Years in the making, the Tatler Gen.T Summit finally started with a bang. Here’s a rundown of the first day of the first-ever summit for Asia’s greatest community of leaders
Tatler Gen.T finally launched its first-ever Gen.T Summit event in Hong Kong on Thursday, November 9. Over three days, the Summit offered an impressive gathering of insightful thinkers from Asia’s Gen.T community across Asia and inspiring figures from across the globe.
The first official day began with a conference at the M+ Museum in West Kowloon, with over 300 people in attendance. Alongside a main presentation stage was a vibrant mixing area serving world-class food courtesy of Grand Hyatt and a wellness lounge operated by Lifehub. Attendees came from across the region and every industry on the Gen.T List—from investors to innovators to philanthropists to artists, they flew high for this highly anticipated event that was years in the making.
Meanwhile, speakers were drawn from a wild and interesting pool, including an immortality-obsessed millionaire, a tech sexpert, a redemption seeker and many more. Read on and see how the incredible first day of the inaugural Gen.T Summit went down.
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Cocktails and VIP dinner
Attendees and speakers met the evening before the event at the Grand Majestic Sichuan bar in Central for champagne, cocktails and networking. After those gathered swapped details, exchanged stories and took in the city’s sunset, a select group of VIPs travelled to the Magistracy Dining Room in Tai Kwun for a luxurious dinner.
Welcome speeches
The first day of the Summit proper at M+, an iconic museum on the waterfront of Kowloon and home to visual culture, art and design, kicked off with a series of speeches. First, up was Tamara Lamunière, Head of Tatler Ventures and also the founder of Tatler Gen.T. She welcomed attendees to the event and shared how the Summit represented the values that Gen.T was built on—to inspire, boost and connect leaders across Asia.
Lamunière said, "When we started Gen.T back in 2016, it was part of a larger vision that we had for Tatler—Asia's leading luxury media group—to expand beyond media and beyond lifestyle and to start playing a much larger role in global conversations, but through the lens of Asia's most influential audiences, and the issues that matter most to them. In the case of the Summit: entrepreneurship, innovation and making a positive impact."