Speaker

Ir Raymond KY POON is the Director of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department.  He is overseeing the engineering services for over 100 government departments and public organisations, as well as the enforcement of legislations in ensuring public safety on using electricity, gas, railway and other electrical and mechanical installations, and promoting energy efficiency and conservation and application of renewable energy in Hong Kong.

Ir POON has been working in the government for 30 years and taken up professional and managerial roles in the areas of engineering services, project management, business development as well as regulatory enforcement.  Ir POON received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Master of Science degree in Environmental Management from the University of Hong Kong.  He has also obtained his Executive MBA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2019.

A remote-sensing scientist in NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies during 1992-1997. Deputy Director General of high-tech department (2003-2008) and of basic research department (2008-2011) under the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and the Director General of the National Remote Sensing Center of China (2011-2016), and the Deputy Director General of Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences(2017-2022), Director Deneral of the Research Center for UAV Applications and Regulation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017-2022).

PIs for a number of R&D projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the past 10 years. Recent academic contributions include：1) developed a technical framework for the planning and constructions of UAV public air routes, which has been endorsed in ministerial documents of CAAC, 2) serving as the working group chair of the IEEE SA P1939.1 and promoted the approval and publication of the standard for a Framework for Structuring Low Altitude Airspace for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Operations (IEEE Std 1939.1^TM-2021), 3) proposed firstly to map “Air-route maps” by low-altitude public air routes, and put forward a concept of UAV remote-sensing network and developed the prototype system.

Clement Ho, Arup Director, Leading China Transport Business, East Asia Digital Transport and East Asia Transport Planning Skills Network Leader. He has over 26 years’ experience in transport planning and has worked at varies Arup offices in the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong and the Mainland China. Clement has extensive international transport planning project experience including Hong Kong, Macau, the Mainland China, the Philippines, Bangkok, Indonesia, Malaysia, the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Australia, Bhutan, India and Jamaica.

Clement has a Bachelor of Aeronautical and Aeronautics Engineering, Master of Science in Transportation (DIC), Executive Master’s in urban Resilience Systems, he is also a Member of Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT), Council Member and Chartered Member of Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT). In recent year, Clement is a member of Low Altitude Economy Task Force in CILT, Founder Member of Low Altitude Economy Working Group for The China-Britain Business Council. Clement has participated a number of Low Altitude Economy events in Shenzhen, Guangzhou organized by Urban Land Institute, as well as Roundtable Discussion with the China–Britain Business Council.

He is also a visiting Lecturer for sharing his experience on Urban Analytics, Urban Design and Transport, and Smart Transport at the University of Hong Kong Department of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture, City University of Hong Kong School of Energy and Environment.

Jandy QIU is CEO of SUTPC Digital Technology (HK), Professor-level Senior Engineer, specializing in transport modeling, simulation, and big data with nearly 20 years’ experience; he has led the development of TransPlan, TransPaa Sand DeepView platforms, which deployed in 20+ cities worldwide, earned 50+national

 awards, holds nearly 100 patents, contributed to 4 national/groupstandards, and serves as Vice Chair of the World Transport Convention Academic Committee and a university mentor. At the upcoming of the 2025 IET Management Symposium on Innovation in Low Altitude

 Economy, Professor Qiu Jiandong will leverage his profound background in transportation technology to deeply analyze the challenges and potential business opportunities faced by the low-altitude economy from a technical perspective.

- Deeply participate in the research and development of core technologies in the field of civil aviation air traffic control and play a key role in the research and development process of large-scale air traffic control automation systems. Lead the team to overcome many technical difficulties, help the NUMEN series air traffic control automation system successfully obtain the civil aviation use permit, achieve major breakthroughs in the field, and obtain extensive applications.

- As the chief designer of the national traffic flow management system NTFM, a distributed collaborative computing architecture is proposed, and the response speed is increased by 300% compared with the traditional system; a multi-data fusion and decision support model is designed to realize the situation awareness of a single map of all aircraft in the territory; a capacity/flow balance and multi-dimensional auxiliary decision-making model is proposed, which effectively improves the flight operation efficiency in bad weather.

- As the deputy director of the Nanjing Low-altitude Economy Expert Committee, deeply studied the field of low-altitude economy. Put forward a forward-looking "operational concept of provincial and municipal low-altitude flight service systems", providing solutions for the rational development and efficient utilization of low-altitude resources in provinces/cities.

Ricky is also a member of GS1 Hong Kong’s Internet of Things Industry Advisory Council and the Greater Bay Area Low Altitude Economy Alliance, advocating for a visionary approach to smart city development alongside key leaders in Hong Kong.