Webinar | AI for Impact: Stories from Young Entrepreneurs

Thanks to new web-based tools and educational platforms, learning and building AI solutions have become accessible to all of us. With the technology at hand, what kind of challenges in the community you would like to tackle? How will the experience of establishing an AI start-up be?

3 young entrepreneurs started their companies and developed assistive platforms, portable devices for the visually impaired and the elderly, and digital mental healthcare solutions using artificial intelligence. How have their start-up journeys been? In the Webinar themed “AI for Impact: Stories from Young Entrepreneurs” on 25 October, you will learn and exchange ideas with young entrepreneurs on

• How do young entrepreneurs find their passion in AI and impact?
• Ups and downs when starting an AI startup as a student
• How to start an AI start-up? Should we pursue study or join a big company to get prepared?
• Biggest challenge as a young entrepreneur

Speakers

Cameron van Breda

Co-founder and CEO, Hollo

Florence Chan

Co-founder and CEO, AI Guided

Florence Chan received her B.S. degree in Mechatronic Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2008, her M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2011 and her Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2022. In 2007, she was a Visiting Scholar with Heriot Watt University, Scotland. From 2008 to 2013, she was an Associate Consultant with Hong Kong Productivity Council, Hong Kong. From 2013 to 2014, she was an Application Engineer with Lanco Asia Limited, Hong Kong. In 2020, Dr Chan cofound AI Guided Limited to provide a seamless outdoor navigation for the visually impaired using AI technology with the support of the Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (TSSSU) from Innovation and Technology Fund of Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) and the Incubation programme of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP).

Turzo Bose

CEO, Seekr

– Over 4 years of experience managing projects in USA, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Myanmar.

– MPhil and BEng (HKUST)

– HKSAR Talent Development Scholarship Recipient

– Team Leader, HKUST Chem-E-Car representing Hong Kong at AICHE 2017

Date: 25 Oct, 2022 (Tue)

Time: 8pm – 9:30pm

Language: English

Format: Online

Funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Jockey Club AI Community Innovation Programme is a 2.5-year hands-on education programme, bringing together participants from schools, communities, and the industry to learn, play and solve real-world problems with artificial intelligence (AI).