Keynote 1
Connected Spaces, How 6G and Spatial Intelligence Shape tomorrow's urban landscape
by Associate Professor Dr Chia Fah Choy
Dr Chia Fah Choy has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry before transitioning to academia two decades ago. His extensive involvement in the construction sector has seen him complete more than 40 projects, including building construction, residential housing developments, and infrastructure works.
Dr Chia holds a Ph.D. from Queensland University of Technology, a Master of Science in Construction Management (Project Management) from Herriot-Watt University, and an Honours Degree in Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management and Economics) from Curtin University of Technology.
Currently, he is an Associate Professor at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, where he has previously served as Head of Department of Surveying and Head of Programme for the Master of Project Management programme. He also held the position of Director of Publication on the Council of Project Management Institute Malaysia Chapter for the terms 2011/2012 and 2012/2013.
Keynote 2
Key technologies of green renewal of abandoned port areas in North Bund of Shanghai China
by Professor Dr Huang Tianrong
Huang Tianrong, director of the Urban Renewal Underground Engineering Research Institute at Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College, Ph.D./Professor, National Registered First-Class Constructor of China, with research interests in Geotechnical and Underground Engineering，and master’s supervisor at Tongji University/North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, and a recognized expert in the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission’s scientific and technological review.
In recent years, he has presided over 15 research projects such as the Science and Technology Project Plan of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development and the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan. And have also been responsible for 3 major educational reform projects, including the Shanghai Construction Engineering Technology First Class Major and the Digital Construction First Class Major Group，and have published more than 20 academic papers, authored 2 monographs, and been granted 12 patents of various types.