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HKU weekly notice

09 Jun 2017

 

Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum 2017
“WE THE FUTURE”

Organised by The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) and HKU DreamCatchers, Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum 2017 will be held in Hong Kong and Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Youth Innovation and Entrepreneur Hub respectively on June 13 and 14, 2017. With a theme on “WE THE FUTURE”, the two-day forum continues to offer an ideal platform for over 1,000 youth entrepreneurs from 33 countries and regions around the world to share, generate greater business ideas and expand networks.

Leading figures from various fields and startups, speaker line-up includes Mr. Net JACOBSSON, Co-founder & partner, SparkLabs Global Ventures (Sweden), Mr. Dov MORAN, Managing Partner, Grove Ventures (Israel), Ms. Sandy DIAO (Director of Strategic Programs, Indiegogo) (USA), Ms. Sabrina W. FUNG, Group Managing Director, Fung Retailing Limited (Hong Kong) and over 60 overseas and Mainland China young entrepreneurs will be speakers and hosts on concurrent workshops to lead discussions including innovating global business trend in the future, deconstruct fast-growing companies, Asia Entrepreneurship blooms and suchlike.

Opening
Date:   13 June, 2017 (Tuesday)
Venue:   Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus, the University of Hong Kong
Language:  English and Putonghua (Specific panels with simultaneous interpretation)
Time:   9:45am to 10:30am

Plenary Session: Innovation in China: a game changer for Hong Kong?
Time:  10:30am to 11:15am

Keynote Session: A Tale of Three Cities: Innovations and Creativity
Time: 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Pitching Demonstration
Hardly can young talents expand their startups without a platform to seek investment, this Pitching Demonstration will allow six selected outstanding local entrepreneurs to showcase their most innovative ideas to the judges on a world stage to win “Judges’ Choice Award” and “People’s Choice Award”.
Time: 3:10pm to 4:10pm

* The two-day forum is grouped into various interactive and discussions. Press members are welcome to join all sessions. Please pre-register online at https://goo.gl/forms/DyLVycC0wWowSvFd2.

#Media are also welcome to sit in on the discussion on “Close encounter with the Pro” (from 1.00pm to 1.45pm). However, press members will not be able to participate in the discussion.

For media registration and enquiries, please contact:
HKFYG Corporate Communications Office
Ms. Miranda Ho
Tel: 3755 7044／9129 2589
Email: miranda.ho@hkfyg.org.hk

Development & Alumni Affairs Office, HKU
Ms Polo Leung
Tel: 3917 1732
Email: pololeung@hku.hk

Exhibition: Sociology Capstone – Innovative. Integrative. Experiential.
Discover how our undergraduate capstone experience produces research that transforms both society and our students. This unique exhibition showcases our students’ work, and HKU Sociology’s vision for it’s undergraduate capstone programme.

HKU Sociology believes that Capstone should be something more than a ‘research project’ or ‘thesis’… we have designed our course to be distinctive, to encourage maximum creativity and innovation, and to push students to define and implement their own unique learning experience.

This exhibition presents outstanding examples of student work, interactive displays, and videos, and introduces our aspirations for the continued growth of our Capstone experience.

Date: 05/06/2017 to 30/06/2017
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:45
Venue: MC³@702 Creative Space, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English

For further information, please visit:
https://sociology.hku.hk/events/sociology-capstone-exhibition-summer-2017/

Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact Executive Assistant Connie Ko by email at connieko@hku.hk or by phone at 3917 2309.

The Stephen Hui Geological Museum to present the largest exhibition on private mineral collections in Hong Kong

Period:  Now till August 31, 2017

This exhibition will showcase over 200 precious minerals from 18 collectors from Hong Kong homes. Highlights are the infinite variety of minerals on display including one of the best gemmy single crystals of Tanzanite from Merelani Mine, a very rare large gem quality Aquamarine on Albite with large fluid inclusions from Balochi, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan and a 18 cm large gemmy Rhodochrosite on Quartz from the famous Sweet Home Mine in Colorado, U.S.A.. The mineral display cabinet of the late Dr Stephen Hui Sze-fun with a selection from his private collection is also included.

Details of the Exhibition:
Venue:  1/F, Stephen Hui Geological Museum, James Hsioung Lee Science Building, Main Campus, the University of Hong Kong
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays, University and Public Holidays
Free Admission

Special Weekend Openings from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on:
June 10/11, 2017
July 15/16, 2017
August 12/13, 2017

General Enquiries:
Tel: (852) 22415472  / Email: shmuseum@hku.hk

Media Enquiries:
HKU Communications and Public Affairs Office Rhea Leung (Tel: 2857 8555/ 9022 7446; Email: rhea.leung@hku.hk)

UMAG exhibitions
Illustrious Illuminations II: Armenian and Georgian Christian Manuscripts from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Century --- Exquisite manuscripts from the Caucasus

Period: Now till June 11 2017 (Sunday)

Armenian illustrated manuscripts are some of the most lavishly decorated codices of the Christian churches from the Middle East. The Gospels are paramount among these, primarily because of the Armenian community’s respect for the sacred texts, revering them in the same way that Greek and Russian Christians regard holy icons. Such texts were carried into war by Armenian rulers and individual copies of the Gospels were often given sacred names and believed to hold miraculous powers.

Few Armenian manuscripts predate the Middle Ages. Individual examples of manuscripts from the seventh century are among the earliest known. Since the eighth century, Arab domination within Armenia largely suppressed Christian artistic expression, and no work is known prior to the end of the Caliphate in the mid-ninth century. Although a few manuscripts survive from the later ninth and tenth centuries, extant Armenian illustrated manuscripts are not common until the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Examples from these early periods begin the exhibition’s chronological display, introducing the tradition of teaching the Gospel through both word and image. The show is then complemented by a set of Georgian Gospel leaves illustrating the Evangelists.

The UMAG is grateful to Robert McCarthy for his generosity in sharing these many fine works with the general public.

Venue: 1/F, Fung Ping Shan Building, UMAG, HKU, 90 Bonham Road, Pokfulam

Opening Hours:
09:30 – 18:00 (Monday to Saturday)
13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday)
Closed on University and Public Holidays

Tel/Email: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry) / museum@hku.hk
Admission: Free
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/

Media enquiries:
UMAG Communication Officer Miss Elena Cheung, Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk.