Speaker

Ir Dr Otto POON Lok-to, BBS, OBE, Founder of ATAL Engineering Ltd., Past President of HKIE,  Past Chairman of Hong Kong Climate Change Forum.

Programme Highlights

The seminar is part of the local series of Overseas Delegation 2017 to Iceland “Climate Change: the Happening”.

The United Nations Convention of Climate Change has made a key step in combating climate change - The Paris Agreement. Entered into force on 4 November 2016, the Paris Agreement aims to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to limit temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Agreement also aims to strengthen countries’ adaptations to climate change. Supports will be given to developing countries and transparency of actions will be ensured.  

In this seminar, Ir Otto Poon will share his views on the implication of Paris agreement and the impact of it on the engineering industry, both local and worldwide. 

The seminar will be conducted in English. 

Registration & Enquiries

The seminar is free of charge and the number of participants is limited to 100. The applications will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis with priority given to Registered Young Members. For registration, please register online at https://goo.gl/forms/yuyD3PrMPUVJEikg2. Successful applicants will be noticed individually. For enquiries, please contact Miss Rachel Ng at Tel:3922 9370 or by email: rachel.hc.ng@aecom.com