Past Events
Date: 17 March 2023
Venue: Yeung LT-5 Mr and Mrs Lau Tat Chuen Lecture Theatre
‘Ghosts’ are all around us, and if you learn how to recognize them, your research will benefit.
That was the message from Dr Denver Li of the Department of Physics during his Featured Talk at an event arranged by the Talent and Education Development Office (TED). He was speaking to an overflowing crowd of CityU Tigers about ‘ghosts’ in his remarkable research journey. Dr Li, however, was not referring to flimsy, translucent phantoms like those popularized in movies. Rather, he meant being alert enough to recognize something of importance that would otherwise escape our attention or simply be discounted during the research process. ‘Ghost hunting’, he explained to his spellbound audience, includes perceiving how a careless mistake could lead to a ground-breaking discovery (like his own), or a sudden flash of insight (like his own about a material in electrochemistry), or a life-changing decision made during an unexpected career opportunity that can give fruitful second thoughts about one’s research (such as in his case). The audience was fascinated by Dr Li’s mini-course on ‘Ghost-Hunting 101’ and the importance of paying attention to details and spotting the ‘ghosts’ in our daily lives.
The talk was concluded with an interactive Question-and-Answer session, during which Dr Li offered great practical advice: Make self-reflection a habit; Look for the details; Ask yourself what are the solutions to your problems; Be bold and proactive.
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Date: 6 - 7 March 2023
Venue: Photography Studio (B5-116, YEUNG)
The Talent and Education Development Office (TED) is committed to helping Tiger students succeed more and organized a free professional portrait-taking event for Tiger students on 6 and 7 March 2023. During the two-day event, students were given the opportunity to wear two different outfits, including business attire and smart casual clothing, and have their portraits taken at TED's photography studio. The students were highly impressed with TED's photography team and the overall pleasant atmosphere of the event. The students greatly appreciated this rare opportunity to obtain professional portrait photos, which they can use to improve their resumes and make a positive impression on potential employers. At the event, Professor Kenneth Lo, the Director of TED, urged Tiger students to take full advantage of the resources and opportunities provided by TED.
Date: 22 February 2023 (Wed)
Venue: LT-17 Wong To Yick Tong Lecture Theatre (4/F, Purple Zone, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building)
Four outstanding CityU Tiger students shared their research journeys with the CityU community on February 22 and talked about the inspiration for their diverse research projects. Professor Kenneth LO, the Director of Talent and Education Development Office, welcomed the attendees and introduced the event’s host, Dr. LO Pik Kwan, from the Department of Chemistry.
The audience was captivated from the start of the event when Year 2 student Mr. Farrell HUNG from the Department of Electrical Engineering discussed his ongoing study about using a low-cost device to approach real-time pupillometry. Ms. MAO Yaxuan, a Year 3 student from the School of Creative Media, followed with an amazing talk which highlighted her passionate interest in human-robot interaction and offered realistic suggestions for like-minded peers to figure out their own research interests. Mr. QU Qingao, a Year 3 student from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, kept the audience fully engaged as he talked about his research project using haptic information to facilitate user engagement. Mr. SUN Songling, from the School of Energy and Environment, wrapped up the presentations by sharing his two years of dedicated experience at CityU’s Energy, Materials and Built Environmental Laboratory.
A lively question-and-answer session followed the Tiger’s presentations and concluded the event. The participants were inspired to take up research work early and learned relevant time management techniques and other important research skills from the Tiger speakers.
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Date: 16 February 2023 (Thursday)
Venue: HK Tech 300 IncuHub, 8/F, United Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong
The Talent and Education Development Office (TED) invited Tiger students to explore the HK Tech 300 IncuHub at Admiralty. An opening remark was delivered by Mr. Thomas Chan, the Technology Development Manager from the Knowledge Transfer Office. His insightful sharing covered the chances for CityU students to receive funding for their startups as well as the sequential process that must be followed. He encouraged the participants to think creatively and not to be afraid to come up with bold ideas. Next, Dr. Martin Zhu, a co-founder of i²Cool Limited, briefly introduced the "black technology" of refrigeration derived from the "special function" of ants and discussed his startup experience with the support of CityU professors and HK Tech 300. Lastly, Ms. Sunnie Lau, the Director of Smart City Research and Industry Collaboration from MIT HK Innovation Node, introduced their programme - Urban Technology Week 2023. She went to great lengths regarding the requirements and expectations for their programme and encouraged attendees to join it in the summer. At the end of the event, participants were divided into two groups to tour around IncuHub and gained a sense of the venue’s operation.
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Date: 17 January 2023 (Tue)
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (B5-117, YEUNG)
Tiger students learned how to prepare for interviews to stand out from a pool of candidates in any kind of opportunities like scholarships, exchanges, or internships. Participants of the workshop also had a chance to practice during an interactive session, in addition to receiving explanations and examples of how to answer specific interview questions. The practice sessions not only helped the students gain new knowledge about building a solid CV and responding to interview questions concisely, but also provided an opportunity for them to network with their peers.
Date: 12-13 January 2023
Venue: Multifunction Room, 8/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
The Talent and Education Development Office (TED) has provided free professional portrait-taking opportunities for Tiger students on January 12th and 13th. Tiger students were required to perform a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on the shooting day and present their negative test results upon arrival at the venue.
During the two-day shooting, tiger students prepared two outfits on the shooting day: business and smart casual. They were highly impressed by the efficient shooting team, makeup artist and wholesome pleasant shooting ambience. The students greatly appreciated this rare portrait-taking opportunity as they could use their professional portrait photos to enhance their CVs and leave a positive impression on their prospective employers. At the event, Tiger students were encouraged by Prof. Lo, the Director of TED, to grasp the opportunities offered by TED.
Date: 21 December 2022 (Wed)
Venue: Lodge Bistro (G/F, CityU Lodge, Academic Exchange Building)
Mode: Face-to-face
Reaching the end of Semester A, Tigers were invited to join this afternoon tea gathering to share their university life with the Acting Provost, Prof Chan, and bond with their peers.
All participants were required to present the negative Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) result upon arrival at the venue. Tigers enjoyed playing the networking games with happy faces and laughter throughout the event. Winners of the Bingo game were rewarded with the opportunity to join the Best Presenter Competition. By the end of the gathering, Tigers were introduced to explore upcoming featured activities in 2023.
Date: 11 November, 2022
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (B5-117, YEUNG)
After formulating an effective way to define and analyze problems from the Pitching Skills Workshop I – Mindset Focus, tiger students consolidated their knowledge to apply the learnt communication model and mindset to conduct pitching in Workshop II. More practice on delivering ideas was addressed to brush up students’ presentation techniques. Tiger students particularly enjoyed practicing in pairs and were greatly stimulated by the memory retention model to understand pitching better. “I have enjoyed today's session and felt inspired to do something meaningful within the paradigm of business and start-ups,” one of the tiger students remarked.
Date: 19 October 2022
Mode: Online
Businesses should be driven to create meaning and not just money. Mr Eric Chen, CityU's distinguished alumnus who graduated from the College of Engineering, delivered an insightful sharing to students in hybrid mode. In his talk, Mr Chen shared his career path and ten lessons he learned from his entrepreneurial journey. Participants were given a glimpse into his company's operation, Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Group, using CityU’s patented technology, "transgenic fluorescent fish," invented by Professor Shuk Han Cheng. The talk was concluded with an interactive Q&A session. Mr Chen also shared his CityU school life and encouraged students to balance their academic studies with their extracurricular activities and participate more in competitions to meet like-minded peers.
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Date: 7 October 2022
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (B5-117, YEUNG)
The Pitching Skills (Mindset Focus) workshop was held at the Active Learning Classroom by the Talent and Education Development Office (TED) on 7 October 2022. Tiger students learnt how to define problems, conduct tools and brainstorm business solutions. These skills are essential to selling an idea, building connections and expanding networks in the workplace as well as the business world. “It is a meaningful and great workshop about start-ups!” one of the tiger students remarked.
Date: 19 September 2022
Venue: Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, 5/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building; Zoom Webinar
Nearly 700 new elite Tiger students set to start on their future leadership path were welcomed at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in a ceremony on 19 September.
It was an honour to have Professor Way Kuo (CityU President), Professor Christian Wagner (Provost), Professor Michael Yang (Vice-President of Research and Technology), Professor Johnny Ho (Acting Director of Knowledge Transfer Office), Professor Chan Chi Hou (Director of Talent and Education Development Office), Professor Kenneth Lo (Associate Director of Talent and Education Development Office), deans from colleges and schools, and department heads to welcome and congratulate the Tiger students.
President Kuo congratulated the young talent for being part of CityU Tiger. “Tiger students will participate in tailor-made courses and training under the guidance of world-class scholars to fully develop their individual talent and unique potential,” he said. “I hope these outstanding students will seize this opportunity and unleash the qualities like our University Mascot, the tiger, which is wise, vital, vigorous and proactive, becoming the elite of CityU and future leaders in society.”
Date: 14-15 June 2022
Venue: Multifunction Room, 8/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
The Talent and Education Development Office (TED) has provided a free professional portrait-taking opportunity for Tiger students on June 14th and 15th. Tiger students were required to perform a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) on the shooting day and present their negative test results upon arrival at the venue.
During the two-day shooting, tiger students were highly impressed by the efficient shooting team and wholesome pleasant shooting ambience. The students greatly appreciated this rare portrait-taking opportunity as they could use their professional portrait photos to enhance their CVs and leave a positive impression on their prospective employers. At the event, Tiger students were encouraged by Prof. Chan, the Director of TED, to grasp the opportunities offered by TED.
Date: 12 May 2022
Mode: Online
Career change from one field to another often requires much time, energy, and courage. In this webinar, Dr. Elly Chow, a graduate of the former Department of Biology and Chemistry at CityU, shared with students how she successfully transformed her professional life from a Biologist to a Patent Attorney. Participants were given a glimpse into the world of Intellectual Property (IP). Dr. Chow explained to the audience the types of Intellectual Property, the differences between trademark and copyright, and some key takeaways to protecting IP. Apart from sharing insights into IP, she also explained the importance of networking and making connections proactively in the community. The talk was concluded with an interactive Q&A session and a saying she lives by, which is to “Make Each Day Count”. She encouraged students not to idle away time and grasp opportunities whenever possible.
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Date: 17 March 2022
Mode: Online
The path to success is not always a smooth ride. In face of various hardship, Dr. Chen was still very determined to embark on an entrepreneurial journey as “one door closes, another one opens”. In this webinar, Dr. Chen Jiashu shared with tiger students his bumpy journey from an engineering graduate to a successful entrepreneur of pure CMOS-based millimeter-wave radar chips for intelligent driving systems. As a CityU alumnus, Dr. Chen encouraged tiger students to keep an open mind and diverse their knowledge during their time at CityU. The session was concluded with some insightful tips and sayings shared by Dr. Chen.
Date: 22 February 2022
Mode: Online
On top of basic knowledge learning through class studies, many talented college students self-educated themselves to follow state-of-the-art development of advanced science and technology, which pave the way for them to become future scientists. Tiger students learned some stories about successful scientists in the history, and personal experiences of Professor Guanrong (Ron) Chen. They also learned the importance of questioning in the research process and to seek their supervisor's guidance in setting their research direction. The fruitful talk was ended with a meaningful interaction between Professor Chen and participants.
Date: 25 January, 2022
Venue: EMBA lounge, 14/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Through Dr. Ng’s sharing and his illustration of the case about AI pet face recognition, tiger students were reminded about the importance of developing their core competencies to fit into the tech industry. They also learned about the prospect of working in the tech industry and the good engineering practices. It is important to define a problem early and make adjustments specific to your application instead of reinventing the wheel. The talk was concluded with a fruitful discussion, question and answer session.
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Date: 28 December, 2021
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (ALC), B5-117, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Reaching the end of the semester, tiger ambassadors were invited to share their fruitful university life with the Director of TED, Professor Chan together with our Associate Director, Professor Lo. While tiger ambassadors shared their learning experiences and innermost feelings about the Tiger Programme, they were also awarded ‘Tiger Ambassador Trainee’ certificates and remunerated via the University's student helper scheme.
Date: 22 December, 2021
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (ALC), B5-117, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
While theoretical knowledge was covered in the intermediate workshop, Tiger students gained hands-on experience in the advanced workshop. More practice on competency-based interviews was addressed to brush up story-telling techniques, which are also important in the journey to become entrepreneurs. Group Interview was introduced and some participants underwent an individual mock interview and learned to increase their chances of a scholarship, exchange or internship attainment!
Date: 5 November, 2021
Venue: Active Learning Classroom (ALC), B5-117, 5/F, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building
Tiger students learned how to prepare a strength-based CV where their best would particularly be highlighted. The workshop also provides students with a sharp insight of the types of questions they will likely be asked for Scholarship/Exchange/Internship.
Students were favorably impressed by the “STAR” approach – the answering technique for ability/competency-based questions. It is the acronym of Situation, Task, Action, and Result. “Using the STAR approach and emphasizing out strengths would be appealing”, one of the students remarked.
Date: 21 October, 2021
Venue: EMBA lounge, 14/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building
Speaker: Mr Raymond Chan, Founding Partner - AlphaBrain
Facilitator: Dr Victor Lau, Associate Director, Knowledge Transfer Office
Tiger students were greatly inspired by the speaker Mr Raymond Chan’s experience of overcoming difficulties and challenges at the time he started his business. They also obtained a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the interplay between innovation and entrepreneurship.
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Date: 29 September, 2021
Venue: Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, 5/F, Lau Ming Wai Academic Building; Zoom Webinar
Around 200 Tiger students embarked on their journey to become future leaders were greeted at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in a ceremony both on campus and online on 29 September. At the ceremony, Tiger students gained vital information about featured activities of the programme, and new insights from distinguished scholars and dedicated videos.
It was an honour to have Professor Way Kuo (CityU President), Professor Christian Wagner (Provost), Professor Julie Li (Associate Provost), Professor Chan Chi Hou (Director of Talent and Education Development), Dr Kwok Chi Wai (Director of Alumni Relations), Ms Tricia Chong (Director of Knowledge Transfer), deans of colleges and schools, and department heads to welcome and congratulate the Tiger students.
By virtue of President Kuo’s inspirational remarks, students were made aware of the significance of the word “question” - the spirit of raising questions and exploring for answers, as presented in the CityU anthem.