Winds of Change Sweep Across the Seas, Full Agenda Unveiled: 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, Stars Gather to Illuminate Victoria Harbour
April 20th
Main Stage · Mountain
پر 9:00 AM on April 20th, the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Festival Opening Ceremony will be grandly held at the Main Stage · Mountain. Distinguished guests including Lu Weiding (NPC Deputy, Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Chairman and CEO of Wanxiang Group), Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan, Hong Kong Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Joseph Chan, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Executive Director (Intermediaries) Raymond Yip, Hong Kong Legislative Council Member (Technology and Innovation Constituency) Duncan Chiu, Former U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary and University of Maryland Finance Professor Michael Faulkender, Global FinTech Institute President David Lee, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Chief Public Mission Officer Eric Chan, Japan Virtual Currency تبادلہ Association (JVCEA) & Japan Crypto Asset Business Association Executive Managing Director Masashi Ko, China Finance Society Executive Director and Former Chairman of Beijing Financial Holdings Group Fan Wenzhong, Luohan Academy Secretary-General and Shanghai Zhilian Financial Research Institute (Preparatory) Dean Chen Long, among others (speakers introduced in order of appearance), will attend to share insights on hot topics in their respective fields and jointly inaugurate the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Festival.
میں afternoon of April 20th, one of the festival’s most anticipated topics, “Traditional Finance x Crypto Finance: Convergence,” will take place. Numerous industry leaders including Du Yu (Head of Wanxiang Blockchain Labs), Binance Co-CEO Yi He, HashKey Group تبادلہ Business Group CEO Ocean Yang, OKX Global Chief Commercial Officer Lennix Lai, RD Technologies CEO Rita Liu, HSBC Digital Assets Director Bugra Celik, HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao, Quantum Solutions CEO Francis B. Zhou, Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, KGA Managing Partner Kevin M. Goldstein, Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng, Stable CEO Brian Mehler, JPMorgan Asia Pacific (Payments) FinTech Industry Head Akhil Devmurari, Bitstamp by Robinhood President Leonard Hoh, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will gather for dialogues on topics such as Hong Kong’s stablecoin development, cross-border payments, and asset digitization.
Stage One · Wind
Are AI’s autonomous decision-making and Web3’s decentralized trust natural allies or fundamentally conflicting? When AI agents start managing assets and invoking contracts, who vouches for their actions? On the afternoon of April 20th, Stage One · Wind will host the thematic forum “Web3 x AI: Value Reconstruction in the Intelligent Era.” Guests including Byteplus HK Technical Director Sophia Jin, Silicon Valley AI Tech Blogger Lang Hanwei (Online), Ant Digital Technologies CTO Yan Ying, Gen Labs Limited CEO He Xiaoyang, Google Cloud Strategic Advisor Michael Yung, SlowMist Partner & Product Lead Keywolf, TON Foundation Asia Pacific Head John, Qtum Co-founder Miguel Palencia, Cobo Co-founder & CTO Changhao Jiang, MaxQuant CEO Jeffery Zeng, TechFlow Co-founder Zolo Xiong, Kite AI CMO Cindy Shi, Virtuals Protocol COO KK, Questflow CEO Bob, Anoma Co-founder Adrian Brink, Uptick Network Founder & CEO Xin Weimin, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will participate in sharing and discussions, deconstructing the integration challenges and breakthrough paths in real-world sectors around this profound collision of “intelligence and trust.”
Stage Two · Cloud
Trillions in real-world assets await tokenization, yet most projects remain stuck in “pilot” phases. Compliance costs, on-chain valuation, liquidity exits… which link is the real bottleneck? On the afternoon of April 20th, the thematic forum “ٹوکنization: The Bridge Between the Real World and the Digital Economy“, co-hosted with Anvita, will be held at Stage Two · Cloud. Guests including Animoca Brands Co-founder & Executive Chairman Yat Siu, MSX Brand & PR Head Richa, Arkreen Co-founder Leo Lin, XDC Network Asia Head Chen Shanlong, Karma Automotive President Marques McCammon, Oak Network CEO Nazmus Saquib, Empower Love Chief Strategic Advisor Zhang Baolong, Kaspa Foundation Chairman Junny Ho, PANONY & PANews CEO Sunny Ng, BIT Founding Partner & CBO Cynthia Wu, DigiFT Founder & CEO Henry Zhang, Clearpool Co-founder Jakob Kronbichler, OpenEden Founder & CEO Jeremy Ng, ENI Founder & CEO Arion Ho, Plume CEO & Co-founder Chris Yin, Ant Digital Technologies Anvita Product Lead & ZAN CEO Zhang Chenguang, Foresight News Deputy Editor-in-Chief Zhou Zhou, GCL New Energy Holdings Executive Director & President Jason Huang, Pharos Network Co-founder & CEO Wish Wu, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will engage in deep dialogue, directly addressing the core challenges of scaling RWA from concept to reality and exploring how to build the bridge between the real world and the digital economy.
April 21st
Main Stage · Mountain
پر April 21st, the Main Stage will continue to focus on core topics. The morning session will revolve around the theme “AI x Crypto: The Next-Generation Financial Infrastructure“. Numerous speakers including Feng Qingfeng (Lotus Technology Global CEO), Solana Foundation President Lily Liu, Mysten Labs Co-founder & Chief Product Officer Adeniyi Abiodun, MEET48 COO Kai Xu, Pantera Capital Partner Franklin Bi, Bybit Senior Policy Director Mykolas Majauskas, Futu Holdings Managing Director Zeng Yuchao, TRON Founder, Huobi HTX Global Advisor, B.AI Advisor Justin Sun, Altlayer Founder YQ Jia, Oceanus Group Executive Director & Group CEO Peter H.K. Koh, PBM, BNB Chain Growth Executive Director Nina Rong, Pancakeswap CEO Chef Kids, a16z Asia Pacific Head Sungmo Park, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will discuss the integration of AI and the کرپٹو world, directly addressing the underlying reconstruction logic of financial infrastructure.
میں afternoon of the 21st, another highly anticipated thematic forum, “The Ultimate Q&A on RWA“, will take place. Distinguished guests including HashKey ٹوکنisation CEO Anna Liu, Guotai Haitong Securities Industry Policy Research Institute Co-Chief Analyst Yao Shijia, National Finance and Development Laboratory Distinguished Senior Researcher Zhao Yao (Online), JunHe Virtual Assets Practice Head & Partner Qiao Zheyuan, Wanxiang Blockchain General Manager Chen Bin, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) Wealth Management International Business Head Diao Zhihai, King & Wood Mallesons Partner Fei Si, SNZ Holding & SNZ Capital Managing Partner & CIO Gavin Wang, BNY Mellon Investment Management Hong Kong Limited Liquidity Distribution Head Celine Tan, Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited Digital Asset Strategy Head Kelly Sohn, JPMorgan Global Investment Bank Managing Director, Asia FinTech Head, China Financial Institutions Head Xu Ping, Hamilton Lane Digital Assets Head Victor Jung, HashKey Tokenisation Partner Li Bowei, Galaxy Digital Asia COO John Cahill, BlackRock Managing Director Abdelhamid Bizid, Ondo Finance Managing Director & Global Business Development Head Min Lin, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will share the stage to discuss topics ranging from interpreting new domestic policies to global regulatory trends, and from asset filing to on-chain issuance, collectively deliberating on implementation paths and future prospects.
Stage One · Wind
As the barriers between traditional capital and کرپٹو assets gradually dissolve, these two asset classes, once operating on parallel tracks, are moving towards deep coupling. Is this a fleeting market trend or a long-term institutional transformation? On the morning of April 21st, the theme “New Trends in Crypto-Equity Linkage“, co-hosted with Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT), will unfold at Stage One · Wind. Heavyweight guests including Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) Executive Chairman Zhu Junwei, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen, ZR Financial Group CEO Phil Kang will deliver speeches. A special segment presented by Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) will also be featured. A roundtable discussion specially presented by Sina Finance will bring together Sina Finance Hong Kong Station Chief Zhao Lan, Bitfire CEO Livio Weng, ChinaAMC (HK) Digital Asset Business Director Wu Juanyu, Deloitte China Hong Kong Digital Asset Lead Partner & Web3.0 Development Task Force Member Lui Chi Hung, and other distinguished guests (speakers introduced in order of appearance) for dialogue.
The afternoon session is “Smart Hardware: The Physical Gateway and Scenario Extension for Web3“, co-hosted with Arkreen. Guests including Arkreen Co-founder Merlin Ostermann, Summer Capital FinTech & Blockchain Partner Alven Lin, Robo.ai CEO Ben Zhai, Kong Chai Robotics Group Executive Director Chen Jianqiu, JDI Global Founder & CEO Yiming Wang, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Innovation Research Institute Web 3.0 Business Research Manager & Innovation & R&D Patty Tu, Hash Global Founder KK, StarFive Technology (Hong Kong) General Manager Wallace Leung, Starise Tech Limited CEO Liu Tao, VeZoom Global Advisor Samuel C. Greenwood, FutureMoney Group بازارing Director Jerrina Yu, Plume Chief Strategy Officer Shukyee Ma, Tether Asia Pacific Institutional Expansion Director Peter CHEN, Goldwarts Limited M2M Pay Chief Product Officer Steven Wang, IoT Think Tank Founder Peng Zhao, Maverick Capital CIO Henrique Centieiro, Roam CMO Rohan JT, Gradient Network Co-founder Gao Yuan, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will explore how Web3 can turn smart hardware into assets generating sustainable returns and the compliance and implementation thresholds that must be crossed for scaling.
Stage Two · Cloud
From cross-border settlements to AI agent payments, stablecoins are penetrating payment networks at an unexpected pace. On April 21st, the thematic forum “Stablecoins and the Web3 Payment Revolution“, co-hosted with RD Technologies, will be held all day at Stage Two · Cloud. Guests including RD Technologies CEO Rita Liu, United Stables CEO Athena Yu, BAXS COO Toby Poon, TON Foundation Asia Pacific Head John, Google Solutions Architect Leon Li, inftech.ai Founder Alan Qi, Safeheron Partner JAG FOO, TokenPocket Partner & CBO Michael Wong, Alchemy Pay Ecosystem Lead Arda Senoz, RD Technologies Chief Product Officer Daqi, FOMO Group Co-founder Zack Yang, Ava Labs Asia Pacific Head Justin, Obita Co-founder & CBO Vincent Yang, Bitget Wallet Asia Pacific Head Will Wu, Huma Asia Pacific CEO Jessica Cao, Hivemind Asia Pacific Partner Stanley, RD Innotech CCO Debra, Boundless Network CEO Shiv Shankar, Aspire Hong Kong Compliance Head Jacky Chong, Cactus Custody CEO Daniel Lee Cheok Ching, TransFi CEO Raj Kamal, Sorted Wallet CEO Stephen Browne, RD Technologies International Business Head Justin Chan, Alfred Business Head Osman Mendoza, and others (speakers introduced in order of appearance) will engage in in-depth discussions on topics such as the regulatory path for compliant stablecoins, the feasibility of agent payments, regulatory differences across the US, Europe, and Asia, and practices in emerging markets.
April 22nd & 23rd
From April 22nd to 23rd, heavyweight guests including Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin and numerous ecosystem partners will present multiple exciting Side Events across the four stages of “Mountain, Wind, Cloud, and Sea.”
Main Stage · Mountain
پر April 22nd, the Ethereum Application Alliance will host the “Ethereum Application Gathering” at the Main Stage · Mountain. Heavyweight guests including Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin will attend to engage in deep discussions on directions such as the maturation of Ethereum infrastructure and the explosion of the application layer, AI × Ethereum, RWA and institutional adoption, hardware integration with the physical world, security and trust, and future outlooks.
Registration Link: https://luma.com/89bnj2h4
پر April 23rd, Bitfire New Huo Technology will host the “2026 Hong Kong Institutional Wealth Management Summit” at the Main Stage · Mountain. Centered on two main themes—private banking-level digital asset custodian services and institutional wealth management—the summit will delve into topics including institutional allocation practices, compliance and risk control frontiers, AI-empowered wealth management, RWA and crypto-equity integration & market infrastructure, and the inheritance and service standards of digital wealth.
Registration Link: https://luma.com/9mz5wyps
Stage One · Wind
پر April 22nd, W3SA-HK will host the “Web3.0 Standardization and Globalization Summit” at Stage One · Wind. Against the backdrop of the vigorous development of blockchain and next-generation information technologies, the summit will explore how standardization can drive Web3.0 industry progress and how internationalization can help enterprises integrate into the wave of disruptive innovation.
Registration Link: https://luma.com/z5akgehj
پر April 23rd, TON Foundation will host the “TON AI Builders Day & Telegram AI Ecosystem Co-Creator Summit” at Stage One · Wind. The event will bring together developers, project teams, and industry leaders to explore the infinite possibilities of the AI × TON ecosystem. It will include rich segments such as an AI Agent hands-on workshop, TON ecosystem AI hackathon project demos, an AI x Web3 roundtable, and an Agentic payment roundtable.
Registration Link: https://luma.com/xu9ywvih
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