Date:    9 November 2024 (Saturday)
Time:    10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue:  Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Central Library

Topic 1: Cross-border Healthcare Utilization and Cross-border
               Mobility in the Greater Bay Area: Barriers and
               Opportunities
Topic 2: Deep-Tech Venturing and “Learning-by-Building” in
               Greater Bay Area

Conducted in Cantonese.
Free admission. First come, first served.

Members of the public can also watch a live broadcast of the lecture through the YouTube Channel of the Hong Kong Public Libraries (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJUipdvSACZjO1ldoO3YQBA)

Brief Introduction

Topic 1:    Cross-border Healthcare Utilization and Cross-border Mobility in the Greater Bay Area: Barriers and Opportunities
Speaker:  Prof. He Shenjing
                  Lady Edith Kotewall Professor in the Built Environment, Head of Department of Urban Planning & Design, Executive Deputy
                  Director of the Urban Systems Institute, The University of Hong Kong

Healthcare has long been a key concern for Hong Kong residents to resettle within the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Meanwhile, the shortage of medical professionals and other healthcare resources in Hong Kong has presented a huge challenge to the wellbeing of an aging society. Drawing from international experience, the research team proposes that cross-border healthcare services can serve as an important social infrastructure to incentivize cross-border mobility, facilitate Hong Kong citizens’ socioeconomic and cultural activities in the GBA, and at the same time alleviating the pressure on the public healthcare system in Hong Kong. This lecture presents detailed analysis of the major barriers and opportunities of cross-border healthcare utilization.

Topic 2:    Deep-Tech Venturing and “Learning-by-Building” in Greater Bay Area
Speaker:  Prof. Au Yuk Fai, Kevin
                  Associate Professor, Department of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Economically, innovation by deep-tech ventures is new to Hong Kong. A deep-tech venture derived from breakthrough discoveries can change the world but must start with a “beachhead” market when the venture has limited resources. Lacking the prowess, deep-tech ventures cannot pull critical resources in-house to support research and development in the same way as large firms. They must seek out specialised complementary assets, like testing equipment and critical data, to conserve capital and avoid the sunk cost. “Learning-by-building” will affect how and where these ventures embark on their growth path and as consequence, have impact on future innovativeness of the Greater Bay Area.