12 October 2015

Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 2010 Speaks at HSMC New Perspectives on Chemicals and Community Safety

In recent years, chemical issues stir up concerns along with the fast development of technology in our communities. To raise the awareness of chemical safety in community, Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Innovations (CCSI), Hang Seng Management College (HSMC) will hold the “Living and Society - Socio-Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development” Seminar on 29 October with Professor Ei-ichi Negishi, the Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 2010. He will give a public speech concerning the relationship between chemicals and community safety as well as the key to a sustainable society. Professor Simon S M Ho, President of HSMC, will deliver opening remarks at the Seminar. “Living and Society – Socio-Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development” Seminar aims at raising the awareness of proper chemical knowledge, application, storage and treatment for community. It also provides the participants with the business acumen in the chemical sector, and the development of sustainability and entrepreneurship in our society. From the Remarks at Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, General Assembly, 25 September 2015 mentioned that “I am encouraged that several countries are already working to incorporate the 2030 Agenda into their national development strategies. But no-one can succeed working alone. We must engage all actors, as we did in shaping the Agenda. We must include parliaments and local governments, and work with cities and rural areas. We must rally businesses and entrepreneurs. We must involve civil society in defining and implementing policies – and give it the space to hold us to account. We must listen to scientists and academia. We will need to embrace a data revolution. Most important, we must set to work – now.” Dr Shirley Yeung, Director, Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Innovations and Convener of the activity would like to promote “Design Thinking” to teenagers (Mootee, 2013, p. 39) about the different elements in the ecosystem related to one another and if any systems-level impact exists. The Objectives of “Living and Society – Social Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development” Seminar are:

1. To help community develop awareness in chemicals with the environment , e.g. reactive and proactive actions, storage and handling, well-being of the community; and

2. To develop the capabilities of young people to be pioneers in identifying entrepreneurship opportunities in relation to knowledge of social issues and science with sustainable value and responsibility for the community and society at large.

The followings are the expected outcomes of the Seminar:

1. To produce a short video of demonstrating methods to help young people develop

awareness in chemicals with the environment for well-being of the community; and

2. To write stories about methods of developing the capabilities of young people to be pioneers

in identifying entrepreneurship opportunities in relation to knowledge of chemicals with

sustainable value and responsibility for the community and society at large.

Details for the “Living and Society – Socio-Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development” Seminar

Date : 29 October 2015 (Thursday) Time : 2:00pm – 4:30pm Venue : A401, S H Ho Academic Building, Hang Seng Management College Admission : Free Keynote Guest : Professor Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 2010

Programme Highlights

2:00pm – 3:10pm Welcoming Remarks by Professor Simon Ho, President of HSMC

Keynote Speech by Professor Ei-ichi Negishi, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry 2010

3:10pm – 3:30pm Industry Sharing 3:30pm – 3:45pm Free Discussion/ Q & A Session

3:45pm – 4:00pm Souvenir presentation and Group Photo

4:00pm – 4:10pm Vote of Thanks by Dr Shirley Yeung Director, Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Innovations, HSMC

4:10pm – 4:30pm Networking

About Professor Ei-ichi Negishi

Professor Negishi, H.C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University, grew up in Japan and received

his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo in 1958. He has received various awards, with the most representative

being 1987 J.S. Guggenheim Fellowship, 1996 Chemical Society of Japan Award, 1998 ACS Award in Organometallic

Chemistry, 1998-2001 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Researcher Award, Germany, 2000 Sir Edward Frankland Prize,

Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2007 Yamada-Koga Prize, Japan, 2010 ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic

Organic Chemistry, 2010 Japanese Order of Culture, 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2010 UK Royal Society of Chemistry

Honorary Fellowship Award, 2011 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 2014 elected into the

National Academy of Sciences as a Foreign Associate.

About Hang Seng Management College

Hang Seng Management College (HSMC) was restructured from the former Hang Seng School of Commerce and

established in 2010 as a non-profit-making private university-level institution with five Schools (Business, Communication,

Decision Sciences, Humanities & Social Science, and Translation). Adopting the unique “Liberal + Professional” education

model, HSMC is a modern residential-type college which puts quality teaching and students’ all-round development as its

highest priorities. Aspiring to be a leading private university in Hong Kong, HSMC features top-quality faculty members,

award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, active research and excellent student support

services, with the aim of nurturing young talents with independent thinking, innovative minds, human caring, ethical values

and social responsibilities.

About Activities related to Sustainable Development

The Oct 29 seminar on “Living and Society – Socio-Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development” is an event

following the sustainability-related activity “Nurturing Women Entrepreneurs via Socio-cultural Innovations” at Hang Seng

Management College on 24 September with Ms Florence Hui, Hiu-fai, SBS, JP, Under-Secretary for Home Affairs of

HKSAR Government to officiate the opening session, two key messages have been highlighted:

1) Helping women to develop awareness in innovative use of technology, media, aromatherapy, music and color for

well-being of the community; and

2) Developing the capabilities of women to be pioneers in identifying entrepreneurship opportunities with sustainable

value and responsibility for the community and society at large.

Source:

http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/sgspeeches/statments_full.asp?statID=2749#.Vgt6lNGheUk

More on the activity:

http://sdhe2015.hsmc.edu.hk/event.php

Media queries:

Please contact Shirley Yeung, Director, Centre for Corporate Sustainability and Innovations, Hang Seng Management College, Hong

Kong, ccsi@hsmc.edu.hk