- 2022 Digital Asset Series (DAS) is a series of free
educational seminars delivered by leading industry leaders and
practitioners, legal professionals, regulators, and academic
scholars from the Fintech ecosystem.
- Debuting in August 2022, DAS
aims to provide education to the general public about the
ever-growing landscape of digital assets and facilitate mass
adoption by covering twelve (12) key topics across the digital
asset space including Investment Strategies, Asset Management,
Security Tokens, Web3, Metaverse, NFT, Regulatory, Stablecoin,
CBDC, DeFi, Cryptocurrencies, ESG, Impact and Social Good.
HONG KONG, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Initiated and
sponsored by the TADS Awards, the world's first international
awards for Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities (TADS), 2022
Digital Asset Series (DAS) is a series of free educational seminars
delivered by industry leaders and practitioners, legal and
consulting professionals, regulators, and academic scholars from
Fintech ecosystem. The objectives of DAS are to educate the general
public about the ever-growing landscape of digital assets and
facilitate mass adoption by covering different key topics across
the digital asset space. From August to November 2022, DAS will be hosting eight (8) free
educational seminars spanning a four-month period, including:
- Investment Strategies and Asset Management for Digital
Assets
- Digitized Securities and Security Tokens
- Digital Asset for ESG, Impact and Social Good
- Regulatory and Compliance Landscape in the Digital Asset
- Stablecoin and CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency)
- DeFi and Cryptocurrencies
- Web3.0, Metaverse, and NFT Opportunities for Youth
- Market Opportunities in GBA (Greater Bay Area)
DAS is co-organized by seven leading professional organizations
in the digital asset ecosystem in Hong
Kong, namely (alphabetically) the Asia Pacific Digital
Economy Institute ("APDEI"), the Asia Security Token
Alliance ("ASTA"), the Hong Kong Blockchain Association
("HKBA"), Hong Kong Digital Asset Society ("HKDAS"), Hong
Kong Digital Finance Association ("HKDiFi"), the Society of
Registered Financial Planners ("HKRFP"), and the NFT
Association of Hong Kong
("NFTAHK"). DAS is also supported by InvestHK, the Hong Kong
Science and Technology Parks Corporation ("HKSTP"), Hong Kong
Cyberport, as well as leading digital asset research units from
three (3) leading universities including the Faculty of
Business Digital Transformation Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic
University, the Crypto-Fintech Lab of the Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology, and the EMBA
Programme at the Business School of the City University of Hong Kong.
King Leung, Head of Fintech at
InvestHK, said, "the Hong Kong Special Administrative Government is
highly supportive on the innovation and development of the Fintech
industry, including the fast-growing digital asset sector. We are
glad to see the vibrant initiatives initiated by the DAS,
particularly on public education, which fosters more well-informed
adoption by industry participants and healthy development of the
sector."
Samson Lee, Chairman of the
Organizing Committee at DAS & TADS Awards, and Founder &
CEO at Coinstreet commented, "from Bitcoin in 2008, Ethereum in
2015, Altcoin/ICO in 2017, STO in 2018, DeFi in 2019, Stablecoin in
2020, NFT in 2021 to Metaverse in 2022, we have seen that digital
assets adoption continues to grow globally, even though the crypto
winter is currently in full swing. This unprecedented growth in
adoption must be matched by the increase in knowledge and literacy.
Education is critical and can help people make better financial
decisions, protect them from scams, increase cyber security
measures, and open doors to new economic and employment
opportunities. The scope is limitless, and this is what we aim to
do with DAS."
Kani Chen, Professor and Program
Director of MSc Program in Financial Mathematics at the
Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology said, "we trust there are endless opportunities
with Web3 and are excited to work with DAS in the development of
this Series which we believe will promote more discussions and
innovations in this space."
Jack Poon, Professor of Practice
at the School of Accounting and Finance of the Hong Kong
Polytechnic University added, "the innovation used to build around
digital assets are both creative and disruptive. The Digital
Assets Series would provide a broad and balanced view of the latest
developments in this rapidly growing frontier."
Michael C S Wong, Associate Professor of Finance and EMBA
Director of City University of Hong
Kong, commented that "most financial transactions and
financial services will be digital, tokenized, and AI-driven in the
next decade. The Hong Kong
community should nurture more talents for this trend."
David Wen, Organizing Committee
at DAS, and Chairman at the Asia Pacific Digital Economy Institute
("APDEI"), Professor of International Business School and Director
of International Research Center for Fintech Security at the
Zhejiang University said, "DAS
seminars will bring together forefront industry leaders with
different backgrounds across the digital asset space to share their
unique perspectives and insights, as well as identify the most
controversial topical debates thus correcting any misconceptions
and further inspiring discussions about the possible future
opportunities of digital assets."
Emil Chan, Organizing Committee
at DAS, and Co-Chair at the Hong Kong Digital Finance Association
("HKDiFi"), commented, "the digitization of financial services,
including DeFi, Stablecoin and CBDC, is reshaping the business
models of different industries and the landscape of our daily
lives. It is creating efficient financial services while
facilitating the economic development of financial industries that
are trying to embrace change, and DAS is a catalyst empowering such
adoption process."
Michael Wong, Organizing
Committee at DAS, and President at Society of Registered Financial
Planners ("HKRFP") said, "I am delighted to join DAS. In
Hong Kong, the granting of the
first SFC licensed digital broker to trade security tokens is a
prominent step. DAS is another great initiative. Through the
coming activities, I'm looking forward to seeing more insights and
broader adoptions between legal professionals and industry
players."
Alex Au, Organizing Committee at
DAS, and Co-Founder of Hong Kong Digital Asset Society said, "with
the current downturn in the market, this is the perfect
timing and opportunity to study and consolidate your knowledge of
crypto and Web3."
Tony Tong, Organizing Committee
at DAS, and Chairman at the Hong Kong Blockchain Association said:
"On behalf of Hong Kong Blockchain Association HKBA, I'd like to
congratulate the successful launch of the Digital Asset Series
(DAS) educational seminars which increases the knowledge and
literacy of many aspects of digital assets from the general
public."
Tony Chan, Organizing Committee
at DAS, and Co-Chair at the NFT Association of Hong Kong ("NFTAHK") said, "Current market has
some common misconceptions about NFTs, and education is the key to
clarify and to better understand the potential value and utility of
NFTs. DAS is a very meaningful and powerful platform to achieve
such goals."
Henry Yu, Organizing Committee at
DAS, and Founding Committee at Asia Security Token Alliance
("ASTA") said, "the Asia Security Token Alliance is dedicated to
fostering the digital securities and tokenized securities industry
and to educating the general public about the security token
ecosystem. We are delighted to support DAS to promote the new era
of digital assets."
The first session of DAS will be held on August 30, 2022 in Hong
Kong on the topic of "Investment Strategies and Asset
Management in Digital Assets." Speakers will include
Robert Lui, Hong Kong Digital Asset
Leader at Deloitte China; Gary Tiu,
Executive Director, Head of Regulatory Affairs at BC Technology;
Michael Wong, Managing Partner &
Co-founder at MaiCapital; Cheney
Cheng, Managing Partner at Altive & Board Member at SEBA
Bank; and Brian Chan, Investment
Director, Asset Management at Venture Smart Asia Ltd. Online
registration for this session - https://lnkd.in/gQrXqmXb
For more information about DAS, please visit –
https://digitalassetseries.org/
About DAS
DAS is a series of free educational seminars for the general
public that aims to facilitate mass adoption of digital assets. The
series covers twelve key topics across the digital asset space
including Investment Strategies, Asset Management, Security Tokens,
Web3, Metaverse, NFT, Regulatory, Stablecoin, CBDC, DeFi,
Cryptocurrencies, ESG, Impact and Social Good. The objectives of
DAS include providing a coordinated series of seminars covering
various key sub-topics in the ever-growing landscape of digital
assets, bringing together forefront industry leaders with different
backgrounds and sharing their unique perspectives and insights in
the digital asset space. Other objectives include identifying the
most controversial topics, correcting any misconceptions and
further inspiring discussion about the possible future
opportunities of digital assets. For more information about DAS,
please visit – https://digitalassetseries.org/
About TADS Awards
First launched in 2020, the Tokenized Assets & Digital
Securities Awards ("TADS Awards") is the world's first annual
international awards for the Tokenized Assets & Digital
Securities sector. It celebrates this industry by recognizing and
honoring significant contributions and distinguished achievements
worldwide. Hosted annually, the TADS Awards brings together
individuals and businesses to share the energy that tokenization
brings to the financial sector. TADS Awards also aims to nurture
the growth of these specific industries by jointly establishing
"best practices" and setting "measuring standards" for high-quality
tokenized assets and digitized securities, together with other
industry leaders on the global market. For more information, please
visit - https://tadsawards.org/
