Aussie Innovators in Hong Kong

Ben Jones, Chief Operating Officer of Campfire, talks how co-working spaces are leading trends and resolving challenges in real estate, and what this means for startups looking to enter Hong Kong and Asia. For more information, please visit https://campfire.work

Steve Chapman, Vice Chancellor of Edith Cowan University, talks about the current cyber security climate and why students should consider careers in cyber security. For more information, please visit www.ecu.edu.au.

Cindy Chow, Executive Director of the Alibaba Entrepreneurship Fund, talks about how the startup scene in Hong Kong has evolved over the past five years, and how leading companies like Alibaba are reinvesting into startups for the future. For more information, please visit www.ent-fund.org.

Lex Van Cooten, founder and managing director of Immerse Enterprise talks about the AR and VR space, and his extremely interesting insights on the value of these technologies as we move from a consumerist market towards an experience-oriented one. For more information, please visit www.immerseenterprise.com

Amanda Tang, a board member of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong talks about the FinTech space in Hong Kong, and her advice for Aussie startups who want to enter the Hong Kong market. For more information, please visit https://ftahk.org/

Evan Wong, co-founder and CEO of Australian RegTech startup Checkbox talks about RegTech and identifying how Australian companies can get involved in the Hong Kong market.

Checkbox is a multi-award winning platforms that enables the digital transformation of regulation and won the Next Money Fintech Finals this year.

For more information, please visit www.checkbox.ai

In this episode, Sam speaks with Ashley Hoey, CEO of Rapid ID, about tech disruption of Know Your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) processes. Hear how this Aussie start up is providing its clients with solutions to prevent identity crimes and conduct due-diligence for global transactions. RapidID offers simple, scaleable, automated solutions that help their clients meet all their global anti money laundering and counter terrorism funding obligations.

In this episode Sam speaks with Mike Zimmerman of Main Sequence Ventures, CSIRO's VC fund. Mike explains MSV's focus on commercialising world-class Australian deep science R&D.  Mike previews the remarkable companies and founders in next gen WiFi, cancer diagnosis, AI and Big Data already within the MSV portfolio and talks about why the fund is looking to Asia, and HK for additional investment. 

For more information about Main Sequence Ventures, please visit https://mseq.vc/

Sam talks to Murray Hankinson Managing Director Asia of Thinxtra about IoT and the opportunities for narrow band, small message connectivity as a driving force behind Smart City infrastructure.  This is the 3rd wave of positive disruption: connecting 20 billion things by 2020.  Utilising Sigfox technology Thinxtra are connecting country and territory wide networks in Australia, New Zealand and here in Hong Kong.  Murray talks us through the opportunities for Australian IoT capability in assisting Hong Kong obtain its Smart City ambitions.

For more information about Thinxtra, please visit www.thinxtra.com

In this episode, Sam speaks with Dr Winnie Tang, the co-founder of the Smart City Consortium, how Hong Kong can use I & T to address urban challenges and increase the effectiveness of city management. Dr Tang provides an overview of the Smart City Blueprint. Smart City Consortium provides a platform for Aussie startups to foster innovation for Hong Kong.

About the Smart City Consortium, visit https://smartcity.org.hk 

About the Smart City Blueprint, visit https://www.smartcity.gov.hk/