This Symposium is an annual event intended to bring together international and local speakers to foster all aspects of advances in building design and building services engineering.
Conference Information:
- Theme: Revealing Smart, Resilient & Sustainable Built Environment - Innovating Wellbeing and Decarbonization from Design to Operation
- Date: 18 November 2025
- Time: 09:00 - 18:00
- Location: Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong
- Organising Institutions: ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter / CIBSE Hong Kong Region / HKIE-Building Services Division
- Organising University: Department of Building Environment & Energy Engineering - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Official language of the Symposium is English
Sub-themes of the symposium
1. Codes, Guidance & Policies
2. Design & Research
3. Operation & Maintenance
4. Smart, Resilient & Sustainability
Who Should Attend:
Engineers, architects, designers, researchers, academics, property developers, professionals and practitioners involved in the wide range of disciplines associated with building design and building services engineering.
Fees (Per Person)
- Standard: HK$ 1,800 ($1,700 for early bird on or before 3-Nov-2025）
- Full time students: HK$ 450
(Fee includes proceedings, coffee breaks and lunch, student package includes proceddings and coffee breaks only)
Registration
Please register online here.
a) Please make the Cheque payable to “The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers - BS Division ”.
b) Send the Cheque to – P.O. Box 28329 Gluocester Road Post Office
Attn: Mr. NG Yik Shan
c) At the back of the Cheque, please kindly state “HKJS2025, Name of your organisation, Contact person and and Contact tel. number”.
No refund may be made but substitute delegate is allowed.
Receipt will be issued to the contact person when cheque is received. Enquiry email: HongKongJointSymposium@gmail.com.
Programme
09:00 - 09:05: Welcome Address (Mr Barry LAU, Chairman, Hong Kong Joint Symposium 2025 Organizing Committee)
09:05 - 09:20: Opening Address (Ir Daniel LEUNG, Deputy Director (Development & Construction), Housing Department)
09:20 - 09:35: Keynote Speech (Prof. Christopher CHAO, Fellow of ASHRAE and Vice President (Research and Innovation), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Session 1- Codes, Guidance and Policies
Chaired by: ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter (Mr. Jason KWOK, President)
09:35 - 10:30: Paper Presentation & Q&A
10:30 - 11:00: Coffee Break
Session 2 - Design and Research
Chaired by: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Prof. Meng NI, Head of Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering)
11:00 - 12:15: Paper Presentation & Q&A
12:10 - 13:40: Lunch (including speech), by Ms. Ruth CARTER, CEO, CIBSE
13:35 - 13:50: Keynote SPeech (Eur Ing Prof David Cooper MBE, President-Elect, CIBSE)
Session 3 - Operation and Maintenance
Chaired By: HKIE Building Services Division (Ir John CHAN, Chairman)
13:50 - 15:05: Paper Presentation & Q&A
15:05 - 15:35: Coffee Break
Session 4 - Smart, Resilient and Sustainability
Chaired By: ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter (Mr. Ethan POON, Chair, CIBSE Hong Kong Region)
15:35 - 16:50: Paper Presentation & Q&A
16:50 - 17:00: Closing Speech (Mr. Ethan POON, Chair, CIBSE Hong Kong Region)
The original flyer can be downloaded here.