tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2016-08-03T17:35:00+08:00 Peatix Ethel Ong tag:peatix.com,2016:event-181064 2016-08-02T09:30:00HKT 2016-08-02T09:30:00HKT

Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum 2016 from Start-up to Scale-up: Igniting InnovationThis 2-day event in Hong Kong and Shenzhen Qianhai is for young start-ups, innovators, sector experts and corporate executives that need to embrace challenge and break bottlenecks. While global outlook looks less than optimistic, innovation is essential to inject new ideas and energy. Some skills needed to move forward and stay competitive are innovative product design, marketing, supply chain management and partnership. These are the issues to be addressed at the Forum and a networking platform for delegates will be available via a new website function. Last year, over 1,000 delegates from 20 countries and regions including Israel, Singapore, the UK, the USA, the Mainland China and Hong Kong gathered at the Forum to build partnerships and discuss to the latest trends disruptive technology, social innovation, and financing. As a third edition of the Forum this year, high calibre youth start-ups, investors, business executives, industry sector experts, trendsetters and government officials will assemble again to develop networks and learn about best practices for economic growth and recovery.About the Organizer:The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) 香港青年協會 was founded in 1960 and is now the city's largest youth service organisation. For the last 54 years, it has been committed to serving the youth of Hong Kong through the provision of a variety of services, activities and programmes, which have an annual attendance of over five million. We encourage youth to reach their fullest potential and with community support, we now have over 60 service units. We also have 12 core services, which include the Youth S.P.O.Ts, M21 Multimedia Services, Employment Services, Youth at Risk Services, Counselling Services, Parenting Services, Leadership Training, Volunteer Services, Education Services, Creativity Education and Youth Exchange, Leisure, Cultural and Sports Services, and Research and Publications. We encourage young people to grow into responsible and dutiful citizens and we now have over 170,000 registered volunteers and 410,000 registered members. We believe that our motto HKFYG．Here for You reaffirms our commitment and dedication to the young people of Hong Kong.(Spotted an error in this listing? Click on “Contact” at the right side of the page to let us know)