Prof. Billy Lam was the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong International Airport from 1998 to 2000. After his retirement in 2001, he became the Urban Renewal Authority’s first Managing Director (2001-2007). Prof. Lam currently serves as a member of the HKSAR Government’s Lantau Development Advisory Committee and Country and Marine Park Board, a Director of Life Education Activities Program, BC Consultancy Services Ltd and Minmetals Land Ltd. He is also a former Council member (April 2009 – March 2015) and a current Court Member of PolyU.

Prof. Miranda Lou is Executive Vice President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before joining PolyU, Prof. Lou worked for Wharf (Holdings) Limited, Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL Group). Her last position prior to joining the University was Chief Operating Officer of OOCL Logistics, leading the strategic planning and global business development of the company. Previously she had served in different global and regional leadership positions in the OOCL Group, including Director of Asia-Europe Trade, Managing Director of Hong Kong and South China, and General Manager of Corporate Administration.

Prof. Nelson Chow stands at the forefront of business transformation in Asia as both the President of the Institute for Supply Management – Hong Kong Branch (ISM-HK) and the leading Partner at Argon & Co. With over twenty years of experience, his expertise spans operational excellence, margin enhancement, supply chain risk management, sustainability and digital transformation across both multinational and local organisations. He has served 50+ clients worldwide and managed 100+ strategic projects across sectors including Automotive, FMCG, Food & Beverages, Luxury & Fashion, Private Equity, Retail & E-commerce, Power & Utilities, Life Sciences, Transport & Logistic, Trading and Industrial.

Prof. Chow is passionate about nurturing the next generation of business and digital talents, highlighted by his roles as a Visiting Lecturer in the Global Supply Chain Master’s Programme at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an Advisor at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Doctoral Candidate at the Business School Lausanne. He has enriched his academic credentials with Executive programmes from prestigious institutions including The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Stanford University, University of Cambridge.

A sought-after speaker, Prof. Chow recently spoke and moderated the Asian Logistics, Maritime and Aviation Conference 2024 (ALMAC), ESG Xchange 2024, Suzhou American Chamber Manufacturing Conference, 2^nd Annual ASEAN Procurement Innovation Summit, Digital Procurement Transformation 2024, Luxury Symposium 2024, Asia Retail Arena – 2^nd Edition, Asia Pacific Procurement Congress, World Finance Forum, Smart Supply Chain and Logistics Asia, 4^th Asia Digital Supply Chain Summit and ProcureCon Asia 2023. He, representing ISM-HK, will be co-organising the Supply Chain, Procurement and Logistics Theatre with ReThink HK 2025.

Prof. Charleston Sin is the Executive Director of mCommerce, an AI development and services company based in Hong Kong, and a Founding Partner at Kapok Capital, a deep-tech investment firm in the Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Previously, Prof. Sin served as the Executive Director of the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node, where he played a key role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. Before joining MIT, he held executive leadership positions in research and development, product management, sales, and marketing at Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, and VMware, with a career spanning the United States, Canada, Asia Pacific, and Greater China.

Prof. Sin is a Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Business at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he has been teaching since 2020. He has co-supervised three Doctor of FinTech graduates, all specialising in data applications in financial technology. Previously, he served as an Adjunct Full Professor in the Faculty of Business and Economics at The University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Sin is also the President of the eHealth Consortium, a leading nonprofit organisation supporting digital health initiatives in Hong Kong and the GBA.

Prof. Sin earned his Ph.D. in Management Sciences from The University of Waterloo, Canada, in 1997, with a focus on Innovation Management.