Thank you to those who have registered for our forthcoming workshop on Tuesday June 16th at Servcorp’s office in Central. Registration is now closed. Those successfully registered shall be contacted shortly to confirm.

Look forward to seeing you at the event.

Regards,

HKSUA

Dear HKSUA members,

For those interested in learning about the direction of internet governance and how it will affect you, on Friday June 19, 2009, the Internet Society of Hong Kong and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce will be holding a luncheon at Club Lusitano, 27/F, 16 Ice House Street, Central from 1230pm to 2pm. The subject is on ‘Who Will Rule The Internet’ and will feature Mr. Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator of the Secretariat supporting the Internet Governance Forum, United Nations.

This promises to be an exciting event and we encourage HKSUA members to attend. Entry fee will be HK$350 for ISOP and Canadian Chamber of Commerce members or HK$450 for non-members. Registration can be made here.

Did you know that using code licensed under the GNU GPL (General Public License) could potentially undermine your IP rights if certain precautions and planning do not take place? The same may apply to other open source code released under other licenses.

Join us for an evening workshop with Aaron Farr to get a sense of the issues you need to be aware of to protect your valuable IP while using open source code. Over the last decade, Aaron has contributed to and led open source projects, notably Apache Avalon and Apache Excalibur, and implemented open source in Fortune 500 companies and small startups. He currently sits on the board of directors for the Apache Software Foundation.

The event is free. Due to space limitations, we will only allow one representative from each company to attend.

Our event sponsor Servcorp, is the industry-leading, technologically advanced provider of the most professional, flexible and cost- effective serviced office and virtual office solutions. Servcorp enables companies of any size to work with the infrastructure, support and presence of a multinational organization without the long term commitment and capital expenditure.

I hope the event will be another interesting one and look forward to seeing you there.

Regards,

HKSUA

The HKSUA is pleased to announce details of its second workshop event on Tuesday June 16th 2009 starting at 715pm to 830pm to be held at our event sponsor Servcorp’s offices at Level 39, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong.

We are delighted to have as guest speaker Aaron Farr who will discuss open source. Over the last decade, Aaron has contributed to and lead open source projects, notably Apache Avalon and Apache Excalibur, and implemented open source in Fortune 500 companies and small startups. He currently sits on the board of directors for the Apache Software Foundation.

Is open source part of your business plan? With free and open source components expected to be in 80% of all commercial software by 2012, it should be. Join Aaron  and the HKSUA in what will be a rewarding discussion.

The event is free. Only a limited number of seats (16) are available. To register, please send an email to info@hksua.com.hk with your full name, email address, company name (if applicable) and contact number. If you are interested in serviced office solutions, please advise so on the same email. Due to space limitations, we will only allow one representative from each company to attend.

Our event sponsor Servcorp, is the industry-leading, technologically advanced provider of the most professional, flexible and cost-effective serviced office and virtual office solutions. Servcorp enables companies of any size to work with the infrastructure, support and presence of a multinational organization without the long term commitment and capital expenditure.

I hope the event will be another interesting one and look forward to seeing you there.

Regards,

HKSUA

Perhaps you are here because Napoleon Biggs announced the event at this month’s Web Wednesday (many thanks Napoleon!) or you found us another way.  Regardless, we’re happy to give you some more information about an exciting upcoming HKSUA event.

The Hong Kong Startup Association (HKSUA) is pleased to announce its inaugural Startup School event to be held at Cyberport on at July 18th 2009.  The event will be a full day event providing practical advice and featuring specialist guest speakers on the full cycle of a startup from idea formulation, through to fundraising and growth and promises to be a rewarding experience for anyone interested in technology or entrepreneurship.  

The event will be free.  For planning purposes, we just ask that you RSVP on the dedicated Startup School website.  Many thanks to Aaron Farr of Jadetower for putting the site together on quick notice.  

We are still in need of volunteers, candidates for speakers, sponsors, etc. so if you can help, spot any opportunities for collaboration or if you have specific ideas about what you would like to see and hear at the event, please contact us at info@hksua.com.hk.  Should you have any other questions, please feel free to contact email us at the same address.

Thank you

Thanks to all our members who have signed up for our workshop event on April 21st. We have received a strong response and all the seats have now been filled. We are now closing the registration for this event. For those who are still interested however, we have set up a wait list to accommodate any cancellations and will reallocate seats to those in the queue. If you wish to be added to the list, please email us at info@hksua.com.hk.

Thank you for your continued support of the HKSUA.

Regards,

HKSUA

The HKSUA is pleased to announce details of its first workshop event on Tuesday April 21st starting at 730pm to 830pm to be held at our event sponsor Servcorp’s offices at Level 39, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong.

We are delighted to have as our guest speakers, two distinguished experts in the field of technology startups and angel investment. Dr. Waishun Lo and John Lo who will share their experience on E-ship, entrepreneurship and angel investment.

Dr. Lo is an advisor to technology startups and teacher at Chinese University’s EMBA course. He has published a book titled “Case Studies of Innovative Start-ups in Hong Kong” and is engaged in research on innovation and design, research and development and China IP strategy.

John Lo is a Partner of Hong Kong lawyers Arculli Fong & Ng. John has completed a book on Angel investment and is a frequent lecturer throughout Hong Kong, China and the US on legal and business issues relating to technology startups, private equity, and China investments.

The event sponsor Servcorp, as an added bonus, will be offering free trial vouchers to their serviced offices for one month to our event participants.

Only a limited number of places are available for this event (16 places) and will be available on a first come first served basis. Please register by emailing us at info@hksua.com.hk. The event is free of charge.

The event promises to be very rewarding and we hope to see you there.

Regards,

HKSUA

On 24 March 2009, Cyberport will be hosting its Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2009 event discussing issues relating to creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship within the Digital Entertainment industry. This promises to be a very exciting event with a variety of renowned experts in the field presenting.

An early bird discount is also available. Further details are available by visiting the website or by contacting Cyberport at delf@cyberport.com.hk.

Hope to see you there!

Regards,

HKSUA

Further to the below, please note the event will be held in Lecture Theatre F (LTF in the Academic Building) at HKUST (Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong). A map of the venue is located under the ‘Quick Links’ section of the HKUST website on the left.

Reminder: The HKSUA event at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is confirmed for Saturday Feb 21st 1pm to 3pm. The theme is “Digital Marketing, Design, And Outsourcing Considerations For Startups”. The room number is to be confirmed and we will post this as soon as it is available. Please mark your calendars for this event.

We are pleased to announce that our guest speakers will be Sheldon James, Managing Director of S.J. Consulting Group Asia, a firm specializing in IT Training and Open Source application instruction and technical consulting, Ben Cheng of Oursky, a web application development and consulting firm who also co-founded Foncept, a t-shirt artist community, and finally Cyrus G. Ma, a digital marketing specialist from Socialutions, a Hong Kong based technology startup who are developing their own series of innovative internet platforms.

The event will end with a panel discussion on “How clients can assist outsourcers in effectively managing their projects”.

This promises to be a very exciting event and we look forward to seeing as many of our members at the event as possible.

Regards,

HKSUA

Dear HKSUA Members,

We are pleased to announce that Cyberport will be hosting a seminar titled “Make Big Money from Innovation: Monetizing and Managing Your Intellectual Property” on March 11 2009 2:30pm to 5pm at the Cyberport Training Theatre 3/F, Core F, Cyberport 3. Guest speakers include Charles Mok, Chairman of the Internet Society of Hong Kong, Thomas Parenty, Managing Director of Parenty Consulting and author of the book “Digital Defense”, and Lo Wai-shun, Chinese University OneMBA program professor. Admission to the event is free and the first ten registrants will receive a free signed copy of the book.

Details and registration can be obtained by visiting the seminar website, by email to conference@cyberport.hk, or by phone to 852 3166 3800.

We hope to see you at the event.

Regards,

HKSUA