Startups Connect: Networking with Digital Entertainment Tools & Technologies Companies

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 for active networking and information exchange.

Details of the event:

Date: September 3, 2010 (Friday)

Time: 12:15 - 14:00

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

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

Fee: normal price HK$20

Registration is open to startups and industry professionals.

To register: please send your company name, participant's name, email and tel to training@cyberport.hk with subject "Startups Connect: Networking with Digital Entertainment Tools & Technologies Companies" by August 27, 2010.

Rundown:

12:15 - 12:30 Registration

12:30 - 12:45 Simple lunch

12:45 - 13:35 Mentors, incubatees and alumni presentation

- “如何透過應用研究協助發展以科技為基礎的數碼創意產業”
“How to Leverage Applied Research to Develop Technology-driven Digital Creative Industry” by Dr. Cheung Nim-kwan, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI

- "The Development of New Technologies and Tools for 3D Virtualization and Visualization in Health Care" by Ir. Clifford TSE, Managing Director of Altrinion Group

- "Empowering Artists to be Their Own Brand" by Mr. Brennan Mulligan, CEO of Alkheme Limited

13:35 - 14:00 Mingle

14:00 End of Event

About the Speakers:

Dr. Cheung Nim-kwan, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI

Before joining ASTRI, Dr. Cheung Nim-kwan was Executive Consultant of Telcordia Technologies in the U.S. and President of the international IEEE Communications Society in 2006 and 2007.

After receiving his B.Sc. (General) and B.Sc. (Special) degrees, both with First Class Honours, from the University of Hong Kong in 1969 and 1970 respectively, Dr. Cheung pursued further studies at the California Institute of Technology in the U.S., where he received his Ph.D. degree in Physics in 1976. He is Fellow of IEEE and Telcordia Technologies.

He joined Bell Laboratories upon his graduation to conduct pioneering research in innovative single-mode fiber optic systems. In 1984, he became District Manager of Advanced Lightwave Technology in Bell communications Research, where he created three world-class research programmes in high-speed, coherent, and subcarrier-multiplex lightwave systems. In 1999, Dr. Cheung became Vice President of Applied Research Government Programme in Telcordia Technologies. Under his leadership, the Government-funded research programme portfolio grew at double-digit rate per year.
Since 2004, Dr. Cheung has been serving as a Consulting Professor in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He has also served on the Electrical Engineering advisory boards of Columbia University, Polytechnic University of New York, and New Jersey Institute of Technology.

In 2005, Dr. Cheung was elected the 18th President of the IEEE Communications Society, which is an international professional organization with 45,000 members in 180 chapters around the world. After completing his term, he served as immediate Past President of the Society to provide assistance to the President.

Dr. Cheung has published over 150 journal publications, and has served in different editorial positions, including Editor-in-Chief of the renowned IEEE Communications Magazine

Ir. Clifford TSE, Managing Director of Altrinion Group

Clifford Tse has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry and has extensive international working experience in the North Americas, Europe and Asia.

Clifford has worked with major hospitals, research institutes and multi-national healthcare companies in US, UK and Hong Kong in developing computational engines for drug discovery, genomics and sophisticated solutions for clinical specialties. In particular, Clifford led the development of the Cardisys, an award-winning state-of-the-art cardiology management system that is used by some of the largest hospitals in Hong Kong and overseas.

Clifford is well respected for developing sophisticated computational analytics using supercomputing technologies and building some of the fastest trading engines for top-tier finance firms. He was a pioneer in developing financial network systems, developed the first major trading platform using the Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol, built the first electronic futures and options trading platform for one of the largest stock exchanges, and the first global IP-based foreign exchange transaction system for one of the largest banks in the world. Clifford was also previously the Strategic Advisor at Jardine Fleming Securities and advised the firm on developing a unified regional trading infrastructure and creating a pan-regional third-market exchange.

Clifford was a founding member of Juno Online Services which became one of the largest email and internet service providers in the US with over 40 million users.

Before entering the business world, Clifford worked at research institutes including Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), MIT Laboratory of Computer Science, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and MIT Media Lab, where he developed language and compiler technology for massively parallel supercomputing.

Clifford graduated with 4 degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.

Mr. Brennan Mulligan, CEO of Alkheme Limited

Brennan Mulligan graduated from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He founded and sold two successful start-ups. He's consulted global brands, including Nike, Timberland and Reebok. His latest start-up, Alkheme Ltd., aims to build online communities empowering content owners to create and sell their own lines of consumer products.