POST EVENT REPORT
THE FUTURE OF
TECHNOLOGY. TODAY.
7 - 8 June 2016
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Host Partner
Innovation Partner
Organised by
www.emtechhk.com
EVENT OVERVIEW
EmTech Hong Kong 2016:
Bringing the Tech World Together
in Hong Kong
For over fifteen years, EmTech has introduced the innovators and emerging technologies that are
poised to reshape industries and change the world. Launched at the MIT campus in Boston, the
premier conference on business and technology has grown into a global community, with events
held annually in Brazil, France, Singapore, USA and, most recently, Hong Kong.
Throughout the year, MIT Technology Review, the world’s oldest and most respected technology
publication since 1899, uncovers and explains the significance of the emerging technologies
poised to disrupt existing industries, create entirely new markets, and change society. MIT
Technology Review’s award winning editorial content is brought to life at the EmTech conferences
held around the world.
The very first edition of EmTech Hong Kong, held on 7-8 June 2016 at the Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre, proved to be a big success. 439 participants attended the event coming
from countries such as China, Denmark, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands,
Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, USA and Vietnam, to discuss the latest trends in emerging
and disruptive technologies.
Opened by the Honourable John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong
Kong SAR, the event was a showcase for the emerging technologies with the greatest potential
for commercial impact and an access point to the most innovative people and companies from
around the world.
A carefully curated programme brought together the experts at the heart of the technology
revolution. Over two days, multiple speakers delivered content in a rapid-fire format of 15
minutes per presentation in addition to engaging panel discussions and fireside chats. The
themes explored emerging technologies and innovation in IoT, healthcare, robotics, artificial
intelligence, future cities, manufacturing 4.0 and FinTech.
EmTech Hong Kong celebrated the launch of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, an incredible
MIT initiative deepening MIT’s links to Hong Kong, Shenzhen and China’s Pearl River Delta. The
Node was launched by MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt, followed by Fiona Murray, co-director
of the MIT Innovation Initiative; and Charlie Sodini, faculty director of the MIT Hong Kong
Innovation Node.
EmTech returns to Hong Kong in June 2017. Visit www.emtechhk.com and follow us on Twitter
and Facebook @EmTechHK.
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FA S T FA C T S
439
Participants
16
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untries
38 S p e a k e r s
onsors
32 S&pPartners
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Members
of the Press
Areas of Disruption
Launch of the MIT
HK Innovation
Node
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AUDIENCE
EmTech Hong Kong attracted top decision makers that are driving the global innovation economy.
439
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Participants
Sponsors
& Partners
Heads and
Senior-Level
Executives
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CEOs, CIOs, CTOs
Vice Presidents
Investors
Directors
Policy Makers
Academics
Innovators
Entrepreneurs
Sectors
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Technology
Government
Healthcare
Sciences
Finance
Education
Manufacturing
Engineering
Companies
• Apple
• Ark Pacific Capital Management
Limited
• Arthur C. S. Kwok Architects
& Associates Ltd.
• Baillie Gifford
• BitMEX
• Bitquant Research Labs
• Bloomberg LP
• Brinc
• Cambridge Industries Group
• China Daily Asia Pacific
• City University of Hong Kong
• Convoy Financial Holdings Limited
• Crossgate Advisors Limited
• DVA Investment limited
• EXCEL Capital Strategy Limited
• Emerson Network Power
• Energizing Kowloon East Office
• Ethereum Foundation
• Federation of Hong Kong Industries
• Feng-Chia University
• Financial Times
• Foxconn
• France Info, le Parisien
• Fung Academy
• Fung Group
• Goldman Sachs
• Good Growth Capital
• Google
• HAX
• Hong Kong Applied Science and
Technology Research Institute
(ASTRI)
• Hong Kong Baptist University
• Hong Kong Trade and
Development Council
• Hong Kong Venture Capital
Association
• Hong Kong Economic Journal
Co. Ltd.
• Hong Kong Institute of Vocational
Education
• Hong Kong Science and
Technology Parks Corporation
• Hong Kong Securities and Futures
Commission
• Horizon Robotics
• Huawei Technologies
• IBM Research
• Information Services Department,
HKSAR Government
• Innovation and Technology Bureau
• Insight Robotics
• Intel Capital
• International New York Times
• InvestHK
• J.P. Morgan
• Jeeva Wireless
• Kaiser Financial Group
• Legislative Council
• LifeTech Biosciences (USA) Group
• Makerbay
• Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
• Metro Broadcast Corporation
Limited
• MIT Media Lab
• MIT Professional Education
• MIT Sloan School of Management
• MIT Technology Review
• Nature Nanotechnology
• NEC Platform Technologies H.K.
Ltd
• NFT Capital
• Oriental Business
• Oriental Fortune Capital Co. Ltd
• Peak Capital
• Prenetics
• PricewaterhouseCoopers
Consulting Hong Kong Limited
• Qingdao Hisense Broadband
Multimedia Technologies
• R3-CEV
• Radiant Venture Capital
• Radisys China
• SAE Magnetics
(Hong Kong) Limited
• SOSV
• South China Morning Post
• Standard Chartered Bank
• SuitX
• SWN+ Energy
• Synaptics Inc. (HK Ltd)
• Taiwan Government
• TCL Corporate Research
(HK) Co Ltd
• Techstars
• Television Broadcasts Limited
• Telstra
• The Boston Consulting Group
• The Chinese University of
Hong Kong
• The Government of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region
• The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
• The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
• The Lane Crawford Joyce Group
• The University of Hong Kong
• United Overseas Bank Ltd
• Universal Robots
• University of Macau
• University of Washington
• University of New South Wales
• VIA Technologies, Inc.
• Vitargent
• Vocational Training Council
• And many more…
16 Countries
• Hong Kong
• United States
• United
Kingdom
• Switzerland
• Singapore
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Malaysia
China
Japan
Luxembourg
Macau
China
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Vietnam
Netherlands
Denmark
Ireland
Taiwan
Want to know more about who attends EmTech?
Contact [email protected]
www.emtechhk.com
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TESTIMONIALS
We asked participants what they thought about EmTech Hong Kong. Here’s what they had to say about the event:
“EmTech Hong Kong is like no other tech meetings that I have ever attended, with breadth,
depth and lots of fun.”
Justin Chuang, Vice President and Group Director, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)
“EmTech HK is definitely one of the best tech conferences
in Greater China, combining a unique mix of international
thought leaders as well as from China to give a holistic
perspective.”
Michael Sung, Adjunct Associate Professor, Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
“EmTech Hong Kong featured in-depth discussions on
technologies that are rapidly changing our lives - smart city,
IoT, healthtech, fintech and robotics - and we have made
some valuable connections at the conference.”
Edith Wong, Chief Marketing Officer, InvestHK
“It was great to see MIT and EmTech come to Hong Kong
underscoring the links and the importance of Hong Kong
and the Pearl River Delta to innovation. But as important for
me was the chance to learn more about innovation in Hong
Kong especially in the life sciences!”
Fiona Murray, Associate Dean of Innovation, MIT Sloan
School of Management
“Thanks for organizing such a wonderful event. I did make
a number of interesting connections. Many of the talks,
especially by those MIT’ers, are very refreshing to me. The
work they are doing is innovative and inspiring.”
Kai Yu, Founder and Chief Executive, Horizon Robotics
“One of the best events in Hong Kong where I can connect
and make connection with high quality international
speakers as well as high quality participants.”
Emil Chan, Chairman, The Association of Cloud and
Mobile Computing Professionals (ACMCP)
“EmTech was a very effective venue to get the latest update
in key technology areas. I was delighted to meet with
leaders and makers who are changing the World with their
vision, ideas and new discoveries.”
Louis Chong, President, MIT Club of Hong Kong
“Good place to get updates and meet opportunities for
investment in Hong Kong.”
Winston Ling, Private Investor, Fully Strong Ltd
“A gathering of great minds with passion and curiosity.”
Ai Lin Chun, Senior Editor, Nature Nanotechnology
“A great event, forward thinking and enlightening ideas.”
Kenneth Chan, Assistant General Manager in Strategic
Planning, New World Development
“I found the EmTech Hong Kong conference to be very
exciting and cutting edge! I have made many valuable
contacts with expertise in multiple fields.”
“Amazing intersection of concepts and ideas with visions of
the future.”
Dennis Lo, Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health
Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Quentin Parker, Professor, Head of Physics, University of
Hong Kong
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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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PRESS COVERAGE
41 media outlets attended EmTech Hong Kong including Bloomberg, China Daily, Financial Times, Hong Kong Economic Journal,
International New York Times, Nature Nanotechnology, South China Morning Post and TVB. EmTech Hong Kong received good
media coverage from leading local and international media outlets. Some of the features and articles include:
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SPEAKERS
It’s not another lecture…It’s an invitation to join the conversation.
In carefully curated sessions, the experts at the heart of the technology revolution provided insights into the next wave of innovation
that is connecting our world in surprising and inspiring new ways
Jason Pontin
Editor in Chief
and Publisher
MIT Technology
Review
John Tsang
Financial Secretary
The Government of
the Hong Kong SAR
Ming Yam Wong
Chairman
Hong Kong Applied
Science and
Technology Research
Institute (ASTRI)
Sean O’Sullivan
Managing Director
SOSV
Cesar Harada
Founder
MakerBay
Wei-Ping Huang
Chairman
Qingdao Hisense
Broadband Multimedia
Technologies
Steve Chu
Chief Strategy Officer
Huawei
Arthur Hayes
Cofounder and CEO
BitMEX
Chia-Peng Day
General Manager
Automation Technology
Development
Committee
Foxconn
Vitalik Buterin
Cofounder
Ethereum Foundation
Dennis Lo
Director
Li Ka Shing Institute
of Health Sciences
The Chinese
University
of Hong Kong
Ryan Chin
CEO
Optimus Ride
Duncan Wong
Director, Security
and Data Sciences
Hong Kong Applied
Science and
Technology Research
Institute (ASTRI)
Denis Tse
Managing Principal
Asia-IO Advisors
Limited
Bénédicte N. Nolens
Senior Director
Head of Risk
and Strategy
Securities and Futures
Commission
Tim Swanson
Head of Market
Research
R3 CEV
Meikei Ieong
Chief
Technology Officer
Hong Kong Applied
Science and
Technology Research
Institute (ASTRI)
Jason Hsu
Advisory Committee
Member on Innovation
& Education at Prime
Minister’s Office
Executive Yuan
Taiwan Government
Andreas Kind
Head of Shanghai Lab
IBM Research - China
Michael Sung
Managing Director
CarbonBlue
Innovations
Yasheng Huang
Professor of Global
Economics and
Management
MIT Sloan School
of Management
Charles G. Sodini
Clarence J. LeBel
Professor of Electrical
Engineering
MIT
Kathleen Kennedy
President
MIT Technology
Review
Danny Yeung
CEO
Prenetics
Kent Larson
Director
MIT City Science
Initiative
Duncan Turner
Managing Director
HAX
Manav Gupta
Founder and CEO
Brinc
Eric Chen
Founder
Vitargent
Rex Sham
Cofounder and Chief
Science Officer
Insight Robotics
Esben H. Østergaard
Founder and CTO
Universal Robots
Fiona Murray
Associate Dean
of Innovation
MIT Sloan School of
Management
Frank Verbeek
CEO
Gociety
Homayoon Kazerooni
Founder and CEO
suitX
Kai Yu
Founder and
Chief Executive
Horizon Robotics
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Mike North
Host
In The Making
Shyam Gollakota
Cofounder
Jeeva Wireless
Gerald Wong
CEO
Cambridge Industries
Group
Vladimir Bulovic
Associate Dean
for Innovation
School of Engineering
MIT
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A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
Host Partner
Innovation Partner
Strategic Partners
Technology Showcase Partner
Supporting Partners
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天使谷
AngelVest
In affiliation with AAMA
#StartupPassion
SWEDCHAM
SWEDISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG
Media Partners
Organised by
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GET IN TOUCH
See You in June 2017
The excitement of discovering innovation continues at EmTech Hong
Kong 2017. The EmTech Hong Kong Advisory Panel is already working on
the key themes and speakers that will be featured at the event next year
so stay tuned as we uncover the list of technologies with the greatest
impact to change our lives. For more information about the key themes
or to suggest a speaker for inclusion in the 2017 conference programme,
please contact [email protected]. See you in June 2017!
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsoring an event like EmTech makes a strong statement about
your brand’s commitment to thought leadership and ground-breaking
innovation. Join us in leading the conversation with the businesses
and people working on the emerging technologies that will change our
lives. Contact us at [email protected] to find out more.
EmTech Asia
EmTech returns for the 4th year in Singapore on 14-15 February 2017.
Visit www.emtechasia.com or contact [email protected]
for speaking opportunities, sponsorship and registration.
www.emtechhk.com
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