Energy Symposium in Hong Kong: Sustainable Energy for the Future–How to Make the Best Choice?

 

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Date:         18 October 2013 (Friday)

 

Time:        2:00pm to 6:00pm

 

Venue:      Wong Cheung Lo Hui Yuet Hall, 5/F, Academic 3, CityU

 

Officiating guests:

·         The Hon Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment, HKSAR

Government

·         Professor Johnny Chan Chung-leung, Dean and Chair Professor of

School of Energy and Environment, CityU

 

Language: English (Simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese will be available)

 

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) will organise an energy symposium titled “Sustainable Energy for the Future–How to Make the Best Choice?” on 18 October. Experts are invited to share their knowledge and insights on different energy choices and their implications and shed light on how energy issues in Hong Kong may be addressed.

 

The speakers are:  

·         Ms Joan MacNaughton, Executive Chair, The World Energy Trilemma for the World Energy Council

·         Dr John Reilly, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Center for Environmental Policy Research, MIT Sloan School of Management

 

·         Mr Neville Henderson, Commissioner of the Australian Energy Market Commission and Chairman of the Reliability Panel in the Australian National Energy Market

·         Professor Way Kuo, President and University Distinguished Professor, CityU

 

Dr Christine Loh Kung-wai, Under Secretary for the Environment, HKSAR Government, will attend the symposium as one of the panelists for the discussion section.

 

Please refer to the appendix for the programme rundown.

 

Media enquiries: Christina Wu, Communications and Public Relations Office (Tel: 3442 6819 or 9841 2774)