Winston Ma, Author of The Digital War, Spoke Virtually at Corporate Client Event on The Future of the Metaverse

Winston Ma, an expert on digital transformation and author of “The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace,” recently spoke virtually at a corporate staff event about the future of the metaverse.

Presentation synopsis:

The metaverse is the convergence of all new data technologies on 5G networks, from XR (Extended Reality) to IoT (Internet of Things), from Big Data to cloud computing, from Blockchain to AI and even more. While everyone agrees that it is the future of the Internet and how people will connect and socialize and share information, individual users (especially the blockchain Web3 enthusiasts) , big tech companies, and sovereign nations have different perspectives on how it will roll out. Furthermore, the recent Meta’s (not-so-successful) trial of Metaverse push and FTX’s bankruptcy make the Web3 landscape ever confusing. But it’s important to every company to develop a metaverse strategy in the upcoming Metaverse revolution.

Winston Ma, CFA & Esq., is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. He is the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) and Vice Chairman of International Data Center Authority (IDCA). Also, He is currently the board Chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC, a board member of an advisory board member of Capgemini, and an Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School.

Most recently for 10 years, he was Managing Director and Head of North America Office for China Investment Corporation (CIC), China’s sovereign wealth fund. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as the deputy head of equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, a vice president at J.P. Morgan investment banking, and a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP. He was selected a 2013 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and in 2014 he received the NYU Distinguished Alumni Award.

Mr. Ma is one of a small number of native Chinese who have worked as investment professionals and practicing capital markets attorneys in both the United States and China. A nationally certified Software Programmer as early as 1994, Mr. Ma is the book author of?eight books, including The Digital War: How China’s Tech Power Shapes the Future of AI, Blockchain and Cyberspace (2021) and The Hunt for Unicorns: How Sovereign Funds are Reshaping Investment in the Digital Economy (2020). His latest book “Blockchain and Web3 – Building the Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and Security Foundations of the Metaverse” was released by Wiley in September 2022.