Directors and Core Members

Dr Winnie Tang, MH, JP, is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing and Data Science; Department of Geography in Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU); and Adjunct Professor in the Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.  She is one of the local born IT entrepreneurs from Hong Kong and has over 30 years of experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry.

Dr Tang is the Founder and Chairman of Esri China (Hong Kong) Limited, a home-grown IT company specialising in geographic information system (GIS) software and mapping solutions. She is also the Founder and Honorary President of the Smart City Consortium as well as Founding Vice President of the Greater Bay Area Low-Altitude Economy Alliance.

Over the years, she has been actively advocating the use of technology and sharing her views on the ICT industry, eHealth, environmental conservation, entrepreneurship and the smart city through her services in government and non-government organisations in Hong Kong.

As a renowned columnist and keynote speaker, Dr Tang has been invited to share her views and promote technological and social developments at conferences, seminars and workshops organised by international organisations, such as the World Bank Group, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Asian Productivity Organization (APO).  She has published 16 Chinese and English books and over 600 research papers, newspaper articles and journals. Her Chinese book, "Surfing the IT World", published in 2016, won the publishing award (the category of Commerce and Management) in the first Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Awards 2017.

Major appointments that Dr Tang currently holds include: Founder and Honorary President of Smart City Consortium; Founding Vice President of the Greater Bay Area Low-Altitude Economy Alliance; Member of Social Sciences Panel of the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2026, the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong; Member of Education Commission, Education Bureau, The Government of HKSAR; Member of Computer Science Advisory Committee, School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU); and Director of Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN).

In recognition of Dr Tang’s work, she has been awarded the Honorary Fellow by Lingnan University in 2020, the Distinguished Alumni by the Faculty of Science, HKU in 2009, the Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2006, the Women of Influence – Young Achiever of the Year Award by the American Chamber of Commerce in 2004 and the Ten Outstanding Young Digi Persons Selection in 2001.

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The University of Hong Kong