Speaker Information

Prof. Xiaoling Zhang

Director of Sustainability X-Lab and Member of Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality (ICCN)

Prof. C.C. Chan

University of Hong Kong / Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Academician, Chinese Academy of Engineering
Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering U.K.

Title: AI Driven, New Journey of Energy & Automotive Revolutions

Bio: Prof. C.C. Chan GBS holds BSc, MSc, PhD, HonDSc, HonDTech degrees. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong and Distinguished Chair Professor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is the Founder of the International Academicians Science and Technology Innovation Centre and the Founding & Rotating President of the World Electric Vehicle Association. He is an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Fellow of IET, and an Honorary Fellow of HKIE. He is the recipient of the Royal Academy of Engineering Prince Philip Medal, the Chinese Academy of Engineering Guang-Hua Prize, the Gold Bauhinia Star Medal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, and the Gold Medal of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Internationally recognized as the "Father of Asian Electric Vehicles," he was awarded as a 2022 Touching Chinese Character. More information can be found at: http://www.eee.hku.hk/people/ccchan.html.

Prof. Jian Lu

City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center

Title: Recent development of catalysis for large scale production of green hydrogen

Bio: Prof. Jian Lu is affiliated with the Hong Kong Branch of the National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center and the College of Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong. He has made significant contributions to the field of advanced materials and catalysis technologies. His research focuses on materials innovation for energy applications, including the development of high-performance catalysts for green hydrogen production. Prof. Lu has published extensively and received numerous awards in recognition of his work.

Prof. Shan-Tung Tu

East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Title: Methanol based Green Power Systems

Bio: Prof. Shan-Tung Tu received his B.Eng degree in 1982 and Ph.D degree in 1988 from Nanjing Tech University. He is a professor of mechanical and chemical engineering at East China University of Science and Technology. Prior to this, he worked at Nanjing Tech University and East China University of Science and Technology as a professor and Vice President, and was a guest scientist at The Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. He was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2019.

He is the author of more than 450 papers and 5 books. He received a number of distinguished awards, including the China National Science and Technology Progress Award, the National Technology Invention Award, and the ASME Best Paper Award. He has been a fellow of The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (since 2020), the honorary president of the Chinese Pressure Vessel Institute (since 2010), and the honorary president of the Chinese Materials Institution of the China Mechanical Engineering Society (since 2015). He also serves as the Chairman of the China Structural Integrity Consortium, the Chairman of the Asian Oceanic Regional Committee of the International Council for Pressure Vessel Technology, a member of the Reliability Committee of the IFToMM, and an executive member of the Global Power and Propulsion Society. Currently, he is also an honorary professor of engineering at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Prof. Kunio Yoshikawa

Tokyo Institute of Technology
Professor Emeritus

Title: High-quality coal-alternative solid fuel production from biomass and wastes

Bio: Dr. Kunio Yoshikawa is a professor emeritus at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, CEO of EcoMEET Solutions Co. Ltd, and CTO of ReEnergiX Inc., Japan. His major research areas include energy conversion, thermal engineering, combustion, gasification, waste treatment technologies, and atmospheric environmental engineering. He has authored more than 250 papers and supervised 57 PhD students.

His main awards include the AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Best Paper Award (1999), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) James Harry Potter Gold Medal (2001), JSME (Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers) Environmental Technology Achievement Award (2006), Fellow of JSME (2008), Best Educator Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology (2014), and Best Editor Award of the Applied Energy journal (2020).

Introduction: For reducing CO2 emissions from coal-fired stations, co-firing biomass with coal is the most realistic solution. However, due to the low crushability of biomass, it is difficult to increase the mixing ratio of biomass using the existing coal mills. Prof. Yoshikawa has developed an innovative hydrothermal treatment technology (HTT) to produce black pellets from biomass and wastes that have similar crushability to coal by utilizing high-pressure (around 2-3MPa) saturated steam. Any kind of burnable material can be converted into coal-like granular products, and only 10-15% of the products are enough as fuel for steam production in a boiler. In this presentation, commercial experiences and future developments of HTT planned for implementation in Vietnam will be introduced, focusing on the treatment of municipal solid waste, medical waste, sewage sludge, and empty fruit bunch (EFB).

Prof. Ir Thomas Lui

CLP power Hong Kong Limited
Associate Director – Decarbonisation Architecture

Title: CLP’s decarbonisation pathway