Overview
What are ‘smart cities’? What are ‘green and resilient cities’? What do these ideas have to do with the future of cities, including Hong Kong? It is estimated that by 2050, the global population of people living in cities will increase by 2.5 billion people. This growth presents many challenges for government, business, and civil society. As cities begin to consider their futures, there is a move towards developing ‘green’, ‘resilient’ and ‘smart’ cities. In particular, developing Hong Kong into a green, resilient and smart city has been an agenda item in the Hong Kong Policy Address and the Hong Kong 2030+ Scheme.
Designed for leaders concerned with ensuring the quality of life for future generations in Hong Kong and beyond, this three-day executive education program will examine these concepts to help practitioners better understand how these ideas and programs can provide benefits to urban areas in a variety of local, regional and global contexts. We will draw on top-minds to share experiences from around the globe, and to analyze different perspectives and best practices. The program will look across a range of topics, with a focus on how ideas from ‘smart’, ‘green’ and ‘resilient cities can be mobilized to deal with a range of social, environmental and physical challenges relevant to ensuring that the cities of the future, especially Hong Kong, are vibrant, livable, and dynamic.
Objectives
This program will help participants to:
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Make sense of the concepts of ‘green’, ‘resilient’ and ‘smart’ cities in the context of Hong Kong and the region.
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Examine the role of ‘green’, ‘resilient’ and ‘smart’ technologies in solving urban challenges based on examples taken from around the globe.
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Engage with diverse stakeholders and faculty who are engaged in different problem areas, using different tools and approaches, to implementing ‘green’, ‘resilient’ and ‘smart’ programs in cities.
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Understand how smart and sustainable approaches could be applied to fulfill visions of a dynamic, livable and vibrant Hong Kong.
Who Should Attend
The challenges facing cities in the future are relevant to a wide range of organizations and individuals across the public and private sectors and will require coordination and creativity from all of these groups. This program is designed for senior policy makers and stakeholders in NGO’s and businesses with interest in a wide variety of areas relating to urban management and quality of life and will provide cross-cutting perspectives relevant to a broad audience of professionals.
Curriculum
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Why ‘Green’, ‘Resilient’ and ‘Smart’ Cities?
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Policies for Global Green, Resilient and Smart Cities
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Strategies for Smart Cities
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Infrastructure Management for Green, Resilient and Smart Cities
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Smart Transport and Urban Resilience
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Artificial Intelligent and Robotics for Smart Cities
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Smart City Development and Urban Governance Innovations in China, Korea, and USA
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Circular City Economies
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Infrastructure Finance
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Digital Twin and Common Data Infrastructure for Smart Cities
Program Faculty
The program features world-class faculty from HKUST as well as leading international experts from among the most reputable overseas universities. Their expertise covers a wide range of topics in policies and practices in promoting sustainable development across different countries.
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Prof. Jack C.P. CHENG (Lead Faculty), HKUST
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Prof. Keechoo CHOI, Ajou University
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Prof. FANG Dongping, Tsinghua University
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Prof. Michael LEPECH, Stanford University
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Prof. Hong LO, HKUST
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Prof. Irene LO, HKUST
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Prof. Michael WANG, HKUST
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Prof. James TSAI, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Prof. Masaru YARIME, City University of Hong Kong
Application Deadline: 4 May 2018
Download e-brochure here.
