Year 2020 started with quite some challenges and disruptions to the whole world. But as the Chinese saying goes, with challenges always come opportunities.

In light of these newly emerged opportunities, the HKUST Business School China Office presents a new event series entitled "Mastering the Future - Online Dialogue with HKUST Professor" with 10 prominent HKUST Professors from different disciplines.  

On April 29, Prof Xie Danyang, Acting Dean of the Society Hub, HKUST (Guangzhou) and Chair Professor of Department of Economics, will share his insights on the topic “Identifying Long-Term Trends and Turning Points in Your Industry” for the last dialogue of the series on WeChat.

The "Mastering the Future” series runs online on WeChat, every week for 10 weeks to end of April. It is conducted in Putonhua and Simplified Chinese. Please click here for the full schedule of the program.  

On March 7, Prof Weijia Wen from HKUST’s Department of Physics and currently the Director of HKUST Shenzhen Functional Materials Laboratory, shared about “Entrepreneurship with Condensed Matter Physics”. Transcripts for the talk can be found here (in simplified Chinese).

On March 11, Prof KC Chan, now Chairman of WeLab Virtual Bank and formerly the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury for HKSAR Government (2007-2017), shared about “Road to Financial Innovations with the Latest Technology”. Close to 30,000 viewers attended the online dialogue. Transcripts for the talk can be found here (in simplified Chinese). 

On April 8, Prof Xu Yan, Associate Dean of Business and Management (HKUST EMBA Program, Executive Programs and China Strategy) and the Associate Director of the Center for Business Strategy and Innovation presented on “5G and the Beauty of its Speed”. Transcripts for the talk can be found here (in simplified Chinese).