Events for September 2021
01
Sep 2021
Belt and Road Summit 2021
The Belt and Road Summit is a premier international platform for promoting business collaboration along the Belt and Road. The Summit gathers senior government officials and business leaders from countries and regions along and beyond the Belt and Road to exchange insights on multilateral co-operation and explore concrete business opportunities.
Technology Forum - Smartify the City with 5G
The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, the Hong Kong Productivity Council, the Cyberport and the Hong Kong Science and the Technology Parks Corporation jointly organise a series of technology forums for industry players to share their innovative information technology (IT) solutions and success stories, and how such technologies can help improve the quality of public services.
02
Sep 2021
Belt and Road Summit 2021
The Belt and Road Summit is a premier international platform for promoting business collaboration along the Belt and Road. The Summit gathers senior government officials and business leaders from countries and regions along and beyond the Belt and Road to exchange insights on multilateral co-operation and explore concrete business opportunities.
03
Sep 2021
InvestHK Webinar: Embrace WealthTech, Grasp Opportunities
What is the future of WealthTech? What are the opportunities? This webinar is to share the current trends in regional WealthTech landscape, and explore various innovative WealthTech solutions available locally or in the region.
The New Power: How Digital Infrastructure Elevates Hong Kong’s Competency
For everyone of us in the innovation-driven world, the way forward is digital. Are entrepreneurs and startups like you heading towards where growth opportunities lie? The 5th “On the Horizon” webinar will look into how digital infrastructures are generating business value and opportunities for tech startups and sharpening Hong Kong’s competitive advantage in the global I&T ecosystem.
04
Sep 2021
The Green Living DO Challenge @ WLAB
Ready to make Hong Kong a happier and healthier place?
Passionate about smart city, architecture, urban planning, design, or technology?
Interested in building your own startup?
If you said ‘YES’ to any of the above, then the Green Living DO Challenge @ WLAB is for you!
Join us for a 2-day challenge (September 4-5) happening at the WLAB for FREE.
05
Sep 2021
The Green Living DO Challenge @ WLAB
Ready to make Hong Kong a happier and healthier place?
Passionate about smart city, architecture, urban planning, design, or technology?
Interested in building your own startup?
If you said ‘YES’ to any of the above, then the Green Living DO Challenge @ WLAB is for you!
Join us for a 2-day challenge (September 4-5) happening at the WLAB for FREE.
07
Sep 2021
Retail Asia Conference & Expo (RACE) 2021
Situated at the forefront of innovative retail solutions, Retail Asia Conference & Expo (RACE) is a must-attend event that brings together the brightest minds in the retail industry to explore revolutionary ideas and cutting-edge technologies to ride the new wave of consumerism in Asia.
08
Sep 2021
Retail Asia Conference & Expo (RACE) 2021
Situated at the forefront of innovative retail solutions, Retail Asia Conference & Expo (RACE) is a must-attend event that brings together the brightest minds in the retail industry to explore revolutionary ideas and cutting-edge technologies to ride the new wave of consumerism in Asia.
The Next Chapter of Hong Kong Financial Services
The future of banking hinges on technology and Hong Kong is one of the early movers to embrace digitalisation in Asia. With Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) unveiling the FinTech 2025 strategy, how does this new initiative help drive transformation, adoption and foster innovation in the banking industry? How do financial services organizations balance digital transformation and innovation with critical reliability, compliance and security using technology and services while they continue to transform in the industry?
老闆仔．傾吓偈 EP5 – 商機爆發力 - 出奇生意模式突圍法 網上講座
做生意最重要的其中一環，是知己知彼，懂得競爭者在用的策略，洞悉自己的長處，找到最合適的生意模式，方能推出對手沒有的產品及服務，實現爆發力！
生意模式定立清楚，能成功的機會就倍增。是次Paragon邀請了本地網上商店Boutir掌舖聯合創辦人Eric Ng，以及本港其中一家最大印刷公司e-banner聯合創辦人Chris Chan與我們分享經營策略心得。
09
Sep 2021
Retail Asia Conference & Expo (RACE) 2021
Situated at the forefront of innovative retail solutions, Retail Asia Conference & Expo (RACE) is a must-attend event that brings together the brightest minds in the retail industry to explore revolutionary ideas and cutting-edge technologies to ride the new wave of consumerism in Asia.
FASHION SUMMIT (HK) 2021
The 2-Day International Conference of Fashion Summit (HK) is coming back! After a series of Fashion Summit events in 2020 and the first half of 2021, we are finally back to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on 9th & 10th September. This year, the International Conference of Fashion Summit (HK) 2021 will be in hybrid format. And it is absolutely free of charge for registration!
Insiders' Series - Collaborating with Hong Kong Corporates
Representatives from CLP, Goodman, MTR, New World Development, and Swire Properties will share what kind of technology they are looking for and how a startup can work with them. After the pitches, startups will have the opportunity to share their contact information with the speakers to see if there is any synergy.
Material Talk Series: Garment 2 (To) Garment - Sustainable material project online talk
This Garment-to-Garment Recycle System is a mini-scale garment-to-garment production line that recycles post-consumer garments so that they become clean and useful. The system is viable as a pop-up retail concept and presents an exciting new approach to inspiring a positive approach to garment recycling among consumers and industry players alike.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Career Transformation
The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market has been rapidly growing especially in APAC in the last few years. RPA automates mundane, time-consuming processes that require human actions before, allowing companies to focus on strategic tasks. Industries are increasingly turning to RPA to increase reliability and efficiency. This in turn, will create a lot of career opportunities for people with RPA skills.
創業軟技巧系列 ︳如何嬴取客戶信任的話題聊天技巧
課堂內容:
+ 如何與客戶建立更多聊不完的話題，及保持良好的聊天氣氛
+ 如何從聊天對話中「留尾巴」，引起對方的好奇
+ 知道何時和結束聊天技巧 (Closing)
10
Sep 2021
FASHION SUMMIT (HK) 2021
The 2-Day International Conference of Fashion Summit (HK) is coming back! After a series of Fashion Summit events in 2020 and the first half of 2021, we are finally back to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on 9th & 10th September. This year, the International Conference of Fashion Summit (HK) 2021 will be in hybrid format. And it is absolutely free of charge for registration!
LSCM Logistics Summit 2021
The theme of this year’s Summit is “Innovate and Revitalise to win the COVID-19”. Heavyweights from the government, industry leaders and academia will give exclusive insights on how the industry could utilise innovation and technology to revitalise the businesses amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also share the latest updates about the Smart City development in Hong Kong.
11
Sep 2021
MakerBay x Ocean Imagineer Workshop [11 Sep]
Join the workshops organized by MakerBay and Ocean Imagineer to have fun building boats using clean energy and learn more about oysters.
14
Sep 2021
Demystifying Impact Investing
The rising awareness of sustainability has been fostering impact investment. In essence, impact investments are investments that maximize environmental and social returns alongside financial returns. The rapidly growing market is funding the solutions to world’s most pressing challenges such as in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, microfinance, conservation projects, among others. In the near future, impact investing will be fully integrated into mainstream investment decisions.
15
Sep 2021
DigiMarCon Asia Pacific 2021 - Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference
The 6th annual DigiMarCon Asia Pacific, the Premier Virtual Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference in Asia Pacific will be held September 15th to 16th, 2021, available live stream and on-demand. Join your peers online for 2-days jam packed with digital marketing best practices, latest trends, practical solutions, strategy and networking.
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
16
Sep 2021
DigiMarCon Asia Pacific 2021 - Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference
The 6th annual DigiMarCon Asia Pacific, the Premier Virtual Digital Marketing, Media and Advertising Conference in Asia Pacific will be held September 15th to 16th, 2021, available live stream and on-demand. Join your peers online for 2-days jam packed with digital marketing best practices, latest trends, practical solutions, strategy and networking.
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
The New Value Creator for Capital Markets
Cyberport FinTech for ESG Conference, a half-day online event organised by Hong Kong Cyberport, gathers heavyweight speakers from professional bodies, renowned financial institutions and the most promising start-ups in the field to examine how FinTech can promote ESG and create value.
17
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
Cyberport Academy Presents: Legal 101 - Attract Investors by Protecting Your Intellectual Property
The "Legal 101: How successful start-ups attract investors from the Intellectual Property ("IP") Protection perspective?" online sharing session, initiated by Cyberport Academy, will be held on 17 September 2021. Legal Associates, Ms Winnie Ho and Mr Koon-yiu Tse from Eversheds Sutherland, are invited to share the importance of IP to start-ups, the types of IP and the critical IP issues from an investor’s perspective.
Unlock your business success in Asia: Cross-border x Influencer Marketing
In this seminar, we will walk you through how businesses can start planning and executing influencer marketing strategies. Also, you will find out more about the ways for businesses to measure influencers’ performance. And what should businesses be aware of if they would like to start doing cross-border influencer marketing?
18
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
19
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
20
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
21
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
22
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
23
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
CUHK Innovation Day 2021
Over the years, CUHK has put in much effort to translate research and innovation (R&I) into projects that create societal impacts. Through capitalization of intellectual properties, entrepreneurial activities and commercialization of R&I projects, such transfer of knowledge between universities and the society helps bring about socio-economic impact and improvements to the community and businesses.
CoCoon Pitch: Connecting Founders and Investors (23 Sep 2021)
We are excited to share the CoCoon Pitch platform with our global network of investors and entrepreneurs. Coming up, join us via teleconference to meet the teams and judges in 5 min presentations and Q&A sessions. Enjoy meeting fellow entrepreneurs and investors from around the world and hear about the newest ideas around fintech, ed tech, atom+bytes, med tech and much more.
IDEATION - FIRST STEP into HKSTP Startup Community
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀?
HKSTP IDEATION will be your right choice! Join the IDEATION online info session to know more!
“To B or not to B Corps – A New Mode of Business” Online Workshop
The Mills Fabrica is honored to host “To B or not to B Corps – A New Mode of Business” online workshop, in collaboration with B Lab (HK & Macau) and B Purpose Bureau, to provide information, assistance and networking opportunities to push forward the global B Corp Movement.
24
Sep 2021
Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator
The Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator is live! The program brings together new technologists, venture capitalists, and other players across Asia to identify startups that are compatible with Alibaba’s ecosystem. A series of Demo Days are part of the selection process for the accelerator.
中大創業日2021
全港首個由校友發起及創立的「中大校友傳承基金」主辦的「中大創業日」，是中大人的年度盛事，讓校友聚首一堂，發掘更多創業機遇。今屆更推出全新「創業項目展示區」展出多項由中大教授及校友研發的高端科技產品，包括港產機械人、復康機械手套、全自動視網膜圖像分析技術及血壓管理應用程式；更設多場「主題講座」，邀請來自香港以及外地的創業校友，分享他們的創業轉型故事，讓有志創業的中大人從中得到啟發及指引！
Blended Learning : Experience Sharing Webinar
This experience sharing event will enable educators to learn from experts and their peers the dos and don'ts of blended learning. Participants will also learn hands-on how students could collaborate online with peers from around the world to learn and tackle global issues.
ACIC – Cyberport Session: Adapting renewable energy technology to build a sustainable life
In this 7th Cyberport session at Asia Creative and Innovation Channel (ACIC) led by Knowledge Capital, we are going to introduce the environmental friendly technologies to create sustainable environment and to facilitate a better living.
25
Sep 2021
中大創業日2021
全港首個由校友發起及創立的「中大校友傳承基金」主辦的「中大創業日」，是中大人的年度盛事，讓校友聚首一堂，發掘更多創業機遇。今屆更推出全新「創業項目展示區」展出多項由中大教授及校友研發的高端科技產品，包括港產機械人、復康機械手套、全自動視網膜圖像分析技術及血壓管理應用程式；更設多場「主題講座」，邀請來自香港以及外地的創業校友，分享他們的創業轉型故事，讓有志創業的中大人從中得到啟發及指引！
MakerBay x Ocean Imagineer Workshop [25 Sep]
Join the workshops organized by MakerBay and Ocean Imagineer to have fun building boats using clean energy and learn more about oysters.
27
Sep 2021
Game On! Summit 2021 - Day 1
Game On! Summit 2021 is a free 3-day virtual conference celebrating the essence of Gaming, Art, Music and Entertainment (GAME) industries by bringing together passionate gamers, artists, developers, investors and enthusiasts in a true-to-spirit gamified environment. If you are a Gaming fanatic or Art & Music enthusiast or an Entertainment aficionado keen to learn more about how new technologies like Blockchain & NFTs are transforming this space, this is the conference to be at!
28
Sep 2021
Game On! Summit 2021 – Day 2
Game On! Summit 2021 is a free 3-day virtual conference celebrating the essence of Gaming, Art, Music and Entertainment (GAME) industries by bringing together passionate gamers, artists, developers, investors and enthusiasts in a true-to-spirit gamified environment. If you are a Gaming fanatic or Art & Music enthusiast or an Entertainment aficionado keen to learn more about how new technologies like Blockchain & NFTs are transforming this space, this is the conference to be at!
29
Sep 2021
Game On! Summit 2021 – Day 3
Game On! Summit 2021 is a free 3-day virtual conference celebrating the essence of Gaming, Art, Music and Entertainment (GAME) industries by bringing together passionate gamers, artists, developers, investors and enthusiasts in a true-to-spirit gamified environment. If you are a Gaming fanatic or Art & Music enthusiast or an Entertainment aficionado keen to learn more about how new technologies like Blockchain & NFTs are transforming this space, this is the conference to be at!
Social Commerce: Marketing Strategies and Case Studies
Three locally-groomed brands will share their experience setting up online business and how they harness different social media platforms coupled with strategic digital promotion to build brand community and drive sales.
'Increase your ENERGY – Increase your SUCCESS!' + Networking
• Are you ready to become more confident and effective in your role?
• Are you done with stress and frustration?
• Your career or business is standing still, and you want to take it to
the next level?
• Do you feel NOW is the right time to make conscious choices?
The ONE thing that makes some people successful at others struggle is ENERGY.
30
Sep 2021
Tech to Connect Series Workshop #1 - 5G & IoT Application: Opportunities and Challenges of Smart Logistic
This workshop has invited the IoT professionals from the logistic and supply chain industry, Mr Johnson Yim, CEO of E-Business Solution Limited, Mr Stephen Choi, Head of General Air (Actuator) Department, Asia Pacific Product Management of Belimo Holding AG and Dr William Soo, Group Head of HR & IT of Chasen Holdings Limited, to discuss how the industries could take advantage of these cutting-edge solutions.