Gerontechnology Platform (GTPlatform)

Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) is a partner of the Gerontechnology Platform (GTPlatform), which was established by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) under the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund). HKPC has been actively organising various networking activities to promote cross-sector partnerships and synergies, including local and overseas exchange visits for the caregivers of the elderly.

Service details:

Link up different stakeholders on the supply and demand sides
- Building a vigorous gerontechnology ecosystem in Hong Kong that will help address the problem of an ageing population in a more holistic manner.
Enhance collaboration through engagement
- Collaborating with different sectors including businesses, manufacturers, non-governmental organisations, academics and philanthropies, etc., to create social impacts through innovative solutions that address poverty and social exclusion, while seeking to foster the well-being and cohesion of society.
Strengthen the development and applications of gerontechnology
- Supporting the relative industry or start-ups to optimise the product design from different stakeholders’ perspectives so as to create a tangible prototype through our standards and reliability testing services. Also, we assist the gerontechnology industry with commercialisation opportunities.