Event Highlights
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.
Charles Dickens, in A Tale of Two Cities, could not have penned an even more fitting saying to describe the whole world’s times, since the global pandemic starting in late 2019. However, nothing could have deterred TEDxHSUHK from spreading worthwhile ideas to both the HSUHK and the whole community. In fact, it was exactly against such a challenging backdrop was our 2022 theme nurtured: Our Times.
TEDxHSUHK, continuing on with the good spirit of “REstart” in our 2021 event, was successfully organised by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and supported by the Institute of Youth Sustainability Leadership (IYSL), on 2 June 2022. TEDxHSUHK brought together a stellar line-up of 9 speakers whose voices are symbolic of our times, representing the industries ranging from philosophy, band music, radio, TV, online video production, movies, and artist management.
A full house of over 200 HSUHK students and staff onsite, together with nearly 15,000 online audience members from the public, were mesmerized by how the speakers managed to turn their worst of times into their best of times. The whole audiences, throughout this four-hour show, were able to shape our times together.
TEDxHSUHK 2022 could have only reached its new height, thanks to the co-organisers, namely a league of student volunteers engineering this event in different capacities: speaker buddies, multimedia production, promotion, souvenir design, stage and site management.
Two HSUHK student performing units, namely the Dance Society and the Band Society, staged their shows exclusively for TEDxHSUHK, wow-ing the global audiences with our University’s talents.
The whole crew of TEDxHSUHK 2022 took a group photo with our 9 speakers and the HSUHK’s senior management.
6@Rubberband kicked off the talk by sharing his music journey.
Adam Wong interprets “Our Time” as a director and teacher under the title of “Things that as Beautiful as saying Good Morning.”
Ko Ling and Ching Yan Fu from Pomato shared how their crew manages to create “extraordinary” out of “ordinary”. They believed that no matter how our times are, they are determined to bring happiness to all of us.
Sharing her transformation from a regular radio listener to a popular radio DJ, Ah Jeng inspired the audience to step out of their comfort zone and seize the opportunity to do what their hearts desire.
Yeung Chun Yin and Kwan Ho Chuen from Corrupt the Youth share their journey and experiences in this era as a philosophy popularisation group under the title “We are here to ask questions”.
Heiward Mak encourages people to believe in their imagination, so the world can have new possibilities.
Wong Wai-kwun (花姐) shared her personal life experience surrounding the topic of “Stranger in the mirror”. She believed that when facing ups and downs in life, even if it is a trough, you will always have an opportunity to learn something new about yourself.
TEDxHSUHK was well-received by a full house of audience members.
Photo credit to:
Myrna LAM Hau-ying
ABM Farabi Shaomin Dibyu
For more information, please visit https://tedx.hsu.edu.hk/
Organised by Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
| Date: | 2 June 2022 (Thur) |
| Time: | 2:00 PM |
| Venue: | D201, 2/F, Auditorium, Lee Quo Wei Academic Building |