GeoSpatialTech Challenge

Sr. KOO has been working in the land and hydrographic surveying industry for over 40 years in the public sector.

He has extensive experience in land and engineering surveying in various large scale infrastructure development, port facilities development and public housing development projects using GNSS, GIS, BIM, UAS and other innovative surveying technologies.

Sr. KOO is currently the Chairman of the Land Surveying Division of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors.

Dr. Jack Cheng is currently a Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of BIM Lab, Director of RFID Center, and Associate Director of GREAT Smart Cities Center at HKUST. He has been teaching and conducting research related to BIM and digital construction at HKUST for over a decade. His research areas include BIM, 3D GIS, IoT, digital twin, AI, construction informatics and management, construction robotics, and smart and green buildings. He has co-authored over 250 publications. He is currently the Chairperson of HKCIC BIM Standards Task Force, Honorary Treasurer of HKIBIM, Director of HKGBC, Member of the BIM Committee and the Construction Digitalization Committee at CIC, Immediate Past President of ASCE Greater China Section, and Immediate Past Chairman of AIAB. He is a Professional Member of HKIBIM, CIC Certified BIM Manager, and a Certified Carbon Auditor Professional. He has received the Construction Industry Outstanding Person Award in 2019 and Young BIMer of the Year in 2014 from CIC.

Mr. Thomson Lai is a Geospatial and project management professional with rich experience in the Geospatial/IT industry, who manages well in both sales qualification and project management tasks. He is knowledgeable in solution formulation for prominent projects and experienced in managing projects of various scales with a full understanding of the challenges and requirements of customers.

Dr. Yang Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. His research lies at the intersection of GIScience, Transportation, and Urban Informatics. Leveraging big data, his work focuses on the quantification and modeling of human activities in cities, aiming to reveal their linkage with urban and technological developments, and their impact on future economic, social and transportation systems. Before joining PolyU, he worked as a joint postdoctoral associate at the MIT Senseable City Lab and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), where he focused on human mobility mining and modeling based on large scale urban datasets. (Personal website: https://yangxu-git.github.io)

Mr. Yeung is a professional land surveyor and has over 20 years of experience in land surveying, specialising in Geographic Information System. He has been a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) since 1997 and is a current member of the Geomatics Committee of RICS HK. Besides, he has been a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) since 1998. Mr. Yeung holds a degree in Master of Science in Geographic Information Science and a degree in Master of Science in Information Technology.

Mr. Sammy Ng is a Director of Operations and Executive Director of Structural, Building Engineering, Hong Kong, AECOM. He has extensive experience in all aspect of the master planning, design and construction for a variety of projects. He has been in charge of a number of major public and private office, low-rise and high-rise residential, railway station structures, highway structures, park and entertainment facilities, retail and shopping center, hotel and management of multi-disciplinary engineering services across the regions in local and overseas. He has dedicated over 20 years in the engineering design both in infrastructure and building development. He has actively participated in various institutional and government committees and fully supported the development of the HKIE’s professionalism to share the vision to our next generation.

Dr. Bruce Chong is the Director of Arup, who leads the Urban Sustainability team on formulating strategy and implementation approach on resources efficiency, green infrastructure, smart and climate resilient. He is also the Skill Leader of City Resilience and Sustainable Infrastructure Design Leader in the East Asia region and has led many projects at both strategic and implementation level on climate resilience, smart city and resources management in Hong Kong and Southeast Asian countries for city governments, private developers and international organizations. Mr. Chong is also a Cambridge Overseas Scholar, and a Research Fellow at the Sydney University. Based on his project and research experiences, he wrote a book on ‘Smart-Green-Resilient’, published by HKU Press in 2016.