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The impact of artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other transformative new technologies on areas as diverse as customer relations, predicting how school pupils will fare in exams, or helping mainland start-ups build a competitive advantage were among topics covered at the Deutsche Bank Wealth Management China Tech Summit in Hong Kong.
Held at the Peninsula hotel on May 20, Deutsche Bank (DB) Wealth Management joined SCMP’s Morning Studio (MS) to bring exclusive insights from renowned mainland Chinese tech leaders and Hong Kong’s most innovative home-grown tech entrepreneurs to more than 100 attending ultrahigh-net-worth investors.
Tech leaders, Find Solution Ai, Steam Building and Win Win were exhibitors at the event. The latter surprised attendees with showcasing “Pepper”, a service robot that uses technology, AI and chatbot solution for his operations.
Launched in October 2018, MS is SCMP’s one-stop solution for partners seeking to reach a prime audience with branded content and events, tasked with securing speakers, arranging exhibition booths and logistics, and developing topics and questions for the summit. Elsie Cheung, chief operating officer at SCMP, was one of two who delivered the opening remarks.
The event, named “China Tech Summit – Disruptive Technology; Boundless Innovation”, was headlined by Savio Kwan, the former chief operating officer of Alibaba, who now leads his own consulting firm, A&K; and Peter Davies, the head of international business development at Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi. DB Wealth Management head of north Asia Kanas Chan opened proceedings and introduced a number of innovations that the investment bank will be rolling out soon.
