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HKIE ITD Annual Conference 2014
 


Date, time & venue

2014-05-22;9:15 am - 5:45 pm;Function Room 1-3, Level 3, Core E, Cyberport 3, Hong Kong


HKIE ITD Annual Conference 2014

Big Data for a Big City



The IT Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers has been organizing annual conferences to provide a platform for the promotion and exchanges of the latest technologies and best practices among IT practitioners in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas. The theme of the 2014 ITD annual conference is "Big Data for a Big City". Big data is currently an important topic in the IT industry around the globe. 

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Programme Highlights

The organizing committee has drawn up an attractive programme. Prof. Benjamin Wah, Provost of The Chinese University of Hong Kong who will be the Keynote Speaker.  The other conference speakers include Government officials, industrial leaders, researchers and high-end users of Big Data. We anticipate over 200 participants from Hong Kong SAR, the Mainland and overseas to join the conference to exchange views on the latest trends of ICT development with local ICT professionals.

Time Programme
09:15 - 09:45 Opening

Officiating Guests:

Miss Joey Lam
Acting Government Chief Information Officer
Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Mr. Herman Lam

Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong Cyberport Company Limited

Ir Raymond Chan Kin Sek
President
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Ir Dr. NG Chak-man
Chairman, IT Division
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
09:45 - 10:45 Keynote Speech

Prof. Benjamin Wah
Provost
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Title of talk: Challenges of Big Data in Scientific Discovery

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10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:45 Platform, Technologies & Applications I

Mr. Michael Edge
Business Analytics Service Leader
IBM Global Business Services Group, IBM (HK)
Title of talk: Big Data – the Hype, the Technology, and Watson

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Mr. Frazer Lam
Head of Risk Management (IT)
Bank of China
Title of talk: Big Use of Data in Banking Industry

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Mrs. Agnes Mak
Executive Director
Hong Kong Productivity Council
Title of talk: Big Data Lever

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12:45 - 14:15 Buffet Lunch (included in registration)
14:15 - 15:45 Platform, Technologies & Applications II

Mr Damian Lee
Assistant Government Chief Information Officer (Strategy Development)
Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Title of Talk: Smart City Initiative Under the 2014 Digital 21 Strategy

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Prof. Qiang Yang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Director, Huawei Noah's Ark Lab

Title of talk: User Modeling and Big Data

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Mr. Alan Chan
National Technology Officer
Microsoft Hong Kong Limited
Title of talk: Big Data Analytics for Next Generation Digital Cities

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15:45 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:45 Panel Discussion on Emergent Issues

Moderators:

Prof. Helen Meng

Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Prof. Irwin King
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Panelists:

Dr. Cho-ming Cheng
Assistant Director
Forecasting and Warning Services Branch
Hong Kong Observatory

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Dr. Ngai-Tseung Cheung
Chief Information Officer & Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Hospital Authority;
Consultant (eHealth), Food & Health Bureau,
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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Dr. Shi Xing Yan
HP-ASTRI Lab

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Prof. Qiang Yang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
Director, Huawei Noah's Ark Lab



Registration

Participants are advised to register in advance (by April 15, 2014) to receive an early-bird discount. 

Early-bird Registration Regular Registration
Non-HKIE Member HK$1000 HK$1500
HKIE Member HK$800 HK$1300
Student HK$200 HK$400

Please complete and return the Registration Form with the appropriate payment in cheque before May 11, 2014 to:

Prof. Jimmy Lee
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T.

The cheque should be made payable to "The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - IT Division".


Enquiries

Mr. Eric Luk
The Chinese University of Hong Kong


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