Mr Alfred SIT joined the Government as Assistant Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 1984 and was promoted to Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2001, to Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in 2007, to Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in 2011. He was the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services and Electrical and Mechanical Services Trading Fund General Manager since October 2017. On 22 April 2020, he was appointed Secretary for Innovation and Technology.

Mr SIT is an electrical engineer by profession and has over 30 years’ experience in public administration. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. He was the President of the Hong Kong Institution of Facility Management and Chairman of the Biomedical Division of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers.

Mr SIT holds the Associateship in Electrical Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a master degree in Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also attended the Harvard Business School.

Dr Andrzej RYS is a medical doctor specialised in radiology and public health, graduated from Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. He established School of Public Health at the Jagiellonian University in 1991 and ran as Director until 1997. Thereafter, from 1997 -1999, he served as Director of the Krakow’s City Health Department. Between 1999 -2002, he continued his career as Deputy Minister of Health in Poland and member of the Polish accession negotiators team.

He established and ran as a director for the Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer at the Jagiellonian University in 2003. In 2006, he joined the European Commission as the Director for Public Health and Risk Assessment in DG Sanco in Luxembourg, and since 2011, Dr RYS is appointed as Director for Health Systems, Medical Products and Innovation in DG Santé in Brussels.

Prof Aleksandar SUBIC is the Deputy Vice Chancellor and Vice President at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University responsible for leading the STEM College and Digital Innovation in Australia and globally across aligned academic and research areas. As RMIT’s first Vice-President of Digital Innovation, he is responsible for leading value creation through innovation at RMIT in collaboration with industry and other stakeholders in this era of digital disruption and change.

Prof SUBIC is currently leading the national network of Industry 4.0 Testlabs and the committee for future of work, education and training under the auspices of Australian Industry Group (AiG). Concurrent with his academic appointments, he held notable appointments on Prime Minister's Industry 4.0 Taskforce among others. He has been responsible for leading a number of national and international strategic initiatives and programs in partnership with industry, global enterprises and government agencies, especially in areas of digital transformation in education, research, industry and society.

Dr LAM Ching-choi is a specialist in paediatric and community medicine and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Haven of Hope Christian Service.  Under his leadership, Haven of Hope Christian Service is one of the pioneers in the provision of holistic care for the elderly in Hong Kong.

Dr LAM is a non-official member of the Executive Council of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He also serves as the Chairman of the Elderly Commission to advise the Government on the related policies.  He is also the Supervisory Board Member of the HK Housing Society.

He has been honored by the HKSAR Government with the Justice of Peace in 2003 and Silver Bauhinia Star in 2019 respectively.  In 2018, apart from receiving Honorary Fellowship from Lingnan University, he was also given the Ageing Asia Global Ageing Influencer Award (Special Recognitions) for his devotion to public services and his influence on policy-making for the global ageing trend. 

Mr Stephen LEUNG is the Country Manager of Pfizer Hong Kong & recently Indonesia, who has over 35 years executive experience in four different continents. Under his leadership, Pfizer HK has been known for its consistent pursuit of quality excellence. This is best exemplified by the winning of the Hong Kong Management Association Quality Gold Award in 2009 , Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Gold Award and Best Companies to Work for in Asia.

Mr LEUNG is a pharmacist by profession. In addition, he is a Registered Corporate Coach and passionate in inspiring people to unleash their potential to the fullest. He is honoured with the Asia Coaching Leadership Excellence Award in 2015 and the Leader of the Year Award 2016 in recognizing his visionary leadership and unremitting contribution to the industry. Moreover, he is the Chairman of Chinese University, School of Pharmacy Advisory Board; Member of Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene, Council Members of various management associations including the Hong Kong Management Association (HKMA).

Prof Raymond TONG is a Biomedical Engineer and currently works as a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, CUHK. His research interests include Rehabilitation Robotics (e.g. Hand of Hope), Brain-Computer Control Interface (BCI), Neural Engineering, Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) and Cognitive Assessment Software. He is recognized for his accomplishment in innovation and applied scientific research in neuro-rehabilitation for stroke patients and the elderly. Over the years, he has made great strides in developing a wide range of rehabilitation devices. His innovative work on rehabilitation robot system “Hand of Hope” was the first Hong Kong invention to have received the grand prize in the 40-year history of the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. Recently, he used advanced 3D printing technology to develop a new generation of robotic hand for stroke rehabilitation. The personalized soft robot hand is light and comfortable for more hand function training. His research, innovation and service have received Awardee of the 2013 Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons; Winner Award (e-Health) in the Asia Pacific ICT Award 2012; and HKIE innovation awards for young members (2008), gold awards in international invention exhibitions (2004, 2007, 2010, 2015 & 2016).

Dr STUART is an Honorary Clinical Physiotherapist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS trust and a Vice Chancellors Senior Research Fellow at Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. He completed his National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded PhD at Newcastle University in 2016, while simultaneously working as an honorary clinical physiotherapist at Newcastle Hospitals NHS trust and within private practice. He underwent post-doctoral training at Newcastle University, before moving in 2017 for further post-doctoral training at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in the United States of America. At OHSU he was able to secure a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship for basic scientists from the Parkinson’s Foundation. He moved back home to Northumbria University in 2019 to continue his independent research, where he now directs the Physiotherapy Innovation Laboratory within the Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation. He recently secured a prestigious international Clinical Research Award from the Parkinson’s Foundation and currently leads on several other industry collaborative clinical research projects, as well as being co-investigator on various other grants. 

Dr STUART’s overall research goal is to improve mobility and functional capabilities through understanding the relationships between sensory, cognitive, gait and balance features in those with neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease or mild traumatic brain injury. His research uses a range of approaches to assess and rehabilitate clinical populations, which involve digital and wearable health technologies that can provide greater understanding of the underlying mechanisms involved.

Prof ZHENG Dingchang is the research theme lead of Healthcare Technology and Innovation at Coventry University. He is a leading research expert in healthcare technology and solution development with physiological measurements and bio-signal processing, working across multidisciplinary areas with electronic engineers, medical physicists, computer scientists, clinical consultants, industrial partners, guideline makers, and allied professionals at different stages along the pathway of healthcare device development and commercialization. He has earned his international reputation in research and development of novel cardiovascular monitoring technologies with scientific and socioeconomic impacts to address unmet healthcare needs, particularly in novel blood pressure and arterial stiffness measurement techniques, and recent developments of wearable devices and IoT monitoring system using unique waveform characteristics derived from various physiological signals for monitoring cuffless blood pressure and respiration rate, predicting pre-term labor and pregnancy induced hypertension, and developing big-data-centric hearing impairment rehabilitation solution. He has published 170+ peer-reviewed papers in the field of intelligent physiological measurement and biomedical engineering. 

Prof ZHENG has also been well recognized for his inspirational leadership in academic course development, and his enthusiasm in promoting knowledge and technology exchange, building up educational and research collaborations, and facilitating technology adoption in developing countries, including China, Jordan and Nigeria, with the aims to promote the adoption of healthcare technologies in these partner countries.

Dating back to 2008, when Dr Jessy KANG led students in National Taiwan University (NTU) to carry out a design project associated with Shuang-Lien Elderly Center, he found that most students were not yet aware of the impact of aging society. Therefore, he established the Smart Aging Alliance in NTU, with teachers from other universities to cohost Smart Aging Design course, in order to cultivate students' ability to think cross-disciplinarily, and to solve aging related issues. In 2018, based on his previous research on aging, he set up a StartUp called “Smart Ageing Tech”. It is staffed with engineers, UX designers, data scientists, customer success managers, as well as consultants from nursing and social-work backgrounds, altogether working on providing a better care environment for the senior.

Dr Jeremy LIM is the Director of LIGHT, a Global Health initiative in the NUS School of Public Health, where he leads projects primarily in health systems strengthening and universal health coverage. He brings diverse and unique perspectives having spent substantial time in public and private healthcare across Asia as well as in policy formulation with Singapore’s Ministry of Health.

Outside academia, Dr LIM serves on the boards of various for-profit and not-for-profit organisations in different aspects of healthcare including migrant worker health, end of life care and digital health interventions. He is trained in surgery and public health, attaining post-graduate qualifications in both from the United Kingdom and the United States.

Prof ZHAO Chao is Deputy Dean of Academy of Arts and Design, Vice Dean of Art and Science Research Institute, Chair Professor of Industrial Design, and Director of Healthcare Design Lab in Tsinghua University. He is also serve as Secretary-General of the Design Disciplinary Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education China, and Vice President of International Council of Design (ico-D).

Prof ZHAO has a strong teaching, research and design consulting background in the areas of design innovation. He has closely involved with theoretical modeling, design practice, and design evaluation of product/service design projects as a practitioner, researcher and trainer. His research interesting focus on the human-centered design, experience design, healthcare design, design for ageing, social design, and product service system design. The government and enterprises engaged in designing research cooperation with Prof ZHAO include: the Ministry of foreign affairs of China, the Ministry of education of China, the Beijing City Council, The Chinese Academy of engineering, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, Boeing, P&G, Hisense, Hair, Lenovo, CRRC, BMW, HEGII, etc. Prof ZHAO’s design works have been featured in a number of international exhibition and gallery collections. He has patents existing on several of his product/service designs.

Due to distinguished achievement in the research, practice, and teaching areas, Prof ZHAO wins Top Ten Chinese Young Designer Award by Chinese government, and Australia China Alumni Award for Research and Innovation. He also has been selected as The Chinese Ministry of education program for New Century Excellent Talents, and Outstanding Professor Awards by Beijing Government. The wide-scope of product design has won Prof ZHAO numerous awards in his design career, including international renowned design award 'Red Dot Award', 'Red Star Design Award', National Significant Product Design Award, and Excellence Design Award in the China National Art and Design Exhibition. Prof ZHAO also has an extensive and distinguished industrial design related publication record in international journals and conferences.

Dr Tomohiko IGASAKI received Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy in engineering from Kumamoto University (KU) in 1994, 1996, and 2007 respectively. He joined as a Research Associate at the Faculty of Engineering, KU in 1999. Then he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of the Graduate School of Science and Technology (GSST), KU in 2007. Since 2009, he has been an Associate Professor of GSST (reorganized into the Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology in 2016), KU. Since 2017, he has served concurrently as a Special Assistant to the President of KU for international student employment support. He is interested in biological signal processing (quantification/visualization for practical use, especially health/medical care). He is a councillor of the Japanese Association for the Study of Taste and Smell; a delegate of the Japanese Society of Clinical Neurophysiology; a delegate of the Japanese Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (a trustee of Kyushu branch); a member of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers; and an affiliate of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.

Dr Clare LAI has rich experience in conducting clinical trials in hospitals, with a specialization in adult congenital heart diseases and echocardiology. She first graduated from Newcastle University (UK) in physiology and holds a PhD in paediatric cardiology from University of Hong Kong. Her publications can be found in top-tier journals such as American Heart Journal, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, Scientific Reports, etc. She has always been interested in innovative technologies in the healthcare industry. In the past, she has participated in genetic test design and stem cell therapy development. Lately in 2019, she has joined Imsight Technology to explore the opportunities of big data in transforming and bringing benefit to the medical field.

Dr Frank LAI had been working in the Hospital Authority (HA) of Hong Kong for more than twenty years. He has ample experience in teaching, clinical service, research and administration that covers the field of psychiatric and physical rehabilitation. His clinical research covered vocational rehabilitation, geri-orthopaedic rehabilitation, amputation rehabilitation, wheelchair and seating, executive functioning, dementia, cognitive screening and care-giving stress.

Dr LAI joined Hong Kong Polytechnic University as Assistant Professor in Aug 2018. His research interest was geared towards two directions. The first is on the implementation of holistic dementia care, which aimed not only at people with dementia but to their care-givers as well. He conducts research on neuro-modulation for older people with dementia and MCI; applies Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for earlier cognitive screening and training; organizes public education, especially on intergeneration education for dementia care. He is one of the advisors of the “Dementia Care Link'' which is a co-joint community volunteer training project between HA and various district-based NGOs in the community. His another research direction is on the application of design thinking to facilitate the growth of moral reasoning, empathy, social responsibility, and social innovation for prosocial behaviour and positive youth development. He is the advisor of a local NGO on a social innovation development program for youth development “Youth Impact Award, YIAA” and is a committee member of a district-based parent-teacher federation. 

Dr Jeffrey PONG graduated from University of Auckland, New Zealand with double degree of Bachelor of Human Biology and MBChB in 1997. He commenced his specialty training in ophthalmology in from 1999. He was awarded Msc in Biostatistics and Epidemiology in 2004 and PHD in 2009 under Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also has around 20 publications before starting his private practice in 2010. He worked as consultant in ophthalmology in Hong Kong Adventist Hospital for more than 10 years. He also has his own private practice from 2014. He is currently the Honorary clinical assistant professor of both Chinese University and University of Hong Kong.

He endeavors to promote eye care to public and within eye caregivers. To this end, he leads the 30 years old Federation of Soceities for Prevention of Blindness (FSPB) as president for two terms (2012-16) and the 60 years old Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society as president (2017-19), with more than 5 years’ experience in serving both councils.

He was the council member of Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA) in 2011-2020, council member of Hong Kong Medical Council 2018-2021. He is currently the newly appointed chairman of the Association of Hong Kong Professionals. He is the council member of the Association of Private Medical Specialists, Health education and Promotion Foundation, and was in Hospital Authority Regional Advisory committee for two terms. He is the medical consultant of a few patients groups. In the wider community he was a WanChai District Councilor from 2012-15 and was the chairman of Hygenic-Healthy-dynamic-City Promotion-Committee at that time. He was awarded by the HKSAR government the Medal of Honor in 2020.

Apart from his clinical practice, he is also devoted in Biotechnology and startups. He is currently the CMO of Visona technology, one of co-founders of AI-innobio limited, the chairman and CEO of Healfie Technology Limited which is an incubatee of Cyberport incubation Program.