Guest speakers

A pioneer in GNSS technology development since 1980. His research group developed numerous algorithms and patents licensed worldwide, and he has received the Institute of Navigation Johannes Kepler Award.

Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Science and Dean at Jiangxi Normal University. He is the Founding President of the International Association for Chinese Professionals in GIS.

Expert in digital twins and construction automation. He is the President of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction and has received the ASCE J. James R. Croes Medal.

Focuses on emerging materials for sustainable concrete infrastructure. He is a top 2% most cited scientist and a startup co-founder who won a Gold Medal at the Geneva Inventions Expo.

Human geographer studying how human mobility shapes urban systems and social sustainability. He uses big data and spatial analytics to inform smarter policy and understand human capital migration.

Ranked No. 5 globally in geography (Stanford 2024 list). She has made ground-breaking contributions to environmental health, human mobility, and GIScience using real-time GPS tracking.

Professor M Xie has been a Chair Professor at City University of Hong Kong since 2011. Previously, he was a professor at the National University of Singapore. Prof Xie completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Sweden and has been active in research on reliability, quality and industrial engineering for over three decades. He has authored more than 400 journal publications and 10 books, and is listed in the world’s top 2% most cited scientists by Stanford University. Prof Xie has supervised over 70 PhD students who are now working in academia and industry across various continents. For his contributions to software and system reliability, he was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2006 and to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2022. He currently serves as Vice President for Asia Region at the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers and chairs the Fellow Evaluation Committee of the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society.

Expert in spatial analysis, 3D cadastre, and smart cities. He serves as vice chairman of the China Land Society and has led significant research in cartography and geography.

Research covers AI-based object recognition from satellite imagery and intelligent analytics for spatial big data. He won China’s State Natural Science Award and holds over 50 patents.

Focuses on urbanization and infrastructure impact on Quality of Life. He has been a game-changer for transport sustainability, influencing major projects like the Bangkok urban railway and Indian high-speed rail.