Technology Incubation Network (TIN) Inauguration 2018

Technology Incubation Network (TIN) Inauguration was held on 9^th Jan 2018 in Ideal Lab, HKSTP.  Many startup enterprisers were invited to join the TIN Inauguration 2018.  Mr. Albert Wong (CEO, HKSTP), Mr. Charles Mok (Legislative Councilor - IT) and Ir. Dr. Lo Wai Kwok (Legislative Councilor - Engineering) were invited to be guest speaker.

I met many friends and took photos before the event start.

(Ir. Dr. Jackson Tsang (Co-Founder, Glorious Venture Capital Limited), Ir. Harry Chan (BeeInventor – Dasloop), Ir. Ritz MH Lau (Deputy Chairman – Manufacturing & Industrial Division, HKIE) and I)

I also met Mr. David Chung (President, The Hong Kong Institute of Business Innovation (HKIBI)).

In the beginning, Mr. Kenneth Chau (Past TIN Chairman) gave welcome speech.  He appreciated HKSTP and all Incubatees (included graduates) to support their common goal that was to do good thing for Hong Kong Technology.  Moreover, he shared their objectives in last 2 years that was BAT indicating Business, Alumni and Technology.

CityU Emerging Technologies Forum – Advances in Battery Technology

CityU Emerging Technologies Forums look to the future. Speakers from industry and research institutions are invited to talk about the latest government policies, technological trends, local and regional initiatives and product development strategies related to their sectors.  The 2^nd Forum named “Advances in Battery Technology” held in Innovation Centre, CityU on 5^th Jan 2018.  In the beginning, I took a photo with Mr. David AI (Director, KTO) (Centre Left) and Ms. YS Chow (Senior R&D Manager – Rechargeable Products, GP Batteries International Ltd.) (Centre Right).

I met EngD cohorts and took a photo for memory.

(Left: I, Mr. George Chan (Supplier Quality Manager, Monster Products) and Dr. Samuel Fung (Director, Karson Engineers Services Co., Ltd.))

In the beginning, Prof. Henry Shu-hung Chung gave an opening remark.  He introduced the background of Emerging Technologies Forums and introduced guest speaker.

Ms. YS Chow (Senior R&D Manager – Rechargeable Products, GP Batteries International Ltd.) was the first speaker and her topic entitled “Recent Developments in Fast Charging Li-ion Batteries”.  Firstly, she briefed GP background and products.

Quality Improvement and Experience Sharing Convention 2017/18

I was honor to be invited by Mr. Albert Lo (System & Quality Development Manager, CLP) to attend the Quality Improvement and Experience Sharing Convention (QIESC) 2017-2018 on 3^rd Jan 2018.  The first QIESC was instituted in 1997 by 6 participating organizations.  With strong support from other organizations, the Convention has become an annual major quality event with participating organizations taking turns to host.  I signed the poster when I arrived.

I took a photo with Mr. Albert Lo for memory.

Many old friends I met and took a photo for memory.

(Left: Mr. Charles Ho (MTR), Dr. Aaron Tong, Mr. Albert Lo, Mr. Teddy Liu (GM, Corporate & Talent Development, New World Development Co., Ltd.), Dr. Robert Ip (Managing Director, Konica Minolta Business Solutions (HK) Ltd.), I and Mr. Nelson Ho (Director – Facility Management, Synergis Management Services Ltd.))

I met Ms. Grace Teng (Senior Quality Management Manager, Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.) and took a photo together.

QIESC 2017/18 Opening Ceremony

ANQ Congress 2018 Almaty, Kazakhstan

The 16th Asia Network for Quality (ANQ) Congress will be held in Almatly, Kazakhstan on 19-20 September 2018. (https://anq2018.org/)

The important dates of the Congress are shown below:

Call for Paper

Deadline for Abstract Submission: 15 May 2018

Deadline for Full Paper Submission: 1 July 2018

Venus: Intercontinental Hotel

Temporary Schedule:

16-18 Sep 2018 – City tours

17 Sep 2018 – the CEC meeting

18 Sep 2018 – ANQ Board meeting

19-20 Sep 2018 – ANQ 2018 Congress

21 Sep 2018 – Technical Visits

22 Sep 2018 – Trip to the picturesque mountainous surroundings of Almaty

My previous visit to Almatly was in 2011 and I was one of guest speakers of TQM Kaz 2011.  Summary of my previous trips showed below as reference.

20110603: TQM Kaz – 2011 is an International Quality Forum in Kazakhstan

20110613: Almaty Visit before TQM Kaz 2011 Forum

20110614: Visit to State National Natural Park of Charin

20110615: TQM Kaz 2011 – Day One

20110616: TQM Kaz 2011 – Day Two

20110617: TQM Kaz 2011 – Day Three

Summary of past activities of ANQ Congress were recorded in my blog in ANQ History.

ANQ History & Past Congress:

Asia Network for Quality (ANQ) - http://www.anforq.org/

20071022 - Introduction of Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) )

15th ANQ Congress in Kathmandu, Nepal (2017)

20170917 - Pre-ANQ Congress 2017 Visit in Nepal (Day 1 to Day 3)

20170919 - Pre-ANQ Congress 2017 Visit in Nepal (Day 4 to Day 5)

20170919 - ANQ-CEC Meeting 2017 in Nepal

20170920 - ANQ Congress 2017 Kathmandu, Nepal – Day 1

20170921 - ANQ Congress 2017 Kathmandu, Nepal – Day 2

20170921 - ANQ Congress 2017 Kathmandu, Nepal – Gala Dinner

20170922 - IAQ General Meeting and Dinner during ANQ Congress 2017

14th ANQ Congress in Vladivostok, Russia (2016)

20160919 - ANQ-CEC and Pre-WACQ Meeting & Dinner 2016

20160921 - ANQ Congress 2016 Vladivostok, Russia – Day 1

20160922 - ANQ Congress 2016 Vladivostok, Russia – Day 2

20160922 - ANQ Congress 2016 Vladivostok, Russia – Gala Dinner

13th ANQ Congress in Taipei (2015)

20150923 - ANQ Congress 2015 Taipei – Day 1

20150924 - ANQ Congress 2015 Taipei – Day 2

20150924 - ANQ Congress 2015 Taipei – Gala Dinner

12th ANQ Congress in Singapore (2014)

20140806 - ANQ Congress 2014 Singapore – Day 1

20140807 - ANQ Congress 2014 Singapore – Day 2

20140807&08 - ANQ Congress 2014 Singapore – Gala Dinner & Technical Visit

11th ANQ Congress in Bangkok, Thailand (2013)

20131016 - Pre-ANQ Congress 2013 – Bangkok City Visit

20131018 - ANQ Congress 2013 Bangkok – Day 1

20131019 - ANQ Congress 2013 Bangkok – Day 2

20131019 - ANQ Congress 2013 Bangkok – Gala Dinner

20131020 - ANQ Congress 2013 Bangkok – Technical Visit

10th ANQ Congress in Hong Kong (2012)

The ANQ 2012 Congress was held in Hong Kong and post-congress news included Feedback Questionnaire, Media Reports, Messages from ANQ Friends, Congress Report and Photo Gallery are posted at http://www.hksq.org/anq2012/post_anq_news.html .

20120729 - ANQ-CEC Meeting Dinner

20120731 - Pre-ANQ Congress Preparation

20120731 - ANQ Congress 2012 - General Assembly Meeting

20120731 - ANQ Congress 2012 - Welcome Reception & Registration

20120801 - ANQ Congress 2012 - Day 1

20120801 - ANQ Congress 2012 - VIP Dinner Gathering

20120802 - ANQ Congress 2012 - Day 2

20120802 - ANQ Congress 2012 - Banquet

20120803 - ANQ Congress 2012 - Technical Visit

20120807 - Post-ANQ Congress Networking and Ceremony Dinner

9th ANQ Congress in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam (2011)

20110928 - ANQ Congress 2011 – Pre-Congress night

20110928 - ANQ 2011 - Board Meeting & Welcome Reception

20110929 - ANQ 2011 - Day 1

20110930 - ANQ2011 - Day 2

20110903 - ANQ 2011 - Farewell Party

20111001 - ANQ 2011 - Technical Visit

8th ANQ Congress in Delhi, India (2010)

7th ANQ Congress in Tokyo, Japan (2009)

20090916 - ANQ 2009 Opening & Technical Seminar I

20090917 - ANQ 2009 Technical Seminar II & Closing Ceremony

20090917 - ANQ 2009 Farewell Party

20090918 - ANQ 2009 Technical Visit to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Oppama Plant)

6th ANQ Congress in Bangkok, Thailand (2008)

20081029 - ANQ 2008 (Part 1 - AGM & Cruise Dinner)

20081029 - ANQ 2008 (Part 2 - Opening Ceremony)

20081030 - ANQ 2008 (Part 3 - Technical Session & Closing Ceremony)

20081030 - ANQ 2008 (Part 4 - Farewell Dinner)

20081031 - ANQ 2008 (Part 5 - Technical Site Visit)

5th ANQ Congress in Incheon, Korea (2007)

4th ANQ Congress in Singapore (2006)

3rd ANQ Congress in Taipei, Chinese Taipei (2005)

2nd ANQ Congress in New Delhi, India (2004)

1st ANQ Congress in Beijing, China (2003)

Activities Summary 2017

I would like to summarize all quality related activities I participated in 2017 as follows.  Firstly, I would like to share my key achievements in 2017 included to be Committee Member of Extenics Society, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI), Fellow and Deputy Director (Academic Exchange Centre of Extenics) in Research Institute of Extenics and Innovation Methods, GDUT.  (Extenics related details at https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2017/12/2016-2017.html) 

Seminar x 34, Training/Workshop x 7, Visit x 10, Conference/Symposium/Forum/Summit x 16,

Arrange visit to HKSTP x 12, Invited Speaking x 10, Teaching course x 0 and Professional Gathering x 28.

總結對可拓學推動的貢獻與成果2016-2017

有關本人推動可拓學的成果及參與的相關工作 (Summary of Contribution and Achievement on Extenics 2016-17 (In Chinese))

個人成果

當選為中國人工智能學會可拓學專業委員會委員 (任期由2017年7月24日至2022年7月23日) (Committee Member of Extenics Society, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI)) 

特聘為廣東工業大學可拓學與創新方法研究所兼職研究員及可拓學學術交流中心副主任 (任期由2017年12月1日至2020年11月30日) (Fellow and Deputy Director (Academic Exchange Centre of Extenics), Research Institute of Extenics and Innovation Methods, GDUT) 

評選為可拓創新方法應用推廣優秀工作者 (中國人工智能學會可拓學專業委員會委員) (2016年8月12日) (Outstanding Contribution on Promoting Extenics Innovation Method Award, Extenics Society, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI))

拓創新方法一級認證證書 (國際可拓學研究院) (2016年8月12日)

Extension Innovation Method Level 1 Certificate (International Academy of Externics)

拓創新方法二級認證證書(國際可拓學研究院) (2017年5月28日)

Extension Innovation Method Level 2 Certificate (International Academy of Externics)

Dinner with Prof. Jianbo Yang (External Academic Advisor, SEEM, CityU) from the University of Manchester

I was honor to be invited by SEEM Dept., CityU to have dinner with Dr. KS Chin (Programme Leader, SEEM Dept., CityU) and Prof. Jianbo Yang (Director, Decisionand Cognitive Sciences Research Centre (DCS), Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester) on 29^th Dec 2017.  Prof. Yang is External Academic Advisor of BEng in Systems Engineering and Management and I am one of the industrial advisors.  We had lunch in Science Park on 13^th April 2012.  After today’s assessment by Prof. Yang, we had a dinner together.

(Left: I, Prof. Jianbo Yang and Dr. K.S. Chin)

An External Academic Advisor (EAA) is an academic from an institution other than the University, who provides expertise to an academic unit. The EAA is appointed for an academic unit or a programme / programmes of an academic unit by the Head of a college/school/centre. The primary responsibility for an EAA is to assist the academic unit in maintaining the international standards of its programme(s); and contribute to the strategic growth of Academic Unit and the University as a whole.

Industrial Advisor (Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, CityU) serves an important role in bridging academic programmes with the industry and the community at large. Industrial Advisor will join Programme Committee to express views on the appropriateness of the programme of study for employment, the expected quality of graduates and the improvement of course design and review, teaching and student learning.

Reference:

Manchester Business School of The University of Manchester - http://www.mbs.ac.uk/

HKSQ - http://www.hksq.org/

20171010: The 1st Major Programme Committee Meeting for BEng in SEM, CityU - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2017/10/the-1st-major-programme-committee.html

20120413: HKSQ Lunch with Professors from Manchester Business School, UK & Fuzhou University, PRC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2012/04/hksq-lunch-with-professors-from.html

HKSQ Lunch with Mr. Srinivasan Ramasamy (Former Chairman, NIQR) & his family in Hong Kong Science Park

We are great that Mr. R. Srinivasan (Former Chairman, NIQR; Sr. GM – Operations, Natesan Synchrocones Pvt. Limited) and his family visiting Hong Kong and meeting Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) members.  My wife and I (Chairman, HKSQ) arranged a lunch in ClubONE restaurant in Hong Kong Science Park.  We took a photo during the lunch for memory.

(Left: Ms. Sri Krithi, Ms. Sri nidhi, Mrs. Shanthi, Mr. R. Srinivasan, I and Minda)

During lunch, Mr. R. Srinivasan introduced the background of National Institution for Quality & Reliability (India) (NIQR) to me.  NIQR is more than 30 years old (established in July 1987).  NIQR structure is HQ and Branches in Chennai, Delhi and Pune, etc.   They provided different activities such as program for shop flow operation, Engineers and Managers on QA. Monthly lectures on various topics are provided by eminent personalities from Industry and two memorial lectures annually which made huge contribution to NIQR. The fellowships to their quality engineers are tied up with ASQ.  They also published bimonthly newsletter.  

Finally, he introduced the National Convention 2018 and the theme named “Digital Quality for Disruptive Future” in the National Convention 2018 started in Aug.

After lunch, I led them to visit Science Park and our laboratories.  Firstly, we visited Green 18 building.  Sri Krithi took a photo with green robot.

Mr. R. Srinivasan family photo was taken on the rooftop garden of the Green 18.

Then we took a photo in front of Golden Egg (Charles K. Kao Auditorium).

HKCTC & PolyU meeting in Science Park for Food Hygiene Management

During HKAS liaising meeting, I met Ms. Lynn Ho and we discussed about Science Park Hygiene Control mechanism.  It is golden opportunity to be cooperated with PolyU to implement the Food Hygiene Standard Certification System (FHSCS).  Therefore, we arranged a three parties meeting in Science Park on 23^rd Dec 2017.  In the beginning, Mr. Kevin Edmunds (Senior Manager, Sustainability, HKSTP) briefed our licensing requirement for catering and restaurant type tenants which included Safety, Health and Environment requirements, as well as, Food Hygiene monitoring mechanism. They needed to submit food hygiene report, which performed by Certification Bodies, to us quarterly.

Ms. Jane Lee (Secretary-General Testing and Certification, HKCTC) briefed the role of HKCTC and would like to promote testing and certification in Hong Kong.  Food Hygiene Standard Certification System (FHSCS) was one of their focus items.  

HKSTP & HKQAA meeting with EMSD for Startup Innovation Procurement

After meeting Mr. Richard C.W. Chan (Assistant Director, EMSD) in CLP Power QCC Convention 2017 on 8^th Dec 2017.  EMSD was found interested in the procurement of Startup Innovation service/product through Science Park arrangement and HKQAA Registration – Start-ups scheme.  Therefore, I arranged a meeting with HKQAA, HKSTP Incubation Program team and EMSD Quality Team on 20^th Dec 2017.  It is my first time to go to EMSD HQs.

I took a photo in front of the building.

Both team of HKSTP and HKQAA arrived the meeting room and we took a photo for memory.

(Left: I, Adams Wong (HKQAA), Gallen Leung, Brenda Ling (HKQAA) and Reese Kwan)

HKCTC Seminar on Testing and Certification for Environmental Excellence

The Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification (HKCTC) and Hong Kong Accreditation Service (HKAS) co-organized a seminar named “Testing and Certification for Environmental Excellence” held on 18^th Dec 2017.  With increasing awareness of the importance of environmental protection, many enterprises and organizations had put in place green management and energy conservation measures.  This seminar aimed to introduce how testing and certification services could help improve the environment and enhance energy efficiency for buildings, facilities and offices.  I met Mr. Dominic Lam (CEO, CMATCL) and he was the first speaker.  We took a photo for memory.

Before the seminar, all guest speakers took a group photo for memory.

The first speaker was Mr. Dominic Lam (Chairman, Hong Kong Indoor Air Quality Association) and his presentation entitled “Indoor Air Quality Control for Offices and Facilities”.  Firstly, he briefed IAQ parameters included Physical (Air Temp, RH and Air Movement), Biological (Airborne Bacteria) and Chemical (CO2, CO, RPS, TVOC, NO2, O3, HCHO and Rn) parameters.