Opening Ceremony of CityU’s Apps Lab
We would like to invite you to cover the following event:
Event: Opening Ceremony of CityU’s Apps Lab
Date: 29 August 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Innovation Centre, Room P1402, 1/F, Purple Zone, Academic 1, CityU
【Route: take Lift 18 (at the left side of the bridge connecting Festival Walk to CityU) down to 1/F】
Officiating guests:
Mrs Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, a member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council
Mr Charles Peter Mok, a member of the Legislative Council (Information Technology)
Mr Eugene Fong Yick-jin, the District Governor for Rotary International District 3450
Professor Arthur Ellis, CityU Provost
Professor Man Kim-fung, Head of CityU’s Department of Electronic Engineering
An apps laboratory has been set up by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) to nurture more professionals for the information technology sector and encourage students from different majors to develop apps, thereby enhancing their interdisciplinary knowledge and skills.
The opening ceremony will be held on 29 August. The laboratory will then produce a series of mobile phone apps, including one that calls on the public to support organ donation.
As part of the launch, representatives from Apple, BlackBerry, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Aceona, Apptask, Deloitte, Gravitas, GreenTomato, etc. will deliver talks and host seminars for CityU students.
Media enquiries: Christina Wu, Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 6819 or 9841 2774)