Outreach & Talks
HOW TO INVOLVE URBAN COMMUNITIES IN CREATING LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS?
We design tools and facilitate trajectories for local communities to participate in building a more age friendly, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urban future.
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THROUGH THE LENS OF YOUTH
Hong Kong Academy, 2019
- Occasion: Sai Kung Satellite Event of the Hong Kong Business of Design Week
- Topic: Mapping Sai Kung town through the lens of students; an interdisciplinary learning project
- Audience: 100 audience
MAPPING FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Secretariat, Yangon, 2019
- Occasion: “Pursuing Art in Research Conference” organised by Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation EMReF & UNESCO
- Topic: Mapping cultural diversity through the lens of youth
- Audience: 300 audience
CREATIVE TOURISM IN HONG KONG
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: Metro Radio Program “Good Life Good Design”
- Topic: Revitalizing old neighbourhoods through creative tourism projects
- Audience: 2000 listeners in Hong Kong
CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT IN ASIA
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: Asian Academy for Heritage Management in Asia
- Topic: Collaborative Actions for Strengthened Higher Education in Cultural Heritage Management in Asia
- Audience: 50 academic professionals
COMMUNITY-BASED CULTURAL MAPPING
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: Education University of Hong Kong Academic Conference
- Topic: Community-based cultural mapping
- Audience: 100 audience
INNOVATION IN TRAVEL TECH
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: Travel & Digital Nomads Meetup
- Topic: Travel Tech Entrepreneur
- Audience: 100 audience
YANGON UNTOLD STORIES
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: Myanmar Culture Day organized by Hong Kong Myanmar Chamber of Commerce
- Topic: Untold stories in Yangon Chinatown
- Audience: 30 local university students
COMMUNITY LED HERITAGE PRESERVATION
Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, 2019
- Occasion: EU Living Heritage Conference: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
- Topic: Stakeholder engagement and community-led efforts for heritage preservation in Colombo
- Audience: 100 government officials, academics and heritage practitioners
COMMON PURPOSE YANGON
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: Common Purpose Program
- Topic: Understanding the social and historic context of Yangon
- Audience: 50 university students
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: HKU Master Corporate Environmental Governance lecture
- Topic: Dialogue with Social Entrepreneurs: The business cases of heritage conservation
- Audience: 30 master students
MAD RIPPLE FORUM
Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, 2019
- Occasion: MaD Festival Ripple Forum
- Topic: Towards a sustainable urban future
- Audience: 200 Asian changemakers
AUTHENTIC TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
Hong Kong, 2018
- Occasion: AIESEC Global Volunteer programme 2018
- Topic: Introducing iDiscover and authentic local travel experiences in Asia
- Audience: 20 local university students
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM & SDG
Hong Kong, 2017
- Occasion: AIESEC Hong Kong Youth to Sustainability Summit 2017
- Topic: Introduction to sustainable tourism in response to SDG 8
- Audience: 20 local university students
TEDXCHIANG MAI SOCIAL ENTERPRENEURSHIP
Chiang Mai, 2018
- Occasion: TEDxWomen Chiang Mai
- Topic: Female social entrepreneurs in Asia
- Audience: 100 Asian creatives
HONG KONG’S URBAN IDENTITY
Hong Kong, 2018
- Occasion: Opening Hong Kong Neighbourhoods exhibition at Little Creatures Brewery
- Topic: Up close and personal – the changing identity of Hong Kong neighbourhoods
- Audience: 50 local residents
Cultural Mapping in Sai Ying Pun
Hong Kong, 2018
- Occasion: Caritas Hong Kong
- Topic: Cultural mapping methodology – iDiscover’s experience in SYP
- Audience: 100 secondary school students
TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM
Myanmar, 2017
- Occasion: Second National Conference on Communities and Tourism
- Topic: Technology and community based tourism
- Audience: 100 Myanmar tourism representatives
Social entrepreneurship
Hong Kong, 2017
- Occasion: Guest lecture Master of Social Sciences in Corporate Environmental Governance, The University of Hong Kong
- Topic: Dialogue with Social Entrepreneurs: The business cases of heritage conservation
- Audience: 30 masters students
BRANDING ASIAN HERITAGE CITIES
Manila, 2017
- Occasion: Philippines Junior Marketing Association
- Topic: How to build the brand of Asian heritage cities through collaboration
- Audience: 150 college marketing students
HERITAGE URBAN IDENTITY
Hong Kong, December 2016
- Occasion: American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter
- Topic: Heritage and Urban Identity
- Audience: 200 AIA(HK) members
MYANMAR LAND OF PROMISE
Hong Kong, August 2017
- Occasion: Panel discussion HKUST Business School
- Topic: Contemporary development in Myanmar
- Audience: 20 international MBA students
TOO OLD, TOO BORING
Bali, Indonesia, 2017
- Occasion: International Conference of National Trusts
- Topic: How to make heritage relevant for a young generation in a contemporary urban society
- Audience: Representatives from 72 cultural preservation organisations from 44 countries across 5 continents
authentiCITY?
Hong Kong, 2017
- Occasion: An “In the Know” event from Mayer Brown JSM
- Topic: Smart of Liveable Cities – Paradise on Earth or Just a Pipe Dream
- Audience: 75 female executives
WHAT IS A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP?
Hong Kong, 2017
- Occasion: Guest lecture at international school
- Topic: A talk on the why and how of ‘social enterpreneurship’
- Audience: 120 primary school students
IDISCOVER; A RESPONSIBLE TOURISM PRODUCT
Yangon, Myanmar, 2016
- Client: AIESEC Myanmar
- Occasion: Myanmar Youth Speak Forum 3.0, Nov. 2016
- Topic: Presentation on ‘Entrepreneurship, technology and culture’
- Audience: 100 local university students
ENHANCING VISITORS WALKING EXPERIENCE
Hong Kong, 2016
- Occasion: Walk 21 Conference
- Topic: How to navigate Asia’s urban chaos and find hidden gems
- Audience: 800 urban professionals, politicians, university students and developers
TECHNOLOGY AS A TOOL FOR STORYTELLING
Bandung, Indonesia, 2016
- Occasion: Arte Polis 6 Conference, Institut Teknologi Bandung
- Topic: How to use new media and mobile technology to enhance cultural tourism experience
- Audience: 200 tourism operators, university students and professors
HERITAGE AND URBAN IDENTITY
Hong Kong, 2015
- Occasion: Keynote address at International Women’s Day celebration at the Helena May
- Topic: How cultural heritage is important to preserve a city’s identity and remains relevant in contemporary society
- Audience: 200 members of the Helena May
