General Information
Program Schedule
Organizers
Travel Information

Registration

The conference registration fee is USD $350.
Register for REE 2007

Hosts

Chinese University of Hong Kong:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/

Stanford Technology Ventures Program:
stvp.stanford.edu

Sponsors

Accel Partners:
www.accel.com

Local Sponsors

Contact Us

Ms. Samuel Tam
Centre for Innovation and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
sytam@cuhk.edu.hk

Wednesday, October 21st

Morning: Hong Kong Science Park

08:30 AM - 09:30 AM Organizers Meeting
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome Remarks by Professor Lawrence Lau, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Speed Dating - Old Timers and New Comers
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Walk around at Science Park

Afternoon: Hong Kong Science Park: Commercializing Technology Sessions

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Lunch

Welcome Note by Mr. Anthony Tan, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

Opening Ceremony

Keynote on the World Economic Forum's Report on Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs with Professor Tom Byers of Stanford University.
Please read the Executive Summary (PDF) before attending.

01:30 PM - 02:15 PM Poster Session
02:15 PM - 02:45 PM Introduction to Hong Kong's Technology Innovation by Mr. Eddy Chan, Commissioner, Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR Government
02:45 PM - 04:15 PM Panel Discussion on Commercialization of University Technologies in the Region's major economies
Facilitated by Professor Matthew Yuen, Acting Vice-President for Research & Development, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Panelists:
Dr. Cliff C.K. Chan, TeleEye Group
Dr. Nim Cheung, Chief Executive Office, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
Mr. Jun Li, Shanghai Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates
Mr. Song, Lak Kyoung, School of Innovation & Technology Management, KAIST

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM Refreshment Break and Poster Session
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM Workshop: Innovation as an Extreme Sport by Dr. Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program

Evening: Chung Chi College Staff Club, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

07:00 PM - 09:30 PM Welcoming Dinner


Thursday, October 22nd

Morning: Hotel

07:00 AM - 08:00 AM Breakfast
Table arranged by discussion topic.

Morning: Hong Kong Science Park

09:00 AM - 10:20 PM Research Paper Sessions: Globalizing Entrepreneurship: Ideas that work
Parallel sessions with 15 minute presentations of the papers in Proceedings 
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM Refreshment Break and Poster Session
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM Entrepreneurship and Information: does location matter? by Professor AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Bus to Cyberport

Afternoon: Hong Kong Cyberport: Investor Investee Sessions

01:00 PM - 02:15 PM Lunch

Welcome Note by Mr. Nicholas Yang, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited

Two Types of Entrepreneurship: Start Up vs. Scale Up by Mr. Po Chung, Founder DHL

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM Living Case - VC and Investee Early Stage Investment for the Global Entrepreneur by Prof. Frank Tong, Acasia and Mr. Raymond Leung, TDK China Co. Ltd.
03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Living Case by Dr. Kenneth Fong, KENSON Ventures, LLC
03:45 PM - 04:30 PM Refreshment Break and Poster Session
04:30 PM - 06:00 PM Forum on Venture Capital: Managing through the Crisis:
Facilitated by Mr. K.O Chia, Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association

Panelists:
Mr. Henson Cheah, Asia Tech Ventures Ltd.
Mr. Samson Tam, Group Sense (International) Limited
Mr. G.W. Gao, Tongji University

Evening: Dinner and Entertainment (Free Time)


Friday, October 23rd

Morning: Shenzhen Hi-Tech Zone and Shenzhen University

07:00 AM - 08:00 AM Breakfast: Hotel
08:00 AM - 10:00 AM Bus from Hong Kong to Shenzhen
The ride to Shenzhen will take approximately one hour.
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM Site Visit:
Tencent, Inc. at Shenzhen Hi-Tech Zone and Entrepreneurship Park at Shenzhen University

Afternoon: Shenzhen University

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 PM - 02:05 PM Welcome Note by Professor XING Feng, Vice President, Shenzhen University
02:05 PM - 02:30 PM Keynote Address on Entrepreneurship Environment and related Policy in Shenzhen by Mr. Zhou Luming, Chairman, Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM Living case (to be confirmed)
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM Living Case by Professor Li Junli, Vice Director, Engineering Physics Department, Tsinghua University: NuTech Company Limited
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM Refreshment Break and Poster Session
04:30 PM - 06:00 Panel Discussion: A Global Perspective on Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research
Faculitated by Ms. Kristie Seawright, Executive Director, Global Entrepreneurship Research Association
06:00 PM - 06:15 PM Wrap up

Evening: Dinner
to be determined

07:00 PM - 09:00 PM Dinner
Interactive Exercise
Summarizing the Conference
Announcing and presenting the Best Paper Awards
Future REE activities
09:30 PM Bus back to HK with stops at Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Sha Tin and Lan Kwai Fong (the Bar district)