Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1999

Centre for Innovation and Technology An Innovation and Technology Fair was organized from 30th April to 1 St May to mark the establishment of CINTEC and to promote better understanding between academia and industry. The fair highlighted the research expertise and accomplishments of the Faculty of Engineering in six areas, namely communication, Chinese computing, Internet technology, multimedia, speech and image processing, and intelligent automation. The Centre for Innovation and Technology (CINTEC) was established in January 1 9 9 9 under the Faculty of Engineering to promote technology transfer activities in the faculty. Its major task is to establish links and strengthen communication and collaboration with industry and business. It helps faculty members sell the fruits of their research to industry; it also identifies expertise available in the faculty to help different industries solve their technical problems. According to Prof. P.C. Ching, chairman of CINTEC's management committee, RTAO and CINTEC complement each other in promoting technology transfer. While RTAO concentrates on looking for 'buyers' and rendering a comprehensive range of support services, CINTEC pays particular attention to seeking advice from industry to ascertain the potential of relatively immature products and technologies. The Way Ahead Technology-intensive industries and their synergy w i th academic institutions have become the direction of development for Hong Kong. The University w i l l actively promote high value-added economic activities by bringing novel technologies and i nno v a t i on to society, and technology transfer w i l l continue to be an important function of the University. • Technology Transfer