Urban Innovation
Across the Greater Bay Area!
November 14, 2019 (Thursday)
2.30pm-7.30pm
Function Room 1-3, Zone E, Level 3
3 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong
GreaterBayX
Urban Summit 2019
The Urban Summit was the grand finale of the GreaterBayX scalerator program. This action-oriented gathering featured the eight world-class technology companies selected after a long and rigorous process from Australia, India, China and Europe. The intention was to bring their market-proven mobility-related solutions to the region’s innovation ecosystem and positively impact the trend of urbanization. The scale-ups were joined on stage by a diverse and exciting group of thought-leaders and influencers to explore business, investment and growth opportunities across the Greater Bay Area.
Co-organizer
The Speakers
This was not an event to simply hear about the insights, challenges and opportunities of cross-border innovation in urban mobility. This was an event about action taking, business solutions and social impact. Our action-oriented line-up included:
Dr. David Chung
Under Secretary
Innovation & Technology Bureau, HKSAR
Tony Verb
Co-founder
GreaterBayX
Joanna Cheung
Co-founder
GreaterBayX
Duncan Chiu
Chief Representative
Hengqin Economic & Trade Representative Office
Dr. Meikei Ieong
CEO
United Microelectronics Hong Kong
Eric Chan
Chief Public Mission Officer
Hong Kong Cyberport
Joe Bao
Vice President
Greater China, Microsoft
Jens-Peter Brauner
CEO
Siemens Mobility
Wang Bin
CTO
HYDATA
Nigel Clarke
Chairman
Ultra-MTS Limited
Lex Hartman
CEO
Ubitricity
Jerry Li
Deputy Director — Strategy, Innovation & Technology
MTR Corp.
Pekka Möttö
CEO
Kyyti
Jennifer Guan
Vice President
Hanshow
Johney Lu
Head of APAC Business Development
Prophesee AI
Venkat Sreeram
CEO
Xenon Automotive
Sabine Reppert
CEO
DEON Digital Hong Kong
Kevin Orr
CEO
Liftango
Dr. KF Tsang
Vice President
Smart City Consortium
Chee Sing Chan
Content Strategist
Edelman
01 Mobility
02 Innovation
03 Impact
The future development of the Greater Bay Area is unimaginable without fluid, faster, more sustainable and more efficient mobility across the region. From global best practices to local insights, innovative ideas to investible solutions, this event brought the leaders of the region together to create real impact in the mobility landscape through innovation. We focused all our intention on action.
The Schedule
2:30pm – Registration
3:00pm – The Summit
6:00pm – Cocktail Reception
Highlights of the Summit included a keynote speech from David Chung, Under Secretary of the Innovation & Technology Bureau of The HKSAR Government.
We also had Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Cyberport to lead a panel discussion on the development of urban tech in the Greater Bay. Duncan Chiu, Chief Representative of Hengqin Economic & Trade Representative Office joined us as well to share his insight on the innovation policies offered by the Hengqin Free Trade Zone.
Top executives from Microsoft, Siemens, MTR, HYDATA took part in the discussion on cross-border investment and innovation, as the eight growth-stage mobility scale-ups introduced their market-proven solutions to positively impact urbanization.
Strategic Partners
Technology and Innovation that Positively Impact Urbanization
About GreaterBayX
GreaterBayX is a cross-border initiative designed to support urban-tech companies focused on mobility to scale into China and beyond. For more details, please visit our website.