Code : 2016196
Event Name : Impacts of Smart Technologies and Smart Cities on Urban Development and Planning
CPD Code : Formal Events
Speaker : Prof. Anthony G.O. Yeh, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Academy of Social Sciences, UK, FHKIP, FRTPI, FPIA, FRICS, FCILT,RPP, Chair Professor and Chan To-Haan Professor in Urban Planning and Design of Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong.

His research interests are in urban planning and development in Hong Kong and China and the applications of GIS as planning support system. He has published over 30 books and monographs and over 180 international journal papers and book chapters. He received the UN-HABITAT Lecture Award in 2008 for his outstanding and sustained contribution to human settlement research, thinking and practice. He received HKU’s Distinguished Research Achievement Award in 2016, the highest honor and award for excellence in research bestowed by the University of Hong Kong to its staff.
Event Date : 2017-02-06
Event Time : 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Registration Closing Date : 2017-01-23
CPD Hour(s) : 1.5
Divisional PQSL Hour(s) : 1.5
Venue : Surveyors Learning Centre, Room 1207, 12/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Division : PDD
Fee : HK$120 for member; HK$150 for non-member (HK$30 walk in surcharge for all pricings listed)
Priority : First-come-first-served
Language : Cantonese supplemented by English Power Point
Details :

In recent years, many countries and cities are implementing plans for smart city development. The conceptual evolution of smart cities and smart city development in different countries are reviewed first to understand the driving forces of smart cities. It will then discuss the relationship between smart technologies and smart cities development. Finally, the impacts on smart technologies and smart cities on urban development and planning will be discussed, especially the implications of smart technologies on space-time compression in urban development. 

Remarks :

Rescheduled from 5 December 2016

Payment : HKD 120
Face-to-Face/Zoom : Please refer to the remarks