Startups Connect: Networking with Education-related App Developers

Cyberport IncuTrain Centre will have "Startups Connect" networking event to bring industry professionals, startup companies, incubatees and alumni together with their presentations and mentors / guests in the event. During the event, participants are encouraged to freely exchange info at the end

Date: May 27, 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Venue: Solution Lab, Cyberport IncuTrain Centre, Unit 518, Level 3, Cyberport 3 (Core F), 100 Cyberport Road, Cyberport, Hong Kong.

Fee:
- incubatees just pay HK$5
- alumni just pay HK$10
- normal price HK$20


Rundown:
12:15pm - 12:30pm: Registration

12:30pm - 12:45pm: Simple lunch

12:45pm - 12:55pm: 路德會呂祥光小學李錦棠校長分享題目 "香港學生資訊科技教育軟件應用的需求"

12:55pm - 1:05pm: "Getting Organised ! Identifying the challenge program providers and parents have in managing extra-curricular activities for kids" by Mr. Daniel Chun, Director of Art Group

1:05pm - 1:15pm: "New Platform for Learning Putonghua and English" by Mr Harry Ngan, CEO of E4 Education

1:15pm - 1:25pm: "Innovative Robotics Education with Renewable Energy" by Mr. Alex Hung, CIO of EduTechnic Limited

1:25pm - 1:35pm: "The GoChinese and GoEnglish language apps: Key reasons for successful adoption by schools and universities around the world” by Ms Linda Wu, Managing Director of Gowell Software Limited

1:35pm - 2:00pm: Mingle

2:00pm: End of event


Guest Speakers:

• 路德會呂祥光小學李錦棠校長

Incubatees / Alumni Speakers:

• Mr. Daniel Chun, Director of Art Group


• Mr Harry Ngan, CEO of E4 Education


• Mr. Alex Hung, CIO of EduTechnic Limited


• Ms Linda Wu, Managing Director of Gowell Software Limited

Language to be conducted: Cantonese (main) and English, and subject to the speakers.


Registration is open to startups and industry professionals.

To register, please send email to training@cyberport.hk with subject "Startups Connect: Networking with Education-related App Developers on May 27" together with your company name, participant's name, tel and email by May 24.

Call for Interest: Windows Phone 7 Application and Game Development Training

Windows Phone 7 is expected to be launched towards the end of 2010 and have been an industry focus since its announcement in February. It opens up a brand new platform for software companies to develop and distribute their mobile games and applications. An in-depth training for local software developers will help them become the first mover in Windows Phone 7 MarketPlace and gain first-mover advantage.

If you are interested in this training course, please send your contact info including name, tel and email to training@cyberport.hk by May 28, 2010.

Call for Interest: TOGAF Introductory Seminar

Date: May 6, 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 3pm-5pm

Venue: Cyberport IncuTrain Centre Solution Lab, Unit 518, Level 5, Cyberport 3 (Core F), 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong

Fee: Free-of-charge

Language to be conducted: English

For those who are interested in this introductory FREE seminar, please send email to training@cyberport.hk with the subject “TOGAF Introductory Seminar on May 6, 2010” including your company name, participant’s name, title, tel and email, by May 3, 2010.

TOGAF in Practice

Enterprise Architecture provides you the platform to view across the organisation from a holistic perspective regardless of its size and position.
Understanding what there is within an organization is critical, as it is then possible to create the alignment of business and IT. Such capability means that the company can now prioritize much of its business process, business functions and goals, rather than just working from the underlying applications and technology components.
TOGAF is a major EA framework. It provides the methodology to customise the EA framework and improve your organization business maturity capability and where its transformation can lead you and your organization for the better.

Presentation Contents

• IT Architecture in a Business Management Context.
• Enterprise Architecture and the Business Context
• TOGAF and Business Management
• The TOGAF Architecture Development method (ADM)
• Capability based planning
• Applying the ADM at different Enterprise levels
• The Architecture Framework Journey-Case study

About the Speaker Mr. Simon Dalziel

Simon is a senior information systems professional with 30 years of experience in business systems development. His key skills are enterprise architectures, IS strategy, business process and data modelling and data management. He is certified in TOGAF 7, 8 and 9.

Simon has been involved in the development of enterprise architectures and IS strategies for several major companies and government organisations. He was a work group leader for the development of TOGAF 9 with The Open Group Architecture Forum and was also a member of the joint Open Group/OMG working group mapping TOGAF to MDA.

Education and diversity

Simon holds a degree in Photographic Technology is a graduate of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell and successfully completed the Ground Instructional Technique course at the RAF School of Education. When he is not at a client site or in the classroom, he lives with his family in Normandy, France.

Organizers: Architecting the Enterprise

Co-organizer: Cyberport IncuTrain Centre

Terms and condition:
- No simultaneous interpretation service will be provided.
- The organizers may change any part of the training event without notice or liability to you. By admitting to the training event, you agree to be bound by such modifications.
- Personal Data provided will be used for processing your application for registration purpose. The data will be solely handled by Cyberport IncuTrain Centre staff but may be transferred to an authorized third party providing services to Cyberport IncuTrain Centre.