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賽馬會社區創新智能共學計劃是個為期兩年半的實踐教育計劃，由香港賽馬會慈善信託基金捐助，匯集不同背景的青少年、家長、學校、社區組織和不同行業的專才參與，讓每個人都有機會接觸及了解人工智能，並以活動方式學習、交流及運用所學的東西去解決社區問題。是次計劃涵蓋一系列活動，包括工作坊、研討會及比賽，旨在：
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推廣人工智能的知識及於解決社會問題的應用
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提供人工智能的學習教材
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凝聚不同對人工智能有熱誠的人，建立社群
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鼓勵參加者互相交流想法，增強國際視野
此計劃會以廣東話及英文進行。
計劃框架
計劃對象
課程完成後，由經驗豐富的業內人士提供指導，協助你去構思解決社區問題的方案，改善意念並實現你的想法。
課程設計由淺入深，讓參加者可以循序漸進地學習並了解人工智能技術原理和輔助工具，遠比你想像中容易！
參加一年一度國際Technovation Girls比賽，認識來自世界各地的青少年，學習對方的創新項目。
小至社區大至世界都存在大小不同的問題，你可以就按現實世界的不同問題構思你的設計，使用尖端科技為社會和環境帶來真正影響。
本計劃所用的教材是以Technovation認可的課程為基礎，並根據本地實際情況編制；課程涵蓋各種度身為香港青少年而設的內容，包括人工智能硬件、研發手機應用程式、解難技巧及設計思維等。
根據不同學生／服務對象的需要彈性安排工作坊時間，更可以在我們的創客空間或機構提供的場地舉行。
協助青少年制定及實現目標，解決棘手的社會或環境問題，並建立自信。
做導師不只是向青少年提供建議及支援，還可以與青少年互相學習，認識不同背景及專長的導師。
最新活動
第一節 | 第二節 | 時間 | 語言 | 形式 | 活動名稱 | |
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1/10/2022 星期六 | 2/10/2022 星期日 | 10:00-13:00 | 粵語 | 網上 | 人工智能基礎班 (親子班) | |
1/10/2022 星期六 | 2/10/2022 星期日 | 14:00-17:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 人工智能基礎班 (中學班) | |
8/10/2022 星期六 | 9/10/2022 星期日 | 10:00-13:00 | 粵語 | 網上 | 編程工作坊 (親子班) | |
8/10/2022 星期六 | 9/10/2022 星期日 | 14:00-17:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 編程工作坊 (中學班) | |
15/10/2022 星期六 | 16/10/2022 星期日 | 10:00-13:00 | 粵語 | 網上 | 手機應用程式工作坊 (親子班) | |
15/10/2022 星期六 | 16/10/2022 星期日 | 14:00-17:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 人工智能基礎班 (高小班) | |
22/10/2022 星期六 | 23/10/2022 星期日 | 10:00-13:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 編程工作坊 (高小班) | |
22/10/2022 星期六 | 23/10/2022 星期日 | 14:00-17:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 編程工作坊 (中學班) | |
29/10/2022 星期六 | 30/10/2022 星期日 | 10:00-13:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 手機應用程式工作坊 (高小班) | |
29/10/2022 星期六 | 30/10/2022 星期日 | 14:00-17:00 | 粵語 | 實體 | 適用於 12 至 18 歲學生的高級移動應用程序） |
計劃顧問
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hong Kong Red Swastika Society
Tai Po Secondary School
Blu Artificial Intelligence
指導
TURNED-E! Education Limited
DRESIO Limited
Anima Ventures
Vinci AI Academy
Crypto.com
HSBC
HKUST
Caritas
HSBC
Technology VP
HK Express
City University of Hong Kong
Avanza Consulting Limited
VenturesList
GOODTAKES
MotoNerv Limited
Sia Partners
Logicalis
Binery
Speed Sourcing, stealth startup
Futurist Lab
iCreator Limited
DBS Bank (HK)
Lingnan University
Womentors
FreshAR Technology Limited
HSBC
Udemy
Lingnan University
Google Cloud
EQ Lab
AWS
OriginBit
CarryAI Company Limited
R2C2 Limited
Sia Partners
Care Bear
Stryker
Sensational Communications
Bridge AI
HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
如何成為學生指導
無論你是教育工作者或者是行內專才，我們的計劃都需要你！
你是否對人工智能技術很好奇？是否對指導年青人學習有熱情？
立即報名成為指導吧 ！
我們的能力提升工作坊會提供所有你所需的支援，讓你逐步成為更全面的指導。只要你熱衷於學習人工智能技術或想發展人工智能相關專業知識，就歡迎你加入我們。
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國際非牟利組織Technovation致力推廣全球科技教育，如人工智能及編程訓練，培養青年利用科技解決社會問題，多年來已支援100多個國家中超過130,000名青少年、28,000名導師和家長。Technovation自2018年起每年舉辦全球最大的人工智能教育比賽，計劃為期10週，共18個國家約10,000名8至18歲的基層學生及家長參與。
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社區工作坊的合資格參加者：
能力提升工作坊的的合資格參加者：
是次計劃由香港賽馬會慈善信託基金資助，所有參與者均可免費參加。
訂閱 我們的網頁與我們保持聯絡！日後我們可能會有其他適合你的人工智能工作坊。
沒有。是次計劃提倡每人皆可學習人工智能，即使你之前沒有任何人工智能的知識或經驗也可參加。
活動主要在我們荃灣的創客空間舉行，有時也會在我們元創方的創客空間或其他合作機構的場地舉行。
你可以以電郵聯絡陳思朗先生。 [email protected].
當然！你每一分的耕耘都會獲得一分的收穫。
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Ms. Angie Zhou
Education Specialist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Angie Zhou is an Education Specialist at MIT App Inventor. She was the founder and CEO of Dreams Come True in Shenzhen, where she developed online coding courses for kids. She also has previous curriculum development, teaching and staff training experience at First Code Academy in Hong Kong.
MR. FRANKY POON
Principal
Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School
Franky Poon is the Principal of Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School and as the Specialist of Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications. Mr. Poon was seconded to EDB to provide support to over 80 local schools on catering for learner diversity and building inclusive ethos and measures. He is invited to be the Speakers in various tertiary education programs and teacher training courses to share experience on supporting students with diverse needs. He is also an author of various book chapters and journals as well as presenter at local and international conferences on how to enhance school’s capacity to cater for student diversity. He is the Project Lead of Jockey Club “Diversity at Schools” Project (2018-2024), which aims to enhance primary and secondary schools’ capacity to cater for learner diversity.
MR. Kevin Pereira
Managing Director
Blu Artificial Intelligence
Kevin Pereira is currently the Managing Director for Blu Artificial Intelligence, a consulting firm that specializes in Artificial Intelligence (AI), based in Hong Kong. Kevin has worked on consulting projects and is a major contributor to BLU’s knowledge base of AI applications in various industries. He is passionate about AI’s impact on society, including skillsets and job markets for the future, and also the ethical considerations involved with AI.
To this end, he has collaborated on articles and podcasts, and also spoken at numerous events and panels which have focused on the aforementioned topics. In addition, he has also delivered numerous AI workshops to members of innovation and strategy teams from a myriad of industries in multiple locations around the world.
He is also a part-time lecturer at HKU (University of Hong Kong) and HKUST (The HK University of Science and Technology) along with a number of other schools both in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pac region. His courses focus on Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and their applications in business.
Mr. Alexander Lam
Co-founder
TURNED-E! Education Limited
I am graduated from HKUST computer science and experienced in stem education industry for more than 5 years.Being a stem tutor in Sino group – Olympian City, I taught student STEM knowledge, programming logic, science and robot design, including microbit, Arduino, laser cut ,3D printing ,lego EV3.
Currently, I am working as a programmer in Shoalter Technology to develop market-leading online shopping platform in Hong Kong – HKTVmall including web and mobile app development.
MR. Alexander Ying
Founder & CEO
DRESIO Limited
Alexander Ying is the Founder & CEO of DRESIO, an AI company dedicated to merging camera-based edge AI and exercise science to detect exercise skill levels and prevent injury. In less than a year from inception, Alex has led the company to acquire the IT & Smart Tech Award for the One Million Dollar Startup Competition from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, and become one of the winners of the IPHatch Startup Competition 2019/20.
Alex’s background is in big data analytics and has a passion for AI. Prior to DRESIO, Alex co-founded Jumping Price Limited, pioneering in applying big data and machine learning into eCommerce retailing. He also has years of experience managing multi-million retail businesses for Cartier in Hong Kong & Macau, and as a renowned analytic & strategy consultant for international brands such as Coca-Cola, Abbott Laboratories, and Wrigley.
Ms. Bauhinia Lee
Founder & Impact Venture Builder
Anima Ventures
Bauhinia is an Impact Venture Builder and the Founder of Anima Ventures, a female-focused Venture Studio based in Hong Kong, with a mission to actively support female startup founders and bridge the funding gap in the ecosystem. She believes in building businesses with ‘purpose’, and advocates passionately for youth, diversity and inclusion, including gender and cognitive diversity.
As a multi-hatter “spinning multiple plates”, Bauhinia is the Co-Lead of the Hong Kong branch of SoGal Foundation, a global platform for diverse entrepreneurs and investors with 50 chapters across 6 continents. She is often a collaborator, moderator, and co-host of workshops, panels and seminars in support of women across Finance, startups and venture. She is most excited about synthesising ideas and innovation across different verticals and in Web 3.0.
Bauhinia started her career in Finance, trading FX and STIR at Credit Suisse in London and Zurich. She enjoys reading, philosophy, horse-riding and speaks six languages, including French, German and Spanish.
Mr. Cheung Lap Pong
General Manager
Vinci AI Academy
LP Cheung is an experienced AI practitioner. Currently, he is a senior lecturer at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. He is also the founder and general manager at Vinci AI Academy, an AI education company.
As the manager of STEAM Lab of the university, Mr. Cheung developed various workshops, including AI, robotics, and Internet of Things, to promote technology education in secondary schools, and therefore understand the situation and pain point of STEM education. Besides HKMU, Mr. Cheung is also a lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University, teaching a data science course to master students.
Before joining HKMU, Mr. Cheung was a data scientist at a leading international investment bank – UBS, Bank of China (Hong Kong), and HK01. During his tenure, Mr. Cheung has developed many large-scale machine learning systems, including a news recommendation system serving more than 5 million customers, a credit risk prediction system, and a machine translation system.
Before working as a data scientist, Mr. Cheung was an AI researcher. His research interests include Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, and adaptive learning. Some of the results are published in international conferences and journals.
Ms. Clare Liu
Data Science Specialist
Crypto.com
Clare Liu is a data science Specialist at Crypto.com. She is also a contributing author at several publications including Towards Data Science and KDnuggets. Her new video channel – AI Sensei was launched in March this year delivering innovative and cutting edge AI and Machine Learning knowledge in Hong Kong for everyone.
Prior to joining Crypto.com, Clare was working in DBS innovation and ecosystems team to drive various data-related projects in different teams and her major role was to involve in data mining research projects and bring innovative insights to her teammates.
MR. Clarence Cheung
Asia Pacific Regional head of business analytics, wholesale banking
HSBC
Clarence Cheung is currently the Regional Head of Business Analytics at HSBC, leading a team to leverage advanced analytics to drive business outcome. Prior to joining the bank, Clarence has spent a decade as a management consultant, and in between corporate jobs worked in his family fashion trading business and founded 3 businesses including Add Fashion, 88beans, and Data Exchange.
MR. Donald Chan
Student / Startup Founder
HKUST
Donald is currently a fourth year student at HKUST, studying business but also very interested in tech and entrepreneurship.
He is experienced in design thinking and product development, and he is currently working on a startup which he cofounded with his partner few months ago.
MS. Dorothy Chan
Social worker
Caritas
My name is Dorothy. I am a social worker working at NGOs, my service target normally are secondary school and young adults.
I am passionate work with youth and interested in trying new things, I hope that I could through this program learn something new.
Ms. Elena Kan
Interim Regional Head of Data And Analytics, WCOO ASP
HSBC
Currently the interim regional head of data and analytics at HSBC for Asia Pacific Wholesale businesses, which compromises of corporate customers from SMEs to multinationals. Previous experience include strategy development, M&A and advisory for financial institutions in Asia Pacific
MR. Eric Hui
Technology VP
Technology VP
I have been working in tech sector for 15+ years. Enjoy inspiring our new generation to learn coding from a young age.
MR. Eric Thain
General Manager – Brand & Customer
HK Express
Eric Thain is the General Manager of Brand & Customer for HK Express, overseeing all aspects of customer experience, brand, marketing, digital, social media, PR & CRM for HK Express. As the modern chief marketer, Eric spearheads the company’s customer-centric business transformation, championing growth through holistic CXM across all functional departments.
Eric is a hybrid experienced business leader with profound mixed discipline experience in developing Integrated Marketing Strategies and leading Digital Transformation projects across APAC (including a decade of in-market experience in China).
Eric is also Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Society of Hong Kong, pushing the role & integration of AI in the modern brand space. He sits on the Board of Advisors in various Marketing Associations, advising issues that affect the marketing industry. Eric is a recipient of numerous personal & team awards in marketing, including APAC Brand Communicator of The Year & ‘100 Smartest Digital Marketing Leaders’ by the World Digital Marketing Congress.
Ms. Esterina Nervino
Assistant Professor
City University of Hong Kong
Esterina Nervino is currently Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong holding a joint appointment at the Department of English and the Department of Marketing. She is also Junior Adjunct Professor of Intercultural Communication and Language Variation at the Universita’ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy) and invited External Member of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and her research interests include social semiotics, multimodality, business communication, luxury studies in relation to art, space, sustainability, and retail experience.
Prior to CityU, Esterina was the Director of Retail in Asia (part of Bluebell Group) in charge of media brand operations including content selection, curation, edition, and commercial strategy. At Bluebell Group she also took on the role of Public Relations Lead working on internal/external communication and ESG strategy.
She also holds a M.A. in Foreign Languages for Business Communication from the Universita’ degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy), a B.A. in Language Mediation from the Universita’ degli Studi della Calabria (Italy), an Executive Education Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship from INSEAD (Singapore).
Ms. Eunice Ng
Director
Avanza Consulting Limited
Eunice is an entrepreneurial Director with over 20 years of experience in dynamic consulting & advisory industry, talent acquisitions, executive & professionals coaching & placement and people development advisory. She has assisted many renowned and multinational companies in making business changes and improvement through people. Her clients has mostly found Eunice a professional advisor and consultant that has understood the clients needs well and has delivered good results.
MR. Felix Wong
Founder
VenturesList
Felix is a growth marketer, with a passion for helping entrepreneurs succeed.
He is the Marketing Lead at CardUp, a fintech platform that allows payment or collection of big expenses using credit cards, where cards are not accepted today. He leads the marketing and growth in the Hong Kong region.
After getting a taste of Startup Weekend, Felix co-founded Cloudbreakr in 2015, an AI-powered marketing software designed to help brands analyze and engage with influencers.
As a startup community advocate, Felix previously served as a Community Manager for Techstars, where he spearheaded the ecosystem development in the Asia Pacific and Greater China region, in addition to leading efforts in corporate innovation and regional partnership. He was also the Head of Growth for AngelHub that offers equity crowdfunding investment for aspiring startups.
In his free time, Felix enjoys playing soccer, cycling, cooking pasta, and reveling in the Marvel Universe.
Ms. Fioni Fong
Co-founder
GOODTAKES
Fioni Fong is currently the VP of Marketing of AskLORA, a stock investment app powered by AI, her job includes overseeing both Product and Marketing. Prior to AskLORA, Fioni worked in several high growth startup in Proptech, Fintech and Fashion industry. She has also co-founded an award winning food waste app in Hong Kong.
MR. Forte Fung
CoFounder & CEO
MotoNerv Limited
Forte Fung is a technology entrepreneur focused on AI and Blockchain technology. Forte is the founder & CEO of MotoNerv, a vision-based AI driving analytics platform incubated by HKSTP and the City University of Hong Kong, which provides life-saving dynamic driving behavior and performance analytics for the motor vehicle industry.
Forte was also the Head of Research of a Hong Kong-based crypto fund group, and Forte was in charge of implementing in-depth research and investment strategy decisions across primary & secondary crypto markets, NFTs, and other digital assets, focusing on public chains, Web3.0, metaverse, and DeFi protocols. Forte researches on-chain and off-chain data, token fundamental & technical analysis, macroeconomics, and the political environment. The fund he led is achieving a substantial outperforming growth.
Prior to his entrepreneurial journey, Forte was a venture capital investor at Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund, which has invested in outstanding startup companies like DayDayCook, GoGoX, and Prenetics. Besides investment, Forte devoted himself to nurturing enormous startups and promoting entrepreneur spirit around the globe; JUMPSTARTER was one of his most remarkable achievements in the startup ecosystem.
Forte received his MSc in Marketing from the City University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Gaziz Zhumash
Data Scientist
Sia Partners
I am a Data Science Consultant with 1 year experience working as a Data Scientist/Data Analyst in the banking and consultancy industry.
I have contributed to the delivery of key projects in areas such as data management, data transformation, data visualization and Machine Learning modelling. Some of the main clients that I have worked for are DHS, Coca Cola, Cartier and etc. I am passionate about contributing to the growth of young community of data scientists in Hong Kong.
Ms. Genevieve Wong
Enterprise Technology Sales
Logicalis
Genevieve is Australian Chinese and derives from a multi-discipline of Start-Up, Technology and Financial Services. An Enterprise Technology Sales by trade, currently resides in the cloud technology sphere. A highly creative mind and has a passion to enhance young minds, she esteems to channel the learning and growing mindset towards the next generation.
MR. Haywood Shum
CEO
Binery
Haywood is not an accountant who co-founded a technology enabled accounting firm.
Haywood started Binery because as a founder himself, he recognized that many founders did not want to do their accounting either for lack of time or knowledge, nor did they have the budget of large companies to pay for a professional service.
Mr. James Cunningham
Director of Sustainability and Business Development
Speed Sourcing, stealth startup
Background in broadcast media production, NGOs and trade show production.
Currently engaged in apparel development and production, focused on sustainability, and creating a business in the clean tech space.
MS. Janet Ng
Key Account Manager
Passionate in people development with professional experience in ads sales, client education and workshop facilitation.
Mrs. Jenny Zhang
Jenny sees herself as a builder, of everything from products to teams to ecosystems. She is working at the intersection of technology, design and finance to drive decarbonization in various industries.
As a founding member of Carbonbase, Jenny is helping corporate clients in energy, logistics, real estate, and manufacturing sectors to manage millions of tons of carbon emission every year, and building digital solutions to incentivize individuals and companies on their journey toward carbon neutrality.
Previously Jenny spent 6 years in Deloitte advising on international M&A transactions totaling over $12B. She is a licensed CPA and a trainer in social impact assessment as well as design thinking. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a double major in Business and Fine Arts.
Ms. Karin Chan
Founder
Futurist Lab
Karin is the founder and CEO of Futurist Lab, an impact-driven start-up that pioneers application of Design Thinking into life and career planning. She partners with educators and corporates to offer extensive workshops to develop young talents’ career journey and help them think one step ahead into their professional and entrepreneurial future – adopting innovative thinking to realise career aspirations with methodology.
Prior to her latest venture, Karin was a core member of an EdTech firm incubated by Cyberport with a focus on ABCD (Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud & Big Data). Not only is she actively engaging in the startup community, Karin also spent the last decade in the HR consulting industry offering leadership and soft skills training and serving clients spanning across multinational companies to rising startups. Her core belief in open-minded education and career planning leads her to identify individuals’ unique qualities and help them focus on their strengths with the leverage of the latest technology. Having lived in France and the United States, she is also passionate about connecting people across cultures.
Karin graduated with a bachelor degree in Hotel Management at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. With customer-centric training in the hospitality industry, it shapes her approach of curating authentic personal branding for professionals to engage with different stakeholders in both private and public sectors.
MR. Kelvin Choy
General Manager
iCreator Limited
Kelvin is a big believer in applying various Art Tech into movie making in Hong Kong. He has participated in movie production, distribution and sponsorship. In 2021, he won the Funding Scheme for Youth Entrepreneurship in the GBA and found iCreator limited. The mission of iCreator is to use emerging deep technology such as Artificial Intelligence to assist the current creative process. Kelvin was invited by Cyberport as a speaker of the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum to share about “How AI Scripting will Change the Entertainment Production“.
Mr. Kosby Fu
Vice President, Group Strategic Marketing and Communications
DBS Bank (HK)
Kosby is the Vice President of Group Strategic & Marketing Communications in DBS Bank (HK), leading a team on corporate branding and digital marketing, he is also part of the team to drive the sustainability agenda across the bank.
Previous working in innovation & technology teams, he supported the bank’s innovation agenda through the fintech acceleration programme (DBS Accelerator), customer journey design, business ecosystem and cultivation of innovation culture internally.
Before joining the bank in 2015, Kosby was an experienced art and motion graphic director in his co-owned brand design studio, and he spent his early career in the media industry specializing in channel branding and programme promotion and received several industry awards.
Kosby holds a Master Degree in Creative Cultural and Entrepreneurship in Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Bachelor Degree in Digital Graphic Communication, School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University.
Mr. Lam Wai Hung
Instructional Designer
Lingnan University
I have worked in several universities, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Lingnan University, Education University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Metropolitan University in the past 15 years and contributed to the fields of teaching, programme management, research and teaching innovations.
I have published 10 peer-reviewed papers on educational technology and teaching innovation. I led some institutional-wide surveys on the universities and was a principal investigator in some educational projects in higher education and pre-school education.
I am also a professional statistician from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States. I have solid academic training in mathematics, statistics, research methods, psychology, and information technology.
Ms. Lena Wong
Co-founder
Womentors
An impact maker, an entrepreneur, an advocate and a mother, I have a strong calling to push forward Motherhood & Entrepreneurship. I believe there should be no boundary to how works should be done. I was a finance professional who left behind her decent livings and devoted herself to the family when her first daughter was born. Eventually landed myself in my own consultancy firm and also dedicated myself in founding Hong Kong Momtrepreneurs – a non profit organization in Hong Kong supporting moms and families in their entrepreneurial journey. I also appreciate the impacts from social innovations and further pursues my works in promoting UNSDGs.
In my leisure time, I enjoy sipping a glass of wine or coffee with friends and I also contribute as Advisor and Trainer at Junior Chamber International and as Programme Chair in HK Association of Business and Professional Women.
Ms. Liz
Business Lead
FreshAR Technology Limited
The Eco Star of China 2020 ;
APAC Female Entrepreneur Award 2021
Ms. Lowene Chan
Service Design Consultant
HSBC
Lowene is a seasoned service designer who has been practising human centred design for over 20 years. She had worked in HSBC, AIA, and Global Sources to bring design thinking in-house, enabling teams to build empathy with customers and to take on an innovative approach in problem solving.
Lowene also provides design strategies workshops and coaching to NGOs and public institutions.
She holds a degree in Cognitive Science / Psychology from UCLA and 3 master degrees in Design Strategies, Information System Management and Organisational Learning from recognised universities. She is a certified Endorsed Facilitator from IAF. She advocates Agile way of working and also Diversity and Inclusion.
Ms. Marianne N. Michaels
Global Online Instructor
Udemy
Marianne is a Rocket Scientist, published author, academic, and engineer.
She has acquired 20+ years of professional experience, and has applied this to her work at Fortune 500 multinational corporations (MNCs).
After receiving her Masters degree in Engineering in 2010, she began teaching, concurrently, while working full-time at the MNCs.
Also an Educator, for more than 15+ years, she has taught all levels, including postgraduate students. Subjects taught include: Data Science (Big Data), Mathematics, Engineering Design, IBM SPSS, Renewable Energy, and Quantitative Data Analysis.
She would like to share her enthusiasm with you, and hopes to provide a fun and enjoyable learning experience.
Happy Learning!
MR. Nicholas Ooi
Programme Manager of Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative
Lingnan University
Nicholas OOI (Nick) is currently the Programme Manager of the Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI) which promotes the concept of Social Innovation and cultivates innovation culture and entrepreneurial spirit in a liberal arts context at Lingnan University. Nick is experienced in conducting Design Thinking workshops for students and he has conducted more than 80 workshops with accumulations of a total of more than 600 training hours. After joined the Teaching and Learning Studio at Stanford d.School and Participatory Design Training from MIT D-Lab, he begins to design different artefacts to improve students learning from different design methods. Nick is currently one of the Faculty Innovation Fellows by the University Innovation Fellows Programme at Stanford d.School.
Ms. Nikita Mo
Industry Manager
Google Cloud
At Google, Nikita leads the Retail and Conglomerate Business for Google Cloud in Hong Kong. Leveraging her experience and Google’s leading technologies such as Big Data and AI to help clients to accelerate growth and transformation. Prior to Google, Nikita worked at Microsoft, where she led a diverse global team to manage HSBC APAC, helping the largest bank of the world to solve the biggest challenges, assisting the most senior leadership of the bank to transform their organization successfully and continue to be the leader in their industry.
Studied in Germany, lived and traveled to most parts of the world with over 10 years of experience in information technology specialized in Banking, Retail and global conglomerates business development. Nikita speaks 4 languages and excels at global senior relationship building, managing cultural diverse teams and most complex projects at enterprise level.
Nikita’s vision is not only to achieve success for her company and the client, but be an influencer to push gender equality, inclusivity, diversity, to make this world a better place for the minority of the society, either it’s women or people with color or disabilities and even animals. To make the world treat them with respect, see them as equal, not less. She organizes and participates in several supporting women in IT organizations, such as EDM Women in Data council.
MR. Oscar Venhuis
Founder
EQ Lab
I’m a serial problem solver with the capacity to transform complex ideas into market-ready products through the application of Business Design, an emergent design-doing discipline and that operates in the whitespace of three intertwining domains; organisational design, business strategies and innovation methods.
Nike, Adidas, UBS, Star Wars, and Asia Society are a few international brands that I have developed new services and products for.
Prior to EQ Lab I co-founded theDesk, a successful coworking workspace in Asia. My unorthodox approach to the collaborative workplace was recognised with a merit from Design For Asia and a Golden Pin Design Award.
I have a degree in Product Design (NL), studied at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London, ranked globally #1 for creativity, and completed a Masters Degree in Design Management (distinction, UK).
For General Assembly I have produced over 200 digital seminars and was the first instructor at GA to deliver UX Design workshops entirely remotely across the APAC region.
I’m a certified PADI Rescue Diver and an accredited Heineken Beer Pourer.
MR. Perkins Ho
Senior Strategic Program BD Manager
AWS
Perkins is currently Senior Business Development Manager of Hong Kong/ Taiwan Strategic Programs of AWS in Hong Kong. He is responsible for driving the Joint Innovation Centre initiative in Hong Kong to provide a total solution for the government to implement innovation strategies – startup incubation, industry digital transformation, talent development, education and international programs.
Prior to joining AWS, he was Head of Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He spearheaded efforts in building the ecosystem, identifying and preparing technologies with potential for commercialisation, incubating technology and social start-ups founded by students and professors, developing programmes to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship from within the University, and developing partnerships with stakeholders including governments, incubators and corporates in Greater China and other parts of the globe.
Perkins got his BSc in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and MSc in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.
Mr. Sam Lam
Business Manager
OriginBit
Mr. Lam is a lecturer at HSUHK and a co-founder at OriginBit. He is experienced in IT industrial production processes and tools in the creation of web services. He had industrial experience in Blockchain, cloud technology, web and mobile application development, and digital project management.
Mr. Lam provided technology training in machine learning, data science, web and mobile application development, and programming. Also, he provided business and IT coaching for social enterprises in FSES, Innovator Farm, and SEnSE.
Mr. Lam studied Computer Science in HKUST and obtained industrial qualifications like MCSE (Microsoft), MCP (Microsoft), CCNP (Cisco), CEH (EC-Council), and SAA (AWS).
MR. Samson Li
Founder
CarryAI Company Limited
Founder of CarryAI and SenianAI
Specialized in Computer Vision based AI
CarryAI currently is focused in building Computer Vision Solutions for business as well as STEM Education sector
SenianAI is focused in using Computer Vision Technologies for Elderly care / health care sector
MR. San Wong
Founder
R2C2 Limited
San Wong is the Founder and CEO of R2C2 Limited. San graduated from the Univerity of California, Irvine with a B.S and M.S degree in Electrical Engineering.
San has years of research and industrial experience in AI and robotic development. R2C2 develops a universal robot management platform (ARC: AI-Robot-Collabration) to improve productivity and safety in many industries.
As the first and only Boston Dynamics SPOT developer in Hong Kong, R2C2 deploys numbers of robotic dog in construction, inspection and property management industries.
Mr. Sang Joon Ahn
Head of Data Science, Asia
Sia Partners
Sang is the Head of Data Science, Asia at Sia Partners.
Sang is versed in the application of data science in the retail, marketing and customer experience sectors, as well as on topics such as data strategy and valorization. He is a graduate from the University of Maryland’s Engineering school and UCLA Anderson’s MBA program.
Sang was previously at another data science consultancy in HK and prior to that with Neustar-Marketshare in Japan and the US.
Ms. Serena Lee
Founder & CEO
Care Bear
Serena is involved in research and clinical work as a psychology and counselling graduate from The University of Hong Kong. On top of her role, her passion for social innovation and human-centric design led her to found Care Bear, a depression-centric social enterprise that incorporates technology and the human touch in early detection and gamifying symptom alleviation, with the ideology of fostering resilience and mutual accountability and empowerment among youth. Her work in psychology has brought her onto the global stage as a presenter at the APA Convention 2020, and opened doors to collaborative community projects in Kenya, Malaysia and Sweden. Involved in mental health initiatives including Coolminds (Mind HK), HKJSSP, Psycboost, International Association for Youth Mental Health etc., she hopes to facilitate conversations about mental health and voice up for the stigmatized, and provide insight for budding social entrepreneurs to acclimate and adapt to trends and needs, and adopt a creative mindset in developing innovative solutions for good.
Ms. Shirley Lam
Lead Digital Marketing Specialist
Stryker
I am a strategic facilitator who communicates design values to help people collaborate and innovate.
In this VUCA world where problems are becoming more complicated than ever, and digital transformation is experienced in different industries, facilitation is the core pillar of my practice to elicit group wisdom from people. My T-shaped experience combines digital marketing, design and communication that allows me to drive changes at different tables:
• Facilitate meetings, cross-country collaboration and large events for healthcare innovation in work. Spanning countries and continents from Australia, Korea, ASEAN, India, Japan and China.
• Design learning experiences for UX education in Hong Kong and delivered training since 2021, including hackathons, boot camps and workshops.
• Volunteer on social projects and startups through strategic planning, value proposition refinement, action plan creation and evaluation.
When I’m not on the job, I enjoy travelling, coffee, art museums, and good books.
MS. Sophie Chui
Producer
Sensational Communications
About me: A believer in growth mindset, a keen learner, a doer
Experience: A corporate communications and business development professional, good at partnership and community engagement. Extensive experience in serving clients from public sector, technology, properties, tertiary education and media. Possess solid project management skills and administrative abilities. Resourceful, efficient, adaptable and agile. Business exposure gained in the Greater China Region and Asia, based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Victor Wong
Founder
Bridge AI
Victor is passionate about education. He strongly believes that children with learning challenges can discover their true potential if schools provide the right environment and remain relentlessly focused on providing high quality of teaching. He founded Bridge Academy in 2014, a school providing Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) services for children with learning difficulties aged 2 and above. More than 500 special education needs (SEN) children has received ABA services since 2014.
Victor has also found Bridge AI, a company using Artificial intelligence (AI), big data and video and audio communication systems to support e-learning of SEN children. He is now collaborating with Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) in a project funded by the Hong Kong Innovative and Technology Bureau (ITB) to develop the Integrated Intelligent Intervention-learning system (3i-learning system) that tailors the individual needs so students with SEN.
Victor is a Doctor of Education student at The Education University of Hong Kong and holds a master’s degree in accounting from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a speaker at IEEE conferences about next generation technologies for people with cognitive and learning disabilities.
MR. Wally Kwong
Development Officer
HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21
Wally is an experienced STEAM Educator and formerly served as the educational lead at Inno Space, an education hub powered by the Hong Kong Productivity Council. He is a doer, agitator and advocate of STEAM education grounded on his beliefs that the future of our society relies on the young generation in which fully engaged and empowered youth can help to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. As an action-driven person, Wally has rolled out a series of virtual STEAM initiatives with local educators and Edu-Tech startups to promote remote learning in local schools during the pandemic, reaching 40,000+ beneficiaries since March 2020.
He is also an enthusiast supporter of entrepreneurship among university students and recent graduates, especially in the field of Edu-Tech, Engineering and Social Innovation. By actively reach out to startups & makers communities, he has engaged 100+ startups and inventors to translate their ideas into industrial designs, prototypes and products so they can turn concepts into reality.
Wally is currently the curriculum lead of the HKFYG Jockey Club Media 21 (M21), a digital skill transformation centre based in Aberdeen. Proactive in anticipating rising and transforming educational needs, he takes initiative to go beyond the expected parameters of a local service centre to implement the idea of social design throughout the learning journey. He believes a youth centre shall add vibrancy, vigour and velocity to the neighbourhood, as well as to enable youth to receive professional digital transformation training and incubation, gather to explore new ideas and invigorate the district.
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