Launch of SPARK Community in Science Park

The Happy Hour & Launch of Spark was organized by Hong Kong Science Park underneath The Golden Egg on 28 Feb 2014 (at night). It provided a live music performance, free to take part in Zentangle Art Corner, and Membership Program exclusively for the Science Park Community.

During the launch of SPARK, Mr. Allen Ma (CEO, HKSTPC) gave a welcome speech and he explained the aim of SPARK was to create a platform for different talent communication and exchange idea. There were five elements to serve a table of sparking ideas included Knowledge Enhancement, Sports & Recreation, Social Entertainment, Special Privileges and Community Engagement. Then the SPARK Membership Program was launched. My wife and I were registered.

The elements and slogan named “Let's Spark New Ideas Together” were projected on the Golden Egg.

SPARK as a Science Park Community Platform to exchange idea for innovation. It seems to develop a creation space as mentioned in the book named “The Power of Pull”. Once the number reached a critical mass, the change will be happened (Like HKSTPC slogan “Making things happen!”. There are three success factors of creation space:
i) Low entry barriers
ii) Real-time feedback
iii) Clear performance measures

Reference:
SPARK - http://spark.hkstp.org/
HKSTP - http://www.hkstp.org/
John Hagel III, John Seely Brown & Lang Davison (2010), The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion, Basic Books.