SureFire Workshop: Smart Firefighting for the Megacity

RISUD Annual International Symposium, 25-26 November 2019, Hong Kong, China

Symposium Plenary Talk (25 November 2019)

jose torero

Title: Fire Safety Engineering practice past, present and future

Prof. Jose Torero

Head, Dept. of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering,
University College London
Distinguished Chair Professor, Dept. of Building Services Engineering
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Workshop (26 November 2019)

Session 1: SureFire (9:00 – 10:30)

Asif Usmani

Overview of the SureFire project & workshop objectives (30 min)

Prof. Asif Usmani

Head, Dept. of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Jeffery Leung

Perspective on hot smoke test for fire engineering design in new building (30 min)

Ir Jeffery K. H. Leung

Assistant Director, Hong Kong Fire Service Department

Yi Wang

Title: Outsmart Fire Hazards in Modern Commercial and Industrial Buildings (30 min)

Dr. Yi Wang

Staff Vice President
FM Global, USA

Coffee Break (10:30 – 10:50)

Session 2: Fire and Modelling (10:50 – 12:30)

Longhua Hu

Title: Nature of building and infrastructure fires and the state of the art in fire testing (30 min)

Prof. Longhua Hu

State Key Lab of Fire Science
University of Science and Technology of China

Yao Zheng

Title: Large scale CFD simulations: challenges and solutions (30 min)

Prof. Yao Zheng

Cheung Kong Chair Professor & Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Zhejiang University

Xinzheng Lu

Title: Computational tools for disaster management & mitigation (30 min)

Prof. Xinzheng Lu

Dept. of Civil Engineering
Tsinghua University

Lunch Break (12:30 – 14:00)

Session 3: Disaster and Emergency Response (14:00 – 15:30)

Young Wong

Title: Fire disaster prevention and management: a consultant’s perspective (30 min)

Dr. Young Wong

Director of Consulting
Arup Hong Kong

George Huang

Title: Role of IoT in building digital twins for emergency response (30 min)

Prof. George Huang

Chair Professor & Head,
Dept. of Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
University of Hong Kong

Qixin Wang

Title: Communication technologies and challenges foreseen (30 min)

Dr. Qixin Wang

Dept. of Computing
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Coffee Break (15:30 – 15:50)

Session 4: BIM and AI (15:50 – 16:50)

Fu Xiao

Title: Big data and machine learning applications for smart buildings (20 min)

Dr. Fu Xiao

Dept. of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Wenzhong Shi

Title: Fire emergency response and smart city technologies (20 min)

Prof. Wenzhong Shi

Chair Professor, Dept. of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Heng Li

Title: Role of BIM & Computervision in building digital twins (20 min)

Prof. Heng Li

Chair Professor, Dept. of Building and Real Estate
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Penal Discussion (16:50 – 17:30)
Hosted by Dr Xinyan Huang, BEEE, PolyU