EDDIE CHEUNG

Founder & President

Founder of Hong Kong Technology Advancement Group

Council Member of Hong Kong Innovative Technology Development Association ( HKITDA )

Council Member of Internet Professionals Association ( iProA )

2017-2019 Project Director of Smart City Consortium Secretariat

SANDRA LEUNG

MSBA BBA

Founder & Executive Director

2019-2020 Council Member of Smart City Consortium ( SCC )

2017-2019 Honorary Secretary of Investment Committee of SCC

2016-2017 First and former Political Assistant to Secretary for Innovation and Technology Bureau of HKSAR

Fruitful experience in marketing and project management with works for commercial and retailing organisations, and NGOs, covering ALT & BLT marketing, event management, funding applications, creative production and consultantion etc

Hugh Chow

Innovation / Venture / Collaboration

• Executive, board member and investor with management, operation and financing experience across full spectrum of technology start-ups to multinational public corporations in the Greater China and North America. Experienced in venture capital and private equity investing.

• Passionate about applying innovations, technologies and analytic in cloud, health care, education, environment, consumer and user applications.

• Committed to bridging science with commercialization through applied research, and to enhancing competitiveness of Hong Kong. Strong advocate for social responsibility and sustainability.

Chief Executive Officer, ASTRI - Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

Director, The Apple Tree Preschool and Learning Centre, Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Nov 2016 - Present

Managing Partner / Co-Founder, Pool Global Partners, Toronto, Canada Area
Nov 2016 - Jan 2018

Director, Board Of Directors Miovision
Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

CEO / COO / Co-Founder ViXS Systems Inc.
Jan 2001 - May 2015

Current affiliations:
Management Committee, Smart Traffic Fund
Oct 2020 - Present

Transport Advisory Committee
Apr 2020 - Present

Assessor, Enterprise Support Scheme, Innovation and Technology Commission
May 2019 – Present

Advisor, Our Hong Kong Foundation
Feb 2020 - Present

Data Governance Certification Committee Institute of Big Data Governance
Sep 2020 – Present

Prof. STEPHEN KAI-YI WONG

Barrister-at-Law / Arbitrator,
Former Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

YEAR OF CALL: 1986 (SOLICITOR: ENGLAND AND WALES), 1988 (HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA), 1986 (SOLICITOR: HONG KONG), 1993 (BARRISTER: HONG KONG)

A former prosecution and chief government counsel, a law reformer, an independent law enforcer and regulator, Stephen Kai-yi Wong offers advice and advocacy in courts and tribunals at all levels on both criminal and civil legal issues relating to, in particular, white-collar crimes, human rights and freedoms, professional conduct, financial and data regulations and commercial disputes.

Formerly a Crown Counsel (Prosecutions); Senior Crown Counsel (Criminal Appeals); Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions; Deputy Principal Crown Counsel (Mainland & Basic Law); Deputy Solicitor-General (Human Rights & Legal Policy, including legal issues and reciprocal arrangements between Mainland and Hong Kong, and reform of the Arbitration Ordinance); Secretary-General of Law Reform Commission; Privacy Commissioner; as well as an Associate Expert at UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva/New York City.

Currently specializing in advising and acting for clients as an advocate on legal issues relating to:

a) Serious and white-collar crimes (including corruption and offences against public order), online or offline;
b) Human rights and freedoms;
c) AML, data, professional conduct, trust, antitrust, insurance, shipping, intellectual property and ICT, IPO listings; and
d) Commercial arbitration cum civil dispute resolutions.

Please go to https://www.giltchambers.com/barrister/stephen-kai-yi-wong/, for more details of Stephen’s works and publications.

Ir. Alfred Sit Wing-hang, G.B.S., J.P.

Senior Advisor to the President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU
Former Secretary for Innovation and Technology

Mr Alfred Sit joined the Government as Assistant Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 1984 and was promoted to Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2001, to Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2007, to Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in 2011. He was Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services and Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading Fund General Manager since October 2017. On 22 April 2020, Mr Sit was appointed Secretary for Innovation and Technology.

Mr Sit is an electrical engineer by profession and has over 30 years’ experience in public administration. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was the President of the Hong Kong Institution of Facility Management and Chairman of the Biomedical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Mr Sit holds the Associateship in Electrical Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and he is recognized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as its Outstanding Alumni. Mr Sit also holds a Master Degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and has studied at the Remin University of China for its PhD degree with focus on international relationship. Mr Sit has also studied at the Newcastle University of Australia for its Doctor degree of Business Administration degree and is a graduate of the Havard Business School of its General Management Programme.

CASPAR Tsui

Youth and Community

Mr Caspar Tsui has a strong history of working in both the private and public sector. Since his first appointment as a political appointed official in 2008, Mr Tsui has served in various positions in his public service career including the Undersecretary for Labour and Welfare and the Secretary for Home Affairs until 2022. He is experienced and skilled in wide spectrum of public policies (Labour, Welfares, Rehab and Disability, Women Affairs, Sports, Cultural & Arts, Ethics Minorities, Religious Affairs, Youth developments, Social Enterprise, District and Community affairs) and has been a strong advocate to promote cross sectoral collaboration to support sustainable social change and development.

Mr Tsui holds a master’s degree in Business Management from the Alliance Manchester Business School at University of Manchester and completed his undergraduate degree in Economics, and Public Policy & Public Management at the University of Ottawa.

Raymond Cheng

Mr. Raymond Cheng possesses over 35 years of experience in finance and IT industry. He worked in various IT functions in HSBC Hong Kong and North America, covering different banking systems, networking, frontend and Internet technologies. In addition to his IT leadership and CIO roles, Raymond led several major business and organisation transformation programme across the Bank. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Cheng was the Chief Operating Officer for HSBC Asia Pacific, responsible for IT services, operations, procurement, real estate and internal consulting functions.

Currently Raymond is holding Non-executive Director positions and providing advisory to a few FinTech startups and a technology venture fund. In the community, Raymond served as the Director of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park in 2013 – 2018. He is a Director of Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation. Also he is a Council Member of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Group and Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency, and the Chairman of Chinese University Engineering FinTech Applied Research Academy Advisory Committee. Raymond participates in some technology advisory committees for government and universities.

Raymond takes advisory positions for a few IT associations, medical service organisations and charity services. He is a Distinguished Fellow of Hong Kong Computer Society.

Ahim Kho

Chairman, Open Data Committee

Smart Agricultures Development Limited
CEO
Vision & Visons Holding Limited
CEO & Co-Founder
Apicem Technology Services Co. Limited
CEO
Top Grid Management Limited
CTO
ProphetStor Data Services, Inc
Chief Strategy Officer

Viola LAM

Vice Chairlady, Open Data Committee

Ms. Viola Lam, the CEO and Founder of Find Solution Ai Limited (FSAI) who won the Entrepreneur Year 2015 of the Youth Business International. This is one of the world's most honorific award for young successful entrepreneurs who make positive contributions to both society and people in over 68 countries. In the past 12 years, Viola is fully understanding the importance of pedagogical approaches to the next generation and is determined to enhance the learning condition and performance of learners with the use of technology.

FSAI was established in 2016 and developed an Ai-Driven Motivation Model – 4LittleTrees (4LTs) with over 30 patents, which is able to analyze the emotions and cognitive level of students during studies. 4LTs is also applicable to various industries, including corporate training, e-commerce and healthcare.

FSAI has rewarded over 24 significant local and international awards these years, including Gold Award of Smart Living in ICT Award 2018, APICTA Education Award 2019, platinum award of IFTA FinTech Achievement Award 2018, Outstanding Customer Experience Artificial Intelligence (Ai) and Analytics Solution of etnet FinTech Awards 2018, The Best Potential Ai Facial Recognition Education Application Development Award of Xinhuanet and being the winner of Cyberport Incubator Pitch Day and Caring Company 2018-19.

Alan Li

Chairman, InnoTech Education Committee

Sampras (HK) Limited
Director
Sampras Solution Limited
CEO
2Q Network Limited
CEO

With 20 Years of experience in business and cloud solution design, Alan has designed different practical e-Commerce solutions for different enterprises, retail industry and NGOs. The solutions includes e-Commerce platforms, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system,loyalty solution, network traffic overload solution, and different Software-as-a-Service platforms, which assist clients to deal with practical difficulties in business and provide reliable solutions.

Leo MAK

Chairman, Cyber Security Committee

Mr. Leo MAK is currently the Project and Operations Director in a cyber security firm and with more than 25 years experiences in the cyber security, government and education industry in Hong Kong, Macau and Canada.

Henry Ngai

Chairman, Green Tech Committee

Y's Men International NT Club
Former President
Hong Kong Association of Environmental Technology Professionals
Founding Vice President
Hong Kong Organic Waste Recycling Center
Founder
San Po Kong Neighborhood Welfare Association
Honorary Chairman
Hong Kong Swatow Merchants Association Ltd.
Director
Dream Companion Association Ltd.
Chairman

Jason TSE

Chairman, Community Engagement Committee

Jason Tse has over 30 years’ experience as an IT Account Management & Sales Leader in Asia Pacific. He worked for leading IT vendors such as IBM, Dell, Computer Associates, BMC Software, Dimension Data/NTT. He is currently working for TCC Consuling as Business Development Director focusing in expediting the adloption of Open Source Technology and Made-in-Hong Kong solutions in the area of AI, IOT & Smart Initiatives.

Jason has been devoting his personal time in the community service of the IT industry. He is a founding committee member of the IT Joint Council and Hong Kong Software Industry Association. He was organizing committee of Hong Kong International Computing Conference in 2001 and 2006. He also help organize the eHealth Forum after the SARS outbreak in 2003.

He studied in Hong Kong and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Company Secretaries.

Owen CHONG

Vice-Chairman, InnoTech Education Committee / Secretary, Open Data Committee

As an expert Business Development Executive, my strengths offer corporate solutions across Brand Management, Channel Development, and Market Penetration functions that guarantee revenue generation and global expansion. With +20 years of proven achievement in executing systemwide digital transformation, generating application solutions, and penetrating new markets, I have a talent to enhance customer service, internal efficiencies, and deliver results that motivate team performance for growing enterprise.

Ada Chow

Council Member

Ms. Ada CHOW specialises in event management and marketing communications, with extensive organisational and consultancy solid experience in strategic marketing communications with over 25 years. Throughout her career as a marketing, public relations and event management professional, she has developed strong knowledges on both event management and marketing communication skills for different publicity campaigns. She was responsible for organises and supervises a number of international events. Her experiences’ spans both public and private sectors.

Before joining ET Net Limited, she was the Project Director of Hong Kong Economic Journal Limited (HKEJ), the Project Director of Reeds Exhibition (Hong Kong) Limited and the Project Director of Zenith Events.

Major events are:
- Health Partnership Awards 2020-2022
- FinTech Awards 2017-2022
- Smart Living Partnership Awards 2021
- ET Net社創SoIN Art Competition for Social Inclusion 2019 and 2020
- Smart City Summit cum Smart City Awards 2018
- 「東華三院尋根香港系列―丁新豹趣談香港大歷史I & II」網上講座

William Gee

Council Member

William Gee recently retired from PwC Mainland China and Hong Kong having served 22 years as a Partner; he is currently acting as an Advisor to the firm on the Metaverse and the emerging Digital Economy. Prior to retirement, William was a member of the Firm’s Digital Office that provided support to a variety of digitalisation initiatives. William was also responsible for innovation for the Risk Assurance practice; he was a member of the PwC China Assurance Innovation Think-tank and a member of PwC Global Assurance Disruption Group.

William was a member of the core leadership team driving the adoption of blockchain technology, and is knowledgeable of the regulatory, accounting and risk management considerations of crypto currencies and digital assets. William has been advising on the adoption of blockchain technology; he has participated in initiatives relating to the emerging digital economy, including central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, tokenization of traditional assets, etc., and examined the related risks and transformational impact on traditional economy.

William is currently involved in the promotion of digital identity infrastructure for both corporates and individuals, especially in the adoption of Legal Entity Identifier, Self-Sovereign Identities and Decentralised Identifiers. William is also working to raise awareness on the Quantum Threat, and advising on practical approach for organisations to adopt and deploy Post-Quantum Cryptography in response to this threat.

Gordon GUO

Council Member

Chief Innovation Officer, Bonjour Holdings Ltd (HK.653)
CEO, Bonjour Technology Development Ltd.
Co-CEO, Guangdong Hong Kong and Macau Youth Entrepreneurship Incubator
Director of Service Industries, GBA 5G Industry Alliance
Member of InstMC

Gordon has been working in China Mobile Hong Kong as Vice President of Corporate Market and Deputy Head of Enterprise Solution. Before that, Gordon was working in Ericsson as Senior Solution Architect. Gordon’s expertise is mainly on Mobile Communication, Internet of Things, Data Center, 5G and its applications, Enterprise Solution, New Retail Innovation, Smart City and Digital Transformation, etc.

KENNETH CHAN

Council Member

Mr Chan has more than ten years of working in Enterprise Resources Planning System Projects in the Asia Pacific Region and territory education in Hong Kong. Before the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, Kenneth taught at serval local institutes dedicated to teaching software engineering, data science and financial technology. In recent years, Mr Chan collaborated with the industry, such as Data Science and Information practitioners and graduates, and has developed several successful projects in Spatial Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Image Recognition and Deep Learning. His research is in the areas of Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Kevin MAK

Vice-Chairman, InnoTech Education Committee

A former assistant principal, an IT department head of a secondary school, a teacher trainer in ITE Section of EDB and different organizations, a part-time lecturer in a local university, and the school manager of primary schools, are all roles that Kevin Mak has taken on. He dedicates himself to his career in IT education and has trained hundreds of local teachers and students. One of his specialties lies in designing and implementing school administrative systems. His next goal is to bridge the gap between the IT sector and the young IT talents in Hong Kong.

Jason WONG

Vice-Chairman, Open Data Committee

Jason is the Chief Operating Officer of Modern Educational Research Society Ltd., actively working with education institutions and industry partners to develop new learning and teaching strategies for the digital age. He leads a team of editors, developers, and school development specialists to provide customised contents with engaging user experience for students, teachers, and parents.

Jason has over 20 years of experience as a technology strategist, process engineer, and IT consultant, generating innovative solutions for Fortune 500 companies and international listed companies. Prior to his current role, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Swiss smart mobility company Axon Vibe and developed solutions for leading public transport operators in Asia. Jason also has extensive IT consulting and auditing experience with Deloitte, Protiviti, and Morgan Stanley, and was the Group Head of IT at Transport International Holdings Ltd. (holding company of KMB in Hong Kong).