The Preparation Meeting of the Extenics (HK) and HKETA Annual Dinner

After the 1^st Meeting of the Extenics Internationalization 2017 (第一屆可拓學國際化會議) organized by Research Institute of Extenics and Innovation Methods, GDUT (廣東工業大學可拓學與創新方法研究所) from 4 to 5 Jan 2017, we held the preparation meeting for implementing the decisions in Hong Kong Science Park on 17 Jan 2017.  We needed to thank Dr. Aaron Tong invited all of us to attend HKETA Annual Dinner.  Before that we held the meeting and discussed some items in fast food restaurant.  

(Left: Dr. KS Chin, Ms. Hemans Leung, Mr. Victor Chiu, Mr. Wilson Leung, Dr. Aaron Tong, Prof. Cai Wen and I)

In the beginning, Prof. Cai Wen said there were four papers about Extenics in “China Quality” published by China Association for Quality in Jan 2017 that is very high reputation journal in the China industry. And those papers topics showed as follows:

i)                    集各界英才, 建設我國原創的新學科 (蔡文)

ii)                  持之以恆, 必有所成 

iii)                可拓學在香港的推廣及展望 (黎劍虹)

iv)                創新, 有規律可循, 有方法可依 

We discussed the following items:

i)                    Promoting Seminar at the end of April 2017 (temporary).

-          Objective is to introduce and to promote the Extenics to Education organization and Industries

-          Topic named “Extenics: Education and Application” (可拓學: 教育及應用)

-          Venue in CityU

-          Time: Prefer on Friday afternoon

ii)                  Four-Region Free Trade Area across the Straights (兩岸四地) seminar included China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

-          Organizer: Research Institute of Extenics and Innovation Methods, GDUT (廣東工業大學可拓學與創新方法研究所)

-          Date: Jun 2017 (Temporary)

iii)                Extenics Book issue

-          Dr. Aaron Tong proposed to use the existing Extencis books for primary school and then transformed into Hong Kong style for promoting use.

iv)                Research Issue

-          Dr. KS Chin suggested seeking some fundings from Education part and Industrial part which applied both from Hong Kong and China.

After that we attended HKETA annual dinner and took a group photo in table.   

(Left: Dr. KS Chin, Prof. Cai Wen, Dr. Aaron Tong, I, Mr. Duncan Chung (President, Asia Bright), Mr. Victor Chiu, Ms. Hemans Leung and Mr. Wilson Leung)

Dr. David Chung (Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology Bureau, HKSAR) was the guest of Honor and gave a keynote speech.  He introduced ITB policy especially Pilot Technology Voucher Programme (PTVP).

Then all committee members and guests took a group photo.  It included many science and technology industries & associations included ASTRI, HKCIE, HKETA, HKIE, HKSQ, ITB, etc.) Then I met Dr. David Chung, who is my EngD cohort.  He needed to attend another event tonight and it was pity that missing to introduce Prof. Cai Wen to him.

At the end, Mr. Victor Chiu won the Lucky Draw to get the grant prize!

Reference:

Extenics (可拓學) - http://web.gdut.edu.cn/~extenics/i.htm

20170105: The 1st Meeting of the Extenics Internationalization 2017 (第一屆可拓學國際化會議) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2017/01/the-1st-meeting-of-extenics.html