Student Research Programs

The sponsors for RIPS-Hong Kong 2015 include:

China International Capital Corp (CICC)

Established in 1995 as the first joint venture investment bank in China, China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) is a leader in providing comprehensive financial services including investment banking, capital markets, institutional and individual securities sales and trading, fixed income, asset management, private equity, wealth management and research.

Hong Kong Observatory

The Hong Kong Observatory is a government department responsible for forecasting weather and issuing warnings on weather-related hazards. The Observatory also monitors and assesses radiation levels in Hong Kong, and provides other meteorological and geophysical services to meet the needs of the public and the shipping, aviation, industrial and engineering sectors.

Huawei

Headquartered in Shenzhen, China, Huawei is an employee-owned private company, with offices and research facilities in 100 nations spanning every continent. Huawei technology enriches people’s lives through communication. Huawei solutions have been deployed by 45 of the world’s top 50 telecomm operators, and this technology helps make communication possible for one-third of the world’s population.

Lenovo

Lenovo is a US$34 billion personal technology company and the world’s largest PC vendor with more than 33,000 employees in more than 60 countries serving customers in more than 160 countries. Lenovo creates a full range of personal technology, including smartphones, tablets and smart TVs.  It is the fourth largest smartphone company in the world, and is expanding rapidly to new markets.  The company employs more than 3,200 engineers, researchers and scientists. Lenovo’s R&D teams have introduced many industry firsts supported by a track record of innovation— including more than 6,500 globally recognized patents and more than 100 major design awards.