About
The Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum is a flagship event of the HKFYG, bringing together young people to work together in seeking collective actions to address global challenges and contribute to sustainable social development and growth through entrepreneurship. Over the years, we have had more than 6,000 stakeholders, comprising young entrepreneurs, unicorn founders, angel investors and policy-makers, along with member from venture capital firms, chambers of commerce, and academic institutions from 33 countries and regions different attend the different Fora.
The New Wave of Artificial Intelligence in Business
The theme of this year’s Forum is The New Wave of Artificial Intelligence in Business which will bring together 300 dynamic individuals, who will share the challenges of today’s environment, while also seeking ways to harness their businesses for a common good.
The Forum will leverage expertise from Hong Kong, as well as through visits to Macau and Shunde, Foshan. Throughout the five days, young entrepreneurs will be able to learn more about business development and opportunities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Highlight
Through captivating keynotes, immersive pitching roadshows, generative AI workshops, engaging discussions, and invaluable networking opportunities.
The Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum will explore the following:
- What New Business Opportunities lie with AI
Sharing entrepreneurial fields and business insights in AI technology to inspire young entrepreneurs' innovative thinking.
- The Smart Future for Entrepreneurs
Discussing how to leverage the power of AI technology in the entrepreneurial process, including challenges and best practices.
- Promoting Inclusive Youth Entrepreneurship: Challenges Faced by Young Women Entrepreneurs
Addressing the barriers and challenges faced by young female innovation and technology entrepreneurs when entering new markets, and sharing experiences and constructive advice in overcoming these obstacles.
- Leveraging AI to Enhance Efficiency
Integrating AI technology into conventional sectors to enhance operational efficiency and optimize economic returns.
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Pitching Roadshow
Collaborating with companies, investment firms, and angel investors for pitch evaluations, generating funding opportunities, and facilitating connections between businesses and investors - AWS - Generative AI Workshops
Hands-on workshops created by the teams at Amazon Web Services (AWS) to teach practical skills, techniques, and concepts,
Who will be there
The Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum is open to everyone engaged with, or interested in, exploring -
The New Wave of Artificial Intelligence in Business
Here's a snapshot of who will be there:
- Young entrepreneurs
- Unicorn entrepreneurs
- Angel investors
- Industry experts
- Venture capital
- Government / Policymakers
- Chambers of commerce
- Non-profit organizations
- Colleges
- Academic institutions
- Video
* Please note that the official language of the Forum will be English. Simultaneous translation services will be available in Putonghua and Cantonese for some sessions only. For more details, please refer to the Programme Details.
Why attend
The Forum will discuss emerging trends in artificial intelligence, innovative applications, entrepreneurial opportunities, and related topics. We will focus on the following areas:
- Entrepreneurial Thinking and Skills
To explore the mindset and skills required for entrepreneurs, including innovative thinking, risk management, market analysis, and business strategy. By sharing the experiences and insights of successful entrepreneurs and experts, participants will be able to build a solid foundation for successful entrepreneurship.
- Emerging Technologies and Digital Innovation
To discuss the impact of AI on entrepreneurship and business innovation. Practical cases and best practices will be shared on how to leverage these technologies to create new business value and address societal issues.
- Social Enterprise and Sustainable Development
To focus on the development of social enterprises and the achievement of sustainability goals. By exploring how to integrate AI, business and social objectives to achieve positive social and environmental impact through entrepreneurial activities, relevant cases and success stories can be shared and learnt from.
- International Cooperation and Market Expansion
To understand how to undertake entrepreneurship and market expansion in a globalised environment. Emphasising the importance of international cooperation and share experiences and strategies on entering new markets, scaling businesses, and establishing cross-border partnerships will be the key areas of focus.
- Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Resource Support
To seek ways to build a robust entrepreneurship ecosystem and provide the necessary resources and support for entrepreneurs, including funding, expertise, and networks.
Organiser + Partners
Organiser
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) was founded in 1960 and is now the city’s largest youth service organisation. For the past six decades, it has been committed to serving the youth of Hong Kong by providing a variety of services, activities and programmes, which have an annual attendance of over six million. We encourage youth to reach their fullest potential, and with community support, we now have over 90 service units. We also have 12 core services, which include the Youth S.P.O.Ts, M21 Multimedia Services, Employment Services, Youth at Risk Services, Counselling Services, Parenting Services, Leadership Training, Volunteer Services, Education Services, Creativity Education and Youth Exchange, Leisure, Cultural and Sports Services, and Research and Publications. Our aim is to motivate young people to grow into responsible and dutiful citizens and we now have over 250,000 registered volunteers and over 500,000 registered members. We believe that our motto HKFYG • Here for You reaffirms our commitment and dedication to the young people of Hong Kong.
Diamond Sponsorship
Silver Sponsor
He Innovation Foundation
In January 2017, He Innovation Foundation (former name: Shunde Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) was registered and established in the district civil affairs department under the promotion of Shunde District Party Committee, District Government and Shunde entrepreneurs. The original registered capital of the Foundation is RMB 2 million, which is donated by the Shunde State-owned Enterprise Kechuang Group. The foundation raises funds through targeted fundraising, the first phase of which is donated by Mr. He Xiangjian of He Foundation as the start-up capital of RMB 300 million, which will be used to support the development of innovation and entrepreneurship of young talents in Shunde.
The Foundation is a grant-making and supportive organization with the mission of “fostering youth, inspiring innovation, promoting entrepreneurship, and promoting entrepreneurship”.It is committed to supporting, financing and promoting youth entrepreneurship programs that promote social innovation, facilitating industry exchanges and cooperation, innovating entrepreneurship support models, and creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere conducive to sustainable social development.
Over the past seven years, He Innovation Foundation has developed into an important public welfare support organization in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area, providing young entrepreneurs with quality entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial funding, entrepreneurial investment, innovative finance and other services, as well as international entrepreneurial resources to connect with the opportunities. Over the years, it has provided support to more than 4,700 start-ups and technology companies, benefiting more than 10,000 entrepreneurial youths, cooperating with more than 20 universities and linking up with more than 90 entrepreneurial service organizations.
Bronze Sponsor
Development Solutions NGO
Development Solutions (DS) NGO is a Mongolian organization dedicated to enhancing community quality of life and supporting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) through innovative, results-oriented solutions. Its mission focuses on developing business capacity and promoting environmentally-sound social and economic growth. With a vision to be an exemplary organization offering top-notch business development services, DS employs a social business model, ensuring that its initiatives create sustainable social impacts alongside economic benefits, in collaboration with domestic and international donors. We actively embrace digitalization, utilizing ERP, PRS and online learning systems, for effective implementation of impact as well as monitoring and reporting. Key activities include loan facilitation, market linkage, self-development and corporate governance coaching, leadership mentoring, and entrepreneurship training, providing small grants. As a member of Youth Business International, DS has significantly impacted more than 10,000 young disadvantaged people by empowering social and green entrepreneurship, and promoting youth decent employment, disability support, and digitalization initiatives.
Strategic Partners
Angel Investment Foundation
Angel Investment Foundation is a non-governmental organization registered in Hong Kong in 2019. It is mainly financially supported by angel investment fund. The purpose of the organization is to encourage and guide private investment into the early stage of innovation and entrepreneurship, and to promote Hong Kong as a bridge connecting China and the world to create an ecosystem that connects innovative entrepreneurs and investors.
Google
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known companies in the world. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.
Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown in Hong Kong and Mainland China - We are one of the oldest and largest law firms in Hong Kong, supporting local business and serving the broader community since 1863. Our multi-disciplinary team in Hong Kong works with clients across banking & finance, chemicals, insurance, life sciences, real estate and technology sectors. We also have well-established and long-standing relationships in mainland China with two representative offices in Beijing and Shanghai. Since inception, we have been committed to providing quality legal services to top tier local and international clients in the region. The Law Society of Hong Kong awarded us Distinguished Pro Bono Law Firm of the Year and Distinguished Community Service Law Firm of the Year, along with several other individual and firm awards.
Technology Enabler
Amazon Web Services
Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 240 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, media, and application development, deployment, and management from 105 Availability Zones within 33 geographic regions, with announced plans for 18 more Availability Zones and six more AWS Regions in Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the AWS European Sovereign Cloud. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.
Supporting Organisations
Supporting Organisations
FAQ
- What is the "Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum"？
The Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum is a flagship event of the HKFYG, bringing together young people to work together in seeking collective actions to address global challenges and contribute to sustainable social development and growth through entrepreneurship. Over the years, we have had more than 6,000 stakeholders, comprising young entrepreneurs, unicorn founders, angel investors and policy-makers, along with member from venture capital firms, chambers of commerce, and academic institutions from 33 countries and regions different attend the different Fora.
- When and where will the "Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum" be held?
The Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum (Hong Kong)
Date: October 14, 2024 (Monday)
Venue: HKPC Building, 4/F, Conference Hall, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong KongThe Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum (Macau)
Date: October 15-16, 2024 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Venue: The Macao Young Entrepreneur Incubation Centre, Avenida do Governador Jaime Silverio Marques N°29, The Carat, B3, MacauThe Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum (Shunde, Foshan)
Date: October 21-22, 2024 (Monday and Tuesday)
Venue: He Innovation Space 15/F, Bacui Technology Building, Zhicheng Road, Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdon - Who will be there?
Global Youth Entrepreneurs Forum 2024 is open to everyone engaged with or interested in exploring -The New Wave of Artificial Intelligence in Business.
- Is pre-registration and payment required? How to register and pay?
Pre-registration is required for the Forum. Upon successful registration, you will receive a confirmation email from the secretariat. The registration deadline of Forum (Hong Kong) is Monday, 7 October 2024.You can register and pay here;
Forum (Hong Kong): HKD400.
Forum (Macau): HKD600 (2-day itinerary).
Forum (Shunde, Foshan): HKD600 (2-day itinerary).
- When will I receive the payment confirmation?
For the Forum (Hong Kong Station), if you make an online payment, you will receive an electronic receipt immediately after the payment is confirmed. For offline payments, it will take 3-7 working days to confirm the payment. Successful payment recipients will receive a confirmation email and a Forum admission QR code from the secretariat within 7 working days. Please bring the confirmation email and Forum admission QR code to the reception desk for registration on the day of the event.
For the Forum (Macau), confirmation email will be sent before 3 September 2024.
For the Forum (Shunde, Foshan), confirmation email will be sent before 4 October 2024.
If you have any enquiries, please feel free to call us at (852) 3595 0945 or email us at：globalforum@hkfyg.org.hk.
- Is it possible for me to exit and re-enter the venue on the day of the event?
Participants can enter and exit the venue multiple times with their entry pass.
- I am interested in sponsoring this Forum. How can I get in touch?
If you are interested in sponsoring this Forum, please feel free to contact globalforum@hkfyg.org.hk or call (852)3595 0945 Ms Wang or Mr Yuen.
- Where can I find information about the event venue?
You can find information about the event venue here.
- Do I need a visa to visit Hong Kong, Macau, and Shunde, Foshan?
Hong Kong: Nationals of most countries do not require a visa to enter Hong Kong for tourism and can stay for periods varying from seven to 180 days, depending on nationality. If you are unsure about your status, please check with Hong Kong Immigration Department website or check with your consulate.
For more details of visas, please refer to Hong Kong Immigration Department.
Macau: All visitors are required to have a visa except nationals of countries which are exempted from a visa or entry permit. For more information on “Visa” and “Entry Permit” Exemption, please visit the website of the Macao Immigration Services of Public Security Police Force.
Please click to view Government Portal of Macao Special Administrative Region.
Shunde, Foshan: Foreign nationals in Hong Kong can apply for the Visa Free Transit to visit China’s Guangdong province for a maximum of 144 hours (6 days) via entry ports in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, Huizhou and Shantou through legally registered travel agencies in Hong Kong and Macau.
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