1 st Optoelectronics Day
Jointly organized by America Hong Kong
Electronics Association (AHKEA),
Hong Kong Optoelectronics
Association (HKOEA) and
Hong Kong Photography and Optics
Manufacturers Association (HKPOMA) and co-organized by
City
University of Hong Kong (CityU),
The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University (PolyU) and
Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC),
the 1 st Optoelectronics Day was held on June 27, 2003.
The
Objective
of this event is to
provide an opportunity for the Hong Kong industrialists to get
to know about the optoelectronics, the technology, projects and
services being carried out by institutions and government
organization; followed by a gathering dinner to
encourage networking among the field .

Over 30
persons form the industry joined the day-time event. The program
was started at 9:00 am at the Multi-Media Conference Room of
Cheng Yick-chi Building, CityU. After opening speech by the
president of HKOEA Mr. Daniel Lau and agenda briefing by this
Program Leader Mr. William Yim, the following Professors
presented about their department:
* Department of Electronic Engineering -
Prodf. Pak Chu, Chief Professor
* Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering
Management (MEEM)-
Prof Michael Hung, Head
* Student Career and Support -
Prof. Paul Lam, associate Director, Cooperative Education Centre.



Afterward, three Laboratory Tours were arranged to visit the
following laboratories:
* Laboratory of Optoelectronics Research Centre - Presented by
Miss Polis Wong
* Laboratory of EPA Centre - Presented by Ms Brenda Lam
* Laboratory of Wireless Communication Research Centre -
Presented by Prof Edward Yung
* MEEM Laboratory - Pesented by Dr. Ralph Ip




A nice Networking Lunch was arranged at Lee Kai-shing Building
Restaurant, PolyU.


After lunch, we met Mr. Edmond Lam, Project
Manager and Miss Daisy Yue, Assistant Manager of of Partnership
Development Office, they guided two Tours to visit the
followings:
* Industrial & Systems Engineering Department
- Laser Laboratory
- PCB Centre
- Ultra-Precision Machining Centre
* Electronic & Information Engineering Department
- Optoelectronic Laboratory
* Electrical Engineering Department
- Fiber Optics Laboratory
* House of Innovation - a display of various PolyU projects of
all six faculties.





After the tours, we met with Dr. Lui Sun-wing,
the Vice President of PolyU and Mr. Sidney Wong, associate
Director of Institute for Enterprise for discussion on potential
collaborations.


After took a group picture, we left PolyU and went to HKPC, to visit
the TechMart, Optics Laboratory and Analysis/Lead free/COG
Laboratory, the day-time program was successfully ended at
7:15pm.


A Networking Dinner was followed at Club Oasis,
Yau Yat Tsuen, with 40 persons attended.
The dinner started at 7:45 pm, after a welcome speech delivered
by Mr. Robert Li, Chairman of AHKEA, the following talks were
performed:
* About Optoelectronics - Mr. Daniel Lau,
Founding President of HKOEA
* Laser Application - Mr. William Yim, Chairman of
Optoelectronics Solution group, AHKEA
* Introduction on IPC 9151 and new free services by HKPC - Mr.
Daniel Chan, Sr. Consultant
of HKPC ITT Unit
* Collaboration between industry and CityU - Mr. KT Ng,
Associate Director, Co-operative Education
Centre, CityU.




Finally, Mr. Stephen Pong, Secretary General of
AHKEA, updated the progress of AHKEA, web site's new services
and upcoming events. The Networking Dinner was ended fruitfully
at 10:00 pm
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