2026 HKMA Annual Conference

HKMA/HKJC Annual Conference 2026

16^th November 2026

Date & Time

Monday, 16th November 2026
9:30am - 5:00pm

Mode

Hybrid, with a combination of Online and Face-to-Face

Conference Venue

Convention Hall, Level 1,
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre,
1 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Programme Rundown

08:45 - 09:30	Registration
09:30 - 09:35	Welcoming Address Prof Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges GBS JP Chief Executive Officer The Hong Kong Jockey Club Chairperson The Hong Kong Management Association
09:35 – 09:40	Opening Address by Chairperson, Organizing Committee, HKMA/HKJC Annual Conference 2026 Mr Lawrence Lam Chief Executive Officer Prudential Hong Kong Ltd Chairperson Organizing Committee HKMA/HKJC Annual Conference 2026
09:40 – 10:00	Presentation of Professors of Practice, HKMA Institute of Advanced Management Development Prof Roy Chung GBS JP Chairperson Advisory Board, HKMA Institute of Advanced Management Development Executive Committee and Council Member The Hong Kong Management Association Presentation Ceremony of Professors of Practice Dr Helen Chan Co-founder and CEO Vita Green Health Products Company Limited Ms Margaret Cheng JP Human Resources Director MTR Corporation Limited
10:00 – 10:15	Remarks by Professor of Practice Dr Helen Chan Co-founder and CEO Vita Green Health Products Company Limited
10:15 – 10:40	Plenary Session 1 (Opening Keynote) : *Strategic Growth for Hong Kong* Session Chairperson Mr Lawrence Lam Chief Executive Officer Prudential Hong Kong Ltd Session Keynote Speaker Mr Eddie Yue JP Chief Executive Hong Kong Monetary Authority
10:40 – 10:55	Break
10:55 - 11:30	Plenary Session 2 : *Hong Kong as a Super Value Adder for Globalization in a Multipolar World* Session Chairperson Mr Alok Jha Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Prudential Hong Kong Ltd Session Keynote Speaker Dr Rocky Tung Executive Director Financial Services Development Council Anchoring Value, Enabling Flows: Hong Kong as a Multi-Asset Global Capital Nexus Panelists Mrs Angelina Cheung JP Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services) HKSAR Government Ms Michelle Kwok Managing Director & Head of HK Equity Research HSBC Dr Shen Jianguang VP and Chief Economist JD Inc
11:30 – 12:30	Plenary Session 3 : *The Digital Shift: Elevating Business with Technology* Session Chairperson Mr Jonathan Chiu President Schneider Electric Hong Kong Speakers Mr Brian Sun Assistant Commissioner (Data Applications) Digital Policy Office Empowering Smart City Development by AI, “iAM Smart” and Digital Corporate Identity (CorpID) Platform Mr William Ho Executive Director, Corporate Development Airport Authority Hong Kong Building an Autonomous & Intelligent Airport: Elevating Business through Technology Mr Yan Hao General Manager of Marketing and Cooperation for Greater Bay Area ByteDance
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:35	Plenary Session 4 : *From Creation to Protection: Hong Kong's Creative Economy and Legal Edge* Session Chairperson Ms Aveline San Hong Kong CEO and Banking Head Citi Session Keynote Speaker Prof The Hon Nick Chan BBS MH JP Member of Legal Functional Constituency, Legislative Council, HKSAR Partner, Squire Patton Boggs AI, Copyright and Global Markets: Hong Kong’s Legal Advantages Panelists Ir Prof Sunny Lee BBS JP Chairman Steering Committee of the Hong Kong Intellectual Property Academy Pilot Programme Ms Rene Yuan Vice President CMC Inc.
14:35 – 15:10	Plenary Session 5 : *Healthcare Innovation: Powering Hong Kong's Growth Frontier through GBA Integration* Session Chairperson Dr Maggie Lo Chief Manager (Life and Health Technology) Office for Attracting Strategic Enterprises (OASES) Session Keynote Speaker Mr K K Tong Chief Executive Officer New Frontier Health (Hong Kong) Panelists Ms Ying Shi Head of Pharmacy, GBA New Frontier Health (Hong Kong) Mr Qiang Lyu General Manager AstraZeneca Hong Kong and Macau Dr Xin Liu Vice President MGI Tech
15:10 – 15:40	Break
15:40 – 16:30	Plenary Session 6 : *Shaping Tomorrow: Education, Talent, and Leadership for a Changing World* Session Chairperson Mr Alex Wong Deputy CEO, Strategy & Marketing, Hong Kong Representative Office Huawei International Co. Limited Speakers Prof Frederik Anseel Dean, HKUST Business School The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rethinking ‘Uniquely Human': Why our AI Skill Strategy is Fragile Ms Joy Xu Group Chief People & Culture Officer DFI Retail Group Where Talent Grows and Thrives: Building People, Businesses and Possibilities in a Changing World Ms Jennie Tung Global Head Bain Academy Essential Human Skills for Leading in AI Era
16:30 – 16:55	Plenary Session 7 (Closing Keynote) : *Building Hong Kong's Next Chapter of Growth* Session Chairperson Mr Jason Ding Managing Partner, Greater China Bain & Company Closing Keynote Speaker Mr Anil Wadhwani Chief Executive Officer Prudential plc
16:55 – 17:00	Closing Remarks by Chairperson, Organizing Committee, HKMA/HKJC Annual Conference 2026 Mr Lawrence Lam Chief Executive Officer Prudential Hong Kong Ltd Chairperson Organizing Committee HKMA/HKJC Annual Conference 2026

* The Conference schedule is subject to change.