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