Creating prosperity:
Talent development and cross-sector collaboration in a creative economy
1st September 2011 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Presented by
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2 / 39 Timetable summary
Room S426-S427 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Old Wing) 1 Harbour Road Wanchai Hong Kong
Morning session Time Session 8.45am – 9.15am Guest registration
9.15am – 9.30am Welcome remarks
9.30am – 10.10am Keynote address 1 Overview of the creative economy and challenge for talent development
10.10am – 10.50am Keynote address 2 The role of higher education in building a creative economy
10.50am – 11.05am Refreshment break
11.05am - 11.45pm Panel session 1 Is Hong Kong ready for a creative economy? Creativity for business
11.45pm – 12.25pm Panel session 2 Is Hong Kong ready for a creative economy? Creativity for public and social services
12.25pm – 1.05pm Panel session 3 Is Hong Kong ready for a creative economy? Developing a creative mindset
1.05pm Morning session ends
Afternoon session Time Session 1.05pm – 2.00pm Networking Lunch
2.00pm – 3.00pm Case studies: Collaboration amongst educators, business community, the public sector and NGOs
3.00pm – 4.00pm Sandbox workshop: Towards building a creative economy for Hong Kong
4.00pm – 4.45pm Concluding plenary
4.45pm Forum ends
3 / 39 Background
In a post-industrial era, competition is not just about the pursuit of efficiency. To attain sustainable economic growth and balanced social and environmental developments, we need a paradigm shift on how businesses, the government and the NGOs can create value through creativity and innovation. We need talents with new mind sets and skill sets to meet the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century.
For Hong Kong to maintain its competitive edge regionally and globally, it is important that we continue to create value through creativity and innovation in our businesses as well as public and social services alike.
This high-profile forum aims to identify the critical factors for Hong Kong to move up the value chain as a creative economy, including the challenge for talent development, the role of higher education, creative leadership as well as cross-sector partnership and collaboration.
We are honoured to have keynote speakers John Howkins, author of the best-seller The Creative Economy, and Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Vice Chancellor of University of London and chair of the Universities UK Creating Prosperity Steering Group. The two creative gurus will be joined by the leading figures from the business and higher education sectors as well as NGOs to chart the way forward for the city’s creative economy.
Participants will also have the opportunity to network with the creative leaders over a buffet lunch. In addition to experience sharing by the UK and local experts, there will be a Sandbox workshop in the afternoon, an innovative idea- generation process first launched in the UK (http://sandbox.uclan.ac.uk). Sandbox events are organised regularly in more than 20 cities in the US, Europe and Asia.
Event website http://www.bauhinia.org/conference/2011_09_01/conference_background-en.php
4 / 39 About the organisers
The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre is a policy think tank established in Hong Kong in March 2006, for promoting the understanding of the One Country, Two Systems arrangements and other socioeconomic policies in Hong Kong, through the support of relevant research and studies. It also organises seminars, forums or workshops on the relevant topics.
Its research interests cover:
(a) macroeconomic development of Hong Kong and the region, particularly Mainland China, with special emphasis given to regional economic integration and the competitive edge of the Greater Pearl River Delta.
(b) economic and business environment in Hong Kong. Special emphasis is given to the study of policies and measures that would attract the flow of business, funds and people through Hong Kong.
(c) social environment in Hong Kong – what would be the appropriate social policies, in areas such as environmental protection, education, labour, immigration, transport, medical and health, social welfare, town planning etc that would make Hong Kong a better place in which to live, work and do business.
The Centre strives to establish its credibility by developing and presenting considered and balanced views on various policy issues that are in line with the overall and long term interests of Hong Kong.
For more information: http://www.bauhinia.org
British Council The British Council is an international cultural relations organisation that connects the UK with the rest of the world through our work in education, arts, science, governance and more.
5 / 39 In an interdependent, turbulent world we believe that creating opportunities for people to understand each other better, work together more and learn from one another is crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all.
Our activities, whether in the arts, science, sport, English teaching, climate change or education, nurture greater trust and understanding between different countries and cultures. They also build strong international links to and from Britain, opening doors for the UK on to the rest of the world and for the world back to the UK.
Our work gives people, both in the UK and in Hong Kong, opportunities to learn, share and connect worldwide.
For more information: http://www.britishcouncil.org/hongkong
HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education The University of Hong Kong's Department of Extra Mural Studies (DEMS) was established in 1956-57, the first continuing education unit in a university in the region. DEMS played a significant role in the provision of lifelong learning opportunities for the wider community, and in 1992, was renamed as the School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE). The university has a role in lifelong learning and, as the continuing education arm of the university, HKU SPACE fulfils this part of the university's mission by providing learning opportunities for personal, professional and career advancement for people from all walks of life.
With some 900 full-time staff members and over 2,000 part-time teachers, HKU SPACE is the leading local provider in continuing education. Course enrolments since 1956 have exceeded two million and annual course enrolment offer exceeds 100,000. In 2009-10, this was equivalent to some 21,000 full-time students.
In 2002 / 03, HKU SPACE Centre for International Degree Programmes (CIDP) was established in response to the demand for full-time undergraduate education. With the motto “Education with a Global Vision”, CIDP is currently offering more than 20 undergraduate, postgraduate and executive programmes in many areas including media, communications, cultural and creative studies, in collaboration with a number of British and Australian universities.
For more information: http://hkuspace.hku.hk/
6 / 39 Full programme
Master of Ceremonies Vincent Wong, Director of Strategic Planning, Commercial Radio Hong Kong
Morning programme 8.45am – 9.15am Guest registration
9.15am – 9.30am Welcome remarks
Speakers Anthony Wu Peter Upton Prof C F Lee Chairman Director South China Director Bauhinia Foundation British Council HKU School of Professional Research Centre and Continuing Education
9.30am – 10.10am Keynote address 1 Overview of the creative economy and challenge for talent development
Abstract Speakers
This session will highlight global trends in the creative John Howkins economy; the ecological conditions for creative work; and Author of the best-seller talent development. The speaker will address the value of the The Creative Economy differences between learning, education and training in the context of building a creative economy. John Howkins will Advisor to the Chinese also share his evaluation of the challenges facing universities Government in trying to provide relevant services to people who are or who want to be working in the creative economy, providing the context of interactions between industry and universities.
10.10am – 10.50am Keynote address 2 The role of higher education in building a creative economy
Abstract Speakers
Creative economies depend on a flow of high-quality ideas Prof Geoffrey Crossick and talented practitioners if they are to remain at the cutting Vice Chancellor edge in the face of growing global competition. This address University of London will focus on a major recent report showing the centrality of higher education to the creative economy in the UK, and invite reflection on its relevance to Hong Kong.
10.50am – 11.05am Refreshment break
7 / 39 Morning programme Panel sessions - Is Hong Kong ready for a creative economy? 11.05am - 11.45am Panel session 1 Creativity for business
Abstract Speakers
Creativity is important not just for the creative industries. And Panel members: innovation is not just about technology. Two local case studies will demonstrate what creativity and innovation mean for their Dirk Dalichau businesses, and what it takes to nurture a creative workforce. Director of Group Strategic Marketing Facilitator: Miramar Group
Winnie Ng Niq Lai Director CFO and Head of Talent Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre Engagement City Telecom Limited
Respondents:
John Howkins Author of the best-seller, The Creative Economy
Advisor to the Chinese Government
Nicholas Rhodes Course Director in Product and Industrial Design Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design University of the Arts London
11.45am – 12.25pm Panel session 2 Creativity for public and social services
Abstract Speakers
Creative industries can create immense value for the Presenters: commercial and the public sector alike. Design London will share how health care services in the UK work together with Prof Anthony Cheung creative professionals to create value for both the service President and Chair provider and the users. In the light of the UK experience, this Professor of Public panel will look into how Hong Kong can innovate its public Administration service delivery, where the opportunities and challenges lie The Hong Kong Institute of and how the government and the third sectors can work with Education creative talents in a strategic manner. Non-official member of Exco
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Facilitator: Dr Edmund Lee Executive Director Ada Wong Hong Kong Design Centre Honorary Chief Executive Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture Respondent:
Kim Salkeld Head Efficiency Unit The Government of the Hong Kong SAR
12.25pm – 1.05pm Panel session 3 Developing a creative mindset
Abstract Speakers
The development and sustainability of a creative economy in Presenter: Hong Kong will require not only the preparation of practitioners and professionals, but also a public educated Prof Edmond Ko with a creative mindset. This calls for a critical examination of Senior Advisor to the the prevailing local academic and cultural values, and how Provost they could be expanded through curriculum innovations at Director, Center for both the school and university levels. Through identifying the Engineering Education key attributes of creative individuals and finding effective ways Innovation to inculcate them in our young people, we will be able to The Hong Kong University of create a large talent pool that should serve Hong Kong well in Science and Technology the long run, for both creative and other industries. Chairman, Curriculum Development Council Facilitator: Respondents: Prof Ali Farhoomand Director Prof Geoffrey Crossick Asia Case Research Centre Vice Chancellor The University of Hong Kong University of London
Prof Stephen Cottrell Head of Department, Creative Practice & Enterprise City University London
1.05pm Morning session ends
9 / 39 Afternoon programme - Case studies and Sandbox workshop 1.05pm – 2.00pm Room 428 Networking Lunch
2.00pm – 3.00pm Collaboration amongst educators, business community, the public sector and the NGOs
Abstract Speakers
Case study (1) Presenter: DARE: Vision, Opportunity, Necessity The making of a cultural action partnership Susan Daniels International Director and Since 2006, the University of Leeds and Opera North have Executive Member enjoyed a formal collaborative venture that is enhancing the Faculty of Performance creative and intellectual life of the city and improving its Visual Arts and national and international cultural standing. Communications University of Leeds Activities range from community projects, work placements and professional development to focused research, audience development, and commissioned new work, ‘to generate a unique creative and intellectual force’.
The presentation will examine the development, impact and potential of the partnership as a model for new, powerful relationships between higher education and cultural organisations.
Case study (2) Presenter: ALiVE This session looks at how ALiVE, City University of Hong Prof Jeffrey Shaw Kong’s Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Dean and Chair Professor of Embodiment, is acting as a research incubator for innovation Media Art in creative media in Hong Kong. School of Creative Media City University of Hong Kong A first in Hong Kong, ALiVE builds on world famous research achievements that have been made over recent years at the ZKM Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe, the UNSW iCinema Research Centre in Sydney and Museum Victoria in Melbourne. ALiVE is situated in a 1000m sq. facility at the Hong Kong Science Park.
10 / 39 3.00pm – 4.00pm Sandbox workshop Towards building a creative economy for Hong Kong
Abstract Speakers
Sandbox is a creative change agent that enables Workshop lead: organisations and communities to find solutions to issues they are confronted with in a time of economic, political and social Simon Robertshaw change through innovative facilitation and cutting-edge Director technologies. It blends business, communication and creative Sandbox, Digital and skills into a series of methodologies and toolkits that allow a Creative Industries Media client to build new connections, gain fresh insights, create a Factory common vision and develop practical and sustainable University of Central strategies to achieve goals through real collaboration. Lancashire Sandbox will be used to stimulate and capture thinking amongst the audience for building Hong Kong’s creative economy.
4.00pm – 4.45pm Concluding plenary
Speakers Facilitator: Presenter: Respondents:
Winnie Ng Prof John Heskett Prof Geoffrey Crossick Director Acting Dean School of Vice Chancellor Bauhinia Foundation Design University of London Research Centre Chair Professor of Design Hong Kong Polytechnic John Howkins University Author of best-seller The Creative Economy Advisor to the Chinese Government
Prof Edmond Ko Senior Advisor to the Provost Director Center for Engineering Education Innovation The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chairman Curriculum Development Council
4.45pm Forum ends
11 / 39 Profiles – lead speakers
Professor Geoffrey Crossick Vice Chancellor University of London
Professor Geoffrey Crossick became Vice-Chancellor of the University in September 2010, moving to the post after five years as Warden of Goldsmiths, University of London.
He had been Chief Executive of the Arts & Humanities Research Board between 2002 and 2005, taking it through to its establishment as a full research council alongside those in the sciences and social sciences.
Professor Crossick studied history at Cambridge after which he undertook doctoral research at Birkbeck, University of London. He is a social historian specialising in the urban social history of 19th and 20th century Britain and continental Europe (particularly France where he spent a year teaching at the University of Lyon 2).
He has published and/or edited seven books and over 40 articles which have appeared in journals and edited collections. He has written widely on the petite bourgeoisie of shopkeepers and master artisans, including The Petite Bourgeoisie in Europe 1780-1914: Enterprise, Family and Independence, which he wrote with Heinz-Gerhard Haupt.
He was Professor of History at the University of Essex, where he was also Pro-Vice- Chancellor (Academic Development) between 1997 and his departure in 2002.
Professor Crossick plays a prominent role in national higher education policy making and debate, and is a member of the Board of Universities UK and its Research Policy Committee, as well as being appointed to the Enterprise & Skills Committee of the Higher Education Funding Council for England with whom he also works closely on research policy issues. He is Chair of the university sector’s Financial Sustainability Strategy Group. His essay The future is more than just tomorrow: higher education, the economy and the longer term was published by Universities UK in September 2010.
Professor Crossick is active in debates about the importance of the arts and humanities, including relations between universities and the creative industries. He has published an influential lecture given in 2006 to the Royal Society of Arts on Knowledge transfer without widgets: the challenge of the creative economy.
He is a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum, a member of the Governing Board of the Courtauld Institute of Art and a member of the British Library Advisory Council. He is Chair of the Trinity Long Room Hub, the arts and humanities research centre of Trinity College Dublin. A Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Arts, he was in 2004 elected an Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
12 / 39 John Howkins Author of best-seller The Creative Economy
Advisor to the Chinese Government
John Howkins is a leading figure in the global development of creative economies. He is the author of the bestselling ‘The Creative Economy’ (2001) and ‘Creative Ecologies’ (2009).
John has advised numerous companies, governments, and public agencies in over 30 countries. In 2010-11 he advised the Prime Minister of Thailand on a five year plan for Thailand’s creative economy.
He is Chairman of BOP Consulting, Britain’s leading advisory company on culture, creativity and innovation, and a Board Director of HotBed Media and HandMade plc. He was formerly Chairman of Tornado Productions.
He has several business ventures in China. He is Director of the John Howkins Centre for the Creative Economy Shanghai, established by the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2006.
He is the Founder and Director of the Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation and Intellectual Property, and devised the London Intellectual Property Advisory Service (‘Own It’).
He was associated with HBO and Time Warner Inc from 1982 to1996 with responsibilities for TV businesses in UK and Europe.
He is Deputy Chairman of the British Screen Advisory Council (BSAC) and a Council Member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). He is a former Chairman of the London Film School. He was Executive Director and associated with the International institute of Communications for many years.
He is the author of Understanding Television (with David Frost); Communications in China; New Technologies, New Policies; Four Global Scenarios for Information; The Creative Economy; CODE: Collaboration and Ownership in the Digital Economy; Dutty’s Dare (with Zhao Li); and Creative Ecologies.
He has a BA in International Relations and AA (Dip) in Urban Design. He is Visiting Professor at City University, London; and the Shanghai Theatre Academy.
13 / 39 Professor Anthony B. L. Cheung President and Chair Professor of Public Administration The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Non-official member of Exco
Professor Cheung received his PhD degree in Government from The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He has written extensively on privatization, civil service and public sector reforms, governance and politics in Hong Kong and China, and Asian administrative reforms.
Professor Cheung is a Non-Official Member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and also sits on several statutory and advisory bodies including: the Consumer Council (as chairman), the Housing Authority (as chairman of the Subsidized Housing Committee), Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation (member of Board of Directors), and the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council (as member).
He was the founding Chairman of the policy think-tank SynergyNet and sits on the board of directors of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute.
Professor Edmond Ko Senior Advisor to the Provost Director Center for Engineering Education Innovation The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chairman Curriculum Development Council
Trained in the field of chemical engineering, Professor Ko is the co-author of over 100 publications and co-inventor of one US patent in the area of surface science and catalysis, and has published 7 books and numerous articles on a wide range of educational issues. Before taking up his present position at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Professor Ko was Vice-President of the City University of Hong Kong and prior to that, Vice Provost for Education and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.
As an accomplished educator who has received nine teaching awards in his career, Professor Ko is deeply involved in the formulation and implementation of education policies in Hong Kong at all levels. He is currently Chairman of the Curriculum Development Council and member of the Quality Assurance Council of the University Grants Committee, Education Commission, and Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications of the HKSAR Government.
14 / 39 Profiles – other participants
Professor Stephen Cottrell Head of Department, Creative Practice & Enterprise Professor of Music City University, London
Professor Stephen Cottrell studied at the University of East Anglia, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Paris Conservatoire. During a freelance musical career spanning nearly two decades he earned an international reputation as a saxophonist performing contemporary music, particularly as leader of the Delta Saxophone Quartet. He later returned to academia, completing an M.Mus. in Ethnomusicology at Goldsmiths College and was subsequently awarded a PhD for ethnomusicological research into professional musicians in London.
Before joining City in 2010 he was a Senior Lecturer, and Head of the Department of Music, at Goldsmiths College, London. He has also held positions at Middlesex and Thames Valley Universities.
Professor Cottrell's research interests fall into three inter-related areas: ethnographic approaches to musicians and music-making, particularly within the Western art music tradition; the study of musical instruments, particularly the saxophone; and the study and analysis of musical performance via recordings.
He is an associate editor of the journal Twentieth-Century Music and on the executive committee of the British Forum for Ethnomusicology. He is also an Artistic Advisor to the record label Saxophone Classics.
He has authored Professional Music-making in London: Ethnography and Experience (2004) and The Saxophone: The History and Development of an Icon (2011).
Dirk Dalichau Director of Group Strategic Marketing Miramar Group
Mr Dirk Dalichau, a German National and a graduate of Glion Hotel Management School in Switzerland joined The Miramar Group in 2007 as Vice President - Operation and Development. He was predominantly in charge of conceptualising The Mira Hong Kong and overseeing the hotel’s transformation and opening as its General Manager in 2009.
Having returned to the Corporate Office, Mr Dalichau’s current focus is new Project and Concept Development. He is responsible for setting up operational departments of new business units and driving the expansion of The Mira brand.
15 / 39 He brings with him international experience in hotel management and marketing, with a career spanning across the USA, Europe and the United Kingdom, holding positions such as General Manager, Regional Marketing Director for Central and Eastern Europe for Hilton Hotels, as well as extensive experience in conceptualizing, leading and operating lifestyle businesses.
Susan Daniels International Director and Executive Member Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications University of Leeds
Susan is currently fellow and International Director for the Faculty of Performance, Visual Arts and Communications. She is Chair of the University’s Regional Working Group for China.
A teaching career in schools in England and Nigeria was followed by one in teacher education at Bretton Hall, where she became Head of Education. In 2001 she moved to the University of Leeds where she was Head of the School of Performance and Cultural Industries for seven years. She specialises in collaborations with external institutions. She has been proactive in DARE, the partnership between the University of Leeds and Opera North, since its inception, is a member of the public liaison committee of the National Coal Mining Museum of England, and in her School has responsibility for student industrial placements.
Susan’s interest in the management of internationalisation includes engagement in a current OECD project, and in the context of transnational studies she has co- ordinated degree study in Israel, Palestine, and Eire. Most recently she led a two- year, European funded, cultural co-operation project between the University of Leeds, Opera North, the Bregnzer Festspiele Austria, Sibelius Academy Finland and the Shanghai Theatre Academy. In 2011 she received a University award for excellence in teaching and is undertaking a study of the international experience for Leeds students.
Professor Ali Farhoomand Director, Asia Case Research Centre The University of Hong Kong
Ali Farhoomand is Professor of Innovation and Information Management and the founding Director of Asia Case Research at The University of Hong Kong. He has taught and conducted research in universities across the globe, including executive development programs at MIT, Oxford and INSEAD and as a Visiting Scholar at MIT Sloan School of Management. He has been a consultant for the government as well as large companies.
16 / 39 Professor Farhoomand has developed 140 business case studies, over half a million copies of which distributed worldwide through Harvard Business Publishing and other outlets. He is the creator and executive producer of the FocusAsia Business Leaders series, which was aired by BBC World, PBS and Asia News Network. He is recipient of several teaching awards including The University of Hong Kong Outstanding Teaching Award. For hobby, he dabbles in painting, plays drums and engages in armchair philosophy.
Professor John Heskett Acting Dean School of Design Chair Professor of Design Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor John Heskett is Chair Professor of Design at the School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a post he took up in July of last year after fifteen years as Professor of Design at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.
He is the author of Industrial Design, (1980), widely used as a basic textbook on design courses in many countries and subsequently translated into several languages; German Design 1870-1918, (1987); and Philips: A Study in Corporate Design (1989). His most recent book is Toothpicks and Logos: Design in Everyday Life, published by Oxford University Press in 2002. He also contributes articles, essays and reviews to numerous magazines, anthologies and catalogues. He is currently working on a major history of design for Phaidon Press and editing a two- volume Encyclopaedia of Industrial Design.
His current research is focussed on the theme of how design creates (and not just adds) economic value, with particular emphasis on industry in the Pearl River Delta of China, and the role of this in Design Policy in governments and corporations. Other areas of teaching include the relationship between design and innovation, the problems of successfully changing the nature of markets, and the problems of designing for global markets.
Niq Lai Chief Financial Officer and Head of Talent Engagement City Telecom Limited
Mr Lai Ni Quiaque (NiQ) joined the Group in May 2004 and has over 20 years of experience in telecommunications industry, research and finance. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Lai was a highly rated analyst as Director and Head of Asia Telecom Research for Credit Suisse and was involved in numerous global fund raisings for a wide range of Asian Telecom carriers such as China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, SK Telecom, PCCW, Telekom Malaysia, etc.
17 / 39 Before that, Mr Lai held positions with Hongkong Telecom (now known as PCCW) and Kleinwort Benson Securities (Asia).
Mr Lai holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and an Executive Master of Business Administration Degree from Kellogg- HKUST. Mr Lai is a Fellow member of HKICPA and CPA Australia and is a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. In 2009, Mr Lai was awarded the “Champion of Human Resources” by at the HRM Awards, and in 2011 he was select by Global Telecom Business magazine as one of the Top 50 CFOs in the industry to watch. Mr Lai has also been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company.
Professor C. F. Lee Director HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education Chair Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
Professor Lee graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering in 1968, and a Master degree in 1970. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 1972, in the field of geotechnical engineering. He taught at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto, before starting a long career with Ontario Hydro in Canada, where he worked on a variety of projects that included water resources management, hydropower and nuclear power. He joined the University of Hong Kong in 1994 as a Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering. He served as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor between 2000 and 2008.
Professor Lee has published over 270 journal papers and 11 books, and has served as technical advisor to the World Bank, the UNDP, the ADB, the IAEA and the Canadian International Development Agency over the years. He has also participated in the feasibility and design reviews of numerous water resources management, hydropower, nuclear power, bridge and other major infrastructure projects in China. He was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Science in 2001, and an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2003.
For volunteer and community services, he has served as the President of the Fuhui Charitable Foundation since 2003. The Foundation has donated towards the completion of some 300 schools and hospitals in the mountainous areas of Western China. He is also the Chairman of the Board of the Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture; Chairman of the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust; Director of the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole; member of the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; etc. He previously served as the Chairman of Harbourfront Enhancement Committee, the Veterinary Surgeons Board and member of the Culture and Heritage Commission and the Strategic Planning Commission.
Professor Lee was appointed a Justice-of-the Peace in 2003 and awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2005. He served as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in 2005, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, in 2006.
18 / 39 Dr Edmund Lee Executive Director Hong Kong Design Centre
Dr Edmund Lee is Executive Director of Hong Kong Design Centre, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising Hong Kong’s profile as a design hub of creativity and innovation, driving value creation through design and innovation. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, commerce and manufacturing. Dr Lee currently serves as a member of the Design Council of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and Advisory Committee on Design, Licensing and Marketing of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. He also serves as Chairman, Design Faculty Advisory Committee of Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong.
Dr Lee received his PhD in biotechnology from King’s College London and MBA from Warwick Business School. He also completed advanced training in non-profit management at Harvard Business School on HBS Club Scholarship.
Winnie Ng Director Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre
Ms Winnie Ng is Director of Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre and Board Member of Transport International Holdings, Kowloon Motor Bus, and is Founder and Deputy Chairman of RoadShow Holdings. Ms Ng has received numerous awards and recognition. In 2010, she was named a Woman of Excellence and was selected as one of 60 Meritorious Chinese Entrepreneurs with Achievement and National Contribution. In previous years, she won the Yazhou Zhoukan Young Chinese Entrepreneur Award and was named one of China's 100 Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs. Ms Ng was Mason Fellow of Harvard University, and was the Caring Heart Award recipient.
As Director of Bauhinia, Ms Ng has steered a number of research projects which have led to extensive discussions in the media and public. They include the study on Hong Kong as a creative metropolis, the study on diversity of youth aspirations, and the research series on the ageing population.
She has also led two Bauhinia study tours to Taiwan with regard to Hong Kong- Taiwan economic ties, and two study tours to Guangxi with regard to its economic potential and opportunities in the context of the ASEAN economies.
Active in public service, she is Member of Hospital Authority, Member of HK Tourism Board, Member of Employees Retraining Board, Council Member of Better Hong Kong Foundation, Director of Agency for Volunteer Service, PR Committee Member of the Community Chest. She is also involved with a number of other public and community boards.
19 / 39 Nicholas Rhodes Course Director in Product and Industrial Design Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design University of the Arts London
Nicholas Rhodes is Course Director in Product and Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, and has taught at international institutions elsewhere in the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, Scandinavia, China, and Australia.
Nicholas’ design work encompasses product design, branding and packaging, spatial design and new product development for the luxury & premium sectors.
He has worked for many international concerns including Moët & Chandon, LVMH, Montblanc, Proctor & Gamble, Fritz Hansen, Liberty, and Molton Brown; governmental agencies such as The Centre for Development of Enterprise, Brussels; JAMPRO Jamaica Trade & Invest; the London Development Agency, and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.
His work has been exhibited in New York, London, Barcelona, Milan, San Francisco, Los Angeles; and his own production sells at Liberty, London; Spring New York; & System180, Berlin.
Simon Robertshaw Director Sandbox, Digital and Creative Industries Media Factory University of Central Lancashire
Since completing his Masters from the Royal College of Art, Simon has worked across commercial, cultural and artistic sectors. As an academic he has worked with a number of institutions. He came to prominence as a creative interactive artist exhibiting in major galleries around the world. Most notably he was shortlisted for the Imaginaria Award in 1998 and received many commissions including work from the Wellcome Trust in 1998.
His focus changed in 2000 when he was appointed Head of Research at the International Centre for Digital Content at Liverpool John Moores University, developing creative new media solutions across a number of technologies within cultural, creative and commercial sectors. He took over as Director of ICDC in 2003. In April 2007 he was appointed director of Sandbox.
20 / 39 Kim Salkeld Head Efficiency Unit, The Government of the Hong Kong SAR
Mr Salkeld joined the Efficiency Unit in August 2009. He is responsible for spearheading change management within the Hong Kong Government and improving public services. He has been an Administrative Officer in the Hong Kong Government since September 1980. Before joining the Unit, he was the Land Registrar and General Manager of the Land Registry Trading Fund from May 2001 to July 2009. He was the Deputy Secretary for the Environment in the former Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau between 1998 and 2001. Prior to 1997 he served as District Officer for the Outlying Islands (1989 to 1993) and as Deputy Private Secretary Government House (1993 to 1997). He has a degree in Ancient and Medieval History from Cambridge University.
Professor Jeffrey Shaw Dean and Chair Professor of Media Art School of Creative Media Hong Kong of City University
Professor Jeffrey Shaw has been a leading figure in new media art since its emergence from the performance, expanded cinema and installation paradigms of the 1960s to its present day technology-informed and virtualized forms. In a prolific oeuvre of widely exhibited and critically acclaimed works (www.jeffrey-shaw.net) he has pioneered and set benchmarks for the creative use of digital media technologies in the fields of virtual and augmented reality, immersive visualization environments, navigable cinematic systems and interactive narrative. His artistic achievements include The Corpocinema (1969), Heavens Gate (1976), The Legible City (1989), The Golden Calf (1995), configuring the CAVE (1997), PLACE-Hampi (2006) and T_Visionarium (2008).
Shaw was co-founder of the Eventstructure Research Group in Amsterdam (1969- 1979), and founding director of the ZKM Institute for Visual Media Karlsruhe (1991- 2002) In 1995 Shaw was appointed Professor of Media Art at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe. In 2003 he was awarded an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship and returned to Australia to set up and direct the UNSW iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (www.icinema.unsw.edu.au). Since 2009 Shaw has been Chair Professor of Media Art and Dean of the School of Creative Media at City University in Hong Kong, where he is also director of the Centre for Applied Computing and Interactive Media (www.cityu.edu.hk/scm).
21 / 39 Peter Upton British Council Director South China
Peter Upton is the Director of the British Council in Hong Kong and South China. Previously he led the British Council’s work in Nigeria, the largest of the British Council operations in Africa. Prior to Nigeria he was Director of the British Council in Thailand and was also responsible for the BC’s education programmes across East Asia.
Peter joined the British Council in 1999 as Director of the Education and Training Group of the British Council with responsibility for the British Council global education portfolio. His work included programmes as diverse as the UK brand for education, to major EU contracts and the development of international programmes on behalf of the UK.
He was also Director of the UK National Commission for UNESCO. Peter has worked in education for the last 22 years and was a member of a range of strategic groups including the Teacher Training Agency, the Thinking Skills national strategy group, the International Baccalaureate Organisation standing committee and the York Learning City Initiative. He has provided advice and support to the UK and to overseas governments on education reform policies. He has had extensive experience of international education including work in Europe, Asia, Hong Kong and America and when the weather is fine and the wind isn’t strong he flies micro light aeroplanes for fun.
Ada Wong Founder & Honorary Chief Executive Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture
Ada has a varied career. She was an elected politician of the Urban Council and Wan Chai District Council for a total of 13 years. She is also a solicitor, an educator and a cultural advocate. She founded the non-profit HKICC, a cultural NGO dedicated to creative education and cultural exchange which established the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, the only “art high school” in Hong Kong for creative talents.
HKICC is organizer of two signature events and networks - the Make A Difference (MaD) Forum and the Chinese Creative Industries Forum. The former is an initiative to groom a new generation of creative changemakers while the latter is a Greater China think tank and network aiming to build sustainable cross-sector dialogue between creative industries policy makers, investors, educators and practitioners.
She is currently a member of the Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and a Board member of Shue Yan University. She also hosts two current affairs programmes at Radio Television Hong Kong.
22 / 39 She received her BA (Hons) from Pomona College, California, USA and M Ed from the University of Hong Kong. She has been conferred the award of Honorary Fellow of Lingnan University in 2009.
Vincent Wong Director of Strategic Planning Commercial Radio Hong Kong
Host of On a Clear Day radio programme
Vincent Wong has been focusing on the training of creative learning and critical thinking since he was young. After graduation, Wong joined the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong. He was also a former Administrative Officer at The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region responsible for urban planning projects such as Disneyland and reclamation.
His work with the elderly welfare has provided him a deeper experience in critical thinking and negotiation. In 2000, Wong resigned from his job with the government and acquired a Master of Business Administration degree from the Cambridge University and then a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of London.
As the current Director of Strategic Planning of Commercial Radio Hong Kong, Wong now manages CR1 (FM881) and hosts the programme “On a Clear Day.” He also writes regularly for “Hong Kong Economic Times,” “CUP” and “Ta Kung Pao”, also he is the author of “Creative Theory of Everything”, which is one of Hong Kong’s Best Books in 2005.
Anthony Wu Chairman Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre
Mr Anthony Wu is the Chairman of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. He has been a National Committee Member of the China’s People’s Political Consultative Conference since 1998. He is also the Council Member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Board Member of the United Nations Association of China and Member of the China Society for People’s Friendship Studies. He is the Chief Advisor of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Director of the Agricultural Bank of China.
23 / 39 He is also a Member of the Commission on Strategic Development; Advisor to the Overseas Expert Consulting Committee for Health Care Reform of China, Ministry of Health, PRC; Member of Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee; Member of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council; Member of the China Society for People’s Friendship Studies and Trustee; Council Member of the Oxford University Scholarship Fund and Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine. He was awarded the honour of the Gold Bauhinia Star in July 2008.
24 / 39 About the supporting organisations
CreateHK “Create Hong Kong” (CreateHK) is a dedicated office set up by the HKSAR Government to lead, champion and drive the development of the creative economy in Hong Kong. Set up in June 2009, CreateHK co-ordinates the Government policy and effort regarding creative industries, focuses Government’s resources catering for the promotion and speeding up of the development of creative industries in Hong Kong, and works closely with the trade to boost the development of creative industries.
With the establishment of CreateHK, the HKSAR Government also launched the $300 million CreateSmart Initiative (CSI) to provide funding support for projects conducive to the development of Hong Kong’s creative industries. In addition, CreateHK administers the $320 million Film Development Fund (FDF) which provides financial support for projects conducive to the long-term development of the local film industry.
CreateHK also provides extensive assistance to the film industry through its Film Services Office which co-ordinates and facilitates matters directly related to film production and location filming in Hong Kong. The InnoCentre which provides one- stop shop to create and sustain a cluster of high value-added design activities, including the provision of an incubation programme for design start-ups, is also supported by CreateHK.
For more information: www.createhk.gov.hk/en/home.htm
Hong Kong Design Centre Design for Society is a major undertaking of the Hong Kong Design Centre - a publicly-funded, non-profit organisation established in 2001 with the support of the design industry in promoting and celebrating design excellence; championing strategic and wider use of design for creating business added value and community benefits; and educating the professions and the community to be resourceful and champions for sustained developments through design and innovation.
25 / 39 The long-term success of HKDC requires continued feedback and staunch support from the community and different professions across various design fields, education, commercial, voluntary and public sectors.
For more information: www.hkdesigncentre.org/en/index.asp
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is the oldest - founded in 1861 - and largest - around 4,000 corporate members - business organization in Hong Kong. The Chamber is international in character, with membership comprising of multi- national companies, Chinese mainland companies, and Hong Kong companies. It is a self-funding, non-profit organization, and as such, is a truly independent body representing the entire scope of trade, service and industry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Chamber acts as the members' voice in advising the SAR Government on matters affecting businesses and the economy. It provides members with business information and opportunities, and facilitating networking through a variety of Chamber activities. The Chamber acts as an international bridge, connecting Hong Kong business with the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world.
For more information: www.chamber.org.hk
The Hong Kong Institute of Education The Hong Kong Institute of Education is a publicly-funded tertiary institution dedicated to the advancement of teaching and learning, through a diverse offering of academic and research programmes on teacher education and complementary social sciences and humanities disciplines.
We nurture educators and social leaders who are intellectually active, socially caring, and globally aware, to become agents of change in the communities that they serve. We place great emphasis on research capability --- our research will contribute to the advancement of knowledge, scholarship and innovation, with sustainable impact on
26 / 39 social progress and human betterment. The Institute aims to be a leading university on education, creating an impact and defining the education landscape not only for Hong Kong but also the Asia Pacific region.
For more information: http://www.ied.edu.hk
The University of Hong Kong - Knowledge Exchange Office Knowledge Exchange (KE), together with Teaching and Research, form the three pillars that underpin all the activities of The University of Hong Kong (HKU). The University defines KE as engaging, for mutual benefit, with business, government or the public to generate, acquire, apply and make accessible the knowledge needed to enhance material, human, social, cultural and environmental well-being. KE is a two- way process, and it not only includes technology transfer but also encompasses all disciplines, including the arts and humanities and the social sciences.
The University has a long tradition of contributing to the community, and our faculty members have been engaging in a wide range of knowledge exchange activities through, inter alia, applied research, technology transfer, delivery of professional and continuing education courses, public lectures, and expertise sharing through professional bodies and media. KE, being a natural consequence of research and teaching, is at the heart of the wide range of activities that our faculty members undertake with the non-academic sectors of our society.
As a centre of intellectual development, creativity and informed social awareness, the University will strive to ensure that KE contributes to regional and global development, and increase the opportunities for staff and students to benefit from the commercialization and application of their expertise. The strategic initiatives in KE are set out in the HKU Strategic Development Plan 2009-2014.
For more information: http://www.ke.hku.hk/eng/strategy/ke-office.php
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UK Trade & Investment UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.
UKTI has a customer commitment to helping its UK and international customers by providing a range of services, to a high standard and improve customer service by listening to customer feedback.
UKTI’s aims to deliver measurable improvement in the business performance of UK Trade & Investment’s international trade customers; increase the contribution of foreign direct investment to knowledge intensive economic activity in the UK; and deliver a measurable improvement in the reputation of the UK in leading overseas markets as the international business partner of choice.
For more information: http://www.ukti.gov.uk/home.html
Vocational Training Council Established in 1982, the Vocational Training Council (VTC) is the largest vocational education, training and professional development group in Hong Kong. VTC provides valuable credentials for some 230,000 students each year through a full range of pre- employment and in-service programmes with internationally recognised qualifications.
At VTC, through the breadth of the programmes offered across our member institutions, we strive to open the door to an increasingly diverse and rich world of learning opportunities. Our “think and do” approach offers students the chance to cultivate their passions for learning while imparting the necessary skills and know- how for them to succeed.
There are 13 member institutions under VTC, offering various vocational education and training courses for secondary school students and working adults to acquire qualifications from craft to professional levels for enhanced employability and lifelong learning.
28 / 39 With a rich heritage in design education, VTC established the Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) in 2008 to bring together the strengths of design related departments of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) spanning across various disciplines including visual communications, digital media, product and interior design, fashion and image design. HKDI is becoming a leading design institution to produce the valuable talent underpinning the creative industry in Hong Kong.
For more information: http://www.vtc.edu.hk/html/en/index.html
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Room S426-S427 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Old Wing) 1 Harbour Road Wanchai Hong Kong
Transport links to venue
From Hong Kong International Airport The most convenient way to travel from Hong Kong International Airport on Lantau Island to Hong Kong Island is by the Airport Express Railway. It takes approximately 25 minutes and a single journey ticket costs HK$100. Get off the train at the Central terminus. The HKCEC is a 10-minute taxi ride away.
A taxi from the airport to Hong Kong Island costs approximately HK$350.
MTR The Mass Transit Railway is perhaps the most efficient underground system in the world, covering all major urban areas of Hong Kong. It operates from 06:00 to 01:00 (next day) daily, with trains running every 2-3 minutes. You may buy a single journey ticket, or an Octopus stored value card.
For HKCEC, take the Chai Wan (blue) line to Wanchai Station. Take Exit A5, then follow the signs to the HKCEC. It is a 10-15 minute walk.
Ferries Wanchai Ferry Pier is a 7-8 minute walk away from the HKCEC to Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon.
Taxis Taxis are a common form of transport in Hong Kong, being plentiful and cheap. The minimum flag fall is HK$20 for a 2-kilometre ride. Most drivers speak some English, but it is best to have your destination written in Chinese characters.
Address to show taxi driver: 可提供予司機的地址:
香港會議展覽中心: 香港灣仔港灣道 1 號 (舊翼)
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Event room
Once arriving at the Old Wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, please make your way to level 4.
Room S426-S427 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Old Wing) 1 Harbour Road Wanchai Hong Kong
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32 / 39 Contact details
Dora Li (Venue enquiries) The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre Email: [email protected] Tel: +852 3101 2888
Adam Madar (Registration enquiries) The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre Email: [email protected] Tel: +852 3182 1100
Christy Chan (Marketing enquiries) HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education Email: [email protected] Tel: +852 2910 7645
Juhanie Cheung (Speaker and press enquiries) British Council Email: [email protected] Tel: +852 2913 5157
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