{"id":9590,"date":"2020-01-19T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startmeup.hk\/?page_id=9590"},"modified":"2020-08-28T10:51:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T02:51:15","slug":"startmeuphk-festival-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cms.startmeup.hksarg\/startmeuphk-festival-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"StartmeupHK Festival 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
The StartmeupHK Festival 2019 was an action-packed week of events that drew a record 17,000+ delegates, 300+ speakers and 400+ exhibitors, from over 54 countries\/territories, to share ideas, make connections and define the trends and technologies of the future. Women made up a significant 31% of attendees (numbers based on those providing gender information).\u00a0<\/p>
Bringing together entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders across sectors, the Festival reinforced Hong Kong\u2019s unique position as Asia\u2019s most dynamic startup destination. Besides the seven core events detailed below, the Festival included a diverse range of community events such as job fairs, startup showcases, networking events and workshops, held across multiple venues in the city.<\/p>
*Figures based on attendees who provided origin information<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p> \u201cWe fully recognise the possibilities with healthcare big data research and its important role in shaping our healthcare development\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p> \u2013 Dr. Chui Tak-Yi, JP, Under Secretary for Food and Health, Government of the Hong Kong SAR<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Hosted by:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t lifestyle innovations redefining how we live, work and play<\/strong><\/p> \u201cIn the past three years, we\u2019ve seen around 500 million people using this process (facial recognition) to identify themselves when opening a bank account, transferring money and for proving identity.\u201d<\/em><\/p> \u2013 Xu Bing, Co-founder of SenseTime<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\tCore Events<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
HEALTHTECH 020
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