Time: 14 April 2026 | From 2:00 pm until 5.45 pm
Venue: 17F, EverBright Centre, 108 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Data can provide great insight and decision making support. But never forget the value of human intelligence and judgement.
Information technology has reshaped how we live, work, and govern, accelerating with the internet, the web, and the smartphone that now mediates more of our lives than any other device.
At the heart of this shift is the extraordinary ease with which digital data can be captured, stored, and processed — and the growing assumption that what computers produce must be correct.
As organisations race to become data‑driven, the risk is not the technology itself but the misplaced confidence we place in it — and the human judgement we sideline along the way. Delusions of Data brings together three perspectives on how these blind spots emerge, why they persist, and what leaders must do to guard against them.
- Anthony ‘Tas’ Tasgal — Arithmocracy: Why num1bers numb us; stories stir us.
- Dion Wiggins — The Digital Sovereignty Imperative.
- Professor Dave Snowden — Why AI is not human intelligence.
Event Organisers:
CIO Connect brings together Hong Kong’s senior technology leaders for candid, peer‑level conversations on strategy, innovation, and enterprise transformation.
GBIATA convenes global business, investment, and technology leaders to explore market shifts, cross‑border growth, and the forces shaping the future of global business.
Supporting Organisations:
Expert Insights:
When data dazzles, what do we lose?
Marketing Expert, Author, TEDx speaker
Author of The Storytelling Book and other titles; expert in storytelling, behavioural economics and insight-driven communications; degree in Classics from Oxford; global speaker and trainer.
Founder, CTO
CTO of Omiscien Tecnologies. Former Vice President and Research Director at Gartner in Hong Kong, A pioneer of Asia’s Internet economy and a globally recognized authority on digital sovereignty, AI governance, and infrastructure control
Founder, Chief Scientific Officer
Founder and CSO of The Cynefin Company; leader in complexity science and organisational decision‑making; co‑author of field guides for crisis decision‑makers; former IBM director.
Peter Bourke
CIO Advisor
Peter advises CEOs and boards on technology strategies. He was previously global CIO of CK Hutchinson Holdings.
2:00 – 2:30 — Registration and Coffee
2:30 – 3:15 — Arithmocracy — Anthony ‘Tas’ Tasgal
3:15 – 3:30 — Networking break
3:30 – 4:15 — The Digital Sovereignty Imperative — Dion Wiggins
4:15 – 4:30 — Networking break
4:30 – 5:15 — AI is not Human Intelligence — Prof. Dave Snowden
5:15 – 5:45 — Panel discussion
Close of Conference
Conference Fee: HK$1,888
