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Data Science HK - December Unhackathon #4
10 Dec - 10:00 AM
, Hong Kong
Our 4th Hackathon for Data Science : a full day of fun and working together on YOUR data science projects !
This time we add to 2 new features to the usual coding day :
a beginner's corner, for the ones starting off with Python, R or datascience itself.
a talks cornerto share during 30' some thoughts, an experience, or introduce your project in depths.
Schedule
10:00 : short introduction of the event
10:15 : 5' pitches to introduce your projector your talk
10:30 team forming and start coding for those joining new projects,start of talks for others
"an Overview of AI"by Lavine Hemlani, CEO of AcceleratedHK
"Best practices for data analysis ; notebook with snippets in Python", by Michal Szczecinski, head of Data science - Gogovan
"The usefulness of genetic testing: A data science perspective", by Robert Porsch, PhD, HKUST
"Addresses in HK", by XiaoZhou
"Downloading Data from Twitter with R", by Leif sigerson
"open up data with Python", by Ho wa wong
18:00 : conclusion of the day with the presentation of projects, conclusion of talks
19:00 : end
Requirements
Laptop / charger for those joining the coding
prepared data, and projects pitches for the ones submitting projects
50HKD in cash for the space rental
Recommendations
for project submissions:
Prepare data in advance as much as you can ; spending the day cleaning or retrieving data won't gather crowds of DS ! Contact organisers if you need a data repository to share data with all your team members.
If the project is already started, prepare a an introduction to it so that people can join, and make sure the task you propose is feasible during the time of the event, and describe the skills you expect your team to have : R or Python ? AWS, Spark ? etc ...
for final presentations :
Start writing the final presentation right from the start and add elements little by little all day long. Recall the context of the project and articulate the presentations to make it understandable by the non-initiated public around you.
If you wish your work will be published on the website
datasciencehongkong.com
with your bio, name etc ...
Other details
50 participants max
Where: Hive Kennedy Town, 10th floor, 12P Smithfield, Kennedy Town
When : Sunday 10th December
Food / drink : Only water, coffee and snacks are provided. Attendees can order their own food to the venue, take a break to find a restaurant in Kennedy Town or bring their own lunch.
Price : 50 HKD.We charge a fee to cover venue and food costs. We are not a for-profit organisation and will aim to keep the costs of our events as low as possible to make it accessible to all.
2017 First Code Open Day
19 Nov - 10:00 AM
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
It's that time of the year again, where we open our doors! Discover what makes First Code, First Code Academy! In this Open Day, we invite you to come and have fun with us!
Highlights:A. An exclusive Hackathon for KidsB. Fun & New WorkshopsC. Thought-leading talksand a whole lot more!
All of our workshops, seminars and sessions are for free!
Bring your friends and family and be part of our ever-growing family!
2017 FC Open Day - AppJamming Hackathon Challenge
19 Nov - 10:00 AM
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
First Code Academy's Open Day presents our very first AppJamming Hackathon.
Whether you are a First Code Student or an avid AppInventor programmer, you are welcome to join and take on our AppJamming challenge!
Join as a solo participant or form a team of 2. You will be tasked and work on an AppJamming Project and present by end of day your final work.
If you have what it takes, come join our hackathon!
This Hackathon is for Ages 9-15.
Requirements:
1. Knowledge in MIT App Inventor1. Bring your own laptop2. Preferably bring your own Android device but we provide reservations, subject to availability.
Forum at Maker Faire Shenzhen 2017
11 Nov - 09:30 AM
Shenzhen, China
Get tickets at the end of this article!
Forum Sessions and Speakers
Visions into the Future
Nov.11 (Saturday) 9:30-12:00
With the growing accessibility of technology, the spread of maker culture through platforms such as the Maker Faire, and more diverse channels for funding and promotion, the landscapes for the Maker Movement are constantly being reshaped for more lasting and sustainable impact. In this session, we invite individuals and organizations whose work as educators, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders have created significant changes in their respective fields. Through their sharing, we hope to shed light on the future of making and how more people can follow suit through learning and doing.
杨跃承 Yuecheng Yang
Honorary Advisor to Chaihuo Makers, Associate Director at Torch High Technology Industry Development Center, Ministry of Science & Technology, Senior Partner ShengJing Group
Mr. Chengyue Yang is a Senior Engineer and the Associate Director at Torch High Technology Industry Development Center, Ministry of Science & Technology, People’s Republic of China. He is an Senior Engineer and the Project Supervisor of Project Management Department at Torch High Technology Industry Development Center, Ministry of Science & Technology. He is in charge of managing innovative funds for SMEs (small & medium enterprises) in tech industries, promoting the development of strategic emerging industries, supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in SMEs. He is also actively promoting the policy research and planning for hi-tech industry, incubators, tech market and FinTech industries. His work has greatly helped promoting innovation in systems and mechanisms, creating environment for innovation and entrepreneurship as well as creating evaluation system for hi-tech industry, building innovative platform and regional innovation system.
Sherry Huss
VP of Maker Media and Co-Creator of Maker Faire
Sherry Huss is the VP of Maker Media and Co-Creator of Maker Faire, a tech-influenced DIY community and festival that has come to be identified as the Maker Movement. Sherry oversees community, partnerships, and events. She is focused on growing the MAKE brand throughout the Maker ecosystem which includes 221 Maker Faires around the world and 1.75M people attending an event in their community. She was awarded as one of Forbe’s “Forty over 40” earlier this year for her work in building bridges and fostering collaboration across disciplines to inspire innovation.
曾德钧Dejun Zeng
Founder of Muzen Audio
53 years ago, a radio set became Zeng’s window to the world, marking the beginning of his lifelong romance with the instrument. Zeng has served in the army, taught as a teacher and worked sailor, and when he was almost 60, finally pursued his passion for the radio with Muzen Audio. With the drive and zest of a twentysomething, he embraces the youth culture and the internet, but insists on a brand value that is retro classic with focus on design and craftsmanship, winning the hearts of young consumers. Zeng and his team have brought the radio back to popularity, and made Muzen the premium brand for radios in the new age of retail.
Zach Shelby
CEO of Micro:bit Foundation
Zach is the CEO of the Micro:bit Foundation, an angel investor and a thought leader in the IoT space. His vision for micro:bit is that every child will be an inventor, and aims to reach 100M children and educators in the future. Zach was co-founder of Sensinode where he has acted as CEO and CTO for the ground-breaking company before acquisition by ARM in 2013. At ARM he served as Vice President of Marketing and Director of Technology for Internet of Things. Before starting Sensinode, he led wireless networking research at the Centre for Wireless Communications and at the Technical Research Center of Finland.
李玙Li Yu
Interdisciplinary researcher, speculative designer, and new media artist
Li Yu is born in the Himalaya mountains, she is now based in Shenzhen, travels frequently between Europe and US for design research and technology foraging. She collaborates with scientists and engineers from various fields include biotechnology, aerospace, artificial intelligence and computer science. She is also actively involved in the biohacking, citizen science and maker movements. Li Yu researches the burgeoning areas of advanced science technology and speculative design, and their fascinating intersection where our unlimited imagination meets the fast pacing science technology development. She uses design as a method of investigation, while implementing emerging technologies, aimed at expanding our imagination, breaks the sense of normality, brings thoughts experiment into tangible forms and explores possible future scenarios.
Tomas Diez
Director of the FAB City Research Laboratory at IAAC, Co-founder of Fab Lab Barcelona
Tomas Diez is a Venezuela-born urban designer specialized in digital fabrication and its implications in the future of cities and society. He is the director of the FAB City Research Laboratory at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) , and co-founder of Fab Lab Barcelona . He holds a Bachelor degree in Urbanism by the Simon Bolivar University (Caracas – Venezuela), a Diploma in social work at the La Havana University (Cuba), a Master in Advanced Architecture by IAAC, and a Diploma on Digital Fabrication offered by the Fab Academy in a joint program with MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms in 2008. He is the co-founder of the Smart Citizen project, FabLabs.io, and StudioP52 in Barcelona. His research interests relate to the use of digital fabrication tools to transform the reality, and how the use of new technologies can change the way people consume, produce and relate with each other in cities.
Making in Industries
Nov.11 (Saturday) 13:30-16:00
得益于开源技术和数字制造工具的发展运用,原型制造周期得以缩减,创客们可以更轻松地将创意落地,甚至将产品推向市场。《从创客到产业》专场,我们邀请了工程师、设计师、创业者和教育者参与。这些专业创客参与的项目涵盖智能家居、工业机器人、时尚科技可穿戴、航天航空以及社会环境解决方案等领域。他们技术娴熟,开放协作,拥有创新的思维和敏锐的商业眼光,致力于改变世界,改变人类的生活方式。
Open source and digital fabrication tools have greatly accelerated the prototyping process, making it easier for makers to take their ideas to reality, even to the market linking to existing industries. The speakers in this session, as engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, and educators, dedicate their careers to creating projects and applications ranging from smart homes, industrial robots, wearable tech for fashion and aerospace, and solutions for social and environmental problems. With innovative thinking, technical expertise, business acumen and a mindset for open collaboration, these Maker Pros venture to change the world and the way we live.
Shannon Hoover
Co-founder, MakeFashion and Wearlabs
Shannon is an innovator and technologist as well as leader in the Canadian Maker movement. He is the co-founder of the globally renowned Fashion Technology startup Makefashion and WearLabs, as well as Calgary Maker Faire and Fuse33 Makerspace. He is devoted to improving his community and world through subversive change and art directed engineering. Passions include wearable tech and augmented self projects for MakeFashion and collaborating internationally to leverage maker culture improve quality of life.
Katia Vega
Assistant Professor at University of California, Davis
Katia Vega is the creator of Beauty Technology: cosmetics that embedded electronics to transform the body in an interface. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at UC Davis (USA). She was a Professor at UTEC (Peru). She was a postdoc at MIT Media Lab (USA) and got her PhD and master degree in Computer Science at PUC-Rio (Brazil). She received a BS from UNMSM (Peru). Her projects are exhibited at several galleries and festivals such as Barbican of London, Tekniska Museet in Stockholm, Ars Electronica, Music Tech Festival in Berlin and Bellagio in Las Vegas. Her work has been featured by New Scientist, Wired, Discovery, CNN and awarded by Ars Electronica, TEI, ISWC, Fast Company, Ubimedia, among others. Recently, Springer has published our book: “Beauty Technology: Designing Seamless Interfaces for Wearable Computing”.
张浩 Hao Zhang
Co-founder & CTO of Dorabot Inc.
Hao is the Co-Founder and CTO of a robotics start-up, Dorabot Inc., located in Shenzhen, China. Dorabot focuses on providing robotic solutions to logistic firms. Hao is experienced in developing robotic systems for industrial applications and research applications. He is currently pursuing his PhD in A.I. and Robotics. Moreover, Hao has been an active leader in the maker community.
Davide Gomba
Founder of the First Italian Fablab, Casa Jasmina Project
Davide Gomba is an italian maker and storyteller. He has been working in open source since 2008, alongside Arduino until 2016. He’s been one of the promoter of maker culture in Italy, actively managing the creation of the very first Italian Fab Lab in 2011. As content producer and product scouter, he’s been creating different workshops experiences around tech or maker culture, such as fablabforkids (STEAM, kids, science) or ruralhack (IoT, bottom-up tech agriculture). He loves Shenzhen and has many friends to come and see and have been hosting the Arduino Booth at Maker Faire Shenzhen 2013. He’s come to the this year’s Faire to show and present the Casa Jasmina Project, an experiment held to create an home of the future where technology, privacy, lux, open source and design meet and join together a good conversation with the human.
Cesar Jung-Harada
CEOFounder of MakerBay Hong Kong, CEO of Protei and Scoutbots
Cesar Harada is a French-Japanese environmentalist, inventor and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong, who is dedicating his life to explore and protect the ocean with open technologies. Protei is a shape-shifting sailing robot, a wind-powered maritime drone that is remotely controlled or automated to collect ocean data or transport clean-up equipment. Cesar is a Former MIT project leader, TED Senior Fellow, GOOD 100, IBM Figure of Progress, Unreasonable at Sea Fellow, Shuttleworth foundation and Ocean Exchange grantee. Cesar won the Arts Electronica Golden Nica [NEXT IDEA] with his Master‘s graduation project from the Royal College of Arts, London. Cesar has been teaching at the Goldsmiths University of London, Versailles architecture School in France and has lectured around the world.
邱世新Shixin Qiu
Maker Pro, Maker Dad
Shixin Qiu has a passion for making and DIY. When he used to own a business selling cold beverages, he would modify and upgrade the equipment he’d bought, and designed his own ice machine and freezer. He also enjoyed making new beverage recipes. When the business became stable, he made an unexpected decision to move to Shenzhen in 2013 to start over. Since then, he has self-taught keyboarding, programming and has participated in hackathons. He has made many projects including a smart foot massage machine, a smart toilet system, a manual electric generator, DIY speaker and an easy planter. Shixin has guided his two sons into making and goes to their school to share with the students about maker culture. Now with a full-time job, Shixin is also a member of Chaihuo x.factory, where he often attends workshops, makes things with his sons, and shares with many others in the community.
Platform Builders
Nov.12 (Sunday) 10:00-12:00
随着自造技术门槛的降低,更多不同背景的人开始参与自造,跨界协作制作精彩项目,促进丰富的科技跨界内容的产生。《科技跨界平台》专场的讲者们都致力于让创客聚集创造的平台建立,致力于创新内容和活动的组织,促进公众对科技跨界内容的认知和了解。他们将在这里分享对创客运动推广的未来憧憬,号召感染更多人参与到自造的行列。
As technical barriers for making are lowered, more and more people across different disciplines and backgrounds begin to collaborate on exciting projects, giving rise to a myriad of high-quality content. The speakers in this session are dedicated to building platforms where makers come together to innovate, and to curating events where these quality content can be seen and celebrated by the wider audience . We invite them to share their visions for promoting the maker movement, to educate, entertain, and inspire more people to join in the spirit of creating.
潘星Xing Pan
Professor, University of California Riverside
Dr. Xing Pan is the Executive Director of American Innovation & Leadership Academy (AILA) and President of Smartology Consulting. He is dedicated to the frontier research and innovation of e-business, mobile business, and marketing analytics. He has provided business consulting to large international corporations of consumer electronics and automobiles, regional companies of retailing, real estate, and social media marketing, start-up firms of mobile technology service, and federal and local governments. He has taught business Ph.D., EMBA, MBA, and undergraduate students at University of Maryland, Indiana University, and University of California, and was named as one of the favorite professors by students of UC-Riverside.
谢雯雯Wenwen Xie
Co-founder of MakerBeta
With a MSc in Integrated Circuit Systems from Xidian University, Wenwen has won awards at a variety of nationwide tech competitions. She co-founded Suanier Technology and participated in the design of humanoid and educational robots, and the Visbody canner. She is also the co-founder, tech director and host of the self-media online show MakerBeta, which covers a range of DIY and making content in an instructional talk show format, with reference to popular culture to make it both interesting, informational and educational. MakerBeta’s video platform has a fanbase over 800K and over 100 million views, and the team has participated in the popular TV show “Amazing Chinese.”
刘得志Kevin Lau
Kevin Lau, Founder & CEO of MakerNet and a longtime promoter of the maker culture in China. He is also Maker Project Consultant of the British Council, and the author of MakerNet Column on Modern Weekly. Kevin is devoted to the sharing maker culture and skills with young people to encourage and guide them to use technology innovation to develop society, eliminate interpersonal isolation, and to make up for the uneven distribution of educational resources.
温宜萱Anby Wen
Project Director, x.factory
After leaving her job as an art teacher and graduating from Taiwan’s NCKU with a master’s in creative industries management, Anby began her adventure working with makers and creators from different backgrounds. With a passion for the arts and robots, she loves everything related to technology, creativity and design. She opened her own studio to provide consulting and design services before joining the Institute of Information Industry, Taiwan’s largest think tank. There she was instrumental in the building of DOIT, the first pan-Asia maker platform in Taiwan, to help hundreds of makers access resources from the government and the private sector. In 2015, she joined Shenzhen’s Chaihuo Maker Space to develop creative educational products for children, and in 2016 became part of the core team to build Chaihuo’s x.factory, a prototyping space and a platform that connects makerpros to industries in China and abroad.
Maker Education
Nov.12 (Sunday) 13:30-16:00
近年来,深圳各级学校积极推广创客教育,创客教育运动在深圳快速发展,而分布各地的创客教育社群也因此链接、协作。创客教育未来将走向何处?在今年论坛的《创客教育实践》专场,我们邀请了来自深圳公立、私立和国际学校的教育实践者,来分享他们如何在自己的社群践行创新学习法则,讲述这些社群基于自造精神如何实现链接聚合、共同协作的故事。
The Maker Education Movement has been organic and growing across a plethora of communities across Shenzhen. Today, this Movement has matured to where these fragmented maker education oriented communities are connecting and collaborating. Is the Movement here to stay? In this session, our panel represents educators from Shenzhen’s public, private, and international institutions. They will tell the story of why and how innovative learning has caught on in their own individual communities and how these communities have come together to share and collaborate, encapsulating the spirit of making.
Co-curator: Carrie Leung
Director of Maker Education at SAIS, Producer of Nanshan School Maker Faire
Carrie has spent 5 years building a 100% PBL school program in Shenzhen. She comes from Tech and Finance in San Francisco, and is focused on teaching students and teachers at SAIS, in Shekou. She organizes the Nanshan School Maker Faire, giving the students a voice equal to their adult entrepreneurial counterparts.
Co-curator: Joseph Strzempka
Advisor for Internationalization and Reform, Nanshan Education Bureau
Joseph Strzempka currently serves as a Foreign Vice Principal for Internationalization and Reform in the Nanshan Education Bureau, Shenzhen, China. He works closely with local government officials, administrators, principals, and teachers to cultivate community and international partnerships, advance student-centered pedagogies, and develop interdisciplinary curricula. As a founder of the Nanshan Education Innovation Network, he organizes events for local educators, international educators, and community partners to share innovative teaching practices and conduct interactive workshops. Since its inception, Joseph has acted as a liaison for public institutions to participate in the Nanshan Schools Maker Faire and will serve as the event coordinator this year. He is also an education contributor to SteamHead, an Maker and Design education-focused community space in Shekou, Shenzhen. Joseph is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership at Northeastern University and holds an M.S. in Global and International Education Policy and a B.A. in Economics.
崔柏震 Bozhen Cui
Mr. Cui Bozhen is the Researcher of the Science and Technology Education Research and Nanshan Youth Innovation Academy for the Nanshan Education Bureau in Shenzhen. As the Director of the Youth Innovation Academy he has presided over the planning, implementation, and evaluation of district-wide STEM projects, festivals, and teacher professional development. As a researcher, Mr. Cui is conducting in depth study of how to better facilitate interdisciplinary curriculum development and learning environments within the Chinese public education system. In 2015, he was appointed by the Shenzhen Municipal Education Bureau to study education innovation and management in primary and secondary schools in New York City. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Shenzhen University and an M.S. in Economic Law from Wuhan University.
俞瑞芳 Rain Yu
Parent, Advocate of Maker Education
Maker mom and maker education advocate, Ms. Yu graduated with a double Bachelor’s of Science from Tsinghua University earning degrees in both Electrical and Industrial Engineering. Ms. Yu held various technical and management positions at Huawei for 15 years. After, she spent five years as an entrepreneur and angel investor investing in internet, smart hardware, and robotic start ups. Ms. Yu is passionate about teaching robotics and mentoring young makers in robotic competitions. Her teams have won:
* 2 years-Winner of the Shenzhen University Robotic Creation Competition
* Winner of the Outstanding Maker Award at the first Student Maker Faire in Shenzhen.
* 1st Prize- National Innovation Education Conference
Twila Busby
Project Based Learning Leader & Advocate
With 20+ years experience in education, Twila advocates and trains teachers for Project Based Learning. From writing curriculum in US schools and receiving awards, to implementing PBL in Chinese schools, Twila has constantly pursued her passion of bringing guidance and innovation to educational institutions. An ideal coach, Twila has helped Shenzhen American International School achieve wall to wall PBL status, host Make Magazine’s Shekou School Maker Faire, facilitate Exhibitions of Learning, and develop many teachers into PBL advocates. When Twila’s school started one of the first dedicated school makerspaces in Shenzhen, she went further and pursued the idea that every classroom should be a makerspace, where academics support creativity and students bring their ideas into the physical world.
罗朝宣Chaoxuan Luo
Principal, Qianhai Gangwan Harbour School
At Qianhai Gangwan Harbour School, Principal Luo aims to imbue every student and teacher with the “Spirit of a Maker” – the audacity to explore, the willingness to engage in diligent practice, and an unerring commitment to excellence. By combining innovation and tradition, technology and cultural heritage, he hopes to develop global citizens for the future rooted in time-honored Chinese values. In addition to his principalship, Mr. Luo holds a number of offices and distinguished national, provincial, and municipal awards, including the Executive Director of the National Teacher Alliance, a Guangdong Province “Key Principal”, Director of the Guangdong Province Textbook Curriculum Committee, member of the China Education Association, and a National Math Olympics Trainer.
桂庆旭Gui Qingxu
Mrs. Gui Qingxu is the Director of Information Technology at Shenzhen Shekou Yucai Education Group No. 4 Primary School in Nanshan District. She has been recognized as a “backbone educator” for her pioneering work promoting the integration of technology into classroom instruction by the Nanshan Education Bureau. Furthermore, she has been recognized by the Shenzhen Municipal government among the Top 100 IT Educators and expert practitioners. While at Yucai No. 4 Primary School she has developed a number of STEAM courses, presided over the construction of two future classrooms, and delivered more than 20 unique professional development workshops.
于晓譞Dawn Yu+陈杰Shirley Chen
Project Based Learning Chinese Teachers, SAIS
Dawn graduated from Beijing Normal University with a master degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. She had taught Chinese in several local schools in UK. After she came back to China, she has worked in several international schools. Dawn has a wealth of experience both in Chinese and Western education. Based on the experience, she compared and analysed the two different education systems. In SAIS, she combined with PBL teaching philosophy to develop a bunch of Chinese courses which are applicable for international schools.
Shirley is a Chinese teacher at Shenzhen American International School, having been practicing Project-based Learning (PBL) for more than three years, and participating in the annual exhibition of learning at SAIS. After having graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University and gained her Master degree of Education, Shirley has taught at some universities in Beijing such as Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Beijing Language and Culture University, teaching international students from different countries with different language proficiency of Chinese. Shirley has also worked in Korea for one year, as an exchange Professor of Undergraduate at Chinese Department in Korea National University of Transportation. She is quite aware of the teaching differentiation and the education efficiency brought by the new teaching reform. She has been committed to the exploration and application of new efficient and interesting teaching methods since the first day of teaching. Additionally, two years of early working experience in public high school makes her have a practical perception and experience for the traditional Chinese teaching methods and teaching reform.
James Simpson
Founder of SteamHead
James is empowering Maker Ed teachers, students, and schools with techniques and formalization of their makerspace programs. Living in Shenzhen for the past 5 years, coming from San Francisco, he is using his engineering and academic mindset to organize the chaotic world of Making into a system of learnable innovation by releasing Open Source tools, hosting public meetings, and donating time to organizations in Shenzhen.
Forum Tickets
Important Notes:
1.Register free to get your tickets to the forum. Each person CAN apply for more than one session of the forum;
2.After registration, you’ll get an e-ticket from Eventbrite, show it at the forum to get bracelets to enter the forum.
3.There are limited seats available for each session, please register according to your schedule. Also, please make sure you arrive at the venue 30 minutes before the session starts.
Contact us
If you have any questions/inquries/cooperation with Maker Faire Shenzhen, welcome to contact us via email :info@chaihuo.org. Also welcome to follow us on Facebook to get the latest updates.
SmarTone Hackathon "Smart Properties"
21 Oct - 09:00 AM
Cyberport 1, Hong Kong
Hackers in Hong Kong! Are you interested in the use of technology to make smart cities? If so, you're invited to participate in the SmarTone Hackathon "Smart Properties" event. You'll get to choose from one of two challenges: Smart Workplace, or Smart Property Management -- you'll be expected to design and prototype an innovative and creative technology solution that enhances customer experience and enables smarter living and business operations for both landlords and tenants.
Cathay Pacific 24-hour Hackathon
21 Oct - 09:00 AM
Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong
Product managers, designers, developers, and other tech-savvy folks in Hong Kong! Cathay Pacific Airways invites you to participate in their Cathay Pacific 24-hour Hackathon. You'll be challenged to create an innovative technology solution that enhances customers' travel experience with Cathay Pacific! Showcase your creativity and compete for the opportunity to fly to any destination within the Cathay network!
"MakerTour" Talk by Marie Levrault and Lucas Graffan
02 Sep - 06:00 PM
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
MakerTour is an open community of explorers, traveling around the world to explore the diversity of collaborative fabrication workshops and makers. They share their discoveries on their platform and foster collaboration between maker spaces and makers.Marie Levrault and Lucas Graffan, explorers at MakerTour, are currently on a journey in Asia since March 2017, at the discovery of 50 collaborative workshops and 100 projects towards 13 countries.
Come and join to hear about the amazing projects of makers they've discovered so far!
Time: Saturday, Sept 2nd, 18:00 - 19:30
Location: MakerBay Central at PMQ H508
Lucas Graffan
Maker enthusiast, he used to spend his free time in makerspaces as a hobbyist. Lucas participated in many hackathons dedicated to IOT and co-founded a french start-up helping companies to prototype and test new ideas using the power of makerspaces and maker spirit. He joined MakerTour in 2016 to help building connections and collaborations between labs and makers.
Marie Levrault
Former consultant to help companies innovating differently, she co-built a French community to promote social entrepreneurship and collaborative economy (YESS). Passionate about new educational models and social innovation, Marie joined MakerTour to expand and explore the maker movement in Asia.
http://www.makertour.fr
How to Design Products People Love: Foundations of UX Design and Design Psychology
27 Jul - 12:30 PM
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to:
Discover the user experience (UX) design principles behind web and mobile products that are useful, delightful, and easy-to-use
Understand how to apply a human-centred product design approach for refining websites and mobile apps
Learn about the prototyping tools that are used to test ideas at different levels of realism for user feedback
No previous experience or laptop required. Limited spaces available!
一件產品好看丶好用丶受歡迎,全關乎設計心理學。“How to Design Products People Love” 教你如何令顧客第一眼就愛上你的產品;改良設計,增加產品的價值。
About the Instructor
Barney has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations.
He has also taught design to over 1,000 students at Google Campus London, WeWork, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts.
He is currently working on Notes.Design (www.notes.design) — a project to bring notes, videos and workshops to people who want to explore and understand design.
Also interested in learning Graphic Design and Photoshop?
Explore more advanced design techniques and how to use Adobe Photoshop for Creative Photo Editing and Advertising at the Masterclass we're running from 21 June!
Learn more and register here: http://masterclass.notes.design
What Makes a Great Logo: Elements of Logo Design and Branding
25 Jul - 07:00 PM
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to:
Understand the creative process behind designing brand identities from start to finish
Discover the tricks and techniques used to create an attractive and meaningful logo that people can recognise and remember
Learn about the design tools used to turn initial sketches and ideas into digital format ready to be used on marketing material
No previous experience or laptop required. Limited spaces available!
商標代表你的品牌,幫顧客認識你丶記得你丶選擇你。 “What Makes a Great Logo” 教你自己動手做商標設計,低成本,高效益。
About the Instructor
Barney has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations.
He has also taught design to over 1,000 students at Google Campus London, WeWork, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts.
He is currently working on Notes.Design (www.notes.design) — a project to bring notes, videos and workshops to people who want to explore and understand design.
Secrets of Great Presentation Design: Fundamentals of Graphic Design for Storytelling
18 Jul - 07:00 PM
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
This free workshop is for beginners and non-designers who want to:
Discover the graphic design principles that are crucial for designing engaging visuals and professional looking layouts
Understand the tricks and techniques that are used to engage, persuade and tell the story of your project, product or business
Learn about the design tools and features that are used to create handouts, animated slides and interactive appendices
No previous experience or laptop required. Limited spaces available!
學生做功課,創業者做推廣丶集資,跟顧客和上司有效溝通,設計是重要一環。“Secrets of Great Presentation Design” 教你設計技術,令小設計變得專業。
About the Instructor
Barney has 8 years of design experience and has worked on over 200 projects with startups, SMEs and multinational corporations.
He has also taught design to over 1,000 students at Google Campus London, WeWork, The University of Oxford, The London School of Economics, Imperial College London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for over 3 years, and has run private design sessions with startups, hackathons and incubator cohorts.
He is currently working on Notes.Design (www.notes.design) — a project to bring notes, videos and workshops to people who want to explore and understand design.