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Hong Kong Baptist University Knowledge Transfer Office ANNUAL REPORT 2011/12 Hong Kong Baptist University Knowledge Transfer Office ANNUAL REPORT 2011/12 Content Executive Summary 2 1. Introduction 4 2. Revamped Mission and Vision of KTO 4 3. Operational Goals of KTO 5 3.1 Consolidate Strengths and Harness Opportunities 5 3.2 Reach out to Internal and External Communities 6 3.3 Manage and Nurture Knowledge Capitals and KT Initiatives 8 3.4 Quality Assurance – Ensure Impact of KT Endeavours 9 4. KTP Case Narratives 11 4.1 Bilingual Improv Brigade 11 4.2 Lui Seng Chun Chinese Medicine Festival 15 4.3 A Cultural and Spacial Project on Buddist Complex 17 5. Looking forward 22 Appendices Appendix 1: KTP Application Flowchart i Appendix 2: Patent Application Flowchart ii Appendix 3: Patent Audit Flowchart iii Appendix 4: UGC Required Performance Indicators iv Appendix 5: HKBU Specific Performance Indicators v Executive Summary In 2011/12, Hong Kong Baptist University 3. To manage and nurture knowledge (“HKBU” or “the University”) endeavoured capitals and KT initiatives by providing to develop a comprehensive enabling comprehensive in-house services for environment for knowledge transfer (KT) patenting and commercialisation of in alignment with HKBU’s seven Graduate inventions, achieving 400% growth in Attributes and its ethos in providing Whole patent filings at significantly reduced Person Education. cost in the reporting year as compared to the previous year; developing and In the reporting year, Knowledge Transfer implementing standardised patent Office (“KTO”) at HKBU has devoted much application and audit procedures; of its effort into achieving the following designing and producing research operational goals: logbook; and 1. To consolidate our strengths and 4. To implement quality assurance harness our opportunities b y scheme such as reviewing and establishing the HKBU Knowledge revising the effectiveness and social- Database (http://kto.hkbu.edu.hk) economic impact of our KT endeavours that is easily accessible to HKBU with a structured impact assessment and the broader community; initiating f r a m e w o r k ; d e v e l o p i n g c l e a r projects, facilitating different levels of guidelines and standards of criterion- knowledge transfer, and developing based assessment of KTP Seed standardised application procedure Fund applications to enhance quality and funding guidelines for Knowledge monitoring and evaluation. Transfer Partnership (KTP) projects; and developing KT enabling policies to Looking ahead, HKBU strives to provide enhance Intellectual Property Rights a sustainable, supportive, and vibrant (IPRs) protection at HKBU; environment to promote integration between KT and research / teaching, 2. To reach out widely and effectively fostering a Whole Person Education- to both internal and external based KT culture on campus and with the communities b y proactively broader community. The HKBU Business participating in local, regional, and Entrepreneur Support and Training international KT events; promoting and Programme, a three-year University co- attracting opportunities for community funded multi-million dollar entrepreneurship involvements in KTP projects; reaching project, will be launched by KTO in out to HKBU staff to cater for their the coming year to further broaden the different needs and explore further range of KT activities at HKBU (see KT opportunities; reaching out to p.22). Furthermore, KTO will continue to students to further promote KT and encourage interdisciplinary KT activities at IPRs; organising entrepreneurship HKBU by lifting the KTP Seed Fund funding competition Think Big Think Social cap by 20% for interdisciplinary projects – Business Plan Contest for Young and by promoting active participations from Explorers; across disciplines in Knowledge Transfer Committee of the University. 2 HKBU Knowledge Transfer Office Annual Report 2011/12 KTO will continue to cultivate a KT-rich environment at the University that is aligned and strongly integrated with the mission and vision of HKBU in the coming years. ▪ Knowledge Database ▪ Participation in KT events ▪ KT Partnership ▪ Reaching to staff & students ▪ KT enabling policies ▪ Entrepreneurship Consolidate Strengths & Reach out to Internal & Harness Opportunities External Communities Quality Assurance Manage & Nurture Knowledge Capitals & KT Initiatives ▪ Structured impact ▪ Patenting & commercialisation assessment framework of inventions ▪ Criterion-based ▪ Standardised patent assessment of KTP application & audit Seed Fund applications procedures ▪ Research logbook 3 1 Introduction 2 Revamped Mission and Vision of KTO Hong Kong Baptist University (“HKBU” KTO appointed its first full-time Head in or “the University”) has a long tradition in 2011 (In the past, KTO staff has been transferring its research and expertise for directly supervised by an Associate Vice- the betterment of the community at large. President). Under this fresh boost of HKBU is committed to establish knowledge leadership, KTO repositioned itself in transfer (KT) as the third pillar in the core the University community and revised its activities of the University as stated in Mission and Vision to further strengthen its its University Strategic Plan 2009. With resolution in support of the Vision2020 of the earmarked funding from University HKBU. Grant Committee (“UGC”) since 2009, Knowledge Transfer Office (“KTO”) has Mission Statement been the executive unit to cultivate a KT- The Knowledge Transfer Office is rich culture at HKBU and is charged with committed to match the needs of the responsibilities to coordinate efforts of the community at large with the strengths of University in transferring knowledge to the Hong Kong Baptist University, to work in broader community. partnership with members of HKBU to proactively contribute to the community, KTO started many initiatives to further the and to enable knowledge transfer as the incorporation of KT at HKBU in 2011/12. third pillar of HKBU. This report provides comprehensive updates on KTO’s operation and initiatives Vision Statement in the past year, and outlines KTO’s The Knowledge Transfer Office aspires plans in the coming years. Performance to become an enabling catalyst and a indicators of the University are reported in supportive bridge between the broader the Appendices and the financial report is community and HKBU, to enrich research provided as a supplement insert. and inform teaching, and to become a driving force in realising HKBU’s vision of being the best regional provider of whole person education. 4 HKBU Knowledge Transfer Office Annual Report 2011/12 3 Operational Goals of KTO To translate the Mission and Vision by KTO to consolidate the knowledge into action and with the aim to further capitals of HKBU. This centralised, incorporate and facilitate KT development searchable online database is hosted on at HKBU, KTO’s operation and initiatives KTO website (http://kto.hkbu.edu.hk) and in the past year have been evolved around contains research areas and expertise of the following operational goals: faculty members at HKBU. Knowledge Database is crucial for KTO to link these 1. Consolidate strengths and harness knowledge capitals to the needs in the opportunities broader community. 2. Reach out to internal and external communities The Knowledge Database featuring School 3. Manage and nurture knowledge capitals of Chinese Medicine is being populated and KT initiatives since 2011/12. KTO plans to expand this 4. Quality Assurance – ensure impact of database to include all faculty members KT endeavours (with their permission) in the next year. KTO will also utilise metadata to raise the 3.1 Consolidate Strengths and Harness ranking of the Knowledge Database on Opportunities major search engines. Consolidating strengths for knowledge transfer is necessary for KT to flourish Knowledge Transfer Partnership at HKBU. Knowledge capitals must be Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) identified for HKBU to map out strategic projects are flagship initiatives. Through directions and seize future KT opportunities. active engagement with the community, Knowledge Transfer Partnership projects KTP projects allow HKBU to leverage on its are flagship initiatives where projects are identified strengths to address issues in the developed based on identified strengths broader community. of HKBU and successfully implemented through establishing and harnessing The KTP Seed Fund was set up in collaboration opportunities with community July 2010 and is currently providing partners. funding support to KTP projects on a competitive basis. During the reporting KTO also recognises that supportive year, seven projects were funded and five KT policies need to be put in place to projects funded in previous years were acknowledge and award those who actively completed. One out of these 12 projects engage in KT activities, hence, to better was interdisciplinary. Three projects are enable incorporation of KT at HKBU. selected and presented as case narratives With well-developed institutional policy in in Chapter 4 (see p.11). These selected place, we anticipate a significant increase case narratives each represent one project among academic staff and students in KT from the Arts and Humanities discipline – activities. English, the Science discipline – Chinese Medicine, and the inter-discipline of Knowledge Database Religion and Visual Arts. Knowledge Database is a succinct and informative digital infrastructure developed 5 Standardised KTP Seed Fund Procedure All staff of KTO have signed a blanket and Guidelines Non-Disclosure
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