Day One 25 May
11.00 – 11.30Coffee Break
| 09.15 – 09:30 | Opening Remarks Martin Murray, Executive Director Asia Matters Key Interview with Cllr. Gillian Coughlan, The Mayor of the County of Cork |
| 09.30 – 10.45 | Business Roundtable with H.E. He Xiangdong, Ambassador of China to Ireland and Chinese Company CEOs in Ireland Understanding the Key Drivers of Successful Irish SME Partnership in the Chinese FDI Ecosystem Kefei Xu, GM Bank of China, Dublin, David Wang, Managing Director at ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd.; Brendan McGrath, Ireland Site Head and VP Manufacturing at WuXi Biologics |
| Parallel Session | Connecting Cleantech Sector Opportunity in China (by invitation) Virtual Roadshow in partnership with EU SME Centre , Enterprise Ireland, Embassy of Ireland in China. Lead: Renzo Isler, Director, EU SME Centre with feedback from Gerard Mulligan, Director of Business Development Asia Matters |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Networking & Coffee Break |
| 11.30 – 12.45 | Business Roundtable with H.E. Akhilesh Mishra, Ambassador of India to Ireland and Indian Company CEOs in Ireland Understanding the Key Drivers of Successful Irish SME Partnership in theIndian FDI Ecosystem with Deepak Chaudhari , Country Head Ireland, Tata Consultancy Services, Anubhav Mehrotra, Business Head for HCL Financial Services – UK & I; Terry Leech – Country Manager Wipro Ireland; Martin McVicar, CEO Combilift; Denis Canty, CTO Altada Technology Solutions; Rohit Thakral, CEO Target Integration – Council Member Small Firms Association |
| 12.45 – 13.15 | Key Interview Professor Maggie Cusack, President, Munster Technological University |
| 13.15 – 13.30 | Closing Remarks Alan Dukes, Chairman, Asia Matters |
Day Two 26 May
| 09.30 – 9.45 | Opening Remarks Martin Murray, Executive Director Asia Matters Key Interview with Cllr. Colm Kelleher, Lord Mayor of Cork |
| 09.45 -11.00 | The Future of Fintech Hubs in Asia and Europe in partnership with Zhejiang University International Business School (ZIBS) Lead : Professor Shenglin Ben, Dean, ZIBS and Academy of Internet Finance joined by Donal Boylan, Co-Founder, BCAP Partners; James A Carroll, SVP Innovation and Digital Services – Global Business Lead, MasterCard Labs as a Service; Shi Mei Chin, Chief Financial Officer Spark Systems Pte Ltd & Executive Committee Member, Singapore FinTech Association; Dr. David Wen, Executive Director, International Research Center for FinTech Security, ZIBS; Michael Sung, Founder and Chairman of Carbon Blue Innovations, Hong Kong; Yi Liu, Secretary General, Zhejiang Association of FinTech; Takeshi Kito, Founder & CEO, Crowd Realty and Vice Chair, Fintech Association of Japan; Uzair Javaid, Founder & CEO, betterdata, Singapore |
| 11.00 – 11.45 | Coffee Break |
| 11.45 – 12.15 | Key Interview H.E. Ann Derwin, Ambassador of Ireland to China |
| 12.15 – 13.15 | SME Financing, Scaling & Succeeding in Asian Markets |
| 13.15 – 13.30 | Closing Remarks Alan Dukes, Chairman, Asia Matters |
2020 Global Summit Keynote Speech
Address by President Higgins to the Asia Matters Conference November 2020
