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 – 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 LowFrequency Urban Design through Community-Driven Digital Twins
2:35pm – 2:40pm Q&A
2:40pm – 3:40pm

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)

Panel members:

  1. Dr. Frank LAW Yuet-wing (Assistant Commissioner of Police, Personnel, HK Police Force)

(Other panel members to be updated.) 
3:40pm – 3:55pm Tea Break & Exhibition
3:55pm – 4:15pm

Keynote 3 – Prof. Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah (Professor and the Director of the Rutgers Urban and Civic Informatics (RUCI) Lab, RutgersUniversity-New Brunswick, US)
4:15pm – 4:35pm

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
4:35pm – 4:55pm

Keynote 5 – Tentatively Prof. Agachai Sumalee (Professor and Deputy Executive Director Academics, Research, and Student Development, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
4:55pm – 5:00pm Q&A
5:00pm – 5:48pm

Panel discussion (Industry)

Title: Smart City Development in Hong Kong

Panel members:

  1. Dr. Albert Wong (Partner at PwC Hong Kong’s Public Sector Practice, HKSAR)
  2. Ir Dr. Bruce Chong (Arup Fellow, Director - Urban Sustainability, Climate Resilience & Smart City, Arup, HKSAR)
  3. Ir Dr. Johnny Cheuk (Senior Vice President, Hong Kong Executive Leader, AECOM, HKSAR)
  4. Mr. Gary Yeung (President, Smart City Consortium, HKSAR)

(Other panel members to be updated.) 
5:48pm – 5:53pm Closing