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The buzzing Artificial intelligence (AI) scene is an exception to the downbeat mood across the technology sector as ChatGPT has seemingly taken the world by storm. Some have envisioned AI to be a transformative technology having an economic impact similar to that of electricity. As companies and industries leverage AI’s predictive power to create better products and big savings, we will explore the differences between how countries utilise AI, the regulatory and ethical issues surrounding its future usage and the already in motion move towards AI 2.0, its disruptions and industry implications.

In the company of leaders from the Hong Kong financial services industry, we will explore the outlook Hong Kong faces as an international finance hub, its role as part of GBA, and its potential contribution towards future Chinese IPOs.

A vision of the metaverse is forming, with many Asian brands and firms already experimenting with the medium, resulting in new products, investments and partnerships. Join us and we explore the frontiers of metaverse technology and the pioneering applications that will take us into this next stage of digital development.

For those of us in Hong Kong through the summer, this social gathering of EICN primary members will provide the perfect opportunity for us all to unwind over a sake tasting and dinner in the company of The Economist’s China Editor, Simon Cox.

The EIU’s Global Chief Economist Simon Baptist will present the EIU’s global and regional outlook for the second half of 2023 and beyond – with political and economic highlights. And a panel of Hong Kong business leaders will debate their interpretations of the data, and explore the opportunities and risks they suggest.