Hong Kong – Connecting China to the World, Finance and Infrastructure Trek

Sponsored by InvestHK

 

8:00 AM – 8:00 PM

In association with InvestHK, Wharton alumni are invited to join a full-day, hands-on session on Hong Kong’s role in connecting China to the world, with key focus on big infrastructure and financial integration. The trek would spend a half day visiting MTR Corporation and Hong Kong Airport to appreciate the global expertise built by Hong Kong’s sophisticated public private ecosystem to deliver some of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and overseas. The second half of the trek would focus on better understanding recent integration of Chinese and Hong Kong Financial system via a visit to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) to understand “Shenzhen-Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect”/other HKEx initiatives. This is followed by an introduction to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Innovation Lab in Hong Kong and meeting the central bankers managing the “Belt and Road” initiative and “Fintech” at Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA).

 

Very Important: Due to visit to some restricted areas in HK Airport, please comply with the following

  1. Please provide to HKIA your Legal name as in passport or HKID and your Passport or HKID number before Thursday June 8th , 5:00 PM.
  2. On day of the visit please carry your passport or HKID whichever you have reported in #1 above

 

Schedule:

8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Registration at Conrad Hotel
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Proceed to HKIA by Shuttle Bus
9:15 AM – 12:00 PM HKIA Visit and presentation

Experience a once in a lifetime experience of visiting the “Integrated Airport Centre”, the high-tech control centre of the HKIA which has a sci-fi feel. Interact and listen to senior management present about unique aspects of HKIA which makes it one of the best airports in the world.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Luncheon with compliments of HKIA and presentation given by Dr Jacob Kam, Managing Director, Operations and Mainland Business, MTR Corporation

MTR Corporation, runs the Mass Transit Railway of Hong Kong, one of the most efficient of it’s kind in the world. It is also a financial juggernaut with one of the largest real estate holdings in Hong Kong and revenue from property management business that outstrips the revenue from running trains. Learn how MTR Corporation is exporting this success story of Hong Kong to other parts of the world and the investment philosophy and unique business model of the company.
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Proceed to HKEX by Shuttle Bus
2:00 PM – 3:45 PM VIP Tour of HKEX and Presentation by Romnesh Lamba, WG85, co-Head, Market Development HKEX

HKEX Group is one of the largest financial market operators in the world for trading and clearing securities and derivatives in Equities, Commodities, Fixed Income and Currency. Learn how HKEX has been connecting China to the World specially with initiatives like Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect.
3:45 PM – 3:50 PM Proceed to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) Innovation Lab at Exchange Square from HKEX on foot
3:55 PM – 4:25 PM Brief Presentation and Introduction of the Innovation lab by CBA

Fintech, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data have been disrupting the traditional banking industry. Get a glimpse of the future in the state of the art innovation lab of CBA. Learn also why CBA chose HK as it’s innovation hub
4:25 PM – 5:15 PM Presentation given by Mr. Charles NG, Associate Director General for Investment Promotion at InvestHK.

Ready for business in Hong Kong? Learn in an interactive and practical way the various incentives provided for investment and promotion of business in Hong Kong. Spanning both Hong Kong’s traditional role as a financial centre as well as Hong Kong’s leap into the innovation economy and fostering entrepreneurship.
5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Presentation given by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

Learn how HKMA via Infrastructure Financing and Facilitation Office (IFFO) is helping Hong Kong as the financial centre for China’s Belt and Road initiative. Further explore HKMA’s initiative in making Hong Kong the Fintech innovation hub.
6:15 PM onwards Networking cocktails at CBA Innovation lab, with compliments of Commonwealth Bank of Australia