This panel aims to revolutionize Hong Kong’s energy landscape by exploring innovative solutions for a more livable city while achieving carbon neutrality. By bringing together a group of visionary experts, including forward-thinking consultants, energy disruptors, pioneering developers, and impactful non-governmental organizations (NGOs), this session will delve into groundbreaking opportunities to catalyze the energy transition in the whole value chain. From disruptive technologies like microgrids, building management systems, and blockchain-enabled energy systems to game-changing options such as hydrogen and advanced energy storage, the panel will uncover groundbreaking ideas that can transform Hong Kong’s energy paradigm. Join us to be inspired by the visionary minds shaping Hong Kong’s sustainable future and discover how innovation can pave the way for a greener, smarter, and more livable Hong Kong.
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Moderator
Lawrence Iu
Executive Director
Civic Exchange
Civic Exchange
Executive Director
Lawrence Iu is Executive Director at Civic Exchange. As a professional environmental strategist, he has profound experience in crafting climate change models and impactful public policies. His current focuses are on policy action in Energy, Building Energy Efficiency and Mobility. He has successfully built a platform with public, corporate and government stakeholders to craft an inclusive transition plan with strong buy-in.
In his previous roles in a multinational corporation and a higher institution, Lawrence led environmental sustainability and occupational health & safety projects across Asia Pacific and coordinated emerging technology management, circular economy and green chemistry research.
My Sustainability Goals for 2023:
Despite these difficult times, we must remain forward looking and anticipate the time of recovery. Even more so, we are now in a favourable position to make fundamental policy decisions to rethink our economic model, making it fit for a low carbon missions world, and to set course for a better, sustainable, and more liveable future for Hong Kong.
Victor Kwong
Convenor of Sustainable Energy Committee
Conservancy Organisation
Conservancy Organisation
Convenor of Sustainable Energy Committee
Mr Victor Kwong has more than 39 years of experience in the areas of corporate sustainability, environmental protection, building energy saving, occupational health and safety, fire protection, crisis management and security protection, etc. He coordinates the corporation’s efforts to improve sustainability and safety performance through effective risk management system, energy saving programs, carbon reduction, climate change risk reduction, etc.
Catherine Leung
Lead Environmental Manager
MTR Corporation
MTR Corporation
Lead Environmental Manager
Catherine Leung is Lead Environmental Manager for Hong Kong Transport Services, MTR Corporation. Catherine has completed her Master in the University of Melbourne, Australia, specializing in environmental engineering and management. She has over 20 years environmental management experience in the railway service industry. She takes the lead in green railway initiatives/projects for achieving de-carbonization on the operating railways and bringing improvements to the operating environment by introducing green railway technologies. She works on numbers of green projects to achieve carbon reduction, biodiversity as well as pollution/emission reduction.
Rory Meng
General Manager / Regional Business Field Coordinator
TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd
TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd
General Manager / Regional Business Field Coordinator
Over 12 years of career, Mr. Rory Meng has been committed to the work of safety integrity management in petrochemical, machinery manufacturing, new energy, lithium electric manufacturing, semiconductor and other industries. He has rich experience in risk management system and equipment integrity management consulting, proficient in mechanical safety, process safety, chemical safety, functional safety, explosion-proof safety, electrical safety, product safety and many special technologies, integrated manufacturing system, equipment integrity management system, process safety management system, quality management system, asset integrity management system, engineering project management and many other production management system capabilities.
He has served 50+ leading companies in the related industry, and has participated in or led more than 20 projects of hydrogen energy and hydrogen related projects in general industry.
Jim Taylor
Senior Director – Planning & Development
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
CLP Power Hong Kong Limited
Senior Director – Planning & Development
Jim has been with China Light & Power in Hong Kong since 2001, after moving from Melbourne, Australia. Jim is Senior Director – Planning & Development at CLP Power Hong Kong, where he is responsible for supporting the company’s future long term strategic development and regulatory regime.
Jim has extensive senior management experience of electricity, gas and environmental issues with leading companies in both regulated and deregulated energy markets in the UK and Australia. Prior to his current role in CLP, Jim has been responsible for the company’s long term strategic planning and the interface with the Hong Kong Government for the operation of the Scheme of Control, with earlier appointments covering retail strategy, CLP’s largest customers, energy efficiency & conservation and tariff design.
The CLP Group is one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia Pacific with investments across Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, India, Taiwan Region and Thailand.
While decarbonising its portfolio, CLP also offers energy solutions to empower customers in making better choices. To learn more about how CLP is supporting the electrification of Hong Kong’s transport sector, visit the CLP Power and eMobility Network showcase in Hall 1B at ReThink HK.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
Solutions Showcase:
UN SDG goals that we align with:
Legal Name: CLP Holdings Limited
General Enquiry Email Address: groupsustainability@clp.com.hk
General Enquiry Phone Number: 2678 8111
General Business Address: 8 Laguna Verde Avenue, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Co-Headline Sponsor for the Liveable Cities & Transportation Theatre
As a recognised world-class operator of sustainable rail transport services, MTR is a leader in safety, reliability, customer service and efficiency.
MTR has extensive end-to-end railway expertise with 45 years of railway projects experience from design to planning and construction through to commissioning, maintenance and operations. Going beyond railway delivery and operation, MTR also creates and manages dynamic communities around its network through seamless integration of rail, commercial and property development.
Our sustainability goals for 2024:
Solutions Showcase:
UN SDG goals that we align with:
Legal Name: MTR Corporation Limited
Catherine Leung
Lead Environmental Manager
MTR Corporation
Jackie Cheung
Chief Digital Development & Innovation Manager
MTR Corporation
Bosco Leung
Social Responsibility Lead
MTR Corporation
Jessica Chan
Head of Sustainability
MTR Corporation
Gill Meller
Legal and Governance Director
MTR Corporation
150 years of safety: Since 1872, TÜV Rheinland’s mission has been to make technology safe for people and the environment. From the steam engine to digitalization, what started as a regional association for the monitoring of steam boilers has evolved into a global testing service provider. Today, TÜV Rheinland ensures safety and quality in almost all areas of business and life. Since 2006, TÜV Rheinland has therefore been a member of the United Nations Global Compact for more sustainability and against corruption.
Solutions Showcase:
UN SDG goals that we align with:
Legal Name: TUV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd
General Enquiry Email Address: service-gc@tuv.com
General Enquiry Phone Number: 21921022