Dear HKSUA Members,

Thank you for your interest in the startup school event that was scheduled to take place on July 18th.

Unfortunately, as most of you are aware, the swine flu epidemic has not subsided in Hong Kong and has resulted in local school closures. Given the sensitivity of holding large public events in this current environment, the Association has decided to move the startup school to Q4 2009.

In its place, we will be holding a free expanded workshop on July 18th at Cyberport entitled “IP & Cash: Two cornerstones Of Every Startup”.

The guest speakers will be Mark Parsons, Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, who will share important practical guidance on intellectual property for startup entrepreneurs, Dr, Waishun Lo of CUHK’s EMBA course on entrepreneurship, and John Lo, Partner at Hong Kong law firm Arculli Fong & Ng and author of a recently published book on angel financing, who will share his views on raising capital.

Maximum capacity for this event is 50 on a first come first served basis. Admission is free of charge.

Transport will be provided to and from Admiralty to Cyberport and light refreshments will be served.

The expanded workshop will begin at 1pm and end at 4pm. The venue is Cyberport Training Room 1-3. For a map and directions, please visit http://www.cyberport.com.hk/misc/cyberportmap/gis_index.htm.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused with this new arrangement but we trust that the new event will provide equal value to our members and a good networking opportunity for participants.

Please register for this new event by either emailing your name, contact email address and company details to info@hksua.com.hk or by registering on our event specific website at http://hkstartups.ning.com

We will notify registrants of transport arrangements in due course. Thank you and look forward to seeing you at the event.

Regards,

HKSUA