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What is HKUST Entrepreneurship Week?

Entrepreneurship Week (E-week) – a platform for everyone to meet, share, learn and network and to enrich HKUST students’ knowledge and preparedness for realizing their entrepreneurship initiatives. During the week, over 2000 HKUST students, staff cross and visit the event venue. Besides, talks, seminars, company visits, exhibition by entrepreneurs, networking party had been organized in the past E-weeks. Strong collaboration with external incubators, companies and HKUST student entrepreneurs.

Past E-Week: 2019 ｜ 2018 ｜ 2017 ｜ 2016 ｜ 2015

E-week @ HKUST - April 2020 Schedule
13 - 19 April 2020
25 Mar - 21 Apr	Hong Kong Science Park Virtual Career Expo
13 - 19 Apr	H²Innovation Challenge HKUST Online Innovation Challenge on Smart Ageing and GeronTechnology Powerd by Humansa, Eureka Nova and New World Development
10 Apr (2:30-3:30pm)	H²Innovation Challenge: Case Briefing/ Panel Discussion
14 Apr (4:30-5:50pm)	"How to Enjoy a Successful Exit in Less than 5 Years?" -Sharing by Alumni Entrepreneur Tony Ren
15 - 26 Apr	HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 Voting for the Best Video of the Teams Entering Round 2
15 Apr (2:30-5:00pm)	Live Tour and Sharing at Project Futurus: COO (Challenges Or Opportunities) for Entrepreneurs in an Ageing Society -Ms. Queenie Man, Founder & CEO, Project Futurus -Mr. Terence Tseng, CEO & CTO of Motive Force Technology Limited -Ms Alice Leung, Assistant Superintendent TWGHs Jockey Club Rehabilitation Complex
15 Apr (6:00-7:30pm)	IT Market Insights - Opportunities & Challenges
16 Apr (7:00-8:00pm)	Rookie Fund Presents: Trend of Venture Capital Investment - Rookie Fund, Asia's first student-run VC fund - Jowell Shek, Analyst, Catalyst Ventures
16 Apr	"My “INTRApreneurship” Journey – As a Corporate Executive and the Boss of my Own Corporate Projects" - Mr. Dennis Chow, Key Account Manager, Procter & Gamble (P&G)
18 Apr (4:00-5:30)	Golden Age Foundation: Smart Ageing Online Seminar (黃金時代基金會網上研討會「智抗疫新世代」) (Information available in Chinese only)


20 - 26 April 2020
20 Apr - 1 May	Virtual Demo Days for the Technology, Leadership and Entrepreneurship (TLE) Program
20 Apr (2:30-3:30pm)	"How's HealthTech Enhancing Quality of Health in Aging Society?" -Mr. Albert Au, Founder & CEO, acesobee limited
21 Apr (6:00-7:30pm)	"How's Smart Agriculture Bringing Social and Economic Value?" -Mr. William Junho Lee, Founder & CEO, Tournunc
22 Apr (12:00 noon)	Polygence X Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund: “Study or Work? Startup or Corporate? Are you still deciding?” -Jin Chow, COO & Co-founder of Polygence -Janos Perczel, CEO & Co-founder of Polygence
22 Apr (3:00-4:15pm)	IPHatch Hong Kong (Start-up Competition)- Briefing -Hong Kong Trade Development Council
22 Apr (4:00-6:00pm)	A No Sweat Coding Workshop to Build Websites and Apps! (Session 1) -Mr. Lawson Cheng, Founder & CTO, Oneshop Limited
22 Apr	Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) 2020 (Nomination Deadline)
22 Apr (11:00am-3:00pm)	Startup Job Fair: Online Recruitment Talks
23 Apr (7:00pm-8:50pm)	Successful Social Entrepreneurship Partnerships Seminar Series (1st Seminar) -Professor Marie Rosencrantz & various Social Venture Partners
24 Apr (4:00-6:00pm)	A No Sweat Coding Workshop to Build Websites and Apps! (Session 2) -Mr. Lawson Cheng, Founder & CTO, Oneshop Limited

27 April - 2 May 2020
27 Apr (4:00-5:00pm)	Re-imagining Elderly Home Services: Opportunities for Disruptive Innovations -Mr. Edwin Lim, Head of Operations, Pine Care Place -Ms. Gloria Lam, Head Manager, Pine Care Place
28 & 29 Apr (2:30-4:00pm)	When Technologies Meet Entrepreneurship
29 Apr (3:00-4:15pm)	IPHatch Hong Kong (Start-up Competition)- Briefing -Hong Kong Trade Development Council
30 Apr	The STILE Initiative - Investment-backed Accelerator Programme (Application Deadline)

3 - 8 May 2020
4 May (10:00-11:00am)	HKUST X Impossible Foods: "Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies - Possible or Impossible?" -Dr. Pat Brown, CEO and Founder of Impossible Foods Inc. and Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry at Stanford University
5 May (2:00-3:00pm)	Tech-ship Program: What's Next for Your Technopreneurship Development?
5 May (4:00-5:30pm)	IP Seminar #1 - “IP Valuation" -Mr. Ronald Yu, Board Member and a Founding Member of IIPCC.org
6 May (4:00-5:30pm)	IP Seminar #2 - “IP Strategy" -Mr. Ronald Yu, Board Member and a Founding Member of IIPCC.org
7 May (4:00-5:30pm)	IP Seminar #3 - “Agreements (Employee, License, Shareholder and others) and Employee and user rights under IP law" -Mr. Ronald Yu, Board Member and a Founding Member of IIPCC.org -Mr. Kenneth Yip, Patent Counsel, PePLink
8 May (4:00-5:30pm)	IP Seminar #4 - “Communications with Patent Offices” -Mr. Ronald Yu, Board Member and a Founding Member of IIPCC.org -Mr. Kenneth Yip, Patent Counsel, PePLink