This year’s International Science, Technology & Innovation Forum, organised by the Boao Forum for Asia, will be held at the Convention & Exhibition Centre this Friday and Saturday.

Under the theme “Transitioning Towards the Future: Powered by Science, Technology & Innovation”, the forum will explore how to capitalise on Hong Kong’s unique advantage of being connected both to the Mainland and the outside world, and how to foster global co-operation in the field of innovation and technology (I&T).

Focusing on global innovation, the forum is one of the world’s major platforms for high-level I&T co-operation and exchanges.

Previously held in Macau, Guangzhou and Zhuhai, the forum is being held in Hong Kong for the first time this year. Cohosted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Boao Forum for Asia, the event affirms Hong Kong’s advantages of as a highly internationalized city that is a gateway to both China and the world.

With an expected attendance of more than 800 top experts, scholars and political and economic leaders from Hong Kong and abroad, the forum will serve to deepen regional and international I&T collaboration, and accelerate Hong Kong’s development as an international I&T hub.

A Hong Kong Forum, themed “Leveraging the Advantages of Connecting with Both the Mainland & the World to Foster Global Innovation & Technology Collaboration”, will be staged on Saturday. It will bring together renowned experts, as well as political and business leaders from different fields, to explore how Hong Kong can fully leverage its unique advantages, in terms of internal and external connectivity, to promote collaboration among the Government, industry, academia, the research community and investors, with a view to fostering global I&T development.

Sub-forums, fringe sessions and roundtable events during the two-day conference will involve former foreign heads of state and political leaders, senior representatives of international organisations, renowned scientists and academics, entrepreneurs and youth leaders from various countries, sharing their insights on a host of issues in the I&T field.

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