{"id":5842,"date":"2014-04-22T06:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2015-05-12T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T16:21:30","slug":"gsma-cyberport-2014-asia-innovation-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/press-release\/gsma-cyberport-2014-asia-innovation-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA, CYBERPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG HOST 2014 ASIA INNOVATION  FORUM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><em>Two-Day  Event Focuses on Building a Vibrant Mobile Ecosystem through Innovation and Collaboration<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong:<\/strong> The GSMA  today announced that, together with Cyberport and the Communications  Association of Hong Kong (CAHK), it is hosting the GSMA-Cyberport 2014 Asia  Innovation Forum 23-24 April at the Cyberport Conference and Exhibition Centre  in Hong Kong. \u00a0Under the theme of &ldquo;Building  a More Vibrant Mobile Ecosystem through Innovation and Collaboration&rdquo;, the  event will bring together key players in the mobile ecosystem, including mobile  operators, Internet companies, incubators, entrepreneurs, policy makers,  regulators and academia, and will focus on innovation and the role of various  sectors in accelerating innovation. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Innovation has always been at the very heart of the mobile  industry and we&rsquo;ve seen many significant developments in this technology sector  in a relatively short period of time. As we move to an increasingly mobile  world, we need to continue to drive the pace of innovation in order to deliver new  products and services to our customers and to create value for players across  the mobile ecosystem,&rdquo; said Irene Ng, Head of Asia, GSMA. \u00a0&ldquo;We&rsquo;re excited to be teaming with Cyberport  and the CAHK to explore these very important topics and to establish an ongoing  dialogue on innovation in the Asia Pacific region.&rdquo;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Sessions at the two-day Asia Innovation Forum will focus on  topics such as &ldquo;New Trends in the Mobile Sector&rdquo;, &ldquo;Creating the Ideal  Environment to Foster Innovation&rdquo;, &ldquo;Exploring Models of Smart Partnership&rdquo; and  &ldquo;Protecting the Value of Your Innovation and Investment&rdquo;. \u00a0The event will feature a range of keynote  speeches and panel discussions and will also include a series of &ldquo;pitching  sessions&rdquo; designed to help entrepreneurs perfect the presentation of their companies  and value propositions. <\/p>\n<p>Speakers participating in the Asia Innovation Forum include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guillaume  Mascot, Director of Public Affairs, Alcatel-Lucent<\/li>\n<li>Francois Candelon, Senior  Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group<\/li>\n<li>Chetan Sharma, President, Chetan  Sharma Consulting <\/li>\n<li>Professor  Wilton Chau, Director, Pan Asia Venture Development Platform, MBA Programs, the  Chinese University of Hong Kong and Vice Chairman, HK  Business Angel Network<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Dominic Chan, Honourary Project  Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship, the Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Ho, Chairman,  Communications Association of Hong Kong and CEO, CITIC Telecom CPC<\/li>\n<li>Teddy Lo, Director, Corporate Solutions and Business Development, CSL<\/li>\n<li>Mark Clift, Chief Operating  Officer, Cyberport <\/li>\n<li>William Fitzgerald, Policy  Manager, Google Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Joey  Lam, Deputy Government Chief Information Officer (Policy and Community), Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region<\/li>\n<li>Peter Cheung,  Director of the Intellectual Property Department and Registrar of Patents,  Designs and Trademarks, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative  Region<\/li>\n<li>Irene Ng, Head of Asia, GSMA<\/li>\n<li>Terence Wong, Outreach  Director APAC, GSMA<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Cheung Nim-kwan, CEO,  Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Professor Xu Yan, Associate  Dean, Business School, The Hong Kong University of Science &amp; Technology <\/li>\n<li>Carlos Katsuya, Head of Asia  Telecom, Media &amp; Technology, International Finance Corporation <\/li>\n<li>Johnson Kong, Board Member,  International Intellectual Property Commercialization Council<\/li>\n<li>Minette Navarrete,  President, Kickstart Ventures<\/li>\n<li>Charles Mok, Legislative Councillor  (Information Technology), Legislative Council, Hong Kong Special Administrative  Region<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Pang, CEO and  Founder, Leovation Ltd. <\/li>\n<li>Paul Haswell, Partner,  Pinsent Masons<\/li>\n<li>Tan Ai Leen, Registrar,  Singapore International Arbitration Centre&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\">-ENDS-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translation:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GSMA-Asia-Innov-Forum-220414-Traditional-Chinese_v4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Traditional Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the GSMA<\/strong><br \/>\n  The GSMA represents the interests of mobile  operators worldwide.&nbsp;Spanning more than 220 countries and territories, the GSMA unites  nearly 800 of the world&rsquo;s mobile operators with 250 companies in the broader  mobile ecosystem, including handset  and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and Internet  companies, as well as organisations in industry sectors such as financial  services, healthcare, media, transport and utilities. The GSMA also  produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia  Expo.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit the GSMA  corporate website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\">www.gsma.com<\/a>. Follow the GSMA on  Twitter: @GSMA. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contacts: <\/strong><br \/>\n  For the GSMA<br \/>\n  Charlie Meredith-Hardy<br \/>\n  +44 7917 298428<br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:CMeredith-Hardy@webershandwick.com\">CMeredith-Hardy@webershandwick.com<\/a><u> <\/u><\/p>\n<p>GSMA Press Office <br \/>\n  <a href=\"mailto:press@gsma.com\">press@gsma.com <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-Day Event Focuses on Building a Vibrant Mobile Ecosystem through Innovation and Collaboration Hong Kong: The GSMA today announced that, together with Cyberport and the Communications Association of Hong Kong (CAHK), it is hosting the GSMA-Cyberport 2014 Asia Innovation Forum 23-24 April at the Cyberport Conference and Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong. \u00a0Under the theme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"algolia_discover_type":[6627],"class_list":["post-5842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","algolia_discover_type-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - 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