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#ASTRI 應科院 is one of the major pillars for Hong Kong #Innovation and #Technology #ecosystem. They have been empowering many tech companies, #startups and large enterprises and SMEs on applying technologies to solve problems from #FinTech to #MetaVerse, from #Cybersecurity to #IC. I am grateful to sit down with Dr. Denis Yip 葉成輝, the CEO of ASTRI, to talk about his vision on the tech industry in #GBA and how Hong Kong can seize the emerging opportunities. I also learnt from Denis how he is leading ASTRI to empower Hong Kong companies and startups to leverage on their technologies and IPs to further develop their products and services. We talked about many other interesting points and I really enjoyed our conversation. Denis is a leader with great vision and wisdom in particular on tech #talent cultivation. ASTRI not only has experienced researchers and technologists in house, but also trained so many talents who are now great entrepreneurs running their own startups. Dennis talked about ASTRI in fact is like a Kung Fu training school #ShaolinTemple #少林寺。 He is planning to build a strong alumni network so that they can continue to collaborate. It is also a good timing to attract and recruit Hong Kong citizens with tech background, who are now in foreign countries, to be back and work in Hong Kong. Appreciate Denis to share his valuable experience with me and our on-site and online audiences. A big thank to Professor Andrew Chan Veronica Li Dicky Shek Amy Mak and many teammates from #GBABusinessSchool and Phoebe Yip 劉泇妍Chrysanthi.l. and many teammates from ASTRI to make this forum a success.

I had a joyful and meaningful evening with my City University of Hong Kong (CityU) Doctor of Business Adminstration (DBA) alumni and learning partners from cohort 2006 to 2021. I shared my experience to prepare, write and publish a business case on a global basis.

I am so grateful that I have successfully published my case for #HSBC in the world’s largest business case publisher – Ivey Publishing. The case is now globally accessible by all major business schools worldwide through #Ivey Publishing and #Harvard Business Publishing networks.

The topic of my case is – HSBC: Embracing Open Innovation for SMEs. Please find out more here https://lnkd.in/eYUHfTFp. Thank you so much for HSBC teams, my mentor Professor Hubert Pun and many others to fully support this case and make this dream of mine realized.

My drive to share my experience with my fellow DBA friends was that I would like to encourage them to write more cases so that our valuable experience from Hong Kong can be shared with our new generations as well as all executives worldwide.

We do not have enough local cases for our next generation to learn from. Also, not too many leaders in other countries know our Hong Kong best practices and stories. If every DBA, not just DBA from CityU but also PolyU, HKUST, etc. writes a case, we will have hundreds of cases known to the world in a few years. Let’s action, learning partners.

Appreciate all my learning partners joined my sharing session on site and online tonight. We should do more and I will be the audiences of yours next. Thanks Queenie from CityU and Candi from my team to make all arrangements.

#Ivey #IveyPublishing
#HarvardBusinessPublishing
#Case #BusinessCase
#CityuDBA #CityU #DBA
#Innovation #Entrepreneurship #DigitalTransformation
Muammer Ozer Michael C S Wong, PhD DAVID Chung Tai-Wai Fareeda Cassumbhoy Hedy Sat Dr. TANG Monica CK Chan, DBA Dr. Lawrence WONG Venus Tang (鄧麗華) Lynne Sprugel Kuan Thye Sean Dr. Matt Chau Ean Kiam Ng, CFA, CAIA, CFP, FRM, FCCA,CMT, FDP Dr. Rajeev Chib Joyce Lau Leo Yeung Dr. Louis Poon 潘樂鳴博士 (DBA, Chartered Marketer, FinTech) Julia WANG Anna Chan Titania Kwan Dr. Lana Lo Mike Tsui Alvin Leung Dr. Kelvin Wan Gladys Lam and many others.

I am going to deliver a sample EMBA class for CUHK. Let’s explore this hot and important topic together. See you.

My Topic:
Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges for Traditional Industries.

Date & Time:
Dec 17 at 7:30pm

Venue:
CUHK Town Centre at the Bank of America Tower, Admiralty

More information and registration:
https://lnkd.in/gGUm62iM

#CUHK #CUHKEMBA #EMBA
CUHK Business School
#DigitalTransformation
#DigitalLeadership
#DigitalStrategy #Intrapreneurship
#Digital #Technology
Pong Yuen, Howard Lam Chun So

What car should I buy next? Is that your question too? That was my first question to ask Frederik Gollob, an veteran in automobile industry, in one of the panels in the annual global #BODW conference organized by #HKDC Hong Kong Design Centre 香港設計中心#GlobalDesignReset is the main theme of BODW this year. Find out more https://2021.bodw.com/en.

Fredrick and I had a very trendy and interesting fireside chat on the crossover of #Design and #Digital. Our topic was “Navigating a New World Order of Electric Vehicles”. Innovative design of the interior and exterior of the new #EV cars, digital empowerment on the car making it not just smart but also connected everything around to create unprecedented experience for our living and working in the city.

We also talked about other interesting topics like the trend of EV. The Empire like #BMW#Mercedes, is striking back. Traditional leaders will provide more choices and different EV models are expected from all major brands. #Tesla is not their only competitor. Several emerging EV brands #Li#Nio#XPeng from China are doing well with great design and digital features. They are also growing aggressively to the global markets. We will see more competitions ahead.

Another good one is that, “Will rich people buy EVs as they need prestigious image and have peer group pressure?”. An analog is that I am wearing a smart watch because of it’s cool, for health and friends community. I am not chasing after Rolex watch. Frederick said that it is getting there as EV car makers are launching high end luxurious cars. Really learnt a lot about #cars and #electrification from Fredrick. Thank you.

Appreciate Eric YimEdmund Lee, Dr. Joseph F WongJillian Lee and their great #HKDC teammates to organize such an insightful conference. Thank you for having me as a part of it.

I am going to deliver a sample EMBA class for CUHK. Let’s explore this hot and important topic together. See you.

My Topic:
Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges for Traditional Industries.

Date & Time:
Dec 17 at 7:30pm

Venue:
CUHK Town Centre at the Bank of America Tower, Admiralty

More information and registration:
https://lnkd.in/gGUm62iM

#CUHK #CUHKEMBA #EMBA
CUHK Business School
#DigitalTransformation
#DigitalLeadership
#DigitalStrategy #Intrapreneurship
#Digital #Technology
Pong Yuen, Howard Lam Chun So

Welcome to our two new cohorts of 2021 and 2020 #CityU Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) learning partners. We had a welcome dinner last night for all of them. It brought back a lot of memories for my #DBA journey. I started this journey back in 2008 and gratefully received my DBA degree a few years later. Time flies.

Thanks for Professor Muammer Ozer and Professor Sidney Leung to organize this and cultivating over hundreds of #CITYUDBA graduates and learning partners. With this empowerment and blessings, we are contributing to our industries, societies and research of interests. Thank you. Appreciate Professor Ozer, supervisors, DBA supporting teammates and many unsung heroes in our families and networks to make our dreams come true. Also congrats to #DBAC Chairman Dr. Rajeev ChibDr. Wilson Yeh and Linda Biek, AICPA, CGMA on receiving the DBA Awards. Proud of you all.

We all had an enjoyable gathering last night. Great to see learning partners from all cohorts from 2006 to 2021 there including 大師兄 Gary Cheng and Dr. Louis Poon 潘樂鳴博士 (DBA, Chartered Marketer, FinTech) from our 1st cohort 2006 and many others like Dr. Kelvin Wan, Dr. Hedy Sat, Dr. CK Chan, DBA, Dr. Leo YeungDr. Joel Ma, Dr. Lee BarryJoyce LauQingzhong (David) ZhangEnders LamAlbert KooJerry YuFareeda CassumbhoyShariq Shah and many others there.

For our new learning partners, it is going to be a relatively long journey with quite a few ups and downs. However, it is going to be rewarding, fruitful and impactful. You can see the photos that I shared here. It will be a happy ending for sure with lots of joys, knowledge, wisdom and friends made then. So, keep it going, hang in there, and you will make it just like what we had gone through and eventually achieve our goal.

Add oil DAVID Chung Tai-Wai (2021), and your LPs and Alvin Leung (2020) and your LPs. We will be there for you in your DBA journey.

If you haven’t started the journey of DBA, will you do it in some point of your career? More about CityU DBA here https://lnkd.in/gX4ej_Yw.

Congrats to #AECOM Hong Kong to successfully launch its 1st #FastTrack #CityHack #Hackathon. It is the first stop of the AECOM’s hackathon series in Asia. Hong Kong is proud to be the first location showcasing how innovation empowers a smart city.

The AECOM’s #FastTrackCityHack is a two and a half days in-person hackathon and competition on December 3 – 5, 2021. It aims to inspire and drive the development of practicable, forward-looking solutions for a better urban future. It has 3 main streams for the participants to innovate for a #SmartCity#Resilience#CarbonZero and #DigitalEcosystem. Hundreds of students and entrepreneurs joined the hackathons and selected ones are now working hard in AECOM’s office to compete for the award.
https://lnkd.in/gVkJuBdt

Thanks Thomson Lai AECOM’s Asia Digital Leader for inviting me as a keynote speaker to get the passionate participants even more inspired for the hackathon. I chose the topic – “#Entrepreneurs: From Good to Great”. The participants are all good entrepreneurs already but what could differentiate them from good to great entrepreneurs. Solving the right problems right is the key. Appreciate #AECOMHK organizing such an impactful hackathon for Hong Kong and the great support from Madison Wai of Hill+Knowlton Strategies.

In the last 2 weeks, I am really grateful to contribute in different industries and professions, from #Engineering#Accounting#HR#ProjectManagement#Design, to #Banking#Insurance#SupplyChain and #Education, on how #innovation and #technologies or I&T made a difference. Our momentum on I&T in Hong Kong is unprecedented. Let’s transform #FromGoodToGreat. Keep it going!

Congrats to all winners of the Best HR Awards 2021 organized by #CTGoodJobs. Lots of innovation from the HR professionals this year. I particularly love the inspiring categories of the awards like GenZ Attraction, HR Digitalization, HR Analytics, Diversity and Inclusion, Top Happiest Culture, Best Change Leadership, and more. It really signified and recognized what really matters in the digital age. More about the award categories and respective winners can be found here:
https://lnkd.in/gaFAN6tj

Thank you for CTGoodJobs, the judges like Jeff Tam Virginia Choi JP and the crew behind the scene. Appreciate Vivienne Wong #HKET and her CTGoodJobs teammates Reo Lam Christine C. Cyrus Chow and more to organize such an inspiring and encouraging Awards for all of us. Well done.

I was grateful to be invited as a keynote speaker of the ceremony. According to a recent #WEF report, in the digitally transformed world, more than 1 billion people need to be upskilled by 2030. HR plays a pivotal role to make it happen. I shared my experience on empowering and upskilling talents on data literacy as it is one of the top Future Skills that every one of us needs to be good at. If you have missed my sharing session or you were there but want to review my key points, please feel free to download my deck here.
https://lnkd.in/g4bax5is

Thanks Miko Cheung for her inspiring speech on “Be my own CHO – Chief Happiest Officer” and Teddy Liu sharing as well. Glad to witness many great HR leaders to receive their recognition there such as Patricia Yeung #McdonaldEliza Ng #hkpcAndy Luk #InformamarketsCeline Chow #DBSHKCaleigh Chan #EY, Stanley Tsui #ASM, Kevin Chu #KaiShing and many others. Also, thanks for my #OpenCertHub and #OpenCertHubAcademy teammates Andy Kwok Eric Luo for their support and effort.

#BestHRAwards2021
#DataLiteracy #Data #BigData #AI
#Upskill #Reskill #FutureSkills
#HR #Talents #HRDigitalization
#DigitalTransformation
#DigitalWorkforce

Grateful to meet a few great innovators and friends in the awards presentation ceremony of the 2021 HKICT Awards. Congratulations to all Award winners especially the following #entrepreneurs #startups:

Wiva Wei #MatrixSense, the Grand Award winner of the Digital Entertainment stream

Samuel Chan #Descamps, the Grand Award winner of the Smart People stream

Taurus Cheung #Appcider #ShipAny, the Gold Award winner of the Smart Mobility (Smart Logistics) stream

Edward Mak #VistaInnoTech, the Gold Award winner of the Startup stream

Also pleased to meet friends like Victor Wong, Anna LinWilly LinTony LeeTeddy KoEmil ChanDr. Angus HoCecilia WongMonita LeungMichael LeungHerman ChengJacob Wai 韋達人, LLM, MBA, FRM, FCMA, FwiSDP, CSDP, MHKCS and many others. Our innovation and technology ecosystem has not just recovered, but also growing strong. Keep its going.

More about the #FinTech Award of 2021 Hong Kong ICT Awards here:
https://lnkd.in/gYNU9F7T

Brochure of the 2021 Awards Presentation Ceremony:
https://lnkd.in/gnwmi8S7

#HKICTA
#HKICTAwards

First of all, congrats to all 2021 FinTech Award winners and participating teams of the 2021 Hong Kong ICT Awards. Really happy for #Wizpresso Calvin Cheng, CFA and his team to win the Grand Award this year. Really proud of them for their great progress in the last few years. Also congrats to all the other winners including #CoverGo #MediConCen #FCCAnalytics #Tappy #AIA #LeapXpert #Quantifeed #Contrendian. Find out more https://lnkd.in/gnwmi8S7

It has been my great honour to be the Chief Judge of the #HKICTAwards FinTech Award this year and in the last few years. Big thanks to all judges and assessors like Michael LeungStephen LauDominic SiuHerman ChengJacob Wai 韋達人, LLM, MBA, FRM, FCMA, FwiSDP, CSDP, MHKCSBrit Blakeney AnghelakisBurton ChengRosie Hampson, Pete Townsend, CK Wong, Betty Fung, Andy Tong, Wilson Pang, for their contribution. Appreciate #HKIB teammates led by Mr. David Kwok, Carrie Leung and Philip Kam for their leadership and professional management of the FinTech Award. Also thank for the great support from #OGCIO #HKMA #HKIB #HKSFC #Cyberport #HKSTP #ASTRI and other supporting organizations.

The good news for this year is that we are witnessing better and stronger teams year from year. Here are the 3 key highlights.

1. We had record high in terms of number of applications this year.

2. We had richer varieties of #FinTech innovations this year, such as #InsurTech#RegTech#Tokenization#AI on HR in Financial Services.

3. We also appreciated more collaboration of FinTech #startups #entrepreneurs and financial services incumbents #leaders to #cocreate better customer experience, products and services, and innovate new business models. From competition to collaboration.

With this foundation and FinTech ecosystem that we have built for Hong Kong, plus initiatives like HKMA #FinTech2025 and #CDI#GBA#ESG#InsuranceConnect, etc., We are expecting even better innovations coming in the next few years.

Congrats to all of you including myself and be grateful to be a part of the FinTech innovation journey for Hong Kong. Thank you.

Wizpresso 濃說
Tappy Technologies
CoverGo | Insurtech
LeapXpert
Quantifeed – The Wealthcare Experts
CONTRENDIAN