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Data Literacy Made it as the Top Ten Most Important Skill for 2020 & beyond?

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What are the Top Most Important Job Skills for #2020 & beyond? Listen to the digital leader Bernard Marr, an internationally bestselling author (16 best-selling books), futurist, keynote speaker, & strategic advisor to companies & governments, on his inspiring view. The top ten job skills are:

  1. Data Literacy
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Tech Savviness
  4. Adaptability & Flexibility
  5. Creativity
  6. Emotional Intelligence
  7. Cultural Intelligence & Diversity
  8. Leadership Skills
  9. Judgment & Complex Decision Making
  10. Collaboration

Bernald said that Data has become every organization’s most important asset. Companies that don’t use that fuel to drive their success will inevitably fall behind. To make data valuable, companies must employ individuals with #DataLiteracy & the skills to turn the data into business value. Companies need not only DataScientists but also talents in between Data Scientists & Business. Gartner called this role CitizenDataScientist   https://lnkd.in/fa2skdn

Are you ready to upskill reskill yourselves & your colleagues on the MostWanted Skill in DigitalEconomy ? OpenCertHub’s mission is to democratize Data Literacy to everyone from novice to expert. Find out more www.opencerthub.com HR DigitalTransformation BigData AI

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Interplay “ABC” is the Key to Successful Digital Transformation

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What is #ABC?  #AI  Blockchain Cloud How these technologies interplay & contribute to DigitalTransformation? That was the topic of our panel discussion in the 5th Cloud Forum in Hong Kong.

We were so honoured to have digital thought leaders & evangelists in town to share their experience & I was the moderator of the panel. Big thank to Mr. Ravel Lai, CDO,  DaiCheongHong Ravel Lai, Dr. Lawrence Ma, President, HongKongBlockchainSociety Dr. Lawrence Ma, Mr. Sankar Villupuram, Digital Services Leader – East Asia,  Arup Sankar V S, & Mr. Michael Yung, Head of Digital Product & Technology,  AsiaMiles Michael Yung

We shared mainly the real cases on ground like RPA,  SupplyChain Optimisation, SmartContract, TradeFinance. Key takeaways are as follows:

1. Customer value is the most important thing. Don’t have to know it is a part of Blockchain or AI.

2. With today’s technology, it is a lot easier & cheaper to try out AI.

3. Talents & culture are a challenge.

4. In the last decade, Coding is the basic for jobs. In the next decade, Data capability becomes a basic skill to survive & compete.

Thanks Kornerstone Catherine Chan & Simon Yeung to organize it. Also learned from Charles Mok  Lawrence Fong Peter Koo FCPA,CA,AICPA,CPA (Aust),CIA,CFE,CISA,CISM,CGEIT Per Dahlberg

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Open Data & Open Sources Bring Open Innovation for Enterprises & SMEs

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OpenData  OpenSource experts and 300+ audiences had a very fruitful forum today in HKPC.  HKSAR OGCIO Victor Lam JP shared what our government has been doing to transform Hong Kong to be a SmartCity & a DataEconomy. Dr. Bernard Chan JP, Under Secretary for Commerce & Development, and many government leaders & officials have joined the forum. Mr. Stephen Wong, HK Privacy Commissioner, also shared his view on how to protect our data privacy in Data Economy.

Appreciate HKPC Edmond Lai Just Tang (Justine) and their teammates to organize a great platform for all of us to share & learn from each other. AWS OpenCertHub CIOConnect HKU CUHK SCC HKCOTA OpenSourceHK HKSTP Cyberport and many others were there to share and support the open data and open sources community in HK. Thank you all.

As OpenCertHub Chairman, I shared my view on talents requirement in Data Economy and how enterprises & SMEs should reskill their colleagues to be AI & BigData ready. Empowering business & functional leaders & executives to be CitizenDataScientist is the key to success in the inevitable AI Era.

My final thought shared was that Open Sources & Open Data, in fact, bring OpenInnovation & CoCreation mindset to traditional companies to stay relevant & competitive in the DigitalEra.

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Congratulations to GS1 HK for Her 30th Anniversary

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Congratulations toGS1 Hong Kong for its 30th Anniversary. Thanks for GS1HK CEO Anna Lin‘s leadership and the great effort from her core teammates Dr. Stephen Lam Mignone Cheng Corinna Fung KK Suen and many others over the years. We have seen healthy and impressive growth of the organization and how it contributed to Hong Kong especially in Retail, SupplyChain, IoT BigData Mobility 5G industries. Thank you.

It has been a pleasant journey collaborating and partnering with GS1 HK in my different capacities in the last decade including Cyberport OpenCertHub CUHK HKCS HKICTAward IOTConference and various Advisory Committees of GS1 HK. I look forward to having more collaboration with GS1 HK and contributing more to Hong Kong together with Anna and her teammates in the next decade.

Anna, Thanks for inviting me to the celebration party tonight. It was fun and successful with all music, songs, wines. More importantly, reconnecting with old friends and making lots of new friends. Cheers. David Chung Charles Mok Mann WM Yim Teddy Liu Suki Cheung Allen Yeung Betty Leung many others.

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Open Sources & Open Data Play a Critical Role in Big Data Success

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OpenData & OpenSource are two critical engines to empower collaboration among technology giants, startups, citizens, governments & universities in the DigitalEconomy. In the AI &  BigData space, open data and open source technologies have proven to be efficient & cost-effective in getting big data stored, analysed & visualised. Open source data & open source products are no longer as risky as they used to be, so more companies are adapting & implementing leading open data tools like #Apache’s #ASF’s Hadoop, #Kafka and #R.

Open source tools are also globally democratized to the mass from tech giants to startups, enterprises to SMEs & experts to laymen.  Where is Hong Kong now? Here is a chance to learn from all the key stakeholders in the Open Sources Economy. HKPC HKSTP Cyberport HKU has co-organized an Open Data & Open Sources Forum on Oct 29. Thanks Edmond Lai and his teammates HKPC to organize it. Registration https://lnkd.in/fXAfJc2 & agenda https://lnkd.in/fkzTC6i

OGCIO PCPD industry practitioners & researchers will share their experiences on open data & open sources. On behalf of OpenCertHub, I will share the open sources talent development in HK, mainland & Asia. It is our honour to be a sponsor for the forum together with AWS CIOConnect. See you there.

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Dr Charm and Experts Shared their Views on the Values of Big Data, Open source and Talents in Digital World

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In the era of Big Data and open – source technology, one of most important strategic initiatives for corporations is to acquire the skill and knowledge of Big Data in its talent pool to gain the advantage of this innovative technology. Listen to Management Team of OpenCertHub – Chairman Dr. Toa Charm, CEO Andy Kwok, OpenCertHub (China) CEO Francois Lee, COO Daniel Yuen, and CMO Tony Woo, who shared their mission in democratizing data literacy from open-source technology to everyone!

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12 Elite Startups Shined in FHKI * HSBC STARS Programme

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Part 2 of #FHKI × #HSBC STARS Programme: 12 elite entrepreneurs shined on the demo day of our #FHKI × #HSBC STARS Programme in front of a number of  influential and experienced #toys and #electronics manufacturers.   We have carefully selected these start-ups through several rounds of assessment and prepared them for the demo day.  Congrats to AGIT FreightAmigo Quikec PowerArena Raspect  ArtroDigital Parami Posify 42Lab BNET-Tech CapLab and iCUBE.

The participating manufacturing leaders from FHKI will help and collaborate with these innovators on #GoToMarket strategy, #Production, #Marketing, #Funding, business connection and matching, etc.  Both sides were highly engaged in the demo and networking sessions.

Thanks again for #HSBC Daniel Chan Jaff Lau and Ada LAM for their support and presence on the demo day.  Daniel also shared how HSBC collaborates with startups to support SMEs.   Appreciate FHKI Bryant Chan Jason Chiu Gordon Lo Idy Cheung for their excellent leadership and execution.  It was my honour as the Principal Mentor of this program and am proud of all the participating startups and FHKI manufacturers.  Enterprise collaboration is the key for start-ups’ success.  Keep it going.

Part 1 of #FHKI × #HSBC STARS Programme can be found here.
https://lnkd.in/f5ui7rG

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(Thailand) GBA and Thailand Collaboration for ASEAN Markets

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  • #Thailand is catching up in the Innovation and Technology space after great unicorns like #Grab from #Singapore and #GoJek from #Indonesia have proven their impact to the #ASEAN region. I visited two of their leading drivers in Thailand, #InnoSpace and #DEPA, and exchanged ideas how to bring our startups ecosystem from the #GreaterBayArea to Thailand and vice versa for mutual growth.
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FHKI x HSBC x Startup Collaboration

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It is absolutely critical to have leading manufacturers,  financial services institutes &  startups to collaborate together to co-create innovative solutions to solve customers’ pain points & come up with new business models to seize the market opportunities in the Digital Economy. Here is a great example in  Hong Kong.  FHKI Federation of Hong Kong Industries Startup Council partnered with  HSBC has organized a STARS programme to select the best of the best startups to add values to the Toys & Electronics manufacturing industries. https://lnkd.in/fV79SXT Today, we have done the vetting exercise. It was my honour being the Chairman of today’s judging panel & Principal Mentor of the programme. Experienced manufacturers, serial entrepreneurs, financial services leaders & investors were in our panel today. 10+ teams were selected & will proceed to next round for business & investors matching. It is encouraging to see all key stakeholders of the start-up ecosystem working together.  It combines the strength of HK to create synergy & miracles. Look forward to seeing more joint effort there. Special thanks to FHKI & HSBC to make it happen & the great effort from participating startups. Bryant Chan,  Jason Chiu , Gordon Lo , Idy Cheung Jaff Lau,  Ada LAM,  Daniel Chan & more.

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Hong Kong Startup 2.0 – Building Hong Kong to be a Global Innovation Hub

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Hong Kong Startup 2.0 – Building Hong Kong to be a Global Innovation Hub

“Hong Kong has entered Startup 2.0.  In Startup 1.0, we focused on quantity. Four years ago, we did not have a large number of startups but now we do.  In Startup 2.0, we aim at quality. Our goal is to cultivate high-quality startups, bridge them with large and small enterprises for a win-win collaboration, and get adequate funding or ‘Smart Money’ for the startups to scale up in terms of technologies and market coverage, ” says Prof. Charm

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