The APAC Innovation Summit 2016 Series – Internet of Things was held from 7th to 8th April at Hong Kong Science Park. The summit was organized by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) which featured a number of inspiring keynote speakers and focused on enabling the ecosystem of re-industrialisation in Hong Kong riding on the opportunities of IoT development to foster intelligent manufacturing. Track sessions covering application of IoT were also held.
ASTRI is one of the co-organizers of this event. Three ASTRI technology experts gave presentations on ASTRI’s latest development on IoT. Also, ASTRI’s projects were showcased to the audience in the mini exhibition.
APAC Innovation Summit is HKSTP’s flagship event to provide the leading minds an opportunity for inspirational exchange in technology and market trends.
Dr. Frank Tong, Chief Executive Officer, ASTRI (3rd from right) officiates at the opening ceremony of APAC Innovation Summit 2016 Series – Internet of Things.
Dr. Billy Chan, Senior Manager of Software Technologies in Communications Technologies Group gives a presentation titled “In-Car Gateway Software for Internet-of-Vehicles (IoV)”
Dr. Eddy Chiu, Manager, Communications Technologies gives a presentation titled “Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communications for Next Generation IoT”.
Mr. Andy Lam, Deputy R&D Director gives a presentation titled “Real Time Internet of Things Geographic Information System (IoTGIS) Platforms for Smart Cities”.
Members of the Legislative Council Hon Emily Lau Wai-hing, JP, Dr. Hon Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung and Hon Cheung Kwok-che visited ASTRI on 31 March 2016. They were joined by Chairman of and Chief Executive Officer of Wong’s International Holdings Ltd Mr. Ben Wong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Altai Technologies Ltd Dr. Raymond Leung and Chairman of the Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association and Chairman of Suga International Holdings Ltd Dr. C H Ng. Chairman of ASTRI Mr. Wong Ming-yam, BBS, JP and Chief Executive Officer CEO Dr. Frank Tong extended a warm welcome to the honourable visitors and shared with them the strategic directions and latest technologies of ASTRI, and took them to tour around the ASTRI Security Lab.
The visitors also visited Altai Technologies Ltd and Marvel Digital Limited on Hong Kong Science Park before having a lunch discussion joined by Chief Corporate Development Officer of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation Mr. Albert Wong and Senior Vice-President of AP Photonics Mr. Herbert Lau at ASTRI.
(3rd to 5th from left): Members of the Legislative Council Dr. Hon Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung, Hon Cheung Kwok-che and Hon Emily Lau Wai-hing, JP and visit ASTRI
Visiting Altai Technologies Ltd
Visiting Marvel Digital Limited
ASTRI has been working closely with TCL Communication, the world’s fifth mobile terminal manufacturer on the 5G research and development. ASTRI’s Device-to-Device Communications (D2D) solution was showcased at the 4th TCL Group Technology and Innovation Conference held at TCL Technology Building at Huizhou, China on 30 March. Mr. LI Zhenhong, 5G Project Manager of TCL Communication introduced this solution to Chairman of TCL Communication Mr. LI Dongsheng at the event.
In February 2016, ASTRI and TCL jointly performed a live demonstration of its D2D solution at the Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. For more details, please refer to: http://www.astri.org/blog/news/press-releases/astri-demonstrates-device-device-communications-d2d-solution-tcl-communication-mobile-world-congress-barcelona-2016/
Ms. LI Zhenhong, 5G Project Manager of TCL Communication (1st from right) introduces ASTRI’s D2D solution to Chairman of TCL Communication Mr. LI Dongsheng (2nd from right) .
ASTRI’s technology project “Real Time Location Proximity Data System for Smart Cities” won the First Runner-up at the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE) Electronics Division Project Competition 2016 (HKEPC 2016) “IoT Development for Smart Cities”.
The award winning project was developed by our R&D team led by Mr. Andy Lam, Deputy R&D Director. The team has developed a real time location proximity data system for the applications in smart city. Underlying the system is a horizontal scalable server software stack and mobile SDK for total solution deployment of large scale enterprise and consumer grade smart city applications and systems.
Organized by the HKIE Electronics Division, the HKEPC 2016 aims to increase general public’s awareness and knowledge of IoT technology to improve the quality of life, achieving the Smart City initiative as proposed by Chief Executive in his Policy Address 2015. The competition required participants to design, build and test an electronic product/system by applying “IoT technologies” to achieve the Smart City initiative.
ASTRI’s R&D team led by Mr. Andy Lam, Deputy R&D Director (5th from left) wins the First Runner-up at HKEPC 2016.
Delegates from the Working Group on Payment and Settlement Systems (WGPSS) of the Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks (EMEAP) led by Hong Kong Monetary Authority visited ASTRI today. ASTRI’s CEO Dr. Frank Tong, CTO Dr. Ieong Mei Kei, CFO Ms. Cammy Yung and Director, Security and Data Sciences Dr. Duncan Wong extended a very warm welcome to the delegates and introduced ASTRI’s latest FinTech development . The delegates also toured around ASTRI Security Lab whereby the latest technology about cyber security was shown.
ASTRI’s CEO Dr. Frank Tong (12th from left) extends a very warm welcome to the delegates.
Senior Management of ASTRI introduce its latest FinTech development.
The delegation visits ASTRI Security Lab.
Dr. Duncan Wong, Director of Security and Data Sciences of ASTRI and Mr. Scottie Tse, Principal Engineer of ASTRI took a telephone interview by Global Trade Review and shared their views on the recent cyber attack on Bangladesh’s central bank. Our experts talked about how this attack came about and how vulnerable banks in trade are to similar attacks.
For more details, please visit: http://www.gtreview.com/news/asia/bangladesh-cyber-attack-this-could-happen-to-any-bank-in-the-world/ (The article is available in English only)
More than 50 top management and bankers of major international banks paid a visit to ASTRI on 15 and 17 March to learn more about its latest corporate development, in particular in the area of Financial Technology. The delegation was warmly welcomed by Dr. Frank Tong, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Meikei Ieong, Chief Technology Officer, and Dr. Duncan Wong, Director of Security and Data Sciences of ASTRI. The delegation also visited ASTRI Security Lab (ASL) during the visit.
The delegation visits ASTRI Security Lab (ASL)
Asia Pacific Radio Spectrum Conference 2016 (APRSC 2016) with the theme of Sustainable IoT Smart Cities was held on 9 – 10 March 2016. Dr. Meikei Ieong, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ASTRI was one of the conference speakers and gave a presentation titled “Enabling technologies for IoT and Smart Cities”.
For details of the conference, please refer to: http://sct.ouhk.edu.hk/aprsc2016 (English only)
Dr. Meikei Ieong, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ASTRI gives a presentation at the Asia Pacific Radio Spectrum Conference 2016
A delegation led by Mr. Zhan De Cun, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Science, Technology and Innovation Commission visited ASTRI on 8 March whereby they learnt about the latest corporate development of ASTRI and shared Guangzhou’s “1+9 policies regarding technology and innovation development. The delegates also visited ASTRI Security Laboratory.
The delegates introduces Guangzhou’s “1+9” policies
The delegates visits ASTRI Security Laboratory
A delegation led by Mr. Wu Hanzong, Secretary of Quanzhou Investment Zone for Taiwanese Party Working Committee visited ASTRI on 8 March to know more about ASTRI and its latest technologies development. Dr. Frank Tong, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI and Dr. Justin Chuang, Vice-President & Group Director of Communications Technologies cum Acting Director of Software and Systems of ASTRI extended a very warm welcome to the delegation. ASTRI’s colleagues gave an ASTRI overview and a presentation on ASTRI’s technology development area on medical and health.
Dr. Frank Tong, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI (right) presents souvenir to Mr. Wu Hanzong, Secretary of Quanzhou Investment Zone for Taiwanese Party Working Committee (left).
