The Belgium - Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in HK, together with the Consulate of Belgium in HK, Flanders Investment & Trade and InvestHK cordially invite you to the BELGIUM – HONG KONG BUSINESS SEMINAR on Lifesciences in HK & Belgium.

Registrations: Attendance is free, but registrations are required. NO walk-ins will be allowed.

Registration deadline: 12 pm - Thursday 16 November 2023

PROGRAMME:

8.30 am: Registrations

9.00 am: Opening address by H.E. Mr. David Lomastro, Consul General of Belgium

9.05 am: Introduction by Mr. Patrice Thys, Chair at the Belgium-Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce HK

9.15 am: Latest trends of the Life Sciences Sector in Belgiumby Mr. Peter Tanghe, Science & Technology Counsellor at the Consulate General of Belgium

9.30 am: Life Sciences Landscape in Hong Kong, by Mr. Andy Wong, Head of Innovation and Technology at Invest HK

9.45 am: Translational Research & Development of the Biomedical Technology Ecosystem in Hong Kongby Grace Lau, Head of the Institute of Translational Research at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Cooperation

10.00 am: From Research to Commercialization in Healthtech: the Belun Story by Lydia Leung, CEO of Belun Technology and Chairperson at the Hong Kong Medical and Healthcare Device Industries Association

10.20 am: The Importance of Design in Healthtech Products by Mr. Pieter Lesage, CEO of Studio Dott (Belgium & Hong Kong)

10.40 am: Tea & coffee break

10.50 am: Hong Kong – Belgium Joint Venture Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector by Ms. Wu Yawen, CEO of China Resources - Verlinvest Nursing Homes

11.05 am: Hong Kong – Belgium Investment Collaboration in Regenerative Medicineby Denis Dufrane, CEO of Novadip Belgium and Jason Zhou Yi, CEO CR-CP Life Sciences Fund HK

11.20 am: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing in the Healthcare Sector by Tony Sun, Greater China Medical Sales Manager at Materialise China

11.35 am: Current Developments in Human Tissue Processingby Denis Dufrane, Founder and Director at TEXERE Belgium

11.50 am: Q&A

12.00 pm: Closing Remarks & Group photo

12.15 pm: Networking with Speakers & Guests