Name: MongoDB.local Hong Kong 2025
Start: 2025-09-09T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-09T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers

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MongoDB.local Hong Kong 2025

Thank you for joining us at MongoDB.local Hong Kong, we had a blast! Registration is now closed, but we hope to see you at a MongoDB event soon.

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Location

Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers

20, Nathan Rd

Tsim Sha Tsui

When

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Check-in opens at 8:00 AM

Cost

This event is free of charge for

you to scale up your MongoDB

skills and network with MongoDB

users.

Who Should Attend

Developers, architects, IT

professionals, DevOps engineers,

and anyone working with or

learning MongoDB

What to expect

Go behind the scenes of our latest releases and most exciting customer successes in the keynote, hear directly from customers and community members in breakout sessions, and find out how your peers are leveraging MongoDB to transform the way they work with data.

Keynote Presentation

Learn about the latest product announcements from a MongoDB

expert. More details to come!

Technical Sessions

Experience educational technical sessions for all levels, delivered by MongoDB experts and customers.

Product Demos

Stop by the MongoDB booth for

demos of the latest products and

to get your questions answered.

Networking

Meet with other MongoDB enthusiasts in your area!

Keynote Presentation

Learn about the latest product announcements from a MongoDB

expert. More details to come!

Technical Sessions

Experience educational technical sessions for all levels, delivered by MongoDB experts and customers.

Product Demos

Stop by the MongoDB booth for

demos of the latest products and

to get your questions answered.

Networking

Meet with other MongoDB enthusiasts in your area!

Keynote Speakers

Boris Bialek

Vice President, Industry Solutions

MongoDB

Christopher Shum

Director, Product Management

MongoDB

Featured Speakers

Ugo Peltier

Senior Technical Manager, Data Platform

The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Kenneth Wong

VP, Product Development and Infrastructure

HKT

TJ Tang

Founder & CEO

Tapdata

Dr. Pui-Wai (Leo) Ma

Chief Scientist, APAC
Votee

Dick Tang

Director of Development Operations

HK01

Alan Chan

CEO & Founder

Omnichat

Thank you to our sponsors

Thank you to our global sponsors

FEATURED SPONSORS

Featured Session

Building Atlas on Atlas

David Seow is the Chief Information and Security Officer at Affyn. With a background in handling homeland security projects, he brings extensive experience in cybersecurity strategy and IT operations. Having served as a Security Consultant, he has successfully safeguarded projects up to national security compliance levels.

Hejun Wong is Affyn's Technical Lead for the Marketplace Team. With a wealth of experience in managing large projects and building bespoke applications, he played a pivotal role in architecting and developing Affyn's Marketplace and NEXUS World Viewer. Hejun's passion for software development and cybersecurity stems from his background in mission-critical homeland security systems development for 7 years.

David Seow, Chief Information and Security Officer, Affyn

Hejun Wong, Technical Lead, Affyn

Thank you to our global sponsors

Featured Sponsors

Agenda

Explore topics designed to help you develop, scale, and innovate with MongoDB. More sessions, speakers, and content will be added soon — stay tuned.*

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Opening

5 mins

Balllroom

Welcoming & Opening Speech

Speaker :

Gabriel Woo, Regional Vice President

MongoDB Greater China

10:20 - 10:50 AM

Customer Sharing

30 mins

Ballroom

Stay Tuned !

Speaker: TBC

2025 Agenda

Explore topics designed to help you develop, scale, and innovate with MongoDB. More sessions, speakers, and content will be added soon — stay tuned.

8:00 AM Onwards

Check-in, Drinks & Snacks

30 mins

Foyer

Check-in, grab some coffee & Snacks, and peruse the booths before sessions begin!

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Opening

5 mins in English

Ballroom

Welcoming & Opening Speech

Speaker :

Gabriel Woo, Regional Vice President

MongoDB Greater China

9:05 - 10:20 AM

MongoDB.local Hong Kong Keynote

75 mins in English

Ballroom

Join MongoDB executives and product specialists to learn how MongoDB Atlas is uniquely positioned to give developers and organisations a competitive edge in building modern applications, including those powered by AI. Attendees will discover how MongoDB'd data foundation enables teams to move faster, simplify development, and reduce costs—even as application requirements grow more complex. See the latest product innovations, hear what’s coming next, and explore how MongoDB can accelerate development, power AI applications, and drive modernisation efforts.

Speakers :

Boris Bialek, Vice President, Industry Solutions, MongoDB

Christopher Shum, Director, Product Management, MongoDB

10:20 - 10:50 AM

How did HKJC establish a future-proof unified data platform with MongoDB

30 mins in English

Ballroom

Speaker : Ugo Peltier, Senior Technical Manager, Data Platform, The Hong Kong Jockey Club

10:50 - 11:05 AM

Coffee Break

15 mins

Foyer

Grab some coffee, snacks before the next session begins!

11:05 - 11:35 AM

Navigating the Now TV Data Platform Modernization Expedition

30 mins

Ballroom

Speaker : Kenneth Wong, VP, Product Development and Infrastructure, HKT

11:35 - 12:05 PM

GenAI-based Factory Approach for Modernizing a Legacy Application Estate to MongoDB

30 mins

Ballroom

Speaker : Cathlon Lau, Advisory Solutions Architect, MongoDB

12:05 - 12:35 PM

Macau Integrated Resort Agile Transformation Journey - MongoDB & Tapdata Powered Hospitality Excellence

30 mins

Ballroom

Speakers: TJ Tang, Founder & CEO, Tapdata

12:35 - 14:00 PM

Lunch

15 mins

Ballroom

Grab some lunch and take this opportunity to stop by the booths and network with your fellow attendees!

Thursday, February 29th

Book a private 50minute Schema Design Review Session for you and your team.

OR

Participate in our Hands-on Workshops.

Please note we have time slots available for Schema Design sessions, and limited seating in the Hands-On Workshops.

Registering for the MongoDB Day does not guarantee a spot in the workshops or Schema Design Review Session on February 29th. Please reserve your Schema Design Review Session or spot in the workshops by checking the appropriate boxes in the event registration form.

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Breakfast & Check-in

30 min

113/114

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Data Modeling and Advanced Patterns Hands-on Session

3 hrs

113/114

Spend the morning with our MongoDB experts to learn more about advanced modeling principles in a hands-on format. You will learn how to get the most effective document schema for your workload, and add some new tools to optimize your database. The instructors will also take you through a series of hands-on exercises on advanced querying.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1 hr

113/114

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Creating Compelling Search Experiences with Atlas Search and Vector Search

1.5hrs

113/114

Join this session for a journey into modern search capabilities. Delve into the art of full-text search using Atlas Search and Lucene as your compass. As we navigate deeper, discover how to enrich your application with semantic search using Atlas Vector Search. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, engaging in a hands-on experience that equips you to transform your user's experience.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Schema Design Reviews

50 min sessions

Private Meeting Rooms

Register for a 50 minute whiteboard session with a MongoDB expert where individual JPMorgan Chase development team can explore how their own workloads might be supported by a NoSQL backend. You will dive deep into your project and design a data model in real time. Teams can expect to leave these sessions with a documented data model and enough knowledge to iterate and optimize the design on their own.

Instructions: Please book your session when you register for the event.

You can learn more about Schema Design Reviews here.

Breakout Tracks

Track A

(These sessions will be delivered in English)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Practical Experiences with the MongoDB AI Stack: Interactive Banking – How to Provide Exceptional Customer Experiences

Speaker: Niko Feng, Senior Solution Architect, MongoDB

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Embedding the Future: How Modern Databases Are Eating Search

(Sponsored Session: This session will be delivered by our sponsor Microsoft)

Speaker:

Steven Guo, Senior Solution Architect, MongoDB

Douglas Lam, Partner Solution Architect, Microsoft

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Shipping at the Speed of News: HK01 × MongoDB Atlas

Speaker: Dick Tang, Director of Development Operations, HK01

3:30 PM - 3:55PM

Coffee Break

3:55 PM - 4:25PM

Building Agentic Apps on AWS with MongoDB Atlas

(Sponsored Session: This session will be delivered by our sponsor AWS)

Speaker:

Lok Yeung, Partner Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services

4:25 PM - 4:55PM

Methodology and Foundations of Data Modeling for MongoDB

Speaker: Tony Mak, Senior Consulting Engineer, MongoDB

Track B

(These sessions will be delivered in English)

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Building for Scale: How MongoDB Atlas Grows with You

Speaker: Aloysius Chang, Senior Solution Architect, MongoDB

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

From Social Listening to AI Agents: Votee AI’s Journey with MongoDB

Speaker : Dr. Pui-Wai (Leo) Ma, Chief Scientist, APAC, Votee

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

MongoDB Performance: Patterns and Best Practices

Speaker: Eric Lam, Senior Consulting Engineer, MongoDB

3:30 PM - 3:55PM

Coffee Break

3:55 PM - 4:25PM

Accelerating Business Growth through Omnichannel AI Agents with Omnichat and MongoDB

Speaker: Alan Chan, CEO & Founder, Omnichat

4:25 PM - 4:55PM

Scale Smart: Choosing Between Vertical Scaling and Horizontal Scaling

Speaker: Sum Lai, Consulting Engineer, MongoDB

3:55 PM - 4:25PM

Customer Sharing

4:25 PM - 4:55PM

Scale Smart: Choosing Between Vertical Scaling and Horizontal Scaling

Speaker: Cheuk Wai, Tony Li, Consulting Manager, MongoDB

Hands-on Lab

(These sessions will be delivered in English)

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Vector Search: Beginner to Pro

Join us to discover how to enrich your application and power AI capabilities with semantic search using MongoDB Atlas Vector Search. In this workshop, you will learn the core concepts of vector search and how it works in MongoDB. You will also gain hands-on experience in performing vector search queries against MongoDB collections and learn how to tune and optimize these queries to improve query performance. So, be sure to bring a laptop to get the most out of this session.

At the end of the workshop, you will also be able to check your learning and earn a skills badge to share with your network!

Speakers:

Bohyun Jung, Senior Developer Advocate, MongoDB

Nick Bell, Director, Developer Relations, MongoDB

3:30 PM - 3:55PM

Coffee Break

3:55 PM - 4:25PM

Get Equipped: Useful Tools and Examples From MongoDB's Gen AI Showcase

Warm up for your .local experience by exploring MongoDB’s Gen AI Application Showcase. Join MongoDB for a follow-along session where you’ll learn how to set up, configure, and run 3 of the many useful Gen AI app examples available on GitHub. Through this exploration, you’ll become more familiar with the AI features of MongoDB and its partner platforms, which make building with AI exciting and relatively simple.

By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with a strong foundation for deploying and demonstrating Gen AI applications powered by MongoDB.

Speakers:

Bohyun Jung, Senior Developer Advocate, MongoDB

Nick Bell, Director, Developer Relations, MongoDB

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakfast & Check-in

30 min

113/114

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Data Modeling and Advanced Patterns Hands-on Session

3 hrs

113/114

Spend the morning with our MongoDB experts to learn more about advanced modeling principles in a hands-on format. You will learn how to get the most effective document schema for your workload, and add some new tools to optimize your database. The instructors will also take you through a series of hands-on exercises on advanced querying.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1 hr

113/114

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Creating Compelling Search Experiences with Atlas Search and Vector Search

1.5hrs

113/114

Join this session for a journey into modern search capabilities. Delve into the art of full-text search using Atlas Search and Lucene as your compass. As we navigate deeper, discover how to enrich your application with semantic search using Atlas Vector Search. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, engaging in a hands-on experience that equips you to transform your user's experience.

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Breakfast & Check-in

30 min

113/114

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Data Modeling and Advanced Patterns Hands-on Session

3 hrs

113/114

Spend the morning with our MongoDB experts to learn more about advanced modeling principles in a hands-on format. You will learn how to get the most effective document schema for your workload, and add some new tools to optimize your database. The instructors will also take you through a series of hands-on exercises on advanced querying.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1 hr

113/114

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Creating Compelling Search Experiences with Atlas Search and Vector Search

1.5hrs

113/114

Join this session for a journey into modern search capabilities. Delve into the art of full-text search using Atlas Search and Lucene as your compass. As we navigate deeper, discover how to enrich your application with semantic search using Atlas Vector Search. Get ready to roll up your sleeves, engaging in a hands-on experience that equips you to transform your user's experience.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Schema Design Reviews

50 min sessions

Private Meeting Rooms

Register for a 50 minute whiteboard session with a MongoDB expert where individual JPMorgan Chase development team can explore how their own workloads might be supported by a NoSQL backend. You will dive deep into your project and design a data model in real time. Teams can expect to leave these sessions with a documented data model and enough knowledge to iterate and optimize the design on their own.

Instructions: Please book your session when you register for the event.

You can learn more about Schema Design Reviews here.

12 pm

Welcome and Introductions

Peter Lloyd is a host of exceptional ability. Studies show that a vast majority of guests attending events by Peter have been known to leave more elated than visitors to Santa's Workshop, The Lost of Continent of Atlantis, and the Fountain of Youth.

Our VP of Product Marketing, Ingrid Wantuch, kicks off the event with a welcome message.

Design Review at MongoDB.local Hong Kong

Design reviews are a free one hour whiteboard session with a MongoDB data modeler where individual development teams can explore how their own workloads might be supported by a NoSQL backend.

Contact your Sales person to book your Design Review Session now!

MongoDB Speakers

Gabriel Woo

Regional Vice President,

MongoDB Greater China

Brian Li

Regional Director

Aloysius Chang

Senior Solutions Architect

Cathlon Lau

Advisory Solutions Architect

Niko Feng

Senior Solutions Architect

Steven Guo

Senior Solutions Architect

Eric Lam

Senior Consulting Engineer

Bohyun Jung

Senior Developer Advocate

Sum Lai

Consulting Engineer

Tony Mak

Senior Consulting Engineer

FAQ

Where and when is MongoDB.local Hong Kong?

MongoDB.local Hong Kong will take place on Sept 9th, 2025

at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers.

Is MongoDB.local Hong Kong an in-person event?

Yes, MongoDB.local Hong Kong is a fully in-person experience.

Is parking available at the Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers?

Yes, limited complimentary parking is available onsite, please reach

out to our staff at the registration counter to get your complimentary

parking coupon.

Do I need to bring a laptop?

To make the most of the hands-on lab sessions, please bring a fully charged laptop (recommended hardware specs) and charger. Don't miss this opportunity to dive deep into MongoDB with practical and engaging labs!

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