• Value Added Gateway and Global Supply Chain: Transforming North America Intermodal Transport

    Date: 25 JAN 2011 (TUE) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 211, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Prof. Claude Comtois Department of Geography Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation Claude Comtois is professor of geography at Montreal University, Canada. He has a degree in…

  • Road Safety of Inter-urban Highways in China

    Date: 08 OCT 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 211, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Inter-urban highways are main roads connecting cities and towns. The current national standard of China defines inter-urban highways under five classes, namely Expressways and Classes 1, 2, 3 and…

  • Challenges of the Supply Chain in High Technology Industry

    Date: 23 APR 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Starting from the change of the standardization with mass volume production to the mass customization with small and frequent volume demands in the dynamic high technology industry, the 7…

  • A Review of the Travel Characteristics Surveys Conducted in Hong Kong

    Date: 16 APR 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:After the completion of the first Comprehensive Transport Study in Hong Kong in 1976, the Hong Kong Government conducted three Travel Characteristics Surveys in 1981, 1992, and 2002. The…

  • Understanding the Inland Waterways Transport in the Pearl River Basin, China

    Date: 12 MAR 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:This presentation discusses the issues concerning the inland waterway transport (IWT) in the Guangxi and Guangdong in China, based on speaker’s research work in 2009 commissioned by the Planning…

  • Effective Management in Aviation Logistics

    Date: 26 FEB 2010 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Ms Maria Luk Assistant General Manager, (Aviation Logistics) Airport Authority Maria Luk is one of the first graduates of the Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning. She…

  • Geographic Information Systems and Transportation

    Date: 13 MAR 2009 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Studies in Geographic Information Systems and Transportation (GIS-T) can be grouped into three categories: GIS-T data representations, GIS-T analysis and modeling, and GIS-T applications. The talk will introduce the…

  • The Relationship between Runway and Air Space – A Case Study of HKIA

    Date: 27 FEB 2009 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room 222, Hui Oi Chow Science Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Mr Erico Chan Cathay Pacific Airways Erico Chan is currently in charge of the Flight Despatch Training unit at Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. He has over 35 year’s airline…