Lianne Lam 林奇慧

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Prof. Lianne Lam holds a DBA Degree at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, focusing in Environmental Education. Her thesis paper was presented in the Public Management Research Conference in the University of Wisconsin in 2013, showcasing 2 different Environmental Education approaches. She also holds an EMBA Degree, a Bachelor of Law Degree from the Peking University, and a Bachelor Degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Lam began her career in Hong Kong with marketing and public relations roles from the Far East Group of Companies and the Palm Island Resort (China) before setting up her own public relations firm handling integrated marketing. In 2003, she was approached by the Cogitoimage Group, a multi-national company with offices in Taiwan, Singapore, and Dusseldorf, to become a partner . Under her management, the firm expanded its offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and London focusing in the “Space Branding” business.

After graduated from her doctoral degree in 2013, she puts her research into practice and set up the Hong Kong Sustainable Society – a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging positive-thinking to promote sustainable development in Hong Kong. Activity engaged in different community service, Dr. Lam is the principle applicant and leader for the Artemis – a Social Innovation Funded project that focus on social inclusion through the diving buddy system for the handicapped and cancer patients; and an Advisor for the Leadership Institute on Narcotics for the Hong Kong Police Force. She was also the Advisor of the Deaf Game 2019; Members in the Hong Kong Appeal Board, and Advisor of the Ocean Park Charity Foundation Hong Kong.

Academically, Dr. Lam is the Program Chair of the International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Management in 2022-2023 and the Program Chair of the 2023 International Conference of Education Technology and Administration . She also participated in organizing role in school-based events such as the Post-Covid Retail Opportunity Forum in Hong Kong in March 2023; Experiential learning activities such as the servicing learning study tour in Vietnam in May 2023; and the Dongguan Collaboration study trip in June 2023. In 2011-2013, she lead a team of 20 University students, with the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation Hong Kong to conduct a 3 years research project, as the Principal Researcher and Advisor for the “Panda Action” in Foping, China.