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British Council East Asia Education Week 2025 Strengthening UK-East Asia higher education partnerships
UK Vice-Chancellors, UK alumni and East Asia leaders convene in Hong Kong to shape the future of mobility, research, and innovation partnerships.
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 14 March 2025 – The British Council Hong Kong successfully hosted the British Council East Asia Education Week 2025 from 5 to 7 March 2025, bringing together senior higher education leaders from the UK and East Asia to explore new opportunities for collaboration, research, and innovation, as well as UK alumni from 12 countries and territories in the region to discuss future of international studies and work. The three-day event saw the participation of education agents, UK alumni, UK Vice-Chancellors, alongside policymakers and academic leaders from East Asia, in a series of strategic roundtables, discussions, and site visits aimed at strengthening partnerships and knowledge exchange between the UK and East Asia.
Leighton Ernsberger, Director Education, East Asia, British Council, commented, “The British Council works closely with UK and East Asia stakeholders to strengthen international higher education partnerships. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event in Malaysia, this year’s discussions in Hong Kong not only showcased the best of UK-East Asia collaborations but also inspired the next wave of global research initiatives, transnational education, and student mobility opportunities.
“Hong Kong is a natural home for the event in East Asia. In terms of research, UK researchers rank third most common among internationally co-authored publications in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is also home to over 72,000 alumni of UK universities in the past 15 years and in 2022/23 there where over 19,000 enrolments on UK transnational education programmes, making Hong Kong, on its own, the fourth largest partner for teaching and learning in the region with the UK. This illustrates the depth and strategic nature of partnerships between Hong Kong and the UK.”
Susannah Morley, Director of British Council Hong Kong, added, “We were delighted to host the British Council East Asia Education Week in Hong Kong, where delegates from across the region engaged in critical conversations on the future of higher education and global collaboration. The participation of Vice-Chancellors from the UK on an outward mission to Hong Kong has reinvigorated partnerships and fostered new opportunities in education, research, and knowledge exchange.
“This mission focused on three priority areas – arts and culture, allied health and big data, and innovation and knowledge transfer. By strengthening connections between universities in the UK and Hong Kong, we aim to create a platform for sustainable collaboration that not only benefits both Hong Kong SAR and the UK but also contributes to the broader Greater Bay Area’s (GBA) education and innovation ecosystem.”
Key discussions shaping the future of UK-East Asia partnerships
The event featured a UK Vice-Chancellors’ Higher Education Mission, where UK university leaders engaged with East Asia’s higher education sector through site visits, strategic briefings, and discussions on research collaboration, innovation, and funding opportunities.
The East Asia Agent Conference 2025 brought together almost 200 senior directors of education agencies, universities, and aggregators from 13 countries and territories and the UK under the theme “Innovate for a Sustainable Future.” The conference focused on improving the quality of advice available to students, the value of UK qualifications and the student voice, concluding with a networking reception, fostering new connections between UK government representatives and academic leaders.
The East Asia Agent Conference reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to high-quality student support and ethical recruitment. The panel discussions throughout the day highlighted the Agent Quality Framework (AQF), a framework designed to strengthen the partnership between the UK education sector and agents and counsellors, while recognising and sharing best practices. The conference also recognised the importance of alumni engagement, employability-driven strategies, and the need for innovation in agency services to navigate market challenges and strengthen the UK’s position as a top study destination.
Alumni UK: A global network for graduates
Another key component of the East Asia Education Week was the Alumni UK Symposium, which brought together over 200 UK alumni from 12 countries and territories in East Asia to exchange insights and strengthen professional networks. The Alumni Symposium highlighted the impact of a UK education on career success, emphasising adaptability, resilience, and an entrepreneurial mindset. A series of panel discussions among alumni also underscored the power of alumni networks, the need for lifelong learning, and the importance of leveraging global connections to navigate evolving job markets and drive positive societal change. The event also provided the opportunity to celebrate 33 alumni of the British Council’s Women in STEM scholarship from across Southeast Asia and the new British Council Scholarship for Women in Hong Kong, launched in 2024 and supported by the Sir Tang Shiu Kin Education Trust ahead of International Women’s Day. The first cohort of four students from Hong Kong are currently in the UK studying at Newcastle universities.
Connecting UK alumni from around the world, the British Council Alumni UK platform creates a global network designed to connect graduates of UK universities with their peers worldwide and provides professional development and job opportunities to support career progression.
The event was supported by several partners: the University of Hong Kong provided an amazing backdrop to the event, Pearson PTE as Gold partners for the week, Easy Transfer as the reception sponsor, British Council IELTS, Grok Global Services and Oxford International Education Group as event partners. Several UK partners were at the heart of event as well, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), UK Universities International (UUKI), British University International Liaison Association (BUILA) and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), reflecting the strategic importance of Hong Kong to the UK.
To learn more about Alumni UK, visit: https://alumniuk.britishcouncil.org/.
For more details on the British Council East Asia Education Week, please visit: https://www.britishcouncil.hk/en/programmes/education/british-council-east-asia-education-week-2025
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HKFindLawyer Launches Hong Kong’s First “Work Injury Occupation and Injury Compensation Database” Empowering Workers to Understand Their Rights and Compensation Process
The database covers a wide range of occupations — including construction workers, cleaners, delivery riders, and office staff — as well as common workplace injuries such as falls, burns, back pain, and hearing loss. It aims to help the public understand their legal rights, claim procedures, and compensation options in different work-related injury scenarios.
Developed in collaboration with experienced Hong Kong lawyers, the database transforms complex legal concepts into clear and practical guidance. It also includes case studies, medical treatment tips, and reference materials for compensation calculation.
Members of the public can freely access the following pages:
- Guide to Work Injury Risks and Compensation by Occupatio
- Guide to Common Work Injuries and Compensation
A spokesperson for HKFindLawyer.com said:
“Our goal is to help workers understand their rights clearly when faced with a work injury, without being misled or confused by insurers. By identifying their occupation and type of injury, they can easily see the next steps for compensation.”
In addition to the new database, the website also provides several practical tools, including:
- Work Injury Compensation Calculation Guide
- Permanent Loss of Earning Capacity Percentage Table
- Work Injury Claim Step-by-Step Guide
By combining public legal education with lawyer-matching services, HKFindLawyer.com aims to promote legal awareness in Hong Kong and help more individuals access professional legal advice free of charge.
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About HKFindLawyer.com
Founded in 2019, HKFindLawyer.com is Hong Kong’s first platform dedicated to legal education and lawyer matching. Through AI-driven search, lawyer rating systems, and professional verification, it helps citizens find the most suitable lawyers in areas such as work injury, traffic accidents, criminal defense, and family law. The platform has handled over 1,000 free legal consultation cases to date.
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Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025 Sets Record with 500+ Deal Flows, 2,700+ attendees and 180,000+ online views
Two-day forum explores AI and blockchain venture capital landscape, unveiling new global capital trends
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 November 2025 – Cyberport’s flagship event, the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025 (CVCF), achieved a record-breaking over 500 deal flows, with more than 2,700 attendees and over 180,000 online views. Themed “The Innovation-Venture Nexus: Igniting Transformative Success”, the two-day forum, together with highlight events including the “Web3.0 Innovation Expo”, start-up workshop, investor matching, demo day, and start-up clinic, brought together global influential investors and entrepreneurs to unlock new perspectives in technological innovation and investment. The spotlight event on the second day, the “Web3.0 Innovation Expo”, was opened with an address by Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury of the HKSAR Government, with a welcome remarks from Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport.
Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury, stated in his speech, “The HKSAR Government issued the Policy Statement 2.0 on the Development of Digital Assets in Hong Kong in June this year to reinforce its commitment to establishing Hong Kong as a global hub for innovation in the digital asset field. Policy Statement 2.0 outlines a clear roadmap for fostering a trusted ecosystem, with enhanced regulatory clarity, support for emerging technologies, and incentives to attract global talent and capital. Beyond financial support, Cyberport provides assistance and coordination with stakeholders to ensure effective implementation through ‘Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme’. The scheme encourages partnerships between technology companies and qualified project sponsors from various sectors, allowing for real-world testing and validation within our comprehensive regulatory regime. This ensures alignment with the highest standards for investor and consumer protection. These pilots are accelerating tangible applications across tokenised assets, payments, RegTech, and the creator economy. These successes align perfectly with the HKSAR Government’s broader efforts in digital assets. Web3.0 Innovation Expo is a catalyst for the next wave of blockchain-enabled innovation and digital asset adoption.”
Dr Rocky Cheng, CEO of Cyberport, stated in his speech, “With strong support from the HKSAR Government, Cyberport is hosting the largest blockchain and digital assets community in Hong Kong, with over 300 blockchain, digital assets, smart contracts, and Web3.0 companies from nearly 20 countries and regions, including three unicorns and three licensed virtual asset trading platforms in Hong Kong. We actively link these companies to R&D opportunities, corporate partnerships for technology adoption, investment channels, and markets on the Chinese Mainland and abroad. Cyberport is committed to accelerating the transformation of blockchain innovations into real-life applications, promoting blockchain applications in society and business, and nurturing blockchain talent while raising public awareness of the technology. The recently launched ‘Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme’ received an overwhelming response with over 200 applications, and ultimately 9 projects were approved, covering real‑world asset tokenisation, next-generation payment, risk management, and decentralised digital identity. These pilot projects address market pain points with innovative solutions, setting benchmarks for future blockchain innovations.”
The morning session focused on Cyberport’s “Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme”, which supports high-impact, benchmark-potential projects across multiple domains, including Real-World Assets (RWA), stablecoins and payment, decentralised identity, Web3.0 security, Decentralised Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN), and social innovation and digital experience, all aimed at advancing financial innovation in practice. Professor Jack Poon, Advisory Panel member of Blockchain & Digital Asset Pilot Subsidy Scheme, Member of Web3 Task Force and Honorary Professor of Practice, The University of Hong Kong, delivered a keynote speech sharing the latest developments in Hong Kong’s Web3.0 landscape and exploring challenges in promoting stablecoin and RWA tokenisation. Representatives from the seven funded enterprises shared their experiences, including Cyberport incubates,
- Cobo, which plans to introduce Infrastructure for RWA tokenisation, custody & settlement infrastructure for income-generating;
- DigiFT, which completed its latest funding round of over ten million USD in August this year, and is launching the “open architecture for RWA processes automation” pilot project in Hong Kong with UBS and Chainlink;
- Moon Lab, which is developing a blockchain-based decentralised identity concert ticketing solution.
The afternoon programme centred on global digital asset trends and ecosystem development. Through fireside chats and keynote speeches, leading industry leaders provided in-depth analysis of macroeconomic drivers, regulatory synergy, RWA tokenisation, institutional market structure, and infrastructure readiness, offering investors and entrepreneurs insights into future opportunities and exploring how to leverage frontier technologies such as blockchain, and digital assets to drive business growth. The event gathered local and global industry experts, company representatives, investors, Cyberport Web3.0 community members, and key blockchain ecosystem players for face-to-face exchanges on how Web3.0 is reshaping industries, fostering innovation, and creating new opportunities. Joseph Chee, Executive Chairman of Solana Company, Founder and Chairman of Summer Capital, delivered a keynote dissecting the global virtual assets landscape, emphasising Hong Kong’s pivotal role as a bridge between East and West, and highlighting the importance of governance and transparency for market stability. Franklin Bi, General Partner at Pantera, shared strategic insights on crafting global investment strategies in a regulated virtual assets environment to achieve Web3.0 breakthroughs.
In addition, the start-up workshops, hosted by Farid Haque, Venture Partner at AQVC, and Alyssa Lee, Vice President of Alt-Alpha Capital, offered concrete entrepreneurial advice to start-ups, analysing how to secure capital and achieve sustainable growth amid rapid industry transformation, while addressing new financing challenges in the AI and Web3.0 era to help start-ups seize opportunities in a fast-changing and highly competitive market.
Across the two days, Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025 featured over 50 physical booths showcasing innovation and technology and around 100 virtual booths, allowing start-ups to showcase their AI, blockchain and digital assets solutions and services, as well as fostering exchanges among industry leaders from around the world, the Greater Bay Area, and Hong Kong.
To revisit the content and speaker line-up of Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2025, please visit https://cvcf.cyberport.hk/en/index.
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About Hong Kong Cyberport
Wholly owned by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government, Cyberport is Hong Kong’s digital tech hub and AI accelerator, with a vision to empower industry digitalisation and intelligent transformation, to promote digital economy and AI development, and to foster Hong Kong to be an international AI, innovation and technology (I&T) hub. Cyberport gathers over 2,300 companies, including 13 listed companies and 10 unicorns. One-third of onsite companies’ founders come from 26 countries and regions, while Cyberport companies have expanded to over 35 global markets.
Cyberport, with Hong Kong’s largest AI Supercomputing Centre and AI Lab as the engine, has been building the AI ecosystem with industry-leading AI companies and over 400 AI and data science start-ups. Through development of tech clusters, namely AI, data science, blockchain and cybersecurity, Cyberport empowers industries across smart city and government, banking and finance, digital entertainment, culture and tourism, healthcare, education and training, property management, construction, transportation and logistics, green environment and more, while hosting Hong Kong’s largest FinTech community. Commissioned by the HKSAR Government, Cyberport has implemented proof-of-concept and sandbox schemes, subsidisation for digital tech adoption, industry tech training and start-up incubation, to drive technology R&D, translation and commercialisation, thus propelling digital transformation and intelligent upgrade across industry and society.
Also as “State-level Scientific and Technological Enterprise Incubator” and Hong Kong’s key incubator, Cyberport supports entrepreneurs with funding and office space, extensive networks of enterprises, investors, technology corporations and professional services for business growth and expansion to Chinese Mainland and overseas markets, all-round facilitation for landing in Hong Kong, talent attraction and cultivation, ready as a launchpad to take start-ups in any stages of development to the next level.
For more information, please visit
https://www.cyberport.hk/en.
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HKSTP Crowns EPIC 2025 Winner: Champion of HKSTP EPIC 2025 NEU Battery Materials from Singapore Triumphs at Hong Kong’s Flagship I&T Mega Event
A fresh roster of innovators, and increased sums of investment, had global innovators eyeing Hong Kong’s I&T capabilities
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 7 November 2025 – Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) has successfully concluded EPIC 2025 Presented by Cathay and HSBC. Ideas took flight at today’s Grand Finale; NEU Battery Materials brought home the Overall Championship and won the Green Tech track with the world’s first patented electrochemical recycling of lithium batteries. The flagship startup competition is an annual innovation and technology (I&T) mega event in Asia hosted at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal — once a gateway to the skies and now a launchpad for tomorrow’s tech pioneers.
This year’s EPIC has set multiple new precedents. Investment funding for the competition doubled, totalling US $105M with US $240,000 in cash prizes. Additionally, a record-breaking 1,200+ applications were submitted, with a remarkable 87% from non-local startups spanning over 70 economies. The top 100 tech companies were featured at the Grand Finale, with 28 economies represented and 85% of the top 100 being non-local, this year’s competition was the most globally diverse to date.
Paul Chan, Financial Secretary of Hong Kong SAR, said, “One thing is crystal clear, EPIC has grown into an iconic global innovation event. And the beauty of EPIC isn’t just about crowning winners. It’s about giving founders and dreamers a stage to share their ideas, ambitions, and vision for the future.”
Dr Sunny Chai, Chairman of HKSTP said “We are turning Hong Kong’s connectivity into momentum, helping ideas move and scale across borders. EPIC 2025 is a testament to this where entrepreneurs get to connect with emerging markets and business opportunities, enthusiastic investors and partners, as well as the future of world-class I&T ecosystems.”
NEU Battery Materials claimed the title of Overall Champion, also winning the Green Tech track. Founder & CEO Bryan Oh expressed excitement and gratitude, saying: “It’s really 60 seconds that changes your life. The network that EPIC has brought us is immense, as is the ecosystem that they’ve introduced.” The Singaporean startup focuses on climatech solutions, introduces the world’s first patented electrochemical recycling of lithium batteries.
KA Imaging Inc from Canada was named the winner for Digital Health Tech track, for their Spectral X-ray system that identifies and separates soft tissues and bones, the first of its kind.
Belli was crowned for its FinTech track solution, the Singaporean startup focuses on aviation software that addresses the issue of 85% of airline flights wasting cargo space.
The ninth edition of EPIC was supported by Co-Title Sponsors Cathay, Hong Kong’s world-leading airline and premium lifestyle brand, and HSBC, global bank for innovators, with Digital Health Tech Sponsor Takeda, a multinational pharmaceutical company, and Hospitality Sponsor Regal Hotels International, a distinguished hotel group.
EPIC Week facilitated over 200 business and investment matching sessions, empowering startups to engage with visionary partners and investors. These matching sessions allow participants to explore and pursue the many opportunities across Asia’s dynamic markets. Prior to pitching at the Grand Finale, semi-finalists were greeted with the EPIC Week, consisting of a Tech Spotlight showcase and a Greater Bay Area Exploration tour, helping foster a better understanding of the capabilities, markets, and opportunities in the GBA.
Hong Kong has firmly established itself as a global hub for innovation. Together with Shenzhen and Guangzhou, the city has been ranked the World’s no. 1 Innovation Cluster in the 2025 Global Innovation Index, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Hong Kong’s innovation ecosystem provides the ideal launchpad for Chinese startups to go global. It also allows international startups to access the formidable markets of the Greater Bay Area, which boast world-class technology, supply chain, and manufacturing capabilities.
Winners List and Prizes:
| Overall Champion: NEU Battery Materials | US$60,000 cash prize |
| Digital Heath Tech Winner: KA Imaging Inc | US$20,000 cash prize |
| FinTech Winner: Belli | US$20,000 cash prize |
| Green Tech Winner: NEU Battery Materials | US$20,000 cash prize |
Top 12 Finalists (each received US$10,000 cash prize):
| Company Name | Economics |
| Digital Health Tech | |
| E-Sense Innovation & Technology Limited | Hong Kong |
| Eyerising international | Australia |
| KA Imaging Inc | Canada |
| Re:Pair Genomics Inc. | Canada |
| FinTech | |
| Bankuish | United States |
| Belli | Singapore |
| Cambio Limited (Energent.AI) | United Arab Emirates |
| RealKey | United States |
| Green Tech | |
| CERT Systems | Canada |
| NEU Battery Materials | Singapore |
| Soteria Battery Innovation Group | United States |
| YSL&C Ltd (OKOsix) | Hong Kong |
Top 100 Semi-Finalists Breakdown:
| By Tech Track | Percentage |
| Digital Health Tech | 34% |
| FinTech | 33% |
| Green Tech | 33% |
| By Region | Percentage |
| America | 24% |
| APAC | 26% |
| Europe | 30% |
| Hong Kong | 15% |
| Mainland China | 5% |
Visit epic.hkstp.org for more information on EPIC 2025.
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www.hkstp.org.
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