​Rundown of the conference:

​• Registration (08:30 – 09:00)

• Speech by the Guest of Honour (09:00 - 9:30)

​Dr Lucas Hui, Chief Technology Officer, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)

Topic : Artificial Intelligence in finance: Where the mind partners with the machine

​• Speech by keynote speaker (09:30 – 10:00)

Mr Anthony Lam, Project Manager, Application Systems, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Topic : How a finance department can stay top of the class with robotics process automation (RPA)

​•  Speech by keynote speaker (10:00 – 10:30)

Dr Raymond So, Director, Elite Training Science and Technology, Hong Kong Sports Institute

Topic : Advancement of technology in elite sports training and competition

​• Networking coffee break (10:30 – 11:00)

​• Presentation of souvenirs (11:00 – 11:10)

• Panel Discussion Session on Accountants in the future world of machines (11:10 – 11:55) 

Panelists:

Mr Brian Chan, Partner, Banking & Capital Markets Leader, Hong Kong, Deloitte China

Mr Darren D Hariharasegaran, Senior Manager, PwC

Mr Stanley Yung, Partner, Ernst & Young

Ms Isabel Zisselsberger, Head of Financial Strategy and Transformation and Customer & Operations, KPMG China

Moderator:

Dr Lawrence Wong, Member, Organizing Committee, Information Technology Interest Group

• Speech by other speaker (11:55 – 12:25)

Mr Ricky Lau, Regional vice President, North Asia, BlackLine

Topic : The role of finance in digital transformation

​• Speech by other speaker (12:25 – 12:55)

Mr Erik Saito, General Manager of Asia Pacific, Workiva

Topic : How to become a more strategic finance team

​​• Closing remarks (12:55 – 13:00)

Mr Vincent Chan & Mr Victor Tan, Co-convenors, Organizing Committee, Information Technology Interest Group