Conference Programme

Date: 10 May 2016

Venue: Silverbox Ballroom, 1/F, Hotel ICON, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

8:00 am

Registration

Opening Ceremony
9:15 am	Opening Remarks
	Welcome Speech by Mr Shing-mu Yau, JP, Under Secretary for Transport and Housing, The Government of the HKSAR
	Souvenir Presentation and Group Photo

Plenary Sessions
9:45 am	Plenary Session on “Regional Connectivity”
11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:15 am	Plenary Session on “Far East to Europe Corridor and Port Hierarchy”
12:30 pm	Lunch

Venue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

	Industry Sessions and Parallel Sessions	Venue*
2:00 pm	Industry Session on “OBOR: Opportunities and Challenges”	TU201
	Session A01: Shipping and Trade	R1109
	Session A02: Maritime Law and Policy	R1108
	Session AB1: Sea and Air Transport (Part 1)	R1205
	Session AB2: Safety and Security (Part 1)	R1206
3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:45 pm	Industry Session on “Paradigm Shift of Multimodal Transport”	TU201
	Session B01: Issues on OBOR	R1108
	Session B02: Sustainability	R1109
	Session AB1: Sea and Air Transport (Part 2)	R1205
	Session AB2: Safety and Security (Part 2)	R1206

	Keynote Session	Venue*
5:15 pm	Keynote Speech by Mr Zhehui Zhang	R1108/9
6:00 pm	Refreshments

Venue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

	Parallel Sessions and Featured Sessions	Venue*
9:15 am	Session C01: Shipping and Port	R1108
	Session C02: Policy and Strategy	R1109
	Session CD1: Maritime Economics and Business (Part 1)	R1205
	Session CD2: Air Transport (Part 1)	R1206
10:45 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am	Session D01: Infrastructure Development	R1108
	Session D02: Multimodal Transport	R1109
	Session CD1: Maritime Economics and Business (Part 2)	R1205
	Session CD2: Air Transport (Part 2)	R1206
12:30 pm	Lunch	Chinese Garden
2:00 pm	Session E01: Shipping and Logistics Management	R1108
2:00 pm	Session E02: Operations and Supply Chain Management	R1109
3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:45 pm	Featured Session on “OBOR Initiative”	R1108
3:45 pm	Featured Session on “Shipping Finance”	R1109

Venue: Staff Club Restaurant*, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Keynote Sessions and Closing Remarks
4:45 pm	Tea Reception
5:00 pm	Keynote Speech by Professor André de Palma
5:45 pm	Keynote Speech by Dr Jan Hoffmann
6:30 pm	Closing Remarks
6:35 pm	Dinner

* Venue	Floor	Location
Silverbox Ballroom	1^st Floor	Hotel ICON
R1106 / R1108 / R1109	11^th Floor	R Core (Shirley Chan Building)
R1205 / R1206	12^th Floor	R Core (Shirley Chan Building)
TU201	Podium	Cheung On Tak Lecture Theatre (Yip Kit Chuen Building)
Chinese Garden	4^th Floor	S Core (Communal Building)
Staff Club Restaurant	5^th Floor	S Core (Communal Building)