Dr. Toa Charm has over 30 years of management, marketing, entrepreneurship, consulting and executive education experience in innovation and technology industry. He held senior management positions in leading multinational, Hong Kong and mainland enterprises including Cyberport, HSBC, IBM, Oracle, Kingdee and Jardine Pacific. Dr. Charm specializes in FinTech, AI/Big Data, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Digital Strategy, Leadership and Transformation.

Dr. Charm is currently an associate professor in the CUHK Business School where he cultivates the next generation of digital leaders and entrepreneurs. He has been actively cultivating the startups ecosystem in Hong Kong and Asia. Dr. Charm chairs and advises a few elite AI/Big Data, FinTech and eCommerce start-ups in Asia. He is the Chairman of OpenCertHub – a globally recognized platform to authenticate AI/Big Data talents in open sources environment. Dr. Charm actively serves the communities and industries in Asia through participating in professional and business associations. He is a popular speaker in local and international conferences and hosts digital-related programmes on major media, such as TVB, RTHK, Metro Finance.

Dr. Clifford K. Choi, DC is a crypto investor and one of the Directors of the Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong. The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong (BAHK) has been very influential in the historical development of the Bitcoin ecosystem and the crypto industry as a whole, with the Hong Kong teams being particularly influential given the strategic connections to Bitcoin miners and seed investors. He is one of the early organizers of the BAHK and Cardano meetups over the years and promoter of Healthcare Blockchains. He is a former Help desk technician at Microsoft Redmond (1996-1998) and has been an early-adopter since.

Hugh Chow has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI, effective 15 January 2018. A veteran of nearly 25 years in the technology landscape, Mr Chow has extensive experience of executive and engineering management holding senior roles in private and public companies.

A Hong Kong native, Mr Chow started his professional career in Canada in 1993. He gained rich international experience particularly in North America and in Greater China. Mr Chow has vast experience, leadership strength and track record in general management, covering finance, operations and R&D roles in start-ups as well as large organisations in the technology sector.

Having served in a number of senior engineering and management positions for several years, he co-founded ViXS Systems Inc. in 2001, where he served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Interim President and CEO. He led the expansion of ViXS into the US, Europe and Asia, including the establishment of an R&D centre in Hong Kong Science Park in 2007, and took the company public in 2013. In late 2016, he co-founded Pool Global Partners Inc., a venture capital investment firm specialising in artificial intelligence, big data and digital health, etc., and served as the Managing Partner.

Mr Chow is an inventor for more than 10 US patents. He attained Hong Kong Canada Business Achievement Award in 2014 and the ACCE International Business Entrepreneur Award in 2007.

Mr Chow holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado in the United States. Mr Chow is also a Transport Canada licensed pilot, a marathoner and an Ironman triathlete.

Kenneth Choy is a consultant and head of Technology Transactions practice of Nixon Peabody CWL in Hong Kong. His practice spanning more than 30 years in the U.S. and Asia has evolved into a combination of traditional IP, technology, transactional and emerging company practices. Clients include startups, emerging companies, publicly traded companies, family offices and investment funds. Having served as general counsel and co-founder of an international technology company, he understands clients’ concerns include commercial as well as legal issues. He has been admitted to practice law at New York, California, and Hong Kong.

TraderCobb is regarded as one of the top trading educators in Cryptocurrency right now. His easy to follow checklist-based strategies means that anyone from a complete beginner can learn to trade like a pro.

TraderCobb has spent the last 13-years traveling around the world, has presented to over 100,000 people and is proud to say has made some amazing friendships with the world’s best traders who he calls mentors along the way. He has featured in Forbes, investing.com as well as on network TV in Australia and is an in-demand speaker for crypto events the world over.

He is the host of the “TraderCobb Crypto Show” which has seen the number 1 business and investing ranking for podcasts in over 9 different countries including the USA.

TraderCobb, because experience matters.

Charles d’Haussy (夏多希) is a Director at ConsenSys, a leading global blockchain company and venture development studio. Prior to joining Consensys, Charles was the Head of FinTech at Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), the department of the Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for Foreign Direct Investment.

Charles has 13 years of experience in the Hong Kong private sector, having set up his company and holding a number of entrepreneurial and management roles. Before joining InvestHK, Charles was the head of sales and business development with a leading Hong Kong online broker and robo-adviser.

Charles held SFC licenses 1 and 4, studied in France at Rennes International Business school and Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China. He is certified on BlockChain business strategy from Be9 London (cohort #1), received the CPT Star bronze 2016 award from HKSI and pursues training on machine learning and Artificial Intelligence.