Innovation and technology were major components of the Asian Financial Forum 2018 with successive speakers providing encouragement to the more than 100 financial, business and investment leaders. Andreas Dombret of Deutsche Bundesbank looked to China’s role in green finance and Hong Kong’s role in Rmb internationalisation while keynote speaker Jack Lew spoke of Hong Kong’s role in US-China relations. AFF is a great international opportunity, said Mr Lew.

Speakers:
Vincent HS Lo, Chairman, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Carrie Lam, The Chief Executive, HKSAR
David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, IMF
Andreas Dombret, Member, Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
Jack Lew, Former US Secretary of the Treasury
Daniela Rus, Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Bianca Ho, Co-founder and CEO, Clare.AI

Related Links:
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
http://www.hktdc.com

Asian Financial Forum 2019
http://www.hktdc.com/ncs/aff2018/en/main/index.html

HKTDC Belt and Road Portal
http://beltandroad.hktdc.com/en/