FinTech seminars series (2) - Hong Kong Science & Technology

FinTech seminars series (2) cum
ASTRI Security Lab Launching
Ceremony (5 May)
Co-organised by Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology
Research Institute (ASTRI) and Hong Kong Science and
Technology Parks (HKSTP), the FinTech seminars series aim
to share the knowledge and market insights of FinTech in
terms of business, market and technology.
In the 2nd event of the series, we will celebrate the launch of
ASTRI Security Lab and speakers are invited to share about
the investment landscape and security issues of FinTech
industry.
Free Admission
Seats reserved on first-come-first-served basis!
register by 30 Apr (Thursday)
Agenda
9:45am – 10:00am
Registration
10:00am – 10:25am
ASTRI Security Lab Launching
Ceremony
Introduction by Dr. Jack Lau,
Chief Marketing Officer, ASTRI
10:25am – 11:15am
FinTech Industry Investment
Landscape
by Ms. Melissa C. Guzy,
Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures
11:15am – 12:00am
Fintech’s Worst Nightmare Only a Few clicks
Away: N ways in Cybersecurity to Hack Your
Corporate Information
by Mr. Alex T.W. Leung,
Director of Information Security, ASTRI
12:00am – 12:20am
Q&A and networking
Who Should Attend?
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FinTech developers
FinTech start-ups
Software technical and security managers
Financial institutions
Date:
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Venue:
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5 May 2015 (Tue)
10:00am – 12:20am
Chamber 3, G/F, InnoCentre,
72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong,
Kowloon, Hong Kong
English
*Programme subject to change without prior notice
About the speakers (In presentation order)
Dr. Jack Lau, Chief Marketing Officer, ASTRI
Jack Lau obtained his BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from
the University of California at Berkeley under the Honors Degree
Program. While at Berkeley, he was a recipient of the UC Berkeley
Alumni Scholarship, Unisys Scholarship and Cray Research Scholarship.
He completed his Ph.D. degree in 1994 and became the first Ph.D. to
graduate from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
From 1994 to 1998, Dr Lau was an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering of the Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology. In 1995, he received a Teaching
Appreciation Award from the School of Engineering. He received his
tenure in 1998 at the Department. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor
of the University. From 1995 to 1996, Dr Lau was a Visiting Scholar at
the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford University. In 1999, Dr
Lau started Perception Digital, a factory-less consumer electronics
design house which specializes in design supply chain management and
digital signal processing. The company went public in Hong Kong in
2010. Dr Lau, a major shareholder of the company, took up the roles of
Chairman and CEO. In 2010 he also completed his EMBA degree at
Kellogg-HKUST. Dr Lau is a recipient of the 10 Most Outstanding Young
Persons in Hong Kong (2000), Young Industrialist Award (2005), and
Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year (China Region, 2009). In 2010,
he was bestowed an Honorary Fellowship at the Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology. On a side note, Dr Lau was born in Hong
Kong. He attended St. Joseph's College. He subsequently moved to the
United States and graduated from Lowell High School in San Francisco.
He was a member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel of the
HKSAR Government and is currently serving on the Copyright Tribunal
Panel.
Ms. Melissa C. Guzy, Managing Partner, Arbor Ventures
Melissa Guzy is a Managing Partner of Arbor Ventures has more than 25
years of experience as an entrepreneur and as a venture investor. Prior
to Arbor, Melissa was the Managing Director and head of VantagePoint
Asia. In 2007, Melissa moved to Hong Kong to build VantagePoint's
investment practice in the region, establishing offices in Hong Kong,
Beijing and Shanghai, and invested in early stage technology companies
in both Asia and in Silicon Valley. Prior Investments include Finisar,
NuCore (Mediatek), Pure Digital (Cisco), Oxford Semiconductor (PLX
Technology), iWatt (Dialogics). Current board positions include
InvestLab and Demyst.data. Prior to joining VantagePoint, Melissa cofounded and served as CEO of a VantagePoint portfolio company in the
semiconductor market. Melissa attended Wellesley College and
received a Master's degree in Finance from the University of Florida.
Mr Alex T.W. Leung, Director of Information Security, ASTRI
Alex Leung has over 16 years of information security consulting and
security software development experience, served in organizations
including Motorola, Freescale and Hong Kong Police Force. He enjoys
ethically hacking software systems and helps clients to discern
infrastructure vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. He has engaged in
various penetration tests and helped clients defend against
vulnerabilities such as unauthorized privilege escalation in Windows
Servers, password stealing by mimikatz, data leakage due to Android’s
addJavascriptInterface and DoS by “apache killer”. He currently serves
as the Director of Information Security in ASTRI. Alex graduated from
Cornell University in New York USA with Bachelor of Science in
Engineering Physics, and Master of Science in Applied Physics from
Stanford University in California USA.
(Biography provided by the speakers)
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Enquiry:
Email:
Mr Antony Kwong (852) 2629 6640
[email protected]