Charles Mok is the founder and director of Tech for Good Asia Limited, a regional initiative to bring the communities and businesses closer together by harnessing the positive powers of cyber-technologies, while actively confronting the issues brought on by the digital revolution.
Charles was a Legislative Councillor representing the Information Technology Functional Constituency in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2020. He was the Honorary President of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation and the Founding Chairman of the Internet Society Hong Kong.
Professionally, Charles has served the ICT industry for over 30 years, both in multinationals and startups, in Hong Kong as well as the United States. He co-founded HKNet in 1994, one of the earliest Internet service providers in Hong Kong, subsequently acquired by NTT Communications of Japan in 2000. He has been a strong advocate for the development of innovation & technology in Hong Kong, covering a wide array of issues including fintech, smart city, tech talent development, supports to start-ups, STEM education, open data, regulatory reforms, Internet freedom, and in-formation privacy and security.
Dan Wong is an expert in the fields of digital transformation and product innovation – with over 20 years of experience in Greater China and Silicon Valley. Dan is currently GM of Global Innovation at MTR Corporation, where he and his team are tasked with building new businesses and enhancing the core business with technology and partnerships. MTR is one of the most respected transport operators in the world, with operations in Stockholm, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Macau, and of course Hong Kong. MTR is at the nexus of “new mobility” (new modes of transport, O2O, urbanization, smart city, and public private partnerships). There are few companies with the unique expertise and resources to capture the emerging changes before us.
James Law JP, is an architect, technologist and entrepreneur. Renowned for creating the philosophy of Cybertecture in which a better world is designed with technology to alleviate suffering for mankind, his company's projects cover buildings, spaces, technologies, education and social design.
James is also a Justice of the Peace, Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum; a Council Member of World Economic Forum; Global Agenda Council on Design & Innovation; Board Director of the Hong Kong Design Centre, Board Adviser of the Hong Kong Designers Association, and Member of Hong Kong Trade Development Council Real Estate Advisory Board.
James and his companies are winners of multiple international awards including the FT Asian Innovation Award, Edison Award for Innovation, Design for Asia Award, HSBC World Architecture Award, The Source Design Awards, Asia Pacific Property Awards and Innovative Enterprise Awards from World Chinese Enterprising Youth Association.
James Law is the architect of the world renowned OPod Concrete Tube Housing Project designed to alleviate affordability problems for mass housing; architect for The Pad Tower - the world's first Apple iPod inspired building in Dubai; and the architect for the futuristic high speed transportation system called The Hyperloop. James also collaborated with renowned film director Wong Kar Wai on the design of the movie 2046.
James has a passion for art, social innovation and travel. He resides in Hong Kong, London and Dubai with his family.
Jenius is a Senior Manager in PwC Hong Kong where he leads their red teaming and incident response services. A offensive security specialist by nature, he is experienced in leading offensive security teams to break cyber defences in organisations of all sizes in order to identify the low hanging fruits in their networks.
He has also led numerous incident response work on various high profile cyber incidents where he led the investigation and containment work.
Medhy Souidi has been instrumental in leveraging digital technology to transform DBS Bank into the Digital Bank of Singapore. His StartupXchange programme has matched 70 startups with colleagues across DBS, rolling out more than 25 emerging technology solutions. Medhy himself is big on the fintech scene as a regular speaker at major industry events and a member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. In 2019, Asian Private Banker named him Fintech Changemaker of the Year. Tatler recognized him as Gen T, one of the young leaders shaping Asia’s future in Finance and Technology.
Medhy is the founder and producer of the social media series WhatTheFinTech, a series of short videos offering insight, news and views on FinTech and the latest innovations. He also writes a weekly newsletter for 15,000 people at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-fintech-weekly-update-28-feb-2021-medhy-souidi
