Event

We are pleased to present a lineup of highly anticipated speakers who bring valuable industry insights and expertise to our event:

• John Witt, Group Managing Director, Jardine Matheson; Governor, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Chair of the Inaugural Conference in 2014
• Philip Witherington, President and Chief Executive Officer of Manulife Asia
• Rachael Bedlington, Consul General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao
• Gerald Ma, Executive Committee Member CK Assets Holdings and General Manager (corporate business development Cheung Kong)
• Willy T Wang, Director Asia, Managing Director, Greater China, Chief Representative, Beijing Office, CPKC (TBC)
• Anna Mae Koo, Partner, Vivien Chen & Co.
• Henrik Rosenthal, Director of Group Sustainability, CLP Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong
• Dr Melvin Toh, Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer of CK Life Sciences Int’l., (Holdings) Inc.
• Alison Nankivell, Senior Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling
• Rick Christiaanse, CEO, Invest Alberta
• Alex Tam, Chair, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Managing Director Asia Pacific, CIBC Capital Markets
• Emily Mo, Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto)
• Madeleine Behan, Founder, The Transpacific Entrepreneurial Conference; Governor, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
• Sonja Chong, National Chair, The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (HKCBA)
• Dr Chen Fong, Creative Destruction Lab
• John Rikhtegar, Venture Capital – RBC x, Toronto
• Joanna Chen, Co-Founder, Narrative Projects
• Joseph Fung, Managing Partner, Saltagen
• Ken Lee, President of Lucy Biotech
• Pak Ting, Founder and CEO of Votee.com
• Shirley Tang, Managing Director and Team Head, Asia, RBC Wealth Management Hong Kong, Royal Bank of Canada
• Anthony Côté, Directeur p.i. – Bureau du Québec à Hong Kong / Acting Director – Québec Office in Hong Kong
• Ir Ivan Lam Peng, Vice President, Lenovo PCCW Solutions
• Alexandria Sham, Vice Chairman, Awards Committee Chair, Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide, Vice National Chair, HKCBA of the Inaugural Conference, National Chair of HKCBA in the next 2 years

THEMES: WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, BIOTECH, SUSTAINABILITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, HEALTH-TECH

Six Panel Sessions: All speakers to be confirmed shortly

Event Schedule and Speaker Lineup: (all times are in HKT)

08.50 – 9.20 Welcome + Keynote Speech

• Rachael Bedlington, Consul General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao
• Emily Mo, Director, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Toronto)
• Madeleine Behan, Founder, The Transpacific Entrepreneurial Conference; Governor, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
• Sonja Chong, National Chair, The Hong Kong-Canada Business Association (HKCBA)
• Alex Tam, Chair, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong

Keynote Speech: Philip Witherington, President and Chief Executive Officer  of Manulife Asia

A story of a leading financial service provider’s positive and active engagement through this
region. The theme of TransPac this year, in addition to marking the 10th Anniversary, is Hong
Kong as a “Super Connector”. The focus will be the role for Hong Kong in terms of connection
through the broader region, in particular expanding business networks into South-East Asia.

Panel 1 – Wealth Management: Investment Opportunities – Examples of business investment from Hong Kong and Asia into Canada.

9.20 – 10.45 
Current and prospective investors will hear about the Panellists’ experience, observations and suggestions in this area. There will be tailored questions to share with the target audience from Family Offices, Ultra High Net Worth individuals and possibly corporations which have an inclination towards Canada but still need the insight they have not explored fully yet.

Moderator

• Ignatius K. K. (Iggy) Chong, Head of Enterprise Private Clients, RBC Wealth Management in Asia; Governor, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
• Kam Azim, Chief Operating Officer (COO), RBC Wealth Management Asia

Speakers

• Gerald Ma, Executive Committee Member CK Assets Holdings and General Manager (corporate business development Cheung Kong)
• Dr Chen Fong, Creative Destruction Lab
• John Rikhtegar, Venture Capital – RBCx, Toronto
• Alison Nankivell, Senior Vice President, Fund Investments and Global Scaling

Panel 2 – Trade & Investment Expansion Strategies into Hong Kong and Asia

10.55 – 11.40
Why are you in Asia: Attractiveness of Hong Kong as a City of Investment and Energy – Success Stories about investing in Hong Kong and collaboration opportunities that the “Super Connector” can provide.

Moderator 

• Chris Chen, Head, InvestHK (Toronto Office)

Speakers

• Joanna Chen, Co-Founder, Narrative Projects
• Joseph Fung, Managing Partner, Saltagen

Panel 3 – Alberta: Next Gen Cleantech and Innovation Opportunities in Western Canada

11:55-12:40
*How can Asian investors unlock the potential of Alberta as their next strategic expansion
point in North America? From energy to cleantech, fintech to agriculture, join innovation
leaders to discuss the latest trends, case studies, and funding opportunities bringing global
investors to Alberta. Hosted by Invest Alberta.

Speaker:

• Rick Christiaanse, CEO, Invest Alberta

Panel 4 –  How to evaluate and present your business from “Seed to Exit”

14:15-15.00
From “SEED to EXIT” – the life journey of an Entrepreneurial business
Sharing personal experience from initial start-up to building the business to making eventual extraordinary exits possible
*How do you realize true potential value through the strategic journey of selling your business
– Insights into different stages of value creation from an Entrepreneur’s Points of View
– How to prepare your business ready for investors
– How to position your business ready for strategic buyers
– How do you leave a legacy post exit through Success to Significance, e.g. Philanthropy

Moderator

• Vivien Webb, Senior Advisor, Asia Pacific, STS Capital Partners Pte. Ltd.

Speakers

• Ken Lee, President of Lucy Biotech

A Biotech company seeks to deliver a transformational methodology enabling long term organs preservation through engineering of anti-freeze protein found in nature.

• Pak Ting, Founder and CEO of Votee.com

An AI company committed to revolutionizing insights and integrating AI technologies such as sentiment analysis, generative AI, and classification systems into conventional corporate workflows.

• Shirley Tang, Managing Director and Team Head, Asia, RBC Wealth Management Hong Kong, Royal Bank of Canada

Panel 5 –   Building for a Brighter Future through Sustainability, Energy Transition, Health & Life Sciences

15:15—16:00
CLP’s acceleration in the energy transition across Asia Pacific by leveraging its power expertise and diversified energy solutions to support governments, communities and businesses in decarbonising

Development of sustainable battery industry in Québec for the American market through international investment and partnership (Anthony Côté)

Improving the quality of life with CK Life Sciences’ vision and exemplar projects in Health and Biotech, e.g. What are the current pharma/biotech R&D and investment trends, and what is being done at CK Life Sciences?

Speakers

• Henrik Rosenthal, Director of Group Sustainability, CLP Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong
• Anthony Côté, Directeur p.i. – Bureau du Québec à Hong Kong / Acting Director – Québec Office in Hong Kong
• Dr Melvin Toh, Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer of CK Life Sciences Int’l., (Holdings) Inc.

Panel 6 – Hong Kong as a Super Connector: Talent and Resources for Building the Next 10, Success Stories of Connecting Hong Kong and GBA, Asia and Canada

16:15-17:00
Using Hong Kong as a Super Connector to expand investment and connections presented by an award-winning intellectual rights lawyer, an advisor for tech entrepreneur startups, and a property developer’s suggestions on how businesses expand into Asia

“Hong Kong into Malaysia’ project”, Lenovo PCCW Solutions’ – building a platform to take Hong Kong-based companies (including from Canada) into first Malaysia and then other parts of Asia, to introduce AI and new technology solutions to large firms/conglomerates with significant needs, but limited know-how.

A great “Connector” story, a rail network that stretches from Canada, into Chicago and deep into the southern US and beyond into Mexico, providing port access on both the west and east coasts of North America, including in the Gulf of Mexico and on the Pacific side of Mexico. Discover the revolution in logistics, enabling companies shipping goods from Asia to buy one ‘ticket’ to get their goods anywhere.

Moderator 

• KC Lam, Head of Consulate and Chamber Engagement / Head of Transport and Industrial, Invest Hong Kong

Speakers

• Anna Mae Koo, Partner, Vivien Chen & Co.
• Ir Ivan Lam Peng, Vice President, Lenovo PCCW Solutions
• Willy T Wang, Director Asia, Managing Director, Greater China, Chief Representative, Beijing Office, CPKC (TBC)

Fireside Chat – The 10th Anniversary

17:40-18:10 
Reflecting the First 10 and Building for the Next 10 – How We Started: How We Made It, How We Move Forward to the Next Decade

Speakers

• John Witt, Group Managing Director, Jardine Matheson; Governor, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Chair of the Inaugural Conference in 2014
• Madeleine Behan, Founder, The TransPacific Entrepreneurial Conference; Governor, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
• Alexandria Sham, Vice Chairman, Awards Committee Chair, Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide, Vice National Chair, HKCBA of the Inaugural Conference, National Chair of HKCBA in the next 2 years