TEDxHKBU

Speakers

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• Agnes Wong

  Content Creator

  Agnes Wong is a social media content creator with a deep interest in psychology and everyday well-being. Through YouTube and Instagram, she shares reflections on everyday life, slow living, and the small rituals that help us return to the present moment. Her work explores how ordinary moments — cooking a meal, creating space to breathe, or noticing life’s quiet details — can become gentle forms of healing. She hopes to inspire others to find healing not only in big changes, but also in the quiet beauty of ordinary days.

• Alan Cheung

  Co-Founder & Managing Director, One Bite Design Studio

  Alan Cheung is a Registered Architect and co-founder of One Bite Design Studio—Hong Kong’s first B Corp–certified architectural practice—and its charitable arm, One Bite Social. He and his team work across architecture, placemaking, urban research, art curation, and social innovation. With over 15 years of international architectural experience, his work culminates in onebite's distinctive approach that seeks to build better communities at every level, from spatial design to experiential curation. Grounded in the belief that people-centred design can strengthen communities, he contributes to a growing movement reimagining public space as inclusive, empathetic, and rooted in local context.

• Chu Mic

  Content Creator & Actor, Pomato

  Chu Mic, an IG/YouTube content creator and actor at Hong Kong online channel Pomato, stands out at his eye-catching 187cm height. Known for his signature comedy lifestyle short videos, his distinct creative style has earned him over 229K Instagram followers. A multi-talented performer proficient in drums, beatboxing, guitar, and Latin dance, he seamlessly expands his craft into film, starring in “Band Four”, and voice acting for the animated feature “Spermageddon”. Expanding his presence as a host, Mic presented the 42nd and 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards red carpets and continually pushed his boundaries by conducting movie premiere interviews with Hollywood icons like Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, showcasing his multi-faceted talent.

• Kenny Sham

  Global Events Head & General Manager, Hong Kong & Macau, Klook

  Kenny Sham serves as the Global Events Head & General Manager, Hong Kong & Macau at Klook, where he leads a dynamic team responsible for multiple sectors including travel, experiences, leisure, F&B and entertainment, to create a more diversified business portfolio with unique one-stop travel and leisure experiences for customers. With years of relevant industry experience across sectors, Kenny supports the company in steering sales and marketing strategies, coordinating organizational planning, and driving business expansion. He also identifies emerging opportunities and develops strategic partnerships to ensure sustained growth and success of the company. By fostering collaborations with various authorities to bring in more large-scale events to Hong Kong, this helps boost the local tourism and travel ecosystem, contributing to the economic growth and vitality of the region.

• Matt Chung

  Co-Founder of SIDE SPACE, Curator & Podcaster

  Matt Chung is an established patron of Hong Kong’s art and culture scene. He founded Ascend Projects, working with international contemporary artists, and has a monthly column at Esquire Magazine. He also serves as an advisor for Complex Con HK and as a director of the Fashion Farm Foundation. More recently, he has gained recognition as the host of the podcast “Meendeen Tong” on Spotitalk, where he interviews local celebrities and cultural influencers.

• Mayao Ma

  Singer, Creative Director & Fashion Stylist

  Mayao Ma serves as the Director of Fame Glory Production and Muse TV. He is also the Chairman of the Fashion Farm Foundation (FFF), a non-profit organization founded in 2012 by a group of enthusiastic fashion entrepreneurs and educators in Hong Kong. His company, Fame Glory Production, offers fashion styling, digital content creation, and commercial production for top global luxury brands, while Muse TV is a popular lifestyle media channel featuring celebrity news, fashion updates, and trending youth culture.

• Polly Yeung

  Producer & Scriptwriter of Another World

  Polly Yeung is a Hong Kong writer, producer and scriptwriter, known for writing and producing the award-winning animated fantasy drama "Another World", which explores reincarnation. Her work includes feature films like "Hotel Soul Good" and "The Lady Improper". She also co-founded Point Five Creations and explores ArtTech creativity with VR projects.

• Sarah Tong

  Co-Founder＆CEO, Big Bang Academy

  Sarah Tong is the co-founder of Big Bang Academy, is an entrepreneur, educator, and passionate advocate for transformative education. She is a part of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List, World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper and a Tatler Gen T Honoree. With a degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a career that began in investment banking, Sarah combined her analytical expertise with her lifelong passion for STEM to found Big Bang Academy in 2020. Under her leadership, Big Bang Academy, an Edtech company reinventing science and technology education for children age 3-16, has reached over 25,000 students worldwide and 130+ schools in HK and GBA. Sarah is driven by the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to find their spark through hands-on learning. Her journey from HK’s traditional schools to Cambridge, and now as an entrepreneur, embodies her mission to inspire millions of children to become creative, self-directed learners and future change-makers.

• Yoyo Sham

  Singer-songwriter

  Yoyo Sham is a singer-songwriter, who shuttles between Hong Kong and Taiwan making music along the way. Her album《Nothing is Under Control》was nominated Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards’ “Mandarin Female Vocalist of the Year” and ”Album Producer of the Year” in 2019. Her performance in the theme song “Fly” for the movie title “Better Days” won the “Best Original Film Song” in the “39th Hong Kong Film Awards”. In 2022, Yoyo launched EP album《Home is...》and completed her《Home is...》project by giving four shows under the same title at Hong Kong’s Star Hall which were attended by an audience of more than 10,000. Her Cantonese it single “Come What May” found its way to be chosen as the ending theme for the movie title “Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In”, honing into the theme that the relationship shared between people and their place transcends time.