Ping Wong
Ping WONG, was formerly the Market Officer of the Southeast Asia Desk and later Deputy Director at the Beijing Office of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) after his graduation from University of Pittsburgh with a Master Degree of Public and International Affairs. He has worked for the United Nations at its New York City Headquarters as an intern before going back to Hong Kong. Ping has been working in Beijing since 1991 in different executive positions for public organization, joint ventures and listed company in areas like trade promotion, IT/Internet services, telecommunication, manufacturing, property development and business consulting. He has been the Deputy CEO and COO of China InfoHighway, the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the Chinese Mainland, leading its business reengineering, corporate restructuring and rebranding. Ping started his first business in Beijing as a young entrepreneur back in 1993. He has found one of the first few business centers in Beijing back in 1994, running his other businesses in publishing, advertising, and manufacturing etc. Ping is now in the business of corporate financing, investment, business consulting and project development. He has been establishing an international platform to bring new technologies from Hong Kong and the rest of the world to the Chinese Mainland, actively matching the local technology teams with the market and resources in the Chinese Mainland, especially in the “Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.” At the same time, Ping is helping the technology enterprises in the Chinese Mainland to go overseas through Hong Kong, especially in the “Belt and Road Countries.” He is working with partners from different countries and regions for the commercialization of innovation and technology.
Ping is now Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of China Business (HKACB). He serves as Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Biotechnology in Chinese Medicine (HKABCM), Vice-Chairman of Hong Kong Community Care Society (HKCCS), Board Member and Chairperson of the China Subcommittee of the eHealth Consortium, Advisor of the Center for Chinese Medicine R&D at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Advisor of the Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Editable and Medicinal Bioresources. He is also a Part-time Visiting Scholar at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). As an author, Ping has published his own book, namely “Opinion Reserve.” Top
K.C. Lau
Mr. K.C. Lau graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with an MBA and a Master in Information Science after he finished his Bachelor Degree of Computer Science from the University of Hong Kong.
After graduate school, K.C. stayed in Pittsburgh and started up his own computer software company specialized in logistics and warehouse management. His software company was later acquired by a leading reverse logistics service provider, GENCO, where he became Senior Vice President in charge of corporate system infrastructure and product development. He has an experience working with the research team of the Mathematics Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for his logistics related project. GENCO was lately acquired by FedEx, one of the biggest logistics Group in the world, when K.C. decided to move back to Hong Kong for his own angel investment business. As an IT expert in third party logistics systems, he has been in charge of many technical projects for his former employer, serving customers like Walmart, Target, Kohl, AT&T, Dell Computers etc.
Prior to working in the logistics IT area, K.C. has worked as project manager in HSBC Hong Kong and Mellon Bank US. Top
Patrick Tse
Mr. Patrick Tse, former Information Officer of the World Bank specialized in Teaching and Learning. His experience is at the intersection of technology and learning. He has worked for more than 26 years in public sector organizations in designing and managing blended learning programs and knowledge products for more than 50 countries in the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
He also worked in the Institute of international Studies and Education in the United States, provided advisory services and technical assistance on training and knowledge management projects for key clients such as the USAID ( United States Agency for International Development) and UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). He has a Master degree in Computer Science specialized in Software Engineering and a Master degree in Education specialized in Instructional Design and Technology. He is passionate about innovative learning methodologies and its opportunities for development. His current interests range from pedagogy and technologies, including serious games, social technologies, big data in education, and future e-learning trends. Top