Hong Kong Data Summit 2026
April 23, 2026
AltDating
AltDating Hub
Our AltDating sessions facilitate interactions between data buyers and sellers via a programme of personalised matchmaking based on your needs.
Slot 1 - 12:00
Slot 2 - 12:15
Slot 3 - 12:30
Slot 4 - 12:45
Slot 5 - 1:00
Slot 6 - 2:30
Slot 7 - 2:45
Slot 8 - 3:00
Slot 9 - 3:15
Slot 10 - 3:30
Registration & networking breakfast
8:00 - 9:00
Exhibition area
Welcome & opening remarks
9:00 - 9:10
The Harbour Stage
Academic presentation
9:10 - 9:30
The Harbour Stage
Morgan Stanley Keynote
9:30 - 10:00
The Harbour Stage
Panel: The Rise of APAC Data Champions: Sourcing, Scale, and Cross-Border Strategy
10:00 - 10:40
The Harbour Stage
APAC’s alternative data ecosystem is entering a new phase as regional data providers scale beyond domestic markets and adapt to increasingly complex regulatory and operational demands. This session explores how cross-border expansion is reshaping data sourcing, partnerships, and product design, and what this means for global investors. We’ll examine regional aggregation models, market-specific sourcing challenges, and how buyside firms evaluate and manage APAC data relationships in a fragmented, fast-evolving landscape.
Coffee & networking break
10:40 - 11:10
Exhibition area
State Street keynote
11:10 - 11:40
The Harbour Stage
Presentation
11:40 - 12:00
The Harbour Stage
Macro track sponsored by
Panel: Tracking the commodity boom with alternative data
12:00 - 12:30
The Harbour Stage
The emerging metals and energy supercycle is being driven by distinct but overlapping forces, from AI-fueled power demand to escalating geopolitical risk. This panel explores how investors are using alternative datasets and analytics to monitor supply–demand dynamics, forecast price movements, and identify winners across key commodities, including critical materials for clean tech and battery production.
Macro track sponsored by
Panel: Alternative vs traditional data in a geopolitical storm
12:30 - 1:00
The Harbour Stage
Global trade tensions and rapid policy shifts are reshaping commodity and supply-demand markets. This debate pits alternative data against traditional sources, asking which provides the most reliable insight in a fast-changing world. Investors will gain perspectives on balancing sources, interpreting conflicting signals, and navigating uncertainty in volatile markets.
Macro track sponsored by
AltDating
12:00 - 1:15
AltDating Hub
Our AltDating sessions facilitate interactions between data buyers and sellers via a programme of personalized matchmaking based on your needs.
Slot 1 - 12:00 - 12:15
Slot 2 - 12:15 - 12:30
Slot 3 - 12:30 - 12:45
Slot 4 - 12:45 - 1:00
Slot 5 - 1:00 - 1:15
Slot 1 - 12:00 - 12:15
Slot 2 - 12:15 - 12:30
Slot 3 - 12:30 - 12:45
Slot 4 - 12:45 - 1:00
Slot 5 - 1:00 - 1:15
Lunch break
1:00 - 2:00
Exhibition area
Shark Tank: New vendor showcase
2:00 - 2:30
The Harbour Stage
In this showcase session hear from some of the industry's newest providers, as they share the datasets and product launches set to take the world of alternative data by storm. Ensure you're keeping on top of all the latest updates and case studies to inform your future data acquisition strategy.
Presentation
2:30 -2:50
The Harbour Stage
Cross-border Data Transfer: What’s changed in the data & compliance landscape
2:50 - 3:20
The Harbour Stage
Asia’s regulatory environment for data, technology, and cross-border data flows is shifting from broad principles to more targeted, operational compliance requirements. Changes such as China’s 2025 data export negative lists and certification requirements to tightening privacy, data governance, and AI accountability are complicating cross-border data transfers across the region. This panel examines what’s new, what’s changed, and what matters now for firms navigating global disruptions, including regional use cases to exemplify successes and challenges.
AltDating
12:00 - 1:15
AltDating Hub
Our AltDating sessions facilitate interactions between data buyers and sellers via a programme of personalized matchmaking based on your needs.
Slot 6 - 2:30 - 2:45
Slot 7 - 2:45 - 3:00
Slot 8 - 3:00 - 3:15
Slot 9 - 3:15 - 3:30
Slot 10 - 3:30 - 3:45
Slot 6 - 2:30 - 2:45
Slot 7 - 2:45 - 3:00
Slot 8 - 3:00 - 3:15
Slot 9 - 3:15 - 3:30
Slot 10 - 3:30 - 3:45
Coffee & networking break
3:20 - 3:40
Exhibition area
Prediction markets: The missing link between alternative data and decision-making?
3:40 - 4:10
The Harbour Stage
Prediction markets are evolving beyond simple event outcomes into more sophisticated tools for forecasting, risk management, and decision-making. This fireside chat explores how the petition market is being looked at, touching on the role of latent signals, deeper liquidity pools, and the emergence of new hedging and structuring mechanisms. Panelists will discuss how these markets may intersect with alternative data, quantitative strategies, and institutional workflows, and what needs to change for broader adoption.
Presentation
4:10 - 4:30
The Harbour Stage
AI meets alpha: The next generation of quant signals
4:30 - 5:00
The Harbour Stage
Artificial intelligence is transforming how quantitative teams discover, classify, and extract signals from data and Asia is at the forefront of this evolution. This panel explores the latest trends in quant research powered by large language models (LLMs), including chatbots, tagging, classification, and insight extraction. We’ll examine the implications of these models for local data suppliers, the opportunities they create for generating new signals, and how they are reshaping traditional quant workflows.
Networking drinks reception
5:00 - 7:00
Exhibition area