Digital Asset Series (DAS) Seminars
“The Best Vision is Insight” – Malcolm Forbes
DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#7
Oct 06, 2023
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DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#6
Aug 21, 2023

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DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#5
Jul 29, 2023

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DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#4
Jun 08, 2023

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DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#3
May 18, 2023

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DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#2
Apr 13-14, 2023

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DAS Seminars 2023 : Session#1
Feb 28, 2023

Digital Asset Series (DAS) seminars
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
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- 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;
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- To bring together forefront industry leaders with different backgrounds and sharing their unique perspectives and insights in the digital asset space;
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- 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.
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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

Kennix Chan
Executive Director@ Victory Securities & VDX

Thor Chan
CEO @ BGE CTO @ HKE Holdings (1726.HK)

Cheney Cheng
Managing Partner at Altive & Board Member@ SEBA Bank

Dr. Peter Cheng
Group Chairman@ Hanbo Enterprises

Matthew Cheung
Chief Strategy Officer@ Hong Kong Virtual Asset Exchange Limited

Jenny Chow
Chairperson@ RegTech Association of Hong Kong

Julianne Doe
Senior Consultant (Ex-Partner) @ Dentons Hong Kong LLP

William Gee
Advisor @ PwC Mainland China and Hong Kong

Jakob Hesse
Executive Director @ Signum Digital

Kaman Heung
Director@ Matrixport

Prof. George Huang
Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering / Head, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering @ The Hong Kong University

Kenneth Hui
Counsel@ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Henry Kwong
Tax Partner@ Cheng & Cheng Taxation Services

Cyrus Ip
Partner@ Newman Capital

Julian Kwan
Co-founder & CEO@ InvestaX & IX Swap

Kevin Law
Director of Business Development@ Matrixport

Irene Lee
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

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.
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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
Society of Registered Financial Planners
The Center
Session#4 –
TBC
The Next Big Trends and Opportunities in STOs
TBC
TBC
DAS Seminars 2022
From August to November, DAS will be hosting eight (8) free educational seminars spanning a four-month period, including
Session / DATE
TOPIC
CO-HOST
VENUE
Session#1 –
Aug 30th
Investment Strategies & Asset Management in Digital Assets
Society of Registered Financial Planners
The Center
Session#2 -Sep 15th
Digitized Securities & Security Token
Signum Digital / Coinstreet
Playground.
Work
Session#6 -Oct 17th
Real-Life Case Studies on Digital Assets & Blockchain Investment (Investment Promotion Week)
InvestHK
HKCEC
Session#11 – Dec 1, 2022

Session#10 – Nov 12, 2022

Session#9 – Nov 3, 2022

Session#8 – Oct 27, 2022

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Session#7 – Oct 25, 2022

Session#6 – Oct 17, 2022

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Session#5 – Oct 12, 2022

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Session#4 – Oct 5, 2022

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Session#3 – Sep 29, 2022
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Session#2 – Sep 15, 2022
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Session#1 – Aug 30, 2022
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