List of Coming Activities

Registration:

For IEE member, please go to IEE (HK) web site

For Non-IEE member, please go to Career Times web site

Registration:

For IEE member, please go to IEE (HK) web site

For Non-IEE member, please go to Career Times web site

List of Past Activities

Technical Seminar on Animatronics and Show Control:

Technology and Applications

Organizers:          

Department of Multimedia and Internet Technology, IVE (Tsing Yi)

Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section Committee, The IEE Hong Kong

Supporting Organizations:     

Date:               23^th April 2005 (Saturday)

Time:               9:30am – 12:30pm

Venue:             A109, Lecture Theatre, IVE(Tsing Yi), 20 Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi Island, N.T.

Session 1:       Animatronics and Show Control

Speaker:          Mr. Eric Chan, Project Director, Artech Design and Productions Co. Ltd.

Session 2:       Lighting, Audio and Video Control

Speaker:          Mr Lo Wai Sing, Assistant Vice President, PCCW_HKT Technical Services Limited

Program Highlights

Hong Kong Disneyland is a place where the fantasies of yesterday and tomorrow come to life. Animatronics is one of the enabling technologies that make the magical kingdom of dreams come true. It brings lives to the robotic animals in the theme park and enables the magic power of them e.g. elephants that lumber and elephants that fly, snakes that talk and bears that sing.

Show control is a computer system, especially in the entertainment industry, that combines disparate hardware and software-controlled lighting, sound, and visual effects into a single, synchronized system. Show control is used for theatre productions, concerts, multimedia presentations, outdoor spectacles, and similar events.

In order to promote and introduce these enabling technologies and let Hong Kong professionals abreast of this update knowledge in animatronics and show control, a half day seminar on “Animatronics and Show Control” is organized. Renowned speakers from industry will be invited to share their experience behind the scene. In this seminar, you will experience magic of animatronic show and learn some gimmicks that bring the kingdom of dreams come true in advance of the official opening of the Hong Kong Disneyland.

Registration and Enquires

1.                  For IEE Members, please fill in The IEE Hong Kong Standard Reply Form from http://www.iee.org.hk/VH/IEE/form.html

2.                  For Non IEE Members, please download the Reply Form.

3.                  For details, please contact Mr. Eric Liu by email at slliu@vtc.edu.hk

City University of Hong Kong Technology Transfer Forum

香港城市大學技術轉移論壇

“Advances in Proactive and Intelligent Maintenance Techniques”

機械及屋宇維修的先進科技

為了將最新的科技推廣至香港各行業，香港生產力促進局CPEA業務發展中心聯合香港城市大學技術轉移處舉辦 “香港城市大學技術轉移論壇” ，向工業行業介紹香港城市大學的科技發展。

In order to promote latest technology to Hong Kong enterprises, Hong Kong Productivity Council – CEPA Business Development Centre liaise with City University of Hong Kong – Technology Transfer Centre organize “City University of Hong Kong Technology Transfer Forum” disseminating mature technology of City University of Hong Kong to Industry.

Click here to download details of the forum and registration form.

Biometrics Workshop

Date:             3 December 2004

Time:                         10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Venue:          A106, Biometrics Technology Centre Hong Kong Institute of

                        Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)

Workshop Poster

Workshop Leaflet

Registration and Enquires:

Registration is necessary, please fill in the reply form (right click to download) and return it to

Mr. MK Lam by email mklam@vtc.edu.hk. For additional information or enquiry please contact Miss Phoebe Lee at 25919932 or kindly visit our website http://mse.iee.org.hk

Title:            Bringing Biometrics into Everyday Use

Date:                4 December 2004

Time:               10:00 am – 12:00 noon

Venue:             B115, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)

Speaker:       Mr. Lawrence Ying, Director, Regal Cyber Limited

Supported By :-

(1)        Department of Multimedia and Internet Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi),

(2)        The University of Warwick and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Manufacturing Alumni Association,

(3)        Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Alumni Association of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and

(4)        Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK)

Programme Highlights:

Due to current events in today’s society, there is an increasing emphasis on security. Biometrics technologies are implemented in many everyday life situations to enhance security.  Unconsciously, it was penetrated into everyday use. The following aspects will be covered in this seminar.

a)      Overview of biometrics technologies;

b)      Applications of biometrics into everyday use, such as building, office and home management;

c)      Descriptions and demonstrations of centralized building monitoring system, physical access control system, computer access control system and door access control;

d)      Forecast of trends in biometrics applications;

e)      This seminar will present the applications plus video presentation and experience sharing on successful cases.

Registration and Enquires:

Registration is necessary, please fill in the reply form (right click to download) and return it to

Mr. MK Lam by email mklam@vtc.edu.hk. For additional information or enquiry please contact Miss Phoebe Lee at 25919932 or kindly visit our website http://mse.iee.org.hk

Title: Nano Technology in Automobile and Consumer Products

(With Cases Presentation)

Date:    4 December 2004

Time:   2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Venue: B115, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)

Speakers:

(1)    Prof. Chan Chi-Ming, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

(2)        Mr. Bill Keung, Management Director, Nano Composite Materials Technology Ltd (NCMT)

Supported By:

(1)        Department of Multimedia and Internet Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi),

(2)        The University of Warwick and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Manufacturing Alumni Association,

(3)        Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Alumni Association of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and

(4)        Institute of Industrial Engineers (HK).

Programme Highlights:

With its improved the strength, toughness, stiffness, light weight and heat resistance, Nano composite plastic was become a new kind of solution replacing conventional materials in automobile and other fields of plastic applications. It is the preferred choice for organizations to replace expensive materials in cost reduction programs. The following aspects will be covered in this seminar:-

f)       Overview of Nano Composite Materials;

g)      Advantages of using Nano composite Materials;

h)      Possibility of using Nano composite Materials in the Automobile industry;

i)        Applications of Nano composite Materials in toys, electrical appliances and household products;

j)        Applications and experience sharing on successful cases.

Registration and Enquires:

Registration is necessary, please fill in the reply form (right click to download) and return it to Mr. MK Lam by email mklam@vtc.edu.hk. For additional information or enquiry please contact Miss Sharon Cheuk at 23418193 or kindly visit our website http://mse.iee.org.hk

Technical Seminar for Manufacturing Enterprise PN

Organized by Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Section Committee (MIESC)

(Supported by The University of Warwick and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Manufacturing Alumni Association, and Institute of Industrial Engineers (Hong Kong)) 

Title:     A New Technology to Change Your Business – RFID (with Cases Presentation)

Date:    27 November 2004 (SAT)

Time:    10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Venue:  AG710, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom. (click here to download the map)

Speaker: Mr. Jonson Yue, HP, Solutions and Industry Marketing, Customer Solutions Group

Program Highlights

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is used within tags which has been attached or embedded within an item to enable asset identification and tracking throughout an enterprise. With RFID, the electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the RF portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is used to transmit signals between a RFID transceiver and RFID tag.

RFID is a technology that enables track & trace. Using track & trace information from various applications will result in reduced inventory levels, better replenishment models, limited shrinkage, improved safety and security and many more. 

This seminar will present the standard, application plus video presentation and experience sharing on successful cases.

Registration and Enquires

Registration is necessary. Please fill in the standard reply form and return it to Jason Lau by email fractals@graduate.hku.hk . For additional information or enquiry please kindly visit our website http://mse.iee.org.hk

AVS - The New Audio and Video Coding Standard in China:

Its technology and business opportunity

Report on the seminar

Organised by:  Specialised Section in Manufacturing and Systems Engineering

Venue:       Grand Ball Room, Royal Plaza Hotel, 193, Prince    Edward Road W., Kln, HK

Date & Time:  5^th June, 2004 (Saturday)   9:30am – 1:30pm

Presented by:

Prof. K.N. Ngan, PhD., FIEE, CEng, FIEEE, FIEAust, CPEng

Prof. Wai-kuen Cham, PhD., MIEE, CEng, SrMIEEE, MHKIE

Prof. Lu Yu, Ph.D

Supported by:

The Department of Electronic Engineering, CUHK

The United College, CUHK

The EE Alumni Association, CUHK

Program of the day 

9:00 am            Registration

9:30 am            Opening Ceremony

                        Introduction:  Mr. Dave Wong, Chairman, The IEE Hong Kong

                        Opening speech by Guest of Honour:

                        Prof. W.S. Wong,

                        Science Adviser, Innovation and Technology Commission, HKSAR

9:50 am            Presentation I:

        A Review on Video Coding Standards

        Prof. K.N. Ngan, Chair Professor, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

10:30 am           Presentation II:

        Integer Cosine transform and its application in video Coding

        Prof. W.K. Cham, Professor, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

11:10 am           Tea Break 

11:30 am           Presentation III:

                        The coming new standard in Video Coding of Audio-Video System                                                

                        Prof. Lu Yu, Professor, Zhejiang University, PRC

12:10 pm           Panel Discussion

1:00 pm            Closing Ceremony

                        Closing address by Mr. Eric Liu, Chairman, SSMS, The IEE Hong Kong

Message for the Seminar

China is the major audio-visual (AV) system production base and the largest market of such products in the world.  Being fully aware of the advantages in product development if one is involved in standards development and the financial implication of royalty payment if one is not, China is now developing its own audio-visual standards, called AVS.  It is envisaged that AVS will be the dominant standards used in China for services such as digital TV, DVD and MMS.

 In the seminar, existing major standards in video coding such as H.261, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264 and the AVS will be introduced.  New development and the trend of video coding techniques will be discussed to clarify the business opportunities world-wide in the industry.    In particular, a new coding technique (developed by a professor in Hong Kong) will be briefly clarified on how it can be used in nearly all video coding standards, especially in the two most recent standards H.264 and AVS.

The seminar will also provide some insights on how AVS will become the new standard in the industry, a development to be led by the Chinese.   Hong Kong engineers and entrepreneurs can take the advantage of CEPA to develop new business by collaboration with the mainland counterparts in application of this new AV standard in the related Hong Kong industry.

Biography of speakers: 

Prof. K.N. Ngan, FIEE, FIEEE, CEng, FIEAust, CPEng, received his B.Sc (Hons) and Ph. D. degrees both in Electrical Engineering from Loughborough University, U.K., in 1978 and 1982, respectively.  He joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Professor of Electronic Engineering in 2004.  Previously he was a Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Western Australia.

Prof. Wai-kuen Cham, MIEE, SrMIEEE, MHKIE, CEng, graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1979 in Electronics. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Loughborough University of Technology, U.K., in 1980 and 1983 respectively. He is the inventor of Integer Cosine Transform which has been used in the NASA Galileo space mission and recent video coding standards such as H.264 and AVS. He has been with the Department of Electronic Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1985. 

Prof. Lu Yu, received her B.Eng. and Ph.D degree in Communication and Electronic System from Zhejiang University, PRC, in 1991 and 1996 respectively. She is a professor of Department of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University. She is also the co-chair of Video Experts Group & Implementation Experts Group of the Audio Video coding Standard (AVS) of China.

Registration & Enquiry: The Seminar is free of charge but prior registration is required. Acceptance will be

made on a “first come first serve” basis as seats are limited. Please use ‘Standard Reply Form’ to register and

reply to IEE Hong Kong. Successful application will be confirmed by e-mail. For enquiries please contact Mr. K

S Yeung (yeungks@netvigator.com)

Symposium on Supply Chain Management in Service Industry

Organized by the Department of Business Administration

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Sha Tin) at Room 030 & 029

21 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong on

Saturday 24 April 2004, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Co-organized by:

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply – Hong Kong Branch (HKCIPS)

The Institute for Supply Management – Hong Kong (ISMHK)

The Institute of Purchasing & Supply of Hong Kong (IPSHK)

Exhibition

Strategic Development in Purchasing & Supply Chain Management

Date: 24 April – 7 May 2004             Venue: Outside Room 030, IVE (Sha Tin)

Application Form: download here.

Speaker: Professor Simpson Poon

BSc., GDipBusSys., MBus(IT)., PhD., MACS., FAMS., JP(NSW, Australia)

 Professor Simpson Poon is currently the Head, Department of Business Administration, at the Institute of Vocational Education (Sha Tin) in Hong Kong. Prior to this he was Professor, Chair of Information Systems, the discipline leader of Information Systems and Sub-Dean (IT) in 2002 at Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia.  As Sub-Dean (IT), he managed academic issues of three IT Schools with over 60 academic staff. From 1998 – 2001, Professor Poon was the Founding Director of the Centre of E-Commerce and Internet Studies and Associate Professor (Reader) of E-Commerce at Murdoch University where he had responsibility for more than 15 senior researchers including professors and doctoral students. During 2000 - 2002, he was a visiting associate professor at the University of Hong Kong.  He was a consulting adviser to Toysolution.com, a Hong Kong-based B2B ASP provider for the toy industry and the Chairman of the Academic Judge Committee of the IT Accountant Association (HK) during 2001 - 2003.  He is the honorary advisor of the Australian National Institute of Accountants (HK Chapter).  He was a committee member of the Australian Council for Professors and Head of Information Systems during 2001 – 2003. Professor Poon is a Justice of the Peace in and for the State of New South Wales, Australia.

Professor Poon has more than 12 years of management, consulting and research experience in Business and Management.  He was one of the first to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in E-Commerce in Australia.  He has worked in consultancies with companies such as Arthur Andersen, Ericsson, the Commonwealth Government of Australia, the State Government of Western Australia, Singapore Pools and many organisations in Australia, Singapore, the UK and Hong Kong.  His contributions to E-Commerce research were featured by national newspapers in Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Professor Poon’s work, altogether more than 80 articles, book chapters, columns and commentaries, had appeared in international academic and professional journals.  He has been awarded a research excellence award and nominated for an outstanding service award by two universities he worked in.  In addition, he has been a speaker in many international conferences in Business & IT which were held in Europe, the UK, the US, Asia and Australia.

Professor Poon has also been a visitor to many international institutions such as: Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Hawaii, University of Miami, California State University-LA, London School of Economics, UMIST, University of Birmingham, Durham University, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Strathclyde (Scotland), Austrian University of Business (Austria), National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the University of Hong Kong.

 Speaker: Mr. David Kuk

Mr. David Kuk (谷大偉) has served as the Logistics Director of Sims Trading Co. Ltd, a wholesaling, marketing, distribution and Third Party Logistics specialist for food and beverage, household and medical products operating in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China since Feb 1997 until now.

Currently, Mr. Kuk is also the General Manager of Sims/Dah Cheong Hong Logistics Company in China.  He is responsible for the setting up of Logistics Hub in Xinhui and developing strategic plan for Third Party Logistics in China. 

Mr. Kuk was the Warehousing and Distribution Manager for Wellcome supermarket Chains in 1978 to 1994.  In Mid 1994, he was transferred to Australia as the Logistics Manager of Franklins Supermarket Chains.

Mr. Kuk graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Canada focusing in Geography and Economics. He brings with him over 25 years of experience in Logistics business.

Speaker: Mr. Geoffrey Shim

Mr. Geoffrey Shim is Assistant General Manager Engineering (Commercial) in Dragonair. Amongst his many duties, he is in charge of setting up a supplier intelligence database, and application of strategic purchasing processes in aircraft and powerplant maintenance/acquisitions.  He previously worked in various technical and management capacities in Cathay Pacific Airways.

Mr. Shim holds an honours degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia.  He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

 Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Wong

Mr. Jeffrey Wong, married with one kid, is a seasoned practitioner in China with over 13 years of experience.

After graduation at Lingnan College of Hong Kong in 1981, Mr. Wong joined KMPG Peat Marwick in Hong Kong (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.) and started off as an auditing staff. Starting from the mid-Eighties, he switched over to the Finance & Accounting field and served the Inchcape Group’s Head Office and Automotive Sector. In the early nineties, Mr. Wong began to engage in China business under the High-Tec and Buying Office business sector in several Fortune 500 companies.

In June 1997, Mr. Wong joined Wal-Mart China as the Financial Controller. He then migrated to the Development Department about three years later. Procurement management is one of the challenges to Mr. Wong under his new role of Director of Procurement and Special Projects.

The Development Department is responsible for opening of new stores in China. In the past four years, Mr. Wong participated in the opening of 27 stores in 16 different cities in China. As at March 31, 2004, there are in total 35 Supercenter and Sam’s Club throughout the whole China by Wal-Mart.

Mr. Wong gained a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University, USA [1990], a Master of Arts in Information Systems from City University, Hong Kong [1993], and a Master of Accounting from Curtin University, Australia [1999]. He is now a candidate for Master of Science (Logistics] from University of Wollongong, Australia.

He is also an associate member [ASA] of Australian Society of CPA, and Professional Manager of Canadian Institute of Management.

Professional Development Day (PDD2004)

20 March 2004, Saturday, 2:30pm - 6:00 pm

Cheung On Tak Theatre (TU201)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon

 Program (to be conducted in Cantonese with English terminologies)

 * Membership Presentation of The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

- by Manufacturing & Industrial Division

* Membership Presentation of The IEE Hong Kong

- by Specialized Section in Manufacturing & Systems Engineering

* Professional Seminar for Engineering by The IGDS Alumni

    - Legal Aspect on Arbitration