Vince Siu

Founder and CEO, Press Start Academy

Vince Siu is the Founder and Lead Producer at Press Start Studios, an edutainment media studio that designs award-winning games for education and impact, and Founder and CEO at Press Start Academy, a globally recognized education startup creating immersive, game-based academic curriculums that have reached over 5,000 students and 1,000 educators worldwide.

Vince and the Press Start team combine deep industry expertise in gamification, education, and facilitation, with extensive experience in design thinking, learning experience design, and interactive media. Prior to his entrepreneurial adventures, Vince worked in digital strategy, innovation, and transformation in the financial services and management consulting industries.

For his work in education, Vince has been recognized as an Asia-Pacific Leader by the Obama Foundation, a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum, and a Gen.T Leader of Tomorrow by Tatler Asia.

Upcoming Presentations

Design Thinking and Innovation through Games: A Quickfire Fiero! Experience

Explore design thinking, STEAM and technology concepts, futures thinking, and entrepreneurship with Fiero!, a creative storytelling game by Press Start Studios!

Games for Change: Maximizing Student Learning, Systems Thinking, and Social Impact through Game Design

In this session, Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based startup specializing in game-based learning design, will be sharing the power of games and interactive media in learning important and strategic topics such as systems thinking, design thinking, and social impact, with design principles and concepts from the world of games, as well as examples of games you can use in your classroom to engage your students, leveraging the expertise and industry exposure of sister brand, edutainment studio Press Start Studios.

Boosting Student Agency through Gamification

In this session, Vince Siu and Logan Stratman of Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based startup that designs award-winning educational games and game-based curriculums, will explore the benefits and challenges of conducting game-based learning in inquiry-based classrooms.

Past Presentations

Boosting Student Agency through Gamification

In this session, Vince Siu and Logan Stratman of Press Start Academy, a Hong Kong-based startup that designs award-winning educational games and game-based curriculums, will explore the benefits and challenges of conducting game-based learning in inquiry-based classrooms.

AI, Technology and a New Meaning for STEAM Education

In this workshop, Press Start Academy dares to imagine a future of learning where educators proactively use emergent technology, rather than worrying about students abusing it. We will begin the session with an in-depth intro to the latest trends and developments in generative AI, aided by Trial by Fire, a new debate program created with the assistance of ChatGPT and Midjourney.

Playing by Our Own Rules: Instructional Design Inspirations from Games

Let's explore how games can act as vehicles for systems thinking and learning! Our session will begin with a brief overview of gamification and game design principles, to set the stage and a common understanding of our context in learning through play. We will then present a unique card game as the subject for a creative dissection exercise. Divergence is a design thinking card game designed by Press Start Academy with the Hong Kong Design Center, and which acts as one of the foundation experiences for Press Start Academy's design thinking, entrepreneurship and climate leadership programs for schools and corporates.
Online Learning Education Technology Innovation 21st Century Skills

Play, Learn, Grow: Designing Powerful Learning Experiences through Play and Games

In this hour-long session, Vince Siu, Founder and CEO of Press Start Academy, will be sharing simple tips and tricks to create your very own fun, compelling, hands-on and interactive learning experiences for your students, as well as understand just why these strategies work so well.