AmCham Tech Week : Metaverse [Physical]

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The term "metaverse" first appeared in Neal Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash in which individuals turn into digital avatars to explore the virtual world. No longer a science fiction today, metaverse has become the buzzword in Web3 where companies from various industries establish a digital presence.

What exactly is the metaverse in a nutshell? Why is it important for companies to establish a digital footprint in the metaverse? Is it just marketing hype or there are actual business opportunities?

Please join the finale session of AmCham Tech Week and listen to thought leaders share their perspectives of metaverse and real-world applications for work, business and leisure. Panel discussion will be followed by a special NFT art presentation from Szabotage, Oculus Quest 2 VR experience and networking.

limited spots available for in person networking and on a first-come-first-served basis

Full details about AmCham Tech Week: here

IMPORTANT : Revised Guest Policy Effective April 21, 2022

All guests must have a valid vaccine pass as required by the government to enter the Hub
Vaccine passes will be scanned at the door
All guests must sign in using the Leave Home Safe app for access to the event.

Agenda

May 20, 2022

Main Schedule

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Kevin Brisebois

Kelvin Shiu

Chris Perera

Peter Brewin (Moderator)

6:00 PM - 6:10 PM

Coffee Break

6:10 PM - 6:25 PM

Special Art Presentation by Szabotage

Szabotage

George Sobek

6:25 PM - 7:00 PM

Networking & VR Experience

Speakers

Szabotage

renowned contemporary street artist

Kevin Brisebois

Director Partnerships & Innovation of Brinc

Kelvin Shiu

Head of Sales, Digital Media Hong Kong & Taiwan at Adobe

Jen Flowers

Group and ASP Head of Customer Intelligence and Partnerships, Wealth and Personal Banking at HSBC

Yannick Mahé

Head of Business Engineering & Growth Engineering, Greater China Region at Meta

Chris Perera

Senior Director - International External & Regulatory Affairs- APAC of AT&T | WarnerMedia

Peter Brewin (Moderator)

Partner at PwC

George Sobek

CEO and Chairman of Vision Sensing Acquisition Corp

(Special Art Presentation)

Szabotage, the renowned contemporary street artist, is the first Hong Kong urban artist in the digital metaverse, minting his first NFT in 2020.

Hailing from Brighton, England, Szabotage – a former architect and designer, is recognised as a prolific contemporary urban artist and designer.

The multifaceted artist relocated to Hong Kong, where he became active in the street art scene and gained notoriety in the local and international urban art world.
The artist is best recognised by his signature Koi fish tag – an iconic symbol of strength, adversity and good fortune – which features frequently throughout his work.

Szabotage has painted for the HKWalls street art festival, was a finalist in the global phenomenon Secret Walls, and has given a TEDX talk ‘Resilience is the Ultimate High.’ The artist held his first London solo exhibition ‘SHHH Women's Erotic Emporium,’ in Shoreditch, London. Since then, he has exhibited internationally, with sold-out exhibitions, solo shows, numerous collaborative projects, and commissions.

An advocate for design thinking, Jen leads Partnership Development & Innovation in Asia for HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking. She has 18 years in the professional services business focused on business development, market strategy, client relationships and building new services and products across digital, data, customer and emerging technology.

Currently she is running the global customer intelligence and partnership teams using insights and innovation to drive HSBC's core business as well as push the boundaries of how they operate. Jen's customer led approach to delivering business results includes surfacing services across digital platforms to create relevance, opportunity, new products and entirely new businesses whilst building new distribution for existing products and services.

A mother of two, she was raised in Hong Kong and speaks Mandarin. She is one of the founders and chair for both TEDxShanghai (2011-2016) and TEDxTinHauWomen. (2017-2022) She is a frequent speaker on innovation, digital transformation, team culture, design thinking and women empowerment. She is also in her second year serving as a Board of Governors for the American Chamber.

Chris Perera is a Senior Director of International External & Regulatory Affairs, where she advances AT&T’s international market entry regulatory strategy and public policies across Asia Pacific. Chris works closely with AT&T’s diverse business units, and the team of international external affairs and global public policy advocates around the world. AT&T is a diversified, global leader in telecommunications, media and entertainment, and technology.

Chris works with Governments, National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and users, to advocate open market policies and best practice regulatory frameworks to promote competition and efficient investment in telecommunications and media markets.

Ms Perera is also a Board Member and previousVice President of the Asia Pacific Carriers’ Coalition (APCC), an industry association of global and regional telecommunications carriers operating in the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining AT&T in 2014, Ms. Perera was theSenior Director, Spectrum Policy and Regulatory Affairs for the Asia Pacific Region, GSMA,the Chair of the New Zealand Radio communications Sector and an adviser to the Ministerof ICT and Minister of Broadcasting in New Zealand. Ms. Perera was also thePrincipal Wireless Advisor on the evaluation panel for the New Zealand Government's Rural Broadband Initiative.

Ms. Perera has a Masters (Thesis) Degree from the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, and holds a Management Accounting Degree from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom.

Peter is a Partner in PwC Hong Kong and has been part of PwC’s Crypto advisory team since 2017. He is a keen believer that recent developments in Web3.0, NFTs and the Metaverse will remake the internet and open up game-changing value for participants. He has significant experience of advising companies in the blockchain and digital assets sector and has a particular interest in the practical challenges of how businesses adapt and apply this new technology.

Clients include a number of major crypto spot and derivative exchanges, custodians, token issuers, crypto borrowing and lending providers and crypto funds as well as NFT marketplaces, play-to-earn games and NFT creators. More recently Peter was a key driver of PwC HK’s acquisition of virtual land in The Sandbox has used the experience to learn for himself the issues that company’s face when entering the open metaverse.

Peter is a member of the tax working group of Global Digital Finance and has contributed to a number of tax policy discussions on crypto assets including with the OECD and Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department.

Peter is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales.

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