The Hong Kong Brain Foundation is happy to announce the 1st Hong Kong Brain Bee Competition cum Educational activity is going to start on 21^st April, 2018 (Saturday).

Date: 21^st April, 2018 (Saturday)

Time: 2:30 – 5:30 pm

Venue: ST111, Lecture Theatre, 1/F, Core S, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

Schedule:

2:45-3:00 Opening Lecture 

 

“Building Better Brains through Young Brains”

by Prof. Ken Kin Lam YUNG

Professor

Department of Biology, Baptist University

Director, Hong Kong Brain Foundation


 

 

 

3:00-3:45 Keynote Lecture 

 

“Making Sense of Memory by Manipulating & Decoding the Brain”

by Prof. Benjamin Kay Yan YEE

Professor

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences,

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 

4:00-5:15 Brain Bee Competition Written Test

Announcement of Competition Results:

Results of the written test will be announced to the individual students and their nomination teachers on the week 23^rd April, 2018 by emails.  Students with scores in the top 5 of the list will be qualified to attend the “Meeting with Professors” tuition programme in May, and then compete in the FINAL viva contest. 

 

Awards:

According to the results of the written test, individual student contestants will be presented a Certificate.  For the FINAL viva contest, the Champion, the First and Second Runners-up will be awarded a trophy.  The Third and Fourth runners-up will be awarded a merit medal.  The Champion School will also receive a trophy.  Upon the consent of involved authorities, the Champion student may be nominated to attend the International Brain Bee Competition 2018 (5^th – 9^th July 2018, Berlin Germany). 

Arrangement of the award presentation ceremony will be announced via the Hong Kong Brain Foundation website in June 2018.
 

Mission of the Hong Kong Brain Bee Competition cum educational activities

Neuroscience and knowledge of the human brain function is expanding rapidly in its scope in the management of neurological and health conditions such such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, dementia, depression, attention deficits and hyperactive disorders.  It has been increasingly linked to technologies that advance daily life, health, disease prevention and therapies, as well as in improving education, learning, and the development of artificial intelligence. Countries such as US, Germany, Australia who are leaders of modern technologies have been promoting neuroscience in general education, with funding supporting neuroscience research and development. The Hong Kong Brain Foundation (HKBF) considers activities that could promote the interest/ awareness of the young population in neuroscience is timely and would enrich STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education in Hong Kong.

Following the mission of the International Brain Bee (IBB), HKBF will hold the first local Brain Bee Competition with aiming to motivate high school students to study knowledge about the brain, and to inspire them to consider careers related to neuroscience and therapies for neurological dysfunction.  IBB was founded in 1999 by Dr. Norbert Myslinski of the University of Maryland, US.  At present, competitions and the related educational activities of Brain Bee have been organized in 175 Local Chapters across all 6 continents annually, including Macau and mainland China.  Brain Bee national champions are invited to compete in the International Brain Bee hosted by a neuroscience organization during an international conference each year. (http://www.thebrainbee.org/)

 

 

Schedule of the 2018 Hong Kong Brain Bee Activities
 

September, 2017	Nomination of students from secondary schools in Hong Kong
October, 2017	Deadline of registration (a total of 104 successful registrants)
April 21, 2018	Lectures at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University followed by Competition Part 1: Written test. Five top-scored students will be identified.
May 2018	Part 2: Tuition programmes in the Hong Kong University, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Baptist University for the 5 top-scored students
June 2 (tentative)	Part 3: Viva – attended by the 5 top-scored students. The champion will be selected. Upon the consent of involved authorities, the champion may be nominated to attend the International Brain Bee Competition
July 5-9, 2018	International Brain Bee Competition in Berlin, Germany
September, 2018	Experience Sharing forum of the Hong Kong Brain Bee representatives/student contestants

 

Appeal for Sponsorship for the Hong Kong Brain Bee Competition

HKBF invites you to support the development of Hong Kong Brain Bee and the associated educational activities for students.  Particularly, your sponsorship to support the representatives of Hong Kong to attend the 2018 International Brain Bee would be most appreciated. The International Brain Bee will take place during the period July 5-9, 2018 in the FENS, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies 11th Forum of Neuroscience in Berlin Germany. 

 

Your donation/sponsorship are tax deductible.  Please send cheque payable to “The Hong Kong Brain Foundation Limited”, together with the following information written on the back of the cheque:

1. your name
2. corresponding address
3. support Brain Bee

 

Then send the cheque to this address: 

The Hong Kong Brain Foundation Secretariat

Room C, 3/F, Worldwide Centre, 123 Tung Chau Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

 

 

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