Strategic Alliance
Powering Scalable Knowledge Transfer
To advance HKBU’s innovation capacity and technology development capabilities, IIT plays a central role in cultivating institution‑level strategic alliances and collaborative platforms with leading partners across academia, industry, and public bodies. Through these initiatives, IIT elevates HKBU’s visibility within global innovation and policy ecosystems, and channels industry‑ready innovations and partnerships that strengthen and scale HKBU’s knowledge transfer capacity.
Beyond connectivity, IIT’s alliance network supports entrepreneurship and technology translation, linking HKBU’s research strengths with real‑world needs, funding pathways, regulatory insights, and routes to deployment; there by reduces translational risk, accelerates impact, and supports outcomes that extend beyond individual projects—reinforcing HKBU’s role as a trusted contributor to societal, economic, and policy‑relevant solutions locally, nationally and globally.
Landmark Events Driving Global Recognition
Supernational Engagement for Impact
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Platforms and Outreach Activities
Facilitated the establishment of Frontier Translational Medical Research Institute
GreenTech Alliance (iGreen Tech) with 12 institutions worldwide
Delegation visits to leading art and cultural institutions and organisations in Europe and UK for art tech exchange
Met with leaders from Germany's world-renowned research institutes for high-impact science discussion
Hosted local, national and international delegations from industry, government, research institutes and academia to foster knowledge transfer
Facilitating Major Initiatives and Engaging Key Stakeholders
Enabled HKBU-led project Future Cinema System (FCS) with EPFL and City University of Hong Kong
Paving way for setting up '1+1+1' Joint Funding Programme with The Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province and Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University