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Program

Theme: Global Climate and Environmental Risk Management: Challenges and Opportunities

Date:  25 March 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 9:30am - 1:05pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre C (LT-C), HKUST
Language: English

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

9:00-9:30am Reception
 
9:30-9:40am Opening Ceremony
 
 

Opening Remarks
Prof. Kar Yan TAM
Dean and Chair Professor, School of Business and Management
HKUST

 
 

Welcome Speech
Prof. Ki Ling CHEUNG
Director, Risk Management and Business Intelligence Program
HKUST 

Session 1

9:40-10:05am
Striving towards Carbon Neutrality – An Unprecedented Challenge that Brings New Opportunities

Mr. C. F. WONG
Commissioner, Climate Change Unit
Environment and Ecology Bureau, HKSARG

 
10:05-10:10am

Q&A

 
10:10-10:35am
Do Banks Need to Manage Climate-Related Financial Risk? And How?

Dr. Cho-Hoi HUI
Head, Banking Policy Division
Hong Kong Monetary Authority

 
10:35-10:40am

Q&A

 
10:40-11:05am
Accelerating the Net-Zero Transition: Recent Developments and Opportunities Emerging in Carbon Markets

Mr. Ken CHIU
Head of Carbon and ESG Products
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

 
11:05-11:10am

Q&A

 
11:10-11:25am

Break

Session 2

11:25-11:50am
Integrating Climate Factors into Key Business Decisions

Ms. Sammie LEUNG
Partner, Regional ESG Services
PwC Asia Pacific

 
11:50-11:55am

Q&A

 
11:55am-12:20pm
Operationalizing Sustainability through Technology

Mr. Eimund LOO
Partner, Digital Advisory
ERM: Environmental Resources Management

 
12:20-12:25pm

Q&A

 
12:25-12:50pm
Institutional Investors’ Responses to Climate Risks in Companies

Dr. Agnes K. Y. TAI
Director
Great Glory Investment Corporation

 
12:50-12:55pm

Q&A

 
12:55-1:05pm

Closing Remarks