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Startup Weekend HKUST - Healthcare x BioTech
Friday, March 3 - 5, 2017
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Startup Weekend HKUST - Healthcare x BioTech
Friday, March 3 - 5, 2017
Friday, March 3 - 5, 2017
Event starts at 6:30 pm
The BASE, Room 1520 (Lift 29-30, 1/F)
Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology
Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
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Change the world at the next Startup Weekend HKUST: Healthcare x BioTech!
What’s included in your ticket?
- A chance to learn from the best and pitch in front of entrepreneurs and industry experts
- A cool working environment @ The BASE with nice foods and drinks (2 breakfasts, 1 lunch & 3 dinners)
- A great reward to winners and participants (Free office desks at TGN and Ooosh; Free professional consultation for your startup development; AND Free use of Skygear, a mobile app development tool)
Special Discount to HKUST members!
How to go to The Venue (The BASE, HKUST)?
Frequent questions
A: Definitely yes! You will find a team and news friends who share the same mission at the first night!
Q: I don’t have an idea, can I join?
A: Of course. You will choose the team with idea that you want to work the first day.
Q: I am not interested in creating my own business. Should I join?
A: Startup Weekend is also a good learning experience for you to turn book-knowledge into a real thing. During this journey, you will learn how to apply your knowledge to the real world!
Q: I don’t have any knowledge about Health-care and Bio-tech. Should I join?
A: Don’t underestimate your talent! What you come across in your daily life might be relevant to this field as well. Most importantly, you can find teammates in the first day that could complement your inadequacy.
Any question?
For inquiry, feel free to contact The BASE Team at base@ust.hk.Come and spend the most mind-blowing 54 hours of your life with us at the Startup Weekend HKUST: Healthcare x BioTech! See you there!
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday March 3rd
Saturday March 4th
Sunday March 5th
Speakers
Prof. Gary Chen
Director at HKUST Entrepreneurship Center
Event Judges
Dr. Frank Filser
Director and Founder at Nexpaq
Dr. Alex Kwong
Associate Director at HKUST Technology Transfer Center
Roy Yuen
Co-founder at Oursky
Coaches and Mentors
Tim Chan
Founder at HelloReporter & Growth Marketer Academy
Lucas Fong
Co-founder & CEO at Simplus
Sean Leung
Co-founder & Chief Architect at Simplus
Wing Kwong
Patient Engagement & Access Manager at Pifzer
Cyrus Chan
Assistant Manager at HKSTP
Kit Shum
Project Director at IceHealing Health&Pro
Patrick Lam
Diabetes scientist / Management consultant
Davie Chen
Strategy & Planning Manager at GSK
Ben Cheng
Co-founder of OurSky
Jack Kong
Investment Director at Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform
Dr. Jian Sun
Director of Internal Operations at Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform
Dr. Nicholas Chan
Healthworks
Wayne Tsui
Multi-Channel Marketing Manager at GlaxoSmithKline
Event Sponsors, and Partners
The Startup Weekend HKUST - Healthcare x BioTech team is grateful for the support of local community partners without whom this event would not be possible.
Learn how to become a sponsor here.
Working Partner
Venue Sponsor
Prize Sponsor
Organizing Team
Techstars Startup Weekend Hong Kong is 100% led by volunteer community leaders.
Learn how to get involved here
Facilitators
Felix Wong
Community Manager, Greater China at Techstars
He started his career at Ricoh as a Data Scientist working with many multi-national companies in data strategy and digital transformation. As part of his startup passion, he co-founded and led 3 fast growing startups prior to joining Techstars. He co-founded Cloudbreakr aiming to bridge the gap between influencer marketing, data analytics, social media and advertising agencies. He also held position leading growth strategy at The Wave’s integrated startup platform in terms of growth marketing, user acquisition strategy and for-purpose event management. After that, he joined Abtitu as the Director of Growth leading product strategy, UI/ UX design and technical project implementation.
Felix graduated from The University of Bath in Mathematical Science and received a master degree in Marketing from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
He is deeply involved in helping both young founders and the startup community thrives. He always put forward new ideas if only more time to implement them. In his spare time he loves playing football, cooking pasta and transform his imaginations into reality by Lego.
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