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HONG KONG, Mar 5, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Marcus Evans presented the Vertical Cities conference that took place from the 5th - 7th of March 2012 in InterContinental Grand Stanford, Hong Kong. Vertical Cities was specifically designed to meet all building industry practitioners' demands to secure and guarantee their investments.
This event provided insights on the state-of-the-art techniques that can be drawn upon from the vast experience of our global speaker line-up through practical case studies and panel on its importance to the building sector be it upcoming or existing buildings; will have to adopt green initiatives and energy efficiency to remain competitive and at the same time sustainable.
The three days agenda included a choice of three streams over two days and two streams on the third day - GreenBuild: Towards Eco Sustainability. The streams for the first two days of conference were Masterplanning and Typology, Engineering and Structural Design and Sustainability and Revitalisation and the third day were Innovative Technologies and Smart & Sustainable Materials.
Speakers at the Vertical Cities event were:
- Ir. Conrad T. C. Wong Chairman of Hong Kong Green Building Council
- Dr. Ken Yeang Chairman and Director of Design of Llewelyn Davies Yeang, UK
- Marshall Strabala Founder and Design Partner of 2DEFINE Architecture
- Julien De Smedt Founder & Director of Julien De Smedt Architects, Brussels & Copenhagen
- Silas Chiow Director of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, China
- Layton Reid Founder of Desitecture, UK
- Robert Forest Founding Partner, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
- Cathy Yang Vice President of Taipei Financial Center Corp, Taiwan
- Ian Milne Design Director of Atkins, Hong Kong
- Agnes Ng Chairman of BEAM Society Limited
- Dr. Benny Chow Director of Sustainability of Aedas Ltd., Hong Kong
This event featured Platinum Sponsors ALUCOBOND, GE and ThyssenKrupp; Gold Sponsors Singyes Solar and Zumtobel; SilverSponsor Siemens; Luncheon/Exhibitor Sponsor Dow Corning; Exhibitor Sponsors AET and Philips and Business DevelopmentSponsor WACKER.
This conference was proudly supported by the Meetings and Exhibitions Hong Kong, American Institute of Architects Hong Kong, BEAM Society, Business Environment Council, Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors Hong Kong Region, Continental Automated Buildings Association, Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design, International Facility Management Association (Hong Kong Chapter), Hong Kong Institute of Project Management, Hong Kong Institute of Real Estate, International Society of City and Regional Planners, RICS Asia, Property Report South East Asia and World Construction Today.
For more information, please visit www.verticalcities-lse.com .
Contact:
Ms. Esther Wong
Senior Marketing Executive
Marcus Evans
T: +603-2723-6736
E: EstherW@marcusevanskl.com
Topic: Press release summary
Source: Marcus Evans group
Sectors: Trade Shows
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