Events, 2025
International Women’s Forum (IWF) 35th Anniversary
11 November 2025
Moderator: Women and Finance
Singapore Fintech Festival – Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) Insights Forum (Singapore)
10 November 2025
Roundtable-Payments, Politics and Power: Cross-border Systems in a Fragmented World
Curated by the Milken Institute, this roundtable is set to explore how geopolitics will reshape cross-border payments and transactions.
Finternet 2025 – Asia Digital Finance Summit
04 November 2025
Moderator: Regulatory Innovation: Navigating the Compliant Push for Digital Assets in Asian
The global digital asset industry is transitioning from “wild growth” to “compliant development.” Adopting a forward-looking regulatory perspective, this panel will explore how authorities can provide executable standards for digital assets, facilitate the launch of secure and compliant products, and ultimately define a viable path for the innovative growth of global Web3 enterprises, particularly in an Asian perspective.
Hong Kong FinTech Week x StartmeupHK Festival 2025
03 November 2025
Digital Assets Forum: Fireside chat with SFC Elizabeth Wong, Director and Head of Fintech unit
WFE (World Federation of Exchanges) Annual Meeting
23 October 2025
Moderator: Session 10: The Next Implosion? Tokenised Securities on Non-Exchange Platforms
Tokenised securities are being pitched as the next frontier of capital markets, but serious questions remain on those issued on non-exchange platforms. Who actually owns the underlying asset when a token is issued without company authorisation? Are these structures offering regulatory arbitrage under the guise of innovation? How can AML and investor protection obligations be meaningfully upheld when tokens are continuously traded across global platforms? And is this really about democratising access, or just repackaging private equity for retail consumption?
CA ANZ HK 50th Anniversary Series – Global Sustainability Forum 2025 “Global Standards, Local Impact: Advancing Sustainability through ISSB Alignment”
10 October 2025
Moderator: Aligning International Financial Ecosystem with ISSB standards & Hong Kong Roadmap
Financial Times – FT Board Director Programme (in-house)
09 October 2025
FWD Group – Board Ready Women Workshop
- Understanding the Dynamics for Women on Boards
- Corporate Governance and Legal Liabilities
- An Introduction to Committees
Milken Institute Asia Summit 2025
02 October 2025
Moderator: From Crypto to CBDCs: Asia’s Blueprint for Digital Finance
Asia is emerging as a global leader in tech-driven finance, serving as a testing ground for tokenized securities, stablecoins, and CBDCs. Financial institutions are shifting from speculative crypto to building robust systems for settlement, custody, and capital markets using blockchain and AI. Regulators—such as MAS and HKMA—are pioneering frameworks that may shape global standards. As digital finance scales, advanced regtech, cybersecurity, and ethical considerations—AI governance, data privacy, and automation—are becoming critical. This session explores how Asia can harness innovation to enhance market efficiency, investor protection, and sustainable growth. The region’s ability to balance rapid innovation with responsible oversight could determine its influence on the future of global finance and set the pace for digital transformation worldwide.
Stablecoin Summit 2025
02 October 2025
Panel 2: Inside the Compliance Stack: Developing Tools to Legitimise Stablecoins
- Understanding how KYT, travel rule tools and blockchain analytics are being implemented to meet global compliance standards
- How regulatory and central bank expectations are shaping the future of stablecoin compliance
- How privacy-preserving technologies like ZKPs, MPC and FHE are challenging traditional compliance models
- What gaps still exist in the compliance infrastructure and proposed strategies to close them
Panel 3 (Moderator): From Theory to Practice: How Institutions Operationalise Stablecoins
- Where stablecoins are improving operations: treasury efficiency, trade settlement speed, cross-border liquidity, and internal fund flows
- How enterprises and institutions are actually implementing these systems — tools, processes, and compliance workflows
- What pain points remain — in infrastructure, onboarding, and risk management
- What’s missing: the gaps in tooling, liquidity access, or regulatory clarity that are slowing broader adoption
Medici SG25 @TOKEN2049
01 October 2025
Research Showcase – Deep Dive: The Rise of Asia
Asia’s regulatory landscape is shifting again: Singapore has cooled on crypto, while Hong Kong is going all-in, positioning itself as a potential testbed for China’s broader approach. Against this backdrop, family offices and high-net-worth investors are returning to the market. We’ll explore what this means for global capital flows and the next stage of crypto adoption.
This panel is part of a series of three focused discussions on the most relevant industry themes. The session will run for 25 minutes at 4:30pm SGT on Wednesday, October 1 at the Raffles Hotel. Confirmed participants include: Ella Zhang (YZi Labs), Nick Peach (BlackRock), and Michael Wu (Amber Group).
Impressions – The Medici Network
Korea Exchange (KRX)
30 September 2025
KCMC (Korea Capital Market Conference) 2025 The Present and Future of Crypto Products
Session 6 – A New Investment Landscape with Digital Assets
Panel: Global Perspectives on Introducing Crypto ETPs
- Present and future outlook of crypto ETPs
- Key challenges faced in Hong Kong as Asia’s first crypto ETP market
- Misconceptions and facts in managing crypto ETPs through real
- experiences
- Insights that Hong Kong’s case can offer for Korean crypto ETPs
- Global growth potential of crypto ETPs
- Strategic use of crypto ETPs from the perspective of global players
- Regulatory improvement with regard to crypto currency and others from
- the perspective of global players and its importance
- Differences in national stances toward crypto ETPs, with Korea’s vantage
- point on them
Korea Blockchain Week 2025 (KBW) IMPACT
23 September 2025
Panel: APAC’s Jurisdictional Jockeying
Korea Blockchain Week 2025 (KBW)
22 September 2025
(BIF) Blockchain Infrastructure Forum 2025: Regulatory Roundtable
Exclusive, by-invitation only event at the KBW hosting by Kintsugi Technologies : brings together global regulators and select Web3 industry leaders to discuss regulatory insights and industry standards
ALB Pan-Asian Regulatory & Compliance Summit
18 September 2025
Panel: Understanding the Evolving Crypto Regulatory Landscape
Common Purpose CRDB Bank of Tanzania delegation
15 September 2025
CRDB Bank Burundi SA Board and Management Study Tour 2025
Angelina to share views to the senior Board members of CRDB on the following:
- Navigating the Evolving Financial Sector Landscape in Hong Kong
- Driving AI Strategy as a Board Member
- Governance and Risk Perspectives from a Board Point of View
FinTechOn 2025 & AFA Summit “FinTech × Global Supply Chains: A New Strategic Landscape”
01 & 02 September 2025
Panel: From Days to Seconds: Can Stablecoins Transform Supply Chain Settlements with Trust and Lower Costs?
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25 – 26 August 2025
Moderator: Institutional Adoption of Web3: Finance, Security & Regulation
WebX Fintech EXPO (exclusive by-invitation only conference)
22 August 2025
MyFintech Week (MyFW) & SC x SC
05 August 2025
Moderator: Institutional Digital Assets: The New Frontier in Portfolio Diversification
Navigate the transformative role of digital assets in institutional portfolios, highlighting how these instruments are reshaping traditional investment strategies.
TradFi & Crypto Surveillance: Exploring Safeguards, Signals & Shared Lessons (by Solidus Labs)
17 July 2025
Tatler x AVPN dinner for gender equality and social impact
23 June 2025
Fireside chat with AVPN CEO Naina Subberwal
30% Club Boardroom Annual Event
05 June 2025
Address as TWF Board Chair:
Hong Kong has made progress in board gender diversity through regulatory reforms led by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Whilst women now hold 19 .4% of directorships on Hang Seng Index listed boards, we all need to enhance efforts to create the conditions for increased board gender diversity. Our annual boardroom event offers a vital platform to elevate women leaders in Hong Kong, fostering direct connections with Board Directors, CEOs, and senior executives of leading companies.
Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) Web3 Discussion Session
15 May 2025
Panel: Digital Assets and Tokenization Shaping Financial Markets of the Future
08 May 2025
Digital Deception: Navigating Fraud in the Era of Emerging Technology (Hybrid-Luncheon Seminar)
Whub So French So Innovative (SFSI) Roundtable
14 April 2025
« Leaders Meet” Symposium
Joining forces, How can France and Hong Kong collaborate to support Innovation?
World Federation of Exchanges
WFEClear 2025 – The WFE’s Clearing and Derivatives Conference 2025
02 April 2025
Opening Speech – It must be Clearing? The mandatory central clearing of OTC Derivatives at fifteen
This discussion will reflect on the lessons learned form the implementation of mandatory clearing of OTC derivatives and assess its implications for broader financial markets, such as treasuries. Key topics include the impacts on systemic resilience and market transparency, as well as considerations for market participants, and the potential effects of mandates on liquidity, pricing, and operations in both primary and secondary markets. Was the OTC derivatives mandate calibrated correctly? Where are the natural limits of clearing mandates? We will also discuss the integration of treasury securities clearing with futures, swaps and other products to optimize margin efficiency and reduce risk across asset classes, analyse the feasibility and the implication of government bond clearing in jurisdictions beyond the US, and conduct a forward-looking examination of whether additional instruments should fall under mandatory clearing requirements
Panel 3: Predicting The Future CCP: DLT, Atomic Settlement, Disintermediation, and Auto-Liquidation
This panel will examine how emerging technologies—such as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), disintermediated clearing, and auto-liquidation—may reshape the future of CCPs. What efficiencies and cost savings could blockchain and smart contracts unlock? How can interoperability between DLT platforms and traditional clearinghouses be achieved? Discussions will also address the sustainability of disintermediated models, regulatory gaps, and the effects of automation on market stability. Is there market demand for such services? Which market segments are most likely to embrace these innovations, and where will resistance be strongest? If intermediaries are displaced, how will CCPs evolve, and will this lead to greater market fragmentation or improved efficiency?
Milken Institute
2025 Global Investors’ Symposium in Hong Kong
24 March 2025
Moderator: On the Pulse: Evolving Investor Sentiments
On the Pulse: Evolving Investor Sentiments
SIDC (The Securities Industry Development Corporation)-Malaysia
20 March 2025
Digital Asset: Protecting Investor Confidence Programme
ALB Hong Kong Regulatory Summit
19 March 2025
Panel: Understanding the Evolving Crypto and Digital Assets Regulatory Compliance Landscape
Japan Fintech Week
03 March 2025
Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN) Insights Forum: Roundtable on Open Banking / Open Finance
Future Opportunities and Challenges for the Development and Adoption of Open Banking and Open Finance
Financial Times Road to Read
28 February 2025
Fireside Chat with John Ridding, Former Chair of the Global Board of FT (to discuss the role of media in education, investments in literacy and gender equality and Mr. Ridding’s personal philanthropy journey.
PwC
27 February 2025
Panel: 2025/26 Hong Kong Budget forum
Consensus
18 February 2025
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