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Title: Innotech Forum on Geotechnology

Date: 26 March 2021 (Friday)

Format: Online Forum

Opening
09:00 – 09:15   Registration
09:15 – 09:25   Opening Address   Ir Lam Sai-hung, JP
Permanent Secretary for Development (Works)
Development Bureau
09:25 – 09:30   Photo Session  
Keynote Speech
09:30 - 10:00   Open Data for Smart City  Mr Owen Chong
Senior Business Development Manager
Amazon Web Services HK
Morning Session (Session Chairman: Ir Dr Johnny Cheuk)
10:00 - 10:20   HAL: Human +AI League  Mr San Wong
Founder
R2C2 Ltd
10:20 – 10:35   Break  
10:35 - 10:55   Deep Learning Powered Rainfall Prediction  Prof Lei Chen
Professor
Dept of Computer Science & Engineering, HKUST
10:55 - 11:15   Advanced Micromechanical Investigation of Sands Using X-ray Micro-CT, DEM Modeling and Machine Learning Methods   Dr Jeff Wang
Associate Professor
Dept of Architecture and Civil Engineering, CityU
11:15 - 11:45   Panel Discussion   Mr San Wong
Prof Lei Chen
Dr Jeff Wang
11:45 - 13:30   Lunch

Start of Afternoon Session
13:30 - 13:35   Photo Session  
Afternoon Session (1) (Session Chairman: Ir Dr Daman Lee)
13:35 - 13:55   Pneumatic Flow Mixing Method for Sustainable Land Reclamation   Prof Masaki Kitazume
Professor
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
13:55 - 14:15   Pulse Plasma Rock Fragmentation Technology  Mr Julian Wong
Director
Archie Mining Services Ltd
14:15 - 14:35   Advancement of BIM Technology in GEO  Ir Dr Raymond Koo
Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Geotechnical Engineering Office
14:35 - 14:55   Trenchless Technology Adopting Rectangular TBM for Tunnel and
Pedestrian Subway Construction  
Mr Willie Ang
Business Development Director
Shanghai Tunnel Engineering CO (Singapore) Pte Ltd
14:55 - 15:25   Panel Discussion   Mr Julian Wong 
Ir Dr Raymond Koo 
Mr Willie Ang
15:25 – 15:40   Break  
Afternoon Session (2)
Dissemination of Review Results of Benchmarking Exercise
on Digital Rock Mass Discontinuity Survey
15:40 - 16:00   Presentation by the Chairman of the Benchmarking Review Committee  Prof Dave Petley
Vice President
The Univeristy of Sheffield 
16:00 - 17:10   Presentations by Selected Participants of the Benchmarking Exercise  Participant Representatives 
17:10 - 17:40   Panel Discussion   Prof John Shi
Head of Department
Dept of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, PolyU

Dr Louis Wong
Associate Professor
Dept of Earth Sciences, HKU

Participant Representatives
Closing
17:40 - 17:45   Closing Remarks   Ir Dr Raymond Cheung, JP
Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Office
Civil Engineering and Development Department