WHAT TO EXPECT?
HIGH LEVEL ROUNDTABLE
POWERING DIGITAL ECONOMY – THE DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE NEW NORMAL
EVENT AGENDA
HIGH LEVEL ROUNDTABLE
POWERING DIGITAL ECONOMY – THE DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
IN THE NEW NORMAL
09:30 |
VIP INTRODUCTION |
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Representative from the Organizers |
09:40 |
OPENING REMARKS |
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Mr. Nguyen Duc Hien, Vice Chairman, Central Economic Commission |
09:50 |
ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF WEBTECH COMPANIES WITH HYBRID CLOUD SOLUTION |
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Mr. Sandeep Kapoor, General Manager, APAC, Compute and Webtech Acceleration, HPE |
10:05 |
HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE |
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Moderator: Mr. Nguyen The Quang, Deputy Director General, Vietnam E-Commerce and Digital Agency, Ministry of Industry and Tradee Panelists: Representatives from related governmental agencies; C-level executives from leading domestic and foreign corporations/enterprises in E-commerce, Ride Hailing and Delivery, Digital financial services, Online media, Online travelling, Online gaming, IT, etc Topics of discussion: ● Difficulties and challenges of in the process of corporations’ digital transformation and business ecosystem expansion ● The emerging trends of digital businesses and Orientation of monitoring and regulations ● Policies and recommendations to encourage the development of new products, services and online business models of the digital economy |
11:50 |
CLOSING REMARKS |
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Mr. Nguyen Duc Hien, Vice Chairman, Central Economic Commission |
12:00 |
END OF HIGH-LEVEL ROUNDTABLE |
FEATURED SPEAKERS
MR. SANDEEP KAPOOR
General Manager, APAC, Compute and Webtech Acceleration, HPE
View moreMr. Sandeep Kapoor General Manager, Compute & Webtech Acceleration, Asia Pacific Hewlett Packard Enterprise |
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| BIOGRAPHY Kapoor also manages alliances with third party software providers that help build ecosystems for Hybrid Cloud and Edge. Kapoor is heavily focused on accelerating Webtech and Start-ups’ eco-systems and building partnerships that are critical for successful customer deployments. Prior to the new role, Kapoor was leading HPE’s Mission Critical Systems and High Performance Computing business in APJ, wherein he / his team focused on clients in key industries such as Banking and Finance, Manufacturing, Communications, Media and Entertainment, Public sector and emerging areas of AI, Deep Learning, Cloud, Big Data and Security. Kapoor has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, including 23 years with HPE. Kapoor holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and is currently based in HPE’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. |
MR. NGUYEN NGOC DUNG
Vice Chairman, Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM)
View moreMr. Nguyen Ngoc Dung Vice Chairman, Vietnam E-Commerce Association (VECOM) |
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| BIOGRAPHY He is the founder and developer of Vietnam’s first online sales website since 2002.
For many years, he has been a lecturer on e-commerce and a speaker, moderator of seminars in events on e-commerce, online marketing… Additionally, he also participated in appraising IT and e-commerce projects as a member of the Appraisal Council.
Mr. Dung is also the one who started connecting and cooperating activities with Amazon Global Selling from the early days to support Vietnamese sellers on Amazon.
Mr. Dung is currently coordinating programs to implement Blockchain applications in business activities. He works as an advisor for Tokenize projects as well as Blockchain training in Vietnam.
He is a member of working groups on policies for e-commerce, digital transformation, Fintech…
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MR. LE ANH DUNG
Deputy Director, Payment Systems Department, State Bank of Vietnam
View moreMr. Le Anh Dung Deputy Director, Payment Systems Department, State Bank of Vietnam |
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| BIOGRAPHY Mr. Dzung has nearly 20 years of experience in central banking and payment systems at the State Bank of Vietnam. He has an interest in and often handles many payment related issues such as payment systems, electronic payments, e-money, cryptocurrency, non-cash payment promoting, innovative payment services.
In addition, he has recently involved with new areas such as digital transformation in banking, digital banking service, digital technology application, e-KYC … in Vietnam. He also joined the working group on ASEAN payment and settlement system (WC-PSS), contributed to payment aspects of financial inclusion in the Fintech era report of the PAFI Group under the CPMI-BIS Committee.
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MR. TRAN TUAN ANH
Executive Director, Shopee Vietnam
View moreMr. Tran Tuan Anh Executive Director, Shopee Company Limited |
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| BIOGRAPHY Before joining Shopee, Mr. Tuan Anh was a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a core member of the firm’s Consumer Goods, Financial Services, TMT and People & Organizations practices. He had Advising and Investing in start-up at DFJ VinaCapital. He worked at Investment management in the US with a focus on technology sectors. Mr. Tuan Anh is currently an Executive Director of Shopee Vietnam. |
MR. JAMES DONG
CEO,
Lazada Vietnam
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Mr. James Dong
CEO, Lazada Vietnam |
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| BIOGRAPHY Prior to joining Lazada, he was Head of Global Corporate Development at Alibaba Group and Senior Assistant to CEO of Alibaba Group. While working at Alibaba Group, he was in charge of investment portfolio management and executing the group’s global e-commerce expansion plan, specifically in the Southeast Asia region. Before joining Alibaba Group, he was working as Associate Partner of consulting firm McKinsey & Company. |
MS. LE THANH THAO
Brand Marketing Manager, Sendo Technology Joint Stock Company
View moreMs. Le Thanh Thao Brand Marketing Manager, Sendo Technology Joint Stock Company |
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MR. NGUYEN THANH LONG
Marketing Director,
TIKI Corporation
View moreMr. Nguyen Thanh Long Marketing Director, TIKI Corporation |
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| BIOGRAPHY He graduated from Hanoi University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor degree in Engineering Science – Technology, and soon began his career. Until now, he has possessed more than 20 years of experience in Information Technology and Marketing-Communications fields.
Nguyen Thanh Long was the co-founder, and Marketing and Product Development Director of Baomoi.com with a series of information technology awards, such as Vietnamese Intelligence Awards and Vietnamese Talent Awards.
He used to work as Senior Marketing Director for VNG’ s games in Vietnam and other Southeast Asia countries, contributing to building data of VNG’s customers system to cater the needs of market research and MarTech.
He was then Vice President of Customer Development at Be in the early days prior to joining Tiki as Marketing Director.
At Tiki, he oversees Marketing, especially Digital Marketing. He and his team play a crucial role in formulating Marketing strategies as well as ensuring communications, branding and advertising activities to enhance business performance.
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MR. NGUYEN THE TAN
CEO,
VCCORP
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Mr. Nguyen The Tan Chief Executive Officer, VC Corporation |
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| BIOGRAPHY Additionally, he also regularly gives outstanding recommendations to develop policies and legal regulations for the development of Vietnam’s Internet industry. Mr. Nguyen The Tan is considered by other experts as a strong contributor and supporter to the development of Vietnam’s potentially rising Internet economy. |
MS. DAO THU PHUONG
Deputy CEO, Coc Coc Co., LTD.
View moreMs. Dao Thu Phuong Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Cốc Cốc Company Limited |
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| BIOGRAPHY Phuong holds a Master degree in Information Management Systems and Technologies from Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. At Cốc Cốc, Phuong started as the sales director, building the organization, processes, client base and annual revenue from zero to tens of million USD, which created a sustainable business. She also worked in close cooperation with product and engineering teams to develop and deliver solutions for the clients. This gave her first experience in product development. When realizing that an advertising system is a platform connecting advertisers with users , Phuong started to lead consumer product development to build an ecosystem and is still in charge of the most sophisticated Cốc Cốc’s products at the moment. |
MS. NGUYEN THAI HAI VAN
Managing Director, Grab Vietnam
View moreMs. Nguyen Thai Hai Van Managing Director, Grab Vietnam |
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| BIOGRAPHY Before joining Grab, Ms. Hai Van was a 17-year veteran at Unilever Vietnam, most recently the Vice President of its Beauty and Personal Care Division, as well as handled Unilever’s media strategy. She has extensive experience in commercial strategy planning, and marketing for Unilever in Vietnam and regionally across varied product lines. With her deep commercial and customer engagement in the Vietnamese market, she is truly an expert in product development strategies to meet the daily needs of Vietnamese, additionally, continues to strengthen Grab’s leading multiservice super app proposition in the region, bringing the best-in-class services for everyday convenince of Vietnamese people. Ms. Hai Vai is also Co-chair of the Vietnam Mobile Marketing Association.
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MR. NGUYEN TRUNG THANH
Deputy CEO, Woowa Brothers Corp (BAEMIN)
View moreMr. Nguyen Trung Thanh Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Woowa Brothers Vietnam (BAEMIN) |
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| BIOGRAPHY Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh holds a PhD in Telecommunications from the University of British Columbia (Canada) after completing a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in the same field. He joined the world leading strategic consulting firm – McKinsey after graduating. He is proud to contribute to generate income for hundreds of thousands of restaurants and drivers. In addition, he is also very interested in science and technology application to improve the lives of customers, partners, and furthermore develop Vietnamese digital economy. |
MR. PHAN TUONG BACH
Director of Operations, Tuc Thoi Service Corporation (Ahamove)
View moreMr. Phan Tuong Bach Director of Operations, Tuc Thoi Service Corporation (Ahamove)) |
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| BIOGRAPHY It is not generally known that Mr. Bach was himself an aeronautical engineer. After 4 years as an engineer, Bach decided to make a fresh start. He went to the USA to study a MBA program. Back in Vietnam, he briefly worked at Uber and had successfully launched a new service into the market of Danang. Then Mr. Bach left Uber for AhaMove – as a director of the operation department till now. |
MR. LE TANH
Chief Executive Officer, Vietnam Payment Solution Joint Stock Company
View moreMr. Le Tanh Chief Executive Officer, Vietnam Payment Solution Joint Stock Company |
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Playing various roles at Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Paragon Solutions Vietnam, TMA Solutions, VASC Software and Media Company. |
MS. NAINIKA TANEJA
Storage BU Lead, HPE Growth & Emerging Markets
Ms. Nainika Taneja Storage BU Lead, HPE Growth & Emerging Markets |
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| BIOGRAPHY Nainika Taneja is the Storage Business Unit lead for GEMs region comprising Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Asia Emerging countries at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Based out of Singapore, she is responsible for storage sales of the entire product portfolio across Primary storage, Hyperconverged, Big Data storage as well as software defined storage solutions. She is also responsible for building and maintaining key ISV partners in the storage industry. Her key focus is on customer acquisition, competitive solution development & driving digital transformations for customers by providing future proof, innovative & optimized infrastructure solutions. Apart from her key role of Storage BU Lead, she is also leading the Webtech initiative for GEMs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Webtech is HPE’s initiative to increase their footprint in the start-up ecosystem by building customized offerings & processes that are catered to recently founded growth enterprises who have a web based presence. She is the co-chair of Women’s Employee Resource Group at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. And is a firm believer of gender diversity at the workplace. Prior to this role, she was responsible for Big Data & Artificial Intelligence solution sales for GEMs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. And before that, she has worked with Google as a Knowledge Management Consulting Intern. She is active in sports mainly badminton and basketball & enjoys running. She also has a record of binging 3 seasons of Friends on Netflix non-stop. Prior to the pandemic, she was an avid traveler. She holds a Masters in Management, from National University of Singapore. |
MR. R.JAY EGUIA
Category Manager, HPE APAC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Mr. R.Jay Eguia Category Manager, HPE APAC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) |
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| BIOGRAPHY He’s an Electronics Engineer by training and prior joining HPE, he’s been working as a Technology Presales Consultant for some of the top IT distributors in the Philippines. He spends most of his personal time with his family and his hobbies like playing basketball or badminton. |