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Workshops Schedule

We provide different workshops and mentoring sessions for you and your team to better equip with practical skills in competing hackUST 2022 , powered by Nan Fung Group. Please refer to the table below for more information - further details to be updated!

 

Workshop - Driving HLBL via Digital transformation by AIA

Date

4 April 2022

Time

10:30-11:30 HKT

Close Deadline

1 April 2022 23:59 HKT

Organization(s)

Link

Click here to register

Details

In this workshop, you will learn about AIA HK & Macau and its purpose to help people live “Healthier, Longer, Better Lives” (HLBL).

During the last decade, there is a dramatic shift in the way insurance business operates amid digital transformation.

In light of this, HLBL is largely powered by such transformation with the engagement of Web 3.0.

Experts from AIA will be sharing HLBL digital initiatives, Web 3.0 application and Successful traits of being a digital champion to further provide you with insights into shaping your hacking solutions.

Speaker

1. Patrick Lam – Chief Technology Officer at AIA HK & Macau

 

Patrick is an enthusiastic professional digital technology leader with strong experiences in leveraging advance capability to lead digital transformation, innovation, marketing and partnership. He has over 24 years of in-depth business knowledge coupled with high integrity, commercially minded and team building capability to create significant business change and impact. Patrick holds executive leadership positions across Technology, Operations, and Business management with major global Financial Services organizations – HSBC, UBS, Deutsche Bank, AllianceBernstein, Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.


As a senior executive in major global banking organizations, Patrick has built a reputation for transforming technology team and building an agile culture between technology and business. Under his leadership, advance digital technology became a catalyst for innovation, creating leading capabilities in Agile and DevOps at global scale, pioneering the adoption of cloud service and establishing strategic partnerships with big technology and new FinTechs.

 

Patrick’s career was built on a foundation that digital technology is the change lever allowing organization to focus on driving customer acquisition, conversion, and activation. His successes is achieved by a relentless focus on leadership, team building, collaboration, business and strategy alignment, innovation, solution delivery and take full accountability for the business outcome.

 

2. Ralph Yu (Director, Digital Product & Strategy)​

3. Anthony Chan (Associate Director, Digital Product & Strategy)​

 

Workshop - Data Analytics by AWS

Date

6 April 2022

Time

14:00-16:00 HKT

Close Deadline

5 April 2022 12:00 HKT

Organization(s)

Link

Click here to register

Details

1. Introduction to AWS

2. What is Data analytics?

● Business value (Forbes)

● Business outcomes

● Data Transformation level

● Analytic competency 

● Data stages

● Roles: Data Engineer vs Data Analyst vs Data Scientist vs Data Architect vs Data governance vs Data Modeller

● Data architecture in different scenarios 

3. Data Analytics on AWS

4. Demo

● Profile and transform data using AWS Glue Databrew

● Visualize using Amazon

Speaker

Mr Fortune Hui, Partner Solutions Architect, AWS

 

Fortune Hui is a Partner Solutions Architect in Amazon Web Services, specialising in Data Analytics. Fortune has years of experience of data analytics and AI/ML in industries like Airlines, Retail and Insurance. Before joining AWS, he was a Sr. Data Engineer, Analytics in Accenture, designing and building cloud-based Big Data platform.

 

Workshop - Hacking better habits for a better planet by CWR

Date

7 April 2022

Time

15:00-16:00 HKT

Close Deadline

6 April 2022 12:00 HKT

Organization(s)

Link

Click here to register

Details

Many of us want to do something about climate change but don’t know where to start or feel disempowered as we believe our actions are insignificant. But small changes can make a big difference. Did you know that if enough of us made simple habit tweaks across just eight areas of our daily life from food, online shopping to internet surfing plus more, we could save more than two billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions? This is equivalent to the combined 2015 GHG emissions of Japan and South Korea!
 
The power of one is strong, but the power of a group is stronger; and tech is a powerful catalyst critical to realising collective action: How can tech/apps be used to gamify habit changes to synergise collective savings for a greener society and better planet? Can we use tech to improve emissions across these eight areas? What about harnessing social media to spread the word around the world of these simple actions?
 
Start innovating now with CWR in this workshop and explore how to leverage simple actions that can lead to greener lifestyles and a healthier planet. The 2022 IPCC report paints a bleak future if we do nothing - large parts of Hong Kong submerged by rising seas in your lifetimes cannot be ruled out. Time is running short, but it has not run out … so don’t wait, YOUR technical solution can make a difference … together we can hack better habits for a better planet.

Speaker

Dr CT Low (Mapping & Projects, CWR)

 

Low has extensive inter-disciplinary research experience, which although wide-ranging, focuses on identifying hotspots to facilitate better resilience planning. At CWR, Low uses spatial modelling and statistical analysis as well as remote sensing, cartography, and geo-statistics to map and assess water & climate risks. Low led the analysis on CWR’s recent coastal threat assessments in Asia Pacific as well as for CLSA in the Greater Bay Area and his maps have been well-received among investors and the media. Currently, Low leads CWR’s Re-IMAGINE HK project to catalyse a path toward a regenerative roadmap for a climate ready and resilient Hong Kong.


In addition, Low helps manage CWR’s extensive network, specifically collaborations with universities, government departments, and NGOs. Apart from delivering talks at universities, he has also helped designed waternomics coursework for a master course in HKUST. As a certified GIS Professional, he also taught GIS modules at universities. Low was the editor for “Frontiers in Environmental Informatics” and still reviews other international journals including “Applied Geography”. Completed his study with a PhD from HKU, Low’s thesis on place effect on health was prize-winning. His research on urban environmental health is published in 13 prominent international peer-reviewed journals and book chapters.

 

Winning the Race to Net Zero by Deloitte

Date

12 April 2022

Time

15:30 – 16:30 HKT

Close Deadline

11 April 2022 12:00 HKT

Organization(s)

Link

Click here to register

Details

The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is clearer than ever: "Code Red for Humanity". The message is clear: to meet the greatest challenge facing humanity, we must collectively and urgently step up our efforts to reduce emissions and limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

Businesses have a crucial role to play in leading the change. To achieve net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, many aspects of our economy and society will need to be completely transformed - with the support of governments, investors, businesses and consumers.

How can we get there fastest and what challenges might we face on the way? Questions like "How can we measure and manage climate risks? What should we focus on as a business?" And - perhaps most importantly - "What opportunities can we identify to solve problems and create positive impact both environmentally and economically?" are key questions that we need to address and provide guidance and solutions for.

We are in the decade of urgent action. The benefits have never been clearer - let's do it together!

Speaker

1. Dr. Pascal Vuichard - Associate Director, Climate Change & Sustainability
Deloitte Carbon Care Asia

 

Pascal is an Associate Director with Deloitte Carbon Care Asia in Hong Kong. He is assisting clients in driving sustainability projects spanning across different sectors including the public sector, energy, mobility, waste management, and the buildings sector. Pascal has led various projects focusing on strategic planning, policy development, and research initiatives. His recent focus is on building new business models with the aim to foster growth for sustainable technologies like renewable energies and electric mobility, including by way of public policy interventions as well as on delivering learning programmes with the goal to equip executives with the toolsets to tackle climate change and capture opportunities on the path to a low-carbon economy.


Pascal holds a PhD in Renewable Energy Management and Master’s Degrees in International Management and Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen and the London School of Economics.

 

Reimagination of your career opportunity in the Great Bay Area by Esquel Group

Date

22 April 2022

Time

16:00-17:30 HKT

Close Deadline

18 April 2022

Organization(s)

Link

Click here to register

Details

Have you imagined how you are going to start your first job? It would be one of the best choices to join us – as a Hong Kong-based company with a global presence and also with rich exposure in the Great Bay Area to seize comprehensive opportunities for your career development!
 
Founded in 1978, Esquel Group has grown from one of the largest shirtmakers in the world to a group of diversified businesses, including Esquel Textile and Apparel, Esquel Brands and Distribution, and Esquel Ventures, pursuing continuous growth with its vision of Making a Difference. Esquel would be one of the best choices for graduates to widen their horizons and embrace their career developments in Hong Kong, in the Greater Bay Area, and our global markets.
 
“REIMAGINATION of your career opportunity in the Great Bay Area”, a Virtual Career Talk held by Esquel, will be launched on April 22, 2022, with fruitful contents:

  • what are the essential competencies and attitudes of entrepreneurship, and how graduates could equip themselves in a positive and agile mindset despite the challenges they may face – by our associate director of Esquel Ventures Group
  • how amazing are the journeys in Esquel Summer Internship and Esquel Management Trainee Program – by 2020 and 2021 Esquel MTs
  • brief introduction and application method of Esquel Management Trainee Program and Summer Internship 2022

Speaker

1. Jacky Yuen(Associate Director, Esquel Ventures Group)

 

Jacky, as an associate director of Esquel Ventures, he will share what are the essential competencies and attitudes of an entrepreneurship, and how graduates could equip themselves in a positive and agile mindset despite the challenges they may face (eg. increasing unemployment rate after pandemic), in order to get ready for the sun after the storm.


2. Hugo Cheng, Kelvin Lam (2020 Management Trainee) & Matthew Chan (2020 Summer Internship,2021 Management Trainee)


3. HR Team