24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies

The 24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) was successfully held from 14th to 16th December 2019 at the Mira Hong Kong. The conference was jointly organized by the HKSTS and Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE) of the City University Hong Kong. The HKSTS conference was co-chaired by Dr. Andy CHOW and Prof. S.M. LO from the ACE department. The conference was sponsored by Croucher Foundation, Autotoll Limited, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd, PTV Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd, and Volvo Bus Hong Kong Ltd. Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong, and The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - Logistics and Transportation Division (HKIE) were the non-financial sponsors of the conference.

The conference was honored to have Prof. Richard YUEN (Head of ACE, CityU) and Prof. S.C. WONG (President of HKSTS, HKU) to deliver the welcome speeches.

This year, we are very honoured to have The Honourable Mr. Frank Fan Chan, JP, Secretary for Transport and Housing of the Hong Kong SAR Government, delivered a Keynote Address on "Smart City Roadmap for Hong Kong".

With the theme of "Transport and Smart Cities", the conference has drawn around 250 submissions from researchers all over the world. More than 120 papers have been accepted for presentation at this conference and they cover the full spectrum of topics related to the theme. We are also glad that Professors Yu-Chiun Chiou, Raymond Kwan, Ludovic Leclercq, Wei H. Lin, and Kaan Ozbay kindly accepted our invitation to be our plenary speakers at the conference. In addition to the keynote and plenary speakers, we have around 200 participants from academia, industry and government coming from almost 30 countries and regions. The conference served as an effective platform for exchanging views and knowledge on smart cities and smart mobility development.