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THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY, TODAY.

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre6 - 7 June 2017

Host Innovation Partner Organised by

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EVENT SUMMARY

FAST FACTS

341Participants

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30 Speakers

35 Members of the Press as on Press Coverage Page

8 Areas of Disruption

The Alchemy of Science and Technology at EmTech Hong Kong 2017The second edition of EmTech Hong Kong, co-organised by MIT Technology Review and Koelnmesse Pte Ltd, concluded on a high note after two days of thought-provoking discussions on the latest breakthroughs in science and technology. Held from 6 to 7 June at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, EmTech Hong Kong was attended by 341 C-level executives from 13 countries. This year’s line-up of speakers included some of the brightest minds in the areas of Personalised Medicine, New Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Virtual Reality, FinTech, Cybersecurity and Future Cities.

Hosted by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and supported by The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and City University of Hong Kong, EmTech Hong Kong 2017 featured an inspiring two-day conference programme which provided participants with a glimpse into the future technologies that will change our lives.

This year, EmTech Hong Kong took a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence. Going beyond the hype, EmTech Hong Kong brought together some of the foremost experts in this area: Gary Marcus, Founding CEO of Geometric Intelligence (recently acquired by Uber) and renowned AI contrarian opened the AI session with sobering statements about the state of AI. He was joined by HKUST’s Qiang Yang (Technical Advisor to WeChat) and Noriko Arai from Japan’s National Institute of Informatics who are both working on cutting edge Natural Language Processing tools.

Looking at the application of AI in healthcare, two of the world’s leading scientists working at the intersection of AI and genomics, iCarbonX’s Yingrui Li and WuXi NextCODE’s Tom Chittenden, inspired the EmTech audience with introductions to AI-based health monitoring systems capable of predicting, and preventing, disease. Machines’ creativity and emotional intelligence also came under the spotlight with inspiring presentations by Soul Machines’ Phil Chen, and Google Brain’s David Ha.

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EmTech Hong Kong returns in 2018. Visit www.emtechhk.com and follow us on Twitter and Facebook @EmTechHK

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EmTech Hong Kong attracted top decision makers that are driving the global innovation economy.

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Sponsors& Partners

Companies• Accelera• ACT Lab• Advantest• AIM Tech• AND systems LLC• AngelVest• Aon• ASTRI• Bank of China (Hong

Kong)• Brinc• Burberry• CarbonBlue Innovations• Cherrypicks• China Merchants

Capital• Chinese University of

Hong Kong• City University of Hong

Kong• Commonwealth Bank of

Australia• Cornell Club of HK• Deacons• East Capital• Esri China (Hong Kong)

Limited• Federation of Hong

Kong Industries

• Gen.Life• Genesis Capital

Partners• GPI International Ltd• GR8 Global Ventures• Harvard Club of HK • HAX• Historical Analytics LLC• Hong Kong

Telecommunications• Hong Kong Archives

Society• Hong Kong Baptist

University• Hong Kong Foundation• Hong Kong Lessnet

Technology Co.• Hong Kong Productivity

Council• Horizons Ventures• Hospital Authority• HTC• HTC Vive• Huawei Tech Investment

Co• InnoTech Venture

Limited• Innovation and

Technology Bureau

• InvestHK• Invoxia Asia Limited• IOE Technologies

Limited• Ion Pacific• Ivaldi Capital• JLL Hong Kong• JPMorgan Asset

Management• Li & Fung• Liquidnet Asia Limited• LKK Health Products

Group• Martin Trust Center• Master Concept• Maxim’s Group• McCann Health• Metta• MIT Club of HK• MIT Technology Review• Moody’s Investors

Service Hong Kong Limited

• Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd

• National Institute of Informatics

• NexChange• NISI (HK) Limited

• Ocean Equity Partners Limited

• Off Campus Student Housing Specialist

• Office 134• Office of the

Government Chief Information Officer

• Orfi Capital• Our Hong Kong

Foundation• Prophet• Prudential• Qooco• Realto Group• RPC Ace• Samena Capital Hong

Kong Limited• Securities and Futures

Commission• SGInnovate• Shining International

Holdings Limited• Siam Commercial Bank

PCL• Singapore University of

Technology and Design• Sky Facilities

Management Co Ltd

• Smart City Consortium• SmartEar• Spanish Chamber of

Commerce in Hong Kong

• Swiss Re• Synaptics• Teachers College-

Columbia University• Tencent• Thales• The Association

of Cloud and Mobile Computing Professionals (ACMCP)

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Ltd

• The University of Hong Kong

• Thomson Reuters• Umbrella Technology Co

Ltd• University of Macau• University of

Pennsylvania• WuXiNextCODE...and many more

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• Canada• China• Ghana • Hong Kong

• Japan• Macau• Malaysia• Russia

• Singapore• South Korea • Taiwan

• Thailand• USA

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Seniority of Participants Sectors At-A-Glance

26%

32%

31%

11%

n President / C-suite n Director / Vice President / General Manager n Managers / Researchers n Press

8%

Government

6%

Healthcare

14%

Finance

11%

Media & Entertainment

29%

Technology and Manufacturing

32%

Education

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TESTIMONIALS

We asked participants what they thought about EmTech Hong Kong. Here’s what they had to say:

EmTech Hong Kong was a fascinating collection of speakers making genuinely groundbreaking progress on real solutions to mankind’s problems. Too many confabs now are feel-good cheerleading. EmTech genuinely stretched my thinking about how real scientific and technological breakthroughs will change our lives in the near future from the people doing the research.

Andrew Work, Head Content Strategist for Asia Pacific, NexChange

EmTech is a very unique emerging technologies conference hosted by MIT Technology Review. As a curation of the world’s leading scientists, technology executives and investors, EmTech has grown into a global community in the United States, Europe, South America, India, Singapore, and now in Hong Kong.

Alexandar Wai, Vice President (Research Development) and Chair Professor of Optical Communications, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

EmTech HK is an excellent event to get to know the latest technologies that will be impacting our future. The topics are relevant and the speakers are all top notch. It was an honour to have been involved in 2017.

Alvin Wang Graylin, China President of Vive, HTC

The EmTech event brings together researchers, practitioners and users of high technology and Artificial Intelligence. It truly was a “bridge” to facilitate the exchange of ideas, an essential ingredient for high technologies to grow.

Qiang Yang, New Bright Professor of Engineering, HKUST

I really enjoyed the conference. The talks covered an interesting range of cutting-edge subjects and the speakers made meaningful points. I learned a lot in a short period of time (which is not always true of other conferences). The networking was very good as well. I plan to attend again next year.

Alfonso Ballesteros, Secretary General, The Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong

The EmTech Hong Kong conference was superb. A splendid range of contemporary topics delivered by an amazing set of presenters. The curation was first rate. I learned so much outside my field of expertise.

Donald R. Sadoway, John F. Elliott Professor of Materials Chemistry, MIT

Emtech HK presents a unique opportunity to hear about the emerging technologies that will shape our future lifestyles and meet people who are actually making them happen.

Weng-Li Yoon, Research Director, Athenex

EmTech Hong Kong really is one of the few events in Hong Kong and for that matter in Asia that brings together deep industry and scientific insight in emerging tech and its commercialisation with a focus on Asia but a global outlook. Imagine TED on MIT steroids.

Vincent Ng, Founder, 1+1=11 Productions

Fascinating, inspirational and one step ahead of other traditional technology conference.

Alain V. Fontaine, Partner, Ocean Equity Partners

An event to learn, get inspired and be challenged to think. I’ll be attending the next EmTech conference!

Bert Kastel, Principal, Tech 844

There are very few sources I trust for staying in the flow and in the know with respect to emerging tech. MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Hong Kong is one of these sources -- top notch speakers and content across the most promising tech innovations as well as great networking with like-minded expert attendees so can dive deeper into the topics. All of this while taking in bright, stunning views of Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.

Blums Pineda, Partner, Prophet

During the EmTech Hong Kong conference we had the opportunity to meet such incredible individuals where a ten-minute conversation carried on to over an hour. We listened to amazing talks about the next generation of grid level batteries, new kinds of sensors, cryptocurrencies, AI, and cancer development, that has left a positive impact and opened my eyes to new fields of study. Once again, thank you for providing such an insightful opportunity to learn more about the next generation of emerging technology and connecting with some very intelligent individuals.

Akshay Kumar, Cansbridge Fellow

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HIGHLIGHTS

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PRESS COVERAGE

35 media outlets attended EmTech Hong Kong including China Daily, MIT Technology Review China, South China Morning Post, Tech in Asia, The Information, The Peak Hong Kong, Thomson Reuters, Toyokeizai, Wall Street Journal and many more. EmTech Hong Kong received excellent media coverage from leading local and international media outlets. Some of the features and articles include:

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SPEAKERS

What happens when the brightest minds in artificial intelligence, materials science, biomedicine, cybersecurity and fintech come together from around the world to share breakthrough research and discoveries? What happens when the best from academia and industry collaborate? What happens when scientists with the capability to change the world work with investors to commercialise ideas and tech executives to distribute it globally? Amazing things happen.

The Spirit of EmTech

EMCEEWill Knight Senior Editor for AIMIT Technology Review

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEWang GangChief ScientistAlibaba AI Labs

Gary Marcus Founding CEO Geometric Intelligence

David HaResidentGoogle Brain

Qiang Yang New Bright Professor of EngineeringHong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yingrui LiCofounder and Chief ScientistiCarbonX

Jiawei GuCEO and CofounderLing Technology

Noriko AraiProfessor, Information and Society Research DivisionNational Institute of Informatics

Kinuko MasakiCEO and CofounderSmartEar

Phil ChenExecutive ChairmanSoul Machines

Tom Chittenden Founding Director Advanced AI LabsWuXi NextCODE

BIOENGINEERING BREAKTHROUGHSAngela WuFounding MemberAgenovir Corporation

Weng Li YoonResearch DirectorAthenex

Le CongPostdoctoral FellowBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Jongmoon Kim Chief Executive OfficerToolGen

ENTREPRENEURS & VISIONARIESSteve LeonardFounding CEOSGInnovate

Alexander WaiVice President (Research Development) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

FINTECH & CYBERSECURITYMorgan Marquis-Boire Director of SecurityFirst Look Media

Nii QuaynorChairGhana Dot Com

Itai DamtiCEO Asia Pacific Leverate

FUTURE CITIESWinnie TangFounder and ChairmanEsri China (Hong Kong) Limited

Yang Xu Postdoctoral ResearcherMIT SENSEable City Lab

Hwa Yaw TamChair Professor of Photonics The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

MATERIALS AT THE HEART OF INNOVATIONKok Wai CheahFounderCathay Photonics Limited

Donald SadowayJohn F. Elliott Professor of Materials ChemistryMIT

Vivian YamPhilip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and EnergyThe University of Hong Kong

ROBOTICSNalin AdvaniCEO – Asia-PacificGreyOrange

VIRTUAL REALITY, AUGMENTED LIFEKevin GeigerExecutive Director, International Animation & Virtual Reality Research CenterBeijing Film Academy

Jason ChiuCEOcherrypicks

Alvin Wang GraylinChina Regional PresidentHTC Vive

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A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS

Host Innovation Partner

Premier Innovation Partner Holistic Innovation Partner Strategic Partners

Supporting Partners

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GET IN TOUCH

The excitement of discovering emerging technologies and encourage innovation continues at EmTech Hong Kong 2018. The EmTech Hong Kong Advisory Committee 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 potential to change our lives. For more information about the key themes or to suggest a speaker for inclusion in the 2018 conference programme, please contact emtechhk@koenlmesse.com.sg. See you in 2018!

See You in 2018

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 emtechhk@koelnmesse.com.sg to find out more.

Sponsorship Opportunities

EmTech returns for the 5th year in Singapore on 30-31 January 2018. Visit www.emtechasia.com or contact emtech@koelnmesse.com.sg for speaking opportunities, sponsorship and registration.

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