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17:45     Registration
18:00     Opening Remarks
18:05     Presentations from Panelists
18:35     Moderated discussion
18:55     Q&A from audience
19:15     Closing Remarks
19:20     End

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As Hong Kong introduces a new waste charging scheme to better manage our city’s waste, Asia Society Hong Kong Center is proud to dig deep into this important topic in a two-part series with ASHK Scholar-in-Residence and HKUST Professor Christine Loh.

Waste is a serious issue for any city, requiring policy planners to harness many diverse resources to manage a complex and multi-faceted challenge. In part one of this series, Professor Loh will speak to a distinguished panel including Donald Lim, General Manager at ALBA Integrated Waste Solutions (Hong Kong) Limited, Laurent Pelletier, CEO of Veolia Hong Kong & Macau, and Professor Jonathan Wong, Top Talent Professor of the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Engineering of the Dongguan University of Technology, about what Hong Kong is doing currently to manage its waste, including its successes, opportunities, and challenges to be addressed.

Donald Lim is the General Manager at ALBA Integrated Waste Solutions (Hong Kong) Limited. With a background as a chemical engineer, he has devoted himself to the field of recycling, especially on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling for the past 25 years. He has played an instrumental role in ensuring the success of the WPRS implementation in Hong Kong, by overseeing the efficient collection and treatment of WEEE.

Professor Christine Loh, SBS, JP, OBE, Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, is Chief Development Strategist at the Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), engaging in teaching and research. Her teaching experience includes a course on Non-Market Risks at the Anderson School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2018-22. She is Visiting Scholar at the Anderson School of Management’s Center for Global Management (2023-24). Professor Loh was Under Secretary for the Environment in the HKSAR Government (2012-17). Between April 2019 and March 2020, she was the Special Consultant to the Office of the Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government on the ecological civilization aspects of the Greater Bay Area Outline Development Plan. She has also been a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.

Laurent Pelletier is the CEO of Veolia Hong Kong & Macau and has been working for Veolia, a multinational company in environmental services, since 2002.

Laurent started in Shanghai in the water business, taking different positions in Pudong Veolia Water and acting at the end as COO. In 2010, Laurent moved to Hong Kong to take the position of CTO for Asia-Pacific and support Veolia’s operations and fast growth in the region.

In 2019, he took over the responsibility of Veolia Hong Kong and diversified Veolia’s portfolio of activities, not only focusing on waste management but also on energy optimization for buildings. In 2024, Macau was added to its responsibilities.

Laurent is President of the Smart City Committee at the French Chamber in Hong Kong and is also a Foreign Trade Advisor for the French Government.

Professor Jonathan Wong is an Academician of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a top 2% scientist in biotechnology in Stanford University Ranking 2024.  He is currently a Top Talent Professor of the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Engineering of the Dongguan University of Technology. His research expertise is in the area of solid waste management with specialization in bioconversion of organic wastes for energy and added value products. He was bestowed with Medal of Honor and Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region respectively in 2011 and 2022 for his service and contribution to the Hong Kong environment, and appointed as Justice of Peace in 2013.

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