Thank you to all those who attended. The keynote and breakout sessions are now available to watch on-demand.
AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium Hong Kong 2022
The event was broadcasted on Jul 28, 2022. Videos are now available to watch on demand. You can access the sessions here.
The AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium Hong Kong Online is tailor-made for executives and professionals in the financial services industry seeking new directions and strategies to power business transformation.
You’ll hear directly from customers and partners, AWS subject matter experts, industry authorities, and market leaders on how they are using cloud technology to overcome obstacles and drive innovation. The event features two keynotes and three presentation tracks with topics most relevant to your business needs:
Track 1 – Data Driven to Transform
Track 2 – Speed & Scale to Grow
Track 3 – Well-Managed & Well-Architected to Thrive.
Whether you are new to the cloud or an advanced user, the AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium Online will inspire you to accelerate your cloud journey. It will leave you with a greater understanding of how advances in cloud technology can help solve your business challenges.
Why attend
- Hear why major financial institutions and FinTech startups are moving to AWS, and how they use AWS to transform their business
- Learn about the latest AWS services and local use cases for financial services institutions
- Chat with AWS subject matter experts and get your questions answered
Who should attend
- Business leaders and users involved in banks, payments, insurance, capital markets, regulators, and other financial institutions, including Chief Officers, VPs, Directors, Heads of Risks & Compliance, and other functional heads
- Technology drivers, including Heads of IT, Architects, Developers, and other IT Professionals
Keynote Speakers
Scott Mullins
General Manager, Worldwide Financial Services, AWS
Laurence Thiery
Head of Asia Pacific Financial Services Business Development, AWS
Customer Speakers
Hear from the hottest FinTech companies
on how they are data-driven to transform
Jacky Lin
CTO, AQUMON
Brian Tsang
Co-Founder & COO, Choco Up
Lewis Pong
VP of Product, Choco Up
Get inspired from traditional and virtual banks
on how they speed and scale to grow
Dietmar Böhmer
Chief Analytics Officer, Tyme Bank
Anthony Zawadzki
Manager, Proprietary Market Data, New York Stock Exchange
Gary Lam
CTO, Livi Bank
Discover how the cloud is enabling Insurtech companies
deliver faster and smarter processes
Joslyn Lim
Lead Data Analyst, AXA Affin General Insurance (AAGI)
Andy Ann
CEO and Co-Founder, YAS Digital
Clara Chiu
Founder & CEO, QReg Advisory
Learn how payment and wealth management solutions
can be well-managed and well-architected to thrive
Julian Schillinger
Co-Founder and CEO, Privé Technologies
Billy Han
System Analyst, SoePay
Karin Cho
Marketing Manager, SoePay
AWS Speakers
Aishwarya Hariharan
Sr. Customer Solutions Manager, AWS
Antoine Boucherie
Sr. Solutions Architect, Global Financial Services, AWS
Felix Thummernicht
FSI Specialist - Banking Asia, AWS
Daniel Wu
Head of Financial Services, Public Policy, Asia, AWS
Jarco Lam
Sr. Manager, FSI Business Development, AWS
Mark Arel
Head of AWS Professional Services Hong Kong, AWS
Agenda
Explore a variety of topics that are relevant to your function. We will give an inside look into how financial services organizations such as traditional and virtual banks, FinTech, capital markets, payments and insurance companies used AWS to transform how they did business, providing you with a greater understanding of how advancements in cloud technology can also help you solve and overcome your business challenges.
| 10:00AM - 10:25AM | Opening Keynote: Transform, Grow and Thrive – The Time is Now Laurence Thiery, Head of Asia Pacific Financial Services Business Development, AWS |
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Track 1: Data Driven to Transform
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Track 2: Speed & Scale to Grow
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Track 3: Well-Managed & Well-Architected to Thrive
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Track 1: Data Driven to Transform
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10:30AM - 11:00AM Fireside Chat: Next Generation Wealth Management Platform with AQUMON
As the financial services world goes digital, one of Asia’s leading digital investment platforms, AQUMON, will cover how it is using AI and ML to help new investors and experienced professionals alike define trading strategies and make smarter decisions. It will also outline why it chose AWS to support its on-going digital journey.
Jacky Lin, CTO, AQUMON
Anson Wong, Business Development Manager, Financial Services & Fintech, AWS11:05AM - 11:35AM Customer Insights from Emerging Markets: How Tyme Personalises Banking
Financial Inclusion is a key motivator for the emergence of digital banks across the Asia region. In this fireside chat Dietmar Böhmer, the Chief Analytics officer of Tyme will speak with Felix Thummernicht, AWS APAC Banking Specialist about how digital banks can use technology and data to drive financial inclusion and practice responsible lending in markets where large parts of the population are under-banked or don’t have a credit history.
Dietmar Böhmer, Chief Analytics Officer, Tyme Bank
Felix Thummernicht, Financial Services Specialist - Banking Asia, AWS11:40AM - 12:10PM Mastercard’s Journey from On-premises to an ML-enabled SaaS Solution for Fraud Detection
In a move aimed at addressing scalability limits and accommodating increasing customer demand, Mastercard decided to move its fraud detection from on-premises to an ML-enabled SaaS solution. This session will outline how Mastercard leveraged AI on AWS to innovate, transform, and re-architect workloads into a scalable, secure, PCI-DSS compliant and resilient service. It will also examine how the company uses AWS services such as API Gateway, EKS, NLB, EC2 and MSK in three separate AWS regions.
Manu Thapar, CTO, Mastercard
12:10PM - 1:30PM Break 1:30PM - 1:50PM Afternoon Keynote: The Iteration Imperative
Scott Mullins, General Manager, Worldwide Financial Services, AWS
1:55PM - 2:25PM NYSE Market Data On AWS: A Milestone in the NYSE Cloud Journey
The NYSE is the world’s largest stock exchange, offering icons and entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise capital and change the business landscape. Learn about the exchange’s cloud journey and how it is broadening access to its historical data offerings, minimizing customer pain points and accelerating time to value for customers via the NYSE Cloud.
Anthony Zawadzki, Manager, Proprietary Market Data, New York Stock Exchange
Alex Mirarchi, Industry Specialist - Capital Market, AWS2:30PM - 3:00PM Fireside Chat: Enable FSI Ecosystem with Revenue Based Financing
Created “by founders for founders,” the global technology and financial service platform Choco Up invests in companies it believes deserve to thrive. In practice, that means providing e-commerce firms and startups with revenue-based financing (RBF) and business growth solutions. Choco Up will explain how RBF works, and how the organization uses data, AI and ML to shorten financing time and obtain accurate credit scores.
Brian Tsang, Co-Founder & COO, Choco Up
Lewis Pong, VP of Product, Choco Up
Anson Wong, Business Development Manager, Financial Services & Fintech, AWS -
Track 2: Speed & Scale to Grow
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10:30AM - 11:00AM Fireside Chat: Accelerating App Launches with AWS
Gary Lam, the CTO of one of Hong Kong’s first digital FSI organizations – livi bank – joins Alessio Basso, Principal Architect for Payments and Fintech ASEAN for AWS, to explore how the bank is able to innovate rapidly and accelerate the launch of new products, features and services for customers. That includes using the AWS Device Farm to ensure readiness across a range of environments.
Gary Lam, CTO, livi bank
Alessio Basso, Principal Architect, Payments and Fintech AWS11:05AM - 11:35AM How Does AWS Workspace Facilitate Pandemic Workflow and Onboard Contingent Workers?
Aeon Credit Service Asia picked an interesting time to embark on a digitization initiative – the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The organization will share its blueprint for success, which includes the adoption of Amazon Cloud and rolling out a desktop digitization programme using Amazon WorkSpaces.
Masahiro Ikeda, General Manager, Head of IT Division, AEON Credit Service Asia
Sharon Lam, Sr Solutions Architect, Financial Services Hong Kong, AWS11:40AM - 12:10PM Fireside Chat: Decentralized Finance^
The serial entrepreneur Andy Ann recently established a brand new business – YAS MicroInsurance – designed to provide people with targeted protection during almost any daily activity. He will join the AWS Fintech team to discuss how he is using AWS to build a decentralized insurance platform that is tailor-made for the Hong Kong market.
Andy Ann, CEO and Co-Founder, YAS Digital
Jarco Lam, Sr. Manager, FSI Business Development, AWS
Anson Wong, Business Development Manager, Financial Services & Fintech, AWS12:10PM - 1:30PM Break 1:30PM - 1:50PM Afternoon Keynote: The Iteration Imperative
Scott Mullins, General Manager, Worldwide Financial Services, AWS
1:55PM - 2:25PM Fireside Chat: Building a Data-driven Mindset within Private Equity Portfolio Companies
Karim Awad, Vice President of Baring Private Equity Asia, joins Benny Lee, Head of Private Equity (PE) Business Development, AWS Greater China, to discuss the advantages of adopting a data-driven mindset from a private equity perspective. He will share his personal observations, including the use of data during the PE deal lifecycle, example scenarios and future opportunities.
Karim Awad, Vice President, Baring Private Equity Asia
Benny Lee, Head of Private Equity Business Development, GCR, AWS2:30PM - 3:00PM Delivering Smarter and Faster Motor Claim Process
Agile and accurate claims processing is a critical aspect of customer experience for insurance firms. A positive experience deepens consumer relationships and improves the chance of retaining a policyholder’s business for life, while a negative experience drives them into the arms of competitors. Joslyn Lim, Lead Data Analyst of AXA Affin General Insurance (AAGI) will explain how a data driven approach can offer a host of benefits, from better operational efficiency to lower costs and improved fraud detection/prevention. The session will also unpack how to automate claims processing by using AWS toolkits to build a data engine. Don’t miss this opportunity to dive deep into AAGI’s claims experience transformation.
Joslyn Lim, Lead Data Analyst, AXA Affin General Insurance (AAGI)
Antoine Boucherie, Sr. Solutions Architect, Global Financial Services, AWS
Aishwarya Hariharan, Sr. Customer Solutions Manager, AWS -
Track 3: Well-Managed & Well-Architected to Thrive
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10:30AM - 11:00AM
From Zero to SoftPOS: How Can You Achieve PCI DSS & PCI CPoC in 6 Months?
As one of the leading payment service providers in Hong Kong, SoéPay aims to empower merchants to grow their businesses using a comprehensive and reliable payment experience. Learn how SoéPay became PCI certified in just 6 months, and developed and launched its cost-effective SoéPay SoftPOS contactless payment acceptance solution in record time.
Karin Cho, Marketing Manager, SoéPay
Billy Han, System Analyst, SoéPay11:05AM - 11:35AM Risk Management Practice for Web3
Based on blockchain technology, Web3 is expected to provide increased data security, scalability and privacy. However, enterprises still have to understand the risks and protect their systems. Experts from the global business consulting firm PwC and The Amber Group, a leader in digital asset trading, products and infrastructure, will explore the risk management practices required to operate safely on web3. They will cover: 1) Blockchain in the cloud, DeFi (Decentralized Finance), smart contracts and token assets; 2) Performing security assessments on DeFi protocols; 3) Monitoring digital wallet transactions; and 4) A reference architecture for blockchain.
Daryl Li, Partner, Cybersecurity & Cloud, PwC
Dr. Chia-Chih Wu, Head of Blockchain Security, Amber Group11:40AM - 12:10PM Platform Approach to Digitalisation in Wealth Management
Financial Institutions are increasingly interested in transforming data and service silos into platforms, or even becoming platform players. However doing so takes expertise and the right tools. Privé Technologies will discuss its strategy for helping financial institutions to digitize their wealth management offerings, including: 1) Adopting a modular approach with Lego-style blocks and using APIs, microservices and AWS components to speed the development of scalable solutions; 2) Keeping costs down for clients and accelerating deployment with independent microservices which can be scaled up as needed, and rolled out in iterations; and 3) Specific use cases for customers which have built their own platform.
Julian Schillinger, Co-Founder and CEO, Privé Technologies
12:10PM - 1:30PM Break 1:30PM - 1:50PM Afternoon Keynote: The Iteration Imperative
Scott Mullins, General Manager, Worldwide Financial Services, AWS
1:55PM - 2:25PM Gain Value from The Cloud with A Cloud Center of Excellence
Providing value without the downsides of traditional IT is one of the main promises of the cloud revolution. Sustainable transformations call for solid cloud leadership and a cloud-oriented culture, but making it happen is often easier said than done. In this session, AWS experts will outline the advantages of setting up a Cloud Center of Excellence to support the technology challenges and simplify the people and process changes required for cloud success.
Mark Arel, Head of AWS Professional Services Hong Kong, AWS
2:30PM - 3:00PM Fireside Chat: Our Financial Services Regulatory Landscape
Financial regulators are constantly balancing the importance of enabling the financial sector to innovate against the need to safeguard the stability of the financial system. Hear from Clara Chiu – the former Fintech Head and Licensing Director for the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong and now the CEO of QReg Advisory – on the key policy drivers for financial regulators and the practical steps firms can take to engage with regulators on their innovation journeys.
Clara Chiu, CEO, QReg Advisory; Former SFC Fintech Head & Licensing Director
Daniel Wu, Head of Financial Services, Public Policy, Asia, AWS
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the registration fee for this event?
A: The AWS Financial Services Cloud Symposium Online is a free virtual event.
Q: How can I access the on-demand content?
A: You may access the sessions here
Q: How long will the content be available?
A: The on-demand content will be available on the virtual platform until Oct 28, 2022.
Q: Can I download the slides for my future reference?
A: You may go to the tab “Attachments” under each session on the platform.
Q: What languages will be used?
A: The event platform, and most of the sessions will be conducted in English. Some sessions will be hosted in Cantonese with English subtitles.
Q: How do I participate in the Financial Services Cloud Knowledge Quiz?
A: Thank you for your interest. The Knowledge Quiz was exclusively available on the event day Jul 28, 2022 from 9:30am to 3:59pm HKT within the event platform.
Q: I have questions on the content or I have a project on hand I’d like to discuss, what do I do?
A: Please contact us at aws-hk@amazon.com.