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Dr. Kin Chan

Senior Programme Director
College Principal Lecturer, HKUSPACE

Prior to joining The University of Hong Kong, Dr Chan was the Corporate VP and Managing Director of DTS Inc. USA, which is a world's leading intellectual property based company specialized in entertainment and audio technology. At DTS, he had the overall responsibilities of the business for the company in the Asia Pacific Region (excluding Japan). He also served as CEO of a world-renowned company in business technology optimization, and was previously CEO of a PRC network security technology company. In the 1990's, Dr. Chan was actively involved in introducing Linux operating system into China and had brought the start-up company to IPO in the main board of NASDAQ-NM, USA.

Dr. Chan received a Doctor of Business Administration from University of Newcastle, Australia, and a Master of Laws at the University of Hong Kong. He earned his MBA from University of South Australia and holds a Master of Science in Computer Data Processing and Bachelor of Engineering from University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK. He was an academic award winner in artificial intelligence (AI) research, and is a management scholar with strong interests in intellectual capital (IC) and knowledge management with publications in Journal of Intellectual Capital and The Learning Organization. His latest research is in quantitative measurements of IC at the University of Hong Kong. He speaks regularly in China on entrepreneurial development and strategic management of companies including those which are in the hi-tech and intellectual property related industries.

Mr. Michael Leung

Senior Vice President & CIO
China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited

Michael Leung was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Bank of America (Asia) in March 2000. Supported by a team of over 240 associates, he manages the Bank's IT functions in its entirety, and also heads up operations planning, products support and corporate services functions.

Michael has many years of local and international experience in IT, focusing largely in the banking and finance industry. Before his current position, he had worked with a number of regional banks in IT and business development positions. Michael's earlier career was in business consulting and sales support with three leading international firms in Europe, Australia and Hong Kong.

Mr Leung holds a Master's degree from The Netherlands and a Bachelor from CUHK. He has attended executive programs at LBS, MIT Sloan, and has a honor diploma from Retail Banking Graduate School at University of Virginia. A Fellow of the HK Computer Society and HK Institute of Directors, Mr. Leung is a seasoned speaker and panelist on a range of topics.

Ms. Susanna Shen

Head - Information Technology
The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited

Ms Susanna Shen has over 25 years of experience in Information Technology. She started her career in IT after graduating from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Computing Studies. She attended an executive training programme at London Business School in 2001, and gained an Executive Master of Business Administration in 2004.

Susanna joined The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) in 1988 and has held various management positions. She has been the Head of Information Technology in The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) since 2005. Before taking up this role, she was the Chief Operating Officer of iCare.com Limited, previously a subsidiary business of Towngas. The IT team under Susanna’s leadership is responsible for providing corporate IT services and solutions to support the business mission of Towngas, its subsidiaries as well as its China businesses.

She has been a Council member of the Hong Kong Computer Society since 2007 and currently holds the position of Vice President (Membership) and Honorary Secretary. She has been serving the community by tendering professional advice on various advisory panels and committees. She also serves the public services, being appointed as a member of Personal Data (Privacy) Advisory Committee, a member of the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee as well as the Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Program (SERAP) Project Assessment Panel for the Innovation & Technology Commission.

Mr. Simon Yip

Senior Consultant
Innovation & IP Division, Hong Kong Productivity Council

Simon has about 15 years of experience in Management and Technology Consulting in USA, Canada and Greater China, with specialties in Intellectual Capital & Knowledge Management, Customer Relationship & Experience Management, and Creative & Interactive Media Technologies. His consulting clients range from MNCs, public listed companies to SMEs in industries including retail & FMCG, finance & banking, telecom, education, creative industries, public utilities and government departments.

Simon holds a Master degree in Multimedia & Entertainment Technology from the School of Design of the HK Polytechnic University, and a Bachelor degree in Engineering from the University of Toronto Canada. Simon is a published songwriter member of the Composers & Authors Society of HK (CASH), an executive committee member of the Knowledge Management Development Centre (KMDC), and a founding fellow of the International Federation of Creativity and Technology (IFOCAT).