairman ATTN
Moderator: Samson Oh, CEO, DG
Hybrid
Panel: Putting Your Digital Assets to Work: A Primer for Retail and Institutional Investors
Panellists:
Maaike Steinebach, General Manager, HK & Macau, Visa Inc.
Binnie Wong, MD, UBS Bank
Dave Chapman, Executive Director, BC Group
Moderator: King Leung, Head of Fintech, InvestHK
Live / Physical
11:45 AM
Panel: Consumers, Fans & Loyalty
Panellists:
Adam Sun, Investment Manager, Gobi Partners
Patrik Arnesson, CEO, Forza Ikonia
Yannis Wong, NFT Advisor | Co-founder, BlueArk | BlueLight Academy
Zaf Chow, Director of Partnership, Animoca Brands
Moderator: Lucy Du, Head of Community, Belz Family Office
Hybrid
12:30 PM
Panel: Evaluating NFTs and GameFi: Staking Your NFTs
Panellists:
Hanjin Tan, Singer, Producer & Actor
Aleksandr Shedogubov, CEO, Envelop DAO
Lee Zhu, BD & Ecosystem Growth, BNB Chain
Moderator: Donna NguyenPhuoc, Managing Partner, SPARQ Capital
Hybrid
1:15 PM
Keynote: Rise of the Metaverse: A Silicon Valley VC Perspective
Miko Matsumura, GP, Gumi Cryptos Capital
1:30 PM
Lunch & Networking
Hybrid
Fireside Chat: The Digital Art Renaissance: NFTs and the Evolution of the Fine Art World
2:00 PM
Panellist:
Peter Yu, CEO & Co-Founder at screensguru.io
Dr. Peter Nelson, Assistant Professor, HKBU
Moderator: Ali Ghorbani, Founder | NFT Creator and Educator, Ali G Studios
Live / Physical
Fireside Chat: Virtual Lands & Real Estate in Infinite Metaverse
2:25 PM
Panellists:
Medhy Soudi, Head of Innovation, DBS Bank
Flora Chan, Account Manager, INDEX GAME
Moderator: Caroline York, Marketing Director, Gusto Collective
Live / Physical
Jerome Wong, Co-founder and CBO of Everest Ventures Group & Andy Lee, Partner and Head of GameFi, Everest Ventures Group
3:00 PM
Fireside chat: Takeaways in Building Good Products in GameFi
Live / Physical
3:25 PM
Fireside Chat: Tackling the Challenges in the Web3 Space
Angelina Kwan, Chief Executive Officer, Stratford Finance Limited & Bowie Lau, Founder - MaGEHold/MaGESpire, Partner - True Global Ventures
Hybrid
4:00 PM
Panel: How the Metaverse will Change the Creator Paradigm
Panellists:
Prakash Somosundram, CEO, Enjinstarter
Kapil Sharma, Chief Transformation Officer, Microsoft
Elizabeth Strickler, Director of Media Entrepreneurship, Georgia State University
Kyle Gordon, Co-Founder & Creative Strategist, DoinGud
Moderator:
Jennifer Cheng, Co-Founder, Chair, NewChic Capital Family Office
Hybrid
4:45 PM
Panel: Active Investing in the Digital Asset Class
Panellists:
Lars Holst, CEO, GCEX
Jehan Chu, Founder, Kenetic
Patrick Tsang, Chairman, Tsangs Group
Mia Bao, Founder, BeepCrypto
Moderator: Natasha Bansgopaul, Co-Founder and COO, FinTech, Blockchain, and Digital Assets
Hybrid
5:30 PM
Virtual After Party at Sandbox Metaverse
Live/Virtual
6:00 PM
Physical Thank You Cocktail at Tanner De Witt