Hong Kong start-up RaSpect specialises in remote building inspections using drones to gather the data and artificial intelligence technology to process it – faster, more accurate, more comprehensive and safer method than traditional manual building inspections.

A Start-up Express laureate speeds up building inspection.

AI spots flaws in floors

As the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Hong Kong need to rethink their operations to adapt to the new normal – and many are choosing to digitally transform their business.

HKTDC and Microsoft have teamed up to help local businesses adapt to the post-pandemic world – and equip young talents for the future.

Supporting SMEs to transform

The rise of the metaverse is set to change the way individuals and businesses interact with the real world. This seminar/workshop, titled “Exploring the Metaverse: Creating Digital Assets”, will examine how a Hong Kong-based global leader in games, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), is spearheading the creation of a user-generated content ecosystem to ensure its home city can continue to thrive in a new decentralised digital era.

This HKTDC Research seminar and workshop will help SMEs consider new ways to build their digital assets.

Making inroads into the metaverse

Supply-chain disruptions driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated control measures severely disrupted computer hardware production, creating strong demand for cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.

An Israel-based SaaS system developer is drawing on investment from Hong Kong to expand in the region as hardware sourcing difficulties boost demand.

Cloud lining for supply chain disruptions

Play-to-earn games, where participants accumulate tokens that can be exchanged for cryptocurrency while playing online, are taking off globally. One of the leaders in this trend in Hong Kong is Animoca Brands, which owns several play-to-earn titles including Crazy Defense Heroes and Benji Bananas, and has also invested in other games such as Axie Infinity.

The metaverse is spawning new currencies and innovative ways for games enthusiasts to earn rewards.

Play-to-earn games gain traction

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into effect this year, establishing the world's largest economic circle and promoting regional trade and investment.

A Hong Kong company is extending its data centre network as RCEP development strengthens business in the region.

E-commerce boom drives data demand

The dawn of the metaverse is set to blur business boundaries as never before. This webinar will examine how Hong Kong companies can aggregate their offline and online businesses to thrive in this bold new digital future.

A guide to making headway in an entirely digital universe.

Metaverse crossover opportunities

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have a wide and rapidly growing range of applications and have received extensive coverage recently.

A Hong Kong start-up is helping users turn memories and special occasions into permanent digital gifts.

NFT memories are for keeps

As business digitalisation accelerates, data and applications to store and process it grows in importance but can be expensive. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may find outsourcing their data housing to professionally managed data centres is the most cost-effective approach.

Catering to the needs of today’s increasingly digitalised and internationalised businesses, a Hong Kong-based data-centre operator is expanding its Asia-Pacific network with support from the HKTDC.

Boosting network expansion

A new dawn of the internet is upon us. The blockchain-technology-based Web 3.0 incorporates concepts including decentralisation and token-based economics. A leading Web 3.0 firm is Hong Kong unicorn Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner that ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021. With more than 600 employees globally, Animoca’s vision is to create an open, community-driven metaverse, Group President Evan Auyang said.

A Hong Kong start-up has developed NFT tokens that will give everyone a stake in the latest iteration of the internet.

Web 3.0 becomes hot property

“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players,” wrote William Shakespeare in As You Like It. Substitute “screen” for stage and that quote remains as apt four centuries after the play’s first performance.

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Digital games exercise minds

The metaverse is set to shake up the business world and traditional supply chains previously constrained by physical boundaries. This webinar will consider the implications of the metaverse for the Hong Kong business community including the heightened cybersecurity risks. It will also examine ways in which Hong Kong small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can rework the architecture of their businesses in this new, decentralised era.

As businesses consider moving into this virtual world, they need to consider cybersecurity issues and the impact of decentralisation.

Safe passage through the metaverse

Instant messenger (IM) apps are widely used across the world with clients of WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, WeChat, and others numbering in the billions.

A Hong Kong start-up integrates instant messaging software to score a Start-up Express win and looks abroad for expansion.

Hive of apps for that

As of 1 July this year, all digital devices offered for sale in Russia – including smartphones, tablets, personal computers (PCs), laptops and smart TVs – will have to come with various items of designated domestic software pre-installed.

Hong Kong companies are well-placed to deliver legally compliant devices to Russia.

Russian software bill presents opportunities

To introduce a technology brand well established in Europe, but new to Asia, Martino Criveller, Company Director, Passo Avanti Limited, made use of the shop window provided by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) trade fairs.

Computer & Peripherals

Digital closets iron-out garment logistics

AI spots flaws in floors

Supporting SMEs to transform

Making inroads into the metaverse

Cloud lining for supply chain disruptions

Play-to-earn games gain traction

E-commerce boom drives data demand

Metaverse crossover opportunities

NFT memories are for keeps

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