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Hong Kong Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2022

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Wed, 21st Sep 2022, 10am – 4pm (GMT +8), JW Marriott Hotel

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Our Speakers:

Albert YipAVP- IDC Services & Solution SalesHGC Global Communications — **Albert Yip**
AVP- IDC Services & Solution Sales
**HGC Global Communications**

Rangu SalgameChairman & CEO Princeton Digital Group — **Rangu Salgame**
Chairman & CEO
**Princeton Digital Group**

Jabez Tan
Head of Research
Structure Research

Keeny LeungTechnology & Business Director OneAsia Network Limited — **Keeny Leung**
Technology & Business Director
**OneAsia Network Limited**

Claude AcharManaging PartnerActel Consulting — **Claude Achar**
Managing Partner
**Actel Consulting**

Michael ChanChief Digital OfficerKonew Fintech — **Michael Chan**
Chief Digital Officer
**Konew Fintech**

Ir Chris ChongChairman | Managing DirectorIMechE & Energy Institute | Hong Kong District Cooling — **Ir Chris Chong**
Chairman | Managing Director
**IMechE & Energy Institute | Hong Kong District Cooling**

Simon LockingtonSenior Director, Global Solution Architecture - Asia-PacificEquinix — **Simon Lockington**
Senior Director, Global Solution Architecture - Asia-Pacific
**Equinix**

Dr. Peter WongCTOPrenetics — **Dr. Peter Wong**
CTO
**Prenetics**

Dickson Chan
Hong Kong Territory Manager
Starline Legrand

Daryl LiPartnerPwC — **Daryl Li**
Partner
**PwC**

Charles LeeChairmanHong Kong Data Centre Association — **Charles Lee**
Chairman
**Hong Kong Data Centre Association**

Leo TsangGroup CIOEmperor Group — **Leo Tsang**
Group CIO
**Emperor Group**

Our Conference Agenda:

Time (GMT+8)	Topic
10:00	Registration
10:55	Welcome Address Byron Cristol, Head of Northeast Asia Markets, W.Media Hall Chairman Gareth Naisby, Independent Consultant
11:00	Keynote: Data Centre Strategy in Northeast Asia The development of data centers in Northeast Asia has reached a new level of development. What are the investment and growth strategies that are successful in the NEA markets. This presentation will give deeper insights on the current DC developments in Northeast Asian countries. Speakers: Rangu Salgame, Chairman & CEO, Princeton Digital Group Jabez Tan, Head of Research, Structure Research
11:20	Panel: How Demand for DC’s and Sustainability is Panning Out in Hong Kong This panel will discuss: 1. Growing trend of enterprises having sustainability policy in their procurement processes 2. Sustainable Energy- Can it be reliable to power Datacenters? Panelists: Grace Kwok, Chairman & Executive Director, Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Sandeep Sharma, Director – Business Development Energy Infrastructure, CLPe Solution Andrew Green, Senior Director – Regional Data Center Practice Lead APAC, JLL Moderator: Ir Chris Chong, Chairman, IMechE (Hong Kong Branch) and Energy Institute Hong Kong & Managing Director, Hong Kong District Cooling Co Ltd
11:50	Keynote: Where to Build Data Centers in Crowded Hong Kong? Data Centre Going Underground Hong Kong data centre market ranked 2nd in Asia Pacific and 6th worldwide in 2022, with its data centre supplies by floor space expected to reach 15 million ft² in 2027. To meet the soaring demand, underground data centre becomes one of the promising solutions, which can hopefully solve land constraints, shorten construction lead time, reduce construction costs, and provide a naturally cool space for heat dissipation. Speaker: Keeny Leung, Technology & Business Director, OneAsia Network
12:00	Industry Panel: Multi-Cloud, Hybrid Cloud: Corporate strategy, Costs and Security The panel will discuss: 1. How various companies are incorporating the cloud migration into their corporate culture and the importance of collaboration between the Cloud providers and corporates; 2. New technologies and demands for customizable solutions are expanding Cloud providers offerings, what are the main considerations and concerns that enterprises need to know when choosing their option. Including case studies; 3. Security and Data Protection: Should the responsibility of data security lie on the cloud provider/outsource company or have in-house educated people? What are the different approaches existing towards security and costs involved; 4. Practical tips and guidelines on cutting unnecessary costs while customizing service. Panelists: Gareth Naisby, Independent Consultant Ken Zhang, Head of Security Greater China, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud, Google Marcos Ong, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Macau, Avaya Moderator: Claude Achcar, Managing Partner, Actel Consulting
12:30	Break Due to Venue Restrictions, Lunch is Not Included.
14:00	Fireside Chat: Market Analysis – GBA Policy and the Development of Data Centres Cluster in Hong Kong Speaker: Charles Lee, President, Hong Kong Data Centre Association Moderator: Michael Chan, Executive Director, OneAsia Network
14:20	Industry Panel: Succeeding in Digital Business – Interconnectivity Trends and Best Practices The Covid-19 pandemic has only accelerated the digital transformation journey that businesses across the region were already undergoing. Enterprises enhance their interconnection capacity in order to compete in an increasingly digital economy; businesses find innovative ways to interconnect with their customers and partners to gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly remote and dispersed environment. Find out from our panel of experts on how they cope with the increasing network demands and future-proof their connectivity strategies. Panelists: Michael Chan, Chief Digital Officer, Konew Fintech Paul Hui, Cloud Transformation Director, AXA Hong Kong and Macau Albert Yip, AVP – IDC Services & Solution Sales, HGC Global Communications Moderator: Peter Koo, Convenor of the Fintech Specialist Group, Hong Kong Computer Society
14:50	Solution and Case Study Presentation Speaker: Dickson Chan, Hong Kong Territory Manager, Starline Legrand
15:00	Keynote: How to Stop the Cloud from Raining – Cyberattack and Defense in Cloud Cloud transformation has been an inevitable trend for organizations to embark on. The cloud brings unprecedented benefits to the technology and innovation landscape. Organizations enjoy a lot of agility and flexibility in their digital innovations. At the same time, the likelihood of making an accidental mistake in configurations, the exposure of sensitive data and applications, the speed of changes, they all add up to a new landscape that traditional attack and defense methodologies no longer applies. In this session, we will take a deep dive in some of the real case scenarios on cloud cyberattacks and the appropriate response actions that you should take into consideration to embed in your cloud environment. Speaker: Daryl Li, Partner, PwC
15:20	Panel Discussion: Through the Lens of CXOs on Cloud & Data Centers in 5-10 Years We select some of the brightest local and international visionaries to share their thoughts on how they see future businesses adopt technology and how their visions impact design and investment. Panelist: Dr. Peter Wong, Chief Technology Officer, Prenetics Leo Tsang, Group Chief Information Officer, Emperor Group Enoch Lee, Principal Solutions Architect, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix Moderator: Joseph Yuen, Board of Directors, International Data Centre Authority

Who Should Attend?

C-level Executives – CEO, CIO, CTO, CDO, CSO, CISO and others
Procurement & Sourcing
Head of IT / Data Centers / Networks / Cloud / Digital transformation
Heads of Security / Head Network Security / Data center and Cloud Security Practitioners
IT / M&E Consultants & Engineers
System Integrators