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
