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Building the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem for Hong Kong - Using IoT as an example

By Prof Michael Sung

Director of Center for Industry Engagement and Internship, Associate Director of the Entrepreneurship Center

Date:	17 Nov 2015

Time:	12:30 pm - 2 pm (Lunch included)

Venue:	HKUST Business School Central 15/F, Hong Kong Club Building 3A Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong

Remarks:	Registration starts one month before the talk.

Enquires:	2358 6039 / science.for.lunch@ust.hk

The innovation of Internet of Things (IoT)-connected smart devices coupled with big-data analytics technologies promises to ignite the next industrial revolution. Hong Kong can make the most of its proximity to the global electronic and product manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta, both in terms of creating IoT devices as well as being a major consumer of these products. The speaker outlines initiatives to strategically align HKUST’s resources to enable smart hardware innovation in Hong Kong and beyond. These include design-thinking programs and competitions to optimize product concepts for commercialization; a manufacturing platform to enable prototyping and low-volume manufacturing; internationally leveraged product innovation; and entrepreneurial resources such as long-term venture mentor resources to guide startups.

Prof Michael Sung
Director of Center for Industry Engagement and Internship, Associate Director of the Entrepreneurship Center

Prof Michael Sung is currently Director of Industry Engagement and Internship, and Associate Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at HKUST. He is also a high-tech innovator and entrepreneur who has founded a number of successful ventures in the advanced materials and semiconductor industries.
Prof Sung was an early innovator of wearable health technologies as the lead for the MIT Media Lab’s Wearable Computing Group. He was heavily involved in the development of the innovation ecosystem at MIT.
Prof Sung is a board member of the International IP Commercialization Council (HK Chapter) and for the past 15 years has focused on tech transfer business development for an extensive IP portfolio, which to date consists of over 600 patents. He has received various awards for technology entrepreneurship including Google’s Solve for X Prize and MIT Enterprise Forum's Most Visionary Technology Award. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from MIT with a financial technology degree from MIT Sloan Business School.