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Join us at our upcoming lunch focused on “Live Long and Prosper”, featuring Stanford School of Medicine faculty and team members from International Medical Services (IMS) of Stanford Health Care.

We will explore essential health checks, recommendations for healthy aging, and strategies to stay youthful and extend life expectancy.

Discover key indicators to monitor as you age and learn valuable tips to maintain optimal health. Additionally, we will discuss the significance of resilience in navigating life’s challenges, offering insights on building mental toughness and adaptability for a more fulfilling and resilient lifestyle. Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in your well-being and longevity.

This event is co-organized by Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong and Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Southeast Asia.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Location: China Club, 13/F, Old Bank Of China Building, Bank St, Central
Cost: HK $650 inclusive of lunch
Dress Code: Minimum standard is smart casual. No t-shirt, short trousers or slippers.Event Contacts: Andrew Kwan akwan@stanfordalumni.org

Limited capacity and strong demand anticipated. Use the RSVP link below to avoid waitlist:

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Event Rundown

12:00 – 12:30 pm: Registration / Networking
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch and Presentations by

Dr. Alan Yeung, Li Ka Shing Professor in Cardiology and Senior Medical Director of IMS

Dr. Gloria Kim, Clinical Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Director of IMS, and Director of Educational Programs at the Stanford Center for Asian Healthcare Research and Education

Ms. Chloe Yeung, Stanford Initiative for Entrepreneurs’ Resilience and Well-Being

About Stanford International Medical Services

Stanford International Medical Services’ (IMS) commitment to providing quality service to international patients matches the calibre of care patients expect to receive at Stanford Health Care. IMS offers an individualized approach to serving the unique needs of international patients—before, during, and after visit.

IMS offers a wide range of services for international patients including: identifying a physician to meet each patient’s unique needs, appointment scheduling, coordination of cost and billing, facilitation of communication, interpretation and translation services, accessing remote second opinions and transportation and accommodation assistance.

Join us for a special and informative gathering to meet team members from International Medical Services (IMS) of Stanford Health Care.  In partnership with Stanford School of Medicine and Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford Health Care is renown for its delivery of cutting-edge medical treatment and comprehensive healthcare services.

IMS is dedicated to helping international patients through a variety of services gain access to Stanford Medicine, to experience the best of science and compassion.  Distinguished members of the Stanford Department of Neurosurgery and other faculty members of the School of Medicine will join IMS for this event.

Whether you are a potential patient or caregiver, healthcare professional, academia, or someone interested in the future of medicine and healthcare, this notable event is simply unmissable. This event is co-organized by Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong and Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Southeast Asia.

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Event Details

Date: Friday, September 15, 2023
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Hong Kong Club, China and Caernarvon Room, 1 Jackson Road, Central
Cost: Complimentary. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served courtesy of local Stanford alumni and parents.
Dress Code: Minimum standard is smart casual. Jeans, T-shirts, tracksuits, shorts, shoes for sports activities, flip-flops and denim are not permitted.

Event Rundown

6:00 – 6:30 pm: Registration / Networking
6:30 – 7:30 pm:
Introductions by Dr. Alan Yeung, Li Ka Shing Professor in Cardiology and Senior Medical Director of IMS
And Ms Fouzel Dhebar, Executive Director of Health Navigation Services, Stanford Health Care
Followed by Presentation by Dr. Michael Lim, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery; Professor Neurosurgery, and, by courtesy of radiation oncology, medicine, otolaryngology and neurology
7:30 – 8:00 pm: Networking

Event Contacts: Andrew Kwan and Erica Ma (akwan@stanfordalumni.org for Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Southeast Asia); Alice Chow (event@stanfordgsbhk.org for Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong)

Limited capacity and strong demand anticipated. Use the RSVP link below to avoid waitlist:

RSVP now

About Stanford International Medical Services

Stanford International Medical Services’ (IMS) commitment to providing quality service to international patients matches the calibre of care patients expect to receive at Stanford Health Care. IMS offers an individualized approach to serving the unique needs of international patients—before, during, and after visit.

IMS offers a wide range of services for international patients including: identifying a physician to meet each patient’s unique needs, appointment scheduling, coordination of cost and billing, facilitation of communication, interpretation and translation services, accessing remote second opinions and transportation and accommodation assistance.

Charting the Course for Sustainability’s Future

Join us for an enlightening exploration of Stanford’s first new school in seven decades – the pioneering Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. This event is co-organized by Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong and Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Southeast Asia.

Embrace this special opportunity to engage with the school’s forward-thinking leaders, Dean Arun Majumdar and Professor Yi Cui, during their inaugural joint presentation for local alumni.

Discover innovative ideas and gain insights into the evolving landscape of sustainability. Learn how Stanford is at the forefront, catalyzing global efforts to address the urgent issue of climate change.

Whether you are a passionate advocate for sustainability, academia, business leader, educator, entrepreneur, investor, or someone vested in the future health of our planet, this seminal event is an absolute must-attend.

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Event Details

Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Hong Kong Club, Harcourt Suite, 1 Jackson Road, Central
Cost: Complimentary. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served courtesy of local Stanford alumni and parents.
Dress Code: Minimum standard is smart casual. Jeans, T-shirts, tracksuits, shorts, shoes for sports activities, flip-flops and denim are not permitted.  

Event Contacts: Alex Leung and Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org for Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Southeast Asia); Alice Chow (event@stanfordgsbhk.org for Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong)

Limited capacity and strong demand anticipated. Use the RSVP link below to avoid waitlist:

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About Dean Arun Majumdar

As a sustainability leader with outstanding contributions spanning academia, industry and public service, Dean Arun Majumdar is the inaugural dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. He is the Jay Precourt Provostial Chair Professor at Stanford, and a faculty member of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Science and Engineering. His current research focuses on redox reactions and systems that are fundamental to a sustainable energy future.

In addition, Dean Majumdar also serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of the US Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm. Prior to Stanford, he was Founding Director of ARPA-E and served as the Acting Under Secretary of Energy. He was also the Vice President for Energy at Google, where he assembled a team to create technologies and businesses at the intersection of data, computing and electricity grid.

About Professor Yi Cui

As one of the world’s leading nanotechnology researchers and materials scientists, Professor Yi Cui is the inaugural Faculty Director of the Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator. He is also Director of Precourt Institute for Energy, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Professor of Energy Science & Engineering.

The Sustainability Accelerator is a launch pad to leverage knowledge and expertise at Stanford and co-develop potentially scalable sustainability technology and ecosystem solutions with external partners worldwide, with the goal to substantially and measurably improve the quality of human life and our planet.

In addition, Professor Cui has founded several companies to commercialize technological breakthroughs from his research group. Companies he founded include: Amprius (high-energy lithium-ion batteries on a silicon anode platform, publicly listed as NYSE: AMPX), EnerVenue (metal-hydrogen batteries for large-scale renewable and storage applications) and 4C Air (nanomaterial for filtration applications like clean air).

Perspectives from Asia’s leading sustainability data entrepreneur

Stanford Club of HK, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs Southeast Asia, Stanford Club of the Philippines and Stanford Club of Singapore are delighted to welcome Jason Tu (GSB MBA 2016) as our speaker at this luncheon on sustainability. The in-person lunch is arranged by Hong Kong Club hosts Kendrick Kwok (BA ’04) and Theodore Ma (BA ’04).

Jason is Founder and CEO of MioTech,  Asia’s largest sustainability data company https://www.miotech.com/. He is one of the world’s leading experts in sustainability and how it intersects with the financial industry. 

Founded before ClimateTech became a buzzword, Miotech has raised over US$100M in venture capital from investors including, in alphabetical order, GIC (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund), Horizon Ventures (Mr. Li Ka Shing’s tech investment firm), HSBC, JP Morgan and Zhenfund. 

Jason will talk about his journey building MioTech, his experiences as an entrepreneur in Hong Kong, the current state of climate/sustainability tech and where sustainability may be headed towards the future. 

Events Details

Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Time: 12:30pm 
Format: Hybrid (physical event with lunch + online via Zoom)

In-person Lunch: Hong Kong Room, Hong Kong Club, 1 Jackson Road, Central, Hong Kong
Cost: HK$550 for alumni; HK$600 for friends of Stanford
RSVP: Payment required to confirm space at luncheon. Please sign up here.

Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtceGorTwsHNzvnG_WdENr1bn6SUOxuj16

Event Contacts:

HK alums: Sandy Wan (sandy.wan@simandian.com)

PH alums: Andrea Sy (andreasy@alumni.stanford.edu)

SG alums: Ee Fann Goh (goheefann@alumni.gsb.stanford.edu)

Other alums and current students: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

Join us for our upcoming Annual General Meeting of the Stanford Club of Hong Kong. This event is open to Stanford alumni only.

In addition to providing club updates and initiatives for the coming year, we will be voting for your SCHK Executive Committee and General Committee Members for 2021/22. Nominations are as follows:

Executive Committee

President: Marc Hubert
Vice President : David Fan
Co-Vice President: Kristine Li
Honorary Treasurer: Simon Mui
Co-Treasurer: Wally Cheung
Honorary Secretary: Erica Ma
Co-Secretary: Sandy Wan

General Committee

Alex Leung, Angelina Yao, Dorothea Koo, Elliot Shi, Hill Wang, Jasmine Li, Kendrick Kwok, Lavina Tien, Till Rosar, Tomas Vacek, Vivian Kong

Event Details

Date: Thursday, June 3, 2021

Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Venue: Both options of 1) in-person and 2) Zoom attendance will be available.

1. In-person venue: CoCoon, 3/F, Citicorp Centre, 18 Whitfield Road, Tin Hau, Hong Kong
2. Zoom link: the link will be emailed to attendees after RSVP, at a time closer to AGM date.

Cost: Free

Event is open to Stanford alumni only.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP now.

The Stanford Clubs of (in alphabetical order) Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore are jointly organizing a special virtual docent tour of the Stanford Art Collection.

This event will be composed of two tours. In each tour a docent shall discuss three related art pieces from the Stanford art collection.

Tour 1: Wonders in White: Outdoor Sculptures at the Stanford (10am-1040am)

• Lead Docent: Lisa Fremont
• Summary: We’ll be looking at three sculptures that happen to be white. But they differ in terms of their subject matter, medium, and technique used to create the works.

Tour 2: Crowds: Then and Now (1040am-1115am)

• Lead Docent: Mary Rose Cafiero
• Summary: We will look at three paintings from the Cantor and the Anderson that span almost 100 years

Events Details

Date: Saturday, 13 March , 2021 (Hong Kong time)
Time: 10 am – 11:15 am
Online Tour Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni.
Event contacts: Kenneth Chua at kmtchua@gmail.com , Andrew Kwan  akwan@stanfordalumni.org

RSVP: Required and limited slots. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Meet and mingle with alumni across Hong Kong and Singapore virtually

Merry Christmas in advance to everyone in the Stanford family here in Hong Kong! For starters, we wish to send you our warmest wishes of continued great health for you and your family.

In keeping up with the club’s annual Christmas spirit, we are delighted to collaborate with Stanford Club of Singapore and invite you to join Christmas Trivia Night: 

• Meet alumni, students and friends virtually across Hong Kong and Singapore over a night of trivia and fun!
• 5 rounds of 10 questions each. Categories include music, dingbats (visual word puzzles), Stanford, and more…
• Registered participants are invited to form teams of up to 5 people, or participate individually and let us sort you into teams of 5
• Join the online event individually from separate locations, and we will join you with your team virtually in breakout rooms

Event Details

Date: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm, Hong Kong Time / Singapore Time (GMT+8)
Zoom Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/96041237644?pwd=Y2c4TXd1ZTdoemdjL0hCYjgxRFF3QT09
Event Contact: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Perspectives from the world’s largest edtech VC fund

 

The new normal has brought about tremendous shifts to education. (In alphabetical order) Stanford Club of Hong Kong, Stanford Club of the Philippines and Stanford Club of Singapore are delighted to co-organize an online talk featuring how technology is transforming education.

In this talk, Ian Chiu (BS ’00, MS ’02, MBA ’08) and Ilaria Chan (BA ’05) will share their insights about how the new normal is fundamentally re-shaping the landscape of educational technology. They will discuss both business and investment trends in the sector, as well as examples on how innovation in edtech is yielding social impact.  

Ian and Ilaria are, respectively, Managing Director and Operating Advisor of Owl Ventures. Ilaria is also Group Advisor on Social Impact Investments for Grab. Owl Ventures, based in Silicon Valley, is the world’s largest venture capital fund dedicated to education technology with over $1.2 billion in assets under management. Its portfolio include edtech successes such as Byju’s, Labster, MasterClass and Quizlet.

 

Events Details
Date: Tuesday, December 1^st , 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm Hong Kong Time / Philippine Time / Singapore Time (GMT+8) 
Online Videoconference Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni.
Lunch Etiquette: Lunch not included due to online nature. You are most welcomed to eat while videoconferencing in.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

 

Event Contact (in alphabetical order): Ee Fann Goh for SG alums (goheefann@alumni.gsb.stanford.edu), Andrew Kwan for HK alums (akwan@stanfordalumni.org), Andrea Sy (andreasy@alumni.stanford.edu) for PH alums

About the Speakers

Ian Chiu

For over 20 years, Ian has been an investor, entrepreneur, and advisor to education and technology companies. He has a deep global network in the education sector and brings a wealth of investing and board experience to the Owl Ventures team. Ian serves on the boards of Degreed, BenchPrep, LeLe Ketang, Sanjieke, and Abl and works closely with MasterClass. Prior to joining Owl Ventures, Ian led the education sector at Warburg Pincus and was a technology investor at Silver Lake Partners. Earlier in his career, Ian was a consultant at Bain & Company and also helped launch BigMachines, a SaaS company that was acquired by Oracle.

Ian serves on the Advisory Board for SEO, a non-profit that provides educational, career, and mentoring programs for young people from underrepresented communities. He is a member of the Advisory Council for Gladeo, a digital social enterprise dedicated to providing career guidance to underserved youth of diverse backgrounds. Ian was also the lead author of Caution: Watch for Scholarships Ahead, a practical guide for students to navigate the complex scholarship application process, which was endorsed by Stanford University’s Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid.

Ian is a graduate of Stanford University, where he earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, with Distinction, and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering, with a concentration in technology management and entrepreneurship. He also received his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar and Arbuckle Leadership Fellow.

Ilaria Chan

Ilaria is currently the Group Advisor on Social Impact Investments for Grab, focusing on advancing diplomacy, thought leadership and social impact reach for the Technology Decacorn startup.

Prior to assuming this role, she served as a Corporate Finance executive and helped drive Grab’s historical > $5 billion Series H fundraise – the largest in the history of Southeast Asia. Ilaria was formerly an Executive Director at the Sales & Trading division of Goldman Sachs New York where she was a top quartile performer at the bank, focusing on Asia Equities. She is currently also a global keynote speaker, a private investor, serves on the Board of Trustees of humanitarian organizations CareForChildren and Emancipaction, an Operating Advisor to Owl Ventures (largest Education Tech focused venture capital fund in the world), an advisory committee member to GlobalSF’s Women Empowerment Initiative, and serves on the advisory board of British real estate development firm Kinrise.

Perspectives from China and Asia in the new normal

This event is co-organized by, in alphabetical order, Stanford Club of Hong Kong and Stanford Club of the Philippines. 

The new normal has brought about tremendous shifts to education, including business and executive education which historically prized face-to-face interactions and professional networking.

In this talk, Robert Hsiung (GSB MBA ’08) will share his insights about the latest trends in China’s and Asia’s professional education industry, particularly its digital transformation in the new normal. 

Robert has led the China business of 3 education companies. He currently serves as China CEO of Eruditus Executive Education, which raised US$113 million in August 2020 from investors including Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Previously, Robert was Udacity’s Managing Director in China, and Interim CEO of ShareWithU.

Events Details
Date: Thursday, 29 October, 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Hong Kong Time / Philippine Time (GMT+8) 
Online Videoconference Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni.
Lunch Etiquette: Lunch not included due to online nature. You are most welcomed to eat while videoconferencing in.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Event Contacts (in alphabetical order): 

Stanford Club of Hong Kong: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org) and Alex Leung

Stanford Club of the Philippines: Andrea Sy (andreasy@alumni.stanford.edu)

About the Speaker

Robert Hsiung

Robert Hsiung has led the China business of 3 education companies. He currently serves as China CEO of Eruditus Executive Education, which raised US$113 million in August 2020 from investors including Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Previously, Robert was Udacity’s Managing Director in China, and Interim CEO of ShareWithU. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business School and an B.A.S. in computer science from University of Pennsylvania.

The new normal has brought about tremendous shifts to education at every level: from students and parents, to teachers and administrators, to schools and technology providers. 

In this talk, Mariana Kou will share her insights about China’s and Asia’s education industry, both historical and current, and her take on education trends in the new normal. 

Mariana has worn 3 hats in the education industry. As an entrepreneur, she is CEO of Research Study Education Group, which offers educational travel products and is now expanding into EdTech. Previously as an analyst, she was Head of China Education and HK Consumer Research at CLSA. As an author, she published her first book “Investing in Dragons: Education Industry and Capital Markets” in 2020.

We hope alumni who are interested in education and technology – whether as a an industry participant or as a parent  – in the new normal will join us online.

Events Details
Date: Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Hong Kong time (GMT+8) 
Online Videoconference Link: Provided by email after RSVP, closer to event date
Cost: Free for alumni and non-alumni.
Lunch Etiquette: Lunch not included due to online nature. You are most welcomed to eat while videoconferencing in.

RSVP: Required. Please RSVP by filling in this form.

Event Contact: Andrew Kwan (akwan@stanfordalumni.org)

 

About the Speakers

Mariana Kou

Mariana Kou is executive director and CEO of Research Study Education Group, which offers educational travel products and is now expanding into EdTech. Prior to this role, she was an award-winning equity research analyst specializing in the China education industry and the global luxury goods sector. Mariana started her banking career in New York at Lehman Brothers, and was most recently Head of China Education and HK Consumer Research at brokerage and investment group CLSA.

In 2020, she published her first book “Investing in Dragons: Education Industry and Capital Markets”.

She also serves as board advisor to education ventures and has been keynote speakers and panelists at government and industry conferences as well as interviewed regularly by international media. Mariana was appointed representative for China by the World Business Angels Investment Forum, an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) in Jun 2020. She is a member of ForbesWomen Forum and she is the Columbia Venture Community’s Hong Kong chapter founding lead. 

Mariana holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and is a graduate of Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship certificate program. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with magna cum laude and Raymond P. Kent Award. She is a CFA charterholder and a member of global business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma and economics honor society Omicron Delta Epsilon.