Coming Events 5th Conference on Retailing in Asia Pacific - Hong Kong, 25-27 Aug 2009
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS The Oxford Institute of Retail Management at Saїd Business School, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Hong Kong Retail Technology Industry Association will hold the Fifth Conference on Retailing in Asia Pacific in Hong Kong, 25-27 Aug, 2009. This is the Fifth in the conference series on retailing in the Asia Pacific region which aims to bring together academics and practitioners, expanding relationships and the development and sharing of knowledge. Previous conference venues were: Tokyo (March 2000), Beijing (October 2002), Seoul (March 2005), Bangkok (September 2007). Papers are invited for the conference. The theme will be: “How will retail transformation in the countries of Asia Pacific achieve the full potential benefits and efficiencies?” Our aim is to bring together industry, academic and government representatives to discuss the theme. There will be invited speakers plus academic paper presentation tracks. The focus will be on strategies for change and the costs and benefits of change. Further details and the Conference schedule will be announced as soon as possible (see www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/oxirm/conference). Event of Year 2007 The 3rd International Hotel Equipment & Supplies Expo, 21-23 November 2007
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Seminar on "New Wave of Payment System for Retailers: NFC", Hong Kong Optical Fair, 7 November 2007 The seminar served as an excellent platform for industry players to network, share experiences and to exchange the latest market intelligence on retail and supply technology which specifically targeted for the optical industry. 
A copy of the Fair Daily mentions this seminar, the topics is "NFC is the Wave of the Future" 
NFC Conference and Experiences, International ICT Expo, 14-17 April 2007 With an overwhelming response, the 1st NFC Trail conducted in Hong Kong in Booth 5G14, 5H13 & 15 in Hall 5, HKCEC, Wanchai on 14-17 Apr 2007 has successfully completed. Visitors can experience the ease and comfort brought by NFC by using NFC mobile phones to gather information and e-coupons from smart pillars and posters, purchase and redeem souvenirs from premium counters, etc. Over 400 registrations experienced this conference.  
Hong Kong Retail Technology Industry Association
Retail Technology Mission to Japan, 5 - 9 March 2007 Retail Technology Mission aims to bring Hong Kong retailers and retail technology companies to Japan for learning the latest retail technologies & solutions.¼/SPAN>This mission is jointly organized by RTIA and Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC), and is supported by Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO). The group brought 22 delegates from 17 Hong Kong companies to visit 7 Japanese companies within 5 days in Japan from 5 to 9 March 2007.¼/SPAN>Delegate group members comprise Retailers including Baleno, City Super, Neo Derm (HK), Sincere, Diary Farm & Water Oasis, and Retail Technology companies.¼/SPAN>Japanese companies include Nomura Research Institute, Hitachi, NEC, Distribution Systems Research Institute, Denso Ware Japan and NTT Data, etc.¼/SPAN>During visits, Mr. Tse chaired the meetings introducing the Hong Kong delegate members to the Japanese companies, put forward questions and facilitated the discussion. This is a golden opportunity for Hong Kong retailers and retail technology companies to exchange views on the latest retail technologies or solutions. Moreover, the group visited the 23rd RETAILTECH JAPAN which us one of the world's largest specialized trade shows on information systems in the retail industry. During shows, the delegates visited a vast collection of cutting-edge retail solutions as well as related services, ranging from store systems (e.g. POS registers) to head-office systems, reward point cards, electronic data interchange (EDI), radio frequency identification (RFID) and logistics solutions, wireless payment, etc. Delegates learnt new ways to utilize information system to improve the operational efficiency of stores and further enhance their competitiveness. Mr. Tse, chairman of RTIA said, “Hopefully this Retail Technology Mission to Japan successfully brought the latest technologies & solutions to Hong Kong Retailers and Retail Technology companies”. |