The Future of

Hong Kong

Economy

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 | 9am – 5pm
Island Ballroom, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong

About the Conference

HKU Business School is dedicated to Hong Kong economic policy research with an aim to create positive change in the community. Subsequent to the successful launch of the very first Hong Kong Economic Policy Green Paper and the inaugural conference last year in encouraging fruitful discussions, this year, the School will join hand with Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, Institute of Digital Economy and Innovation and Asia Global Institute to host the second conference entitled “The Future of Hong Kong Economy” under its Thought Leadership Conference Series 2022. The conference will serve as an exchange platform to foster discussion among well-regarded scholars, policy makers, business leaders and the community, with an aim to contribute to local, regional and global sustainable economic development in the long run.

Remarks

  • Given the uncertainty surrounding the progression of pandemic, while every endeavour will be made to follow the arrangements announced, the HKU Business School reserves the right to modify and/or postpone the conference.
  • It is subject to the government’s latest requirement and regulations on group gatherings, the catering and seating arrangements, the number of guests in each table and the distance between each table/seating area in the venue, will be modified as necessary to keep an appropriate social distance from participants.

Terms and Conditions

  • Successful registrants will be notified by email in 10 business days and be provided with a payment link for further handling to secure the seats. Registration is not completed until payment has been received and a confirmation email has been sent.
  • All registrations are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled.
  • The event will be postponed/cancelled if the No.8 Typhoon signal (or above) or the Black Rainstorm warning signal is in force, further notice to successful registrants will be given in due course.
  • By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed and give permission to use your likeness in promotional and/or marketing materials.

Keynote Speakers

The Honourable Paul CHAN Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP
Keynote Speaker

The Honourable Paul Chan Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP
Financial Secretary, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr Chan is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a former President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Before joining the Government, Mr Chan held a number of public service positions including member of the Legislative Council and Chairman of Legal Aid Services Council.

Mr Chan served as Secretary for Development from July 2012 to January 2017. He has been Financial Secretary since 2017.

The Honourable Paul CHAN Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP

Financial Secretary,
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Professor Sir Christopher PISSARIDES
Keynote Speaker

Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides
Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2010
Regius Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Sir Christopher Pissarides is the 2010 Nobel Prize laureate in economics, the Regius Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and the Professor of European Studies at the University of Cyprus. He is a macroeconomist who specialises in the economics of labour markets, economic growth and structural change, especially as they relate to obstacles to free-market clearing. He has published extensively in academic journals and his book Equilibrium Unemployment Theory is a standard reference in the academic literature on unemployment, which has influenced extensively labour market policies. He has received several prizes, awards and prestigious Academy fellowships for his work, including the Grand Cross of the Republic of Cyprus and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. In the last decade he has mainly worked on the employment implications of automation and artificial intelligence and on the emergence of China as a global economic power. He has recently been involved in the preparation of a Report on the development of the Greek economy, which bears his name, and through his position as Co-Chair of the Institute for the Future of Work in London he is actively involved in securing the conditions for the creation of good work in the age of automation.

Professor Sir Christopher PISSARIDES

Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2010
Regius Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science

Mr. ZHANG Tao
Keynote Speaker

Dr. Tao Zhang
Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific, The Bank of International Settlements
Former Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China
Former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Mr. Tao ZHANG has been Chief Representative of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Office of Asia and the Pacific since September 2022. Prior to this, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited (PICC). He also served as Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC during 2016-2021.

Mr. Zhang has extensive policy making experiences both in international arena and at the national level in China. As the IMF’s Deputy Managing Director, he oversaw the Fund's engagement with more than 100 member countries around the world. As a key member of the IMF’s Management Team, he had a wide portfolio, ranging from financial stability policies, fintech and digital currencies, climate change, sustainable growth, gender, to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. He played a key role in helping to strengthen the Fund’s relationship with partner institutions, from the World Bank to the UN family, and many other international and regional organizations. Earlier in his career, he had worked as an economist at the World Bank in Washington, DC (1995-1997), and the Asian Development Bank in Manila, the Philippines (1997-2004).

Mr. Zhang also held senior positions with the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s central bank, including as a Deputy Governor and heads of various departments, and contributed to a broad range of policy issues, including research, fintech, institutional reforms, statistics, legal, and international affairs since 2004.

Mr. Zhang has an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, and a B.S. Electrical Engineering and M.S. Financial Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He has published in both Chinese and English academic journals.

Dr. Tao ZHANG

Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific,
The Bank of International Settlements
Former Deputy Governor of the
People’s Bank of China
Former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Remarks

  • Given the uncertainty surrounding the progression of pandemic, while every endeavour will be made to follow the arrangements announced, the HKU Business School reserves the right to modify and/or postpone the conference.
  • The event will be postponed/cancelled if the No.8 Typhoon signal (or above) or the Black Rainstorm warning signal is in force, further notice to participants will be given in due course.
  • By attending this event, you agree to be photographed and/or filmed and give permission to use your likeness in promotional and/or marketing materials.
  • If you have questions about the conference or interested in learning about the sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at fbe.conference@hku.hk.

Contact Us

If you have questions about the conference or interested in learning about the sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at fbe.conference@hku.hk.