ConTech & PropTech Stage
ConTech & PropTech Stage
Day 1 – Thursday 11 Sept AM
11:10 – 11:50
With buildings generating 40% of global emissions, PropTech is becoming essential for greening the real estate sector. This session examines how innovative technologies are cutting emissions across the property lifecycle – from AI-powered energy management to circular construction solutions.
PropTech founders and investors will share practical solutions being deployed today, while discussing key challenges like adoption barriers and policy needs. Discover how Hong Kong’s tech ecosystem can drive regional transition to sustainable buildings.
Supported by
Asia PropTech
Established in 2016, Asia PropTech connects PropTech players and industry stakeholders in Asia. It aspires to promote the adoption of PropTech in Asia and facilitate intra-regional trade in PropTech through events, knowledge sharing and management, and strategic partnership with PropTech peer organizations in Europe and the United States.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
- Promote sustainability practices within the real estate industry by being a conduit between technology and real estate
General Enquiry Email Address: apt.events@asiaprop.tech
PropTech Institute
PropTech Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting property technology for a sustainable built world in Asia. Established by a group of committed professionals that share a passion in technology and real estate, PropTech Institute is a platform connecting individuals, startups, corporates and institutions. We create a better ecosystem for PropTech.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
- Collaborate with academic institutions to promote awareness of real estate sustainability through the adoption of innovative technologies.
- Partner with community stakeholders to drive the digitalization of the real estate industry, encompassing both software and hardware solutions, to enhance the overall sustainability of the sector.
Solutions Showcase:
- Charity/NGO
- Education/Training/Certification
- Green Finance & Investments
- Property/Real Estate
- Sustainability Services
12:40 – 13:20
As ESG priorities reshape capital markets, green bonds and sustainable financing are transforming real estate development across Asia Pacific. This session examines how innovative financial instruments are accelerating the sector’s decarbonization while delivering competitive returns.
Join this engaging session to hear from leading banks, developers, and bond issuers as they share their key trends in APAC’s green real estate debt market as well as best practices for structuring credible green financing deals.
Supported by
Asia PropTech
Established in 2016, Asia PropTech connects PropTech players and industry stakeholders in Asia. It aspires to promote the adoption of PropTech in Asia and facilitate intra-regional trade in PropTech through events, knowledge sharing and management, and strategic partnership with PropTech peer organizations in Europe and the United States.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
- Promote sustainability practices within the real estate industry by being a conduit between technology and real estate
General Enquiry Email Address: apt.events@asiaprop.tech
PropTech Institute
PropTech Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting property technology for a sustainable built world in Asia. Established by a group of committed professionals that share a passion in technology and real estate, PropTech Institute is a platform connecting individuals, startups, corporates and institutions. We create a better ecosystem for PropTech.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
- Collaborate with academic institutions to promote awareness of real estate sustainability through the adoption of innovative technologies.
- Partner with community stakeholders to drive the digitalization of the real estate industry, encompassing both software and hardware solutions, to enhance the overall sustainability of the sector.
Solutions Showcase:
- Charity/NGO
- Education/Training/Certification
- Green Finance & Investments
- Property/Real Estate
- Sustainability Services
15:30 – 17:30
Green construction plays an essential role in the transition to a sustainable future. By adopting architectural practices consistent with sustainable development, we can reduce our carbon footprint and minimize our impact on natural resources. Green building design is based on several key principles that help reduce environmental impact and maximize resource efficiency.
At the time of its bid to host the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, France pledged to halve the Games’ carbon footprint compared with previous editions. To achieve this goal, the use of wood has become a must. Wood is by nature a material that captures carbon from the atmosphere, and is renewable. Its use in buildings reduces greenhouse gas emissions over their entire lifecycle, and stores
carbon over the long term. The Olympic Village, the Porte de la Chapelle Arena, the ephemeral Grand Palais, the Olympic Aquatic Center etc. These emblematic buildings, erected for the Games, all feature wood. The French government wanted the wooden buildings to be used not just for the Games, but for the long term. They were designed to be reversible, meaning that at the end of the Games, the
Olympic Village were transformed into residential housing and offices. For the Olympic swimming pool, the wooden elements were prefabricated by a Bas-Rhin company supported by the French government as part of the “Industrialization of wood products and construction systems” call for projects under the France 2030 budget.
SOLIDEO’s missions were to work on the legacy of the Paris Games with the delivery to the inhabitants of the Olympic and Paralympic sites as part of a sustainable urban project, in close cooperation with local authorities including the realization of reversibility works in the housing of the Village des Athlètes, but also the adaptation of public facilities so that they can be used by sports clubs, associations and
communities, as well as the realization of complementary works and necessary to the heritage, such as the Ampère park in Saint-Denis, the Saint-Denis school group or the Dugny school group.
Co-organised by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, and the Research Innovation Office (RIO) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the sixth edition of the Sustainability Lecture Series will bring together a mix of speakers from the academic and business communities to share their views, experiences and good practices towards sustainability.
With thanks to
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) aspires to be an innovative world-class university that pursues excellence in education, research and knowledge transfer. PolyU is dedicated to building a green learning environment. We have been undertaking campus development initiatives to advance our leadership in education and research as well as support a carbon-neutral Hong Kong. Leveraging our own innovations, these projects aim to facilitate the adoption of sustainable applications beyond the campus for the betterment of Hong Kong, the Nation, and the world.
Our sustainability goals for 2025:
- 1. To establish on PolyU campus a teaching, learning, and research environment conducive to sustainability;
- To implement sustainable initiatives within the campus environment;
- To include sustainability-related topics, where appropriate, in PolyU academic programmes
and research; - To transfer knowledge of sustainability to the wider community; and
- To encourage the University community to embrace sustainability principles and practices and to engage that community in the University’s drive towards sustainable excellence
Solutions Showcase:
- Carbon Management/Carbon Offset
- Construction/Construction Products
- Efficient Energy & Utilities
- Green/Smart Buildings/PropTech
- Renewable Energy
- Technology & Innovation
Legal Name: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
General Enquiry Email Address: rio.general@polyu.edu.hk
General Enquiry Phone Number: 3400 2806
General Business Address: Room GH256, GH Podium Annexe, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Meet our speakers:
Day 2 – Friday 12 Sept AM
10:40 – 11:20
Buildings are the foundation of our communities, but their emissions are also driving the climate crisis. The building sector contributes nearly 40% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. To continue to thrive, society needs net zero buildings. A net zero building is simply a building that has no net carbon emissions during its construction and operation. Emissions are reduced and what’s leftover is balanced by renewable energy or carbon offsets. Innovative façade design is the key to achieve a net zero building such as incorporating BIPV panels in the façade design and consider adopting modular construction methods in lieu of traditional ones.
Now is the time to implement net zero carbon for buildings, both new and existing. Achieving net zero carbon will require us to transform how we design, build, and operate buildings of all types and scales.
Learnings
- Understanding Net-Zero Transition
- Science-Based Target for Buildings
- How to Deliver the Practice by Technological Developments
- Our Green Vision to Global Mission
Post-event Actions
- Follow Up with Contacts: Actively connect with fellow attendees and speakers via platforms like LinkedIn or email to solidify networking opportunities. This helps maintain relationships and opens doors for future collaborations.
- Share Knowledge: Summarize key insights, take notes, and share them with colleagues or peers through presentations, reports, or team meetings. This reinforces learning and benefits the broader organization.
- Provide Feedback: Offer constructive feedback to organizers through surveys or direct communication. This helps improve future events and shows engagement. Use tools like Google Forms for structured responses.
- Engage on Social Media: Post about the conference experience on platforms like Twitter or LinkedIn, using event hashtags to maintain visibility and continue discussions. Share quotes, photos, or key takeaways to stay connected with the event community.
Speakers
Michael Leung
General Manager
Hilti
Michael Leung
Hilti
General Manager
Michael LEUNG
General Manager, Hilti (Hong Kong) Limited
Experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry in Australia, Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. Skilled in Sales, Engineering, Construction Technology, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Account Management. Strong business development professional graduated from Ivey Business School at Western University, Imperial College London and HKUST. Before joining Hilti, Michael is a chartered structural engineer who involved in commercial, educational and infrastructure projects.
My Sustainability Goals for 2025:
- Embodied carbon saving to be regulated in new building design
- More examples in solid waste reduction in construction by considering Circularity
- First structural timber building to be built in HK
Supported by
Hong Kong Façade Association Limited
The Hong Kong Façade Association (HKFA) strive to connect, to align and to join hands together with different organizations and individuals in Hong Kong to incorporate the concept of sustainability into building design so as to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality to reduce the environmental impacts to nature and improving our quality of life.
Our organisation’s sustainability goals for 2025
Climate change is a mega challenge for the world, leading to various disasters such as heatwaves, floods and hurricanes. These climate-induced natural disasters have caused significant environmental, economic, social, and health consequences. It is now a consensus of the society that climate change must be stopped.
Carbon neutrality is expected to address climate change challenges, and its achievement requires the collective efforts of various industries and sectors. The building and construction sector is a big energy consumer and greenhouse gas emitter as they are responsible for 37% of the global energy-related emissions, demonstrating significant opportunities to achieve of carbon neutrality. Consequently, there is an urgent need to achieve net zero carbon performance in the built environment.
Green retrofit is the sustainable refurbishment of an existing building to make it more efficient, better for the environment and sustainable for the future. When it comes to building envelope retrofitting, improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings is the key to reduce the carbon footprint. It usually involves installing better insulation, energy-efficient glazing, and more efficient lighting.
To further reduce carbon footprint, we can consider adding alternative energy sources for our power supply. Solar power is one of the renewable energy sources that heats and cools the indoor space and provides electricity. Installation of BIPV or solar panels on the roof of a building or incorporate them into the wall cladding of building facades is becoming increasingly affordable, and it is a great way to reduce the carbon footprint.
14:30 – 16:00
Supported by
The Mills Fabrica
The Mills Fabrica is a global collaborative hub propelling sustainability-focused tech innovations within the techstyle and agrifood sectors. To innovators at various growth stages, it uniquely offers resources encompassing venture capital, incubation support, impact retail (Fabrica X), prototyping lab, co-working and event spaces in Hong Kong and London.
General Enquiry Email Address: contact@themillsfabrica.com
General Enquiry Phone Number: 3979 2335
Meet our speakers:
All sessions are subject to change.