Mr. Andy MITCHELL CBE was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer, Tideway full time in early summer 2014. He was previously Programme Director and board member at Crossrail. Andy has managed a number of high profile projects both in the United Kingdom and overseas. After 12 years working in the United Arab Emirates, France and South Africa and on major developments such as Hong Kong Airport and the Hong Kong West Rail, he joined Network Rail in 2001. He was Project Director for Network Rail’s Southern Power Upgrade project, and was also the Major Programme Director of the Thameslink Programme. Andy is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, former Chair of the Infrastructure Industry Innovation Platform (i3P), and the Infrastructure Client Group (ICG) and more recently became Co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC). He was awarded the CBE for his services to Civil Engineering.

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.

Ir Dr. PAN Wei is Executive Director of Centre for Innovation in Construction and Infrastructure Development (CICID) and Associate Professor at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is also Chairman of HKU Civil Engineering External Relations Committee and Teaching and Learning Quality Committee. He is specialized in construction engineering and innovation, with interest covering prefabrication, modular integrated construction (MiC), smart-tech, and building energy and carbon. He developed the ‘dialectical system theory’ to lead research on zero carbon building and modular construction. Dr Pan was awarded Distinguished Young Investigator of China Frontiers of Engineering by Chinese Academy of Engineering, and achieved HKU Engineering Knowledge Exchange Award 2019 for his work on MiC for buildings of higher quality, productivity and sustainability.Ir Dr. PAN has authored over 200 publications and secured over HK$70million research grants. He is Chartered Builder, Chartered Environmentalist, Fellow of Higher Education Academy, and member of Institution of Civil Engineers and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He has 25 years of working experience in academia and practice in China, Singapore, UK and HK in building engineering, construction project management and innovation, and strategic management. Dr. Pan sits on many academic, government and industry boards and committees.

Mr Simon K Y WONG is the Chief Executive Officer of the Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre (LSCM). It was established in 2006 by the HKSAR Government and charged with the mission to research and develop relevant technical solutions to serve the logistics, construction and eCommerce industries in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region. Mr WONG has more than 30 years of working experience in the commercial sector. Before joining the LSCM, Mr WONG held a number of technology development and management positions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He worked at the General Electric Company between 1996 and 1999, and he was the President of GE Appliances Asia from 1999 to 2004. He joined Johnson Electric in 2004 as the President of JE Trading Limited. He was highly involved in developing supply chain solutions for customers and exploring new business models. He held this position until 2010. Mr WONG holds a master degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, United States.

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.