Asia Pacific Business Forum 2018
The ESBN Youth & Women Entrepreneurship Taskforce Plenary Session panel with the theme "Impact entrepreneurship: leapfrogging into the innovative future and nurturing AP-based entrepreneurial ecosystems" is scheduled to the 11th April at 11:30AM, In Hong Kong and is part of APBF 2018, an event co-organised by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), The Government of the Hong Kong SAR and Cyberport, the Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF) 2018 (10 & 11 April, Cyberport, Hong Kong) aims to harness business engagement to drive sustainable development across Asia-Pacific region. The 2018 Forum will focus on how private sector-led innovation, technology and financing can enhance efforts towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Panelists and presenters that joined this plenary session, provide regional/geographical representation: Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Portugal and the UK.
The transformative power of technology and innovation can support concrete actions towards realizing the aspirations of the SDGs. The private sector is at the core of developing affordable technology and innovation. With its cross-cutting, multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary approaches, technology and innovation are powerful means of implementation of the sustainable development agenda. The Forum will witness the participation of multi-stakeholders, in particular governments, business, civil society and academics from all over the region to foster dialogue and identify innovative solutions to address the challenges and utilize the opportunities for business in realizing and achieving the SDGs.
Panelists and presenters that joined this plenary session, provide regional/geographical representation: Hong Kong, China, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Portugal and the UK.
The transformative power of technology and innovation can support concrete actions towards realizing the aspirations of the SDGs. The private sector is at the core of developing affordable technology and innovation. With its cross-cutting, multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary approaches, technology and innovation are powerful means of implementation of the sustainable development agenda. The Forum will witness the participation of multi-stakeholders, in particular governments, business, civil society and academics from all over the region to foster dialogue and identify innovative solutions to address the challenges and utilize the opportunities for business in realizing and achieving the SDGs.
Youth & Women Entrepreneurship "Impact Entrepreneurship" Plenary Session at APBF2018
Focusing on current entrepreneurial initiatives led by the panelists and their respective organizations, where the audience is encouraged to further connect.
Focusing on current entrepreneurial initiatives led by the panelists and their respective organizations, where the audience is encouraged to further connect.
Ms. Adriana Lica
Head of Commercialisation HSBC PayMe 
Mr. Miguel Cordeiro
Chief Executive Officer Media Invest 
Dr Garrath T. Wilson
Lecturer in Industrial Design Loughborough Design School |
Mr. Pedro Eloy
Chief Executive Officer Pelham Grey; Founder, Businesslab HKU MBA; Chair ESBN Entrepreneurship Taskforce 
Ms. Zha Agabe-Granfar
Director VERGE Ltd 
Mr. Joe Sung
Founder & Chief Executive Officer HobaBike, Grand State International (HK) Limited |
Mr. David Yeung
Founder Green Monday 
Mr. Raymond Mak
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer Farmacy HK 
Dr Val Mitchell
Senior Lecturer & Program Director for MA User Experience Design, Loughborough Design School |
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Program - APBF 2018
Day 1 - 10 April
9:00am
Inaugural Session
9:30am
Keynotes
Leaders from technology, business and financial sector share insight on how innovation transform economies
11:00am
Plenary Session 1
Responsible investment: How can governments and business work together to scale up sustainable investing
2:00pm
Plenary Session 2
Fintech: Unleashing a sustainable development revolution
3:30pm
Plenary Session 3
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: implications for work and society
5:00pm
Cultural Performance
6:00pm
Gala Dinner
Inaugural Session
9:30am
Keynotes
Leaders from technology, business and financial sector share insight on how innovation transform economies
11:00am
Plenary Session 1
Responsible investment: How can governments and business work together to scale up sustainable investing
2:00pm
Plenary Session 2
Fintech: Unleashing a sustainable development revolution
3:30pm
Plenary Session 3
The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: implications for work and society
5:00pm
Cultural Performance
6:00pm
Gala Dinner
Day 2 - 11 April
9:00am
Special Session: Digital Silk Road
Fostering regional cooperation in technology and finance: What role can we play in the Belt and Road Initiative?
10:30am
Economic outlook and key policy challenges in emerging Asia
Presentation by OECD on Economic Outlook
11:30am
Plenary Session 1
Impact entrepreneurship: leapfrogging into the innovative future and nurturing AP-based entrepreneurial ecosystems
Plenary Session 2
Business innovations in disaster risk reduction
2:30pm
Plenary Session 3
Enhancing social inclusion through disruptive innovations
Plenary Session 4
How can “Smart Energy” support sustainable development
4:00pm
Reports of the parallel sessions
4:30pm
Closing Session
Special Session: Digital Silk Road
Fostering regional cooperation in technology and finance: What role can we play in the Belt and Road Initiative?
10:30am
Economic outlook and key policy challenges in emerging Asia
Presentation by OECD on Economic Outlook
11:30am
Plenary Session 1
Impact entrepreneurship: leapfrogging into the innovative future and nurturing AP-based entrepreneurial ecosystems
Plenary Session 2
Business innovations in disaster risk reduction
2:30pm
Plenary Session 3
Enhancing social inclusion through disruptive innovations
Plenary Session 4
How can “Smart Energy” support sustainable development
4:00pm
Reports of the parallel sessions
4:30pm
Closing Session
APBF 2018 How to harnessing business engagement
to drive sustainable development in Asia-Pacific
APBF Speakers List
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP United Nations ESCAP |
Mr. Nicholas Yang
Secretary for Innovation and Technology Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China |
Dr. Lee George Lam
Chairman Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company |
Dr. Ma Jun
Director of the Center for Finance and Development Tsinghua National Institute of Financial Research |
Dr. Victor K Fung
Group Chairman Fung Group |
Professor Y.C. Richard Wong
Professor of Economics The University of Hong Kong |
Mr. Alex Kong
Founder and Chairman TNG FinTech Group |
Mr. Stephen Wong
Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Policy Institute. Our Hong Kong Foundation |
Prof. Barbara Meynert
Senior Advisor, Fung Group; Chair, ESBN Task Force on Digital Economy |
Mr. Phang Yew Kiat
Vice Chairman & CEO Chong Sing Holdings FinTech Group Ltd. |
Mr. Frank Tong
Global Head of Innovation and Strategic Investment, Global IT HSBC |
Mr. Nurlan Kussainov
CEO Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), Kazakhstan |
Mr. N.R. Narayana Murthy
Founder Infosys |
Mr. Pedro Eloy
Chief Executive Officer Pelham Grey; Founder Businesslab HKU MBA; Chair ESBN Taskforce Youth & Women Entrepreneurship |
Mr. Yam Ki CHAN
Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Hong Kong and South Asia Frontier |
Mr. Scott Likens
Partner, Emerging Technology PwC |
Ir. Allen Yeung
Government Chief Information Officer, Innovation and Technology Bureau The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
Mr. Vincent HS Lo
Chairman Hong Kong Trade Development Council |
Dr. Li Shan
CEO Silk Road Finance Corporation Ltd. |
Dr. Margit Molnar
Chief China Economist OECD |
Mr. Kensuke Tanaka
Head of the Asian Desk OECD Development Centre |
Mr. Ron Kwok
Partner Channel Development Microsoft |
Mr. Miguel Cordeiro
Chief Executive Officer Media Invest |
Mr. Joe Sung
CEO and Founder HobaBike, Grand State International (HK) Limited |
Ms. Zha Agabe-Granfar
Director VERGE Ltd |
Mr. David Yeung
Founder Green Monday |
Mr. Shahab Shabibi
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer Machine Ventures |
Ms. Adriana Lica
Lead HSBC PayMe |
Dr. Jeong Hyop Lee
Senior Advisor Science Technology and Innovation Policy Institute (STIPI), King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand |
H.E. Eng. Salah Salem AI Shamsi
Chairman Liwa Petroleum & Industrial Supplies LCC |
Mr. Daniel O’Connor
Consultant Principal Kickstart + Pty.Ltd. Trading as Incub8IP.com |
Mr. Rorce AU YEUNG
Co-Chief Executive Officer VPower Group International Holdings Limited |
Mr. David Harmon
Vice-President Global Public Affairs Huawei Technologies |
ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS FORUM 2018
Organizing Committee Members List
Chairman
Lee George Lam, Cyberport
Secretariat
Soo Hyun Kim, UN ESCAP
Maria Lam , Cyberport
Members
Peter Leung , ICBC Asia
Peter Chan, EY
Andrew Macintosh , Austcham
James Cheng , New Financial
Pedro Eloy , Pelham Grey, Business Lab
Bruce Hicks , Asia Clean Capital
Alex Hung, Crossover International Company Limited
Asif Ibrahim , Newage Group of Industries
Akash Bhavsar , Skyquest Technology Group
Deborah Biber , Pacific Basin Economic Council
Alvina Chan, ONE Marketing
William Je , ACA Capital Group
Phang Yew Kiat, Chong Sing Holdings FinTech Group Ltd
Hideaki Kurasoko , ACA Capital Group
Jasmine Kwok, Kidsland Holdings
Ody Lai, CFHK
Jackson Lam , HKYSLA
Barry Lau , Adamasam
Anthony Leung, EY
William Lo , Kidsland Holdings
Derek Loh, ACA Capital Group Limited
Ma Jun, Tsinghua National Insitutue for Financial Research
James Mak , EAC
Simon Mak, Ascent Partners
Sebastian Man , Chung Mei
Ben McQuhae, Jones Day
Barbara Meynert , Fung Group
David Morris , Pacific Island Trade & Investment
Raghu Narain, Natixis
Albert Oung , The World Green Organisation
Mahbubur Rahman , ICC Bangladesh; ETBL Holdings
Andrew Weir , KPMG
Carson Wen , Bank of Asia
Ernest Wong , KVB Kunlun
Fonia Wong , SHK Private
Jason Wong, EY
Pok Wong, SINO-CEEF Capital Management Company Ltd
Pat Woo , KPMG
Shirley Yeung, UNESCO
William Yu, The World Green Organisation
George Yuen , ICBC Asia
Helen Zee, Hai Tong Securities
Lee George Lam, Cyberport
Secretariat
Soo Hyun Kim, UN ESCAP
Maria Lam , Cyberport
Members
Peter Leung , ICBC Asia
Peter Chan, EY
Andrew Macintosh , Austcham
James Cheng , New Financial
Pedro Eloy , Pelham Grey, Business Lab
Bruce Hicks , Asia Clean Capital
Alex Hung, Crossover International Company Limited
Asif Ibrahim , Newage Group of Industries
Akash Bhavsar , Skyquest Technology Group
Deborah Biber , Pacific Basin Economic Council
Alvina Chan, ONE Marketing
William Je , ACA Capital Group
Phang Yew Kiat, Chong Sing Holdings FinTech Group Ltd
Hideaki Kurasoko , ACA Capital Group
Jasmine Kwok, Kidsland Holdings
Ody Lai, CFHK
Jackson Lam , HKYSLA
Barry Lau , Adamasam
Anthony Leung, EY
William Lo , Kidsland Holdings
Derek Loh, ACA Capital Group Limited
Ma Jun, Tsinghua National Insitutue for Financial Research
James Mak , EAC
Simon Mak, Ascent Partners
Sebastian Man , Chung Mei
Ben McQuhae, Jones Day
Barbara Meynert , Fung Group
David Morris , Pacific Island Trade & Investment
Raghu Narain, Natixis
Albert Oung , The World Green Organisation
Mahbubur Rahman , ICC Bangladesh; ETBL Holdings
Andrew Weir , KPMG
Carson Wen , Bank of Asia
Ernest Wong , KVB Kunlun
Fonia Wong , SHK Private
Jason Wong, EY
Pok Wong, SINO-CEEF Capital Management Company Ltd
Pat Woo , KPMG
Shirley Yeung, UNESCO
William Yu, The World Green Organisation
George Yuen , ICBC Asia
Helen Zee, Hai Tong Securities