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 (UQ) is one of Australia's leading research-intensive universities and is ranked in the world's top 100 universities.
UQ delegation leader Deputy Vice-Chancellor (External Relations) Professor Ian Zimmer said
part of any University’s mandate was to be relevant to the community around it.
“Universities should provide real solutions to society’s problems, and actively engage in the community to effect social change,” he said.
“We 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.
“A stronger global network and cooperation will not only enhance UQ’s global reputation, and enrich our student experience but also increase the real impact of research on society.
“The work the University is doing across health, sciences, the environment and humanities plays into helping shape the big issues of the 21st century.
“The Global Challenges Leadership Series will provide the University’s 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.”
Media: Jan King +61 7 3365 1120, j.king@uq.edu.au
Background
UQ’s long standing engagement with Hong Kong spans more than a decade, with a formal education partnership agreement signed in 2000.
UQ 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 – School of Continuing Studies.
This year there are 536 Hong Kong students enrolled at UQ 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 UQ through networking, philanthropy, research collaborations and industry engagement.
The University’s active alumni networks form the foundation of this deepening relationship.
The UQ Hong Kong Alumni Association (UQHKAA) was created in 1996 and now has more than 600 alumni who belong to the UQHKAA 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 UQ International Alumnus of the Year.
Dr Yuen received his UQ medical degree in 1965 and was awarded a UQ 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 UQ 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 http://www.uq.edu.au/global-challenges to find out more about The University of Queensland’s Global Challenges Leadership Series.
