IP Asia Discussion board and Entrepreneur Day Efficiently Conclude
Driving IP Financing and Innovation Connectivity to Help Enterprise Growth Throughout the GBA and International Markets
– BIP Asia Discussion board welcomed over 3,300 individuals, with the Discussion board’s first-ever “IP Go-International Enterprise Matching Session” supporting worldwide growth of Mainland enterprises. – Entrepreneur Day attracted over 12,000 visits, facilitating greater than 350 enterprise matching conferences to assist start-ups and SMEs unlock new market alternatives.
HONG KONG – December 8, 2025 (NEWMEDIAWIRE) – The fifteenth Enterprise of IP Asia Discussion board (BIP Asia Discussion board), collectively organised by the Hong Kong Commerce Improvement Council (HKTDC) and the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area Authorities, and the seventeenth Entrepreneur Day (E-Day), hosted by the HKTDC, concluded on 5 December 2025.
Held concurrently on 4 to five December, these two flagship occasions linked main IP specialists and enterprise leaders from world wide, together with Hong Kong, Chinese language Mainland, ASEAN and world markets. Via a various vary of actions, the occasions examined how IP can drive enterprise growth, unlock new financing alternatives, and assist start-ups in figuring out buyers and accessing new markets. This yr, BIP Asia Discussion board welcomed over 3,300 attendees, whereas E-Day recorded over 12,000 visits. Greater than 350 enterprise matching periods have been efficiently organized, serving to solidify Hong Kong’s place as a regional IP buying and selling centre and a global innovation and expertise hub.
BIP Asia Discussion board unlocks the worth of IP
With a world intangible asset worth estimated at USD 80 trillion, IP is more and more recognised as a strong engine for accessing capital and scaling enterprise development. BIP Asia Discussion board explored a variety of matters, together with IP Valuation and Financing, to look at how enterprises can leverage IP as collateral to safe funding. Through the session, Lewis Lee, Founder & CEO of Moat Metrics mentioned, “By no means earlier than have we been in a spot the place we’re very near with the ability to assess IP worth in a scientific and high-fidelity method. The advances in AI and information within the final 12 months have accelerated the event of this framework. I encourage the business to proceed pushing ahead.”
The plenary session “Propelling Sustainability with IP” examined how enterprises can leverage IP to strengthen their aggressive edge amid the worldwide shifts towards inexperienced transition and sustainability. As Krishna Singhania, Senior Mental Property Counsel of Maersk mentioned, “Discarding the legacy mannequin of ‘IP is mine’ and as a substitute embracing flexibility is how we make modifications. Exploring totally different fashions together with lead-partnership, field-of-use possession, joint possession and government-funded tasks ensures and preserves the aggressive edge of every accomplice’s core expertise. Thus, we are able to meet our local weather goal of decarbonisation by 2040.”
To answer rising demand from Mainland firms for abroad growth, the Mental Property Division hosted a devoted “IP Go-International Enterprise Matching Session” through the Discussion board. Native skilled service suppliers, IP legal professionals, and specialists supplied one-on-one consultations protecting IP registration methods, software procedures, and patent claims drafting. Zoe Fang, CEO of participated mainland enterprise Sichuan HangWan Cultural Communication Co. Ltd mentioned: “To align with our nationwide ‘Go International’ technique, we’ll leverage Hong Kong’s worldwide authorized companies to deal with sensible cross-border IP points by taking part within the matching session. We plan to utilise Hong Kong’s skilled companies to stipulate our patent registration and market growth methods, and to develop actionable plans for getting into worldwide markets.”
One other participant from the Center East, Founder and CEO of Voithy Tech Restricted, Mohamed Orikat mentioned: “Hong Kong serves as an important bridge to Chinese language Mainland and APEC markets. At BIP Asia, we obtained skilled recommendation on patent registration, litigation in Hong Kong and Chinese language Mainland, and firm institution in Hong Kong, which has supplied us important insights and help to our plan in increasing into the Asian market.”
E-Day ignites start-up innovation: connecting capital, markets and companionsE-Day returned beneath the theme “The place Begin-up Goals Take Flight” and supplied a variety of exhibitions, conferences, roundtable dialogue and matchmaking alternatives tailor-made for start-ups and SMEs. This yr, the occasion showcased over 360 start-ups, invention tasks and assist organisations throughout AI, well being tech, cybersecurity, development & logistics tech, spatial computing, and sustainability.
Through the enterprise matching session, Dr.Ammar Mohammed Al Ojaili, Vice President of R&D and Innovation at world built-in vitality group OQ, based in Oman, mentioned: “Hong Kong and the South China area are essential markets for us. Occasions like Entrepreneur Day carry collectively startups, universities, and business gamers multi functional place, making it simpler for firms like ours to find revolutionary applied sciences and discover collaboration alternatives.”
The session “T-Chat: From Labs to Battlefield: Navigating Deep Tech Commercialisation and International Scale” invited leaders from world innovation group, college data switch centre, enterprise capital agency, start-up founder and analysis establishment to discover how deep tech innovators can leverage capital, partnerships, and worldwide networks to speed up commercialisation. YeYe Xiao, Innovation Consulting Supervisor & Central Asia Lead at Hi there Tomorrow, who works in deep tech, mentioned: “Entrepreneur Day emphasises Hong Kong as an I&T hub. It is a fantastic alternative to collect stakeholders from everywhere in the world annually. The standard of the startups listed here are excessive, and persons are doing very deep applied sciences.”
Different audio system shared how Entrepreneur Day brings enterprise alternatives and collaboration to the business. Martin Chu, CEO & Co-founder of i2COOL Restricted, speaker of GBA Tripartite Roundtable: “Empowering GBA Startups to Develop into ASEAN with Hong Kong as a Tremendous-connector and Tremendous Worth-adder”, remarked: “The cross-border collaborations introduced by Entrepreneur Day are essential for a startup. As a result of Hong Kong is a brilliant connector for various industries and totally different markets, we get to know what they want, after which wonderful tune our expertise. I believe the scenario is relevant to many of the new applied sciences invented in Chinese language Mainland as properly.”
As well as, the HKTDC signed Memoranda of Understanding with the Junior Chamber Worldwide Hong Kong (JCIHK) and France-based Hi there Tomorrow to deepen collaboration on supporting native SMEs, younger entrepreneurs, and start-ups in increasing into worldwide markets, offering mentorship, pitching alternatives and entry to buyers across the globe
“Begin-up Categorical Worldwide” connects world innovators with Hong Kong and GBA opportunities
“Begin-up Categorical Worldwide” continued to draw world founders exploring Hong Kong as a base for growth into Asia and the Higher Bay Space, protecting revolutionary fields comparable to inexperienced tech, well being tech, AI, edtech, and extra.
Through the “Meet the International Begin-ups” session, individuals shared insights on expertise improvement, IP methods, market growth, and cross-border collaboration. In addition they mentioned methods for organising in Hong Kong and getting into the Higher Bay Space market with native buyers, enterprises, and supporting organisations. Audio system highlighted that Hong Kong is an innovation and expertise hub within the area, the place firms can leverage town as a testing floor to validate enterprise fashions and use it as a springboard to faucet into the Higher China market and past.
Video replays of BIP Asia Discussion board occasions, together with highlights of the exhibition and boards, shall be obtainable from 8 December 2025 to 7 January 2026. Replays of E-Day occasions shall be uploaded after fifth of January 2026.
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