This year, we are pleased to have invited Dr. Marcin Jakubowski*, Founder and Executive Director of Open Source Ecology, to be the keynote speaker of the University Lecture on Civility.  Originally a researcher on nuclear fusion, Jakubowski has now turned to be a start-up entrepreneur pioneering innovation.  The "open source" movement has once brought about a revolution in software development.  What intrigued Jakubowski is: Would the same idea work on hardware?  In 2003, he established Open Source Ecology which is a collaborative open source platform that optimises development, production, and distribution of tools and machines in an affordable and manageable way.  Throughout these 15 years, he has transformed the blueprints into something real - tractors, houses, industrial machines.  Recently, he is exploring how to produce mobiles and 3D printers through DIY.

As suggested by the title "Assembling the Future: A Social Innovator's Intriguing Project", Jakubowski will share with us his perspectives on the future world and his tough journey towards actualising his idea of Open Source Ecology.  Details are as follows:

Date	:	24 October 2018 (Wednesday)
Time	:	6:30 - 8:30 pm
Venue	:	Lecture Theatre 6, Lee Shau Kee Building
Language	:	English
Host	:	Prof. Ng Mee-kam (Professor of Department of Geography & Resource
		Management, CUHK)
Registration	:	For CUHK students and staff, please visit here
		For alumni and general public, please visit here

From a PhD in Physics to a social innovator, the spur to Jakubowski's change of identity is his yearning for sustainable development and new economic order.  If you are an advocate for this subject, welcome to join the "Exchange with Dr. Marcin Jakubowski on Sustainable Development" activity, by which your idea may be leaped out of the campus to reach the community.  Details are as follows:

Date	:	24 October 2018 (Wednesday)
Time	:	2:30 - 3:30 pm
Venue	:	Alumni Associations Centre, G/F, John Fulton Centre
Language	:	English
Quota	:	15 interested CUHK students and staff
Format	:	Casual discussion
Registration	:	Please visit here

For more information about the University Lecture on Civility 2018, please click here.  You are welcome to call this Centre at 3943 8621 or email to icare@cuhk.edu.hk for any enquiry.

* Speaker's Biography

Marcin Jakubowski, Founder and Executive Director of Open Source Ecology, went to the U.S. from Poland as a child and received his Ph.D. in fusion physics from the University of Wisconsin.  Originally aspired to achieve sustainable farming in Missouri, he discovered that many machines and tools did not accommodate users' needs.  He then founded Open Source Ecology in 2003 with an aim to create a collaborative open source platform that optimises development, production, and distribution of tools and machines in an affordable and manageable way.  With his commitment to driving innovative ideas, Jakubowski was recognised as a 2012 TED Senior Fellow, a 2013 Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and awarded 2013 White House Champion of Change.  As one of his open source initiatives, the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) was selected as one of the "Best Inventions of the Year 2012" by Time magazine.

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