Click here to download event brochure With the theme this year of “Venturing for Success: Resilience, Growth & Opportunities”, CVCF 2021 will give a brand-new hybrid experience to engage a wider audience and industry stakeholders, featuring the Asia and global venture landscape, the latest GBA market opportunities, SPAC, ESG, family office, emerging/rising tech in the post-COVID era as well as the promising Cyberport’s unicorn journey. This event will also feature workshops, start-up clinic, innovator showcases, and the exclusive investor matching…
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Download the JanaJal_presentation here We had an opportunity to sit down with Founder & CEO Dr. Parag Agarwal from JanaJal. JANAJAL WOW has recently been selected by the Govt of India for implementation of $50 Billion drinking water scheme by 2024. JanaJal envisions building India’s first water-sharing economy and the largest decentralized water distribution network through the installation and operation of water ATMs. The company is working to make safe drinking water available, accessible, and affordable to the common man…
You tube link: https://youtu.be/XPNU_eSorGg PBEC hosted CCB Malaysia Senior Vice President Chong Fook Jade who shared and described CCB Bank’s Smart Matchmaking Digital Trade Platform that was launched a year ago during the pandemic. CCB Match Plus is a smart matchmaking platform safely connecting businesses that cannot trade easily in today’s disrupted markets. As one of the largest banks in China, CCB has assets of more than RMB27 trillion, ranking second in the world in terms of market capitalization. CCB…
Expert Speakers: Dr. Moses Cheng GBM, GBS, OBE, JP, Chairman of the Hong Kong Insurance Authority Peter J. Crewe Former CEO of AIA Hong Kong and Macao & Senior Advisor/Non-Executive to the AIA Group. Moderator: Michael Walsh PBEC – Pacific Basin Economic Council CEO Recorded in late December 2020 exclusively for PBEC. Watch the webinar here Michael Walsh PBEC CEO opens with a brief introduction of PBEC, both men’s backgrounds and roles in their respective expert fields. We…
PBEC in conjunction with PBEC Corporate members Cyberport HK & CMGE (HKG:0302) lent its support to fellow NGO www.APRU.org who helped organise and host an E-Sports Asia related “MetaGame Conference” on Day 2 at DELF2020 on December 12th. Questions like: What role does Hong Kong Esports play in the regional and international Esports ecosystem? What are the ways that government, higher-education, and industry cultivate a thriving Esports ecosystem? Were posed to array of regional and global experts, investors and players. Mr…
PBEC hosted business leaders and economists from Hong Kong & Malaysia for the final episode of PBEC dialogue series 2020 in December on the “Future of Supply Chains in Asia”. This concluded a series of dialogues around the subject of supply chains in the APAC region. In this episode we get to hear from Anson Bailey of KPMG who provides a wonderful presentation on the Future of Sourcing: 2021 and Beyond. A report recently published by KPMG China in conjunction…
A Keynote presentation by GuardTime Advisory Board Member David Piesse exclusively for Pacific Basin Economic Council. Pre-recorded on 03/12/2020 This presentation to PBEC forms part of our Dialogue Series on “The Future of Supply Chains in Asia” and it covers the following topics in a fascinating talk: ● Megatrends reshaping Supply Chains ● Operational Resilience ● Challenges facing physical Supply Chains ● Digital and Physical Twins in Blockchain ● Trust but Verify Significance ● Data Integrity – Enhancing your existing…
In a recent quote from a McKinsey Report on Vietnam. ‘If we improve women’s economic engagement in Vietnam, we can add up to $40B USD to the economy annually.’ Shouldn’t gender equality be a business conversation. In PBEC’s latest webinar dialogue series 2020, we brought together a group of leading women from and based in Vietnam to share what its like to live and work in Vietnam today given Covid and provide their own perspectives, market insights & its future…
A review of the Investment Market in World Football 2020 – An interview with leading professional – Professor Dr. Simon Chadwick from EMLYON Business School in Paris, France and Shanghai, China. As part of the PBEC Webinar Roundtable Dialogue Series 2020, we welcomed Professor Dr. Simon Chadwick from Emlyon Business School based in Paris , France and Shanghai China. The co-author of Managing Football, he kindly shared his latest market insights into…
Horasis held its first digital Extraordinary Meeting on 1st October 2020 with the theme of Unite. Inspire. Create. The meeting brought together heads of state, prime ministers and other government representatives as well as CEOs and entrepreneurs from around the world. 900 speakers contributed to the discussion of themes spanning politics, business and civil society across 150 sessions – the largest online meeting held by any organisation so far. The discussions through the meeting covered a wide range of issues…