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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)’s excellence in art-tech, initiatives in space exploration, and achievements at other frontiers of science is being showcased at the InnoCarnival 2022, held from 22 to 30 October at the Hong Kong Science Park.

The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) was officially opened on 2 July 2022. HKBU team led by Professor Jeffrey Shaw, Chair Professor of Academy of Visual Arts, took two years to design five art installations for the HKPM.

[Call for Applications] The Knowledge Transfer Office is organising a brand-new competition – BU Ideas Galore! HKBU researchers and students who are working on ideas that are ArtTech or Innovation related may take this opportunity to showcase the world your research findings and solutions to real-world problems in a 3-minute video!

HKBU is the only Hong Kong institution winning the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2021. “Space to Breathe”, a transdisciplinary research and knowledge transfer project which has attracted great praise from audiences and reviewers alike, won the Award in the Excellence and Innovation in the Arts category.

HKBU INPSIRE is a brand new youtube platform managed by Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO), to showcase HKBU’s innovation offers, KT impact, research excellence and commercialisation achievements. Over 80 high quality videos have been uploaded to this platform covering 5 main themes – Innovation, Society, Partnership, Research and Entrepreneurship.

HKBU held the Next-Generation Art Technologies Forum on 31 August, bringing together experts from industry, academia and government to discuss the fusion of science, technology and art, and the opportunities opened up by the new era of Art Tech.

When the topic of history is brought to the table, some may find it difficult or often hair-raising due to the traditionally tedious forms of teaching and presenting through one-way channels. To address this issue, Dr Kwong Chi-Man, Associate Professor from Department of History at HKBU, has developed an interactive map using the approach of Spatial History (or also known as Historical Geographic Information System, HGIS) wherein secondary schools’ teacher and students learn about the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, through an interactive map. This innovative project has received HK$1.57 million from the Quality Education Fund and aims to stimulate the student’s interest in learning history.

Hong Kong's film and television industry are a major influencer of global culture, and technological innovations have always been a key element in ensuring the competitiveness of such creative industries.