Event Highlight | HKTDC Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair (16-18 May 2024)
Organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the HKTDC Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair 2024 held from 16 to 18 May 2024 at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). This year, CUHK has displayed three innovative projects related to biomedical applications.
This year, the fair has attracted over 12,000 buyers and more than 300 exhibitors from 60 countries and regions. It has provided a wide range of latest top-notch medical technologies and equipment, along with medical, healthcare and related services. With ASGH held concurrently throughout the Medical Fair, it offered ample business opportunities to buyers and product developers.
Professor Raymond Tong (Professor and Chairman, Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK, right side) and his project team members Ms. Liqin Ma (left side) and Mr. Eugene Lee (centre). (Photo: ORKTS)
Project representative Ms. Naping Xiong from Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, CUHK. (Photo: ORKTS)
Project representative Ms. Yuwei Zhu from Department of Chemistry, CUHK. (Photo: ORKTS)
Co-organised by the CUHK Medical Centre, a panel discussion was held by (from left to right) Dr. Hong Fung, JP (Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, CUHK Medical Centre), Professor Kelvin Tsoi (Founder of DeepHealth Limited and Associate Professor of JC School of Public Health and Primary Care), Mr. Dennis Yu (Managing Director, Ewell Hong Kong Limited) and Mr. Chi-Man Lam (Chief Executive Office, Applied Technology Group Limited) under the topic "Connectivity and IoT Applications in Digital Health". (Photo: ORKTS)
(From left to right) Mr. Billy Wong (ORKTS), Mr. Owen Wong (ORKTS), Dr. Gene Man (ORKTS), Ms. Niky Ng (ORKTS) and Ms. Ariel Yuen (ORKTS) (Photo: ORKTS)
List of Projects
| Project Name | Project Investigator | Department / Faculty |
| Hopebotics HandTasker | Prof. Raymond TONG | Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering |
| Novel targeting Adeno-Associated Virus | Prof. Wenxue TONG | Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine |
| Novel Injectable Hierarchical Porous Magnesium Oxychloride Cement Foam (MOCF)-derived Scaffold for Treating Osteoporotic Bone Defects | Prof. To NGAI | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science |