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Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures, will give a talk at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) tomorrow (August 30, Tuesday).

In the talk titled “Will China become a Deep Tech Superpower? Opportunities for Deep Tech Entrepreneurship”, Dr Lee will discuss whether China could become a deep tech superpower, given its current status as an AI superpower.  He will examine China’s growing scientific prowess, exceptional entrepreneurial ecosystem, huge market (and data), and unprecedented government support.

Dr Lee is currently the President of Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, he will also share in the talk how his firm Sinovation Ventures invested in AI and helped create ten AI unicorns, and how Sinovation prepares to expand into all deep sciences, to usher in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Business Leader Lecture is jointly organised by the Technology Transfer Office, Faculty of Engineering and the Business School of HKU.

Media representatives are welcome to join the event. Please kindly note that Dr Lee is on a tight schedule and will not take media interviews after the talk. 

Details are as follows:
Date: August 30, 2022 (Tuesday)
Time:  5:30 to 6:30pm (Reception begins at 5pm)
Venue: Hui Pun Hing Lecture Hall, Lecture Room (LE1), Library Extension Building in The University of Hong Kong. (map)

About Dr. Kai-Fu Lee
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and President of Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute. Sinovation Ventures, managing US$3 billion dual currency investment funds, is a leading venture capital firm focusing on developing the next generation of Chinese high-tech companies. Prior to founding Sinovation in 2009, Dr. Lee was the President of Google China, and he had been a senior executive at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple.

Dr. Lee received his Bachelor degree from Computer Science from Columbia University, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Carnegie Mellon and the City University of Hong Kong. He is the Co-Chair of Artificial Intelligence Council for World Economic Forum Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Time 100 in 2013, WIRED 25 Icons, Asian Business Leader 2018 by Asia House, and followed by over 50 million audience on social media.  He is the author of AI Superpowers and AI 2041.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Communications and Public Affairs Office, HKU
Melanie Wan
Tel: 2859 2600 / Email: melwkwan@hku.hk