IPO Students Shine on the stage of The Melo Summit 2022

We are proud to have 7 IPO students shared their voices at The Melo Summit 2022 #melosummit2022 in front of over 100 audience at the new Shaw Auditorium and 200 more virtually from different countries who are business executives, industry experts and university faculties around the world on 16 July 2022.

Project Melo started with its Founders' belief and vision that there can be a much more innovative approaches to youth empowerment and engagement. Through Project Melo, Fellows, the selected HKUST undergraduate students, together with Peers, industry experts, and CEOs co-create a platform of authentic sharing, ideation and impact on the society, with the aim to build Hong Kong to be an even brighter “Pearl of the Orient".

This is the second year of the Project Melo with a total of 20 HKUST students joined as Melo Fellows, of which 5 are from Dual Degree Program in Technology & Management (T&M-DDP) and another 1 is from Individualized Interdisciplinary Major Program (IIM).

The Melo Summit #melosummit2022 was co-created by 15 leading CEOs in Hong Kong and the 20 Melo Fellows from HKUST. Using the “student as speaker, CEO as audience” concept, the Summit was consisted of TED Talk-like speeches, sharing of invited leaders and panel discussions.

The summit started with sharing of Whitney YU, a Year 3 student of Environmental Management and Technology Program (EVMT) and her batchmate on their personal stories as the inaugural class of Project Melo in 2021, followed by the presentations of this year’s Fellows, CEOs and panel discussions.

Prof. Huamin QU, Director of IPO and Prof. Betty LIN, Associate Director of T&M-DDP joined the event to support the above IPO students who have actively engaged in the projects co-created with their mentors and voiced out what youth think and can do. Keep up the good work!