Official Launch of the Asian Institute of Digital Finance
OVERVIEW
The official launch of Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF) will feature distinguished speakers from the government, industry, and academia to exchange ideas and discuss the digital transformation of the financial landscape in Asia.
MORNING SESSION
(VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION ONLY)
10:00am to 10:10am | INTRODUCTION |
10:10am to 10:20am | OPENING REMARKS Prof Tan Eng Chye, President, NUS |
10:20am to 10:30am | KEYNOTE ADDRESS Mr Heng Swee Keat, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies |
10:30am to 10:45am | OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF AIDF |
10:45am to 11:00am | PARTNERS APPRECIATION CEREMONY |
11:00am to 12:00pm | MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION
Nurturing Talent for ASEAN’s Digital Financial Transformation Panelists: Mr Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore Mr Dean Tong, Head of Group HR, UOB Prof Mohan Kankanhalli, Dean, NUS School of Computing / Chairman, AIDF Management Committee Moderated by: Prof Susanna Leong, Vice Provost, Masters' Programmes & Lifelong Education, NUS |
12:00pm to 12:10pm | CLOSING REMARKS Prof Jin-Chuan Duan, Executive Director, AIDF / NUS Business School |
AFTERNOON SESSION - DIGITAL FINANCE SYMPOSIUM
(IN-PERSON PARTICIPATION / VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION)
1:30pm to 2:00pm | RESEARCH DIALOGUE WITH AIDF STUDENTS (Exclusive for MSc and PhD students of Digital Financial Technology) |
2:00pm to 2:50pm | OBSERVING AND CONNECTING EVENTS IN ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SECURITY ANALYSIS Assoc Prof Liang Zhenkai, AIDF / NUS School of Computing |
2:50pm to 3:40pm | RISK MODELLING TECHNIQUES FOR LARGE PORTFOLIOS Dr Matt Zhang, Vice President, Enterprise Risk and Performance, GIC |
3:40pm to 4:00pm | BREAK |
4:00pm to 4:20pm | NURTURING FINTECH INNOVATION |
4:20pm to 5:10pm | ROBUST FEDERATED CALIBRATION OF PARAMETRIC CREDIT MODELS Prof Jin-Chuan Duan, Executive Director, AIDF / NUS Business School |
5:10pm to 6:00pm | QUANTUM COMPUTING FOR MARKET DATA GENERATION & SYSTEMATIC TRADING STRATEGIES Ms Elena Strbac, Executive Director, Standard Chartered Mr Marco Paini, Technology Partnerships Director, Europe, Rigetti Computing |
Venue: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, Level 2 Auditorium, 11 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119244
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm, 2:00pm to 6:00pm (SGT, GMT +8)
Speakers

Mr Heng Swee Keat,
Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies

Prof Tan Eng Chye,
President, NUS

Mr Sopnendu Mohanty,
Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Mr Dean Tong,
Head of Group HR, UOB

Mr Peter John Morgan,
Vice Chair of Research and Senior Consulting Economist, Asian Development Bank Institute

Prof Susanna Leong,
Vice Provost, Masters' Programmes & Lifelong Education, NUS

Prof Mohan Kankanhalli,
Dean, NUS School of Computing / Chairman, AIDF Management Committee

Prof Jin-Chuan Duan,
Executive Director, AIDF / NUS Business School

Assoc Prof Liang Zhenkai,
AIDF / NUS School of Computing

Mr Marco Paini,
Technology Partnerships Director, Europe, Rigetti Computing

Ms Elena Strbac,
Executive Director, Standard Chartered

Dr Matt Zhang,
Vice President, Enterprise Risk and Performance, GIC