22
Sep 2021
22 Sep - 23 Sep 2021
9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Virtual Conference
Registration closing date is on 16 September 2021.
BFF 2021
Transformative Innovation Reshaping Business Realities in Extraordinary Times
Insights into new key business trends and challenges, and converting impact driven concepts into actions in pursuit of new opportunities and discoveries
While barely emerging from the shadow of Covid-19, we are simultaneously faced with geopolitical risks, ongoing climate crisis, disruptive innovation and changing consumer preferences. These challenging events highlighted relentless pressing issues which necessitates mindset change, business agility and digital transformation. How well are we prepared to handle these challenges? As we hope for a return to ‘normal’ mode in 2022, business leaders and policy makers are cognisant of the lessons learnt from the events of 2020 that rocked the world. In this new era of certain uncertainty, planning for the long-term implications of the pandemic and future crises while continuing to adapt business models that cater to dynamic stakeholder requirements are indispensable for sustainable growth.
Innovation matters on the road towards sustainable recovery where there are opportunities to boost creativity and resilience, strengthen employee engagement and pursue new areas of growth right here, right now for our future. From the crisis, a whole new set of behaviours, actions, products and business models have emerged and will remain reinventing well into the future.
At this conference we will delve into key issues and drivers of change which impact the economy, organisational strategies, investor attitudes and society.
Introducing #BFF2021 Featured Speakers
Take a look at some of the top talent in the industry who are speaking at BFF 2021
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar
Executive Chairman
Securities Commission Malaysia
Tengku Zarina Tengku Chik
Chief Executive Officer
Securities Industry Development Corporation
Tan Sri Dr. Munir Majid
Chairman
CARI ASEAN Research and Advocacy
Tan Sri Dr. Jemilah Mahmood
Professor and Director
Sunway Centre for Planetary Health
Kamarul Bahrin Haron
Independent Journalist/Anchor
Dr. Li Lian Ong
Group Head, Financial Surveillance & Acting Group Head, Regional Surveillance
ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) (Singapore)
Nurhisham Hussein
Chief Strategy Officer
Employees Provident Fund
Professor Tyler Cowen
Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics
George Mason University (USA)
Ruslena Ramli
Director, Fintech and Islamic Digital Economy
MDEC
Dr. Sekar Jaganathan
Director, Digital Strategy
Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad
Benjamin Soh
Managing Director
STACS (Singapore)
Effendy Shahul Hamid
Chief Executive Officer, CIMB Digital Assets (CDA)
Group Chief Executive Officer, Touch ‘n Go Group
Afzal Abdul Rahim
Commander-in-Chief
Time Dotcom
Dato’ Azmir Merican
Group Managing Director
Sime Darby Property Berhad
Nadhir Ashafiq
Co-Founder & Executive Director
TheLorry
Nadiah Wan
Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara | Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, TMC Life Sciences Berhad
Phang Sau Lian
Senior General Manager
Sunway Velocity Mall
Bront Palarae
Founder & CEO
Pixel Play Ventures
Alexander L. Fernandez
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Streamline Media Group
Datin Azleen Osman Rani
Director
Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia
Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman
Astrophysicist / Director
International Science Council, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Jasmine Ng
Secretary, ACCESS Blockchain Association Malaysia
Co-Founder, EnGame
Aaron Tang
Country Manager
Luno
Patrick Tan
CEO & General Counsel
Novum Alpha (Singapore)
Henri Arslanian
PwC Crypto Leader and Partner
Chan Wei Chi
Head, Business Development
pitchIN
Ibrahim Sani
Senior Current Affairs Editor & Executive Producer
Astro AWANI
M Nazri
Adj Practice Prof (AI)
Salim Naim
Director of AI
Microsoft Global Black Belt, Asia
Ehon Chan
Partner
Retrospective Discovery LLP
Richard Ker
Vice President of Partnerships and Ecosystems Development
Aerodyne Group
T. Kugan
Chief Emerging Business Officer
Celcom Axiata Berhad
Ulrik Fugmann
Portfolio Manager, Co-head Environmental Strategies Group, ESG Champion (UK)
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM)
Vishnu Nambiar
Chief Technology Officer
Carsome
Azran Osman-Rani
Co-Founder and CEO
Naluri
Nadiah Hanim Abdul Latif
Conference Moderator
Head, Strategy & Programmes, Yayasan Anak Bangsa Bisa
Co-Founder, OpiS International
OBJECTIVE
This programme is designed as a virtual gathering of great and innovative minds with a common purpose to stimulate discourse on key business trends and challenges, convert impact driven concepts into actions, shake up the status quo and inspire pursuit of new opportunities and discoveries with the objective to thrive with positive impact amid unpredictable global events.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this programme, participants will be able to:
- Assess the impact of global economic developments towards building a resilient tomorrow
- Analyse the revolution of technology innovation on decision making and future business practices
- Evaluate how business leaders continue to push the boundaries within agile environment
- Discuss the ethical issues and digital trust surrounding the proliferation of technology in business spectrum
- Discuss the design and redesign of future workforce upskilling and reskilling
METHODOLOGY
The conference will be delivered virtually with live and interactive presentations, talks, conversations and panel discussions.
#BFF2021 SESSIONS
Panel Session 1
Malaysia and Global Economic Outlook 2022 – Rebuilding a Dynamic Economy
- Global economic watch 2022-2023 – Back to the future?
- Is deglobalisation the future or temporary?
- International digital taxes – Insights and challenges
- What’s in store in the Malaysian Budget 2022?
- Diminishing stimulus measures – What happens when the handouts stop?
Panel Session 2
FinTech and The Future of Innovation
- Market dominance in digital economy
- Inter-connecting tech firms and financial service providers
- Exploring new avenues of growth – Future growth engines and business models
- Evolving with the times – Changing consumer habits and digitalisation
- Future technologies and financial innovation
Panel Session 3
Leadership in Times of Certain Uncertainty
- Leaders at the front line
- Turbulent-Uncertain-Novel-Ambiguous (TUNA) – What worked yesterday won’t work tomorrow
- Leading without all the answers
- Driving leadership in a world of AI and machine learning
- Drivers for sustainable development
Panel Session 4
Decrypting the Investment Landscape of the Future
- The rise of DeFi – What’s in it for investors?
- The curious case of NFTs – Enter the Metaverse
- Cutting out the middlemen – How new technologies are disrupting financial intermediaries
- Investor sentiment on digital assets – Is there an obvious trend?
- Blockchain and future development of crowdfunding
- The buzz on social media investing and tips
Panel Session 5
Building Trust in Artificial Intelligence
- Who has your data and why should you care?
- Trust in cloud computing
- How can humans infuse ethics into AI algorithms? Can AI be trusted?
- The future of AI Governance
Panel Session 6
Lightning Talks: Investing and Leveraging on Tech-celeration
- Drone delivery – The future we look forward to
- Wired for 5G and beyond – Impact and transformation in store
- Startup to Unicorn – Platform driven business journey
- A Race to Net Zero
Special Presentation I
Suite Chat: Innovation in Healthcare and Wellness
Special Presentation II
Accelerating Startups Growth In Extraordinary Times
- How accelerators can bring spillover benefits to economy
- Accelerators impact on entrepreneurial ecosystem
- Startups and Tech
Special Presentation III
Gaming Powered to the Next Level
- Chillin’ with games
- A coping mechanism during the pandemic
- Going live in the gaming space
- The thriving of gaming industry
Special Presentation IV
Digitalisation and Technology – Skills for the Jobs of the Future
Special Presentation V
Transform the Future of Your Health
Day 1 | 22 September 2021
| 8.30 am | Participants Login |
| 9.00 am | OPENING REMARKS
Datuk Syed Zaid Albar, Chairman, Securities Commission Malaysia |
| 9.15 am | WELCOME REMARKS
Tengku Zarina Tengku Chik, Chief Executive Officer, Securities Industry Development Corporation |
| 9.20 am | SUITE CHAT: INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS
Moderator: Speaker: |
| 9.50 am | MALAYSIA AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 2022 – REBUILDING A DYNAMIC ECONOMY
Moderator: Panellist:
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| 10.50 am | Screen Break |
| 11.00 am | FINTECH AND THE FUTURE OF INNOVATION
Moderator: Panellists:
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| 12.00 pm | LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CERTAIN UNCERTAINTY
Moderator: Panellists:
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| 1.00 pm | SPECIAL SESSION
ACCELERATING STARTUPS GROWTH IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES
Speaker: |
| 1.30 pm | End of Day 1 |
Day 2 | 23 September 2021
| 8.30 am | Participants Login |
| 9.00 am | SPECIAL SESSION
GAMING POWERED TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Alexander L. Fernandez, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Streamline Media Group |
| 9.30 am | SPECIAL SESSION
DIGITALISATION AND TECHNOLOGY – SKILLS FOR THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE Moderator: Speaker: |
| 10.00 am | DECRYPTING THE INVESTMENT LANDSCAPE OF THE FUTURE
Moderator: Panellists:
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| 11.00 am | Screen Break |
| 11.10 am | BUILDING TRUST IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Moderator: Panellist:
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| 11.50 am | SPECIAL PRESENTATION
LIGHTNING TALKS: INVESTING AND LEVERAGING ON TECH-CELERATION
Moderator: Panellist:
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| 12.30 pm | SPECIAL PRESENTATION
LIGHTNING TALKS: INVESTING AND LEVERAGING ON TECH-CELERATION
Moderator: Panellist:
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| 1.10 pm | SPECIAL PRESENTATION
TRANSFORM THE FUTURE OF YOUR HEALTH Azran Osman-Rani, Co-Founder and CEO, Naluri |
| 1.30 pm | End of Programme |
*The SIDC reserves the right to amend the programme as deemed appropriate without prior notice
ICF COMPETENCIES LEVEL 4
| Core: Corporate Governance (Proficiency Level 4) Foundational (Regulatory): Capital Market Products (Proficiency Level 4) Behavioural (Organisation Leadership): Strategic Thinking (Proficiency Level 4) |
FEES
TARGET AUDIENCE
INDIVIDUAL 
Directors, Partners of Firms, C-Suites, Corporate Consultants, Key Management, Business owners, Corporate Pension Plans – Trustee, Administrators, Commissioners, Staff. Direct Investors, Directors of Investments, Directors of Manager Selection, Economists, Emerging and Frontier Markets, Emerging Managers, Endowments, Equity Managers, ESG investors, ESG Fund Managers, Fixed Income, Foundations, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, High Net Worth Individuals, Impact Investing, Infrastructure Based Fund Managers, Placement Agents, Portfolio Analysts, Portfolio Managers, Real Estate Managers, Registered Investment Advisors, Seed investors, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Accountants, Angel Investors, Attorneys, Blockchain Developers, Broker Dealers, Academia.
COMPANIES 
Public Listed Companies (PLCs), Legal Firms, Consultancy Firms, Accounting Firms, Fund Management Companies, Stockbroking Firms, Investment Banks, SMEs. Insurance Companies, International Markets, Investment Banks, Investment Research, Mutual Funds and ETF Funds, Technology Companies, Venture Capitalists, Family Offices, Private Portfolio Companies, Private Debt/Credit, Private Equity, , Public Pension Plans/Plan Sponsors – Trustee, Software Providers. Companies involved in Investor Relations, Sustainability and ESG, CSR, Legal, Company Secretary, Finance, Accounts & Internal Audit, Risk & Insurance, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Branding & Communications, Financial PR, Corporate Brokers, Capital Market Practitioners, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Legal Advisors, Corporate Finance and M&A professionals.
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