Social Innovation Talk

Ada Wong has led a varied career as solicitor, educator, social innovator and civil society figure. She is a staunch advocate of social innovation, creative education and cultural development. Ada founded the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC), a unique non-profit cultural organization whose mission is education innovation and a creative civil society. Among other projects, HKICC founded the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity in 2006. In 2010, she founded the Make A Difference (MaD) initiative, a continuing platform to groom the next generation of creative and innovative changemakers in Asia. Two years later, she founded The Good Lab, a do tank and social innovation hub to enable tri-sector collaborations in bringing about innovative solutions for a better Hong Kong. One of the recent endeavours of the Good Lab is to promote the sharing economy and in particular innovative co-housing projects among young people. Read more

Cora has extensive sales & marketing management experience in the telecommunication industry for local and global markets. She was inspired to pursue her second career in DiD HK Limited in 2013 with key focus on transforming team culture and crystalizing key learning impacts of experiential learning workshop and entertaining events. She has taken up CEO role in 2015 with the vision to empower more People of Differences (PoD) to live out their life with respect and dignity Prior to joining Dialogue Experience, Cora was the Director of Marketing for CSL leading the mobile corporate sales & marketing team. Previous to this, she was the Vice President of PCCW Global leading a global marketing & communications team. Read more

Being a serial entrepreneur and a leader in social enterprise, Mr. Erwin Huang has extensive experience running from startups to public companies and social enterprises, his ventures cover publication, information technology and telecommunications industries, and run across different countries . After resigning his position as the CEO of Tse Sui Luen Jewelry, Mr. Huang founded Weborganic in 2011. Weborganic aims to bridge the digital gap in Hong Kong. Its mission is to deliver hope, through providing low cost PCs, networks and create a level playing field for poor families. Read more

Pat is a Partner of Strategic Development at KPMG who oversees Corporate Social Responsibility as well as being a core member of the KPMG China Steering Committee on Climate Change & Sustainability. He is also a member of the KPMG Global CC&S network. Pat currently serves on the United Nations Economic & Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP) on their Sustainable Business Network Task Force on Banking and finance. He was also previously the founder and Chairman of the Sustainable Fashion Business Consortium, which he continues to sit in the executive committee to push the sustainability agenda in the textile and apparel industry. Through his initiatives Central Textiles subsequently won the Gold Award for the Hang Seng Pearl River Delta Environmental Award in 2012 and the Hong Kong Award for Environmental Excellence – Manufacturing Sector in 2013. Also, Pat received the Young Industrialist of the Year award from the Federation of Hong Kong Industries in 2009.

Albert has over 18 years of consulting experience, covering policy/strategic formulation and review, business and regulatory impact assessment, options evaluation, stakeholder engagement and performance management for both the public sector and private sector clients. He has experience in a wide range of policy areas including innovation and technology, financial services, commerce and economic development, food and water safety, health and welfare, sports and culture for the Government and statutory organisations.