As the Innovation Facilitator of the Government, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) is tasked with the mission to promote the application of innovation and technology (I&T). Under the third Five-year Strategic Plan (the third Plan), we have put forward four major innovative strategies, including “Strengthening Innovative Collaboration between Stakeholders”, to realise the vision of “E&M 3.0 – Intelligent E&M”. To implement the relevant strategy, we provided the electrical and mechanical (E&M) industry with a platform for sharing their innovation achievements and experience in the E&M I&T Day 2023, facilitating exchange and collaboration on the development and application of I&T among all parties.
Organised by the EMSD, with support from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation and the Shenzhen Association for Science and Technology (the Association), the E&M I&T Day 2023 was successfully held on 31 July and 1 August at the Hong Kong Science Park. The event, with the theme of smart construction, brought together about 30 exhibitors from Hong Kong, the Mainland and overseas to showcase their latest I&T achievements and solutions in smart construction. Through the event, the EMSD hoped to broaden the scope of I&T application, encourage the construction industry to make good use of I&T, strengthen collaboration across different regions to inspire innovative thinking, and drive all parties to foster I&T development hand in hand. The event was also live streamed online and simultaneously broadcast in the Mainland, with approximately 1 100 participants both online and offline.
The E&M I&T Day 2023 aimed to actively promote I&T development in line with the innovative strategies of the third Plan. Through the signing of a memorandum of co-operation (MoC) and the exchange activities, the event promoted and facilitated collaboration among clients, industries and I&T strategic partners in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and internationally.
The first day of the event kicked off with the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Co-operation on Innovation and Technology Exchange. The MoC was signed between the EMSD and the Association to establish a strategic partnership for supporting the application of I&T in government departments and bolstering future collaboration between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. After the signing ceremony, representatives from government departments, public organisations, the E&M and I&T industries, and tertiary institutions gave presentations on smart construction. Booths were set up in the venue to showcase related I&T solutions. The second day offered participants guided tours, including visits to the smart construction materials laboratory of the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute, laboratories of the Hong Kong Centre for Construction Robotics as well as the Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre, so that they could have an in-depth understanding of the development of smart construction.
Apart from the aforementioned MoC, the EMSD previously also signed MoCs with five academic institutions and seven research institutions in 2019 as well as three academic institutions in 2022 to establish strategic partnerships. In addition, the EMSD signed MoCs with the Guangdong Academy of Sciences, the Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology and the Guangdong Productivity Centre respectively in 2019 to enhance I&T collaboration between Guangdong and Hong Kong. The E&M InnoPortal was introduced to the GBA in order to expand the availability of local I&T resources and promote Hong Kong’s I&T solutions. The recent MoC signed between the EMSD and the Association aimed to further promote the E&M InnoPortal which connects start-ups and potential users and increase the number of strategic partners, and thereby laying a foundation for future collaboration.
Looking ahead, the EMSD will continue to promote the E&M I&T exchange, as well as leveraging its knowledge and expertise in E&M engineering to support client departments and the engineering industry in enhancing their operational efficiency and facilitating the implementation of I&T solutions, thereby benefiting the general public.
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