Draft:HKU Knowledge Exchange Office

The Knowledge Exchange Office (KEO) is a unit within The University of Hong Kong (HKU). The office is responsible for developing and implementing the institution’s long-term strategy for knowledge exchange and maximizing the research impact in the community.

Background
The University Grants Committee delivered the idea of “knowledge transfer” among the community and universities. From the academic year 2009/10, a yearly recurrent funding for universities to invest in knowledge transfer has been approved by the Legislative Council. Therefore, the Knowledge Exchange Office is established in 2010.

Organizational Structure

 * Director: Professor Max Shen
 * Associate Vice-President (Research and Innovation): Professor Anderson Shum
 * Associate Directors: Professor David Baker, Professor Stephanie Ma, Mr Paul Wang
 * Assistant Director: Dr Tiffany Ying

Performance
The office did not disclose the income in the academic year of 2020/21. In academic year of 2021/22, the office recorded a 1.59 billion income and was ranked second across 8 UGC funded universities. In academic year of 2022/23, the office recorded a 2.9 billion income and was ranked first across the UGC funded universities.

Research with Knowledge Transfer

 * Dr Chao Ren and team member - Urban Ventilation Assessment and Wind Corridor Plan for Chinese Cities


 * Professor Shahla Ali - Advancing the Global and Regional Impact of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration


 * Professor Ian Chi Kei Wong and team members - Big-data pharmacovigilance of COVID-19 vaccines shapes public health policies. Professor Wong and his team have done a series of studies to identify potential negative consequences after COVID-19 vaccination. They analyze Bell’s palsy and carditis following vaccination via a nested case-control study.