Indochine Counsel hosts the 5th ALA Annual Conference in Ho Chi Minh City

Indochine Counsel is pleased to host the 5th Annual Conference of ASEAN Legal Alliance (ALA) with the theme of “Emerging Tech and Regulations in ASEAN – Reconciling Policies and Practices”, between 8 and 9 November 2018 at Le Meridien Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

This year event will introduce you an overview of the busy technology revolution in ASEAN and governments’ efforts in keeping pace with such unimaginable speed of change. We have lined up several speakers who are experts in their fields to share their insights with us. The world is changing very quickly and we as lawyers, accountants, professionals and business owners need to know how to embrace new technologies and how we need to change with the times. ASEAN is a hotbed for many of these new hi-tech companies. Many of our young people today are devoting their energies into these new start-ups. Today we see companies like Grab a company that was founded in Malaysia and subsequently moved to Singapore to raise more capital operating in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and their target markets are all in ASEAN. They have bought up Uber in these countries. There will be many more of these companies that will be born and will grow to become ASEAN companies.

We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city and its economic powerhouse, a city filled with more than ten million people, a burgeoning economy, a rich culinary culture, a diverse gathering of international businessmen, profiteers and tourists, a city in between, home to an increasingly wealthy middle class and the attendant luxuries.

Date & time: 8:00-17:30, 9th November 2018
Venue: Le Méridien Saigon Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Language: English & Vietnamese

AGENDA

08:00 – 08:30 Registration
08:30 – 08:45 Opening Session
08:45 – 09:15 Keynote Speech: Government’s policies for SME development and innovative startups in Vietnam
09:15 – 09:45 The rapid growth of Fintech: A Revolution in the New Financial System
09:45 – 10:15 Raising a successful ICO – Step-By-Step
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break & Networking
10:30 – 11:15 Tech startup financing – 10 things to know
11:15 – 11:45 Art and Technology
11:45 – 12:30 Panel Discussion: “Reconciling policies and practices in ASEAN countries to grasp opportunities from technology revolution”
12:30 – 13:45 Luncheon & Networking
13:45 – 14:15 Mitigating legal risks for tech companies and startups in Vietnam
14:15 – 14:45 Challenges of a high tech startup company – The story of Fanfare
14:45 – 15:30 Due diligence in tech acquisition: case studies
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break & Networking
15:45 – 16:30 Homework for a tech start up to prepare itself for fund raising rounds
16:30 – 17:15 From internet of “things” to “everything” — Panel Discussion: “ASEAN Challenges and Opportunities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution”
17:15 – 17:30 Closing Remarks

SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS 

Nguyen Hoa Cuong
Deputy Director General,
Enterprise Promotion Department
Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)
Aloysius Wee
Managing Partner
AQUINAS LAW ALLIANCE LLP
Dang The Duc
Managing Partner
Indochine Counsel 
Bryan Tan 
Partner
PINSENT MASONS MPILLAY LLP
Dar Wong 
Strategic Advisor 
BAIN PARTNERS & MANAGEMENT LTD
Apisith John Sutham 
Managing Partner
APISITH & ALLIANCE LTD
Professor Steve Ngo
International Arbitrator, 
Academician and Arbitration & 
Dispute Resolution Specialist
AQUINAS LAW ALLIANCE LLP
Nguyen Quang Thuan

Chief Executive Officer 

StoxPlus JSC
Poesy Liang 
Interdisciplinary artist, 
innovator & humanitarian
Michael Chua 
Co-Founder & CMO
FANFARE | WIZARD | POET & PROPHET
Vo Sang Xuan Vinh 
Partner & Founder
BLUEWAVE ADVISORY
Vince Kek 
Founder & President of 
ONE PING SDN BHD
Andrew Duck
CEO, AVERSAFE
Kerry Kennedy 
CEO & Executive Producer
ASIA MEDIA PARTNERS 
Marcus Tan Kian Han
Managing Partner
MARCUS TAN & CO

For Registration:
For more information about the Event and for registration, please visit the website at
www.alaconference2018.com or please call the hotline below:
For Vietnamese: +84 28 6670 1666 | +84 903 985 066
For English: +84 939 828 086
Email: [email protected]

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