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Event Highlight MAY-JUN 2018 51 MEETINGS & CONVENTIONS MCMAG-ASIA.COM Singapore Finance on the fast track Asia's financial services community will be gathered at the upcoming Blockchain for Finance Conference, APAC held from June 20-21 at the Hilton Hotel Singapore. The second edition of the show will focus on key blockchain projects shaping the future of financial services, and feature keynote and panel discussions, technology showcase hall and interactive workshops. Delegates can hear from industry leaders and experts from financial institutions such as J.P. Morgan, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, MetLife and technology companies including IBM, R3 and CryptoBLK. Shanghai Unlocking the Chinese travel market ITB China returns for a second edition from May 16-18 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center with a new programme catering to international travel industry professionals new to the Chinese travel market. The ITB China Market Introduction Program will offer participants individualised schedules comprising invitations to networking events, guided tours and appointments with selected Chinese partners, exclusive presentation sessions as well as guided attendance at selected sessions. Hong Kong Convention Centre A rising Hong Kong technology scene RISE, Asia's largest technology conference, will gather some of the biggest technology companies, startups, global business leaders, and venture capitalist and investors in Hong Kong. Held from July 9-12 at the Hong Kong Convention Centre, the conference will feature speakers on topics including cryptocurrency, marketing, the future of finance, the future of transport across 12 stages. The show is into its fourth year, having grown from 1,000 attendees in 2015 to an expected 15,000 attendees this year. EXCO thinks global with venue expansion F irst opened in 2001 as a regional convention centre in Daegu, EXCO will be expanding capacity with the addition of a new exhibition hall that is expected to complete in 2020, adding 15,000 sqm of exhibition space. The new hall will be connected to EXCO's three existing exhibition halls and will bring the total capacity to 37,000 sqm. EXCO's CEO Sang-Wook Kim commented, "We will continue to position ourselves as the best international exhibition and convention centre in Korea by taking this year as the foundation of EXCO's second leap forward." EXCO, Daegu, South Korea. NEW VENUE HOT NUMBERS KOREA • Ranked #1 with 997 meetings in 2016 • To attract more international conferences and meetings, a promotional roadshow will be travelling to cities Vienna, Brussels, New York, Washington and London. SOURCE: UIA GLOBAL MEETINGS STATISTICS Auckland A hot pick for AI industry The latest industry developments in artificial intelligence are set to be revealed in Auckland in 2020 when the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) comes to New Zealand for the first RISE 2017 in Hong Kong AT THE SHOW • 15,000 attendees • 300+ speakers • 100+ countries • 74% senior management time in its nearly 20-year history. More than 500 researchers and practitioners from around the world are expected to attend the five- day conference in April/May 2020, delivering more than 2400 visitor nights and nearly NZD$900,000 (US$660,824) in economic value to the region.