Roundtable Sessions
Roundtable Sessions
Room A
Day 1 – Thursday 10 Sept
Supported by
Foundation for Shared Impact Limited
FSI is built on the philosophy of “shared impact”. We help the people who help people. We are educators, inventors, founders, students, business leaders, and community members who believe in broad cross-sector collaboration and the free sharing of resources, knowledge, and information to tackle the root causes of some of society’s most challenging problems.
Our sustainability goals for 2026:
- Building equity into Hong Kong’s business ecosystem by enhancing under-resourced entrepreneurs’ access to knowledge, information, and resources to thrive and grow.
- Bringing true inclusion to Hong Kong’s diverse communities by fostering intercultural exchange and social inclusion through programmes and initiatives.
- Cultivating impact-driven leaders through experiential learning programmes and initiatives for youth and working professionals.
- Fostering even greater cross-sector collaboration to drive systems change through shared impact.
General Enquiry Email Address: info@shared-impact.com
Social Ventures Hong Kong
Founded in 2007, Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk) is an Impact Purpose Organisation that innovates social change by re-imagining the city. We focus on inventing and incubating pioneering sustainable business solutions to urban challenges, and partners with communities and businesses alike to design and build cross-sector partnerships towards realising our dreams for NewUrban in 2030
General Enquiry Email Address: enquiry@sv-hk.org
General Enquiry Phone Number: 62634152
Meet our 2025 speakers:
10:00 – 11:30
What if the next frontier of place-based innovation is about laying the foundations for communities to thrive on their own terms? Building on existing community making efforts in Sham Shui Po, this roundtable workshop leaps from promoting “software” interventions to the underlying urban development system — by discovering the potential of the Community Foundation model. This intimate, small-group workshop is designed to enable delegates to co-investigate whether and how Community Foundation can become a replicable framework for place-based development and innovation in Hong Kong.
Session Learnings:
- How can Community Foundation be designed for neighbourhoods at different stages of urban development? How might we lay the groundwork for instilling long-term community ownership?
- What role can stakeholders play as long-term stewards, not just sponsors, of community engagement efforts?
- How do we evaluate the health of a community foundation — beyond economic indicators, toward social cohesion and civic agency?
Post-Event Actions:
- Personal reflection: what untapped community networks exist in your neighbourhood, and how might you engage as a participant, not just an observer?
- Organisation reflection: could a community foundation approach elevate your current place-based urban development approach?
- Identify one concrete step to shift your organisation’s community engagement from transactional giving towards shared ownership with the community
Supported by
Social Ventures Hong Kong
Founded in 2007, Social Ventures Hong Kong (SVhk) is an Impact Purpose Organisation that innovates social change by re-imagining the city. We focus on inventing and incubating pioneering sustainable business solutions to urban challenges, and partners with communities and businesses alike to design and build cross-sector partnerships towards realising our dreams for NewUrban in 2030
General Enquiry Email Address: enquiry@sv-hk.org
General Enquiry Phone Number: 62634152
Meet our 2025 speakers:
12:00 – 13:30
AI has the potential to drastically accelerate social impact creation and advance effective philanthropy, from impact measurement and reporting, grant writing and evaluation, to organizational admin and operations, and strategizing for systems change.
Join us at this roundtable discussion to hear from social impact leaders and funders about the various risks and benefits of AI adoption in the social impact space in Hong Kong. In addition to learning about FSI’s Shared Data Project and how it improves transparency and accountability in the social impact and philanthropy sectors, you will also get to discuss with cross-sector professionals the effective ways to use AI to augment the social impact work you create and fund.
Session Learnings:
- Risks and benefits of using AI for social impact work
- How to leverage AI to accelerate social impact and effective philanthropy
- How FSI’s Shared Data Project can enhance transparency and accountability in the social impact space
Post-Event Actions:
- Identify responsible and effective ways to use AI and tech tools to advance social impact
- Test and provide feedback on existing AI tools with the aim of advancing social impact
- Get involved in cross-sector collaboration to enhance AI tools to accelerate social impact
Supported by
Foundation for Shared Impact Limited
FSI is built on the philosophy of “shared impact”. We help the people who help people. We are educators, inventors, founders, students, business leaders, and community members who believe in broad cross-sector collaboration and the free sharing of resources, knowledge, and information to tackle the root causes of some of society’s most challenging problems.
Our sustainability goals for 2026:
- Building equity into Hong Kong’s business ecosystem by enhancing under-resourced entrepreneurs’ access to knowledge, information, and resources to thrive and grow.
- Bringing true inclusion to Hong Kong’s diverse communities by fostering intercultural exchange and social inclusion through programmes and initiatives.
- Cultivating impact-driven leaders through experiential learning programmes and initiatives for youth and working professionals.
- Fostering even greater cross-sector collaboration to drive systems change through shared impact.
General Enquiry Email Address: info@shared-impact.com
All sessions are subject to change.