The One-Day Symposium on "Photonics
R&D in Hong Kong: Opportunities and Challenges"
was held on 13 June, 2003 (Friday) in HK Science Park.
The Symposium is focus on Networking and Technical Exchange
amoung the Photonics. With the co-sponsored by ASTRI,
HKSTP, HKOEA, CUHK, CityU HK, HK PolyU and HKUST, the
symposium was successfuly attracted over 100 participants,
included the participants in CUHK who through the real-time
video conference.
The symposium started at 9:15am, with the Welcome and
Opening Remarks by Mr. C.D. Tam (HKSTP).
The Morning Session was chaired by Prof. S.P. Wong(CUHK),
with the topic on"Photonics Research
in the Academia", and the following
speakers delivered their talks:
Afterward, the Panel Session I with the topic on"Futurn
Challenges of Photonics Research at the Universities in
Hong Kong" was moderated by Prof Chinlon
Lin(CUHK), with 8 Panelists of: Speakers above plus Prof.
P.S. Chung (CityU HK), Prof. Kei May Lau (HKUST), Prof.
Leo Lau (CUHK), Prof. H.Y. Tam(HKPolyU) and Prof. K.W.
Cheah (BU).
The afternoon session was chaired by Mr. Kenny Chow,
with topic on"Photonics Industries in
Hong Kong", and the following speakers
delivered their talks:
- Photonics R & D at ASTRI - Dr. Frank Tong
- Photonics Center at HKSP - Mr. Peter Yeung
- Photonics R & D in Hong Kong Industries - Mr.
Daniel Lau
The Panel Session II followed with the topic on "Photonics
Industries in Hong Kong: Roadmap to a Brighter Future"
was moderated by Mr. Lin Chi Hung(ASTRI), with 8 Panelists
of: Speakers above plus Mr. Kenny Chow (Lite Array OLED),
Mr. William Yim(Sanwa Technologies), Mr. Bernard Leung
(Photonics Manufacturing Services), Dr. Steve Yeung (Varitronix)
and Mr. Bernard Zau (Micro Electronics).
Finally, ended with the Concluding Remarks delivered
by Mr. S.W. Cheung, the Symposium was successfully ended
at 5:00 pm.
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