Akina Ho

In the 3rd CxO Forum organized by KORNERSTONE Institute and Chair by Dr William Lo 盧永仁博士, Hong Kong PropTech Association Honorary Advisor, I moderated a panel of distinguished leaders from different industries to talk about something everyone seems to neglect.

We have been to lots of great summits and webinars these past few months. All trying to address the need to transform and innovate and how to ride the waves over COVD to a brighter future. But not many focused on the people, the… Show more

In the 3rd CxO Forum organized by KORNERSTONE Institute and Chair by Dr William Lo 盧永仁博士, Hong Kong PropTech Association Honorary Advisor, I moderated a panel of distinguished leaders from different industries to talk about something everyone seems to neglect.

We have been to lots of great summits and webinars these past few months. All trying to address the need to transform and innovate and how to ride the waves over COVD to a brighter future. But not many focused on the people, the leaders, and the executors of such daunting tasks.

In the “The Power and the Blindspots of CxOs in Times of Agility and Digitalization” panel, we addressed what leaders can do and what they cannot at the moment as they didn’t see it coming. We need to share and collaborate to see the full pictures within the organization and outside of our organization. That is the key to surviving and thriving in such challenging times. Show less

Many asked me what makes a successful CDO or Change Agent in established organizations or conglomerates. I told them, they must treat all digital transformations or change management tasks as entering a ‘Civil war'. The weapons have changed but the strategy remains the same.

In this Keynote presentation, I shared how I use The Art of War (孫子兵法) to execute digital transformation and changes in multi-billion-dollar companies, failing startups, retiring startups and SMEs. This is ONE of… Show more

Many asked me what makes a successful CDO or Change Agent in established organizations or conglomerates. I told them, they must treat all digital transformations or change management tasks as entering a ‘Civil war'. The weapons have changed but the strategy remains the same.

In this Keynote presentation, I shared how I use The Art of War (孫子兵法) to execute digital transformation and changes in multi-billion-dollar companies, failing startups, retiring startups and SMEs. This is ONE of my most passionate presentations as I show how dynamic The Art of War is when applied to any transformation initiatives.

I will share war stories on how to borrow strength to hit strength, picking priorities when confronted with many powerful and established stakeholders, whom to side with and when, and how best to turn enemies into advocates so things can move towards a direction that many do not want to be paved forward. Show less

The non-fungible tokens (NFTs) transactions surged to new highs in the first half of 2021 reaching over US$3 billion - multiple folds compared to that in the same period last year. The exponential growth drives investors’ interests and innovation to further unlock the potentials of NFT applications in the metaverse.

I moderated a discussion between Evan Auyang from Animoca Brands, a pioneering leader in digital entertainment and NFT gamification, and with the seasoned tech VC Bill Tai… Show more

The non-fungible tokens (NFTs) transactions surged to new highs in the first half of 2021 reaching over US$3 billion - multiple folds compared to that in the same period last year. The exponential growth drives investors’ interests and innovation to further unlock the potentials of NFT applications in the metaverse.

I moderated a discussion between Evan Auyang from Animoca Brands, a pioneering leader in digital entertainment and NFT gamification, and with the seasoned tech VC Bill Tai on how the “NFT+Games” is coming to lead the next wave of the industry, how strategic investors could capture the best value of this sector and what is the relationship between Blockchain, NFT and Metaverse that investors must know. Show less

Samuel Hui, CDO & CIO at HKBN, calls it ‘war stories’, and Blums PINEDA, MD of Global Head of Internet Industry at Standard Charter Bank, wants you to ‘gear up' and be taken away to familiar battlegrounds with different victories and damages along the way. So this is what digital transformations and changes leave behind; a trail of blood, sweat, and tears that many will not diverge in detail.

But in this panel, moderated by Barrett Bingley from The Economist, the three of us promised to… Show more

Samuel Hui, CDO & CIO at HKBN, calls it ‘war stories’, and Blums PINEDA, MD of Global Head of Internet Industry at Standard Charter Bank, wants you to ‘gear up' and be taken away to familiar battlegrounds with different victories and damages along the way. So this is what digital transformations and changes leave behind; a trail of blood, sweat, and tears that many will not diverge in detail.

But in this panel, moderated by Barrett Bingley from The Economist, the three of us promised to be brutal with the truth at the Microsoft Hong Kong Envision 2021 event.

It’s not easy to unmask yourself in public where every single word and idea you reveal, can be a deadly weapon to your career, reputation, and worst of all, your revolution for change.

There is nothing pretty about 'war', no matter how glamorous the victory is, as there are always casualties. What matters most is what you do to make the future state better than the current state after the disruptions.

So in this panel, we stimulated organizations to start rethinking about 'roles (existing and to-be)', data, and technology in how to create value for tomorrow.

What is the purpose of pretending to battle inertia when there is no preparation to accept casualties and massive spending to rebuild anew? Show less

Lecturing postgraduates Finance Math Master class with over 30 students to show how to drive change and create new business within a conglomerate with the Art of War.

Sharing with over 30 EMBA executives on real live corporate innovations and how to drive effective change using the Art of War strategies to move MNCs and SMEs from web1 to web2.

The audience is around 120-150 postgraduate students from the Department of Information Systems. Majority of them are from the mainland who have finished their undergrad study in the mainland and have enrolled in a one-year Master’s programme offered by City U. This course is to share real life experience about how to drive effective change with transformation.

Business Executive Keynote Session whereby an Executive is asked to share important knowledge and skillsets for the business school students.

While innovation has become a prevailing element to drive a company moving forward, how can Human Resources department create a relevant agenda to identify, recruit and develop their workforce? There is no doubt technology is changing the way how employees work and how company structure its workforce. So how can HR professionals address this disruption and ever-changing landscape in developing innovative ideas in workforce management?

This conference is not just delivering and… Show more

While innovation has become a prevailing element to drive a company moving forward, how can Human Resources department create a relevant agenda to identify, recruit and develop their workforce? There is no doubt technology is changing the way how employees work and how company structure its workforce. So how can HR professionals address this disruption and ever-changing landscape in developing innovative ideas in workforce management?

This conference is not just delivering and receiving. It is active discovering and sharing. We will give you the opportunities to explore the best HR practices, discover the latest ideas, trends and technologies, share insights and learn together. Show less

Navigating the customer journey over time is critical for companies. In order to shape the positive customer experience, companies often need help from different sources - from internal business functions to external partners.

This session will unleash what is more practical and innovative than just data and customer technology and that is the five senses. By understanding how to leverage these 5 senses with technology and data, then you can go beyond what current customer experience… Show more

Navigating the customer journey over time is critical for companies. In order to shape the positive customer experience, companies often need help from different sources - from internal business functions to external partners.

This session will unleash what is more practical and innovative than just data and customer technology and that is the five senses. By understanding how to leverage these 5 senses with technology and data, then you can go beyond what current customer experience is now. Show less

This event brings all Proptech players in Asia to share their insights and challenges with current ways of business and the challenges of introducing new PropTech that can make the industry more efficient and may disrupt their ways.

The panel was tasked to discuss the proliferation of technology and innovation across Asia. Which key innovation have stood out and how does it differs within the region.

Asia IoT Business Platform (AIBP) offers Southeast Asia's most comprehensive platforms for stakeholders in the enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem to gather, connect, and discuss IoT and digital transformation in the regions. This annual event since 2014 is endorsed by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology that marks its 32nd edition in the region.

The government has been active in bringing experts from the region to share case studies and exchange ideas to… Show more

Asia IoT Business Platform (AIBP) offers Southeast Asia's most comprehensive platforms for stakeholders in the enterprise Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem to gather, connect, and discuss IoT and digital transformation in the regions. This annual event since 2014 is endorsed by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology that marks its 32nd edition in the region.

The government has been active in bringing experts from the region to share case studies and exchange ideas to further expedite the transformation in the countries. Show less

A Naughty Topic To Stir the Creative Minds to Think Into The Future.

1. What you have been taught in schools, learned during your career and used it yourself now are limiting your marketing impact because data and automation of it, change destroy the framework of the past
2. Advertisement is and shouldn’t be controlled by you or any human by the platform that process all sorts of data to meet your end goal
3. Embrace new disruptions on what you believe is good… Show more

A Naughty Topic To Stir the Creative Minds to Think Into The Future.

1. What you have been taught in schools, learned during your career and used it yourself now are limiting your marketing impact because data and automation of it, change destroy the framework of the past
2. Advertisement is and shouldn’t be controlled by you or any human by the platform that process all sorts of data to meet your end goal
3. Embrace new disruptions on what you believe is good marketing as its no longer true with data and machine learning of those data
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In the enterprise world, big data is now essential. Utilizing the cloud makes it easier to track, analyze and ultimately act on insights. Combined, big data and the cloud can offer tremendous value to all kinds of businesses. Disruptive Technologies Series 2 will gather big data enthusiasts to share how they transform insights into action faster with the cloud.

Fifth Wall is one of the largest PropTech VC in the world - bringing new innovative technology with existing Real Estate conglomerates together to seed and launch new technology that will disrupt current market practices and create new business models.

Startups from around the world flew into Shenzhen to share their new technology and ideas to a panel of esteemed judges to see who will make it and who won't.

Hosted and Moderate by Adam Stuckert, Partner, CIO Advisory, Hong Kong, KPMG in China, and with an executive panel of experts from different industries coming from Jebsen Group, Lane Crawford, Shiseido, the Dairy Farm Group, and Verizon to discuss their view on the following:

• When evaluating new technologies, what are the key areas you should be testing and looking out for?
• What different technology solutions can help you prosper in a fast-changing and competitive environment?… Show more

Hosted and Moderate by Adam Stuckert, Partner, CIO Advisory, Hong Kong, KPMG in China, and with an executive panel of experts from different industries coming from Jebsen Group, Lane Crawford, Shiseido, the Dairy Farm Group, and Verizon to discuss their view on the following:

• When evaluating new technologies, what are the key areas you should be testing and looking out for?
• What different technology solutions can help you prosper in a fast-changing and competitive environment?
• How can you establish which technology is best suited to create superior customer experiences?
• What questions should you ask to fully understand the pros and cons of each solution?
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The grand opening ceremony of 2019 CHTA ‘Future Travellers’ Conference will be held in Shanghai, China. The conference has been held annually since 2012; and it has brought the power of technology to Japan, German, Britain and other cities; it has left its own mark on Hangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities.

As the coolest tourism technology carnival on Earth, we will upgrade from 2018 by disruption, innovating, linking and explore new ideas in the travel and hospitality industry to lead… Show more

The grand opening ceremony of 2019 CHTA ‘Future Travellers’ Conference will be held in Shanghai, China. The conference has been held annually since 2012; and it has brought the power of technology to Japan, German, Britain and other cities; it has left its own mark on Hangzhou, Shenzhen and other cities.

As the coolest tourism technology carnival on Earth, we will upgrade from 2018 by disruption, innovating, linking and explore new ideas in the travel and hospitality industry to lead the global technology trend.

The purpose of the conference is to make full use of the disruptive function and guide function between the technology industry and travel and hospitality industry. Currently we have attracted almost hundreds of name-brand enterprises worldwide, such as Shangri-la hotel & resort group, Ctrip, Jinjiang International, Marriott, Peninsula hotel, Meituan, booking, spring investment, Atour, CitzenM, Changi airport, Fosun group... ; Renowned investors include Plug and Play, Talyor Ventures, Sturcure Captical etc. They all take active parts in the conference, so the expected attendance will be around two thousand people together disrupting future travelling.
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Insider threats remain to be a growing problem in 2018, and it is estimated that Insider threats will dominate cybersecurity trends in 2019.

Both people and technology are imperfect. It’s no great surprise that despite increasing investment in security tools, organizations are still getting breached. In fact, a recent Global Data Breach Investigations Report recorded over 53,000 total security incidents and 2,216 confirmed breaches. They attribute nearly a third – 28% – of those… Show more

Insider threats remain to be a growing problem in 2018, and it is estimated that Insider threats will dominate cybersecurity trends in 2019.

Both people and technology are imperfect. It’s no great surprise that despite increasing investment in security tools, organizations are still getting breached. In fact, a recent Global Data Breach Investigations Report recorded over 53,000 total security incidents and 2,216 confirmed breaches. They attribute nearly a third – 28% – of those breaches primarily to internal actors.

Technology advances have made it easier to detect subtle, anomalous end-user behavior, such as installation of unusual apps on endpoint devices, or suspicious deviations from baseline activity. This panel discussion examines best approaches and methods to build monitoring, control and context into enterprise insider threat protection efforts for enterprise to get ahead of the insider threat in 2019.
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CHTA has gathered many innovative startups around Asia that tackle the challenges of today's hospitality and travel industry. The speaking session highlighted the trends and issues the current industry is facing and how startups can play an important part in disrupting the industry.

Guest speaker to colleage students on interview skills and how to create the best pitch deck for starting a startup.

At the CDO Innovation Summit, Akina shared her experiences on the topic of " What Makes a Successful CDO?" Some say that CDOs are evangelists, the visionary that inspires organizations to adapt to the envisioned modern way of life. Others claim that CDOs are internal consultants, flushing out pain points and providing solutions for better user experiences, business intelligence, and decision making. Yet others propose that CDOs are politicians, lobbying leaders of traditional business units… Show more

At the CDO Innovation Summit, Akina shared her experiences on the topic of " What Makes a Successful CDO?" Some say that CDOs are evangelists, the visionary that inspires organizations to adapt to the envisioned modern way of life. Others claim that CDOs are internal consultants, flushing out pain points and providing solutions for better user experiences, business intelligence, and decision making. Yet others propose that CDOs are politicians, lobbying leaders of traditional business units to rethink their models and realigning corporate strategies across internal and external stakeholders.

What style of leadership should CDOs adopt in order to be successful in their roles - transformative change agent, utopian, strategist, facilitator, technologist, or a mix of all? From a personal background perspective, what previous experiences best equip CDOs for their roles? Do CDOs promoted from within an organization have advantages over external hires, or do experiences trump all?
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The 1st Asia PropTech Hackathon for students and entrepreneurs to share their new technology or business ideas for sustainable real estate business. This property technology and innovation summit will take place as a series of round table discussions with 4 tracks of discussion and a total of 16 topics showcasing the most forward-thinking projects for the community.

At the PropTech Asia 2018 based in Singapore, Akina talks about"Construction and Disruption, What Will Survive Destruction?" in the Real Estate industry. She covers:
• How technology has evolved in the property development industry over the past 100 years and what the industry will become over the next 20 plus years?
• What technologies we should watch out for that can elevate, disrupt or even destroy your company - including drones, AI, e-Commerce, Blockchain, Big Data, & many more to… Show more

At the PropTech Asia 2018 based in Singapore, Akina talks about"Construction and Disruption, What Will Survive Destruction?" in the Real Estate industry. She covers:
• How technology has evolved in the property development industry over the past 100 years and what the industry will become over the next 20 plus years?
• What technologies we should watch out for that can elevate, disrupt or even destroy your company - including drones, AI, e-Commerce, Blockchain, Big Data, & many more to come.
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A guest panel to discuss with other experts regaridng "Emerging HR technology and the future of work". This covers:
• HR leaders will come together to discuss the lessons they learned during HR tech implementations and integration.
• Getting buy-in from users before the implementation phase.
• Practical tips for keeping projects within budget and timelines.
• Virtual reality and augmented reality in tomorrow’s organization.
• Integrating HR software with existing systems –… Show more

A guest panel to discuss with other experts regaridng "Emerging HR technology and the future of work". This covers:
• HR leaders will come together to discuss the lessons they learned during HR tech implementations and integration.
• Getting buy-in from users before the implementation phase.
• Practical tips for keeping projects within budget and timelines.
• Virtual reality and augmented reality in tomorrow’s organization.
• Integrating HR software with existing systems – how to minimize the cost involved in IT interventions and avoid common mistakes.
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Guest Speaker at CHTA Disruptive 2017 on the topic of “The WOW Factors Hotels are Looking for to Increase their Brand Value and Revenue”.

Akina Ho was invited to have a presentation session at HTNG Asia Pac Conference in Bali on the topic of " The Sharing Economy: Creating New Businesses & Damaging Existing Ones", talking about the rise of sharing economy and its potential impact to the hospitality industry.

Akina was invited to share the hospitality knowledge with students by the School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts, encourage the students to explore the possibilities of mobile technology in hospitality industry.

Akina Ho was invited to attend a discussion panel in IHTF, one of the important hospitality technology forum in industry, on the topic of "How are Cloud Based Technologies Offering Hotels Flexibility over Services". The panelists shared their insights on how Cloud-based technologies offer hotels flexibility over service and its challenges and limitations on moving to the cloud.

The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, one of the top global hospitality and tourism schools in the Middle East region, invited Ms. Akina Ho to be a guest speaker for their hospitality class on the topic of "Transforming Hotel Operations with Technology".

Akina Ho was invited to attend the "Hospitality Technology Visionaries Panel Discussion" at FHA 2014, highlighted the key revolutionary technological trends expected to see widespread usage throughout the hospitality market, with additional insight on how they can be effectively leveraged.

Akina was invited to share hotel industry trends with students by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, one of the global top hospitality and tourism school. In the guest lecture, Akina talked not only about the cutting-edge hospitality technologies, but also about how to plan and advance one's career in the ever-changing field.

Key Note Guest Speaker at University of Berkeley, California

Course Title: Strategic Marketing - MBA Course in 2000