Innovation Stage
A New Mobility Ecosystem: Innovating for a Low Carbon Future
Day 1 : 17:05 – 17:55
Digital technologies are crucial to the transformation of our mobility ecosystem towards more sustainable and resilient models. And businesses are in a unique position to harness the value of digital solutions and increase access to data sources across different modes of transportation, with a view to enhancing safety and accessibility, and lowering carbon emissions in our journey towards zero emissions.
Learnings
- What technological and data innovations are needed to de-risk and scale deployment growth towards low-carbon mobility in Hong Kong?
- How can industry keep pace with new technological opportunities and adapt to challenges, regulatory support and synergy with government and other relevant stakeholders?
- What does the climate-cyber resiliency nexus mean for our sustainable mobility transition? What is the state of play in Hong Kong?
Post-Event Actions
- Rethink how your company and industry can support the mobility transition to best address barriers and risks of transformation.
Speakers
Moderator
Eli Konvitz
Vice Chair
Urban Land Institute Hong Kong
Eli Konvitz
Urban Land Institute Hong Kong
Vice Chair
Eli Konvitz is an expert in sustainability and urban development with experience on five continents. He consults on urban innovation and development, is Vice-Chair of the Urban Land Institute in Hong Kong, and adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong.
He has led masterplans for new cities, urban regeneration, transit oriented development, reclamation and waterfront development, industrial, tourism and leisure projects. He is experienced in masterplanning and urban design, large-scale urbanisation and regional strategies, and climate change strategy and policy. In 2006 he led the ground-breaking creation of the evidence base for climate change in the London Plan, and in 2008 he pioneered creation of a mechanism to fund and drive low-carbon retrofit of existing buildings.
Eli was previously Director of Atkins’ Planning and Urban Design practice in South East Asia and Net Zero leader for Asia; Asia Practice Lead for Consulting, Strategy and Advisory; and Chair of Atkins’ Urban Planning Global Network. Prior to joining Atkins, he was at Arup in London and co-founder of startup localCarbon.
A graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and has an MSc in Town Planning from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, he is Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, a member of the Pacific Basin Economic Council, sits on the Advisory Board of AMRACE in Malaysia and on the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design’s Public Affairs and International and Mainland Affairs Committees.
Allyson Browne
Climate Campaign Director, Ports
Allyson Browne
Climate Campaign Director, Ports
Allyson Browne is Pacific Environment’s Climate Campaign Director, leading their Ports for People campaign to end port and ship pollution. Allyson has contributed to renewable energy and climate policy for more than 10 years, including as Director of Regulatory Affairs for SRECTrade, where she collaborated with industry and grassroots organizations on renewable energy policies; as Chief of Staff to Jared Blumenfeld for California Governor Newsom’s 2018 gubernatorial campaign, Energy & Environment team; and as a consultant on energy in cities, cannabis, and cryptocurrency. She contributed to systemic and emerging climate movement ecosystem mapping at Climate2025 and global research on renewable energy development for REN21’s Renewables in Cities Global Status Report. Allyson holds a Juris Doctor degree from GGU School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from USC Marshall School of Business. She lives in San Francisco.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to accelerate momentum and progress on sustainability and to spread that change worldwide. I hope that this event will serve as a springboard for ideas and opportunities for cross-sector, public and private collaboration on innovative solutions. With the support of policy, finance and private sector innovation, we can advance a just, equitable and sustainable future for everyone.
Adam Leishman
Chief Executive Officer
Adam Leishman
Chief Executive Officer
Adam is a dynamic leader and visionary, with a proven track record of delivering transformational changes to bus systems around the world including London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Adam established Ascendal Group in 2018, with a vision of bringing cities to life through public transport and now has operations in four continents. He is currently CEO of Bravo Transport, owner of Citybus (responsible for moving around 1 million passengers a day) and Bravo Media (Hong Kongs second largest media agency). He has actively pushed for Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Buses to be operated in Hong Kong and has approval to commence trials later this year, and introduced Hong Kongs first ever battery electric double deck bus, leading the way for zero emission buses in Hong Kong.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
We are active in working with Government to fast track zero emission buses to Hong Kong. We also believe there is a tremendous opportunity to transform public transport in Hong Kong to generate further modal shift which will have a substantial impact in Hong Kong.
Christoph Meyer
General Manager Hong Kong, South China & Macau
Christoph Meyer
General Manager Hong Kong, South China & Macau
Christoph is appointed as General Manager Hong Kong, South China and Macau for Lufthansa Group since February 1, 2020. He is responsible for Passenger Sales of Lufthansa German Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) in Hong Kong, South China and Macau market.
Christoph previously worked as Head of Content & Dialogue Marketing for SWISS based in Zurich. He was responsible for airline sponsoring, event management, social media channels, newsletters and tourism partnerships.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023
- Raise and increase the awareness of sustainability in the aviation and tourism industry in Hong Kong.
- Promote the transition and investment of Hong Kong to become a green tourism hub.
Ian Reeds
Principal Engineer
Ian Reeds
Principal Engineer
Ian Reeds is a Principal Engineer at Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group.
He is a transportation systems engineer, delivering low carbon infrastructure design and rail and transport planning on transit developments globally including Southeast Asia, Middle East, Japan and Australia. His projects have included a range of light and heavy rail, high speed, metro, bus and alternative systems, such as Personal Rapid Transit and Autonomous Rapid Transit. He is based in Hong Kong.
Ian is a Chartered Member of The Institute of Mechanical Engineering.
Supported by
Hong Kong 2050 is Now
Hong Kong 2050 is Now is a Hong Kong-based platform for education, collaboration, and action on the climate crisis. We seek to inspire ambitious target setting, induce behavior change, and mobilise collective action towards a carbon-neutral Hong Kong.
Our initiative in accelerating sustainable development in Hong Kong:
- Educate and engage the public on the risks and opportunities facing Hong Kong in an age of climate crisis, based on rigorous scientific and policy research.
- Encourage personal, corporate and government action to be undertaken now in combating the climate crisis, including personal lifestyle, business best practice, and regulatory change.
- Aggregate the efforts of stakeholders working towards the vision of a Net-Zero carbon Hong Kong, leveraging existing grassroot and community movements to further catalyse their impact.
With thanks to
Lufthansa Group
Networking Lounge Co-Sponsor
The Lufthansa Group is an aviation group with operations worldwide. It plays a leading role in its European home market. With 101,709 employees, the Lufthansa Group generated revenue of EUR 37,581m in the financial year 2024.
The Lufthansa Group consists of the business segments Passenger Airlines, Logistics, MRO and Additional Businesses. The Passenger Airlines business segment includes, on the one hand, the network airlines Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines. As part of a multi-hub strategy, they offer their passengers a broad range of flights from their hubs in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Vienna and Brussels. Lufthansa Airlines also has close relationships with the regional airlines Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa City Airlines and Air Dolomiti as well as Discover Airlines, the Lufthansa Group’s holiday airline. Edelweiss, the leading Swiss holiday airline, has a close relationship with SWISS.
Eurowings also belongs to the Passenger Airlines business segment. This airline provides a comprehensive range of point-to-point connections for short- and medium-haul destinations, in particular from German-speaking countries.
Our sustainability goals for 2025:
Sustainability is an integral part of the Lufthansa Group’s corporate strategy
Doing business sustainably and responsibly is embedded in the Lufthansa Group’s corporate strategy. The Lufthansa Group is convinced that it has an obligation to create value for customers, employees and investors in the long term, and to meet its responsibility towards the environment, people and society. As one of the world’s largest and leading airline groups the Lufthansa Group strives to play an active role in shaping global aviation, also in terms of sustainability, and to set standards. In its mission statement, the Lufthansa Group states that it connects people, cultures and economies in a sustainable way. It uses the potential of innovation and digitalisation to strengthen its focus on sustainability. Dialogue with stakeholders and compliance with Company-wide standards play a key role in ensuring a balance.
The Lufthansa Group has set ambitious climate protection goals. It aims to halve its net carbon emissions from flight operations by 2030 compared to 2019, and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. As an additional goal, the Lufthansa Group aims to become carbon neutral within their mobility on the ground in its home markets by 2030. The Lufthansa Group has joined the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and is following a clearly defined CO₂ reduction path. Lufthansa Group’s target to achieve a 30.6% reduction in CO₂ intensity in 2030 compared to 2019 was successfully validated in 2022 by SBTi as the first European airline group and the second worldwide.
THE LUFTHANSA GROUP’S TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING ITS CLIMATE GOALS
- Fleet modernization: More modern and fuel-efficient aircraft provide the greatest leverage for reducing CO₂ emissions in this decade.
- Offsetting: High-quality, certified offset projects that promote climate change mitigation worldwide are complemented by CORSIA, the international offset instrument for carbon-neutral growth in air transport.
- Alternative transport to hubs: The expansion and interconnection of air, rail and bus services makes it possible to reduce the number of short-haul flights and offer alternative modes of travel.
- Sustainable aviation fuels: The key to making flying more climate-friendly is to increase the use of sustainable fuels.
- Efficiency in flight operations: Tools used every day to reduce carbon emissions include intelligent route planning, modern approach procedures, and the latest technologies.
UN SDG(s) that we align with:
- SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
- SDG 4 Quality Education
- SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
- SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
- SDG 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
- SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 13 Climate Action
- SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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