In the beginning, Prof. TONG Timothy Wai Cheung (President, PolyU and VP, HKAES) gave an opening speech. He appreciated all guests supported the summit and enhance the platform for Innovation and Technology Industry.
Prof. CHOI Yu Leuk (President, HKAES) gave a welcome speech. He explained Knowledge Economy and defined “Knowledge” is a product to be produced and used as other commodities in economic system. He added three requirements for progress towards to Knowledge Economy and there were i) Continual adaption of management and governance system; ii) Continuous rejuvenation of education and culture; and iii) Innovation and Technology development.
Then Prof. Choi briefed the Engineering Activities Chain as follow diagram. Moreover, he mentioned some advantages of Hong Kong such as major international financial center, global trading entity, ICT infrastructure, etc. He also emphasized the partnership of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta.
Opening Session: Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches
Mr. TSANG John Chun Wah (Financial Secretary, HKSAR Gov) gave an opening remark. He told us a poem “Always do and always did, always get what always want!” He said Hong Kong could be the Innovation hub through our competitive advantage in Hong Kong. Then he briefed different technology employed in Hong Kong and he also used social media such as blog and Facebook since 2007. He also mentioned to relax the ITF schemes and stated the Leading Enterprises Acceleration Programme (LEAP) in the Incubation Program of HKSTP.
Group photo was taken.
The first keynote speaker was Prof. ZHOU Ji (President, CAE) and his topic entitled “Engineering and China’s Modernization”. Prof. Zhou explained engineering science and technology became a driving force for China’s economic and social development. Then he introduced the new global industrial revolution and China’s transformation of economic development model, as well as, China’s modernization through technology innovation.
Prof. CHOI Yu Leuk (President, HKAES) gave a welcome speech. He explained Knowledge Economy and defined “Knowledge” is a product to be produced and used as other commodities in economic system. He added three requirements for progress towards to Knowledge Economy and there were i) Continual adaption of management and governance system; ii) Continuous rejuvenation of education and culture; and iii) Innovation and Technology development.
Then Prof. Choi briefed the Engineering Activities Chain as follow diagram. Moreover, he mentioned some advantages of Hong Kong such as major international financial center, global trading entity, ICT infrastructure, etc. He also emphasized the partnership of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta.
Opening Session: Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches
Mr. TSANG John Chun Wah (Financial Secretary, HKSAR Gov) gave an opening remark. He told us a poem “Always do and always did, always get what always want!” He said Hong Kong could be the Innovation hub through our competitive advantage in Hong Kong. Then he briefed different technology employed in Hong Kong and he also used social media such as blog and Facebook since 2007. He also mentioned to relax the ITF schemes and stated the Leading Enterprises Acceleration Programme (LEAP) in the Incubation Program of HKSTP.
Group photo was taken.
Prof. Zhou briefed China’s history and understood the truth that without strong scientific and technological strength, a nation was for sure to be backward and be bullied, and thus could not stand high and upright in the world. Firstly, engineering science and technology (EST) become a key element of national comprehensive competitiveness (e.g. first atomic bomb in 1964, satellite in 1970, Jiaolong, Beidou navigation system and high performance computers). Secondly, EST become the major drive of the economic growth (e.g. Three Gorges Dam, High-speed railway, “Internet+” industry included Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu & Xiaomi) and Thirdly, EST had made excellent contribution to improve people’s livelihood (e.g. enhance average life span) However, China faced with imbalanced, inharmonious and unsustainable development problems. The China’s modernization model was proposed. It seems to be concurrent engineering.
Finally, Prof. Zhou quoted Premier Li Keqiang report that “Made in China 2025 strategy” and its basic principle of “Innovation-driven, Quality first, Green development, Structural optimization and People-oriented approach”. He also quoted Xi Jinping that “Innovation is the first motive force leading development.” The technology evolution was showed from mechanization to Intelligent. It’s foreseeable that “Internet + Advanced Manufacturing Industry + Modern Service Industry” would be enormous business opportunities for Hong Kong, PRD as well as China and even the whole of world.
The second keynote speaker was Dr. FUNG Victor Kwok King (Group Chairman, Fung Group, HK, China) and his presentation named “Innovating in the New Global Economy – The Hong Kong-Pearl River Delta Advantage”. Dr. Fung said we needed to consider two ways that were “Globalization Production” and “Globalization Consumption”. Dr. Fung said mass customization would be realized after digital revolution (e.g. O2O and 3D Printing). The advantage of innovation and technology in Hong Kong was Business Model Innovation (BMI). The advantage in PRD was Hi-tech globe supply chain and startup could use PRD area for testing the market.
The third keynote speaker was Prof. HOU Jian Guo (Vice-Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology, China) and his topic was “Reform and Develop in Line with Innovation-driven Development Strategy”.
Prof. Hou briefed the history of China’s innovation and technology development from 1956, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2006 & 2012. Then he mentioned different achievements on innovation and technology in China such as Nuclear Power Plant and High-Speed Railway
Prof. Hou suggested that i) enhancing technology management and resource distribution (e.g. funding); ii) creating innovation ecosystem; iii) sharing the technology infrastructure and equipment; iv) accelerating to develop the technology service industry; and lastly to cooperate with Hong Kong innovation and technology development.
During the tea break, I met many Innovation and Technology friends and took some photos for memory.
(Left: Ir. Dr. WK Lo (Legislative Councilor representing the Engineering Functional Constituency) and I)
(Left: Mr. David Ai (Director of Knowledge Transfer Office, CityU) and I)
(Left: I, Prof. Kwok Tsui (Chair Professor and Head of SEEM Dept., CityU), Prof. Benjamin WS Wan (Chairman, RGC) and Ir. Dr. WK Lo)
I met my HD classmate (the time in City Polytechnic of Hong Kong) Prof. Kenneth MY Leung (Asso. Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) & Professor, School of Biological Sciences, HKU).
Session 1: Role of Government
Prof. GAN Young (Former VP, CAE) and Ir. Wai Chi Sing (Former Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Development Bureau, HKSAR Gov and Fellow, HKAES) co-chaired this session.
Dr. LU Jian (Director, Science and Technology Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, China) was the fourth speaker and his presentation was “Innovation-driven Development, Cooperation for Win-Win”. Firstly, Dr. Lu compared the GDP in Shenzhen between 2013 and 2014 and found 8.8% increased. Then Dr. Lu suggested five strategies for innovation implementation included i) Enhancing Innovation Policy System; ii) Implementing the fundamental of Innovation; iii) driving the innovation of industry; iv) driving the opening innovation; and v) establishing the holistic innovation ecosystem.
Dr. Lu said the cooperation between Hong Kong and PRD would enhance the global competitive advantage of the region and three suggestions were discussed. There were to establish Shenzhen-Hong Kong innovation ecosystem, sharing the key technology infrastructure and finding Shenzhen-Hong Kong edge area’s strategy value.
Prof. HANG Chang Chieh (Executive Director, Institute for Engineering Leadership (IEL), National University of Singapore, Singapore) was the fifth speaker and his topic named “The Strategies of Singapore in Research & Innovation”. Prof. Hang said Singapore’s National Research & Innovation Development strategies had developed and deployed successfully but the future challenge would be towards Indigenous Innovation & Enterprise Development.
Then Prof. Hang briefed the history of Singapore Innovation & Technology development roadmap since 1990. The one of key strategies employed to be “Partnering MNCs in R&D” through quality of education, good infrastructure, decisive government and strong IPR.
The key result summary included Research GDP and R&D work forces were showed in the following diagram. It was found much high than Hong Kong. Singapore’s Innvation Value Chain was from Research → App R&D (Technology) → Product Design → Manufacturing → Successful Applications.
Finally, Prof. Hang concluded that their success ways were forming Global Innovation Partner of MNCs and Research Talent Development. In Future, Singapore considered additional Innovation Strategy Options included: i) Leveraging Singapore’s capabilities in Engineering Systems and ii) Creating Innovation for Emerging Markets. Their goal is to be “Innovation-Creation” Nation.
Prof. CHAN Ching Chuen (Honorary Professor, HKU; Member, CAE and Fellow, HKAES) was the sixth speaker and his presentation entitled “Role of Governments in Innovation and Technology”. Prof. Chan would like to share his observation in Innovation System and importance of Independent, Unbiased, Balanced Think Tank.
Prof. Chan said “Open Minded, Solve Problem, Innovation Driven, Realize China Dream!” Then he used Yi-jing to explain the “Change”. Then he briefed the key issues in Innovation System included:
i) Government top-level policy & political mobilization, but no interventions in detail technical issues
ii) Technology Development and Incubation
iii) Venture Capital
iv) Forming Clusters
v) Independent, Unbiased, Balanced Think Tank
Finally, Prof. Chan shared three countries experience. They were Israel, Finland and Germany. After that Prof. Chan used 6 “I” to conclude his topic. They were “Inspiration”, “Imagination”, “Innovation”, “Integration”, “Implementation” and “Investment”.
Mr. WONG Anthony Sik Kei (CEO, Wellsoon (International) Medicine Co. Ltd., HK, China) was additional panelist in Q&A session.
Session 2: Research and Development
Prof. KUO Way (President, CityU; Foreign Member, CAE and Fellow, HKAES) and Prof. LI Victor On Kwok (Head, Dept., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU and Fellow, HKAES) co-chaired this session.
(Left: I, Prof. KUO Way and Prof. LI Victor On Kwok)
The seventh speaker was Prof. GAN Yong (Former VP, CAE) and his topic was “Made in China 2025 – On the Development of an Innovation System for Industrial Technology”. Firstly, Prof. Gan mentioned the existing problems of industry development such as unbalance and low to media end technology, etc. Then he stated the innovation and technology system included Key Technology Plan (e.g. 863 and 973 plans), National Key Laboratories, Public Technology Platform, Industry Alliance and Regional Technology Bases.
Prof. Gan also introduced some successful cases such as Ultra High Power network and its Innovation System implementation (From Basic Research → Engineering Design → Facility Development → Testing→ System Integration → Engineering Demonstration). Finally, he said six key changes to realize the Dream of “Made in China” involved Technology, Digital & Intelligence Manufacturing, Quality and Efficiency, Green Manufacturing, Service Domain and Online Business.
The eighth speaker was Prof. MAK Tak Wah (Professor, University of Toronto, Canada) and his presentation title was “The Changing Drug Development Paradigm: What Does This Mean for Academia?” Prof. Mak said in the beginning that “Many scientists are efficient at turning dollars into research, but inefficient at turning research into dollars. Commercialization is not the enemy of fundamental research; nor is the converse true”.
Prof. Mak drafted his idea into the paper using “Why, What and How” to explain the drug development. He said “Cancer therapeutics are in new era. Understanding of cancer biology will lead to new targeted drugs & better treatments. Cost of drug is more than $1.5 billion and 20 years.
So he added “Strategic, thoughtful planning essential from “bench to bedside” to capture the whole picture that save time & money.” The drug development timeline was showed.
The ninth speaker was Prof. WAH Benjamin Wan Sang (Chairman, Research Grants Council, HK and Fellow, HKAES) and his topic entitled “How Research Funding Can Energize HK Innovations & Technology Developments”. In the beginning, Prof. Wah briefed the profile of research funding for Hong Kong academics. He said research expenditure of UGC-funded upto HK$7.984billion (~US$1 billion) in 2013/14 (~0.36% HK’s GDP).
Then Prof. Wah questioned “Does HK have adequate research funding?” He replied “It depends for academics.” But “No for society as a whole because limited ecosystem to support graduates / post-graduates (Over 7000 graduates & 1000 post-grad per year in Science, Engineer & Medicine field).”
The second question Prof. Wah asked was “What are the impacts of research funding on Innovation and Technology Developments?” and the answer was “Limited”. Even though we had very good research assessment results, we were missing high-end industry and government labs in Hong Kong to consume research results.
So “What are the missing ingrdients?” Prof. Wah asked at the end. He concluded that an incomplete ecosystem, Artificial barrier between Hong Kong and Mainland, as well as, Cultural preference (e.g. interest for local graduates to work in Mainland, Interest of our academics on entrepreneurship, etc.)
Prof. LU Jian (VP (Research & Technology), CityU and Fellow, HKAES) was additional panelist in Q&A session and he presented his view on research and innovation. He quoted Geoffrey Nicholson (Inventor of Post It) that “Research is the transformation of money into knowledge. Innovation is the transformation of knowledge back into money by creating value.”
Then Prof. Lu compared Made in China 2025 and Germany Industry 4.0 and USA SMLG in the following diagram.
Prof. KUO Way shared USA principles in the panel that Fundamental Research needed to promote and Government would not tell you what to do (Don’t micro-management!). All the things are determinate by Market. (Details at CityU President speaks at innovation summit)
Group photo of session 2 guests and chairs
Session 3: Knowledge Transfer / Exchange
Prof. NG Charles Wang Wai (Asso. VP (Research and Graduate Studies) HKUST, HK and Fellow, HKAES) (Left) and Prof. WONG Wing Shing (Choh-Ming Li Professor of Information Engineering, CUHK, HK and Fellow, HKAES) (Right) co-chaired this session.
Prof. CHENG Jing (Director, National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology, Beijing, China and Member, CAE) was the tenth speaker and his presentation topic was “Translational Medicine – Enabled by Technology Development and Policy Making”. Firstly, Prof. Cheng briefed his company’s mission and vision that “To become a leading company in predictive, preventive and personalized medicine” and “To achieve better health for all through technological innovation”.
Prof. Cheng’s company named “CapitalBio Technology”. He introduced the Atlas for Translational Medicine in China using the term “CURING” where C – Clinics, UR – University Research, IN – Industry and G – Government.
Dr. LIU Jonq Min (President, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, China) was the eleventh speaker and his topic named “The Core Values of Innovative Economics”. Dr. Liu quoted Morris Chang (TSMC Chairman) statement that “The key concept in a knowledge economy is not the knowledge itself, but the transition of knowledge into profit. Use of knowledge is more important than possessing the technical knowledge.”
Then Dr. Liu introduced Taiwan’s Three Stage Industrial Advancements from Factor Driven Economy to Efficiency Driven Economy and then to Innovation Driven Economy. After that Dr. Liu explained how TSMC developed innovative “Specialized OEM” business model and transfer from Followers to Leaders! Moreover, Taiwan Silicon Technology Fund established to invest in startups in Taiwan and Silicon Valley so as to speed up the product development process.
Finally, Dr. Li concluded that Government, R&D institutes and academia were the pioneers of new technology commercialization from concept to market. The role of enterprises is the application of innovation technologies.
Dr. TONG Franklin Fuk Kay (CEO, ASTRI, HK) was the last speaker in Day 1 and his presentation entitled “Technology Transfer Strategy of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute”.
Dr. Tong explained ASTRI’s R&D Capability, Strategy, Patent Portfolio, Research focus “4+2”, Annual Budget and R&D Core to us.
Then Dr. Tong briefed ASTRI’s technical core competence that like TCM’s medicine box (百子櫃).
Finally, Dr. Tong introduced their Technology Transfer Strategy. They were:
i) Fundamental Platform Technoliges: Affecting the whole industries-open source and non-exclusive licensing our tech to MNC, SME and Startups
ii) Specific and Customization: Sponsored R&D, exclusive licensing and IP assignment.
Prof. WAI Alexander Ping Kong (VP (Research Development), PolyU and Fellow, HKAES) was additional panelist in Q&A session (Right 2nd).
Reference:
Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) - http://en.cae.cn/en/
Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES) - http://www.hkaes.org/
Mr. WONG Anthony Sik Kei (CEO, Wellsoon (International) Medicine Co. Ltd., HK, China) was additional panelist in Q&A session.
Session 2: Research and Development
Prof. KUO Way (President, CityU; Foreign Member, CAE and Fellow, HKAES) and Prof. LI Victor On Kwok (Head, Dept., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU and Fellow, HKAES) co-chaired this session.
(Left: I, Prof. KUO Way and Prof. LI Victor On Kwok)
The seventh speaker was Prof. GAN Yong (Former VP, CAE) and his topic was “Made in China 2025 – On the Development of an Innovation System for Industrial Technology”. Firstly, Prof. Gan mentioned the existing problems of industry development such as unbalance and low to media end technology, etc. Then he stated the innovation and technology system included Key Technology Plan (e.g. 863 and 973 plans), National Key Laboratories, Public Technology Platform, Industry Alliance and Regional Technology Bases.
Prof. Gan also introduced some successful cases such as Ultra High Power network and its Innovation System implementation (From Basic Research → Engineering Design → Facility Development → Testing→ System Integration → Engineering Demonstration). Finally, he said six key changes to realize the Dream of “Made in China” involved Technology, Digital & Intelligence Manufacturing, Quality and Efficiency, Green Manufacturing, Service Domain and Online Business.
The eighth speaker was Prof. MAK Tak Wah (Professor, University of Toronto, Canada) and his presentation title was “The Changing Drug Development Paradigm: What Does This Mean for Academia?” Prof. Mak said in the beginning that “Many scientists are efficient at turning dollars into research, but inefficient at turning research into dollars. Commercialization is not the enemy of fundamental research; nor is the converse true”.
Prof. Mak drafted his idea into the paper using “Why, What and How” to explain the drug development. He said “Cancer therapeutics are in new era. Understanding of cancer biology will lead to new targeted drugs & better treatments. Cost of drug is more than $1.5 billion and 20 years.
So he added “Strategic, thoughtful planning essential from “bench to bedside” to capture the whole picture that save time & money.” The drug development timeline was showed.
The ninth speaker was Prof. WAH Benjamin Wan Sang (Chairman, Research Grants Council, HK and Fellow, HKAES) and his topic entitled “How Research Funding Can Energize HK Innovations & Technology Developments”. In the beginning, Prof. Wah briefed the profile of research funding for Hong Kong academics. He said research expenditure of UGC-funded upto HK$7.984billion (~US$1 billion) in 2013/14 (~0.36% HK’s GDP).
Then Prof. Wah questioned “Does HK have adequate research funding?” He replied “It depends for academics.” But “No for society as a whole because limited ecosystem to support graduates / post-graduates (Over 7000 graduates & 1000 post-grad per year in Science, Engineer & Medicine field).”
The second question Prof. Wah asked was “What are the impacts of research funding on Innovation and Technology Developments?” and the answer was “Limited”. Even though we had very good research assessment results, we were missing high-end industry and government labs in Hong Kong to consume research results.
So “What are the missing ingrdients?” Prof. Wah asked at the end. He concluded that an incomplete ecosystem, Artificial barrier between Hong Kong and Mainland, as well as, Cultural preference (e.g. interest for local graduates to work in Mainland, Interest of our academics on entrepreneurship, etc.)
Prof. LU Jian (VP (Research & Technology), CityU and Fellow, HKAES) was additional panelist in Q&A session and he presented his view on research and innovation. He quoted Geoffrey Nicholson (Inventor of Post It) that “Research is the transformation of money into knowledge. Innovation is the transformation of knowledge back into money by creating value.”
Then Prof. Lu compared Made in China 2025 and Germany Industry 4.0 and USA SMLG in the following diagram.
Prof. KUO Way shared USA principles in the panel that Fundamental Research needed to promote and Government would not tell you what to do (Don’t micro-management!). All the things are determinate by Market. (Details at CityU President speaks at innovation summit)
Group photo of session 2 guests and chairs
Session 3: Knowledge Transfer / Exchange
Prof. NG Charles Wang Wai (Asso. VP (Research and Graduate Studies) HKUST, HK and Fellow, HKAES) (Left) and Prof. WONG Wing Shing (Choh-Ming Li Professor of Information Engineering, CUHK, HK and Fellow, HKAES) (Right) co-chaired this session.
Prof. CHENG Jing (Director, National Engineering Research Center for Beijing Biochip Technology, Beijing, China and Member, CAE) was the tenth speaker and his presentation topic was “Translational Medicine – Enabled by Technology Development and Policy Making”. Firstly, Prof. Cheng briefed his company’s mission and vision that “To become a leading company in predictive, preventive and personalized medicine” and “To achieve better health for all through technological innovation”.
Prof. Cheng’s company named “CapitalBio Technology”. He introduced the Atlas for Translational Medicine in China using the term “CURING” where C – Clinics, UR – University Research, IN – Industry and G – Government.
Dr. LIU Jonq Min (President, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, China) was the eleventh speaker and his topic named “The Core Values of Innovative Economics”. Dr. Liu quoted Morris Chang (TSMC Chairman) statement that “The key concept in a knowledge economy is not the knowledge itself, but the transition of knowledge into profit. Use of knowledge is more important than possessing the technical knowledge.”
Then Dr. Liu introduced Taiwan’s Three Stage Industrial Advancements from Factor Driven Economy to Efficiency Driven Economy and then to Innovation Driven Economy. After that Dr. Liu explained how TSMC developed innovative “Specialized OEM” business model and transfer from Followers to Leaders! Moreover, Taiwan Silicon Technology Fund established to invest in startups in Taiwan and Silicon Valley so as to speed up the product development process.
Finally, Dr. Li concluded that Government, R&D institutes and academia were the pioneers of new technology commercialization from concept to market. The role of enterprises is the application of innovation technologies.
Dr. TONG Franklin Fuk Kay (CEO, ASTRI, HK) was the last speaker in Day 1 and his presentation entitled “Technology Transfer Strategy of Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute”.
Dr. Tong explained ASTRI’s R&D Capability, Strategy, Patent Portfolio, Research focus “4+2”, Annual Budget and R&D Core to us.
Then Dr. Tong briefed ASTRI’s technical core competence that like TCM’s medicine box (百子櫃).
Finally, Dr. Tong introduced their Technology Transfer Strategy. They were:
i) Fundamental Platform Technoliges: Affecting the whole industries-open source and non-exclusive licensing our tech to MNC, SME and Startups
ii) Specific and Customization: Sponsored R&D, exclusive licensing and IP assignment.
Prof. WAI Alexander Ping Kong (VP (Research Development), PolyU and Fellow, HKAES) was additional panelist in Q&A session (Right 2nd).
Reference:
Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) - http://en.cae.cn/en/
Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences (HKAES) - http://www.hkaes.org/
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