The 8th Guangdong Hong Kong Macau Sustainable Development Conference will be hosted by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE), with Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology and the Macau Institution of Engineers as joint organisers. The conference is jointly organised by the Environmental and Civil Divisions of HKIE. Since its inception in 2002, the Conference has become one of the most important cooperation platforms and a channel for sharing views and experiences among professionals, academics, policy makers and other stakeholders in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

The main theme of the Conference is “Opportunities and Challenges of Sustainable Development in the Pearl River Delta Bay Area under the Belt and Road Initiative”, The Belt and Road Initiative is an important strategy for China’s external and internal development. The Pearl River Delta Bay Area (PRD Bay Area) has become a major focus of future development and growth. The conference would cover five key development concepts: innovative development, coordinated development, open development, green development and shared development. The three objectives of development are economic vibrancy, environmental sustainability and social harmony. The conference would promote discussion on the future development trends and thinking in the PRD Bay Area under the Belt and Road Initiatives and the overall sustainable development master planning and challenges. It would also facilitate dialogue on the opportunities and challenges of sustainable development in various cities in PRD Bay Area. The conference also serves to promote cooperation and synergy on sustainable economy, transport, information and smart cities; environment and green development (air, water resources, green buildings); energy and climate change; and social development and the trends towards international standardisation and management.”

 

Details of the Conference are as follows:

Date:       23 September 2016 (Friday) 

Time:      8:00am to 5:00pm

 Venue:    Grand Ballroom I-II, 1/F, Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East

Seminar website: http://gdhkmsdf8.hkdevx.net/

 

For enquiry, please contact Ms. Hui or Ms. Wong at +852 3159 2908 / +852 3159 2932 or hkieconference@creativegp.com