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Manufacturing Forum 2017: The New-Generation Entrepreneurs and Successors of Manufacturing Industries

25 Mar 2017

Event

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) co-organized the “Manufacturing Forum 2017: The New-Generation Entrepreneurs and Successors of Manufacturing Industries" with MIES of IET Hong Kong and MILES Alumni Association of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 25 March 2017.

Manufacturing Forum is an annually event to introduce and report the update information of related industries.  This year, six distinguished young industrialists were invited to share their cases and valued experiences on Enterprises Optimization, New Brand Development, and New Product/Service Development with the audiences.

The Forum was supported by the following organizations:

  1. Federation of Hong Kong Industries Young Executive Council
  2. HKIE- Manufacturing & Industrial Division
  3. HKIE- Youth Members Committee
  4. Hong Kong Productivity Council
  5. Hong Kong Electronics Industry Council
  6. Hong Kong Metal Manufacturers Association
  7. Hong Kong Logistics Association
  8. Hangzhou Hong Kong Youth Association
  9. Hong Kong Society for Quality
  10. Institute of Industrial Engineers Hong Kong
  11. Institution of Mechanical Engineers-HK Branch
  12. Locksmithing Institute of Hong Kong
  13. Open University of Hong Kong - S&T department
  14. Taiwan Businessmen Association Dongguan
  15. Taiwan Youth Federation
  16. The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Industries Ltd
  17. The Institute of Purchasing & Supply of Hong Kong
  18. The IVE Engineering
  19. 901 e-Invictus

The event attracted 84 participants. 42 of them were IET members and the other were the members of those supporting organizations.   The programme rundown is as follows.

Activity

Welcome Speech

Professor K.C. Chan

Head of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Opening Speech

Dr. Johnny Ng

Chairman of IET Hong Kong

Chairman of Hong Kong United Youth Association Ltd

Topic 1

Do What You Love, Love What You Do!

Speaker: Miss Jennifer Tsui, CEO of Shing Hing Group and Founder of The Darts Factory

Topic 2

Transformation Cases of Taiwan Industries in Post-industrial Society
Case 1) Host of Crowd Funding

Speaker: Mr. Alpha Chen, CEO of 901 Crowd funding Alliance

Case 2) Online Service Platform

Speaker: Mr. Weber Lin, Director of Taiwan Businessmen Association

Topic 3

Step Forward to Upgrade the Traditional Manufacturing Industries

Case 1) Further Development of a Fine Crafts Manufacturer

Speaker: Mr. Hank Hsu, CEO of Sheng Fan Buddha Handicrafts Ltd

Case 2) The Road to Brand Building

Speaker: Mr Evan Wu, Founder and CEO of Pointy Nose Coffee

Topic 4

The Story of Memorigin Tourbillion

Speaker: Mr. William Shum

CEO & Founder of Memorigin Watch Company Limited

Panel Discussion

All guest speakers

Closing Remark

Ir. Ricky Wu

Chairman, MIES of IET Hong Kong




Topics Event
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

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