BUSINESS OF I&T WEEK SET

The Business of Innovation & Technology Week (BIT Week) will be held in April, the Innovation, Technology & Industry Bureau announced today.

Highlight events include the Digital Economy Summit, the InnoEX and the inaugural Hong Kong World Youth Science Conference.

Secretary for Innovation, Technology & Industry Prof Sun Dong said: “The BIT Week brings together local talent and those outside Hong Kong covering some 20 regions and over 3,000 exhibitors to showcase to the world Hong Kong’s unique edge and strong innovation and technology (I&T) capabilities through a series of seminars, exhibitions, business networking, talent matching and industry events.

“It is a key policy of the country to develop ‘new quality productive forces’ driven by technological innovation. The series of events under the BIT Week aims to promote the upstream, midstream and downstream development of the local I&T ecosystem chain, accelerating the formation of ‘new quality productive forces’ and scaling new heights for our I&T sector, thereby propelling Hong Kong’s advancement into an international I&T centre.”

Elaborating on the details, the bureau said the Digital Economy Summit, organised by the bureau and Cyberport, will be held on April 12 and 13 with the theme “Smarter Technovation for All: Forging a Sustainable Future”.

The summit will feature over 100 renowned speakers from Hong Kong, the Mainland, the US, Germany, the Middle East as well as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries who will participate in eight thematic forums about artificial intelligence, business innovation, smart industrialisation and supply chain, smart mobility, new energy, smart finance, Web3.0, and smart living and inclusion.

Meanwhile, the second InnoEX co-organised by the bureau and the Trade Development Council will be held from April 13 to 16. Themed “Innovations for a Smarter World”, the event will bring together exhibitors from Hong Kong, 16 Mainland provinces and cities as well as France, Canada, India, Singapore and the UK. By showcasing cutting-edge technology solutions and promoting exchanges, the exhibition seeks to promote cross-sectoral and cross-territory I&T development and collaboration.

The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer will also set up the Smart Hong Kong Pavilion at InnoEX to present over 100 I&T solutions closely related to people’s everyday life. The winning entries from local innovators and students will be on display to demonstrate the latest progress in promoting I&T and smart city development.

At a roundtable session, government representatives from ASEAN countries will share experiences related to smart city development and ways to achieve sustainable development.

Separately, the inaugural Hong Kong World Youth Science Conference and the Xianjiang Nobel Forum 2024 will take place on April 13 and 14. The event will gather top-notch I&T talent and renowned scientists, including Nobel Prize and Turing Award laureates, to discuss issues such as Big Data, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biology and new materials, thereby enhancing Hong Kong’s status in the international scientific arena.

Other industry events during the BIT Week include Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition), Smart Lighting Expo, Elevator Pitching Competition, and Hong Kong Web3 Festival, the bureau added.

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