Invitation to Education 2.1 "Education: The Hong Kong Story — Next Chapter" Symposium - All News - Media

Education 2.1 and Big Education Platform, together with the Our Hong Kong Fund, Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong Subsidized Secondary Schools Council, Hong Kong Subsidized Primary Schools Council, Hong Kong Principal’s Institute, Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, Wofoo Social Enterprises and Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited, co-organise the "Education: The Hong Kong Story —Next Chapter" Symposium (the Symposium). New experience and future development direction in education will be discussed at the Symposium. Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), will officiate at the Symposium. Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the Symposium. Details are as follows:

Date: October 20, 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Venue: Yuet Ming Auditorium, 5/F, Chong Yuet Ming Cultural Centre, HKU (map)

Symposium rundown:

Time (pm)	Rundown
2:00 – 2:30	Arrival of guests
2:30 – 2:35	Opening	Professor A. Lin Goodwin, Dean of Faculty of Education, HKU
2:35 – 3:00	Keynote Speech: How Does the New Era Education Respond to Social Development and Change	Mr Antony KC Leung Chairman of Steering Committee of Big Education Platform, Education 2.1
3:00 – 3:15	Speech	Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the HKSAR
3:15 – 4:15	Panel discussion: Rethinking of the Hong Kong's Education Reform and Development	Moderator: Guests:	Mr Tai Hay Lap, Member of Steering Committee of Big Education Platform, Education 2.1 Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung, Dean of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU Professor Cheng Kai-ming, Chief Researcher, Education 2.1 Professor Li Wing On, Chief Professor of Zhengzhou University Dr John Tan Kang, Principal of Pun U Association Wah Yan Primary School Ms Irene Chu, Head of New Economy & Head of Life Sciences, Hong Kong KPMG China
4:15 – 5:00	Q & A session

For media enquiries, please contact Mr Shiming Li (Tel: 9389 8961/ email: ming.linkforward@gmail.com), Ms Andrea Yeung (Tel: 2138 7838 / email: styeung@jointpublishing.com), or Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 3917 4270 / fax: 2517 0075 / email: emchy@hku.hk).