Date, time & venue
2024-05-03; 09:30am to 5:30pm; Theatre 2, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong

 

Highlights

The theme of the HKIE Structural Division Annual Seminar 2024 is “Resilient Structures for Extreme Events”. We are privileged to have Dr. CHAN Pak Wai, JP, Director of the HK Observatory, as our Guest of Honor. The Annual Seminar aims to bring together local and overseas prominent academia and eminent engineers from both the public and private sectors to share their insights, experience and ideas of modernized methods of design and construction, innovative applications uncovered from recent researches, leading to modernization and delving in modularization in structural engineering and construction.

 

The details of the event are as follows:

Date: 3 May 2024 (Friday)
Time: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
Venue: Theatre 2, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong
Format: Hybrid (Live and Virtual)

 

Guest of Honor

Dr. CHAN Pak Wai, JP, Director of the HK Observatory

 

Speakers & Presentation Topics

 

Speakers	Title	Theme/Topic
Ir Alvin LAI Ho-cheong	Asst Dir/New Buildings 2 Buildings Department	Keynote – The Anticipated Extreme Climate Change and Review of the Local Codes of Practice
Prof Joseph CHEUNG Sai-hung	Associate Professor (Structural Engineering) Department of Civil Engineering The University of Hong Kong	Structural reliability assessment of high-rise buildings subjected to extreme typhoon loads
Mr CHEUNG Pak-kin	Chief Engineer Sustainable Lantau Office, Civil Engineering and Development Department	Climate Resilience Design for Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands
Prof TENG Jun	Professor – Department of Civil and Environmental Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen	Nonlinear seismic design method for high-rise structures
Prof WANG Chien-ming	Professor – School of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology The University of Queensland, Australia	Very Large Floating Structures
Prof WU Bo	Vice President, Professor South China University of Technology	Improvement of Fire Resistance Performance of CFST Columns
Prof WU Yufei	Distinguished Professor – School of Civil and Transportation Engineering Shenzhen University, China	Low carbon, economical and high-performance concrete material – compression cast concrete and its marine floating structure
Dr Neptune YU	Associate | Wind Skill Leader of East Asia Arup	Challenges on structural designs against more extreme wind events due to climate change

* Program, Topics and Speakers are subjected to change without any prior notice.
** The seminar will be conducted in English unless noted otherwise.

 

Admission Package

The Annual Seminar will be held via both online platform and live mode. Subject to the social distancing arrangement of the venue, number of live mode registration will be limited and be confirmed at the time closer to the event date. If situation is not warranting for participants to join in-person, designated online link will be offered to registered participants.

Tickets Type	Fee (HKD)
Early Bird – Live Ticket (NO Lunch will be provided):	$800
Early Bird – Online Ticket	$800
Standard – Live Ticket (NO Lunch will be provided):	$950
Standard – Online Ticket	$950
Young Members Committee of the HKIE	$300
Full-time Undergraduate Student – (Online/Live) Full-time Postgraduate Student – (Online/Live)	Free of Charge

* The whole-day Seminar is recommended for 6 CPD hours.
* Early Bird deadline – Registration on or before 05 April 2024

 

Enrollment

Please click: https://forms.gle/8kPCK5EwtpvhuuK26

For completing the enrollment, please post a crossed cheque made payable to “The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – Structural Division” to

Ms Margaret MING
Ming Focus Limited (Event Secretariat)
Room 1411, 14/F, CC Wu Building, 302-8 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

For enquirers, please contact Event Secretariat, Ming Focus Limited at 3101-9108 / hkie.sd.seminar@mingfocus.com

 

Organizing Committee:

• Ir CHIN Sai-ping (OC Chairman)
• Ir Stanley CHAN Bong-kwok
• Ir Prof CHAN Siu-lai
• Ir Prof DAI Jian-guo
• Ir Dr Paul LAM Heung-fai
• Ir Alexis LEE Chi-chuen
• Ir Dr Ray SU Kai-leung
• Ir Ben TSE Wai-keung
• Ir Prof ZHAO Xiao-lin