Hong Kong Smart City Summit cum Smart City Awards 2018

Judge

MR. FRANCIS FONG

Founding Chairman, Hong Kong Association of Interactive Marketing (HKAIM)

Mr. FONG Po Kiu, Francis is currently a Member of HKSAR Election Committee, Information Technology Subsector; Honorary President of Hong Kong Information Technology Federation (HKITF); Founding & Honorary Chairman of Hong Kong Association of Interactive Marketing (HKAIM); President of Hong Kong Consumer Electronics Alliance (HKCEA); Founder of e-Learning Consortium (eLC); Co-opted Member of IT Expert Advisory Group, Consumer Council; Member of RTHK Programme Advisory Panel, Radio Television Hong Kong; Member of ICT Services Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC); Member of Advisory Committee of Médecins Sans Frontières Hong Kong; Member of Fundraising and Communications Committee, Oxfam Hong Kong, etc.

He has been working in ICT Industry for over 20 years, he introduced many pioneer products and technologies into Hong Kong. He is also a columnist in several popular newspaper and magazines, such as am730, Hong Kong Economic Journal, PC Market, e-zone and Oriental Daily.

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MR. GARY YEUNG MAN YUI, MH

Vice President, Smart City Consortium

Young I.T. entrepreneur, graduated from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Gary has been awarder the “2018 Young Leader Award” and the Medal of Honour from the Government of HKSAR in 2017. He is the School Management Council Member of The Open University of Hong Kong and Council Member of Vocational Training Council. As the Vice President of the Smart City Consortium, Gary has focused on information technology and Smart City development in China and Hong Kong.

Judge

DR. JEFFREY HUI

Chairperson, Hong Kong Institute of Marketing

Dr. Jeffrey Hui, a leading strategic i-Marketing expert in the region, is currently Managing Director of InnoSights Limited and Chairperson of Hong Kong Institute of Marketing (HKIM). As a well-rounded marketing and training professional, Jeffrey served at various top-notch organizations, including P&G, Cathy Pacific, TVB, RTHK, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and King’s Glory Education. Jeffrey has lectured at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Polytechnic University of Hong Kong, Chu Hai College.

Jeffrey has also authored and co-authored several top-selling books on branding, marketing, strategies and management, including:《贏銷策略》，《商識滿天下》，《讓品牌「飛」!》* ，《品牌超連結》* and 《贏銷0與1》* (*NO. 1 Finance and Business Category Bestseller at Eslite誠品書店).

Judge

DR. KENNETH TANG

Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong

Dr. Kenneth Tang is currently Adjunct Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong teaching urban planning and Geographic Information System (GIS) courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr. Tang has extensive professional experiences in the areas of Strategic Planning, District Planning and application of GIS in urban planning.

He renders professional services by serving on a number of professional bodies, notably as Immediate President of the Hong Kong Geographic Information System Association (HKGISA), Founding Board Member and Chairman of the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Hong Kong Smart City Consortium (SCC), Fellow and Council Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) and Chief Editor of the HKIP Journal “Planning and Development”. Dr. Tang obtained his Master degree in Urban Planning and PhD in GIS from the University of Hong Kong.

Judge

MR. RICKY CHU

Chairman, Hong Kong Retail Technology Industry Association
Founder and CEO, The Gravitas Group

As one of the leading entrepreneur and pioneer in mobile marketing, Mr. Chu has more than 20 years experience in Internet, Telecom and Digital Marketing Industry. He founded Gravitas in 2003 and successfully served over 200 brands from Fortune 500, Renowned Multinational Corporation and Locally Listed Conglomerate in the last decade.

With the leadership from Ricky, Gravitas has been the most awarded mobile agency. From 2010 to 2017, Gravitas has got over 50 awards including Mobile Agency of the Year Award, Mobile Solutions Leadership Award and other remarkable industry awards in many famous award events. All these recognition has made Gravitas one of the industry leaders in mobile marketing in the region.

Ricky is now the chairman of Hong Kong Retail Technology Industry Association (RTIA) with the passion to actively promote the retail technology adoption and has good connections with brands, marketing agencies, media and technology companies to build a good ecosystem for retail technologies industry.

Judge

DR. C P WONG, JP

President, Hong Kong eHealth Consortium

Dr Wong is the President of the Hong Kong eHealth Consortium. He has been the Chairman of the Clinical Informatics Program Executive Group of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. He is a now Geriatrician in Private Practice, before his retirement from the Hospital Authority where he was appointed as the Consultant Geriatrician and Integrated Medical Services of Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals. He is also Past President of the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI), and currently Chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics and President of eHealth Consortium.

He specializes professionally in elderly medicine and was the Council Member of the Hong Kong Geriatrics Society and has been the Chairman of the Board of Higher Physician Training in Geriatric Medicine of the Hong Kong College of Physicians where he was also Council Member. He was also a council member of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

He founded the Hong Kong Society of Medical Informatics in 1986 and contributed in the development of medical informatics in Hong Kong. His main interests are in Hospital Information Systems, Operations Research in Health Services, Organization of Community Geriatric Services, Community Health Call Center and Telegeriatrics.

He has been active in the International Medical Informatics Association since 1989. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Medical Informatics and the Asia Pacific electronic Journal of Health Informatics. He is one of the co-founders of the eHealth Consortium in Hong Kong.

Judge

DR. K F TSANG

Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Ir Dr Tsang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He has published more than 200 technical papers and four books/book chapter. He contributed significantly to the design and development of mobile phone infrastructure, wireless home/office/building automation and energy management system, location tracking, healthcare, smart transportation, security, .... etc. KF is now devoting his effort to ZigBee and LPWAN development including LoRa, SigFox and NB IoT.

KF also contributed to many Internet of Things (IoT) infra-structure design. To expedite IoT development efficiency, KF has recently been approved by IEEE Standards Association to form a Working Group to develop the IEEE Standard P2668 for Maturity Index of Internet-of-things: Grading and ranking – the IDex. The IDex will manifest guidance on blending of IoT healthcare solutions to evolve into better performance. The establishment of IDex shall proliferate a rapid, positive and mature progress of IoT healthcare industry.

As a result of his IoT contribution, KF was award the IoT Heros Award in 2016 by GS1 IoT Council (nominated by Cisco). He is also the recipient of the Best Paper Award in ISPCE 2018 in San Jose, USA.

Dr. Tsang is currently active in the following participation and capacity:

Internationally, the Chairman of IEEE Standard P2668 "IoT Index" Working Group; a member of the Working Group for "Wireless Best Practices for Factory Automation" for NIST, USA; a member of the Working Group for IEEE Standard "5G"; a member of the Working Group for IEEE Standard "P1451 sensors"; Membership Champion of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society; Immediate Past Chairman of Technical Committee Cloud and Wireless Systems for Industrial Applications of the IEEE Industrial Electronics (IE) Society; Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial informatics; Associate Editor of IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine; Associate Editor of IEEE ITeN; Editor of TSII Transaction.

Locally, KF is the VP and Chairman of Internet of Things Committee, Smart City Consortium; Chairman of the “Internet of Things Special Users Group Hong Kong, Immediate Past Chairman of HKIE Electronics Division (2015-16).

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