The Impact of Block Chain and Smart Contracts on Hong Kong Firms
KPMG (Hong Kong)
Tue 20 Jun 17:00
Following a very successful discussion, please click on the relevant links for the presentation slides and articles of interest, kindly provided by the speakers:
Presentation Slides provided by Anna Gramvros and Norton Rose Fulbright's FinTech Page, Unlocking the Blockchain - Chapter 1, Unlocking the Blockchain - Chapter 2
Presentation Slides provided by Larry Campbell and KPMG’s Consensus: The immutable agreement for the internet of value
Article of interest featured by Bloomberg on the DAO attack
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The IBSA would like to invite you to join Anna Gamvros of Norton Rose Fulbright, Paul du Long of Otonomos and Larry Campbell of KPMG for a discussion group meeting examining the impact of block chain and smart contracts on Hong Kong professional services firms. This meeting will be held at the offices of KPMG, 8th Floor, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Road, Hong Kong on Tuesday 20th June at 18:00.
Professional services firms are starting to deal with block chain and smart contracts in their clients’ businesses and in their own. These technologies have the potential to be highly disruptive and provide an opportunity to fundamentally change business models in a broad range of industries. The speakers in this discussion group meeting will address the opportunities for block chain and smart contracts application for Hong Kong businesses, the legal issues regarding business application and, equally important, the current applications of these technologies by a professional services firm in Hong Kong.
Networking drinks and canapés, kindly provided by our host sponsor, KPMG, will follow the discussion and offer the opportunity to meet fellow members and their guests. This event is open to the public and is free to IBSA members and non-members.
Speakers
Paul du Long
Managing Director, Otonomos
Paul lived in Singapore for almost two years and recently made a big change in the environment by relocating to Hong Kong this year. He travelled to Asia after completing his Master in Finance at Nyenrode Business University and quickly fell in love with the culture and business potential of Asia. His mission is to set-up the Hong Kong branch of Otonomos - originally founded in Singapore 2015. Otonomos offers an online dashboard to manage your entities entirely online, eradicating all analogue paperwork. Its goal is to form, fund and govern ntities completely online. Before Otonomos, Paul started several start-ups in the Netherlands mostly combining his passion for business, blockchain and technology. His objective is to make blockchain technology commercially applicable and use this brave new technology to solve real business issues.
Paul has release an article recently on Blockchain and Business. Please click here (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blockchain-moon-landing-without-rockets-paul-du-long) to view the article.
Anna Gamvros
Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
Anna Gamvros is a technology and data protection partner based in Hong Kong.
Anna is co-author to Internet Law in Hong Kong published by Sweet & Maxwell and is recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers Asia as a leading individual for her expertise in the area of technology and data protection, in particular for her "extensive IT transactional work" and experience across a number of industries, notably with retail and luxury brands.
Anna's practice focuses primarily on technology and communications related issues. She advises clients on licensing and technology agreements, outsourcing, privacy and data protection, and telecommunications and Internet regulatory issues. She has been located in Hong Kong for the last 15 years and has assisted clients with Hong Kong and China based projects, as well as having a wealth of experience in multi-jurisdictional projects, particularly in implementing e-commerce and data management projects in Asia.
Anna is the Chair of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) KnowledgeNet Chapter in Hong Kong and sits on the IAPP Asia Advisory Board. She is a Fellow of Information Privacy with the IAPP and holds the CIPT and CIPP/Asia certifications. She is admitted as a solicitor in Queensland, Australia and Hong Kong.
Larry Campbell
Head of Financial Services Strategy, KPMG China
Larry is Head of Financial Services Strategy, Asia-Pacific, at KPMG China. He also leads business development activities with some of the firm’s largest global banking-sector clients and specialises in innovation, digital and FinTech. He has more than 30 years’ experience in management, strategy, banking, media, and the digital space. He spent the past 15 years at HSBC, most recently as Group Chief Knowledge Officer. Before that, he was a successful technology journalist/publisher and early dot.com entrepreneur.
Venue
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