Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Startups Connect: Awards Winning Tips and Advices Sharing

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: October 11, 2010 (Monday)

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 email by Oct 6 to training@cyberport.hk with subject "Startups Connect: Awards Winning Tips and Advices Sharing on Oct 11" together with participant's name, company name, title, email and tel.

Rundown:

12:15 - 12:30 Registration

12:30 - 12:45 Simple lunch

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

- "Practical Tips on How to Win ICT Awards" by Mr. Steve Lau, Senior Consultant, IT Industry Development, Hong Kong Productivity Council

- "The Helpful DOs and DONTs for Award Entries" by Mr. Eddy Hui, Chairman of Hong Kong Mayan User Group

- "Sharing Awards Winning Experience" by Mr. Alan Choy, Director of Music Powerhouse Ltd.

13:35 - 14:00 Mingle

14:00 End of Event

About the Speakers:

Mr. Steve Lau, Senior Consultant, IT Industry Development, Hong Kong Productivity Council

Steve Lau is the Senior Consultant in the IT Industry Development of HK Productivity Council. He has been responsible for promoting emerging ICT including mobile computing, manufacturing solutions, open source software,e-commerce applications, interactive marketing best practices to business sectors, SMEs and developer communities. He has also rich experience in being assessor and organizer of various Awards scheme sin ICT and Digital Entertainment area including the ICT Awards Best Lifestyle Award stream, ICT Awards Ubiquitous Award Stream, Digicon6 Competition, Greater China Illustration Awards, Yahoo BIC Awards, and HK Mobile Film Competition. Currently, he is also Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Interactive Marketing Association.

Mr. Eddy Hui, Chairman of Hong Kong Mayan User Group

Eddy fell in love with animation, character design and multimedia in the 80's. He has worked in animation and multimedia industry for more than 15 years, one of the early adaptors of 3D animation, motion graphics and web design in Hong Kong. He has served in different local and global design companies and focused on integration of animation and multimedia into corporate identity, clients included Bank of China, HP, IBM, Jockey Club, JWT, PCCW and so on. He now teaches in City University of Hong Kong (SCOPE) as the Deputy Program Leader of Multimedia Design Program.


Mr. Alan Choy, Director of Music Powerhouse Ltd.

Founded by a team of experienced, visionary and enthusiastic digital music specialists in Hong Kong, Music Powerhouse Ltd. is focused on the development of music discovery technology and innovative solutions and business models. MPh has been an on-site member of the Cyberport IncuTrain Programme since August 2008 and funded by the Small Entrepreneur Research Assistance Programme (SERAP) of the Hong Kong Government’s Innovation and Technology Commission since April 2008. Its MPh Music Discovery System has won the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2009 – Best Lifestyle Grand Award and Best Lifestyle (Creative & Free Living) Gold Award. Besides, two applications ridden on the System’s core technologies namely “CD Wi-Fi Radar” and “Music Magic Touch” captured the “Ubiquitous City-HK” Government Wi-Fi Application Award and Innovative TD-SCDMA Application Award in June and July 2009 respectively. The Company was also honoured with the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards – 2009 Start Up Company Merit.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Call for Presentation: Startups Connect: Networking with Digital Entertainment Tools & Technologies Companies

Call for Presentation: Startups Connect: Networking with Digital Entertainment Tools & Technologies Companies

Reply Deadline: August 20, 2010

Cyberport IncuTrain Centre is planning next Startups Connect networking event with the topics related to Digital Entertainment Tools and Technologies companies. As incubatees and alumni, you are cordially invited to present your company and products in order to spark new collaboration or ideas.

If you are interested to be one of the presenting companies, please send your proposed topic, speaker and his/her bio by email to Katherine Lam (email at katherinelam@cyberport.hk) with subject “Call for Presentation: Startups Connect Networking with Mobile Application Companies by August 20, 2010.