AQFC2015

A Survey of today’s Financial Technology landscape and practical approaches for the commercialization of core technologies developed at research institutions

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                Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
                                The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

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Date: June 28, Thursday, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

 

Title: A Survey of today’s Financial Technology landscape and practical approaches for the commercialization of core technologies developed at research institutions

 

Speaker:  Mr. Seow Choong Huei

Senior advisor to growth-stage companies in USA, Taiwan and Southeast Asia

 

Abstract:  

 

The media landscape today is inundated with talk of how new Financial Technology applications will impact individuals, companies and industries in terms of efficiency, automation, knowledge, and interaction. Every hour, new ideas for FinTech applications are hatched and developed, funded by public and private capital, and led by teams around the world in public, academic/research and commercial institutions.

 

This seminar will give a tour of today’s FinTech landscape and the various applications being commercialized and rolled out into the markets. The speaker will also share his experience and personal perspective on the process of commercializing research coming out from research institutions and academia, and some directions/ideas for researchers/academics in Hong Kong.

 

Speaker Bio:

 

Seow Choong Huei (C.H.) currently serves as senior advisor to growth-stage companies in the USA, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, high net worth family offices, and fund management companies. He also serves on a few project review/finance committees for technology innovation centers and medical research funds in Singapore.

 

C.H has over two decades of investment experience in Venture Capital (VC), Private Equity, portfolio management and business/operational experience as a senior executive in regional corporations. Prior to embarking on his investment/finance/business career, C.H worked as a software development engineer in the greater New York area.

 

He received his S.B in Computer Science & Engineering from MIT, where he pursued research interests in AI, natural language processing and computer systems architecture. Choong Huei also has an MBA in Finance (with Honors) from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business.

 

Everyone is welcome to attend the talk!
 

Venue: Room 906,William M.W. Mong Engineering Building
(ERB),(Engineering Building Complex Phase 2) The Chinese University of
Hong Kong.
 

The talk will be hosted by:

 

Prof. Helen Meng
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
E-mail: hmmeng@se.cuhk.edu.hk

 

SEEM-5202 Website:  http://seminar.se.cuhk.edu.hk
Email:  seem5202@se.cuhk.edu.hk

 

Date: 
Thursday, June 28, 2018 - 11:45 to 12:45