Event details

Event will be conducted in English and Putonghua, simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Agenda:

2:00 PM: Registration and networking

2:30 PM: Event starts – Keynote Speech from Mr Michael FONG Hok-shing JP, Director of Civil Engineering and Development, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, followed by panel discussions:

Panel 1: Embodied carbon and physical impacts of extreme weather: How can climate resilience and carbon reductions be designed into the “bricks and mortar” of the Northern Metropolis?

Panel 2: Social cohesion through urban planning: What will the new communities in the Northern Metropolis be?

Panel 3: Twin Cities in the GBA: What will integration and complementarity look like between Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis and Shenzhen? What are the respective strengths of each city?

6:00 PM: Cocktails and networking

7:00 PM Event ends

Speaker lineup:

Gerhard Bruyns –  Associate Professor, the School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Anson Chan – Founder, reLifestyling Consulting

Michael Fong, Director of Civil Engineering and Development, The Government of the HKSAR

Eli Konvitz – Expert in sustainable urban development; Vice Chair ULI Hong Kong and Co Head of ULI HK Programming and Events Committee

Stephen Lai – Senior Vice President and Director of Operations, AECOM

Kelvin Lau – Senior Economist, Greater China, Standard Chartered Bank

Chris Law – Founding Director, the Oval Partnership

Kelvin Law – Vice President, Strategic Planning, Urbanism + Planning, Asia, AECOM

Eddie Leung – Principal Government Engineer, Highways Department, Railway Development Office, The Government of the HKSAR

Nancy Lin – Senior Vice President, Global Business Line Director of Operations, Buildings and Places, AECOM

Thomas Ng – Head & Chair Professor, Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Susheela Rivers – Managing Partner Hong Kong and Co-Chair Real Estate Sector, DLA Piper

Gavin Tse– Deputy Head of North Development Office in the Civil Engineering and Development Department, The Government of the HKSAR

Ada Wong – Executive Chair, The Good Lab

George Zhao – Deputy General Manager of Investment Department, Shenzhen International Holdings Limited

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With support from ULI Hong Kong Programming Committee