Ms Eva Cheng, GBS, JP
Eva Cheng joined the Hong Kong Government in 1983 as an Administrative Officer after graduating from the University of Hong Kong. She was appointed Secretary for Transport and Housing on 1 July 2007. Before taking up this appointment, she was the Permanent Secretary for Economic Development. Her previous civil service postings include the Commissioner for Tourism and postings with the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau, the Central Policy Unit, Financial Secretary's Office, Transport Branch, Education and Manpower Branch and the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service.

Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBS, JP
Mrs Carrie Lam, Secretary for Development, has been appointed Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government since 1 July 2007. She joined the Administrative Service in August 1980, and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006.

Mrs Lam had served in various bureaux and departments. She was Director of Social Welfare from August 2000 to October 2003, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands) from November 2003 to May 2004, Director-General, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London from September 2004 to March 2006. She was Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs before her appointment as the Secretary for Development.

Mr. Keith Griffiths

Keith Griffiths is the Chairman of Aedas' global board. Aedas is the world's largest architectural practice with over 2200 staff in 40 international offices. Keith read Architecture at St. John's College, University of Cambridge and has practiced architecture for three decades. Most of his professional career has been spent in Hong Kong.   

Keith formed his architectural practice in Hong Kong in 1985 and led the company into the creation of Aedas in 2001. He has overseen the phenomenal growth of Aedas to become an international design company which practices in most building sectors, serving a wide variety of clients locally and internationally. [ more ]

Keith has a well-recognized reputation for outstanding design, leadership and innovation. He is an instigator and champion of Aedas’ integration into the many communities, cultures and countries the company works with.

Working with the Hong Kong community, Keith is an honorary professor of the University of Hong Kong and a Director on the boards of the Asian Youth Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra and The Link REIT which owns and manages over 150 retail malls in Hong Kong.

In 2008 Keith established and endowed the Griffiths-Roch Foundation to purchase and rehabilitate important historic buildings as hotels and corporate retreats.  The Foundation is currently restoring its first four properties in Wales for completion in 2011 – 2014.

Mr. Paul Katz
Since joining Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates in 1984, Paul Katz has led many of the firm’s efforts on the planning, design, and development of office, mixed-use and high-rise buildings throughout the world. In addition to design direction and development in all aspects of the firm’s commercial architecture practice, he performs several senior responsibilities, including business development and project management. In this capacity, he works closely with KPF designers and project managers to make sure that client program goals and objectives are met on schedule, within budget and to established design and quality standards. [ more ] [ introduction video ]

Of particular note, Mr. Katz led the KPF team responsible for the 492-meter-tall Shanghai World Financial Center, which has been recognized with several prestigious design awards including the Society of American Registered Architects' Design Award for Excellence (2009), the American Council of Engineering Companies National Engineering Excellence Awards Honor Award (2009), the MIPIM Asia Awards' Participants' Choice Award (2009), and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's Best Tall Building Worldwide Award (2008). He is also served as Managing Principal for the 118-story International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong, which aims to be a new urban center with residential, office, retail, hotel, and recreational uses, and connects to the international airport on nearby Chep Lap Kok.

In New York, Mr. Katz recently served as Managing Principal for 505 Fifth Avenue—a 26-story, glass-clad tower on the corner of 42nd Street that offers occupants views of the New York Public Library and Bryant Park. He has also been involved in the large-scale master planning for the redevelopment of the Hudson Yards Special Economic District on Manhattan's far west side, which calls for a mix of commercial, residential, entertainment and cultural uses totaling over 13 million GSF of new construction. He also led the firm's work on the recently completed RBC Centre in Toronto, and has been responsible for a number of successful office and mixed-use projects at London's Canary Wharf, including the headquarters for State Street, KPMG and Clifford Chance.

For the last 15 years, he has led much of the firm's work in China and Japan, dating back to the Plaza 66 Towers on Nanjing Xi Lu in Shanghai, and JR Central Towers in Nagoya, Japan, which was completed 2001. Other notable projects in China designed by KPF under Mr. Katz's direction include super super-tall high-rises in Chongqing, Suzhou, and Shenzen; the expansion of the Pudong Shangri-La Convention Center Hotel; the new Conrad and Jumeirah Hotels at Xintiandi; major retail developments in Tianjin and Shenyang; and competition designs for the new Nanning International Airport and Midfield Concourse at Hong Kong International Airport.

In Hong Kong, Mr. Katz served as Managing Principal for the multi-phase redevelopment of The Landmark, which involved complete exterior recladding, expansion and renovation to nearly double rentable office/retail floor area, and incorporation of a boutique Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

Mr. Katz has been instrumental in establishing the firm's strong presence in Asia and the Middle East, overseeing projects throughout Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and China, and in Egypt, Qatar, Lebanon and the UAE. KPF projects led by Mr. Katz in the Middle East include ongoing work on the design of the new Midfield Terminal Concourse at the Abu Dhabi International Airport, as well as a number of mixed-use developments in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. He is also overseeing the design of a new 410-meter-tall mixed-use tower in Doha, just north of the city's cornice, which will include office, residential, hotel and retail components.

Mr. Katz taught a summer course on office building design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for many years, and continues to serve as a guest critic and lecturer at various universities. He co-authored a book, Building Type Basics for Office Buildings, published by Wiley in 2002, and has lectured at numerous events and conferences. His architectural studies began in his native Capetown, South Africa, and he has degrees in architecture from both the Israel Institute of Technology and Princeton University.

Mr. Katz is a registered architect in the state of New York, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) and Qualified Professional (QP) in Singapore.

Mr. Rem Koolhaas *
Rem Koolhaas founded OMA in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. He graduated from the Architectural Association in London and in 1978 published Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. In 1995, his book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA in "a novel about architecture." He heads the work of both OMA and AMO, the research branch of OMA, operating in areas beyond the realm of architecture such as media, politics, renewable energy and fashion. Koolhaas has won several international awards including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2000 and the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2010 Venice Biennale. Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University where he conducts the Project on the City.

Mr. Brian Lee
Brian Lee, FAIA, is a Design Partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), a firm recognized as one of the most innovative architecture, urban design, and engineering practices in the world. Mr. Lee was born in 1954 and received his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with Highest Honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976 and his Master of Architecture with commendation from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1978. After practicing in the SOM San Francisco office for 28 years, he is now the senior design partner in the firm’s Chicago office. [ more ]

Mr. Lee has been responsible for many award winning domestic and international projects, as well as first place competitions. In addition to recognition from the American Institute of Architects, Chicago Athenaeum, Spark!, MIPM, and Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats, his buildings have received national awards from the China Ministry of Construction and voted one of the ten best buildings in Beijing by its citizens. He has lectured or taught at Harvard, UC Berkeley, Stanford, California College of Arts, and both TU Delft and the NAI in the Netherlands. Mr. Lee served on numerous AIA awards juries and been published in Architecture, Architectural Record, AV, Plus, Build, Dialogue, Business Week and World Architecture magazines. His work was exhibited in the 2004 Venice and Beijing Biennales and featured at the 2008 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.

Mr. Lee served on the boards of Habitat for Humanity and the Chinatown Community Development Corporation in San Francisco and is Director Emeritus of On Lok Inc., a nationally recognized leader in community health care. He is a registered architect in California, Illinois, New York, Arizona, and NCARB and is a LEED accredited professional. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects where he was elevated to their College of Fellows in 2008.

Mr. Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind, B.Arch. M.A. BDA AIA, is an international architect and designer. His practice extends worldwide from museums and concert halls to convention centers, universities, hotels, shopping centers, and residential projects. Born in Łód´z, Poland in 1946, Libeskind was a virtuoso musician at a young age before giving up music to become an architect. He has received numerous awards and designed world-renowned projects including: the Jewish Museum in Berlin, the Denver Art Museum, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto and the master plan for Grand Zero among others. Daniel Libeskind’s commitment to expanding the scope of architecture reflects his profound interest and involvement in philosophy, art, literature and music. Fundamental to Libeskind’s philosophy is the notion that building are crafted with the perceptible human energy, and that they address the greater cultural context in which they are built. Daniel teaches and lectures at universities across the world. He resides in New York City with his wife and business partner, Nina Libeskind.

Mr. Wang Peng 王芃先生
主任chairman
深圳市规划和国土资源委员会
(Urban Planning, Land & Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality)
1959年10月出生，高級建築師。
1、1978.10-1983.8 清華大學建築系
2、1983.8-1998.9  中國建築東北設計院建築師、設計所所長、副院長
3、1998.9-2004.3  深圳市規劃國土局、規劃與國土資源局副局長
4、2004.3-2009.8  深圳市規劃局局長
5、2009.8至今     深圳市規劃和國土資源委員會主任

Dr. Ken Yeang
D.M.P.N., PhD. (Cantab), AA Dip., D.Lit. (Hon.), APAM, FSIA, RIBA, ARAIA, Hon. FAIA, Hon. FRIAS, Distinguished Plym Professor University of Illinois, Adjunct Professor (University of Malaya), Adjunct Professor (University of Hawaii), Associate Professor Tonji University Shanghai.
Ken Yeang is an architect and planner specialising in the design and the masterplanning of signature deep green ecologically-responsive large buildings and masterplans. He is chairman of Llewelyn Davies Yeang (UK) and principal of Hamzah & Yeang (Malaysia). He studied at the Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire. His architectural education was at the AA (the Architectural Association) School in London. He completed his doctorate at Wolfson College, Cambridge University (UK) on ecological design and planning. He has received numerous awards for his work and authored several books on ecodesign and ecomasterplanning.

Mr. Rocco Yim, BBS, JP
Rocco Yim was born and educated in Hong Kong. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong he joined the firm of Spence Robinson for two years before starting his own practice in 1979, which eventually evolved into a partnership with Messrs Patrick P W Lee and Bernard M B Hui in 1982.

Since winning a First Prize Award for the L'Opéra de la Bastille international competition in 1983, his works have consistently been awarded both in Hong Kong and overseas. Recent accolades include ARCASIA Gold Medals in 1994 & 2003, The Chicago Athenaeum Architectural Awards in 2006 and 2011, the Kenneth F. Brown Award in 2007, and winning designs through international competitions for The Guangdong Museum in 2004, and the HKSAR Government Headquarters at Tamar in 2007. [ more ]

Rocco is a regular invited speaker in local and international symposia/seminars. His works have been published in such global journals including C3, SD, SPACE, AR, Zoo, ROOT, Domus, Frames, Art in America and Architectural Review, and exhibited three times in the Venice Biennale over the last decade, in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

He is currently on the Advisory Council for the HKU Department of Architecture, Adjunct Professor in HKU SPACE and a Museum Adviser to the LCSD. His work was published in The City in Architecture in 2003 and Being Chinese in Architecture in 2004. A new monograph will be published in the third quarter of 2011.

Ms. Fung Yin Suen, Ada, JP
Vice President, the Hong Kong Institute of Architects; Chairman, Architects Registration Board
Ms. Ada FUNG, JP is an Architect by profession. She is an active member in the Architectural field as well as in the construction industry in Hong Kong.
In her career as Deputy Director of Housing, she supervises the Development & Construction Division of the Housing Department, the executive arm of the Hong Kong Housing Authority. She has been overseeing all facets of work covering project management, planning, design and contract management, as well as establishing operational policies on procurement, design, construction, quality, performance assessment, dispute resolution, research and development, safety and the environment for public housing development in Hong Kong. She also promotes partnering, value management, risk management, ethical integrity, corporate social responsibility, sustainable development, green building and BIM in the industry. [ more ]

She is also an accredited mediator on the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Mediators. She is the Chairman of the Architects Registration Board, and Vice President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects.

Mr. Robert Lam
Vice President, Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Robert Lam is a Director at Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. He has been involved in many building projects in Hong Kong including offices and commercial developments, institutional buildings and residential developments. He is the current Vice Chairman of the Architects Registration Board and an Honorary Professor at the School of Architecture, Guangzhou University.

Ir. Dr. Andrew K.C. Chan, JP
Ir Dr Andrew Chan is Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, Past President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Vice President of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, and a member of the Construction Industry Council in Hong Kong. He is the Deputy Chairman of the global Arup Group, a multi-disciplinary professional practice of 10,000 staff in the planning, design, engineering and management of Building, Infrastructure and Consulting projects, operating through 90 offices. Before his current appointment, he was the Chairman of Arup’s East Asia Region and of Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Ltd. He has published and spoken widely on many subjects including green buildings and sustainable urban development.

Mr. Barry Cheung, GBS, JP
Mr Cheung, Chairman of Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange, has been Chairman of the URA since 2007 and a board member since 2001. He is currently Chairman of the Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service, an Alternate Chairman of the Pay Trend Survey Committee, a member of the Commission on Strategic Development  and a member of the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service. He is also an independent non-executive director of United Company RUSAL. Mr Cheung was a former Chairman of the Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee of the ICAC. He was a full-time member of the Central Policy Unit on secondment from McKinsey & Company. He was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in the United States and Asia. [ more ]

Mr Cheung received a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Sussex and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Mr. CHOI Wun Hing Donald
BSc, BFA, BArch(RISD), MA, MBA, MAIBC MRAIC, RIBA, ARAIA, HKIA, Authorized Person (List of Architects), Registered Architect (HK), People's Republic of China Class 1 Registered Architect Qualification.
Mr. Choi is the Managing Director of Nan Fung Development Limited. He has practiced in North America, Asia, and China and has worked on a variety of project types including office, shopping mall, hotel, resort, convention centre, residential, urban renewal and whole community development. Clients have included Public Works Canada, British Columbia Buildings Corporation, HK Government, Urban Renewal Authority, HK Airport Authority, Mass Transit Rail Corporation, the former Kowloon Canton Rail Corporation and the private sector. [ more ]

Before joining Nan Fung in 2000, he was Director of Foster and Partners and the Authorised Person – Architect for the Hong Kong International Airport and Hung Hum Rail Terminus Extension. He was also appointed by the Airport Authority as the Authorised Person for over 70 permanent utilities buildings, bridges, landside and airside roads, storm water and drainage system for the entire Chek Lap Kok Island. The airport was awarded the Top Ten Construction Projects in the World and has won numerous awards including the Best Airport in the World since opening in 1998.

Mr. Choi studied architecture at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and received degrees from RISD, University of British Columbia, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong, London Business School and Columbia University. He co-edited the book "One Hundred Years of Hong Kong Architecture" and his paper "The need of a paradigm shift in Hong Kong built heritage conservation" was awarded the Hong Kong Institute of Architects Journal Best Paper Award 2006 under the Design Paper Category.

He was the Former Chairman of Architects Registration Board HKSAR (2008-2010). Community services include serving as director to various not-for-profit institutions like the German Swiss International School Foundation and Hong Kong Architecture Centre/

He is married with two sons.

Prof. Puay-peng Ho
Puay-peng Ho is currently Director of the School of Architecture, professor of architecture, honorary professor of fine art of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, member of the Town Planning Board, honorary adviser of Hong Kong Museum of History and Hong Kong Heritage Museum. He received architectural training at the University of Edinburgh and practiced for a few years as an architect in the United Kingdom and Singapore. Prof. Ho subsequently engaged in the research in Tang dynasty Buddhist architecture and obtained a Ph.D. degree in art and architectural history from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. His research interests and major publications are in Chinese architectural history, vernacular architecture, Buddhist art and architecture, architectural theory, architectural conservation and Chinese art history. He was also involved in many conservation research and projects in rural and urban Hong Kong.

Dr Marvin Cheung Kin-tung, GBS, OBE, JP
Dr the Honourable Marvin Cheung Kin-tung is the Chairman of Airport Authority Hong Kong, a post he has held since June 2008. Dr Cheung has served on the Airport Authority Board since 2003. A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Dr Cheung joined KPMG Hong Kong (formerly Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co) in 1969 and was admitted into partnership in 1974. He was elected Chairman and CEO of KPMG Hong Kong and China in 1996 and appointed Regional Chairman, Asia Pacific, in 1998. He retired from KPMG in 2003.[ more ]

Dr Cheung has a long and distinguished history of public service. Since 2005, he has served as a non-official member of the Executive Council of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Dr Cheung was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2004 and was named Chairman of the Council in 2008. He has been a trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation since 2006.

Previously, Dr Cheung was the Chairman of the Main and Growth Enterprise Market Boards of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (2003-2005); a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (1991-1995) and Urban Council (1985-1995); Chairman of the Estate Agents Authority (1996-2002); and President of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1989).

Dr Cheung is an independent non-executive director of HSBC Holdings plc, Hang Seng Bank Limited and HKR International Ltd.

Dr Cheung was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1991, named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1994. He was awarded Silver Bauhinia Star (2000) and Gold Bauhinia Star (2008). He received an honorary doctorate in business administration from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2003.

Dr Cheung is married and has two adult daughters.

Prof. Hon. Patrick S.S. Lau, SBS, JP, Past President
Professor the Honourable Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS JP is a Legislative Councillor and Fellow Member and Past President of HKIA. He is an Honorary University Fellow, Honorary Professor, and former Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture at The University of Hong Kong. He received the HKIA Annual Award in 1984, 1989, 1996 and 2008, and the HKIA Medal of the Year in 2001 and 2002. He also received the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award, the HKIA Outstanding Architect Award, and the Artist of the Year Award. He is honoured with the Silver Bauhinia Star and appointed Justice of the Peace. [ more ]

He serves as a Founding Director of Hong Kong Architecture Centre and a Member of the Steering Committee on the Regulation of the Sale of First-hand Residential Properties by Legislation. He also served as the Founding Chairman of Professional Green Building Council, Vice Chairman of Town Planning Board, Council Member of The Open University of Hong Kong, Board Member of The Ocean Park Corporation, Member of Hong Kong Housing Authority and Antiquities Advisory Board, and honorary adviser for various professional institutions.

Dr. Ronald Lu, Past President **
Dr. Ronald Lu is the founder and chairman of Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP). He obtained his first professional degree at the University of New South Wales, Australia and obtained a Master's degree from MIT. Ronald established the award-winning architectural practice RLP in 1976, and his extensive experience covers Hong Kong and mainland China, as well as various engagements for the private and public sectors, both locally and internationally. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Architecture Centre. Ronald is also an active member of various Hong Kong and PRC professional organizations within the architecture industry, and he is actively involved with community work. Ronald is also an honorary professor with the University of Hong Kong. He is passionate about improving and creating a built environment that is conducive to a healthy and sustainable lifestyle, both in Hong Kong as well as internationally.

Prof. David Lung, SBS, MBE, JP
FHKIA, RIBA, Hon HKIP, Dean of Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong
Registered Architect, Professor of Architecture, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage Resources Management and Dean of Architecture, David Lung is internationally recognized for his scholarship and work in the field of heritage conservation and World Heritage properties. He is instrumental in bringing to fruition three World Heritage Inscriptions: Historic City of Macao, Kaiping Diaolou and Villages, and the Historic Cities in the Straits of Malacca. [ more ]

Having served the public in various capacities, such as chairman of the Antiquities Advisory Board, chairman of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust Council and chairman of the Urban Renewal Authority's Central Oasis Community Advisory Committee, Professor Lung has been influential in the local practice of historic building conservation for the past 30 years. Since 2009, he has been advising Hong Kong Government in the nomination of the National Sai Kung Geo Park as UNESCO Global Geo Park.