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Date Day 1 - 24th November 2015 (Tuesday)
Session Session 2: ‘FinTech’
Time 16:05 –17:05
Format Debate (Debater)
Topic
Digital Currencies Will Replace Conventional Notes and Coins
within the Next Decade
Speaker
Mr. Pindar Wong
Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd
Pindar Wong is the Chairman of VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd, a discrete
Internet Financial Infrastructure consultancy. He chairs
, is establishing the ‘Smart Contracts Initiative’ based
on Blockchain technology and is an active member of the World Wide
Web Consortium’s Web Payment Community Group. As a Commissioner
on the Global Commission on Internet Governance, he is helping to
articulate and advance a strategic vision for the future of Internet
governance. He also serves on the School of Engineering Advisory
Committee HKUST and the Technical Advisory Board of thePacket
Clearing House. Previously, he co-founded Hong Kong’s first licensed
ISP in 1993, was the first Vice-Chairman of ICANN, Chairman of the Asia
Pacific Internet Association, alternate Chairman of Asia Pacific Network
Information Center and elected Trustee of the Internet Society.