This year’s edition of Barclays Asia Forum will take place across a series of five virtual events with five distinct themes. In the first two events of the Forum, we focused on the theme of Trade and Markets. In the upcoming third event, we will focus on the theme of Technology.

Technology: Utopian dreams, dystopian consequences
Date: Thursday, 28 October 2021

The shift towards digitalization has become a stampede, putting the power and potential of technology on full display - for better and worse. Whether in healthcare, asset markets or the management of cities, the role of technology is expanding and accelerating, and automation is informing, even executing, more crucial decisions. But these benefits have to be weighed against drawbacks that can no longer be easily dismissed. How can businesses leverage promising technology trends while minimising the risks of financial or reputational fallout? What industries are most vulnerable to being upended by the emergence of digitally-native competition?