Schedule

(subject to the latest amendment)

Day 1

02 Nov 2023 (Thu)

Registration

Opening Ceremony 

Welcome Speech:


Guest of Honour


Ir WAI Chi Sing GBS, JP FHKEng

Managing Director of the Urban Renewal Authority 


Promoting Wider Use of GGBS Concrete for a Sustainable Construction Industry 

Keynote Speaker: Ir Jenny Fei YEUNG

Deputy Head of Geotechnical Engineering Office (Planning and Standards)

Civil Engineering and Development Department

Chairperson, Standing Committee on Concrete Technology,  HKSAR Government 

Reducing Carbon Footprint in Construction: Optimizing Concrete with Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Solutions 


Ir Chun Ho TSE

Senior Engineering Manager– Material Capital Works

Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited

Use of Mineralized CO2 for Production of High Performance Concrete Materials and Products  


Prof Caijun SHI

Chair Professor

College of Civil Engineering

Hunan University

Materials and Technologies for Carbon Neutrality, Global Warming, and Engery Crisis 


Ir Prof Jonathan, Chi Yuen CHUNG 

Chairman, Materials Discipline, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers 

Lunch 

Advancements for Lithium-ion Batteries Thermal Management Systems Integrating Smart Materials  


Prof Richard, Kwok Kit YUEN

Chair Professor

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong 

Boosting Urban Renewable Energy Access through Innovative Photovoltaic Technologies 


Prof Angus Hin Lap YIP

Professor

Department of Materials Science & Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

Low Carbon Concrete Derived from Recycling of Concrete Waste 


Ir Prof Chi Sun POON

Chair Professor and Head

Department of Civil Engineering

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Service Life Design of Concrete Infrastructure: Integrating Durability, Sustainability and Life Cycle Cost 


Mr Nuno MESQUITA FERREIRA 

Associate

Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd

Day 2

03 Nov 2023 (Fri)

Registration 

Predicting the 28-day Compressive Strength by Mix Proportions: Insights from a Large Number of Observations of Industrially Produced Concrete



Prof Xueqing ZHANG

Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Advancing Construction Materials R&D: From Low-Carbon to Carbon Neutrality and Beyond 


Ir Dr Gordon LEUNG

Associate R&D Director (Construction)

Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd

Achieveing Low-Carbon and Durable Infrastructure Using Cement-Free GGBS Concrete 


Dr Hailong YE

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

The University of Hong Kong

Natural Fiber-Magnesia Composites:  A New Class of Carbon-Sequestrating and Self-Healing Mortar


Prof Jishen QIU

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology


Challenges and Solutions for Carbon Neutral Concrete 


Mr Shuqiang ZHANG

R&D and Technical Director (Construction Chemicals)

Asia Pacific from Saint-Gobain

Lunch 

How Does Nuclear Energy Help the Greater Bay Area and Hong Kong Achieve Decarbonisation?


Ir Prof Ken, Ching Ngai CHEUNG

Deputy General Manager

Guangdong Nuclear Power Joint Venture Co., Ltd.

Deputy Chairman, HKIE Nuclear Division


Product Certification of Building Materials and Components – To Enhance Quality of Manufacture and Reduce Materials Waste 


Ir Prof Joseph, Yiu Wing MAK

Professor, School of Science and Technology

Hong Kong Metropolitan University 

Foamed Concrete - Specification, Placement, Sampling, Testing, and Assessing Conformity 


Ir Daniel BROWN

Technical Director

 AECOM

Environmentally Friendly Recycling and Funtionalising of Manganese from Spent Alkaline Batteries 


Mr Yik Chun NG

Graduate Engineer

Mass Transit Railway Corporation Limited

Phase Change Materials for Energy Storage:  Novel Solution Towards Carbon Neutrality 


Ir Dr Tommy LO 

Chairman of Materials Division 

Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Closing Ceremony