{"id":198457,"date":"2023-10-06T17:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T09:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/media\/venture-into-future-career-2023-2024-opening-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T18:17:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T10:17:57","slug":"venture-into-future-career-2023-2024-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"hkubs-media","link":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/media\/school-news\/venture-into-future-career-2023-2024-opening-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Venture into Future Career 2023-2024 Opening Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partnering with Hong Kong <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberport.hk\/en\"><strong>Cyberport Management Company Limited<\/strong><\/a> (Cyberport) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aicpa-cima.com\/home\"><strong>AICPA &amp; CIMA<\/strong><\/a>, Venture into Future Career (VFC) was first introduced in 2020 and served as an exclusive programme for HKU Business School&#8217;s Undergraduate Students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The VFC Programme aims to support our future young talents in the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Providing career advice and coaching to students; and<\/li>\n<li>Sparking career-oriented conversation between students and seasoned industry leaders; and<\/li>\n<li>Helping students obtain industry&#8217;s first-hand information, identify career interests, develop and plan their career in future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the last 3 VFC cohorts, we have nurtured a total of 115 students from the Faculty. Under the professional guidance of Faculty members, seasonal speakers and industry leaders, as well as the practicum opportunities offered by start-ups at Cyberport, students have obtained valuable insights and are better equipped for their continuous exploration of future careers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 5 2023, The Venture into Future Career Programme 2023-24 Opening Ceremony in HKU iCube to welcome its 4<sup>th<\/sup> cohort and celebrate this important moment with our dedicated programme partners. In this new cohort, a total of 50 students from 9 programmes have been selected. All students are thrilled and excited to embark on their journey to receive guidance and training as well as meet with seasonal business practitioners from different industries.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-198447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Group-Picture-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Group picture with guests and VFC 2023-24 students<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-198450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guest-Photo-1024x825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guest-Photo-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guest-Photo-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guest-Photo-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guest-Photo-1536x1238.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Guest-Photo-2048x1651.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>(Left to Right)<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Mr. Paulus Chau, Director, Hong Kong and Emerging Markets, AICPA&amp;CIMA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Ir. Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Dr. Olivia Leung, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning), HKU Business School<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Dr. Derek Chan, Associate Dean (Undergraduate), HKU Business School<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Dr. Darron Sun, Head of Information Technology, Hong Kong Housing Society <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Dr. Eddie Pong, Founder, Rivermap Quantitative Research<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Mr. Arnold Chan, Co-founder &amp; CTO, Aereve<br \/>\n<i>*On behalf of Mr. Andre Leung, CEO and Co-founder of Aereve \u00a0(Regtech &amp; ESG startup)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Dr. Winnie Leung, Assistant Dean (Undergraduate), HKU Business School<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-198453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Sharing-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Sharing-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Sharing-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Sharing-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Sharing-1536x880.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Student-Sharing-2048x1173.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Student sharing by past participants<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>(<em>Left to Right<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Mr. Yue Ho Hin Kelvin, BEcon&amp;Fin, Year 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Mr. Chung Lok Yin Justin, BFin(AMPB), Year 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Ms. Shum Wa Ching Corrine, BBA(Acc&amp;Fin), Year 2<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-198457","hkubs-media","type-hkubs-media","status-publish","hentry","media-categories-school-news-tc","media-topic-categories-teaching-and-learning-tc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hkubs-media\/198457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hkubs-media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hkubs-media"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hkubs-media\/198457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198512,"href":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hkubs-media\/198457\/revisions\/198512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hkubs.hku.hk\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}