To enhance the product innovation knowledge of Hong Kong appliances SMEs, Hong Kong Electrical Appliance Industries Association organized three workshops and invited the representatives from German Pool, Philips and Phantom to be the speakers. The last workshop was just held on 22 Sept and shared the product innovation strategies.
The theme of this Product Innovation Workshop was “Gear of Innovation”, three honorable speakers were invited. Mr. Liu Xiao Wen, Director of Innovation Product, Midea Group Corporate Research Center has shared the innovation strategies of Midea. As a famous home appliances company in China, Midea developed sustainable innovation and kept changing to adopt new environment;
Whilst, the founder of TOTEX and IDMA, Dr. Gabriel Tong applied his theoretical articulation of experience to analyze the product innovation strategies of the four studying companies in this project. Dr. Daniel Yip, Vice Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries and Managing Director of G.E.W. International Corporation Limited analyzed the trend of IoT in small electrical appliances and illustrate how IoT can be applied with home appliances. There was a Q&A session in the workshop to foster the communication between speakers and audience, which allowed them to share opinions about product innovation.
Workshop invited renowned speakers including:
- Mr. Liu Xiao Wen, Director of Innovation Product, Midea Group Corporate Research Center
Topic: Open Innovation at Midea – Exploration and Practice
- Mr. Liu Xiao Wen, Director of Innovation Product, Midea Group Corporate Research Center
- Dr. Gabriel Tong, Founder of TOTEX and IDMA (Innovation and Design Management Association)
Topic: Innovation Knowledge Management—Theoretical Articulation (4)
- Dr. Gabriel Tong, Founder of TOTEX and IDMA (Innovation and Design Management Association)
- Dr. Daniel Yip, Vice Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries and Managing Director of G.E.W. International Corporation Limited
Topic: The trend of IoT in small electrical appliances
- Dr. Daniel Yip, Vice Chairman of Federation of Hong Kong Industries and Managing Director of G.E.W. International Corporation Limited