Jockey Club concludes landmark 10th anniversary of PBC with Gala Dinner featuring delegates from around the world to celebrate a decade of global dialogue

by · PR Newswire

HONG KONG, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hong Kong Jockey Club concluded the landmark 10th anniversary and fifth edition of its PBC forum at West Kowloon Cultural District today (8 September). Convened over two days by the Club's Charities Trust in association with the Institute of Philanthropy (IoP), PBC 2026 featured more than 80 eminent speakers and over 2,000 delegates from around the world. Under the central theme of "Leaping for Impact", the forum brought together leaders from the philanthropic, sports, business, government, academic and social sectors.

Photo 1: Dr the Hon Starry Lee, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and President of the Legislative Council of the HKSAR (front row, 5th left); The Hon Mrs Regina Ip, Convenor of the Non-official Members, Executive Council of the HKSAR (front row, 4th right); Club Chairman The Hon Martin Liao (front row, 5th right); Club Deputy Chairman and IoP Chairman Lester Huang (front row, 3rd right); Club Stewards; Club CEO and IoP Director Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges (front row, 4th left); and other members of the Club’s Board of Management pose for a photo at the PBC 2026 Gala Dinner.
Photo 2: Dr the Hon Starry Lee, Member of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and President of the Legislative Council of the HKSAR, delivers a speech at the PBC 2026 Gala Dinner.
Photo 3: The Hon Mrs Regina Ip, Convenor of the Non-official Members, Executive Council of the HKSAR, delivers a speech at the PBC 2026 Gala Dinner.
Photo 4: Speaking at the Gala Dinner, Club Chairman The Hon Martin Liao expressed his profound gratitude to all speakers, panellists, moderators and participants for bringing a remarkable range of experience and perspectives to PBC 2026.
Photo 5: Club Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Institute of Philanthropy, Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, delivers closing remarks at PBC 2026.
Photo 6: Hari Menon, President of Global Growth & Opportunity at the Gates Foundation, delivers the forum’s opening keynote address on day two in a session entitled “The New Growth Agenda: Philanthropy’s Role in Expanding Opportunity for All”.
Photo 7: The Impact Studio session, “Bridging the Gap: Advancing Educational Equity Through Computational Thinking”, explored strategies to achieve sustainable and impactful digital education. Speakers included Kim Sethany, Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia (2nd right); Huang Ronghuai, Co-Dean of the Smart Learning Institute at Beijing Normal University and Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Artificial Intelligence in Education (2nd left); and Stephen Cheung, President of Saint Francis University and Voting Member of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (1st left). The panel was moderated by Kerry Lee, President and Chair Professor of Child Development at Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education (1st right).
Photo 8: Witnessed by Club Steward Jackson Woo (left), an MOU on early childhood education and development was signed today by Dr Gabriel Leung, Club Executive Director, Charities and Community (right), and H.E. Dr Kim Sethany, Permanent Secretary of State of Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (centre), reaffirming the shared commitment to strengthening development foundations and better life trajectories for children.