Chinachem Sustainability Conference 2019

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Due to the overwhelming response of the Conference, for registrants who already received the confirmation email, please arrive before 8:45am (for the morning session) and before 1:45pm (for the afternoon session) if you wish to secure your seat. Seats are limited on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The Chinachem Sustainability Conference 2019 organised by Chinachem Group and co-organised by the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) will be held on 29 March 2019 in Hong Kong. Themed “Sustainable Neighbourhood: How to Foster Age-Friendly Developments”, the conference will focus on exchange of constructive ideas of technical solutions to the city’s critical issue of ageing population – innovative architecture design to improve urban environment; smart system to raise productivity and facilitate the everyday life of the senior citizens; strategic site selection to address the integration between buildings and the surrounding neighbourhood; comprehensive town planning with stakeholders to balance economic, environmental and social considerations in the course of development; and more to be explored and examined in the conference.

Guest of Honour
	Mr Michael WONG Wai-lun, JP Secretary for Development, Development Bureau, Government of HKSAR
Speakers/ Panelists
Morning Session
	Ms Amy CHEUNG Assistant Director/Territorial, Planning Department, Government of HKSAR		Dr Vivian LOU Member, The Elderly Commission
	Mr Patrick CHUI Director, Ronald Lu & Partners		Mr James CHAN Yum-min Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Housing Society

Afternoon Session
	Mr Jaffrey AW Director (Strategic Planning), Housing & Development Board (Singapore)		Mr Lawrence LUI Co-founder & Executive Director, Longevity Design House & Longevity Technology
	Ms Queenie MAN Director of Corporate Strategy, Culture Homes		Ms Gracie NG Associate Director, ICT Cluster & Smart Platform, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation
	Mr Ricky LIU Principal Architect, Ricky Liu & Associates (Taiwan)

Moderator
Morning Session		Afternoon Session
	Mr LING Kar-kan Former Director of Planning Department, Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board Members of Hong Kong Housing Society, Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation and Professor of Practice (Planning) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University		Dr William YU CEO, World Green Organisation

Event Details

Date:	29 March 2019 (Friday)
Time:	Morning Session: 9:00am - 12:10pm (Registration starts at 8:30am) Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 5:00pm (Registration starts at 1:30pm)
Venue:	Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Address: G/F Chung Sze Yuen Building, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong) (Click HERE for the map and drop off point for vehicles)
Fee:	Free of Charge
Language:	English
CPD Hour:	2.5 CPD Hours (for each session) will be automatically uploaded to attendees' BEAM Pro/ BEAM Affiliate Individual Accounts.

Programme

Time	Event
Morning Session: Age-friendly and Sustainable Community
8:30am	Registration starts
9:00am - 9:10am	Welcome speech by Chinachem Group
9:10am - 9:15am	Opening Remarks by Mr Michael WONG Wai-lun, JP, Secretary for Development
9:15am - 9:20am	Group photo
9:20am – 9:50am	A Strategic Planning Response to Building an Age-friendly Environment Ms Amy CHEUNG, Assistant Director/Territorial, Planning Department
9:50am – 10:20am	Population Ageing: Building an Age-Friendly Sustainable Neighbourhood Dr Vivian LOU, Member, The Elderly Commission
10:20am – 10:50am	Coffee Break
10:50am – 11:10am	Architecture and Design Solutions to Facilitate Care Needs in Senior Housing Mr Patrick CHUI, Director, Ronald Lu & Partners
11:10am – 11:40am	Senior Housing: Creating an Enabling Environment for “Ageing in Place” Mr James CHAN Yum-min, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Housing Society
11:40am – 12:10pm	Panel Discussion: Sustainable Neighbourhood in the Ageing City – Challenges and Opportunities Moderator: Mr LING Kar-kan, Former Director of Planning Department, Vice Chairman of Supervisory Board Members of Hong Kong Housing Society, Director of Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation and Professor of Practice (Planning) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Afternoon Session: Smart and Liveable Neighbourhood for Ageing Population
1:30pm	Registration starts
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Embracing the Ageing Community: Planning for a Good Quality of Life in Singapore Mr Jaffrey AW, Director (Strategic Planning), Housing & Development Board, Singapore
2:30pm - 2:50pm	Liveability Design and Development for Ageing and Mobility Mr Lawrence LUI, Co-founder & Executive Director, Longevity Design House & Longevity Technology
2:50pm - 3:10pm	Developing a Sustainable Ecosystem for Seniors Living at Nursing Homes Ms Queenie MAN, Director of Corporate Strategy, Culture Homes
3:10pm - 3:30pm	Coffee Break
3:30pm - 3:50pm	Smart City Trends in Addressing an Ageing Population and Smart Living Ms Gracie NG, Associate Director, ICT Cluster & Smart Platform, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Towards an Age-friendly Environment: A Case Study of “Chang-Gung Health and Culture Village in Taiwan” Mr Ricky LIU, Principal Architect, Ricky Liu & Associates
4:20pm - 4:50pm	Panel Discussion: How an Ageing Population can Turn Out to be a Competitive Advantage? Moderator: Dr William YU, CEO, World Green Organisation
4:50pm - 5:00pm	Closing Remarks by HKGBC

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