Empowering the agentic enterprise

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Ms Lillian CHEONG Man-lei, JP Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Wilson Ching Managing Director, General Manager of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, Cisco

Steve Clayton Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, Cisco

Ben Dawson Senior Vice President and President, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China

David Siroky AI CTO, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China

Timothy Snow Principal Architect, Cybersecurity, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China

Cisco AI whitepaper launch ceremony

Panel discussion

Demo booth area

Guest speakers

Cisco speakers

Catalysts for enduring digital advancement

Agenda

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation deck
8:15-9:30	Registration and explore
9:30-9:40	HKSAR Government Official Address	Ms Lillian CHEONG Man-lei, JP Under Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
9:40-9:50	Welcome & opening keynote	Wilson Ching Managing Director, General Manager of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, Cisco
9:50-10:05	The network is more powerful than the node	Steve Clayton Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, Cisco	Download
10:05-10:25	The critical infrastructure in the AI era	Ben Dawson Senior Vice President and President, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
10:25-10:45	The probabilistic age: What comes after classical computing	David Siroky AI CTO, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
10:45-11:10	Powering and securing the agentic enterprise	Timothy Snow Principal Architect, Cybersecurity, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
11:10-11:20	Unveiling the blueprint for innovation: The Cisco AI whitepaper
11:20-12:00	Panel discussion - The agentic enterprise: Navigating the future of autonomous innovation	Moderator: Philip Wong Chief Architect & Leader of Solutions Engineering, Cisco Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Panelist: Flora Fang Managing Director, Customer Experience, Cisco Greater China Lawrence Fong Director Digital and IT, Cathay Charleston Sin Head of AI and Digital, Hong Kong Science & Technology Park Silvester Liu Partner-in-charge, KPMG ASPAC Connected Enterprise Digital Transformation Services and China AI Solutions Centre
12:00-13:30	Lunch and demo tour

Breakout sessions

Track 1: AI-ready infrastructure and Future-proofed workplaces

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation deck
13:30-14:00	AI-powered wireless connectivity	Avinash Salian Wireless Architecture Sales Lead, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
14:00-14:30	The blueprint of building an AI-ready data center	Guan Lee Director, Cloud & AI Infrastructure Architecture, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China Louis Mah Head of Information Technology, Maxim's Group Lawrence Ang Consulting Solutions Architect \| Strategy & Solutions, APJ, Everpure	Download
14:30-15:00	Fireside chat - The secure AI factory: Scaling innovation with resilience	Moderator: David Siroky AI CTO, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China Guest Speaker: Samuel Lo General Manager, NVIDIA AI Technology Center Hayden Chow Solutions Architect, Red Hat Chang Huong Tan Regional Sales Director, ASEAN & Greater China, VAST Data
15:00-15:05	Quiz and lucky draw
15:05-15:35	Connected intelligence: Rethinking employee and customer experience in the AI era	David Coventry Managing Director, Global Collaboration Sales Organization, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
15:35-16:05	Empowering intelligent network operations: HKT EMS and Cisco AI with MCP integration	Kelvin Chan Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, Commercial Group, HKT Limited Ray Leung Solutions Engineer, Cisco Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao
16:05-16:35	Transforming network operation with agentic AI	Anderson Qian Customer Experience Solution Development Architect, Cisco Greater China	Download
16:35–16:40	Quiz and lucky draw

Track 2: AI security and digital resilience

Time	Topic	Speaker	Presentation deck
13:30-14:00	Cisco AI-ready secure networking	Sanjay Kumar Kundnani Networking - Switching and Platform Leader, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China Timothy Snow Principal Architect, Cybersecurity, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
14:00-14:30	Fireside chat - Defending the agentic edge: Securing AI agents against emerging threats	Moderator: Timothy Snow Principal Architect, Cybersecurity, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China Guest Speaker: Dicky Wong CEO, Syber Couture Tim Toa Director of DFIR (Digital Forensics & Incident Response), Tiger Forensics, Ltd. Dr. Kawin Boonyapredee CISO Advisor, KnowBe4
14:30-15:00	Next-gen Security Smart Switches for the AI Data Center	Wong Pin Han Security Architect, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
15:00-15:05	Quiz and lucky draw
15:05-15:35	Fireside chat - The new resilience dimension: Integrating agentic AI into cyber operations	Moderator: Alvin Wong Advisor, Digital Security and Data Protection Alliance Guest Speaker: Raymond Cheng Senior Advisor of QBN Capital Management Ian Wong Solutions Engineer, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China Ernest Lo Vice President, Product & Innovations of HGC Global Communications
15:35-16:05	Managed AI SASE for the AI era: HKBN’s AI security fabric	Jackal Chau General Manager of Technology Business, HKBN Enterprise Solutions Ranganath Balasubramanyam Technical Business Leader, SASE, Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China	Download
16:05-16:35	Redefine digital resiliency with Cisco Data Fabric and Splunk Agentic SOC	Lawrence Chiang Senior SE Leader, Splunk Greater China Jun Ling Chief Manufacturing Architect, Cisco Greater China	Download
16:35–16:40	Quiz and lucky draw