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12-13 April, 2024 · Digital Economy Summit

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“Smarter Technovation for All: Forging a Sustainable Future” was the 12–13 April 2024 Digital Economy Summit framing. HKISG lists DES because city-level digital-economy programmes become tomorrow’s cloud, identity, and data-sharing estates — with or without security ownership.

Why this programme matters in Hong Kong

Sustainability and smart-city language can hide weak authentication, vendor lock-in, and personal-data sprawl. Hong Kong operators should attend policy summits with a control checklist, not only a networking brief. HKISG does not run DES; we translate it for security readers.

Hong Kong operators — from licensed financial institutions to SMEs and public-sector teams — still need rooms where practitioners compare operated controls, not only product slides. HKISG publishes this briefing so members can decide whether attendance, a speaking note, or a post-event debrief belongs on their calendar.

Who should attend

Public-sector digital leads, CIOs, CISOs in regulated firms, and vendors who must hear policy before they write proposals.

Typical readers of this HKISG listing include CISOs, security architects, risk and compliance leads, SOC managers, and technology executives who own cyber and AI security outcomes in Hong Kong.

HKISG’s interest in this listing

HKISG lists this industry programme so Hong Kong information security practitioners can find conversations that sit alongside our education and briefing work. Unless an organiser page names HKISG as a supporting organisation, treat the event as independent.

HKISG does not sell speaking slots on this page. Treat the official event website as the live source of agenda, venue, speaker confirmation, and enrolment rules.

Themes practitioners should watch

Note any data-sharing or AI-government themes, then ask who is the data user, where logs live, and how citizens contest automated decisions.

After the session, capture a dated one-page note: what changed in your threat model, which control owner should act, and when you will review evidence. Pair that note with HKISG education, security bulletins, and the assessment methodology when the conversation touches Trust Review language.

How Hong Kong teams can take part

  1. Read this HKISG briefing for community context before you decide to travel, dial in, or send a colleague.
  2. Open the official event website hosted at digitaleconomysummit.hk for agenda, venue, and registration rules.
  3. Members who want a co-hosted briefing or a post-event note for the community may use the contact form. Proposals need identifiable organisers and a Hong Kong-relevant audience — not an undisclosed product pitch.
  4. If you are hiring or teaching, connect what you heard to HKCERT and HKISG so staff know when to escalate to the CERT versus when to use HKISG programme materials.

Official event website: digitaleconomysummit.hk
Programme questions: Contact HKISG

Editorial note

This page is published by the Hong Kong Information Security Group (HKISG) as a community briefing about Smarter Technovation for All: Forging a Sustainable Future (Digital Economy Summit). It is not a ticket office, a paid speaking marketplace, legal advice, or a substitute for HKCERT coordination. Agenda details can change; confirm them on the organiser’s website.