During the seminar, Mr Serge Conesa will share his entrepreneurial journey and discuss the market potential of green-tech in Europe and the Middle East. Serge will be joined by Jacqueline Chong, Digital Innovation Lead, Hong Kong of Amazon Web Services to discuss on various strategies to reduce carbon emission as data usage continues to grow due to technological advancements.

Speakers:

• Mr Serge Conesa, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Immersion4
• Ms Jacqueline Chong, Digital Innovation Lead, Hong Kong, Amazon Web Services

Start-ups are fuelling up the global economy by their innovative solutions. Under the theme “Balance Beyond the Boom”, the 14th HKTDC Entrepreneur Day presented the latest tech trends and explored the development of international start-up ecosystem after the start-up boom and facilitated start-ups to tap into global markets, especially GBA and RCEP member regions. The three-day event held on 30 November to 2 December 2022 showcased a hybrid mix of online and physical seminars and exhibitions, offering a one-stop shop for start-ups, prospective entrepreneurs and investors to explore new opportunities and accelerate innovation together in the post-pandemic world.

It is always easier said than done when it comes to expanding your business world-wide. In order to be a global class company and achieve global scale, every business would need to be strategically prepared especially at the post-pandemic era.

Klaus Wehage, who is commonly known as the “Silicon Valley Ambassador” and led a numerous number of international partnerships and worked with 35+ markets and over 500+ founders, government officials and corporate business leaders, will share his insight on this subject matter. This is the session you shouldn’t miss!

Speakers:
• Klaus Wehage, CEO, 10X Innovation Lab

Online Businesses are far more than just selling and buying. Significant amount of cost has been involved due to the return policies by online retailers which give rise to the number of fraud cases, as well as the logistic expense involved in the returning process. To tackle such pain-points, innovators have come up with a number of solutions to avoid the unnecessary risk and expense!

Speakers:
• Sarah Roden, Head of Operations, APAC, Riskified
• Roy Wan, Cofounder & CEO, Return Helper Limited

HK Tech 300 is a large-scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme organised by CityU for aspiring entrepreneurs among CityU students, alumni, research staff and others to launch start-ups and ignite their entrepreneurship journey.

Speakers:
• Dr Laura Lo, Associate Vice-President, (Chinese Mainland Affairs Office), City University of Hong Kong
• Chelon Colin NG, Founder & CEO, Greater Bay Biotechnology Limited
• Martin Zhu, Co-founder, i2Cool
• Andy Ong, Co-founder, Super Bamboo Ltd.
• William Fu, CEO, Leidenford Ltd

The pandemic has undoubtedly speeded up the implementation of home office and hybrid workplace. Companies have to re-think of ways to enhance the productivity of their employees, as well as to maintain their engagement and carried out a number of HR-related work. Culture-as-a-Service (CaaS) is a term to describe the new wave of companies designed to productise and facilitate the growth and development of a company’s culture.

Speakers:
• Jessica Baird Walsh, Co-Founder and CEO, Remote Social
• Yeung Shing, Co-Founder, Quokka HR

With people being more health and environmentally conscious, food technology has been gaining more attention and the community is getting bigger. Learn from the industry experts on different types of alternative meat options (including edible insects, cultivated fish meat and craft beer from upcycled breads).

Speakers:
• Katharina Unger, Founder and CEO, LIVIN farms
• Carrie Chan, CEO, Avant Meats Company Limited
• Anushka Purohit, CEO & Co-Founder, Breer Limited