Hong Kong Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2022

Byron Cristol, Head of Northeast Asia Markets, W.Media

Hall Chairman

Gareth Naisby, Independent Consultant

The development of data centers in Northeast Asia has reached a new level of development. What are the investment and growth strategies that are successful in the NEA markets. This presentation will give deeper insights on the current DC developments in Northeast Asian countries.

Speakers:
Rangu Salgame, Chairman & CEO, Princeton Digital Group
Jabez Tan, Head of Research, Structure Research

This panel will discuss:
1. Growing trend of enterprises having sustainability policy in their procurement processes
2. Sustainable Energy- Can it be reliable to power Datacenters?

Panelists:
Grace Kwok, Chairman & Executive Director, Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group
Sandeep Sharma, Director – Business Development Energy Infrastructure, CLPe Solution
Andrew Green, Senior Director – Regional Data Center Practice Lead APAC, JLL

Moderator:
Ir Chris Chong, Chairman, IMechE (Hong Kong Branch) and Energy Institute Hong Kong &
Managing Director, Hong Kong District Cooling Co Ltd

Hong Kong data centre market ranked 2nd in Asia Pacific and 6th worldwide in 2022, with its data centre supplies by floor space expected to reach 15 million ft² in 2027. To meet the soaring demand, underground data centre becomes one of the promising solutions, which can hopefully solve land constraints, shorten construction lead time, reduce construction costs, and provide a naturally cool space for heat dissipation.

Speaker:
Keeny Leung, Technology & Business Director, OneAsia Network

The panel will discuss:
1. How various companies are incorporating the cloud migration into their corporate culture and the importance of collaboration between the Cloud providers and corporates;
2. New technologies and demands for customizable solutions are expanding Cloud providers offerings, what are the main considerations and concerns that enterprises need to know when choosing their option. Including case studies;
3. Security and Data Protection: Should the responsibility of data security lie on the cloud provider/outsource company or have in-house educated people? What are the different approaches existing towards security and costs involved;
4. Practical tips and guidelines on cutting unnecessary costs while customizing service.

Panelists:
Gareth Naisby, Independent Consultant
Ken Zhang, Head of Security Greater China, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud, Google
Marcos Ong, Managing Director, Hong Kong and Macau, Avaya

Moderator:
Claude Achcar, Managing Partner, Actel Consulting

Due to Venue Restrictions, Lunch is Not Included.

Speaker:
Charles Lee, President, Hong Kong Data Centre Association

Moderator:
Michael Chan, Executive Director, OneAsia Network

The Covid-19 pandemic has only accelerated the digital transformation journey that businesses across the region were already undergoing. Enterprises enhance their interconnection capacity in order to compete in an increasingly digital economy; businesses find innovative ways to interconnect with their customers and partners to gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly remote and dispersed environment. Find out from our panel of experts on how they cope with the increasing network demands and future-proof their connectivity strategies.

Panelists:
Michael Chan, Chief Digital Officer, Konew Fintech
Paul Hui, Cloud Transformation Director, AXA Hong Kong and Macau
Albert Yip, AVP – IDC Services & Solution Sales, HGC Global Communications

Moderator:
Peter Koo, Convenor of the Fintech Specialist Group, Hong Kong Computer Society

Speaker:
Dickson Chan, Hong Kong Territory Manager, Starline Legrand

Cloud transformation has been an inevitable trend for organizations to embark on. The cloud brings unprecedented benefits to the technology and innovation landscape. Organizations enjoy a lot of agility and flexibility in their digital innovations. At the same time, the likelihood of making an accidental mistake in configurations, the exposure of sensitive data and applications, the speed of changes, they all add up to a new landscape that traditional attack and defense methodologies no longer applies.

In this session, we will take a deep dive in some of the real case scenarios on cloud cyberattacks and the appropriate response actions that you should take into consideration to embed in your cloud environment.

Speaker:
Daryl Li, Partner, PwC

We select some of the brightest local and international visionaries to share their thoughts on how they see future businesses adopt technology and how their visions impact design and investment.

Panelist:
Dr. Peter Wong, Chief Technology Officer, Prenetics
Leo Tsang, Group Chief Information Officer, Emperor Group
Enoch Lee, Principal Solutions Architect, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix

Moderator:
Joseph Yuen, Board of Directors, International Data Centre Authority