Eureka!! I Have a New Invention. Now What?
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Date:
15 September 2017 (Friday 14:30 - 16:00)
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Venue:
Tsang Shiu Tim Art Hall (G017), Academic Complex, HKUST |
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Organized By:
Technology Transfer Center |
Being one of the members of HKUST, there will often come to the times where you discover new inventions or improvements on your prior work. When you discover something new or an improvement of an existing product or process, what do you do? How do you go about protecting your new invention? This seminar will provide guidance in answering these questions, among others, by addressing, for example, the following items:
- A brief introduction of various types of IP: Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret
- What is the best IP protection strategy with respect to the different nature of inventions
- A more detailed introduction to Patents
- Patent filing and prosecution strategies: how do we decide what to protect? What is the best way to argue before the patent office about your invention?
- How do patents intersect with the other types of IP: Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret?
- How to increase the value of an invention?
APAC Innovation Summit (AIS) 2017 – Smart City. Connected City.
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Date:
7 September- 8 September 2017 (Thursday to Friday)
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Venue:
Grand Hall, Convention Centre 3, Science Park |
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Organized By:
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation |
APAC Innovation Summit (AIS) has been playing an important role in knowledge transfer and business matching for 12 years, bringing together a world cast of leading experts including academia, decision makers and thought leaders to exchange insights on the latest technology trends. The theme of this conference “Smart City. Connected City.”, is to focus on how technology can drive city transformation. On both the city and regional levels, we will explore the Smart City Blueprint for Hong Kong and how smart resilient planning can successfully be realised in neighboring countries. We will further the discussion of how sensor technologies can connect for a wide range of applications including smart lighting, home automation, smart parking, surveillance, air and water quality monitoring, wellness monitoring and other novel applications.
Do Startup or Go Corporate?
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Date:
25 August 2017 (Friday)
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Venue:
KPMG, 23/F Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong |
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Organized By:
Co-operatives of Innovative Intellectuals (CII) |
The Co-operatives of Innovative Intellectuals (CII) is a registered charitable organization promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in Hong Kong.
“Do Startup of Go Corporate?” is a sharing event in which real-life successful entrepreneurs (IPO experienced), angel investors, venture capitalists and corporate executives will share their insights about startups, corporate and their inter-dependencies.
APAC Innovation Summit (AIS) 2017 – Robotics
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Date:
5 June-6 June 2017 （Monday to Tuesday）
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Venue:
Grand Hall & Conference Hall 4-7, Science Park |
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Organized By:
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation |
APAC Innovation Summit (AIS) has been playing an important role in knowledge transfer and business matching for 12 years, bringing together a world cast of leading experts including academia, decision makers and thought leaders to exchange insights on the latest technology trends. The theme of this conference, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), rarely has a physical format but it penetrates into wide segments of our daily lives, with huge implications for a wide range of industries, such as industrial automation, services, transportation and wellness. While A.I. is taking the world stage and transforming it in the process, this conference will bring together a world cast of leading experts including academia, decision makers and thought leaders to exchange insights on the latest trends.
2017 China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair
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Date:
26-27 May 2017 (Friday to Saturday)
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Venue:
Guangzhou, China |
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Organized By:
China Association for Science and Technology, National Development and Reform Commission, Chinese Academy of Engineering, The Central Committee of the Jiu San (Sept. 3rd) Society, People’s Government of Guangdong Province, The People`s Government of Guang |
The 2017 China Innovation had called for the innovation and entrepreneurship achievement and also other related activities. The China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair would have 3 exhibition zones with showcases of successful stories of innovation and technology achievement, providing a platform for the interaction and collaboration between industries. The Fair in 2016 attracted over 1000 exhibitors with over 2000 programmes and attracted over 70000 visitors. With the arrangement of 38 special sessions, 12 salons and roadshows on innovation and entrepreneurship, the fair facilitated the implementation of 41 projects which involves 140 billion.
