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Spring 2021 HACKING KOWLOON EAST

FEB 17 - MAY 20, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS

01 Faculty and Program Team 03

02 Student Profile 06

03 Student Project Synopses 09

04 Reviewers 17 Hacking Kowloon East

05 Kowloon East Workshops 21 INTRODUCTION 06 Acknowledgement 25 Even before the pandemic, digital technology were changing patterns of social and economic life in cities. With the growth of e-commerce and other digital platforms, urban experiences are increasingly

Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon mediated through virtual platforms. ABOUT MIT HONG KONG INNOVATION NODE While lockdowns have led to a diminishing of urban social life, this crisis also presents an opportunity to re-imagine how citizens relate to each other. Can The MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node is committed technology play a positive role in bringing citizens to building a community of students, entrepreneurs, together and helping more urban dwellers access universities, and businesses consistent with the MIT social and economic opportunities? Planners and philosophy of Mens et Manus (Mind and Hand), for designers can help cities re-imagine what is possible the benefit of all. Its mission is to: in this “new normal”. • Enrich the educational experiences of MIT and MIT SA+P, in partnership with the MIT Hong Kong Hong Kong students working together; Innovation Node, is proud to offer a ‘virtual design • Provide the Hong Kong community with new course” bringing students from Hong Kong and MIT opportunities to study and practice methods of together to address some of the challenges cities are accelerated innovation; and facing now. Students are expected to participate in • Foster and champion innovation globally in a January charette, held virtually and synchronously academic, commercial, and social communities in between Hong Kong and Boston. Throughout the Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area. Spring, the course will meet weekly. Students will be organized into groups, each focused on developing a The MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node is conducting master plan for activating a particular part of Hong an equitable assessment of activities in the workforce Kong’s Kowloon East area, using both architectural and small business developments in Hong Kong’s as well as digital strategies. Kowloon East area (Kwun Tong District).

01 02 FACULTY AND PROGRAM TEAM

Brent D. Associate Professor of Urban Design and Planning Sing Yeung Director of Smart City Research and Industry Collaboration Head of City Design and Development Group MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Ryan Department of Urban Studies and Planning (Sunnie) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lau #SmartCity #InclusiveInnovationForCommunities #UrbanPlanning #UrbanMobility #SmartInfrastructure #Architecture #Sustainbility #InternationalDevelopment #Sustainability #TheoryOfUrbanism #UrbanDesign Hacking Kowloon East

Brent D. Ryan is Head of the City Design and Development Group and Sunnie believes that human-centric design promotes inclusive Associate Professor of Urban Design and Public Policy in MIT’s Department communities with innovative sustainable design strategies and urban of Urban Studies and Planning. His research focuses on the aesthetics and designers & architects play important roles within the built environment. policies of contemporary urban design, particularly with respect to pressing As an international associate member of AIA, UK Chartered Member issues like deindustrialization and climate change. Professor Ryan’s first and Hong Kong Registered Architect, she has been a regular design book Design After Decline: How America rebuilds shrinking cities, was one critic and instructor at architecture and urban design programmes at of Planetizen’s ten best urban planning books of 2012, and his second book various schools. Taking up the roles of both practitioner and educator, The Largest Art: A measured manifesto for plural urbanism, was published she has been promoting architecture by designing, exhibiting, writing as by MIT Press in 2017. outreach, and engaging communities. The endeavors included publicizing

Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon ongoing research topic on Kowloon East Inclusive Innovation & Growth, Professor Ryan has published research in the Journal of Urbanism, Journal urban research-oriented design seminar on “Urban Mobility and Smart of Urban Design, Journal of Planning History, Urban Design International, Infrastructure”, “Urban Resilience by Design - Adaptive Landscapes for Urban Morphology, and the Journal of the American Planning Association, PRD” , and facilitating dialogue between professionals, academia and which awarded his article “Reading Through A Plan” its best article of 2011. young members at various cross disciplinary platforms and institutions. She Professor Ryan has contributed chapters to The Companion to Urban was Co-Curator & Exhibitor of the Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale Design, The City After Abandonment, The Oxford Handbook of Urban Of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong) 2017, 2019, Venice Biennale (HK) Planning, and others. 2020-2021.

Professor Ryan conducts urban design research and practice around the Sunnie graduated with a B.A in Architecture from University of California, world, including China, Ukraine, Russia, Japan, and the United States. Berkeley; and later on, obtained her Master of Architecture, and Certificate Current research includes a study of sustainability in Siberian cities, funded in Urban Design from M.I.T. Her international experiences began with by the U.S. National Science Foundation and a study of principles for sea renowned architectural practices prior to postgraduate study at the level rise adaptation in the coastal United States. Professor Ryan has M.I.T.; she worked with Morphosis Architects L.A., MVRDV Rotterdam, consulted for the World Bank, Google, and the Armenian Tumo Foundation on international competitions, cultural projects and large-scale urban relating to cities, urban design, economic and demographic shifts. developments. Her academic research focuses on smart city – Inclusive innovation for communities, urban design and technology, urban mobility Prior to joining MIT, Professor Ryan taught at the Harvard Graduate School and smart infrastructure, architectural and urban typologies with an interest of Design and the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he was also Co- in creative and innovative sustainable design strategies (SDGs). Director of the City Design Center. Professor Ryan holds a B.S. in biology from Yale University, a M. Arch. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in urban design and planning from MIT.

03 04 Sol Andrew PhD Candidate Stokols Department of Urban Studies and Planning STUDENT Massachusetts Institute of Technology #UrbanPlanning #UrbanDesign #InnovationEconomy PROFILE

Mr. Andrew Stokols is an urban planner/designer and researcher. He is currently a Phd student at MIT in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. His research currently explores the relationship between the spatial aspects of the innovation economy, the relationship of urban design and innovation, and how cities can respond to the challenges of digital platforms that have profoundly reorganized urban life.

He graduated with a masters in urban planning at Harvard Graduate School of Design. His thesis explored the potential of urban network analysis to improve walkability and community in China’s super block neighborhoods. Andrew has also been involved in research projects investigating various facets of global urbanization, particularly in China and Asia. As part of Neil Brenner’s urban theory lab at Harvard GSD, Andrew investigated the confluence of the global logistics industry and China’s “One Belt One Road” program in furthering urbanization in central Asia and western China. Hacking Kowloon East

Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon Master of Science in Urban Planning, Second Year Chi Chiu Cheng University of Hong Kong (David)

Teaching Assistant (Field Work & Survey), MIT HK Innovation Node

David Cheng has various experiences in urban planning related researches. He was a former research assistant of the Department of Urban Planning and Design of the HKU, participating in the research project “Spatial Age Segregation and Ageism: A Social Psychological Analysis of Age-specific Housing”. In addition, the Community Planning Studio and Spatial Planning Studio has given him a lot of insight into the Kowloon District. The Baseline Report of the studio, which is about creating an age-friendly Kowloon City, was released to HK PolyU Design Institute for Social Innovation (DISI) for reference. Apart from a more macroscopic perspective, David is also interested in urban design. He has participated in some urban design competitions, such as the “HKIUD Greater Bay Area Urban Design Award”.

05 06 Ava Hoffman Master of City Planning, Second Year Kwan Queenie Master of Science in Art, Culture and Technology, First Year Massachusetts Institute of Technology Li Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ava is a second-year Master in City Planning student in the International Development Group and a research assistant with the MIT Displacement Kwan Q Li is a Hong Kong interdisciplinary artist. Her research-based Research & Action Network. Her interests relate to land and housing rights practice explores post-colonial intricacies and ideological alternatives — and organizing against evictions and displacement — in the context within the neoliberal context. Former exhibitions include performance of mega-projects. Prior to DUSP, she coordinated research at Catalytic / lectures at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; the AI & Society Journal Communities in Rio de Janeiro and was a collaborating researcher at the conference at the University of Cambridge; IdeasCity residency co-curated New Social Cartography of the Amazon Project in Manaus, Brazil. Ava by NTU CCA and the New Museum. Queenie holds degrees in BFA (Ruskin is originally from San Francisco and holds a BA in Comparative Urban School of Art, Oxon.) and BBA in Global Business Studies (CUHK). She is Development Studies from Princeton University. currently attending the Art, Culture & Technology graduate program at MIT on a teaching fellowship.

Master of Architecture, Third Year Tiange Wang Harvard University

Tiange Wang is a M.Arch I candidate at GSD. She moved to Boston for Yoonjae Oh graduate study after completing her undergrad in architecture at UC Master of Architecture, Second Year Berkeley. She has worked in Boston, San Francisco and Beijing. Her interest Massachusetts Institute of Technology

lies in the intersection between design and technology, data visualization Hacking Kowloon East and alternative forms of representation. Outside of her workspace she can most likely be found in the outdoors and the kitchen.

Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Yoonjae is pursuing a Master’s degree in architecture at MIT. Her interest relies on future living styles and user-centered architecture, specifically fostering knowledge in design- sensitive and sustainable residences in urban areas. As a student, she is Geunhee Lee Master of City Planning, Second Year most interested in exploring how architecture outfits lifestyle changes. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Before joining MIT, Yoonjae holds an undergraduate degree in Housing and Interior Design from Kyung Hee University. In her free time, she enjoys Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon taking virtual tours worldwide and drawing graphic resources. Geunhee Lee is a UX designer and design researcher, currently studying in the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Highly motivated to research the digital transformation of governance and public information; focuses research on the dynamics of intentions and actions underlying civic engagement that lead toward networked social movement.

Adolphus Lau Master of Science in Urban Planning University of Hong Kong

Joel Austin *External student, the team collaborator with Yoonjae Oh Master of Science in Architecture Studies(Design), First Year Cunningham Massachusetts Institute of Technology As a management consultant at Arcadis, a consultancy focusing on Smart City Development in Hong Kong, Adolphus is specialized in innovation Joel Austin is a architectural practitioner and researcher from the UK. His policy planning and technology-business integration. He is also actively independent projects explore experimental modes of practice that prioritize involved in advanced product development, with interests in new interfaces socio-technological agendas and have been selected for exhibition at to improve quality of life. He obtained a masters in urban planning from Manifesta Biennale and the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Joel holds a Master of Architecture from the Royal College of Art and has practiced the University of Hong Kong and a BA in Architecture from University of professionally in both Europe and Asia with the architecture office OMA. Toronto. He is currently a SMArchS research candidate at MIT.

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and stay afloat indynamic and stay waves. the community, butallows grow, itto change provides aninfrastructure that not onlyconnects sustainably. thisbridge For East, Kowloon in diverse formats: physically, sensorily, and ofhealthan understanding andaccessibility exemplify strives to this urbanintervention generalfrom visitorsto hospital residents, Hacking Kowloon East Kowloon Hacking 14 The concept of xyZ is an indoor way- finding app that uses an Augmented Reality (AR) character to guide users to facilitate interaction between small business owners and visitors of industrial buildings. xyZ incentivizes locals to discover hidden local small businesses located at industrial buildings and help businesses to gain awareness from the locals. Beyond strengthening the connection between locals and small businesses, xyZ also aims to provide a social, inclusive, and enjoyable experience to the locals with features such as store search, indoor navigation, real-time store news center, and chat service. With xyZ, city dwellers will be the co-creators of Kwun Tong’s evolution and be part of the journey of preserving its urban heritage, the shopkeeper’s neighborhood. Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon 04 xyZ Yoonjae Oh , Adolphus Lau* *External student, team collaborator

wun tong is known to be one of Hong Kong’s we empower Kwun Tong’s local businesses more Kpoorest districts. Kwun Tong is also known as sustainably and innovatively to create an inclusive one of the coolest neighborhoods, and it is part society? of many generations’ precious collective memory. However, due to the reinvention of this area and While urban redevelopment may be inevitable to the ongoing redevelopment plan in Kowloon improve the city’s image and deal with the safety East, industrial buildings have become objects problems caused by old buildings, the xyZ team of investment, and the theoretical threat by the thinks Hong Kong’s heritage is the shopkeepers’ government to dispossess owners in case of land livelihood, and it must be preserved in Kwun Tong use violations has gained. Today, locals fear a redevelopment. Thus xyZ aims for two goals: possible eviction and a complete erasure of their local history and existent culture as new high-rise 1. enhance spatial orientation in vertical indoor buildings replace the land. environments 2. preserve the urban heritage of Kwun Tong With this background, the idea of xyZ emerged District starting from asking the question: How might

15 16 17 Hacking Kowloon East Final Review, May 20, 2021 REVIEWERS US, EstoniaandSingapore. Indonesia, rapidly developing urban environments, most recently including those in and developers onurbandesigns, developed plans inboth and policies governments, internationalof city organizations, and planning practices Cities” withTianjin University Press. Andres withanumber has collaborated Analysis:Toolsand “UrbanNetwork for Walking Modeling andBikingin “Street Commerce:Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks” withPenn Press development along entitled He networks. hasrecentlypublished abook landuseandtransportation studycoordinated streetsalong andto city by researchers flows pedestrian around andpractitioners model theworldto used Andres Analysisanalytics. istheauthor oftheUrbanNetwork toolbox, Andres Sevtsuk’s andspatial mobility design, active workbridgescity Cheung Amy Associate ProfessorAssociate ScienceandPlanning, ofUrban Shui Kiu/HaTsuen andYuen LongSouth. for development areas new suchasKwu Tung North/Fanling North, Hung Strategy Transcending 2030”, aswellplanning studies andengineering studies, including“Hong Kong 2030+: Towards aPlanning Vision and Ms. Cheung’s coversstrategicplanning andmajor experience inthepublic sector.and hasalongworking experience ofHongcore Kong.planner businessdistrict byprofession Sheisatown withtheKaiTaktogether avibrant second Developmentinto andattractive transformation of theold industrial areas at Bay Kowloon andKwun Tong EKEOthe Hong isresponsible the Kong SAR for facilitating Government. (EKEO), setupundertheDevelopmentBureau amultidisciplinary office of Ms. Amy Cheung is currently HeadoftheEnergizing East Kowloon Office Development Bureau (EKEO), HKSAR Government Head oftheEnergizing Kowloon Eastofthe Office City Form DUSP,City Lab, MIT Sevtsuk Andres Kwok Cheung interdisciplinary design andresearch inBoston. based practice Ms.boats. Rong isthefounder ofCIVIS DesignandAdvisory LLC, an a travel museumsinAmsterdam usingautonomous optimization to model researcher at Lab, the MIT Senseable City where she the development of led she the“Value leads ofDesign” research pillar. Previously, Ms. Rong was a as aResearch at theMITReal Innovation Associate Lab, Estate where ofArchitectureMIT andBachelor from Cornell University. Ms. Rong works inUrbanismdegree from ofScience Shereceived herMaster engagement. at Columbia University, andcivic applications city ondigital focusing andurbanresearch.of design, technology Sheiscurrently aPhD student Ms. Helena H.Rong isanurbanistanddesignerworking at theintersection Constance Constance Bodurow King Founder andAdvisory ofCIVISDesign LLC design. conservation andurban onissuesrelatedUrban Design, to giving advices &Conversation on Heritage andPlanning ofArchitects Kong & Institute Hong Kong Architecture Centre inHong Member andwas Committee In private capacity, Mr. KINGisalso ofBoard amember ofDirectors in developmentofHong Kong.long term economic EastKowloon from the anold industrialsupport areaCBDto anew into Bureau in Jan2021, challengetransform Mr takes onthenew King to HeadofEnergizing ofDeputy ofDevelopment Eastpost Kowloon Office the developments.Assumed space conservationworks andopen heritage range ofpublic works projects, like institutional buildings, cultural facilities, withawide in 1995. closelyassociated thenhiscareer hasbeen Since Mr. Kwok Cheung theGovernment KINGjoined ofHKSAR asanArchitect Development Bureau, HKSAR Government HeadofEnergizingDeputy Kowloon East (EKEO) Office generationnext ofurbanists. the other and empowering funders. onmentoring Her isfocused service design awards PI for grants from and been US of Energy Department and hybridized infrastructure Ms. networks. Bodurow has received numerous andequitable energy thebuilding;generative beyond usesfor vacancy; and Planning. Her award-winning designandresearch onnetzero focus holding master’sexperience, degrees from ofArchitecture theMITSchool urbanist with25+ years ofprofessional and17 years practice ofteaching transdisciplinary designcollaborative MIUSA. inDetroit, Sheisan based Bodurow is Founder of studio[Ci] LLC, andDirector Ms. Constance a Founder LLC ofstudio[Ci] andDirector MIT SMArchS, MCP‘91 MIT SMArchS ‘19 Urbanism Helena H.

Rong Hacking Kowloon East Kowloon Hacking 18 Mengqi (Moon) Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS) Sherman S.L. Chief Architect/Development and Standards He in Architecture and Urbanism ‘20 Yip Hong Kong Housing Authority

Ms. Mengqi (Moon) He is an architectural and urban designer. She received Dr. Sherman S.L. Yip is an architect by profession, a Fellow of the HKIA and her Master of Science from MIT and Bachelor of Architecture from the past Chairman of its Continuous Professional Development Committee. University of Southern California. During her time at MIT, she has gained His research interests lie in the knowhow of professionals’ tacit knowledge interdisciplinary experience from projects on architectural and urban and its related Community of Practice. Sherman also has over 25 years design, resilience, smart city, and multimodal transportation systems. Her of experience in architectural design, project management and contract graduate thesis investigated the impact of river restoration on urban space administration in the private and public sector. He is also member of and culture and proposed an participatory design method with transmedia Technical Committee on Design Manual: Barrier Free Access under storytelling. Previously, She has worked at the MIT Senseable City Lab, Buildings Department, ex-officio member of the Technical Committee on junya.ishigami+associates, and Preliminary Research Office. She was one Design and Construction Requirements for Energy Efficiency of Buildings of the initiators and the teaching assistant of the Hacking Chengdu course under Buildings Department, member of CIC Committee on Environment, in 2019. advisor to HKGBC Green Labelling Committee, member of Liaison Group meetings on Noise Mitigation under Environmental Protection Department and member of Working Group for promotion of Universal Design under Hong Kong Joint Council for People with Disabilities.

HKU PhD ‘14 & M.Sc. in Conservation ‘05 Rosman C.C. Wai Hacking Kowloon East Dr. Rosman C.C. Wai is a lecturer in the Architectural Conservation Executive Director, MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab Zhengzhen Programme, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. She Director, China Future City Program, Lecturer, MIT is a registered architect and has worked in the Hong Kong Housing Tan Department for many years. She was the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects during 2015-16. She has published many articles on public housing, and has been interviewed by various newspapers, television and radio stations as well as given talks and lectures in many local and Zhengzhen’s research and teaching expertise is focused on the transitioning international conferences and universities. Her book, “Design DNA OF urbanization, digital innovation and entrepreneurship, digital transformation Mark I – Hong Kong’s Public Housing Prototype” has won the 10 Best in real estate sector. She is the editor of “Towards Urban Vibrancy: Patterns Architectural Book of the year by the DAM (Deutsches Architekturmusem) and Practices of Asia’s New Cities” (MIT SA+P Press, 2020), and the author of the digital cities chapter in this book. She is also the director of MIT-

Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon Book Award 2020. Tsinghua Future City Innovation, which is MIT’s first entrepreneurship education program with a focus on the urban tech sector. She is now teaching two MIT courses in School of Architecture and Planning, and the Sloan School. Before joining MIT, Zhengzhen was an urban planner and urban designer with extensive practice in both public and private Sean Kwok MIT B.Sc. in Architecture and Design ‘97 & MArch ‘01 Senior Architect / Director of Design sector around in Shanghai, Singapore, London and Vancouver. She got her bachelor degree from Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University , at Arthur C.S. Kwok Architects & Associates, Ltd. Shanghai and her master degree from Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore.

Since graduating from MIT, Mr. Sean Kwok honed his craft practicing as an architect in the U.S., Hong Kong, and China. He has designed in a wide range of scales- from building components to urban developments, as well as different types, such as art installations, building interiors, luxury houses, schools, hotels, and a convention center.

As an architect, Mr. Kwok is trained to analyze problems logically, technically, critically, culturally, and creatively; to think in 5 dimensions - x, y, z, time and cost; to effectively communicates ideas verbally, literally, graphically and physically; and eventually discover innovative solutions to highly complex problems that are elegant, efficient, functional, user-centric and beautiful. He believes that Architecture’s holistic non-linear design approach can have great relevance and broad application in other disciplines in today’s complex world.

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Kowloon East Inclusive Innovation & Growth, Phase II Smart City Initiative, MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node

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IT HK Innovatiion Node is committed to and gather opinions from our first cohorts of Mlooking for opportunities and spaces for participants of the target communities. Our local development. Reflecting on the social target communities include: Migrant Stay-home impact of digital technology development, we Women (25-54 years old), Disadvantaged Youth focus on human-centric technology use and (15-24+ years old), and Small and Medium-sized explore innovative approaches to promote social Enterprises (SMEs) in Education Technology. In equality and community participation. Currently, 2020-2021, we plan to implement a number of we are actively preparing for a practical Phase design workshops to bring together the MIT 2 Pilot Programme (Workshop) of Kowloon team and local partners in Hong Kong, and East Inclusive Innovation & Growth Project, use professional knowledge and creativity to and working with local collaborators to realize develop the strategies for better allocation of the various possibilities of the project. Through multiple resources in Kowloon East. the three pilot programs (workshops), we aim Group discussions among art-tech startups, local artists, and domain experts, to identify and connect with local partners, “Future of Art-Tech in Kowloon East” workshop, Feb 25, 2021 © MIT HK INNOVATION NODE

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23 24 25 Hacking Kowloon East ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Faculty &Teaching Team Workshop 2021, Jan4-16, 2021 ©MIT HKINNOVATION NODE leftare highlights ofHacking onthe the East Kowloon IAPPhotos inUrbanPlanning, ofScience Master 2ndYear, HKU MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Teaching (Field Work Assistant &Suvey) Chi Chiu Cheng (David) ofUrbanStudiesandPlanning,Department MIT PhD Candidate AndrewSol Stokols Collaborations, MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Research City ofSmart andIndustryDirector Sunnie S.Y. Lau MIT Science, Computer ProfessorLeBel Engineering & ofElectrical Director,Faculty MITHong Kong Innovation Node Charles G.Sodini ofUrbanStudiesandPlanning,Department MIT Policy, DesignandDevelopmentGroup HeadofCity ProfessorAssociate ofUrbanDesignandPublic Brent D. Ryan Studies andPlanning, MIT Head,ofUrbanDepartment MIT Professor andUrbanPlanning ofMobility Christopher Zegras

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MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node Team Knowledge Contributors (Guest Speakers & Interviewees)

Charles G. Sodini Bruce Au Libo Li Faculty Director Senior Charities Project Manager, The CTO, KatalystDI Hong Kong Jockey Club ex-WeWork Senior Data Solutions Charleston Sin Architect Executive Director Y.C. Chan Head of Spatial Data Office (Designate), K.K. Ling Marina Chan Development Bureau, HKSAR Government Director, Jockey Club Design Institute for Director of Education Social Innovation Grace Chau Sunnie S.Y. Lau Project Manager, Oysters Save Our Calvin Luk Director of Smart City Research and Seas (Oyster SOS), Hong Kong Marine Chairman, Association for Universal Hacking Kowloon East Industry Collaboration Ecological Association Accessibility Hong Kong

Theodora Karamanlis Catherine D’Ignazio Vivian W.Q. Lou Programme Coordinator Assistant Professor of Urban Science & Director, Sau Po Centre on Aging Planning; Director, Data+Feminism Lab, Angel Lai DUSP, MIT Tanvi Maheshari Senior Manager - Industry Liaison Associate Director, Future Cities Global Rita Kan programme (Singapore), ETH Alice Lo Project Manager, Little Life Warrior Hacking Kowloon East Hacking Kowloon Operations Manager Society Andres Sevtsuk Associate Professor of Urban Science and Janice Lam Dorothy Lam PlanningDirector, City Form Lab, DUSP, Programme Manager Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst, Dream MIT Impact Dining Liu Ken So Project Coordinator Yanki Lee Chief Executive, The Conservancy Design Activist, Researcher, and Co- Association Samuel Chan founder, Enable Foundation Technology Associate Devisari Tunas Helen Leung Co-​Investigator of Agropolitan Territories Senior Architect, Hong Kong Housing of Monsoon Asias, Future Cities Global Authority programme (Singapore), ETH

Kenneth M.Y. Leung Vincent Wong Chair Professor of Environmental Senior Town Planner, Information Toxicology and Chemistry, Department Systems and Land Supply Section, of Chemistry; Director of State Key Plannig Department, HKSAR Government Laboratory of Marine Pollution, CUHK

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