A brief note on MaD

A brief note on MaD

MAD: MAKE A DIFFERENCE

 

Why do we need MaD?

 

Hong Kong is committed to becoming a city of creativity in the region, and young people with creative talent and entrepreneurial ideas will be key to making this a reality.

 

Inspired by this idea, the founders of MaD spoke to a cross-section of young Hong Kong people, and the response was alarming.

 

They told us what they thought about themselves, their future and Hong Kong. Their outlook was bleak: full of discontent, low motivation and deeply skeptical of a "bright future". They said:

 

“There are two types of youth in Hong Kong:

The first type do not go to university, but afterwards they wish they did and they end up in dead-end jobs;

The other type just work work work.”

 

“Hong Kong pretends to be a World city, making everything quick paced,

but it is all about money, and people have no life.”

 

 

This is why we need MaD. MaD is designed to Make a Difference and to make change possible.

• MaD believes in the power of ideas and creativity
• MaD celebrates the potential of young people
• MaD inspires and empowers young people to be the change

 

 

MaD will foster

• Personal discovery
• Creativity
• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation

 

 

MaD is a first for Asia

The inaugural MaD in January 2010 will be an exciting immersive 3 days with leading thinkers and changemakers from around the world.

MaD is ongoing - with the online platform - the MaD Network http://www.M-a-D.asia, and the annual Make a Difference Award.

 

MaD global inspiring stars include:

Creativity and innovation

 

• John Maeda - President, Rhode Island School of Design (US)

 

 

Entrepreneurship

 

• Tony Hsieh - CEO, Zappos (US)

 

 

Social entrepreneurship

 

• Alex Counts - President and CEO, Grameen Foundation (US)

 

 

Discover and exploration

 

• Sir Ken Robinson - Internationally recognized leader in creativity, innovation and human resources (UK)
• Prof Kevin Fu - 2009 Innovator of the Year; Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)

 

 

Organizer

 

• Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture

 

 

Co-creators

 

• Imagination
• InnoFoco

 

 

 

Patron and Founding Sponsor

Create Hong Kong, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

For details, please visit: http://www.M-a-D.asia.

 

 

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Media contact:

Contact person: Miss Janice Poon

Tel: 6717 3949

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