Imagine Hong Kong

Ronnie C. Chan

Chairman, Hang Lung Properties & Co-Chair, Asia Society

Ronnie C. Chan is Chairman of Hang Lung Properties. He also is Co-Chair of Asia Society and Chairman of Asia Society Hong Kong Center. In addition, Mr. Chan serves as Chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute and Better Hong Kong Foundation, Convener of the Hong Kong Development Forum, Governing Board member of the China-United States Exchange Foundation, and Adviser and former Vice President of the China Development Research Foundation. He is Director of the Board of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, member of the Council on Foreign Relations and former member of the governing boards of the World Economic Forum. Mr. Chan holds an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Justin Gong

Co-Founder & Vice President, XAG Co., Ltd.

Justin Gong is Co-Founder and Vice President of XAG, one of the world’s largest agricultural technology companies, leading in design, development, manufacturing and operation of agricultural UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) and robots. XAG today has more than 80,000 agricultural drone operations worldwide, helping famers save thousands of tons of chemicals daily. Mr. Gong also founded XAG Academy, which has educated more than 70,000 young agricultural professionals to utilize new technologies and embed sustainable thinking in farming. He previously worked as a film producer, wildlife photographer and journalist for Phoenix Satellite TV. Born in Hangzhou, Mr. Gong was influenced by his air force pilot father and became passionate about flying since childhood. In 2009, he started to use drones to capture animal migration, developing a passion for flying technology. Mr. Gong completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Université Paris Dauphine and THU.

Richard Lancaster

Chief Executive Officer, CLP Holdings Limited

Richard Lancaster is Chief Executive Officer of CLP Holdings, the parent company of the CLP Group which is one of the largest investor operators in the electricity industry in the Asia-Pacific region. He has more than 35 years of experience in the power industry and in other industrial operations in Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom. He previously was Managing Director of CLP’s operations in Hong Kong, responsible for its electricity generation, transmission and distribution business serving 2.5 million customers in Hong Kong. Besides serving in various subsidiary companies of the CLP Group as Director, Mr. Lancaster is Chairman of Business Environment Council, Fellow of the Hong Kong Management Association and Council member, and Climate and Energy Cluster Board member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He is Chairman of the Hong Kong Membership Committee of the UN-accredited World Energy Council. He is an electrical engineering graduate of the University of New South Wales.

Michelle Tang

Senior Engineer, AECOM Asia

Awarded by the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers In 2011, as a Young Engineer of the Year, Michelle Tang exemplifies the new millennium engineer, contributing her technical skills and experience to the beneficial development of Hong Kong’s built environment, as well as her personal time to engaging with the public and elevating collaboration in charting the best course for Hong Kong’s future for all its citizens.

Michelle has over 18 years of professional experience in management of civil engineering projects.  She has contributed variously to the public consultations, feasibility studies, and design and construction of Hong Kong’s new town initiatives, including the Tung Chung New Town Extension (East), Hung Shui Kiu New Development Area, Kwu Tung North & Fanling North New Development, and Tuen Mun Areas 40 & 46. She has also worked on Hong Kong’s pioneering project to relocate the Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to caverns. She was an elected member of the 2016 Chief Executive Election Committee for the Engineering Subsector.

Michelle also holds roles in district representation, and the promotion of environmental management and women in the community.  She is a District Councillor of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council, an appointed member for the Advisory Council on the Environment, Vice President of the Community Alliance on Kai Tak Development, officer of the Green Hong Kong Organization,  member of the Women’s Commission, and a founding member cum Executive Board Member of the Wong Tai Sin Orchard Women Association.

Wang Tao

Chair Professor of Atmospheric Environment, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Wang Tao is Chair Professor of Atmospheric Environment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He previously was Research Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Prof. Wang serves on a number of committees, including as Scientific Advisor to the Hong Kong Observatory, Founding Fellow and Board Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Qualified Environmental Professionals, and Member of the Air Science and Health Sub-Group of the Air Quality Objectives (AQO) Review Working Group, appointed by the Hong Kong S.A.R. Environment Bureau. Prof. Wang also serves as Vice Chair of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry China Working Group. He received a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Nankai University, did graduate course study in Environmental Chemistry at Peking University, and obtained a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Chemistry from Georgia Institute of Technology.

S. Alice Mong

Executive Director, Asia Society, Hong Kong Center

S. Alice Mong is Executive Director of Asia Society Hong Kong Center. Prior to this, she held several senior management positions in the non-profit sector in New York for over a decade. Ms. Mong was Director of the Museum of Chinese in America from 2009 to 2011, where she successfully transformed the museum from a New York Chinatown institution to a leading national museum. She was also Executive Director for the Committee of 100 in the United States, a Chinese-American non-profit membership organization founded by architect I.M. Pei and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Ms. Mong graduated from Ohio State University and holds an Executive M.B.A. from the Kellogg-Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Program.