FUTURE SMART AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES FORUM

1 June 2026   |   1:45 pm – 6:00 pm

Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT)

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Programme
 

Time

Activity
1:00pm – 1:45pm Registration and Networking, Exhibition, Light lunch served
1:45pm – 1:55pm

Welcome speech 1 – Dr. Shin Cheul KIM (Associate Vice-President for Research and Development (Knowledge Transfer), HKUST)

Welcome speech 2 – Prof. Hong K. LO (Director of GREAT Smart Cities Institute, Dean of Engineering, Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKUST)
1:55pm – 2:15pm

Keynote 1 – Prof. Laurent El Ghaoui (Vice-Provost of Research and Innovation, Dean of College of Engineering and Computer Science, Director of Center for Environmental Intelligence, VinUniversity, Vietnam)

Title: Integrated AI for sustainable Development: Perspectives from Vietnam
2:15pm – 2:35pm

Keynote 2 – Prof. Perry P J YANG (Professor and Director of Eco Urban Lab, School of City & Regional Planning and School of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, the U.S.)

Title: Seconds to Decades: High-Frequency Analytics to Low-Frequency Urban Design through Community-Driven Digital Twins
2:35pm – 2:40pm Q&A
2:40pm – 3:47pm

Panel discussion (Government)

Title: Smart City Government Initiatives in Hong Kong

Moderator: Ir Prof. Alfred SIT Wing-hang, GBS, JP (Professor of Practice and Adjunct Professor, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Former Secretary for Innovation and Technology, HKSAR)

Panel members:

  1. Dr. LAW Yuet Wing, Frank (Assistant Commissioner of Police, Personnel, HK Police Force, HKSAR)
    Title: Collaborative Governance for Smart and Sustainable Cities
  2. Ir TSE Lok Him (Assistant Director/2, Engineering Services Branch 2, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, HKSAR)
    Title: From Data Centralisation to Intelligent Value Creation: Formulating AI-Ready Building Informatics Standards for Next-Generation E&M Operations 
  3. Ir Benjamin K. H. CHAN (Project Manager (West), West Development Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department, HKSAR)
  4. Ir AU Ka Kit, Alex (Assistant Commissioner/Technical Services, Transport Department, HKSAR)
    Title: Moving Mobility Forward – The Development of Smart Mobility in Hong Kong
3:48pm – 4:00pm Tea Break & Exhibition
4:00pm – 4:20pm

Keynote 3 – Prof. Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah (Professor and the Director of the Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics (RUCI) Lab, RutgersUniversity-New Brunswick, US)
4:20pm – 4:40pm

Keynote 4 – Prof. Qiang MENG (Provost Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore)

Title: Driving Smart and Sustainable Land Transport System: Singapore’s Policy and Government Initiatives
4:40pm – 5:00pm

Keynote 5 – Prof. Agachai Sumalee (Professor and Deputy Executive Director Academics, Research, and Student Development, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Title: Bridging the Gap between the Research and City Solution: Smart Mobility Living Lab Experience in Thailand
5:00pm – 5:05pm Q&A
5:05pm – 6:05pm

Panel discussion (Industry)

Title: Smart City Development in Hong Kong

Moderator: Dr. Albert WONG (Partner at PwC Hong Kong’s Public Sector Practice, HKSAR)

Panel members:

  1. Ir Dr. Bruce CHONG (Arup Fellow, Director - Urban Sustainability, Climate Resilience & Smart City, Arup, HKSAR)
  2. Ir Dr. Johnny CHEUK (Senior Vice President, Hong Kong Executive Leader, AECOM, HKSAR)
  3. Dr. Elence Xinzhu CHEN (R&D Director of Smart Energy Center, China State Construction International Holdings Ltd., HKSAR)
  4. Dr. Saraansh Dave (Director of eMobility, CLPe, HKSAR)
6:05pm – 6:10pm Closing