Initiated and sponsored by the TADS Awards, the world’s first international awards for Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities (TADS) inaugurated in 2020, Digital Asset Series (DAS) is a series of educational seminars delivered by industry leaders and practitioners, legal and consulting professionals, regulators, and academic scholars from Fintech ecosystem in Hong Kong.
The objective of DAS is to educate the general public about the ever-growing landscape of digital assets and facilitate mass adoption by covering twelve (12) key topics across the digital asset space including Investment Strategies, Asset Management, Security Tokens, Web3, Metaverse, NFT, Regulatory, Stablecoin, CBDC, DeFi, Cryptocurrencies, ESG, Impact and Social Good.
Target Audience
General public and companies who are interested to explore opportunities arise from Web3 or utility new elements from Web3 to enhance and add value to their lives and work.
Objectives
To provide a well coordinated and organized series of seminars covering various key sub-topics in the ever-growing sphere and landscape of digital assets;
To bring together forefront industry leaders with different backgrounds and sharing their unique perspectives and insights in the digital asset space;
To identify the most controversial topical debates thus correcting any misconceptions and further inspire discussion about the possible future opportunities of digital assets.
Organizing Committee
Samson Lee
Chairman of Organizing Committee of DAS and TADS Awards
Letitia Yip
Program Director of DAS Seminars, VP Corporate Development at Coinstreet
Prof. David Wen
Chairman of Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute
Emil Chan
Co-Chair of Hong Kong Digital Finance Association
Michael Wong
President of Society of Registered Financial Planners
Alex Au
Co-Founder of Hong Kong Digital Asset Society
Henry Yu
Founding Committee of Asia Security Token Alliance
Tony Chan
Co-Chairman of NFT Association of Hong Kong
Prof. Tony Tong
Chairman of Hong Kong Blockchain Association
Co-organizers & Supporters
DAS is co-organized by seven (7) leading professional organizations in the digital asset ecosystem in Hong Kong, namely (alphabetically) the Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute (“APDEI”), the Asia Security Token Alliance (“ASTA”), the Hong Kong Blockchain Association (“HKBA”), the Hong Kong Digital Asset Society (“HKDAS”), the Hong Kong Digital Finance Association (“HKDiFi”), the Society of Registered Financial Planners (“HKRFP”), and the NFT Association of Hong Kong (“NFTAHK”).
DAS is also supported by Invest Hong Kong, the HKSTP – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, the Hong Kong Cyberport , and five (5) leading universities including the HKUST Crypto-Fintech Lab at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the CUHK Engineering FinTech Applied Research Academy (CEFAR), the LITE-lab at The Hong Kong University, the Faculty of Digital Transformation Centre at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,, and the EMBA Programme at the City University of Hong Kong.
Co-organizers
Supporting Organizations
Speakers
By alphabetical order
Simon Au Yeung
CEO (Blockchain Finance)@ ARTA TechFin Corporation Limited
Brian Chan
Investment Director,
Asset Management@ Venture Smart Asia Ltd
Emil Chan
Organization Committee @ DAS,
Co-chair @ Hong Kong Digital Finance Association
Head of Private Wealth
Management Compliance@ Huatai Financial Holdings
(Hong Kong) Limited
Louie Lee
Co-Founder and
Managing Director@ Prosynergy
Consulting Limited
Sam Lee
Founder & CEO
@ Coinstreet
Tony Liang
Head of Engineering
@ CryptoBLK
Ken Lo
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer@ HKbitEx
Raymond Lui
Director,
Enterprise Solution & Marketing@ BSI
(The British Standards Institution)
Robert Lui
Hong Kong Digital Asset Leader @ Deloitte China
Kevin Ng
CEO@ Innoblock
Prof. Jack Poon
Professor of Practice, School of Accounting and Finance @ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Kenny Siu
ESG Committee Chairman@ The Association of Cloud and Mobile Computing Professionals
Brian Tang
Founding Executive
Director, LITE Lab
@ HKU
Dr. Feng Tian
Associate Professor, School of Accounting and Finance, Program Director, MSc in Accounting and Finance Analytics @ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Gary Tiu
Executive Director,
Head of Regulatory Affairs@ BC Technology
Hinson Wong
Defi Entrepreneur and full-stack Developer
Irene Wong
Founder & CEO@ IX Fintech
Michael Wong
President
@ Society of Registered
Financial Planners
Michael Wong
Managing Partner & Co-founder@ MaiCapital
Prof. Wen Wu
Professor
@ Zhejiang University International Business School
Dr. Xin Xu
Associate Dean of Faculty of Business & Associate Professor of Department of Management & Marketing @ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Will Xu
Co-founder and VP
@ OneCash
Prof. SM Yiu
Professor, Department of Computer Science@ The University of Hong Kong
Leanne Zhang
Adviser
@ the BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre
Name
Title @ Organization
Potential Speaker Profiles *
Fintech Industry Leaders and Practitioners with advanced expertise in the subject matter
Regulators covering discussions on financial products and virtual assets
Legal Professionals with profound knowledge on regulatory and legal framework in this space
Academic Scholars covering digital asset from a macro perspective
* All speakers are invited by DAS committee based on their professional experience in their area of expertise. We do not offer sponsored speaking opportunity.
Knowledge Sharing Organizations
By alphabetical order
Strategic Partners
DAS Seminars 2023
From February to December, DAS will be hosting ten (10) free educational seminars spanning an eleven-month period, including
Session / DATE
TOPIC
CO-HOST
VENUE
Session#1 – Feb 28th
Investment Strategies & Taxation of Digital Assets