The speech series, “Ambition: Fight for Future,” held by Common Wealth Magazine, took place on October 8^th at YunTech. Common Wealth Magazine is a popular magazine in the Chinese–speaking world and focuses on the fields of management, economics and so forth. The speech focused on the issue of “talent demand,” attracting hundreds in the audience. The purpose of the series of speeches held was to encourage students to not be afraid of change and to be ambitious in order to win with self-identification and learning.  President Tsai Huey-chin of Hiwin Technologies Corp., the world’s second-largest supplier of motion control components, and Chuang Chih-chao, the founder of Innovation Open House (IOH), which invites Taiwanese students studying all over the world to share their personal experiences at different colleges and provide prospective students more information about college life, were invited to share their stories with the audience.

President Hou Chun-kan stated that Taiwan used to be active in the world regarding its talents, but the talent gap in Taiwan and fierce competition from all over the world during these years has caused Taiwan to lose its standing. Although rapid changes in a big environment and the gap in the supply and demand of human resources create tough challenges, President Hou encouraged the audience to dream and to actively chase their dreams. President Hou said “besides learning knowledge in your own field well, overseas internships and overseas exchange programs can be advantages for your personal portfolio while looking for a job. In the end, you can be the talent the world needs with all the learning experiences you have had.”

President Tsai of Hiwin Technologies Corp. is the first female president in the precision machinery industry. She combines the warmth in her with toughness to fit into a male-dominated industry and to strengthen human resources management and organization. President Tsai encouraged the audience by saying, “Don’t ignore every little thing that has happened to you. Although you might fail, failure can still be a nutrient to your life.”

Founder Chuan Chih-chao, who graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., shared with the audience how he created the website IOH after sensing the danger of a lack of talents in Taiwan.