Future Mobility - 2019 Winter International Technology & Management Business Plan Competition in USA
2019 Winter International Technology & Management Business Plan Competition was held at San Francisco of USA from 2 to 12 January to explore new business opportunities made possible by advancements in transportation and information communication technologies within the San Francisco Bay Area transportation ecosystem.
12 Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management (T&M-DDP) students formed mixed teams with students from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign of USA, University of Bayreuth of Germany and University of Sao Paulo of Brazil. Each team made up of students from 4 universities was required to create a business plan on transportation advancements and information communication technologies within the 11-day competition under the guidance of professors and industry mentors.
Students visited Uber Advanced Technologies Group Research & Development Center, Tesla and Didi Labs to understand the latest technology development in transportation and new business opportunities. Under the guidance of professors and industry mentors, teams prepared their proposals and presented to a group of judges consisted of professors and industry experts.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
