• The Role of Transport in Transiting to Livable and Sustainable Cities in Europe and China

    Date: 09 MAY 2017 (WED) Time: 09:00-15:30 Venue: CPD 3.28, 3/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong Fee: Free Admission Registration & Enquiries: Prior registration is required. Mr. Ka Ho Tsoi | (E) jasonf1d@hku.hk.

  • Realising Innovations with Design Thinking: Examples from Transport and Beyond

    Date: 05 MAY 2017 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room LG.63, LG/F, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Speakers: Dr. Edmund Lee Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre Dr Edmund Lee is the Executive Director of Hong Kong Design Centre, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising Hong…

  • Franchised Bus Services: Challenges, Innovation and the Way Forward

    Date: 24 MAR 2017 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: KKLG101, LG/F, K.K. Leung Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Mr. Roger Lee Managing Director of The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited Managing Director of The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, has more than 30 years’ experience in transportation…

  • Recent Challenges Faced by the Freight Logistics Industry

    Date: 24 FEB 2017 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Room CPD-2.37, 2/F, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Speakers: Abstract:The Freight Logistics Industry in particular the air cargo sector has faced many new challenges recently brought about by E-commerce, the more stringent measures on cargo security and…

  • On Harnessing the New Data Landscape for Transportation-Related Behavioral Analysis

    On Harnessing the New Data Landscape for Transportation-Related Behavioral Analysis

    Date: 17 FEB 2017 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:This presentation will focus on a new data landscape in which a whole host of equipment can act as sensors — legacy roadway systems, smart phones and GPS systems, and smart…

  • Flows of Finance and the Flows of a City: How One Corporation Came to Control Australia’s East Coast

    Date: 18 NOV 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: CPD-2.14, 2/F, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong. Speakers: Abstract:Transurban is one of the world’s largest motorway corporations and the operator of the major tolled motorways in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The seminar examines the reasons for the…

  • Towards the Next Generation of Integrated Urban Models

    Towards the Next Generation of Integrated Urban Models

    Date: 09 DEC 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Kwan Fong Lecture Theatre, Room 223, 2/F Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong. Speaker: Abstract:Integrated models of urban transportation and land use have evolved from the pioneering models of the 1960’s and 1970’s to operational implementation in many urban regions worldwide.…

  • How Many Cars are Too Many?

    How Many Cars are Too Many?

    Date: 14 OCT 2016 (FRI) Time: 19:00-20:00 Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong Speaker: Abstract:Drawing on on-going work with A. Loder, the talk will sketch a model system able to give a first answer to this question. The work was inspired by the predicament of…