HONG KONG, November 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On November 3, Feng XiaoChairman of Wanxiang Blockchain and HashKey Group announced during Hong Kong Fintech Week that Hong Kong The Web3 Festival 2024 will take place from April 6-9, 2024. Building on its record-breaking 2023 event, HK Web3 Festival 2024 will feature an incredible line-up of industry guests from around the world.
The inaugural Web3 Festival, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, attracted over 50,000 total attendees, 300 speakers worldwide, 100 exhibitors, and nearly 200 side events. It is widely recognized as a milestone for that of Hong Kong Web3 industry.
Last year’s Web3 festival brought together esteemed representatives of the Hong Kong government and agencies, including Paul CHAN Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP, Financial Secretary to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Duncan CHIU, Member of the Legislative Council (Technology and Innovation Constituency), Lillian Cheong Man LeiDeputy Director of the Office of Innovation, Technology and Industry, Sophie ChongDeputy Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Simon CHAN Sai-ming, BBS, JP, Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Clara Chanthen executive director of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Keith ChoyActing Head of Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong KongPeter YAN King-shun, JP, CEO of Cyberport, King LeungHead of Fintech, InvestHK, Crystal FokSTP platform manager, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation who provided in-depth information and clarification on that of Hong Kong policies favorable to talents and Web3 startups.
The inaugural Web3 Festival, held across five central stages, brought together the world’s brightest minds, top Web3 projects and leading venture capital firms presenting content-rich talks and Web3-centric topics. Esteemed speakers at the event included Hong, Chairman of OKX, DC, CEO of HashKey Capital, Director of HashKey Singapore, Chris Yuco-founder and CEO, SignalPlus, Ming ZengFormer CSO of the Alibaba group, Bo Fengfounder of Dragonfly.xyz, Wensheng CaiAngel Investor, Chairman, Meitu, Juan Benetfounder of Protocol Labs, Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR Protocol, Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, Ben HE, CEO and founder of imToken, CZ, founder and CEO of Binance, and more. In-depth discussions and discussions took place around AIGC, Private Computing, Web3 Security, Web3 Infra, Fintech, DePIN, etc.
Come join us here and witness the triumphant return of Hong Kong!
Event website: https://www.web3festival.org/hongkong2024/
Become a speaker: https://hongkong.web3festival.org/speakerapplication
Become a sponsor: https://hongkong.web3festival.org/sponsorapplication
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SOURCE Wanxiang Blockchain Labs
