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PolyU Innovation and France - PolyU Innovation and
Technology Lecture Series Technology Lecture Series
How Blockchain Will Save the World Thales, Innovative Engineering in
Hong Kong

Date Date
13 Apr 2018 18 May 2018

Speaker Speaker

• David Shrier, the Associate Fellow of the University From Thales Transport & Security (H.K.) Ltd.:
of Oxford, Lecturer & Futurist at MIT, CEO & Founder
of Distilled Analytics • Mr. Batson Cheng, HR Manager and Business Partner
(Resourcing and Branding)
• Mr. Stephane Duguet, Head of Research and
Abstract Technology
ITDO and the Department of Computing invited David Shrierto • Mr. Keith Lam, IVVQ and T&C Team Leader, RCS
to deliver an inspiring talk on How Blockchain Will Save the • Mr. Kelvin Fong, Head of ICS, GTS-Transport (HK)
World. Over HK$800 billion of transformation over the next
decade will be driven in the financial services industry due • Mr. Guillaume Claudel, Engineering Manager, GTS-
to blockchain. From savings to payments to securities to Transport (HK)
real estate property to identity (AML/KYC), every aspect of • Mr. Batson Cheng, HR Manager and Business Partner
financial services are being touched by this transformational (Resourcing and Branding)
technology. Yet beyond just accruing riches to bankers,
blockchain has the potential to address humanity’s grand
challenges, ranging from stopping human trafficking to Abstract
remediating the environment.
ITDO and Faculty of Engineering organized the lecture and
invited speakers from Thales Transport & Security (H.K.)
Ltd. to introduce its unique heritage of technical excellence,
drawing strength from their global dimension and from the
diversity of their workforce, and their research and technology.

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