Social Impact Academy Webinar Series | AI for Good

From Date: 2023-11-29 16:00

End Date: 2023-11-29 17:00

Type: Briefing Session

Organizer: Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services

Coordinator: Social Innovation Team

Call for Action (Label): Register Now!

Call for Action (Link): https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13677778

Date: 29 November, 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Mode: Zoom
Medium: English
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13677778 (Zoom link will be sent upon confirmation)

Facilitator:
Dr. Elsie Tsui
Head - Social Innovation,
Office of Research and Knowledge Transfer Services
Project Director, Hong Kong Social Enterprise Challenge
CUHK Center for Entrepreneurship

Speaker:
Mr. Kevin Pereira
Managing Director at Blu Artificial Intelligence

Kevin Pereira is currently a Managing Director at Blu Artificial Intelligence, a consulting firm that specializes in Artificial Intelligence. After growing up in Hong Kong, he started his career in Private Banking with Citi in New York. He then moved back to Hong Kong and joined Bank of New York Mellon’s Asset Management business, where he helped to start a new group that specialized in products tailored to High Net Worth Individuals. After obtaining his MBA, Kevin worked at a technology startup in Myanmar that was building internet infrastructure which included fiber optic, cell towers and data centers. Kevin is also a Part-time lecturer at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he teaches an MBA course titled, “Artificial Intelligence for Business Leaders”. At The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), he teaches “Big Data in Finance” and “AI in Marketing” to MBAs and other Masters’ students.

Kevin graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with concentrations in Finance, Management and Marketing from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. He also has an MBA from INSEAD.