Dr. David GANN is a university and business leader with extensive international experience in innovation strategy and technology management. He is Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at Imperial College Business School and was Vice-President (Innovation) at Imperial College from 2013 until March 2019. He has a PhD in Industrial Economics, is a Chartered Civil Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art and Fellow of the City & Guilds Institute. Dr. GANN has written or edited eight books exploring why and how innovation happens, the ways it continually transforms the world we live in, and how it can be managed. Dr. GANN is Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority, non-executive board member, Directa Plus plc the world’s largest producer of pristine graphene and member of the Department of Health & Social Care Tech Advisory Board. He mentors start-ups and advises boards on innovation and technology management, including Citigroup, Gammon, IBM, Huawei, HS2, McLaren and Tata Group. David was Chairman of the Smart London Board (2012-2017), responsible for London’s digital strategy, reporting to Boris Johnson and later, Sadiq Khan. He developed Crossrail’s Innovation Strategy, and was Group Innovation Executive, Laing O’Rourke plc (2007-2011).

Mr. Thomas HO, JP, is the Chief Executive of Gammon Construction Limited, a Hong Kong based construction group with operations throughout China and South-East Asia, jointly owned by Jardines and Balfour Beatty. Gammon has a turnover of around USD2.5 Billion and employs over 5000 professional staff. He possesses over 30 years of experience in construction industry. He has been dedicated to spearheading project management and general management, safety initiatives and innovation excellence in the construction industry. He is very active in community services and professional institutes’ services and is recognized by the Industry as the figurehead in promoting Excellence in Construction Management and Quality Construction. His passion and commitment in pursuing safety in the workplace, as demonstrated in the series of CEO Safety Forum for which he pulls together the efforts of government officials and industry leaders, is applauded by all stakeholders. He was the Chairman of CITAC which serve to develop the Centre to be the knowledge hub and to demonstrate local application. It is also the intention of the Centre to promote Innovation Culture within the Industry and Community at large.

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

Ir WONG Tin Cheung has over 30 years of building construction experience. He is Vice Chairman of Yau Lee Holdings Limited, one of the leading building construction companies in Hong Kong.Ir WONG is very active in public and community services; he is currently the Deputy Chairman of Council of The Open University of Hong Kong, Member of the Advisory Council on the Environment, Member of the Trade and Industry Advisory Board, Member of Energy Advisory Committee as well as the Chairman of Energy Efficiency and Conservation and Renewable Energy Sub-Committee under Energy Advisory Committee. In the past, Ir Wong served as the Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Council, the Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, the President of the Hong Kong Construction Association and the Deputy Chairman of the Vocational Training Council.Ir. WONG was a Member of 11th Guizhou Province Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and he was appointed Justice of the Peace (JP) in 2008 and awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the Government of the HKSAR in the year of 2013 for recognition of his outstanding contributions made to Construction Industry.