Programme

8:30 – 9:30 REGISTRATION and SYMPOSIUM CONNECT - Welcome Coffee with Speakers

9:30 Opening Ceremony

Welcome Remarks
Ms. Rosana Wong, Founder and CEO of Global Virtual Design and Construction Limited, Vice President, Smart City Consortium
Opening Speech by Guest of Honour
Mr. Nicholas W. Yang, JP, Secretary for Innovation and Technology, The Government of the HKSAR
Remarks by Co-organiser
Mr. Eric Yeung, President, Smart City Consortium
Officiating Guests
Dr. Hon Elizabeth Quat, JP, Member, Legislative Council, HKSAR, Honorary President, Smart City Consortium
Dr. Winnie Tang, JP, Founder and Chairman of Esri China (Hong Kong) Ltd., Honorary President, Smart City Consortium

10:00 Smart Planning and infrastructure

Thought Experiments for the Future City
Dr. Adrian Lahoud, Dean of the School of Architecture, Royal College of Art
Smarter Cities - Better Choices!
Mr. Stan Curtis, Portland / Metro Planning Expert and Advisor on Eco-districts and CIB Task Force on Smart Cities Founding Member of IBM's Open Innovation Council
What does the Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City in Japan Pursue?
Mr. Akihiko Tobe, General Manager, Social Innovation Business Promotion Division, Hitachi, Ltd

11:00 – 11:15 Networking Tea Break

11:15 SMART PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Laying the Foundations for Lifecycle Data Management
Mr. Stewart Macfarlane, BIM Services Manager - Digital Engineering, MTR Corporation Ltd.
Mr. Robert Greenfield, Chief Operating Officer, EcoDomus
Smart Technology for Airport and Railway Infrastructure Development
Mr. Guan Ting, Director, Gehry Technologies Asia, A Trimble Company
Mr. Ben Broad, Technical Engineer, Trimble Buildings
Introduction of NarrowBand – IoT as a Radio Technology for IoT Deployment, Application of Smart Metering in Hong Kong
Mr. Simon Lau, Assistant Vice President, Solution Development Commercial Group, CSL Mobile Ltd

12:15 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Ms. Rosana Wong

12:45 – 14:10 Luncheon and Presentation

14:15 Smart Mobility, economy and transportation

The Future Transport Ecosystem
Mr. Ken Montler, Director of Mobility Cubed, Inc
Mr. Matthew Lesh, Chief Commercial Officer, Coast Autonomous
Peer-to-peer Precise Positioning is Solving Some of the Toughest Autonomous Smart Mobility Needs
Mr. Phil Mann, Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President Commercial Sales, 5D Robotics, Inc.
Strategies to Protect Critical Infrastructure and Ensure Cyber Security and Digital Safety
Mr. Job Lam, IBM Security BU Executive, Greater China, IBM
Grasping the Opportunity to be a Smart City
Mr. Simon Booker, Partner - Advisory, PwC
Smart City Overview
Dr. Kincho H Law, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering and Engineering Informatics, Stanford University
Dr. Calvin Kam, Founder and CEO, Strategic Building Innovation•bimSCORE, Adjunct Professor, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University
Case Study of Hungarian Transformation from Technology to Knowledge / Education Economy
Dr. Gábor Bojár, Founder of Graphisoft, Founder of the Aquincum Institute of Technology
Improving Cities through Digital and Education
Mr. Fred Sheu, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Hong Kong Limited
Smart Economy Enabling Smart Cities
Dr. Renu Bhatia, Chairman and Co-founder of Sonikure Technology Limited, Co-founder of Asia Fintech, Founding Partner of SuperCharger Limited

16:45 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Ms. Rosana Wong

17:25 Closing Remarks

Ir. Allen Yeung, Government Chief Information Officer, Innovation and Technology Bureau, The Government of the HKSAR

17:30 END OF PROGRAMME

17:30 – 18:30 SYMPOSIUM CONNECT - DRINKS and DISCUSSION

Opening Remarks
Mr. Takahiko Nakae, Managing Director, Hitachi East Asia Ltd.
Ms. Rosana Wong, Founder and CEO of Global Virtual Design and Construction