Esther MOK Haven of Hope Christian Service 27 Feb 2018 Contributory Factors of the Macro-environment on Technology Application and Social Innovation in Taiwan: Lessons to Learn for HK Esther MOK Haven of Hope Christian Service 27 Feb 2018

Macro-environment Government policy Education system Career prospect Funding availability for innovation and technology Ready support from the manufacturing sector Land availability for production factories and warehouses

Taiwan vs Hong Kong Bigger market with better economy of scale Lower start-up costs for ventures on innovative application of technology Stronger foundation of manufacturing industry More adequate land supply beyond major cities of Taipei and Kaohsiung for the production line and storage of products Profound record in the development of computer hardware

Smart Phone and Air quality?

Air Pollution and Lung cancer Lung cancer, the top killer disease in Hong Kong Association of air pollution (in particular, PM 2.5) with lung cancer Often in advanced stage when diagnosed Low dose CT scan for early identification of lung cancer but NOT to be applied population-wide Key is to screen the high risk ones only

Smart Phone and Air quality! Smart phone with sensor Real time air quality data Cloud database Electronic maps of air pollution levels (EPD) Health warning signals (DH)

Technology Application for Health Screening Taichung (power plant) and Changhua (chemical plant) etc. with heavy industry Monitoring the exposure level of PM2.5 for people living there Subsidy for purchase of mobile phones with sensors Subsidy for CT scan of lung for those screened of considerable levels of PM2.5

smart phone production cloud-based technology “Bottom-up” & “Top-down” initiative

Funding Availability Legislature and policy conducive to exploration of technology solutions Allow technology to go ahead of the regulations Vetting criteria to promote creativity rather than focus on traditional parameters such as input of work hours Funding available in the initial stages of technology development process

Smart Aging Alliance 智齡聯盟 To promote the application of technology in tackling the escalating service needs arising from aging Under the support of the Education Bureau Useful platform pooling together academic, research and manufacturing expertise for technology innovations 7 universities National Taiwan University Tatung University Taipei Medical University Shih Hsin University Tamkang University National Taiwan Normal University National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Smart Aging Alliance 智齡聯盟 Cross-discipline modules On-line sharing of teaching materials 32 related workshops attended by over 100 lecturers and 1200 students

manufacturing-education partnership 產學共授 One-year Smart Aging Design course since 2015 Lecturers bridging the university students with manufacturers Win-win to students and manufacturers

Start with Elderly’s need – how about grandma shopping…

manufacturing-education partnership 產學共授 “Cart Easy II”: Shopping cart for elderly to carry grocery shopping items up and down the stairs easily

Advantages of Taiwan Strong back up of manufacturing industry Land supply for production and warehouse “Manufacturing-education partnership” infrastructure More affordable costs in investing on technology and innovations in Taiwan than in Hong Kong

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