The upcoming Digital Economy Summit will unveil global and regional visions on how smart city technologies will supercharge smart economies as well as accelerate the formation of future-proof digital societies.
The Night of Awakening is a side event of the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023 dedicated to NFTs, to be held at the Maritime Museum, Central Star Ferry Pier No. 8. The event aims to bring together founders from leading Web3 projects and organizations, NFT experts, Web3 influencers, and top-tier Web3 media outlets. During this evening event, Web3 builders and professionals can enjoy a light-hearted atmosphere to communicate, connect and build networks, with the ultimate goal to drive the new trend of NFTs in Asia.
Hong Kong International Licensing Show provides a one-stop platform for global licensors and brands to explore business opportunities with licensees, licensing agents and traders from all over the world. Running in parallel, the Asian Licensing Conference brings together top-notch global licensing executives to keep the industry players updated with market intelligence, trends and opportunities.
The Virtually Versailles exhibition in Hong Kong runs from 19 April to 9 July 2023 at the Heritage Museum for the 30th anniversary of the French May Arts Festival, one of Asia’s biggest cultural highlights. Designed as an exploratory taster of the Palace, the Virtually Versailles immersive experience is an interactive, smell and sound immersion into the Palace and its grounds, as visitors wander through 360-degree digital projections of some of Versailles’ most iconic spaces. Visitors can also hop on a connected bike for a fun tour of Versailles’ gardens.
The 66th edition of Festival of Sport (FOS) will be held between April and June 2023 to provide updates regarding events co-organized by NSAs. Event information will be shared on the Facebook and Instagram pages of Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China (SF&OC):
Situated at the forefront of innovative retail solutions, Retail Asia Conference & Expo brings together the brightest minds in the retail industry to explore revolutionary ideas and cutting-edge technologies to ride the new wave of consumerism in Asia. The expo covers various sectors such as internet retailing, retail design and in-store marketing, retail technology and retail property management.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary in Hong Kong, the Affordable Art Fair will continue their decade-long mission to showcase local and international creativity, with a wide array of inspiring, cutting-edge artworks from around the world, ranging from $1,000 to $100,000, alongside interactive workshops, engaging tours, and fun-filled evening events.
The SOPA Awards for Editorial Excellence are the annual flagship awards that serve as a regional benchmark for quality, professional journalism. The SOPA Awards have recognised the region’s most outstanding journalists and publishers in Asia. More than 90 awards are given out each year in an array of categories, every year the Awards draw hundreds of entries from top-class successful media brands doing business in Asia.
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The annual marquee event of the Asian video industry, the Asia Video Summit, will be held from 20-21 June 2023 in Hong Kong. The aim of the summit is to tell a holistic story of the state of the video industry as articulated by its decision makers. It will provide you with a comprehensive view of what you need to survive and thrive in the industry today.
Content 360 – Hong Kong aims to foster discussion on diverse aspects of content marketing. Whether it is about the latest content trends, content creation processes, audience segmentation, content collaborations, or customisation of content for emerging marketing channels, you are welcome to join the conversations for (and between) top local and international brands.
- Allocate more than $150 million to support Hong Kong artists in taking part in performances and productions in the GBA, and to organise the GBA Culture and Arts Festival in 2024
- Inject $500 million into the CreateSmart Initiative to support the creative industries
- $50 million to expedite development of the Web3 ecosystem through organizing international seminars, and a wide array of workshops for young people
- $500 million earmarked to launch a Digital Transformation Support Pilot Programme, to assist SMEs in applying ready-to-use basic digital solutions
- Over $260 million reserved for Cyberport to nurture smart living start-ups
- HKSTPC will inject $400 million into its Corporate Venture Fund and inject an additional $110 million to launch the Co-acceleration Programme
Renowned international auction house, Phillips Auctioneers Ltd, moved to a new premium regional headquarters in the West Kowloon Cultural District Tower in March, in what signifies its major commitment to Hong Kong’s hub status amid a fast growing art market in the region. The new headquarters, which spans over 52,000 square feet across six floors, comprises a permanent purpose-built exhibition space, saleroom, café and VIP lounge, allowing the company to hold sales or exhibitions throughout the year. Learn why the auction house chooses Hong Kong as their base to continue expanding their business in the region.
The scheme will subsidise film projects co-produced by filmmakers between Hong Kong and Asian countries to produce films that are rich in Hong Kong and Asian culture. For the participating project teams, among the three main creative positions of producer, director and screenwriter, there must be at least one Hong Kong and one Asian country film practitioner. The proposed film must be a feature-length narrative film / animation produced, completed, and delivered for commercial theatrical exhibition at least in Hong Kong and the country in which the qualified Asian film practitioner is based. Each eligible film project will receive a grant up to $9 million.
Application Period
First Phase: 10 February - 30 June 2023
The Scheme will be conducted through a competition to recruit participating teams to develop content of mini-series for broadcasting on streaming platforms. Shortlisted teams will enter phase two of the competition and each will receive $0.6 million to $1.2 million as script development fee for developing the full scripts of the entire mini-series. Not more than four teams will be selected to enter phase three, with each receiving $4.5 million to produce the first or first two episodes of the series as pilot episodes.
Application Period
13 March - 12 June 2023
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The Chief Executive announced in the 2022 Policy Address the establishment of the Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund (Mega ACE Fund), to promote the staging of more international arts and cultural events in Hong Kong. Initial plan is to allocate about $60 million to fund around four events each year. The Mega Arts and Cultural Events Committee held its first meeting in February 2023 to discuss the application procedure and guidelines and the possibility of inviting globally renowned art fairs, art installation exhibitions, large-scale music performances etc., to come to Hong Kong.
The Mega ACE Fund will be open for applications in the second quarter of 2023.
Enterprises with businesses in both Hong Kong and the GBA Mainland cities are eligible to join the scheme. Participating enterprises shall employ eligible graduates in accordance with Hong Kong laws, offer them a monthly salary of not less than HK$18,000 and station them in the GBA Mainland cities to work and receive on-the-job training. The Government will grant a monthly allowance of HK$10,000 to enterprises for each graduate employed up to 18 months.
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Exhibition of Artworks from Competition 2022 at the Fringe Club (1-5 May 2023)
« Jeune Pinceau » International Young Artist Competition 2023 will be launched on 1 May 2023, aiming to benefit younger generations to showcase their talents on the international platform. Recognised by professional judges, the competition involves esteemed panel of judges from French Art Institutions (the École Supérieure d'Art du Ntord-Pas de Calais/Dunkerque-Tourcoing and École EAC in Paris); young artist exchanges and masterclasses with professionals from art institutions and touring exhibition opportunities for winning works in France, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Co-commissioned by the HK Phil and Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Elliot Leung’s The Metaverse Symphony will be the world’s first symphonic work to be performed in both a concert hall and the metaverse. In partnership with Artifact Labs, the symphony will make its virtual debut in The Sandbox metaverse. The metaverse performance will take place in a re-creation of Hong Kong’s iconic Statue Square in a virtual world.
BytePlus (Singapore)
BytePlus helps companies grow by providing them with access to cutting-edge technology and tools developed by ByteDance. BytePlus’ platform enables businesses to take advantage of its video distribution, machine learning, and data solutions to drive digital transformation and achieve sustained growth.
Eighty Eight Pixels (UK)
Eighty Eight Pixels is a content creation and digital marketing agency dedicated to helping businesses of all sizes to achieve their content marketing goals. The company specializes in video production, photography, SEO, design, and website development and services a wide range of industries from FinTech to Sports & F&B.
LoopMe (UK)
Award-winning technology company LoopMe is a leading mobile advertising platform that leverages AI to optimise media delivery in real time and deliver outstanding video campaigns. Headquartered in the UK, the company has global offices across New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Dnipro, Krakow and Hong Kong.
RH-Studio (UK)
RH-Studio is a podcast creation and video production agency which brings together the latest technology, creative talent, and highly specialized knowledge to produce stimulating audio-visual experiences for clients. Services include: Podcasting, Video Production and Green Screen Animation.
Studio Ella (UK)
Studio Ella creates art-led spaces globally. Spanning interior architecture, bespoke design and art consultation. The Studio works across a diverse range of residential and commercial projects. Driven by an intuitive aesthetic, rich with cultural influences, the Studio’s philosophy results in timeless, contextual spaces that directly relate to the people that use them.
Unuverse (Germany)
Unuverse (UNU), an initiative under Miracle Operations Limited, protects biodiversity using the latest technology, by representing rare animals on the blockchain and redistributing funds to regenerative projects “Causes”, which aid those animals. Combining art, animal welfare, education and impact investment, the company aims to be an important tool for impact investment and ESG activities for animal protection.
Affirming Hong Kong’s growing status as a leading arts and cultural hub of Asia, Christie’s expands its APAC headquarters in Hong Kong, and will relocate to a new landmark building The Henderson in the heart of Central, Hong Kong, with state-of-the-art gallery space and year-round auctions and programmes.
Votion Studios is a technology-driven creative agency creating digital content for film, advertising, entertainment and corporate clients. Equipped with state-of-the-art creative tools and technologies, the agency offers in-house capability to devise projects from creative conception to delivery.
Live Matters 2023 was held on 2 March 2023 at the AIA Vitality Park by the Central Harbourfront. The conference returned to celebrate all that is good in the live event industry. With China and HK reopening their borders, it can only be good news for an industry affected worse than most as “first in last out” of the pandemic. Live Matters! is the forum to get up to date and ahead with what is going on in all aspects of the Live events industry. Tune in to the VOD of the conference to learn what the future look like in HK and beyond.
InnoEX
12-15 April 2023
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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16 April 2023
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
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17 April 2023
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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April 2023
Hong Kong Science and
Technology Park
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Festival 2023
April - June 2023
Various locations
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10-12 May 2023
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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12 May 2023
Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
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Antiques Fair
27-30 May 2023
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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June 2023
Various locations
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1 June 2023
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre
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