Mr. Ben CHAN has been the Assistant Director of Survey and Mapping Office of Lands Department of the HKSAR Government since 21 December 2018. The Survey and Mapping Office of the Lands Department is the official land survey and mapping agency for Hong Kong in charge of maintaining the geodetic survey control network and the satellite positioning reference station network, carrying out land boundary surveys and aerial surveys, and producing maps in both paper and digital forms for Hong Kong.

Mr. CHAN is a geomatics surveyor specialised in geographical information system and geodetic survey. He joined the Lands Department as a land surveyor in 1990 and was pioneering in deploying Internet map technology for applications in Hong Kong and dissemination of the GPS correctional signals of the Hong Kong Satellite Positioning Reference Station Network on Internet to benefit the survey industry. He also participates in the integration of Building Information Modelling and GIS for 3D mapping in recent years.

Ir Alex KWAN is the Executive Director (Engineering & Technology) of the Airport Authority Hong Kong. He holds a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering (with Distinction) from the Imperial College, London and a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Hong Kong.He is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.Ir KWAN has more than 30 years’ experience in the planning, design and project management of large-scale transportation and civil infrastructure projects across Asia and North America. Before joining the Airport Authority, he was the Chief Executive of AECOM Greater China. He also served at the Civil Engineering Services Department of the Hong Kong Government and took up senior positions in major consulting companies locally and overseas.

Dr. MESSNER is the Director of the Computer Integrated Construction (CIC) Research Program and the Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering at Penn State. He specializes in Building Information Modeling (BIM), immersive technologies, and lean process transformation. Dr. MESSNER led the development of the BIM Project Execution Planning Guide and the BIM Planning Guide for Facility Owners Guide, both incorporated into the US National BIM Standard, along with the Lean Deployment Planning Guide sponsored by the Lean Construction Institute. Dr. MESSNER was a Task Lead for the Building Energy Informatics task in the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI). He has received several National Science Foundation grants for investigating the application of advanced visualization in construction engineering education and the AEC Industry. As a part of these grants, two Immersive Construction (ICon) Labs were developed, which are large, 3 screen immersive display systems for visualizing design and construction information. He previously worked as a project manager on various construction projects for a large general contractor and an infrastructure development company. He has taught courses in virtual prototyping, BIM, strategic management in construction, international construction, and project management at Penn State.

An early adopter of practical change and purposeful collaboration Prof. David PHILP is a Chartered Construction Manager by background and Global Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Information Management (Consultancy Director) for AECOM, the global, fully integrated services firm. Prof. PHILP has been involved in delivering innovative digital asset management strategies across the globe from Singapore, Australia and the Baltics. He is currently heading up the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland digital estate programme. He was seconded in the UK Cabinet Office in 2011 as Head of BIM Implementation and has been a key figure in the UK public sector BIM mandate and continues to support through his role with the UK Government’s Centre for Digital Built Britain programme. He was also seconded into the Scottish Future Trust (SFT) as Chair of the BIM Delivery Group and UK BIM Task Group as part of the core team. He is now part of the UK’s Centre for Digital Built Britain change team. He is a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) where he is also Vice President of the Policy Board. Additionally, He is Vice Chair of the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre. He has over 100 Keynotes undertaken from RTC Australia, Fiatech Texas, KCC Budapest and Autodesk University, Moscow. He is also joint author of the Dummies Guide To BIM.A Fellow of the ICE, RICS and CIOB he has completed the Virtual Design and Construct at Stanford University, CA. and is a Professor at Heriot-Watt University. He is also a member of the BSI BIM Standards Committee.

Mr. Lex RANSIJN has a background as BIM manager for a large general contractor in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He loves to share his experiences with BIM from the past 10 years working on projects in the Dutch construction industry. In 2018, he and the team, won the “openBIM Award for Construction from buildingSMART International” with the project Pontsteiger. Right now he has his own company and does mentoring on projects and companies to help them with their BIM adoption. Together with some other BIM experts he launched a 2 pages document for minimum BIM requirements. Right now he is the chairman of the expert committee from that BIM basic IDM

Mr. WEI Lai is working for China Institute of Building Standard Design & Research (CBS) as deputy chief architect, director of BIM Center as well as is secretary-general of buildingSMART China Chapter, deputy chairperson of of China Digital Engineering Certification Alliance. Mr. WEI is professional in area of BIM methodology, standardization and implementation basing on 20 years architectural design experience. Since 2012, Mr. WEI has been leader of standard committee for China National BIM Delivery Standard which is one of the most essential BIM standards for industry. Mr. WEI is also deputy chairman of vice president of digital technology branch of China Real Estate Association, member of Digital Construction Academic Committee of Architectural Society of China, member of BIM Academic Committee of China Graphics Society, member of ISO TC59/ SC13(BIM), convener of ISO TC 10/SC 08/WG 17 .

Ir Michael KWOKis a Civil/Structural Engineer by profession, and he has over 33 years of project experience. He is a member of Arup Group Board, and he took up the role of Chairman of East Asia Region from 1 April 2017. In the past 25 years Ir KWOKwok has been the key person in developing Arup’s business and operation in Mainland China, and he has helped the company in setting up permanent offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing and Wuhan. In China, Ir KWOKwok is the Director in-charge for several key projects associated with 2008 Beijing Olympics including Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3, CCTV Headquarter Building, National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), and the Denmark Pavilion and Korea Pavilion of Shanghai 2010 World Expo. Full time based in Beijing from 2001 to 2007 and in Shanghai from 2007 to 2017. During his stay in Mainland China he has established good working relationship with local government, investors, developers, design institutes and contractors. Recently, he has been focusing on developing business opportunities related to the Belt and Road Initiative. He is a member of the HKTDC Belt and Road Committee Professional Services Working Group; Advisory Committee of the Department of Civil Engineering in HKU; Construction Innovation and Technology Fund (CITF) Vetting Sub-committee in Manpower Development Panel and Honorary Advisor of ICE Hong Kong Association

Mr. Simon WONG leads the Project Development Division in planning and delivering all development projects in Science Park and Industrial Estates, incorporating the latest innovative technologies into design and building construction. Mr. WONGWong also acts as a key facilitator in attracting, nurturing and retaining companies and start-ups in the targeted clusters, and enables the setting up of Advanced Manufacturing Centres in various Industrial Estates. Mr. WONG has over 25 years of experience and in-depth knowledge in master planning and design, project development and management, leasing and marketing, as well as repositioning and asset management for real estate developments in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Mr.WONG had held various senior positions in MTR Corporation Ltd. for almost 20 years. He was the corporation’s Head of China Investment Property since 2013 and led the MTR commercial property business in China. Prior to this, he was a Chief Architectural & Project Manager and responsible for project planning and delivery of various award winning projects in Hong Kong, such as the Elements, PopCorn, Maritime Square, Telford Plaza. Before joining HKSTP, he was Managing Director of CSI Investment Property Ltd., steering all commercial property investments and developments for the group.