8 Oct 2014 Four-day workshop agenda at HKUST
Many prominent speakers have now been invited to share their experiences and thoughts about the toy industry in Hong Kong. This is a rare opportunity to listen to top industrialists and professionals in Hong Kong who are engaged in design and toy manufacture. Following is the schedule of guest talk series.
For enquiries, please contact us at mytoydesign@ust.hk or 23587096.
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7th February 2015 (Saturday) - Toy Safety and Marketing (Venue:LT-G, Lift 25/26) |
Time |
Schedule |
Speaker |
1:00-1:15 |
Registration |
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1:15-2:30 |
Designing Safe Toys |
Dr. Nelson Chan (Vice President, Risk Assessment & Management Asia and Premiums & Consulting Hong Kong Intertek) |
2:30-4:00 |
Toy Marketing |
Mr. Rhys Bradley (President, Blue Cat Far East Ltd) |
4.00-4.15 |
Break |
|
4:15-5:45 |
New Materials in Toy Making |
Mr. Ming Yeung (Director of Design, Tsuen Lee Group (Holdings) Ltd) |
22nd November 2014 (Saturday) - Apps (Venue: LT-G, Lift 25/26) |
Time |
Schedule |
Speaker |
1:00-1:15 |
Registration |
|
1:15-2:45 |
Developing Toys for a Connected World |
Mr. Richard Spicer (Senior Director of Product Planning, WowWee Group Ltd) |
2:45-3:00 |
Break |
|
3:00-4:15 |
How Software Can Control Hardware |
Prof. Ming Liu (Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept of Electronic and Computer Engineering, HKUST) |
4:15-5:30 |
Hardware Apps |
Prof. Pedro Sander (Associate Professor, Dept of Computer Science, HKUST) |
15th November 2014 (Saturday) - Toy Design (Venue: LT-K) |
Time |
Schedule |
Speaker |
12:45-1:00 |
Registration |
|
1:00-2:00 |
Toys with Impact |
Mr. C.K. Yeung (Vice Chairman, Blue Box International Ltd) |
2:00-3:00 |
Toy Design Process |
Mr. Kelvin Kam (Senior Lecturer, Hong Kong Design Institute) |
3:00-3:15 |
Break |
|
3:15-4:15 |
Toy Inventions |
Mr. Gary Man (Director, Hedgehog Design Ltd.) |
4:15-5:15 |
A Day of Design at Mattel |
Mr. Tommy Hui (Senior Manager of Design, Fisher Price) |
8th November 2014 (Saturday) - Toy Industry (Venue: Rm 6591 - Lift 31/32) |
Time |
Schedule |
Speaker |
1:00-1:15 |
Registration |
|
1:15-1:30 |
Introduction |
Prof. Ravi Goonetilleke (Professor, Dept of IELM, HKUST) |
1:30-2:30 |
Toy Trends |
Mr. John Tong (Managing Director, King Bee Limited) |
2:30-3:30 |
Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues |
Mr. Sarath Dissanayake (Disssanayake Associates) |
3:30-3:45 |
Break |
|
3:45-4:45 |
Toy Concepts |
Mr. David Chu (President, Tai Nam Industrial Co., Ltd) |
4:45-5:45 |
Simplicity of Innovation |
Mr. Dean Tzembelikos (Founder, Basic Concepts) |
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