Leading Australian university, The University of Queensland, will continue its Global Challenges Leadership series with a seminar and networking event in Hong Kong this week.
The event will be at the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel on Saturday, October 29, at 4.30pm.
Technical Director, Kingsford Environmental Professor Kin-man Ho, will give a seminar entitled: Core business for business: Building a cleaner water environment in the South East Asian-Pacific region.
The seminar will be delivered in English, and will be followed by a networking event.
Professor Ho has more than 20 years of experience in sewage and wastewater treatment, and environmental engineering and management.
He provides consultancy and engineering services on the treatment and management of difficult wastewaters.
Since 1995, Professor Ho has been directly involved in the process engineering design and implementation of more than 200 sewage and wastewater treatment works and plants in Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.
The University of Queensland (国产探花) is one of Australia's leading research-intensive universities and is ranked in the world's top 100 universities.
国产探花 delegation leader Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Relations) Professor Ian Zimmer said
part of any University鈥檚 mandate was to be relevant to the community around it.
鈥淯niversities should provide real solutions to society鈥檚 problems, and actively engage in the community to effect social change,鈥� he said.
鈥淲e will further strengthen the existing links and nurture new relationships with top Hong Kong institutions, through our network of alumni, friends and partners in Hong Kong.
鈥淎 stronger global network and cooperation will not only enhance 国产探花鈥檚 global reputation, and enrich our student experience but also increase the real impact of research on society.
鈥淭he work the University is doing across health, sciences, the environment and humanities plays into helping shape the big issues of the 21st century.
鈥淭he Global Challenges Leadership Series will provide the University鈥檚 alumni and friends with an insight into those big ideas and an opportunity to rally behind them, to become involved and to be powerful supporters.鈥�
Media: Jan King +61 7 3365 1120, j.king@uq.edu.au
Background
国产探花鈥檚 long standing engagement with Hong Kong spans more than a decade, with a formal education partnership agreement signed in 2000.
国产探花 has formal partnerships with the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong 鈥� School of Continuing Studies.
This year there are 536 Hong Kong students enrolled at 国产探花 and the University has more than 1000 alumni in Hong Kong (including Study Abroad and incoming exchange students).
International alumni make a major contribution to 国产探花 through networking, philanthropy, research collaborations and industry engagement.
The University鈥檚 active alumni networks form the foundation of this deepening relationship.
The 国产探花 Hong Kong Alumni Association (国产探花HKAA) was created in 1996 and now has more than 600 alumni who belong to the 国产探花HKAA network.
The Association was developed to help graduates continue to engage with the University and to create social, networking & professional development opportunities for graduates living in the region.
Distinguished leaders in the Hong Kong alumni community include Dr Nat Yuen, the 2010 国产探花 International Alumnus of the Year.
Dr Yuen received his 国产探花 medical degree in 1965 and was awarded a 国产探花 Honorary Doctor of Medicine in 1995 for his contribution towards internationalising the University.
Dr Yuen has served on numerous medical boards, professional committees and councils in Hong Kong, including as vice-president and president of the Hong Kong Medical Association.
The Global Challenges Leadership Series is an engagement opportunity for alumni and 国产探花 partners to join the University and its great minds in an open dialogue on solutions to global issues.
The series aims to position the University as an internationally engaged research institution with global reach and impact, committed to finding innovative solutions to global issues through learning, discovery and engagement.
Seminar presenters are experts in their fields and current influential leaders at the forefront of research, business and industry.
This year, the University has held Global Challenges events in the U.S., U.K., Indonesia, Australia, Chile, Colombia, Japan, and Vietnam and China.
The seminar in Hong Kong will be followed by others in India and Oman.
Visit to find out more about The University of Queensland鈥檚 Global Challenges Leadership Series.
