Great works come from preparations and perseverance. Before the trip, participants have examined thoroughly the company information by conducting researches, meetings with the management team of Hanbo and visiting its Product Development Centre located at Futian, Shenzhen. After a thorough study of the information collected from different channels, the participants presented their research focus and initial findings to the MBA supervisors for better planning on the field study during the 9-day trip.

Before joining the panel discussion at the end of the forum, Mr. Spencer Fung, CEO and Founder of Optix Group introduced a cloud-based AI system for maintenance – JACC by leveraging AI, Big Data & IoT that makes general technicians perform high-skilled maintenance work easily & efficiently. He also demonstrated a use case of JACC on Bus Infotainment System for the audiences to understand how AI was deployed in business operations and was being used in our everyday lives.

The CityU MBA SHARP Forum organising committee successfully invited Dr. Zeman to share his business philosophy and how he made strategic decisions in a changing environment on 6 April 2017. His talk attracted over 160 audiences across the university community and the public. Everyone enjoyed his sharing and had an inspiring evening.

Experiential learning has been an essential component of the CityU MBA programme. This year, a group of 40 participants led by Professor Kevin Chiang, MBA Director, had a remarkable journey with Imperial College Business School and the Edwardian Hotels in London for the 10-day residential Global Brand Management Workshop in March 2017. With the theme of “Convergence of Innovations in Technology, Design and Marketing for Global Brand Management”, participants had invaluable opportunities to learn from the Imperial College Faculty and reach out to the Edwardian Hotels, a luxury hospitality hotel group with a very British flavour and unique branding strategy.

Experiential learning has been an essential component of the CityU MBA programme. This year, a group of 40 participants led by Professor Kevin Chiang, MBA Director, had a remarkable journey with Imperial College Business School and the Edwardian Hotels in London for the 10-day residential Global Brand Management Workshop in March 2017.

Embracing new technology is one of the key strategies for most enterprises in the digital age. The 6th SHARP Forum brought to us two tech pioneers, Mr. Deng Hong Chun, Tech leader of TMALL Interactive Technology Alliance in Alibaba Group from its Headquarters at Hangzhou and Mr. Peter Yu, Founder and CEO of JetOne Motion, a multinational company originated in Hong Kong giving a talk to over 120 audiences on the topic of ‘Mixed Reality Revolution - The Next Big Thing in Marketing’ on 13 March 2017 at CityU campus. The speakers shared their insightful experiences and the latest development in Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR) applications for various businesses, especially in marketing sector in the event.

Over 120 professionals and senior executives from banking and financial sectors in a majority came together for the 5th CityU MBA SHARP Forum: "Fintech – Benefits, Challenges & Prospects in Hong Kong" held on February 13, 2017. Mr. Alex Kong, Founder and Group CEO of TNG (The Next Generation) Wallet, Prof. Frank Tong, CEO of Astri and the moderator, Prof. Ir. Daniel Cheng, Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries were invited as the honorable guest speakers to share their views and first-hand experiences in FinTech.

CityU SHARP Forum brought us to a thought-provoking talk on “Navigating the Future of Supply Chain in Hong Kong – Reshaping logistics Industry through Disruptive Innovations” by having a legendary start-up founder in logistic sector – Mr. Shing-Yuk Chow, CEO of Lalamove and a veteran official - Mr. Benjamin Wong, Head of Transport and Industrial, InvestHK of HKSARG as the guest speakers on Jan 16th, 2017 at CityU campus, which attracted over 100 audiences to participate in this event.

CityU MBA SHARP Forum presents: Phoenix TV Century Forum – The One-Belt-One-Road initiative and the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) in the perspective of the Global Supply Chain Transformation was held on January 13th in the Multimedia Theatre of Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre at CityU. Student committee for the CityU MBA SHARP Forum was proud to take part in the promotion and event management of the event. More than 160 audiences comprising of CityU colleagues, students, alumni and public visitors joined the forum, which was recorded by Phoenix TV to be broadcasted in mid-February 2017.

CityU MBA SHARP Forum continues to unfold business frontiers by inviting Mr. Kelvin CHAN (陳金培), Head of Investment of Fosun Hani Securities Ltd., Mr Paul PONG (龐寶林), Managing Director of Pegasus Fund Managers Ltd., and Ms. Juliette GIMENEZ (詹明月), CEO and Co-founder of Goxip, as our panel speakers to discuss the topic: “Venture Capital vs Entrepreneur – Strategies to raise funding from investors” on 8 Dec 2016.