Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the Accountancy Profession 2018
09 Jul 2018
The conference will be held on 14 July (Saturday) and aims to explore the development of AI and how it can be adopted to drive changes in the accounting profession through the lens of the government, technology end-users, and academics.
Date: 14 July 2018
Time: 2:00-5:00pm
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
(The conference was open for registration through the June issue of our newsletter sent through the HKICPA. Those who have successfully registered their seat should have received confirmation already. Please contact us if you haven’t received yours.)
Programme
| Time | Programme |
| 14:00 | Welcome remarks by the Hon Kenneth Leung, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR |
| Speech by the Hon Nicholas Yang, GBS, JP, Secretary for Innovation and Technology | |
| Speech by Dr. Andy Chun, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong | |
| Speech by Mr. Eberhard Schoneburg, Lead AI Advisor, PwC Hong Kong | |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45 | Panel Discussion AI in Accountancy: Present and FuturePanelists: Dr. Andy Chun, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong Mr. Eberhard Schoneburg, Lead AI Advisor, PwC Hong Kong The Hon Charles Mok, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR Ms. Jacqueline Chan, FCCA, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd Moderator: The Hon Kenneth Leung, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR |
| 16:30 | Question & Answer Session |
| 16:50 | Closing remarks by the Hon Kenneth Leung, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong SAR |