John KC Lee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Paul Chan Mo-po, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government; Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of UK; Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft; Satya Nadella, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft; Mark Tucker, Group Chairman of HSBC; Noel Quinn, Group Chief Executive of HSBC attended the event. As a Chief Planner for the summit, Gregory Guyett, ZIBS International Advisory Board member and CEO of Global Banking and Markets of HSBC, delivered a keynote address and also moderated the session featuring Bill Gates.

ZIBS delegation was invited to attend HSBC's inaugural Global Investment Summit, where Dean BEN Shenglin participated as a panel speaker in a roundtable titled "Silicon Valley to Shenzhen: Where will the Next Big Thing Come From?". The panel was moderated by Erin Platts, HSBC Innovation Bank CEO; and joined by Charles Li, Founder and Chairman of Micro Connect and Chairman of Micro Connect Macao Financial Assets Exchange (MCEX); Raj Ganguly, Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer, B Capital. The panelists analyzed the current development dynamics of the two leading innovation hubs from varied perspectives, discussing the similarities and differences between the innovation models of the United States and China, and engaged in a forward-looking dialogue about the upcoming wave of global technological innovation.

During their stay in Hong Kong, ZIBS delegation also visited Chinese institutions such as the president's unit of Zhejiang Enterprise Sub-Association of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, as well as partners like the Chinese University of Hong Kong. They also met with representatives of ZIBS students in Hong Kong to discuss the opportunities for ZIBS to contribute to the development of the Greater Bay Area.